Half a month later, "Crazy Stone" was filmed half smaller.

The integration of the crew is getting better and better, and the number of times they are shouted "click" has decreased a lot compared to the beginning.

At night, in the Qinshuiwan community, Xu Lei rented a room.

When he saw the Penguin Departure, the editor in charge of the Chinese network Qinglong sent an exhortation to him not to finish "Immortal" so quickly. Hit the big words "that's all" and don't pay attention to it.

You know your own business!

Writing novels is different from the movies Xu Lei shoots now. The movie can change something a little bit according to its own understanding, so that it becomes more harmonious and perfect. It even has its own personal style characteristics.

But fiction doesn't!

If there is a change, it may cause an unnecessary chain reaction, causing others to wonder if the book is actually his author. After all, it's all from the god of the system. Maybe there is a "writer's style" that Xu Lei didn't discover!

Modification means "exposure" and "suspicion".

Singing, writing lyrics, and composing music may be different, but they belong to the favorite element. Movies are even more so, different people direct and shoot the same work, and there will be a lot of errors in the effect. It's hard to change. It's all human factors.

And the novel is the whole book!

It can be regarded as a "copy version" taken by Xu Lei, and there are no other accidents.

Besides, there is no need to waste brain cells in order to cater to others!

The end is the end.

It's so capricious!

It is precisely because of this that in the last chapter of the novel "Zhu Xian" at the end, fans complained that they had not enjoyed it. also led out five people who threw out the alliance leader's reward, and one person even broke up a silver alliance.

Afraid of being drowned in criticism by book fans, Xu Lei paid silent attention and did not speak out. It wasn't until three days after this wave of noise that a chapter of the thank you list was uploaded.

Subsequently, he devoted all his mind to the filming of the movie.

……

Hengdian Film and Television City, Peach Restaurant.

"Hello, Mr. Xu!"

"Hello, Editor-in-Chief Weng. ”

Looking at the middle-aged man in front of him who was wearing glasses and showing a slightly literate tone, Xu Lei asked with some curiosity: "I don't know why your newspaper is going to publish the novel "Zhu Xian" now?"

Just over a week after Xu Lei finished serializing his novel on the Chinese website, a newspaper contacted him directly and wanted to discuss the publication of the book, which really surprised him. After all, in this era, although online novel adaptation IP has become popular, it is not so easy to publish physical books.

Often, it is the outside world that claims which web novel is going to be adapted into a TV series or a movie, and those publishers will make a move. After all, most of the people who read physical books now are some original "Internet book fans". It's tough to sell high.

Suddenly, a publishing house took a fancy to "Zhu Xian", which inevitably made Xu Lei hesitate.

Hearing him ask this, Weng Pusheng, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but smile gently, "Mr. Xu, I'm afraid you haven't received the news yet! Wang Feiwang of Longyou Venture Capital has already intended to invest in the adaptation of this novel into a TV series, fortunately, we have some business dealings with their company, and we can know the news quickly." Come to think of it, in the next few days, more and more newspapers will talk to you about publishing this novel. ”

"Oh, why did Editor-in-Chief Weng tell me this?" As soon as these words came out, Xu Lei raised his eyebrows.

"Of course, it's to show sincerity!"

After thinking about it slightly, Xu Lei also understood what the other party meant. Since he has inquired, Weng Pusheng is not willing to deliberately conceal it, and has said Longyou Venture Capital Company, as long as he is a smart person, who does not want to sell at a price?

If we are directly and strictly aware of this point, we may be able to promote this matter because of our honesty, so why not do it! After all, this is the Internet age, and the spread of information is still very fast. If you leave this restaurant, Xu Lei will know everything!

He can get the contact information of Xu Lei, a writer, and I'm afraid that other people can too. Not to mention those high-level executives of electronic copyright in Qicheng Chinese Network. If they intervene, it will be difficult to operate in terms of price and other things.

If it becomes like that, you may lose this order, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Honesty is the key to negotiating with the author!

This is a little experience of Weng Pusheng, who has been the editor-in-chief of the newspaper for many years.

After chatting for a few words, the topic turned to the right track, and Weng Pusheng said: "According to Mr. Xu, the royalty given by our newspaper is 12%, a total of 3 million, before tax. I wonder if you're satisfied?"

"No problem!"

Before meeting, the two had communicated on the phone. Royalties below 10% are not to be discussed. Xu Lei didn't expect that the sincerity of their newspaper was so sufficient.

In today's brick-and-mortar publishing, the average writer's royalty is 6% to 8%. Web writers are a bit higher, between 8% and 15%.

According to the meaning of the newspaper, it is planned to divide "Zhu Xian" into 4 novels for publication, priced at 25 yuan per volume. In this case, they take the risk according to the number of 250,000. It's a lot of courage!

How could Xu Lei not be satisfied?

Even if you need to pay 14 percent personal income tax at that time, there will be more than 2.7 million yuan to be paid.

More than 1 hour later, in the presence of the lawyer, the two parties signed the contract.

Leaving the private room of the restaurant, Xu Lei sighed deeply: "It seems that this is more profitable than writing on the Internet!"

may be because he wrote it too fast, and he didn't explode the novel on the whole network, and he earned hundreds of thousands of dollars in 2 months, which is simply incomparable with publishing a physical book at one time.

Returning to the dormitory with excitement, Qi Jian hurriedly ran over and asked, "How is it?"

"It's already signed!"

Cao Bo also walked over and glanced at the contract in Xu Lei's hand, and when he saw the 3 million figure, he was a little confused.

On the contrary, Qi Jian said weakly: "Leizi, why didn't you sign it!"

"A fool would take a risk like that!" Xu Lei glanced at him, "This is different from the online electronic version, that kind of sharing, you get more money." But what is the market for physical books? What if no one buys them? Wouldn't it be a pitfall? Even if it was really earned by the publishing house, it was also their credit. Besides, once it is divided, when will you get the money, who knows?

Before the negotiation, Xu Lei had thought about it, and publishing books must be done quickly.

There is no need to take risks, so why bother!

Money in hand can also be beneficial to the movie "Crazy Stone". When the time comes, before the release, you can do more publicity!

Otherwise, if you have no money in your hands, you have to negotiate cooperation with those distributors, and it will definitely be suppressed to less than 8% of the film schedule. It's sad then.

"What Leizi said is reasonable. Cao Bo, who finally relieved his expression, nodded thoughtfully.

"Don't think about this, let's go, make money, buddy, have a big meal!" With that, Xu Lei pulled Qi Jian and Cao Bo to a seafood restaurant not far from the community.