Zhou Kang on the side couldn't understand what the three people next to him were muttering at all, so he could only guess from his demeanor and movements, but he was embarrassed to interrupt their conversation, and his heart was as itchy as a cat's claw.

Fortunately, Zhang Chu also understood the matter, he turned his head and explained in a low voice: "Just now I finally knew why no foreign publishing house was looking for us, and they all thought that the English publishing rights of "Sherlock" were in the hands of the BBC. ”

"Then what are you waiting for, you recommend and recommend these two foreigners, it has also been adapted into a British drama, and there is definitely no need to worry about sales. Zhou Kang said a little anxiously, an unsolved case was finally solved.

Zhang Chu here naturally has his plans, and now Chris and Cuomo have flown thousands of miles to Yanjing, and they must really plan to come out of their own, although the goal has deviated, but the overall direction is still right.

One of these two families is French and the other is English, in fact, there is no conflict, so these two foreigners do not feel tense when they meet, after all, there is an indirect connection between business.

"I hear what you mean, you want to publish Life of Pi?"

Zhang Chu directly translated the English name of Life of Pi into the past, and when the agent didn't understand English, he had to drive the ducks to the shelves and go out by himself.

Chris complimented, "Is that the English name of the book? It sounds very feeling, and I kind of like it." ”

"Me too. This is much more appropriate than the name translated by a colleague before. Cuomo agreed.

"Thanks for the compliment. Zhang Chu's thoughts turned slightly, "Gentlemen, I have a small proposal. While I was writing and translating the English version of Life of Pi, perhaps you would first take the English version of Sherlock and publish it. ”

"That's what we have in mind. A smile appeared on the corner of Chris's mouth, originally this trip was for "Life of Pi", but he didn't expect to have an unexpected gain.

In fact, "Life of Pi" is only a work with unknown sales prospects, after all, international bestsellers have long been the world of European and American authors, and few writers of Asian descent or other regions can be known and recognized by the world!

Don't look at it as a story about India, but India is actually the same as China in the world, and it is not considered mainstream.

No one dares to say that "Life of Pi" will definitely be a global hit, and no one dares to guarantee it.

But "Sherlock" is different, the mainstream Sherlock Holmes culture, and the BBC TV series guarantee, no matter how bad it is, it can sell tens of millions of copies.

Cuomo has figured out how the company should push this one forward.

"Very nice proposal. ”

Chris doesn't want to have a lot of dreams at night, and the whole world thinks that "Sherlock" has been sold, and he can be regarded as picking up a bargain!

Zhang Chu discussed it with Zhou Kang in a low voice, he would retire at this time, turning himself from a writer to a translator, and leave the bargaining matter to Zhou Kang.

Literature and money are two different things, but no matter how high-pressure literature is, it is also a paid profession!

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There are many foreign faces on the campus of Yan University, and there are many international students, exchange students, and specially appointed foreign professors from different countries.

So Chris and Cuomo are not conspicuous here, they are real businessmen, they both want to exchange the lowest price for the highest profit, and they are constantly fighting with Zhou Kang.

Zhang Chu is dual-minded, not only acting as a translator, but also using the off-site help function in the system to search for information about the two publishing companies, and also inquire about the royalty systems of different countries.

These two books will not be sold at the same rate as Nanhai Publishing Company, which will be given a 5% royalty rate!

"We tend to be progressive, with 8% being the royalty rate for the first printing, and then gradually increasing depending on the number of sales or the number of prints. More than 2 million copies are capped at 15%. ”

Zhou Kang will not retreat at this time, whether it is Shenxia or Juvenile School, he will be a sweet spot in the overseas publishing market, and he will not worry about finding a partner.

Cuomo was the first to agree, and in his opinion, the royalty rate was not a matter at all.

After all, in the French market, the standard royalty is usually 10%~14% of the book price after tax, even if Zhang Chu's works are subject to progressive tax rates, they may not meet the highest standard!

After winning the largest publisher in France, Chris on one side also agreed, but the standards of the two sides were not the same.

There are not many French-speaking countries in the world, mainly France and parts of Canada, as well as small European countries such as Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as the former French colonies in Africa.

French works generally do not sell as much as English works, so the next step is to discuss exactly how many copies and how many copies are royalties.

After all, now the two parties are only communicating their intention to publish, and the contract has to be reached at the negotiation table.

According to Zhang Chu, the highest royalty record for Chinese writers to publish overseas is 15%, and it seems that it is not easy for his single English-language work to sell 2 million copies worldwide.

European and American publishers are sometimes very generous, for example, at the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair, the book "The Fall of the Giants", which had only one title and a thousand-word synopsis, sparked fierce competition, and the final copyright advance was an unprecedented 50 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 300 million yuan!

Zhang Chu obviously can't meet this treatment, but he can still get royalty advances, and this figure depends on the ability of Menglong Culture Media Company.

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Two days later, a Chinese-English statement jointly issued by Random House's US headquarters, Hachette Publishing Company in France, and Menglong Culture Media Company was released on Facebook and Weibo, detonating the global book market!

"Dear readers and friends, we are honored to announce that two works by Chinese genius writer Zhang Chu, "Sherlock" and "Life of Pi", will be translated into English and French and released worldwide, and "Sherlock" is expected to be released by the end of this year!"

With a thunderclap on the ground, the domestic media, publishing people, literature lovers and netizens were bombarded by this sudden news.

This is the legendary rhythm of not making a move, and blowing up the sky as soon as you make a move!

Random House Headquarters!

As long as many writers dream of publishing institutions, as long as they sign up with Random House, they don't have to worry about printing, distribution, marketing and publicity!

Also for the rest of the publishers, these two works are not risky investments and will spend money in vain, but will definitely make money.

After all, there are still many overseas Sherlock Holmes fans searching for "Sherlock" on Google, and the previous lawsuit was not in vain!

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