When I came back from the United States, it was the last day of the National Day holiday, and I had not yet returned home after getting off the plane, and in the taxi, Zhuang Yan received a call from Yu Hai.

Before Zhuang Yan answered the phone, he knew what he was trying to say, "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" was officially released on September 30, and Zhuang Yan was collecting wind in New York at this time.

In the past, Zhuang Yan had talked to Yu Hai and Wang Lijian before leaving, probably because of this, so about the release of "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta", Yu Hai did not call to say, because he didn't want to disturb him to collect style.

And Zhuang Yan was preoccupied with the work at hand in New York, and he didn't have the heart to check the sales situation.

"Oh, Zhuang Yan, are you still in New York now?" asked Yu Hai as soon as he answered the phone.

Zhuang Yan smiled: "No, I just stepped on the soil of Jinling, and your call came." ”

"Haha, it's good that you're back, I called to tell you about the release of "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta". As Zhuang Yan expected, Yu Hai was exactly what he wanted to say.

"Oh, is the situation still optimistic?" Zhuang Yan asked.

Yu Hai said with a smile: "Optimistic, of course optimistic, there were 180,000 copies sold on the first day, and the sales continued to decrease later, stabilizing at about 150,000 copies every day, as of yesterday, the total sales have reached 1.4 million copies, and it is not in vain that I have spent so much effort." ”

180,000 copies on the first day, at first glance this number is not eye-catching, after all, Zhuang Yan's previous book sold 500,000 nationwide on the first day, and these two figures are put together, 180,000 can be dwarfed.

But there is a reason for the previous first-day sales of 500,000 copies, first of all, this book was serialized on the website, which has a strong fan base, and there is also the collective endorsement of Cai Yuanpei and other bigwigs, coupled with the appetite of the middle period, the first-day sales have been raised all of a sudden.

And the most important thing is that the book seems to have a lot of stamina, and there is a lot of momentum to catch up, "Alive" has sold more than 3 million copies so far, and "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" has only 1.4 million copies in just over a week, and it seems that the sales of "Alive" are just around the corner.

Zhuang Yan nodded: "It's really good, at least until now, your publicity fees have been earned." ”

"Yes, with the sales of more than one million copies, we have only ended up with a capital preservation, you say it's ridiculous. Yu Hai said.

Zhuang Yan smiled and said: "Brother, you don't want to be cheap and sell well, according to this momentum, it doesn't seem to be too long for the next 1.4 million yuan, isn't the rest all your net earnings?"

Yu Haigan smiled: "Okay, don't talk about this, I still have something to tell you, because the sales are good, so Yanjing Art Studio has an idea for your book and wants to talk to you about film and television copyright." ”

Yenching Fine Arts Film Studio, of course Zhuang Yan will not forget this name, Shuke and Beta's animated short film is made by them. It must be a good thing that film and television copyrights can be valued, but Zhuang Yan doesn't have much heart to care about these now, and he also has to look at the specific matters, so he said: "I still have to think about this matter, oh, by the way, Brother Yu, you didn't tell them my identity." ”

Compared with the matter of film and television copyright, Zhuang Yan is more concerned about this, Yu Hai said: "You can rest assured of this, I didn't reveal a word, but if you really sign a copyright agreement with someone in the future, your identity will not be kept secret." ”

Zhuang Yan nodded, what Yu Hai said made sense, no matter what, signing a copyright agreement with someone must have his own information.

It's not that there is no way to solve it, Zhuang Yan himself thought of two methods, the first is to let someone close to him sign the agreement on his behalf. But Zhuang Yan was not very satisfied with this method, it was not that he didn't have someone close to, after all, Yang Zhao was there.

But as a last resort, Zhuang Yan really didn't want him to sign the agreement on his behalf. Because once this thing is done, there will be interests involved between him and Yang Zhao.

Of course Zhuang Yan believes in Yang Zhao, but he doesn't want to casually test the humanity of his good friends, because he knows that human nature really can't be tortured.

There is also a second plan, Zhuang Yan can sign the derivative rights of "The Adventures of Shuck and Beta" to the publishing house, and when the time comes to release the cartoon, the publishing house can come forward, and he can continue to hide behind.

But this plan also has a drawback, that is, the benefits must be shared with the publishing house. However, it is not without benefit to give away part of the benefits, after all, he can be a hands-off shopkeeper and leave the business negotiation to the publishing house to run errands.

It's just that Zhuang Yan can't pay attention to it now, and the matter of film and television copyright is actually not too urgent, so he said: "Well, I know, let's talk about this matter later, brother, don't worry, whether I want to cooperate with Yanjing Art Film Studio or not, I will tell you in advance, you can rest assured." ”

"Well, I see, I won't tell you other little things, so let's leave it at that. Yu Hai said.

After saying this, the two also hung up the phone, but before Zhuang Yan's mobile phone microphone cooled down, the phone rang again.

Zhuang Yan picked up the phone and saw that it was Wang Lijian calling.

"Hehe, Lao Yu said that you are back, so I called and asked. Wang Lijian said over the phone.

At this time, Zhuang Yan also arrived at the community, paid and walked down from the taxi, found a bench at the door and sat down, Zhuang Yan said: "Your calls, one after another, do not let people take a breath." ”

Wang Lijian said: "You have been out for two weeks, saying that you are going out to collect wind, and we are not good to disturb you, this is a bit urgent to tell you, you are impatient." ”

"How dare you, how dare you. Zhuang Yan said lazily: "Editor-in-chief Wang spoke, I didn't dare to miss a word, let alone be impatient." ”

"Hush. Wang Lijian sneered, "Don't play tricks on me." I'm telling you something serious, didn't you talk about the English translation of "Alive" last time I was in my office with you?"

"Well, I remember, what, it's been discussed?" Zhuang Yan said.

"It's negotiated, guess who?" Mr. Wang said.

"Who is it?" Zhuang Yan groaned, and then he sighed and said, "No, Brother Wang, isn't this a matter of the publishing house, why didn't Brother Yu tell me just now, and let you come and tell me?"

Wang Lijian said with a smile: "I told Lao Yu not to tell you about this, I am going to tell you in person." ”

"You're not-" Zhuang Yan slapped his forehead, and the later sentence "take off your pants and fart" didn't come out.

Wang Lijian said confidently: "I talked about this matter, of course I want me to tell you." ”