Hearing Wei Xiyue's question, Zhou Xuan was not annoyed.

Instead, he picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of tea, and then said slowly.

"Of course I have confidence in what I write! If a person doesn't even have the confidence to write himself, then he still doesn't write it. ”

Wei Xiyue raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "Generally, people who write novels are full of confidence at the beginning, and they feel that what they write is the best. However, whether the work sells well after publication is not based on confidence, but on real sales and word of mouth. ”

Zhou Xuan nodded in agreement: "So I gave you a proposal to bet on sales." The sales volume is small, and I take the minimum guarantee. With a lot of sales, I naturally want to take my fair share. ”

Wei Xiyue was noncommittal and said, "What you think is too simple. On the one hand, the sales are due to the good quality of the book, and on the other hand, it is also due to strong publicity and promotion. If your book sells more than a million, the publicity costs are at least millions. In this regard, it is impossible for a publisher to give you that high points. ”

Zhou Xuan looked at Wei Xiyue, he didn't expect this editor-in-chief to be so difficult, and it can be said that he fought for the interests of the publishing house.

However, he is not so easy to get along with: "Your society was not optimistic about this book, thinking that it was not worth so much money. And want to occupy such a big interest after the book fire, how can there be such a good thing in the world?"

"Well, since the difference is so big, let's not talk about this question for now. We agree in principle to this VAM agreement, but there are some issues that need to be discussed. Wei Xiyue put aside the unpleasant topic of the royalty ceiling.

Zhou Xuan said: "You are talking about the specific gambling conditions." Those things in the Ming Dynasty are divided into eight volumes, and I have already written the first two. The average volume is about 200,000 to 250,000 words, and it is published every two or three months. The VAM agreement is calculated according to the sales volume of each book in one year, and the royalty income is calculated and settled to me once every three months. Of course, with the growth of sales, the next settlement, you need to re-settle according to the new royalty ratio according to the total sales volume, and then subtract the part that has been settled before, and give me the remaining unsettled royalties. As for the royalties after one year, they will be settled according to the newly increased sales volume and the final royalty ratio, once every six months. ”

Zhou Xuan finished speaking in one breath, but Wei Xiyue and Wan Jinglin on the opposite side were stunned by the calculation method that Zhou Xuan said about determining the final royalty percentage according to the sales volume of a volume in a year.

"Have you really decided to use the year-end sales of each book as a standard?"

After a long time, Wei Xiyue didn't care about his image, and asked in surprise.

I have to say that Zhou Xuan's expectations for the sales of the Ming Dynasty are really shocking. Originally, the two thought that Zhou Xuan was talking about total sales, and the time setting could also be two or three years. But what Zhou Xuan said was to calculate the final royalty according to the sales volume of each volume and one year, and now Wei Xiyue was really relieved.

Although he had great expectations for the Ming Dynasty, he also felt that reaching two or three hundred thousand copies per volume would be heavenly. In that case, the royalty will be about six or seven percent, and this price is completely acceptable to the publisher.

If the eight volumes are calculated according to the total sales, they are still worried that if the sales volume will really exceed 1.5 million copies by then, then they will really have to pay Zhou Xuan 20% of the royalties, and then the publishing house will lose a lot.

"Of course!"

Zhou Xuan knew what Wei Xiyue was afraid of, didn't he just want to use the total sales of eight volumes to calculate?

"Hehe, it's a pity that they don't know the terrifying sales of those things in the Ming Dynasty, otherwise they wouldn't have agreed to this gambling agreement. However, in order to prevent them from defaulting and not settling at that time, at least 30 million liquidated damages must be set. Zhou Xuan thought that when he signed the agreement, he still needed to find a lawyer to be present, after all, this aspect was not what he was good at, and it would be tragic if there were any traps.

Wei Xiyue heard Zhou Xuan's answer and said with a smile: "Okay! ”

"Happy cooperation!" the two shook hands again.

Now that the general framework of cooperation has been negotiated, the next conversation between the two sides will be much more relaxed and pleasant.

I learned that Zhou Xuan was in his third year of junior high school, but he had already published several articles. There is also a long story "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" has been serialized in the magazine, and Wei Xiyue and the two are more optimistic about Zhou Xuan and look forward to the future development.

Wei Xiyue made up his mind that a young and talented writer like Zhou Xuan was exactly what Xiling Publishing House needed. Taking advantage of this opportunity to publish the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Xuan must be firmly tied to the chariot of Xiling Publishing House.

You must know that Zhou Xuan is only sixteen years old and can write so many best-selling novels. With the help of Zhou Xuan's novels, Xiling Publishing House will become a large publishing house in China in a few years. If the sales of the Ming Dynasty are not so good in the end, he will be the master of Zhou Xuan's royalties according to ten percent. This can be regarded as a good fate with Zhou Xuan, and there will definitely be no harm to Xiling in the future.

The two sides talked for two hours, and basically finalized the matter of publishing. However, it will take two days for the final contract to be signed, and everything will be done by the publishing house, and then Wan Jinglin will come over with the contract to sign the contract with Zhou Xuan.

However, because Zhou Xuan is not yet eighteen years old, such a contract needs to be signed by a guardian. Therefore, the next time the contract is signed, Zhou Xuan's parents still need to be present, so that the contract can be legal.

After the publication of those things in the Ming Dynasty was completed, Zhou Xuan seemed to have let go of a major event in his heart and relaxed a lot. Now Zhou Xuan only needs to write the next five parts as soon as possible, and then submit them to the publishing house for printing every two or three months. The rest is to collect the manuscript fee once every three months, and it is estimated that by the end of 98, it will definitely be appropriate to become a multimillionaire.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xuan's heart was full of joy, and he couldn't help but walk a lot more briskly.

Today is January 5th, '98, and there are three days left until the final exams, and then the long-awaited winter vacation.

The response of Xiling Publishing House was very fast, and on January 7, Wan Jinglin and the legal counsel of the publishing house came to NC with the contract.

Because the parents had to sign it, the place where the contract was signed was directly in the clothing store at home. Then Zhou Xuan also asked Li Yunxi to find a well-known lawyer in NC to review the contract.

The lawyer looked at it carefully, and then went with the other party's legal counsel. After asking both parties to the contract, he filled in the No. 5 and the various data discussed with Wei Xiyue, and in terms of liquidated damages, he also directly wrote the exaggerated figure of 30 million.

For such a high liquidated damages, Wei Xiyue never thought that Xiling Publishing House would breach the contract, so he agreed to Zhou Xuan's conditions without even thinking about it.

Zhou Xuan's parents were very happy that their son's book was about to be published, and pulled Zhou Xuan to ask questions. However, when I heard Zhou Xuan say that this year's royalty income is tens of millions, he showed obvious disbelief.

After finishing a big thing, Zhou Xuan can finally finish the final exam in the next two days wholeheartedly.

In the next winter vacation, there is one of the most important events involving Zhou Xuan's business empire waiting for Zhou Xuan to do.