Chapter 105: Interview with David
David turned his head to the assistant again, and said, "Let George in! John and I haven't seen him in a while, don't you know that John already misses George?"
After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at the assistant and John, looking like I am a good person and I will help you.
The assistant just covered his mouth and chuckled, then turned to leave the office, while John looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle, looking untouchable.
When George pushed the door in, he saw John's appearance and asked in surprise, "David, what's wrong with John? Could it be that he was caught dating his lover behind his wife's back?" This time John looked at George speechlessly, which made John really unable to continue.
And David has no image, haha laughed. While laughing, he said to George, "It's similar to what you said, except that he wasn't caught by his wife on a date with his lover, but his lover came to see him in the company and was seen by others." ”
After listening to David's words, George also laughed, and after laughing, he said, "John, you are too careless about the impact, this is going to reach your wife, it is estimated that in the next twenty or thirty years, you will not be able to go to bed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, George noticed that David and John were looking at him strangely, which made George feel uncomfortable. George looked at the two of them and said, "What are you looking at me like this? I'm a serious person, and I won't mess around like John." ”
And John's anger broke out at this time, pointing at George and yelling loudly, "You pig brain, where is the tacit understanding between the two of us who have known each other for so many years? David was taking it just now, I was joking with you, the lover he said was you, you look at your reaction, if I were you, I would find a mouse hole to drill into." ”
After listening to John's roar, George also reacted from the situation just now, knowing that he was being tricked by David again, he raised his hand and patted his head, and muttered with some hatred, "George, George." Your reputation has been ruined in the hands of David. No, you're going to David's house and eating an eight-month lunch to nourish your brain. ”
David looked at George strangely, while John said in a tone of hatred that iron is not steel, "To say that you are a pig's brain, it seems that you are right, at this time, you still want to eat." You can't even think about how to fight back against David?"
George shrugged, spread his hands, and said in a relaxed tone, "Anyway, I know I can't talk about him, so why don't you take this opportunity to eat more at his house? David said that I can only take advantage of it verbally, and I go to his house to have a big meal, but I can make him lose financially, who loses and who earns? Can't you see? You are the pig brain!"
Both John and David were a little dumbfounded when they heard George's explanation, and George's explanation was completely reasonable. At this point, John's thought was, "This fart makes sense, why didn't I think of it?" and his heart was full of regret.
And the thought in David's heart was, "What George said makes sense, although he can say George, but it is only a mouthful, and George directly starts with your economy, which is the most ruthless trick." ”
The two of them, each with their own thoughts, glanced at each other, and at the same time stretched out their thumbs to George, and said in unison, "Awesome, awesome, admire, admire." ”
Seeing the performance of the two, George looked at the two strangely, and then said leisurely, "You two behave like a couple, I have a suggestion, that is, John, you divorce your wife, and then let David marry you, so that you can live happily ever after." After saying that, the three of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.
After laughing, John said with some emotion, "I didn't expect you, George, you grew up so fast? ”
After listening to John's words, George rolled his eyes and said, "I've never seen you so stinky and shameless, who is taking advantage of?
David also nodded in agreement with George, and at the same time spoke in solidarity, "That's it, after listening to what you said, I feel that you are not far from death? Have you seen all the high-rise buildings? You have also lived in the car and bungalow? There is no nostalgia for this world? I plan to die early and be born early, and strive to live a personal life in the next life." ”
John didn't expect his own words to be exchanged for so many words from David and George, and they all seemed to make sense, so John looked at the two of them a little speechlessly, and then raised his hands and said, "OK OK guys, I was wrong! ”
David and George looked at each other and smiled. Then David said to George, "Since the joke has already been made, let's get down to business!"
Hearing David's words, George also straightened up, and replied, "Okay, then let's talk about business." "The atmosphere entered the rhythm of formal negotiations.
David opened his mouth and said, "I have five novels here, and a synopsis of one novel, that is to say, I have six novels here, what kind of conditions can your company give?" After listening to David's words, George looked at David with some bitterness, but he had already made it clear that he wanted to negotiate terms with him, and he couldn't weaken his momentum.
Then George adjusted his mentality, and then said, "Then I don't know what conditions you want, David? You must know that our company is very happy to cooperate with you, and the royalty of your novel is also the highest in the industry, I can't think of it, what else do you need?"
In fact, during this time, many publishers contacted David, and the conditions were similar to those given by George's publishing house, but there were also some publishers who gave conditions that were higher than George's publishing house, so there was today's negotiation.
David was not polite, and said directly,
"Yesterday I was contacted by a publishing house, which is not much larger than your publishing house, and the conditions given are 18% royalties, plus the film and television adaptation rights of the novels published by their company are arbitrary, and their publishing house is responsible for contacting the authors of the novels.
Of course, I need to pay for these copyrights. So I want to see what your company means?"
After listening to David's words, George breathed a sigh of relief, before coming to meet David, these things had been discussed in the company's board of directors, and the company's directors decided to give David two more points.
At the same time, if the novel published by the company is worthy of the future world copyright company, the publishing house can also help contact the author, of course, it is impossible to help them pay the fee, and the royalty of the novel can be settled on a monthly basis, and a part of the royalty can be advanced in advance.