Speaking of Li Xunhuan, it is estimated that everyone's first reaction is Li Tanhua, who is called Xiao Li Feidao in Gu Long's novel.

This is one of the most recognized novel characters in Gu Long's novels.

And Tang He saw that the author of the same name was obviously paying tribute to Gu Long, or he liked Gu Long's Li Xunhuan, who was brilliant, strong in martial arts, vicious and hateful, unruly, affectionate and righteous, crazy for love, and regarded death as home.

If you are not mistaken, the Li Xunhuan that Tang He saw was Lu Jinbo, the originator of the Chinese Internet literature industry and one of the troika of Internet literature!

Speaking of Lu Jinbo, many people may not have heard of it, but when it comes to Lu Jinbo's other identity and some of his deeds, it is estimated that everyone will suddenly understand.

Lu Jinbo first became known for writing articles on the Internet as "Li Xunhuan", and then he turned around and entered the publishing industry, devoting himself to the transformation of cultural managers behind the scenes.

He has published best-selling books such as "CD, Please Forget Me Tonight", "Under the Sky of Ruoxing Han", "Q Version Language", "A City", "Lotus" and other books, and successfully launched the "Little Nizi" series, creating an "assembly line" of bestsellers, thus "turning publishing into industry".

Lu Jinbo is the "big owner" of many well-known domestic writers and writers such as Wang Shuo, Han Han, Annie Baobao, Yao Xueman, An Yiru, Shi Kang, Cai Jun, etc., and is a famous publisher in later generations.

His plans for a series of actions such as "sky-high royalties", "100 million yuan girls", "translating" foreign language works, and charging wholesalers "franchise fees" have aroused mixed reviews in the industry, but it is his strategy of star-branding writers, which has achieved great commercial success.

In his previous life, Tang He had admired Li Xunhuan, also known as Lu Jinbo's novels, and always felt that Lu Jinbo's writing level was a little out of line, but this person's business skills were outstanding, and he could be called one of the few talents in the cultural publishing industry.

Tang He recalled the memories of Lu Jinbo in his mind, but the movements of his hands were not slow, closing the Jinyong Inn webpage and focusing on the MSN dialog box.

The instant messaging app of 1997 was far from having the countless memes of later generations of chat software, and netizens at this time wanted to convey their feelings to the other side of the network, and they could only express them with some symbols.

For example, the ":)" sent by Yu Manhong is obviously a smiling face.

Tang He thought for a moment and typed a line of words on the keyboard.

"I'm Don Quixote, and I've received the email. The traditional Chinese copyright of "The Legend of Wukong" is in my hands, and if the novel is published by Crown Press, what conditions can you give? ”

For Tang He, it is of course an excellent thing that "The Legend of Wukong" can be published by Crown Press.

However, there is a prerequisite for this, that is, Crown Publishing House cannot deliberately lower the price and bully Tang He as a newcomer.

If the conditions given by Crown Publishing House are too low, Tang He is willing to wait.

Because he believes that as long as "The Legend of Wukong" is published in "Legend of the Ancient World", he will have a great choice just by virtue of the reputation of "The Legend of Wukong" among readers. At that time, it was not he who begged the publishing house to publish "The Legend of Wukong", but the publishing house begged him in turn.

Tang He firmly believes in this.

Because whether it is the current reputation of "The Legend of Wukong" on the Internet, or the fact that "The Legend of Wukong" became a bestseller in the previous life, it proves that "The Legend of Wukong" has an excellent future.

It's just that I really need money urgently.

In order to spread the brand of Youpin Bookstore and build influence, Tang He must seek franchise stores as soon as possible and invite bookstore owners to join, which requires money.

Now Tang He only has 30,000 yuan on him, and he has spent 10,000 yuan just to open the company, and today Tang He has implemented one thing through his second aunt to open a store decoration, that is, the conservative investment of a franchise store is at least 1,000 yuan, which means that he can only open 20 stores if he has the remaining 20,000 yuan, which is not counting a series of miscellaneous expenses such as running business.

So Tang He is very short of money.

The voice of "Dangdang" remembered, and Yu Manhong's message replied.

It's a traditional character, but Tang He can barely understand it.

"There are two ways for Crown Publishing House to pay for manuscripts: one is to pay the manuscript fee according to the number of words, which is equivalent to buying out the copyright, and the other is the royalty system, which pays the manuscript fee according to the amount printed, and the general standard is 6% to 8%. :）”

Tang He nodded, although he was not very clear about the publishing industry in Wandao, the conditions given by Crown Publishing House were similar to those of mainland publishing houses, and they were all prices for new authors. In other words, Crown Press has no intention of deliberately withholding it.

"The Legend of Wukong adopts the buyout method, how much can a thousand words give? In addition, is the copyright bought out for life or only for a few years?"

"The price will not be lower than 80 thousand words, and the traditional version will be bought out for life. Yu Manhong's reply was very fast, and it was obvious that they had already unified their opinions internally.

Tang He shook his head.

If "The Legend of Wukong" is a general online novel in later generations, this condition can be said to be very rich, and at this time, the Bay currency is much more valuable than the RMB.

But Tang He clearly knows that "The Legend of Wukong" is not a fast-food novel, and he doesn't know how many versions have been published in his previous life. Moreover, with the advent of the Internet IP era, with the blessing of other forms of entertainment such as movies and comics, book versions can squeeze into the ranks of bestsellers just by selling feelings to readers. How could he sell it cheaply?

"The Legend of Wukong" is an old hen that lays golden eggs, and this hen has a long lifespan!

No matter how short of money Tang He is, the cost performance of selling the traditional version by buying out is too low!

Tang He began to ask about the second way.

"What about royalties?"

"With royalties, it should be 7%. ”

"What is the first print plan?"

“(⊙o⊙?)” Yu Manhong made a puzzled expression.

"In fact, the simplified copyright of "The Legend of Wukong" has been sold, so ...... ╮(╯▽╰)╭……”

Worried that Yu Manhong was playing tricks, Tang He frankly admitted the simplified copyright situation of "The Legend of Wukong", in order to prove that he was not a novice author.

As for the emotes...... It's just a matter of following the locals.

After a minute, Yu Manhong's reply "Dangdangdang" rang out.

"Bay Island can't compare with the mainland, where the number of readers is limited, and the first printing is up to 10,000 copies. ”

Tang He thought about it in his heart.

If the first printing of 10,000 copies, the price is considered at 20 yuan per copy, and the first printing can be divided into 14,000 yuan, which is actually not low.

The publishing house is not a charity, and they are also optimistic about "The Legend of Wukong" because they think that this book has the potential to become a bestseller.

So I guess we can still talk about the conditions, right?

Tang He sent a message: "The royalty is 8%, the first printing is guaranteed to be 10,000 copies, if it's okay, we will sign the contract." ”

"Wait a minute. ”

Tang He breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that I was right!

He leaned back in his chair and waited for a reply on the screen.

After a long time, Yu Manhong replied.

"Yes. O(∩_∩)O”

Tang He slapped his hand fiercely, pulled the chair closer to the computer desk, and replied by typing.

"Happy working together!"

"Happy cooperation!Telephone chat for specific details, 02-8780XXXX is my office phone. ”

"Understood. ”