A few days later, on Sunday afternoon, Jia Youwei appeared in a café. Before that, he received a phone call from Jane.

She said that she had a girlfriend who was a publisher and wanted to help him publish a book. This is a great thing for a writer to be excited.

For this reason, Jia Youwei will not only refuse, but also thank Jianjian. Even if it is as easy as drinking water to publish a book at your own expense, it is not as easy as someone from a publishing house to take the initiative to find people, which is a great recognition.

Jia Youwei stopped in the café, looked around, and then easily found Jian Jian and her best friend in a prominent position. So, he walked straight towards them.

As soon as he sat down opposite the two, Jian Jian couldn't wait to take the initiative to introduce: "This is the great writer Jia Youwei that I often mention to you, the father of my student." ”

Yuan Meng, who was sitting in the back, took the initiative to take out his personal business card with professional instinct, handed it over with both hands, and looked at the other party with a smile and said, "Fortunately, fortunately." Concise, I haven't mentioned your name much in front of me. ”

Jia Youwei also politely took the business card with both hands and said, "Praise it." I'm just a nobody. ”

"Don't be too polite. This makes people feel unfamiliar and uncomfortable. I read "Life" published in the national literary journal "Harvest" three times from beginning to end. The concise attention fell on Jia Youwei, and there was one thing to say.

"Life is a good work, and that's why I'm here. Mr. Jia, do you still have the physical book copyright of this work?" Yuan Meng took over the conversation and began to cut to the chase.

Jia Youwei first told the waiter who came over that he asked for a bottle of mineral water, and then told the truth: "You are the first person to talk to me about the copyright of the physical book." ”

"Then I'm so honored. If you can trust me and our publishing house, can you hand over the copyright of the physical book "Life" to us?

The royalty is 10%, the first printing of 5,000 copies, and the price of a single book is 25 yuan, which means that you can get 12,500 yuan before tax. Yuan Meng's offer of this price was not for the sake of his best friend's concise face, but on the matter.

She had done her homework before she came, and had learned about Jia Youwei's many published works, as well as the positive reactions from readers and the general judgment of the market prospect of Life, which was published in the national literary journal Harvest.

Jia Youwei didn't care about the 10,000 yuan at all. Even if he is just a copyist, he cherishes Lu Yao, who has disappeared in this world, and the other party's works as his own.

He held Yuan Meng's business card in his right hand, and looked at the brief introduction on the business card. It's the first time I've known about the existence of such a publishing house.

Yuan Meng saw that he didn't speak, so he didn't worry, but moved with emotion, and said with reason: "Although we are a small publishing house, we are absolutely reliable, not an unscrupulous bookseller."

At this point, even if I want to pit you, I won't pit my girlfriend concisely. This money is not equal to the friendship between me and her.

After all, it was her selfless dedication that brought me and you to this middle line. If you think the royalties are less, there's nothing I can do about it. I didn't mean to offer a low price, but I could only open it up to this price.

Our editor-in-chief only gave me this bottom line. Originally, he hoped that I could get you, a rookie writer, with 8% royalties. Although you have published a few works in other literary journals, you have not published a single book.

According to our jargon, you can be considered an underground debut, and only a writer who has published a single work can be considered an official debut. ”

She paused, picked up the coffee cup in front of her, took a sip, and continued: "Besides, you also know very well that serious literature is not as popular as popular literature is loved by a wide range of readers in the market.

Moreover, "Life" is a novella of less than 150,000 words released as a single book, and it is not far inferior to the huge potential of novels of hundreds of thousands of words in the serious literary market.

Even, it's not even as good as a collection of short stories edited into a book. In general, a novella is co-authored with several short stories, or one or two novellas are published.

As for the minimum print run of 5,000 copies, this is also the limit we can give. If the market responds well, we can't print it again.

Of course, I still hope that you can add the novella "Border City", or your three short stories "The Ordination", "The Chronicle of Da Nao", and "Butter Pancake".

At the very least, it can make readers feel the sincerity of our publishing house and you, and it can also make them feel that they are worth the money. This would go a long way in helping with the possibility of reprinting. ”

Jia Youwei saw that she was very sincere, but he didn't bother to edit Shen Congwen's novella "Border City", Wang Zengqi's short story "Ordination", "Da Nao Chronicle", and "Butter Pancake" into a book for release.

In my own opinion, it is really nondescript. He didn't help but think that after publishing some more works by Shen Congwen and Wang Zengqi in the future, he would compile them into a book. Wang Zengqi's collection of short stories is a book, and Shen Congwen's works are a book.

"I can only promise to hand over the copyright of the physical book of "Life" to your publishing house. Other than that, I can only say sorry to you. Jia Youwei doesn't care about the royalties that bring him three melons and two dates.

Again, he doesn't worry at all about some unscrupulous bookseller cheating him out of his book copyright. Who are you? And so easy to deceive, and so easy to bully?

When a young author encounters this kind of deception, even if he dares to speak out, even if he wins the lawsuit, he will not get too many practical benefits, but the cost paid to the lawyer far exceeds the royalties and his own income, and even more energy is added to deal with this matter.

Even, the lawyer will take the initiative to persuade him not to fight if he can, so as not to waste his writing. If the other party comes to a procrastination decision, it will be another protracted lawsuit.

It is another matter if there are any obstacles to actual enforcement. This really has to go through the judicial process, and it is not so easy to think.

However, Jia Youwei has money, and he is willing to let famous lawyers form a lawyer group to fight this lawsuit for himself. I don't seek interests, I only want to defend my rights and interests.

Although he is a copyist, he also has to protect the legacy left to him by these great Chinese writers who have disappeared inexplicably.