To be honest, Zhao Qian really didn't think that anyone would buy the physical publishing rights of the loser.

First of all, it is usually difficult to sell the physical publishing copyright of urban novels, because the publishing house has too many requirements, and urban novels are too easy to step on the line, so the urban cultivation type is quite passable. On the contrary, fantasy fairy tales and historical science fiction are more popular, especially fantasy, which occupies the front row of the Dumb Bay Flower Butterfly List all year round.

The Flower Butterfly List is the authoritative novel sales list in the Duwan area, and the top 100 novels are basically fantasy fairy works.

Now Qing Song told himself that someone wanted to buy the traditional Chinese copyright of the loser, which really surprised him.

Zhao Qian asked: "Doesn't it mean that it is difficult to sell the copyright of urban entities?"

Qingsong replied: "You are an exception, the Baidu hot search index of the loser boy is too high, and even overwhelms the works of many great gods, so it is naturally noticed by the publishing house." Publishing houses are the existence of profit-seeking, as long as they can make money, they are naturally willing to buy it. ”

Zhao Qian nodded: "Then which publishing house wants to buy the copyright?"

Qingsong: "Xinchang Publishing House, I don't know if you've heard of it. ”

Zhao Qian nodded and shook his head: "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it, and I don't have any publishing experience before." It doesn't matter, I only care about what price they give, and if the price is right, I am naturally willing to sell, and if the price is too low, then forget it. ”

Xinchang should be regarded as a relatively large publishing house in the Dangwan area, and the novels in the front row of the Flower Butterfly List are basically monopolized by it and the two publishing houses of Seven Stars. As for the smaller publishing houses, most of them have gone bankrupt because of the shrinkage of the physical publishing industry in recent years, and even large publishing houses like Xinchang are not having a good time.

Qingsong: "Don't worry, we will definitely help you strive for greater benefits!"

"Thank you, big guy!" Zhao Qian nodded, he was naturally willing to sell the copyright, no matter how bad the physical publishing is, he can get a copyright fee, which is better than not selling at all. But how to sell it is another question.

Qing Song: "The price they gave was 4,500 for an episode, 60,000 words for an episode, and it may need to be refined, and the total number of words will be reduced at that time." ”

4500 an episode, this price is not high, low is not low. If it's okay for a novice, after all, many newcomers who publish for the first time can only get a buyout fee of 3000 for an episode, and 3000 is the lowest price, which is equivalent to 50 words per 1,000 words.

But compared with the popularity of the loser, Zhao Qian felt that 4500 was really low. There are many veteran gods, whose works are several streets less famous, but they can still get a buyout price of six or seven thousand episodes, and even royalty sharing.

With such a comparison, Zhao Qian's heart was unbalanced.

Why? Just by publishing it for the first time?

Anyway, he is also an author who has an average order of 20,000 yuan, and the electronic manuscript fee is 300 per thousand words, and the result is a traditional publication of 75 thousand words, and it seems to be as generous, if the other party stands in front of him, Zhao Qian doesn't want to bird him.

Although the Baidu index cannot represent everything, it is at least an important reference data, if the novels with the first Baidu index can only be sold at a price of 75 thousand words, then the publishing industry in Duwan is still waiting for the collective collapse.

So he said: "Isn't 4500 a bit low? It's good that the loser has occupied the first place on the best-selling list for more than a month, whether it is word-of-mouth or quality, I think it's okay." The Baidu index is also so much higher than the second and third places, and the 4500 episode is still a buyout, which I can't accept. ”

What's more, the website has to share 30% of the revenue, that is, 1350 of the 4500 is for Sailing, and the one you get is 3150, which is no different from the newcomer frame, so it's better to keep it. And it's common for publishers to cut in half, and it's good to be able to produce more than a dozen episodes.

Qingsong also knew that he would not agree easily, as long as he understood a little, he knew that the price was indeed a little lower, so he said: "Okay, I'll discuss it with the person in charge of the publishing house later, and pass on your opinions, as for how they reply, let's see it then." I'll try to help you get it. ”

He said so, but he didn't give much hope.

The other party quoted such a low price at the beginning, obviously because they were trying to pick up the leaks, that is, they were determined that the traditional Chinese publishing of urban novels was not popular, and no one competed with them. Even if it is the first in the Baidu index, no publishing house has made up its mind to buy copyrights, so it will lower the price.

"Okay, thank you, Big Guy Qingsong!" Zhao Qian replied.

Qingsong is only in charge of his own editing, and the specific words are not in his hands, and in the end, it depends on the conditions given by Xinchang.

However, Zhao Qian has already decided, if the price is still so low, it means that the other party has no sincere cooperation, so let's pull it down. Although he would love to see his novels published, it doesn't mean that he is willing to sell his hard work.

As for the share, Zhao Qian doesn't plan to talk about the share, publishing is different from online subscription, how many books can be sold in the end is determined by the market, the market in Duwan I don't know, I don't want to bear the market risk, or let the publishing house bear it, even if a part of the profit comes out.

What Zhao Qian didn't expect was that the next day Qingsong told himself that Xinchang Publishing House was willing to pay a maximum price of 5500 per episode, and in addition, he would also sell the simplified Chinese copyright to them, that is, sign two contracts for 5500 episodes.

Zhao Qian scoffed at this, the buyout of 90 thousand words?

Labor and management would rather not sell it than let you do this to my work!

So he decisively refused. Since the other party is so insincere, let's talk about wool.

Qing Song comforted him: "It's okay, there is more than one publishing house in Duwan, and the website will definitely help you promote it." ”

"Thank you, big guy, it doesn't matter, if you can sell it, you can sell it, even if you can't sell it, I don't rely on physical publishing to make money. Zhao Qian responded.

Just when Zhao Qian was about to give up, there was no endless road, and Qingsong told him again that another publishing house contacted the website, saying that he was going to buy the traditional copyright of the loser.

The publishing house that came this time is also in the bay, but it is another, called Novel Channel, which is also one of the three major publishing houses, but the market share is slightly inferior compared to Xinchang and Seven Stars. They seem to really want to cooperate with Zhao Qian this time, and they want to use the loser boy to compete for market share, and as soon as they came up, they directly proposed a thousand words 180 episodes, that is, a buyout price of 10800 for a single episode.

And promised that if allowed, the simplified copyright could also be sold to them for the same price.

This is much more sincere than Xinchang!

To be honest, Zhao Qian is already very satisfied with this condition, 10,000 yuan for a single episode, 70% for himself, and 7000+ before tax, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat, one episode does not seem to be much, but millions of words, if you can produce thirty or forty episodes, you can also earn it.

Then promise them.

Zhao Qian replied: "Big guy Qingsong, I agree with this price, and the simplified Chinese can also be sold to them, as long as the price is the same!"