When he woke up the next morning, Liu Zhe received a strange phone call.

"Hello, are you Liu Zhe himself?"

A woman's voice, clear and very confident, indicates that it should not be a customer service or something, otherwise she will definitely use a sweet voice.

"Yes, are you?" Ryu Chul opened his mouth, still deciding to let the other person speak first.

"I am the editor-in-chief of Juvenile and Children's Publishing House, Zhang Mo. ”

Liu Zhe suddenly remembered that it was this publishing house that contacted Xia Yiran's studio before.

"Oh, hello, you're the publisher who contacted me and said they wanted to buy the publishing rights of those fairy tales that I wanted, right?" Liu Zhe confirmed.

"Yes, we are from the Demon City Children's Publishing House, we understand that you also live in the Demon City, I don't know if you can come out for an interview? We really want to cooperate with you, it is a pity that these fairy tales are not published for more people to see. ”

Hey, I really know how to say good things, it's the market effect!

Now that the reputation of these stories has spread, and the stories have positive significance, I believe that as long as they are published, they will not lose money.

This is in the current situation of the overall downturn of the paper media, except for the stories of some well-known fairy tale authors, the others are basically in a state of instability, and this suddenly has a collection of fairy tales that make sure that they don't lose money, of course, they will not let go.

Liu Zhe said with a wry smile: "I'm not in the magic capital now, but in the countryside under Tongzhou City, your province. ”

After a pause, he said: "It's okay to talk on the phone, talk about the basics, and then meet again to discuss in detail." ”

Publishing is also something good.

It's not about the money, these stories don't make much money.

It's a matter of popularity, and although these stories are now more widely disseminated, they are only within a certain range.

Although "gold will shine", but that is also a matter of the future, he wants to promote it while it is still hot, otherwise the daylily will be cold in the future, and it will be neither hot nor cold at that time, and it will be suffocated.

You can increase your popularity and collect more exchange points.

"Good. In fact, Zhang Mo wanted to meet and talk, and it was too difficult to control talking about things on the phone.

Negotiation is not only about mouths, but also about influencing and "coercing" the other party in terms of atmosphere, movements, temperament changes, etc., so as to occupy a high point and control the overall situation.

"Then what kind of cooperation do you say?" was Liu Zhe's first concern.

"According to our regulations, generally speaking, the newcomer's remuneration will be bought out for 1000 words, and your situation is special, so we will negotiate a price of 500 for 1,000 words......"

Liu Zhe: "!!"

He couldn't cry or laugh, please, you are a publishing house, you are so short-sighted?

What does it mean to buy out? A buyout means that all the copyrights are directly given to the publishing house, and in the future, whether it is a comic or an anime, etc., it will be the publisher's, and it has nothing to do with him!

Also, 1,000 words/500?

Most of the words he exchanged were more than 1,000 words, only Alice in Wonderland had more than 10,000 words, and eight stories were only more than 10,000 words......

Also, the fame of these stories has spread, and as long as they are published, there will surely be many people who will be happy to buy them.

He's stupid?

Or is the publishing house stupid?

The time was only three seconds, and seeing that Liu Zhe didn't speak, he spoke again.

"Of course, we know that you are not willing to buy out at a price, so we offer another way to work together. ”

The pause before the relationship is just to tempt!

This publishing house is very insincere, or is it a big bully?

"In what way?" said Liu Zhe in a calm tone, but to see what kind of trouble the other party was going to make.

The first impression of this publishing house was very bad for him, maybe he thought he was a newcomer in the fairy tale world and didn't want to give him too high a salary?

"That's right, we have two ways here, one is to sign a contract for the work, and use the royalty sharing model. In this way of contracting, we give 10% of the royalty share, and overseas, traditional, electronic copyright, film and television adaptation, etc., is 55%. ”

After a pause, he didn't give Liu Zhe a chance to speak, and continued: "There is also a kind of author's contract, and we can give 12% of the royalty share, and the other shares are the same. ”

The author signed a contract with Liu Zhe and dropped it directly, he didn't want to stumble on fairy tales, there is no free lunch in the world, there are many benefits, and in the same way, there are more obligations to fulfill.

For example, how many works of what quality are produced each year, and what is the obligation to publicize.

But......

Liu Zhe asked calmly: "Are you sure that the share is only 10%?"

"Yes. The confident reply over there: "The average author is only 6~8%." ”

"Oh..."Liu Zhe nodded and said lightly, "I know, goodbye." ”

At the end, he added: "When I was studying, I was in the fourth class." ”

He's not a qualified businessman, oh, or not a businessman at all. In his eyes, if you can't talk about it, then forget it, you don't need to be entangled with dead skins and faces, but you are also a person with an identity.

"Duh... Honk... "...... Zhang Mo listened to the busy tone of the phone in a daze.

What is this, what is the situation?

And that's the end of the collaboration?

Shouldn't it be a bargain?

In fact, the editor-in-chief of the publishing house gave the bottom line of 14%, after all, the basis of these fairy tales is there, and their publishing house is sure to make money, not to mention that there is a lot of potential for adaptation.

But who knew that when he encountered someone like Liu Zhe, he would simply cut it off.

Zhang Mo called the phone again, after all, this matter was personally explained by the editor-in-chief, and if he didn't do it well, he would be recorded in a small book.

The phone was connected again.

This time, his tone was not so confident, and he said in a low tone: "Mr. Liu, 12%, this is the sincerity of our publishing house, and some old authors who have cooperated with our publishing house for a long time have such a price." Although yours is very good and the base is popular, paper media and virtual media are different after all, and the market acceptance is still unknown. ”

"You're a newcomer in the fairy tale world, you're not famous, and many people won't buy it. This is the words in her heart, and she naturally dare not say it.

Liu Zhe pouted, this is very good at raising first and then suppressing.

"Is there anything else? I hung up without me. ”

Favorability is everything, well, somewhat willful.

Generally speaking, if you are confident in your own books, you can also use ladder sharing to cooperate.

For example, if you sell 10,000 copies, you can get a 10% share, 100,000 cars can get 12%, and 14% if you reach 100,000 cars......

This brings mutual benefit, which is acceptable to the author and the publisher does not lose money.

The other side obviously struggled and hesitated, and said, "Mr. Liu, wait, I'll go and discuss with the editor-in-chief, and I'll give you a reasonable share ratio." ”

"No, I still have something to do, so be it. As he spoke, he hung up the phone.

The other side obviously thought of hanging up her phone, and quickly said, "14%, this is the maximum permission I can give." ”

Liu Zhe hung up the phone directly.

He was also speechless, tossing and increasing the price again and again, he hated this the most, and waited for 16%, 17%, 18% ......?

He admits that it is true that businessmen want to maximize profits, but he is not a businessman now, nor is he begging for publication, let alone intriguing, and hates trouble the most.