Chapter 102 Two Programs
An Qingxue couldn't help but feel a little blush when she saw Ning Mo's message. In terms of the quality and novelty of the subject matter of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", the price of 300 words is indeed a bit too bullying.
Moreover, as Ning Mo said, this manuscript was only submitted by Ning Mo because of the recommendation of his best friend Tang Wanru, and he gave people a buyout price of 300 words per 1,000 words, which is really ...... It's not very kind.
However, the bottom line given to her by editor-in-chief Chen Qing also made her very helpless.
So I had to ask, "Then how much do you think is the right price?"
Ning Mo didn't hesitate at all, and immediately replied: "I only accept royalty shares. The share ratio is not less than 10%!"
The 10% royalty share ratio is already relatively high, and it is usually only available to some well-known authors. Of course, some well-known writers can also get a higher royalty share ratio.
As for the pure newcomers, few can exceed 8%. However, with the quality and novel theme of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", Ning Mo only needs 10% of the share is already more kind.
If it weren't for Tang Wanru's relationship, Ning Mo might have offered 11 or even 12 points of royalty sharing.
It's just that An Qingxue was still a little frightened by Ning Mo's offer.
After all, Ning Mo is just a newcomer with no foundation, and he directly offered a 10% royalty share...... This was a bit of a surprise to her.
Moreover, Chen Qing's bottom line for her is that if Ning Mo insists on royalty sharing, she must find a way to suppress the sharing ratio to less than 7%.
The difference of three points is huge.
"This, the 10% royalty share is too high, and it is difficult for our publishing house to accept it, after all, you are just a newcomer, and we have to use a lot of resources and channels to publicize and promote your book. If you want, I can give you a buyout price of 500 words, which is the highest price I can offer you within my authority......"
An Qingxue replied.
She told the truth and didn't fool Ning Mo.
It's just that at the price of five hundred words, Ning Mo didn't even bother to look at it. Now he is not in a hurry to lack money, and there is no need to sell the publishing copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" cheaply.
At that moment, Ning Mo replied: "Buyout or something, forget it." If you really can't accept the 10% royalty share, then let's work together next time. ”
Ning Mo replied directly to the absolute side, and didn't want to continue to talk about it.
An Qingxue over there was suddenly a little anxious, she finally found such a very innovative work, from her own personal point of view, she was definitely not willing to give up the book "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
So he hurriedly said: "Since you must ask for a share according to the royalties, how about I give you a 7% share? This is the highest percentage I can give you within my authority, and no matter how high it is, it is not within my authority that I can promise you." After all, you're just a newcomer, and we have to take a certain amount of risk when we sign your book. ”
An Qingxue was indeed a little anxious, so she directly gave Ning Mo the royalty share ratio of up to 7% that Chen Qing gave her.
Ning Mo looked at An Qingxue's reply and groaned for a while.
An Qingxue's words are not entirely wrong, he is indeed just a newcomer in the publishing industry, and it is indeed risky for publishers to sign his books.
Even if he himself knows that there is at least an eighty percent chance that "Ghost Blows the Lantern" will also be a hit in this time and space, but others don't know, who can pack tickets before the real fire?
In this regard, it is normal and reasonable for publishers to reduce prices.
It's just that it's obviously impossible to accept only 7% of the royalty in its entirety.
So after thinking about it for a while, Ning Mo replied: "That's it, I can accept 7% of the royalty share." However, there is a precondition that I only sign the copyright of the first volume, which is one volume. How about we wait for the first volume to be published?"
Before "Ghost Blows the Lantern" became popular, it was obviously impossible to get a high share ratio directly.
Therefore, Ning Mo planned to sign only one volume if he could, and wait until the first volume was published and sold well, and then negotiate the copyright of the subsequent volumes.
In this way, it is natural to wait for the price to sell. As long as the first volume of "Ghost Blows the Lantern" can become popular, the copyright of the subsequent volumes will not be 10%, even if Ning Mo wants 12, or even 13 points, it will not be a problem.
It's just that he only signed one volume, which really made An Qingxue a little embarrassed.
"I really can't make the decision with only one book. Usually, our publisher directly signs off on an entire work. An Qingxue replied.
Ning Mo said: "Then there is no way. Personally, I can only accept the two approaches I just mentioned. Either 10% of the royalties will be shared, or only one volume will be signed with a 7% royalty share, and the contents of the subsequent volumes will be discussed separately after the first volume is published. ”
"If your publisher can't accept these two proposals, then you can only regret it and wait for the next opportunity to cooperate. ”
Seeing Ning Mo's resolute attitude, An Qingxue hesitated, but decided to report the situation to the editor-in-chief and let the editor-in-chief decide. So he replied: "In this case, I will report your conditions to our editor-in-chief first, and see what his decision is?"
"Okay, no problem!"
Ning Mo replied.
"Then let's talk about this first, and I'll do my best to get back to you when our editor-in-chief has a reply. "Anqing Snow Road.
"Okay. ”
Ning Mo replied, and then closed the chat box casually.
As for whether the other party would finally agree to his conditions, Ning Mo didn't care so much. Even if this Xinrui Culture Publishing House does not agree, Ning Mo can still submit articles to other publishing houses.
Even, if it really doesn't work, he can go directly to the Internet first, and wait for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to have a certain popularity on the Internet, and then seek publishing cooperation, just like the author of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" in the previous life, Tianxia Basing, from the Internet to the entity.
Ning Mo was not in a hurry, after all, he was no longer short of money now.
When it came to money, Ning Mo suddenly remembered that today was already the fifth, and he could withdraw the share of last month's song downloads from the music house.
So Ning Mo hurriedly logged in to the backstage of the Music House to check what the total amount of the share was last month.
1635793.8!
This is the amount that can be withdrawn this month displayed in the background, totaling more than 1.6 million!
That's a million more than last month!
But this is not unusual, after all, last month's share was in August, and Ning Mo had just signed a contract with Music House in August, so the number of downloads of several songs naturally cannot be compared with a full September.
What's more, at the end of September, Ning Mo also uploaded another song 'I wish you a smooth journey'. Ning Mo checked it, and the number of downloads of this song has reached 596741!
You must know that there hasn't been much time for this song to be released, and it's only been more than ten days. The contract with the Music House for this song also just arrived last week, and it just started to be recommended by the Music House on Monday.
was able to have nearly 600,000 downloads in such a short period of time, and a large part of the reason was due to the audience accumulated by Ning Mo's previous two songs, "Angel Wings" and "No Makeup".
I wish you a smooth journey, the number of downloads is actually not much, and Ning Mo's high score this month is mainly due to the two songs of angel wings and no makeup.
Now the total number of downloads of the two versions of Angel Wings has been as high as 8164761 times, and as for the no makeup, it is also as high as 5798763 times!
I believe that it won't be long before the downloads of these two songs should exceed 10 million.