Chapter 145 of the text volume is full of bidding

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On January 3rd, it happened to be Friday, and at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Ning Mo had just returned to the dormitory after class and logged in to IQ when he saw a message from An Qingxue.

"I'd like to talk to you about the publication authorization of the follow-up content of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and I would like to reply after seeing the message. ”

Ning Mo also paid a little attention to the situation of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in the past two days, although he didn't know the specific sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" these days, but from the popularity of some topics on the Internet and the evaluation of word of mouth, etc., he also knew that the sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" should be no worse.

However, he also knows that the reason why "Ghost Blows the Lantern" can become popular so quickly is estimated that Huayi Publishing House has also made great efforts to promote it. At least on New Year's Day, when Ning Mo and Chu Yushan went out shopping, they saw a lot of advertisements for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

Therefore, if it is appropriate, Ning Mo is still willing to continue to cooperate with Huayi Publishing House.

"Editor Ann, I just got back from class. I don't know what you want to do when you say you want to talk to me about the follow-up publication authorization of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", what do you want to talk about?"

Ning Mo quickly entered the information in the dialog box and sent it over.

After about a minute or two, An Qingxue replied with a message, "How about the publishing authorization of the follow-up content of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" according to the 10% royalty you said at the beginning?"

Seeing An Qingxue's information, Ning Mo couldn't help but smile slightly.

If Huayi Publishing House accepted to sign the publishing copyright of the entire "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with a 10% share ratio at the beginning, then Ning Mo would naturally be happy to agree.

After all, at that time, Ning Mo was a little worried about whether "Ghost Blows the Lantern" would not adapt to the soil, and he was indeed a newcomer in the publishing industry, if there was no strong publicity and sales channel, it would be difficult for no matter how good the work was, it would be difficult to sell too high sales.

But now, since "Ghost Blows the Lantern" is not 'unadaptable', and has shown a strong market potential, the next few volumes are only 10% of the royalty share will naturally no longer satisfy Ning Mo.

What's more, the first two volumes were signed to Huayi Publishing House, but only 8%, even if this proportion is basically the highest share that newcomers can get.

However, in business, business matters still have to be discussed as they should be, and this has nothing to do with personal relationships.

Because of this, Ning Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with An Qingxue's proposal to sign the subsequent volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with 10% royalty share at this time, after all, as the editor of Huayi Publishing House, she naturally had to talk about this matter from the standpoint of Huayi Publishing House.

What's more, in the business field, the two sides bargained with each other, compromised with each other, and finally reached a balanced price that was acceptable to both parties.

At that moment, Ning Mo immediately replied: "Editor An, if you accept to sign the publishing copyright of the entire "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with a 10% share at the beginning, then I will be happy to sign the contract. But now, to be honest, this ratio is still a little bit worse than my psychological expectations. ”

"Why don't I think we'll wait a while to talk about the follow-up publication authorization of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern"? At that time, we will both be able to have a clearer understanding and evaluation of the value of "Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern". ”

Ning Mo was originally willing to sign the copyright of the first two volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" with a share ratio of 8%, which was originally to keep the next six volumes, and wait for the price after "Ghost Blows the Lantern" became popular.

Seeing Ning Mo's reply, An Qingxue, who was sitting in her office at Huayi Publishing House, couldn't help but bite her lip.

She knows very well that Ning Mo is not as simple-minded and easy to fool as ordinary students around twenty years old, and now that "Ghost Blows the Lantern" has shown the potential to be a big hit, he obviously doesn't see the rabbit and doesn't scatter the eagle.

If you can't make Ning Mo more satisfied, then if you want to sign the copyright of the next six volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" immediately, I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

At the moment, An Qingxue hesitated for a moment, and immediately replied: "Then you can tell me a price, if we can accept it here, then we can do our best to sign the contract, so that we can also devote more energy to publicity and promotion, what do you think?"

Seeing An Qingxue's information, Ning Mo's expression sank slightly, his eyes flashed with a hint of thought, and after a while, he replied: "I want a royalty share of 13 points." If your publisher agrees, then we can immediately sign a publishing license contract for the next few volumes of Ghost Blowing the Lamp. ”

Ning Mo's reply made An Qingxue silent for a while, and only after a moment did she say: "13% is too high, if you want, I can directly call the shots and give you 11% of the share." ”

Ning Mo was also silent for a while, and then said: "I can only concede at most 0.5 points, this is based on the good cooperation we have before, if other publishing houses want to sign "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" now, below 13 points, I will not talk to him at all." ”

"If you think 12.5% is still unacceptable, then I think it's better for us to talk about it later.

Seeing Ning Mo's reply, An Qingxue hesitated a little and said, "Okay, I have to ask the editor-in-chief for this, after all, the 12.5% royalty share is really not low." ”

In the publishing industry, those who can get more than 10% of the royalty share belong to the ranks of well-known writers, and more than 12% of them are basically the share that only popular writers with very high popularity and supporters can get.

Even if "Ghost Blows the Lantern" has now shown the potential to be a big hit, the share ratio of 12.5% still has to be made by Zhang Lei.

In the final analysis, this is because "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is only Ning Mo's first work published, even if the first and second volumes have begun to sell well, Ning Mo still has not gotten rid of his identity as a newcomer in the publishing industry, and wants to get more than 12% of the royalty share, how can it be so simple.

Of course, if "Ghost Blows the Lantern" can really become a big hit as expected, then it will be easier for Ning Mo to get more than 12% of the royalty share for the next new book to be published.

"Okay, Editor, if you have a decision, you can always give me information. Ning Mo replied immediately.

The two ended the conversation for the time being, and An Qingxue immediately went to ask Zhang Lei for instructions. Zhang Lei gave her permission to talk to Ning Mo within 12% before, but now that it has exceeded this bottom line, it is not for her to call the shots.

At the same time that An Qingxue asked Zhang Lei for instructions, in fact, Ning Mo was not worried that Huayi Publishing House would not accept such a sharing ratio, and now the first and second volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" can already be seen to be on fire, and I believe that other publishing houses must have noticed this book.

As long as they know that Ning Mo has only signed the publication authorization of the first two volumes with Huayi Publishing House, they must be interested in the publication authorization of the follow-up content of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".

So Ning Mo didn't have to worry about not being able to sell the copyright at all. If it is purely in terms of maximizing profits, it is undoubtedly the best to wait until the first and second volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" really explode.

However, from Ning Mo's point of view, he naturally hopes to continue to cooperate with Huayi Publishing House, after all, the previous cooperation between the two sides was relatively pleasant.

Another point is that Huayi Publishing House is backed by the media giant 'Huayi Media', and many resources are not available to other publishing houses.

In addition, the first and second volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" only show the potential to be a big hit, and they are not really completely popular enough to sweep the entire market.

At this time, Ning Mo didn't want to make any trouble with Huayi Publishing House, lest Huayi Publishing House worry about making wedding dresses for others, and would rather suppress it at this time than damage his own interests, and even hide the first two volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

An Qingxue's previous sentence 'You can put more energy into publicity and promotion' is obviously a subtle reminder to Ning Mo, which is one of the reasons why Ning Mo chose to make a slight concession.

However, again, business matters are originally about you and me, and finally reach a balance point that is acceptable to both parties.

If only one party takes advantage of the cooperation and the other party has been suffering, it is unlikely to last long.

Moreover, the 12.5% share ratio is indeed very high.