"Classmate Luo Zi, you deceived Uncle Sun so hard. ”

"Ah, Uncle Sun, when did I lie to you?"

"Didn't you tell me that mortal was your classmate?"

"yes, what's wrong?"

"Luo Zi, this is your fault, uncle has always thought that you are virtuous, why do you like to deceive people, this is not good. Are you sure that this mortal is really your classmate, not a university professor you know?"

"University professor, Uncle Sun, what are you talking about, I was confused by you, Fanchen is indeed my classmate. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Uncle, don't be sure, I swear, swear, Fan Chen is a classmate in the same grade as me. ”

"Well, when Uncle just asked you didn't say anything. ”

"Uh......"

……

Talk in the middle of the night.

"Editor-in-chief, Fan Chen's chat has been serialized more than a dozen articles, and he chatted with Fan Chen just now, and he plans to write a few more articles and synthesize them into a volume and promote them to the publishing market. ”

After communicating with Huang Yifan, editor Dong Xiaoyu put forward Huang Yifan's idea of publishing it in the company's regular meeting.

"Publishing, this is good. ”

Without thinking about it, Zhou Qing, the editor-in-chief of Midnight Talk, nodded with a smile, "Chatzhai can be said to be the most successful work we have introduced this year in the middle of the night, and it can even be said to be the most successful work of the supernatural genre in recent years." This is a very interesting and innovative work, and I believe that it will sell well as long as it is combined into a book. ”

"yes, editor-in-chief, I think so too. Moreover, I also took into account that we talked about it in the middle of the night, isn't there a cooperative publishing house, as long as we sign the publishing rights of Liaozhai, I believe that in the publishing industry, we can also make a name for ourselves. ”

"Hmm. ”

Zhou Qing nodded, "It's okay to publish Liaozhai, you can tell Fan Chen, the author of Liaozhai, that we will definitely mobilize all our forces to completely package his Liaozhai." ”

It's just that before the words fell, Lin Hao, the editor on the side, spoke.

"Editor-in-chief, we can't be in such a hurry, it seems that we haven't talked to that mortal about the publication treatment yet. ”

"That's right, Xiaoyu, is there any request from Fanchen?"

"He didn't mention it for the time being, and I don't know. ”

"Well, we will sign a publishing contract with Fanchen at a rate of 9% of the royalty. ”

Generally, the royalty of a new author's book is 6 or 7 points, which is 6% or 7% of the price of the published novel.

This royalty is of course low, but it's the same across the globe.

From publishing to printing and then to selling a novel, it takes a lot of cost and effort.

Take a 20 yuan novel with a first printing of 5,000 copies. It seems that 5,000 copies of the novel can be sold for 100,000 yuan. But in fact, there are absolutely not so many. After the publisher first printed 5,000 copies, he did not sell them to bookstores or libraries for 20 yuan, but wholesaled them at a discount. Discounts on reference books may be less, but most works such as novels can be discounted at 5%, and some powerful bookstores can get them at a 4% discount or even a lower price than 4% off.

In other words, the income from 5,000 novels is not 100,000 yuan, but about 50,000 yuan.

And that's just the total revenue, minus transportation, utilities, labor, printing...... Wait, if you can earn 20,000 yuan out of 50,000 yuan of income, it is already against the sky. Not to mention, out of this 50,000 yuan, you have to come up with 6% or 7% of the royalties.

Note that this royalty is not based on the discounted price of the novel, but on the price at which the book is sold. Then, you have to deduct 6,000 yuan to 7,000 yuan from the manuscript fee.

Deduct some here, count some of those, and all of them will add up, and 5,000 novels can only earn more than 10,000 yuan at most.

Therefore, the royalties of all new authors are 6% and 7%, although they are very low, but they are business rules, and if they are high, the merchants will not have much profit, so they will naturally not choose to publish. Of course, not all authors have a 6% or 7% rake, and for some well-known authors, the royalty can be increased to 8%-9%. Although this is an extra royalty payment for the publisher, because most of the well-known authors have guaranteed sales of their novels, it is also possible to give up some more royalties.

For the first publication, Zhou Qing gave a 9% royalty, and he already regarded Fan Chen as a well-known author.

Although, for many people, Fanchen is still a newcomer, especially in the publishing industry, Fanchen is even newer and can't be newer.

However, Lin Hao disagreed with the 9% royalty proposed by Zhou Qing, "Editor-in-chief, is this royalty too high." ”

"Lin Hao, what do you mean, do you think we should give Fan Chen 6% or 7% of the royalty? You must know that although Fan Chen is a rookie author, his chat has been verified in our magazine. Even if the publisher is not the same as the user of the magazine, it has been proven that Liao Zhai may be a big seller. ”

"Xiaoyu is right, I also think that Liao Zhai may be a big seller, although the 9% royalty is more than that of new authors, but we are not unacceptable. ”

Since the last time he drove March out of the midnight talk, Zhou Qing didn't give Lin Hao a good face. However, after all, Lin Hao has a very close relationship with the head office, and before Lin Hao is not particularly at fault, he will not have nothing to trouble Lin Hao. Unexpectedly, just after a few days of silence, this Lin Hao came to cause trouble again. In his heart, Zhou Qing was ready to find a time to talk to the company's upper echelons about Lin Hao, and suggested that Lin Hao be dismissed.

"Editor-in-chief, you misunderstood me. ”

Seeing the faint signs of anger in the editor-in-chief, Lin Hao hurriedly said, "It is precisely because Liaozhai is likely to be a big seller, so for our interests, we can't give such a high royalty." ”

"Lin Hao, your horizons are too narrow, if you talk about fasting and sell well, Fanchen will take more, and we will earn more, this is a win-win situation. ”

"No, Xiaoyu, you don't understand, the win-win way is not only this way, we can also have a more win-win way. For example, we do not sign publishing cooperation with Fanchen in the form of royalty commission, and we completely buy out Liaozhai in the form of the total number of words. ”

As soon as this idea came out, even Zhou Qing felt that his eyes lit up.

Seeing that Zhou Qing did not deny it, Lin Hao knew that there was a play, and continued, "Now the price of Liao Zhai in our publishing house is 3,000 words per thousand, and at present, he has written a total of 15 works, each work is about more than 1,000 words, and if you count 4,000 yuan per work, the total income of 15 works is 60,000." 60,000, a lot less, not too much. Since we all think that talking in the middle of the night can be a big sale, then we don't want to directly buy out the publishing rights of Liaozhai at a price of 200,000 yuan. ”

As soon as Lin Hao said this, the editors had a draft in their hearts.

Although 200,000 yuan is a lot, the editors have also seen the charm of Liao Zhai in recent times.

As long as Liao Zhai is successfully published, it is believed that the sales volume will not be less than 100,000 copies.

"Editor-in-chief, as long as Liao Zhai can sell 100,000 copies, the profits behind it will completely belong to us. And if we still cooperate with Fanchen at 9% royalties, then, if Liaozhai suddenly sells 200,000 copies, 300,000 copies, or even 400,000 copies, then the royalties we pay will not only be 200,000, but 400,000, 600,000, or even 1 million. ”

"Editor-in-chief, by all means. ”

Seeing Lin Hao report this number, Dong Xiaoyu immediately looked at the editor-in-chief, "Editor-in-chief, although we can make more money by buying out 200,000 yuan, this kind of cooperation is unfair to Fanchen, and he will definitely think that we are cheating." ”

"Hehe, Xiaoyu, you're thinking too much. You must know that Fan Chen is just a newcomer, 200,000 is already a lot, let alone him, even if I suddenly get a manuscript fee of 200,000, I will not ask for any share. ”

"But what about the future, in the future, mortals will also feel that we are cheating. ”

"It's better to say, if there is no big sale in the future, we can say, you see, how much we care for you, and we also gave you 200,000 at a loss. As soon as our Liaozhai is a big seller, we can say another way, let's just say that Liaozhai is through our packaging, publicity and various promotions, which is the result. At that time, we were also taking a lot of risks. ”

"No, Lin Hao, we can't do this, if we do this, our magazine will be finished. ”

"Cut, Xiaoyu, it seems that the success or failure of the magazine depends on you, editor-in-chief, what do you think?"

Speaking of this, Lin Hao glanced at the editor-in-chief Zhou Qing again.

At this time, Zhou Qing took a sip of tea and didn't say anything.

This gesture made Lin Hao happy, and he thought to himself, Midnight Talk Magazine has been half-dead before, in the midst of losses and small profits, and he can't make a few dollars in a year. There are already voices at headquarters saying that they will shut down the midnight talks. Although Liaozhai is now a sudden attack, he is too unpredictable about literature. Today may be a fire because of Liaozhai, but tomorrow, what about tomorrow, what will happen after there is no Liaozhai tomorrow?

He didn't believe that the author named Fanchen could write so many works all the time.

Now he can write more than a dozen Liaozhai series, which is already a genius. After this period of time, with Lin Hao's experience, most of these authors have exhausted their talents, and they can no longer write the works that they once became famous. It's like March, March is still that March, the supernatural master is still the supernatural master, but can he still write the supernatural masterpiece that was known as the fastest back then?

With years of intuition, Lin Hao believes that the editor-in-chief Zhou Qing will definitely be moved by his proposal.

Because, for midnight talks, Lin Hao knew that they were not engaged in literature, they were in business.

Since there is an opportunity to make hundreds of thousands, or even millions, more in business, why would you refuse?