He ...... He hung up! ”

In the Weibo Reading Editorial Department, Guo Haifeng looked at Xu Fusheng with some confusion.

"I'll call him."

Xu Fusheng was determined to sign "The Legend of Wukong", and after hearing the other party hang up the phone, he decided to go on it himself.

"Have you submitted articles to other publishers?" As soon as Lin Mu hung up the phone, Zou Ran asked.

"It's not a contribution, so I just posted a story on Weibo."

Lin Mu said indifferently.

"Just now, someone from Weibo called and wanted to sign a contract with you?" Zou Ran asked again.

"Well, the price given is too low, I didn't agree."

Lin Mu told the truth.

"What did you write? Can you show me? "Seeing the excitement of "The Dedication of Suspect X", Zou Ran will not let go of any of Lin Mu's works.

"Okay, then I'll send it to you after dinner." Lin Mu thought for a moment and spoke.

"Why don't you send it now?"

Zou Ran said.

"Let's eat first."

Lin Mu didn't promise her.

As soon as he saw the young man who suddenly became shrewd once it came to the issue of interests, Zou Ran was also speechless, but he couldn't help it.

Because if it weren't for that, maybe he wouldn't have been able to write a wonderful novel.

After picking up the bowl and eating a few bites, Lin Mu's mobile phone rang again.

When I picked it up, it was still the phone just now.

Zou Ran suddenly became a little nervous, afraid that Lin Mu would connect, although she didn't know if the call was from Weibo Reading.

Fortunately, Lin Mu's interest in food now seems to be much greater than that of this call.

He hung up the phone and continued to eat.

Wang Qian looked at her mother from the side, she wondered in her heart, how good is the novel written by Senior Lin Mu, can make her mother, who has been an editor for nearly 20 years, nervous like this?

Because of this, she suddenly had a strong interest in Senior Lin Mu's novels, and at the same time, she also strengthened her confidence in being admitted to the National University of Communication.

hung up the phone, but the other party still didn't give up, and immediately dialed again.

Lin Mu was helpless and answered the phone.

"Hey ......"

Before he had a chance to speak, Lin Mu said directly: "Let's eat, can we talk in an hour?" ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for the other party to say anything, and hung up directly.

"Cool!"

Wang Qian watched from the side and couldn't help whispering.

Zou Ran glanced at her, but the stone in her heart fell to the ground.

She naturally understood that Lin Mu's words were said to the other party, and at the same time to herself.

So, now, she had an hour to decide if she wanted to sign the novel she hadn't even read.

It felt a little funny, but Zou Ran was full of curiosity about that novel.

Because she had a hunch that it must also be a great novel, otherwise the other party would not have called one after another.

Hearing Lin Mu's answer, the other party really stopped calling, and this confirmed Zou Ran's thoughts even more, the other party must have wanted this book very much.

After the three of them finished eating quietly, Zou Ran finally couldn't help it and said, "Xiaolin, look, did you send me your novel too?" ”

"Okay, Aunt Zou, you can tell me about the mailbox."

Lin Mu is actually a person who is very afraid of trouble, and thinks that it would be best if he could continue to cooperate with Zou Ran, so as not to waste his tongue to talk to people who read on Weibo.

So, he directly sent the "Legend of Wukong" stored in his mobile phone to Zou Ran.

Wang Qian was very sensible and knew that her mother might have to talk to Senior Lin Mu about things next, so after eating, she said, "Mom, Senior Lin Mu, I'll go back to school first, you talk first." ”

"Okay, then you go back, take a good class, and I'll pick you up in the afternoon."

Zou Ran opened his mobile phone mailbox and said.

"Well, goodbye, Senior Lin Mu."

Wang Qian answered, said hello to Lin Mu, and then walked towards the door.

"Goodbye."

Lin Mu waved at her, then sat on a chair and waited for Zou Ran to read "The Legend of Wukong".

is worthy of being a professional editor, and in less than half an hour, Zou Ran finished browsing this "Wukong Biography".

"What price is the other party gaving?"

She asked Lin Mu.

"Aunt Zou is also going to want it?"

Lin Mu asked.

"If you could, but I don't think this book will sell as well as 'The Suspect.'"

Zou Ran said.

"Oh."

Lin Mu could hear from his tone that she didn't seem to be interested in this "Legend of Wukong".

It can't be said that there is little interest, maybe it would be more appropriate to use a conference that is not interested in the interest of "The Devotion of Suspect X".

"But this book can be serialized." Zou Ran said.

Because the novels serialized in "Novel Weekly" have always been more realistic themes, she is not very optimistic or likes this "The Legend of Wukong", but as a professional editor, she still sees the potential value of this book.

Perhaps, male readers will like such a book, but not necessarily.

So, she wanted to sign the book, but the price was worth talking about.

When Lin Mu heard this, he didn't speak, as if he was thinking about something, and at this moment, the phone number just now called again.

"Take a call." Lin Mu said and stood up.

From Zou Ran's words, he also heard that the price she could give for this "Wukong Biography" would not be too high, so it was necessary for Lin Mu to talk to people who read Weibo.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the car later, and the contract is estimated to be drawn up when we go back." Zou Ran said with a smile.

"Okay."

Lin Mu said, answered the phone, pushed open the door of the private room and walked out.

"Hello? I'm Xu Fusheng, a screenwriter who reads on Weibo, I called here to talk to you about the copyright of "The Legend of Wukong", just now the intern screenwriter doesn't know the rules, I hope you don't mind, we can discuss the manuscript fee or something. ”

The phone was connected, and the voice of a middle-aged man came.

"It's okay, I don't know what you want to talk about? Say it well beforehand, full copyright is not possible. Lin Mu said directly.

As soon as he heard the other party say this, Xu Fusheng also understood in his heart that the other party was not a newcomer who knew nothing about the team.

So he said, "In that case, let's talk about another way to share a house." ”

"Please." Lin Mu walked out of the home-cooked restaurant and asked while standing under a plane tree on the side of the road.

"Another way of cooperation is that you grant us the exclusive text publishing rights of "Wukong Biography", and we at Sina Reading enjoy the exclusive publishing rights of "Wukong Biography", so that other copyrights are still in your hands, but the price will be lower than the full copyright."

Lin Mu did publish a book before, but the specific matters were all discussed on the website, so he didn't know much about physical book publishing, and when he heard Xu Fusheng talk about exclusive publishing rights, he asked: "What does this exclusive publishing right refer to?" Can you explain this to me? ”

"Exclusive right of publication, simply put, means that within the term of the exclusive right of publication agreed in the contract, other publishing houses can no longer exercise the right of publication of "The Legend of Wukong" within the area agreed in the contract, that is, the right of reproduction and distribution as stipulated in Article 10 (5) and (6) of the Copyright Law." Xu Fusheng said.

"How long is this period? What is a region? Lin Mu asked.

"The term is generally ten years, of course, the specific details can be negotiated and revised, and the regional is domestic simplified publishing." Guo Haifeng spoke.

"What about the price?" Lin Mu asked the question he was most concerned about.

"In terms of price, there are also three options, one is to buy out directly, I can give you a thousand words and a thousand and a half if you write this book; There is also a buyout plus share, which is to give you a guaranteed buyout price, and then the rest of the manuscript fee will be divided according to the sales of your book; The last one is a simple share, that is, you get as much as the book sells. ”

Xu Fusheng directly said all three plans in one go, and raised the manuscript fee by 1,000 at once, and it was only the price of the simplified publishing buyout.

"Buyout plus share? Tell me how much you can give me in this book. ”

This kind of plan is to buy out and share Lin Mu heard some big gods talk about it when he was chatting in the group before, it seems that you can get a part of the money first, and then the rest of the money is a share of how much money you get for selling as many books as you sell, and he is quite interested in this kind of plan.

"If you write this book, I can give you a thousand words and a thousand buyouts, plus an 8% share." Xu Fusheng said.

“8%？ Too low, right? When Lin Mu heard this, he said with some displeasure.

"Low? It's not low, you have to know that top writers like Li Xiaohu and others are only 10% of the price before tax. Hearing that Lin Mu actually said that the 8% share was a bit low, Xu Fusheng immediately retorted.

He didn't lie to Lin Mu when he said this.

Under normal circumstances, the normal royalty of publishing is about 6%, and the royalty rate of a famous artist may be 10%, 12%, or even higher, but that is a famous artist, and a famous artist is a sales guarantee, and Lin Mu is just a little-known newcomer.

Therefore, the price given by Xu Fusheng is already very good.

Although Lin Mu didn't know who Li Xiaohu was, it seemed that the 8% share was not low when he heard Xu Fusheng's words, so he continued: "Oh, that's the case? Okay, let's sign a buyout plus share, but the buyout price has to be higher. ”

"Okay, a thousand words, plus an 8% share of sales, are you okay with that?"

"A thousand words, a thousand or eight, it's still a bit less." Lin Mu said when he heard this.

"And how much do you want?" Xu Fusheng asked directly.

"Three thousand words, plus 10% sales share, if you can, you can sign a contract at any time." Lin Mu spoke.

Although he has never been a businessman, he also understands the truth of asking for money on the spot.

"Three thousand words, plus 10% of the share, this price is really a bit expensive, in this way, one thousand words and eight, plus 9% of the share, what do you think, if it is acceptable, I will ask the contracted editor to send you the contract now."

It can be heard that Xu Fusheng really wants to sign the book "The Legend of Wukong", and after hearing Lin Mu's words, after thinking for a while, he gave the highest price that could be given within the scope of his rights.

"No, no, it's too low." Lin Mu was unwilling to retreat.

"Since that's all that has been said, then I'll tell you the truth, although I really want to sign your "Wukong Biography", but three thousand words is indeed too expensive and too risky for a newcomer, one thousand words and one thousand eight plus 9% of the share, is already the limit of my rights, the price I give you is already the highest price I can give a newcomer, after all, our publishing house also has to take a certain risk, isn't it? There is no guarantee that the publication of this book will be a hit and sales will explode. ”

Xu Fusheng was on the other end of the phone, a little embarrassed, and confided in Lin Mu about his difficulties.

Lin Mu was silent when he heard this, and was thinking about agreeing directly, or discussing it with Zou Ran, but Xu Fusheng continued: "In this way, you wait a little longer, I will send your manuscript to our editor-in-chief, and tell him your wishes, and see if he can agree to your request, can you do it?" ”

Hearing Xu Fusheng say this, Lin Mu said: "Okay, but you have to pay attention, I don't just vote for you in this book, and the Novel Weekly is also very interested in this book." ”

After Lin Mu finished speaking, he hung up the phone directly.

Lin Mushi opened his mouth, Xu Fusheng could have directly refused his request.

Isn't it just one, Sina Reading can receive thousands of manuscripts every day, and if he refuses this one, he can use the money he signed to sign more, but in the dark he has a feeling that if he doesn't sign this book today, he will definitely regret it in the future.

So, after ending the call with Lin Mu, Xu Fusheng dialed the phone number of the editor-in-chief Su Jin.

"Hey, Editor Xu, what's wrong?" Su Jin's voice came from the phone.

"Editor-in-chief, I received a fandom today, to be precise, it is a Journey to the West, the theme is very novel, the setting is very novel, and the whole story is written very smoothly and excitingly. It's just that no one seems to have written this kind of article before, I don't know what the market prospect is, the price asked by the author is a bit high, I don't dare to agree, or I'll send you the manuscript to see! The phone was connected, and Xu Fusheng spoke directly.

Su Jin still has an impression of this Xu Fusheng, he is a veteran of Sina Reading, and has signed several bestsellers for Sina Reading over the years.

Therefore, after hearing Xu Fusheng's words, Su Jin said directly: "Fusheng, I can trust your vision, as long as you think the text is good, you can sign it boldly and boldly, and you don't have to be afraid." ”

"Thank you, editor-in-chief, but the author asks for 3,000 words plus 10% of the share, I really don't dare to agree to him at this price, I have already sent you the manuscript, you can take a look." Xu Fusheng said as he sent "The Legend of Wukong" to Su Jin.

"What? Three thousand words plus 10% of the share, such a big breath? When Su Jin heard this, he said with some disdain.

"It's a bit of a lion's mouth, but the quality of the manuscript is really good."

Xu Fusheng said.

"Okay.,I'll take a look since it's sent.,See what tricks he can write.,A book of the same people dares to ask for a price like this.。 Su Jin said, and directly opened the "Legend of Wukong" sent by Xu Fusheng.

"Okay, then I won't bother you." Xu Fusheng said.

"Well, you're busy with yours first."

Hung up Xu Fusheng's phone, and Su Jin began to review this "Wukong Biography".

"Smack!"

Thirty minutes later, Su Jin suddenly slapped his leg and said excitedly: "Wonderful, really wonderful, this book must be signed." ”

Years of publishing experience told him that this "Legend of Wukong" would definitely sell well.

After making up his mind, Su Jin immediately dialed the number of the editorial department: "Hey, Fusheng, I read the manuscript, it's good, it's good, it's good, your vision is really vicious." In this way, you quickly ask the contracted editor to contact the author of "The Legend of Wukong", and be sure to sign the book. ”

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PS: The 4,000-word chapter, I'll change it today.

Sadly.,Next week it's really naked-run.,Please recommend the collection support.,There's a book list of troubles.,I think we can still salvage it.。