Chapter 18: Cooperation and Threats
"Wolves?"
Seeing that it was his editor who sent a message, Li Jie didn't think much about it, and dialed the other party's phone after turning off the computer.
"Hello, I'm the author of "The Last Bullet Left for Me." Li Jie got straight to the point.
Huh?
The wild wolf in the office asked a little excitedly: "Hello, I'm a wild wolf, so I can ask you if it's your real name?" Or just a pen name? ”
The copyright society in this world is very strong, except for some necessary evidence needs, it can completely protect the private information of the copyright owner, even the staff of the Qichuang Literature Network cannot access the author's real name and other private information when registering.
"Pen name, my name is Li Jie." Li Jie's answer was very succinct.
"Hello, Mr. Li, isn't that what your book is selling now? We hope that your update will slow down a little to match the promotion of our website below. ”
The wild wolf was a little depressed, he felt that he was already very bad at chatting with others, but he didn't expect the other party to talk less than him.
"You don't have to update tens of thousands of words every day! Keep two shifts a day, more than 5,000 words is enough. The wolf patiently pointed.
"But I'm done!" Li Jie shrugged noncommittally.
Originally, "The Last Bullet Left for Me" was more than 400,000 words, Xi'er was not around these days, he could basically update to 70,000 or 80,000 words a day, and the novel would have ended long before he made this call to the wild wolf.
"What? Already finished? Li Jie's words surprised the wild wolf.
It's already over? It's only been a few days since it was uploaded? It's updated too fast!
"When will you finish the book, why don't you discuss it with us, you know that you will lose a lot of income like this?" The wild wolf's excited look can be felt through the phone: "What's more, your novel boutique recommendation, homepage recommendation, and omni-channel recommendation have not been arranged, my author, you will make us very embarrassed by this....."
Li Jie waited for the other party to finish venting, and then said lightly: "However, I haven't uploaded the remaining fifteen chapters yet, if you feel necessary, I can only send two chapters a day." ”
"It is necessary, of course it is necessary!"
The wolf felt his heart twitching, but fortunately he had a chance to buffer, otherwise he wouldn't know how to explain it to the editor-in-chief.
After all, Li Jie makes a small amount of money, and a popular novel is the most important thing for the website.
Moreover, novels in the literary and military genre have always been incomparable to horizontal Chinese, and it is difficult to find such a novel with potential, and the wild wolf really does not want any moths to appear in his hands.
"Can't you just write a little more?" The wild wolf asked reluctantly: "Or are you arranging for Xiaozhuang to return to the special forces?" ”
"It can't be arranged." Li Jie's reply was just as succinct and desperate.
Because the novel "Bullet" was copied from his previous life, he has no ability or interest in doing some dog-tailed mink things.
The wolf's head was a little dizzy, but he still knew what to prioritize. He organized the language and continued to ask: "Then Mr. Li, what are you going to write in your next new book?" Do you still write military novels? ”
This question was asked to Li Jie, who has no plans for his new book.
However, there are many military works in his previous life that are remembered in his mind, such as "Bright Sword", "The Years of Burning Passion", "The Sky of History", "Garland Under the Mountain", "Fire King Kong" and so on.
But there are many more problems in these novels than in "Bullet", after all, this world is different from the history of Li Jie's previous life, and he has not experienced World War II.
If Li Jie wants to "carry" these novels, then he himself must first learn the history of this world and then adapt the story for the history of this world.
Li Jie has no time to think about such a waste of energy and brains, compared to writing novels to become famous and making money, he is most interested in his late-night canteen.
Seeing that Li Jie didn't speak for a long time, the wild wolf hurriedly said: "No matter what type of novel Mr. Li writes, please publish your work on our website no matter what!" ”
"Give me a reason?" Li Jie asked lightly.
"If you choose our website to continue to publish your work, then I will arrange more recommended positions for you, so that your work can be well promoted. You must know that Qichuang Literature is the world's largest literary website, and there are hundreds of platinum writers who have become popular on our website in recent years, and there are also many writers with tens of millions of years. Not only that, we also have a set of leading programs in physical publishing, if your novel can be changed into a game, TV series, comics, etc., we have the most professional team to help you operate, so it is not harmful to choose to create literature, and only we can better operate your novel, and the most important thing is that you earn the most on our website....."
There are still two things about negotiations, although he is more homely, but as an editor he has been in contact with so many authors, he knows what the other party needs.
"I'll think about it!" Li Jie didn't rush to agree, but he didn't refuse either.
To be honest, he is not a master negotiator, and his favorite thing as a killer in his previous life is to be straightforward.
"Mr. Li, if you feel that there is anything you are not satisfied with, you can continue to bring it up......" The wild wolf was trying to rely on his sincerity to take down Li Jie, but what made him depressed was that the other party hung up the phone.
It's not that Li Jie is rude, it's just that his mobile phone has already come and there are still a few missed calls.
He was worried about Xi'er's call, so he had to hang up the wolf's phone.
The phone answers "Hey, who?" ”
"Hello, Mr. Phis? I am the editor of Hengzong Chinese, because your novel "The Last Bullet Left to Me" has a good response from the market, I want to talk to you about the physical book publishing on behalf of Hengzong Chinese, whether there is time, if so, you send an address and let's make an appointment to talk about it once. ”
"I don't have time, just say anything on the phone, I still have to write a manuscript." Li Jie's tone was relatively cold to the so-called drunken life and dream death, and he asked unceremoniously: "Also, how did you know my phone number?" ”
As a killer, the most taboo thing for him is that others inquire about his privacy, if according to the temper of his previous life, Li Jie would not talk nonsense with this guy at all, and directly found the other party and left him in the sea.
"I can't tell you this, but you also know that our horizontal Chinese is also very powerful in the industry, so if you want to know the information of a certain author, you can still do it." Drunk Dream Death said a little proudly.
"If you have something to say, just say it!"
Li Jie's eyes were cold, and he wanted to hang up the phone directly, but his personality has converged a lot in two lives, and the most important thing is that he also wants to see what conditions the other party can make.
"Well, let's get down to business, you also know that our horizontal vertical Chinese has always been the leader of the military novel genre, and Mr. Li, as a new member of the military novel industry, writes novels that only we can give you a better future, given that your "Last Bullet Left to Me" market response is good, so our editor-in-chief has given two plans."
"Let's talk about the two options?" Li Jie said with a hint of sadism.
"One of them is to buy out, the average writer gives 200 words per 1,000 words on our website is already very high, but considering your fame, Mr. Billy, so we raised the price by 10 points again horizontally and vertically, giving a price of 300 words per 1,000, how about it?"
"What about the second one?"
"The second is the share, we can give 10% of the share in horizontal vertical Chinese, this share price is close to first-class writers, very in line with Mr. Zang's current fame."
"Three hundred words per thousand, divided into 10%, this price is not bad."
"Then how do you say yes?" The other end of the phone was drunk and dreamed of death.
Unexpectedly, Li Jie's words changed: "I think you misunderstood?" I didn't promise you. ”
"Xu, don't be too greedy, this is already the highest price that the website can give, as far as I know, the highest price can only give you, if you still don't choose to cooperate with us......"
There was already a threat in the drunken and dreamy tone: "You should know that in the strength of Hengzong Chinese, some other websites are completely insufficient in terms of contacts and funds compared to us, they may give you a higher price, but the benefits you get in the end are definitely not comparable to the cooperation with our Hengzong Chinese." ”
"So what if I insist on not working with horizontal and vertical Chinese?" Li Jie didn't get angry but laughed.
"I can't help it if you really think so, Mr. Fei, but with all due respect, many of the writers who are fighting in the ring are not good now, and the most important point is that in the future, I am afraid that your novel "The Last Bullet Left for Me" may be hindered in terms of publicity and sales."
The use of blocking is really elegant, to put it bluntly, if Li Jie does not harmonize with Chinese, then he will be blocked!
However, this drunken dream is also quite smart, the recording cannot be used as evidence, and even if this recording is really exposed on the Internet, it will have no effect, he is just expounding an "unspoken rule" that everyone knows.
In order to get the publishing rights of "The Last Bullet Left to Me", horizontal Chinese can be said to do everything.
"How about it, think it through!" From the drunken dream, you can hear that it seems to have won.
"After thinking about it clearly, the publishing rights of the physical book of "The Last Bullet Left to Me" cannot be given to horizontal Chinese!" Li Jie cut the railway.
"What? Did you say the wrong thing, give you another chance. ”
"Don't give it a chance, no matter how high your price is, I won't give you the publishing rights of "The Last Bullet Left to Me"!" Li Jie's tone gradually became stern: "And the most important point, please remember, don't bother me in the future!" ”
Speaking of threats, who could be more dangerous than him? Li Jie doesn't cause trouble, but it doesn't mean that he is afraid of things, drunk and dreaming of death thinks that he is easy to bully, but what the other party didn't expect is that this time they really kicked the iron plate.
"Okay, then you just wait!" Drunken and angry, he hung up the phone.