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The amazing sales of the English version stimulated the Chinese version, and the Renmin University Publishing House almost treated these two projects as key projects this month, and Zhao Han, the deputy general manager, personally supervised the battle, just to get more profits. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

On the Penguin Publishing Group's side, Alex was also taken aback, and Mr. Marginson, chairman of the board of directors, personally sent a congratulatory email to Lin Han.

Tens of thousands of publishing groups around the world are competing for the New York Times list, and books that make it to the top 10 can be included in the glorious history of publishing houses.

As the world's largest publishing group, Penguin Publishing has not won the top spot, but they have offered Lin Han sky-high royalties and preferential treatment under huge pressure before, and now all the investment is worth it.

The success of "i, robot" gave them a reassurance, and they became more and more determined to cooperate with Lin Han to the end, and the English version of "The Martian", which was still under investigation, turned on the green light all the way and passed the review directly!

Lin Han, who was full of spring breeze, leaned on the Seine River, and he said to his mobile phone: "Alex, my friend, do you have any good news for me?"

"You guessed it, I did deliberately set conditions for you. We're willing to publish your novel The Martian, which is set in the context of a Chinese astronaut and the Chinese space agency, but also touches on some NASA parts. How about 15% royalties, just can't be added to our Penguin Classics series, but we make sure that the same percentage of promotional resources is reached. ”

Chasing success is not only a Hollywood tradition, it's something these publishers are passionate about, and once a book is successful, then the writer is likely to succeed later. Alex didn't want to miss this opportunity, and if he could take down the rest of the book, it would be foolproof.

Ke Lin Han had already been angry with Chen Jiaxuan, and he couldn't agree to any conditions casually, "This is indeed good news, but you should talk to my agent, she has been busy with Paris Fashion Week recently, I'm not sure I can reply in time." ”

Alex's heart tightened, now that Lin Han's results were exposed, other publishers would never make the same mistakes as Random House before, and the competitors they faced would become particularly strong.

"We have a very good base to work with and we have a lot of experience in running it, so it will definitely be a win-win situation if we continue to choose us. If you can agree, we will organize the printing and sales in the shortest possible time, May 10th, no, May 1st will be on sale!"

With Labor Day less than two weeks to go, Alex made a near-impossible promise just to keep finding a book that would sell.

"I'm still the same thing, I've entrusted the agent to help deal with these things, you can contact her, I will definitely be willing to cooperate with Penguin Publishing Group under the same conditions." ”

Alex gritted his teeth and continued to prescribe conditions: "Now I have good news to tell you, are you willing to open up the licensing of the peripherals of your novels? Now while the novel is popular, if you develop the peripherals, you can get very good sales, and we have enough experience and cooperative manufacturers to transform the design into the real thing as soon as possible." ”

"Can I also develop peripherals in this novel?" Lin Han felt quite suspenseful, this is not an anime or a movie that can form a unique culture, can the peripherals be sold?

"In fact, we have already started to study, and the current planning peripherals are notebooks, pens, pencil cases, pencil cases, as well as toy dolls, figures, mobile phone pendants, mugs, umbrellas, cards, watches, etc. ”

Lin Han's eyes flickered, if he could really sell all these peripherals, he might make no less money than royalties, he admitted that he was a little moved.

Alex noticed that Lin Han didn't reply, and he continued to persuade: "Actually, we have missed the best period now, if we waste a few more days, then there is not much point in making the peripherals, I hope we can reach an agreement as soon as possible." ”

"Okay, I'll tell my agent about your sincerity, but you'll have to contact you yourself. ”

The rest of the publishers have also quoted, but the balance in Lin Han's heart has quietly tilted to the side of Penguin Publishing Group, who let them give a more comprehensive development project.

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On the other side of Random House, President Ryan was slapping the table in the conference room, "Idiots, you idiots! Several newspapers are laughing at our eyes today, and let such a book slip away for nothing, is it fun for you to take your salary!"

"I don't care what you do, I'm going to have that author's next book published from us, do you hear that? I don't want to hear Marginson or the rest laugh at me to my face, it's a shame! a great shame. ”

Regarding the matter of Lin Han and Random House, the media are very keen to report, probably the European and American version of not bullying the poor youth, who is not happy to see this kind of traditional publisher deflated.

At the beginning, you ignored me, and today I am unattainable!

Not only Random House, but other major publishers are also eyeing Lin Han's fat, who made him not sign an agreement with Penguin Publishing Group to publish a few books, this is clearly for everyone to dig into the wall.

Generally speaking, many writers will sign an agreement with the publisher that your publisher will represent the next three or five books, which is a risky thing for both parties.

The publishing house should take into account the quality of the writer's subsequent books, and if it is a bad book, it must also abide by the contract for publication, and if it loses, it must grit its teeth.

But if you don't sign it, it will be easy for Lin Han to be in this situation, and after the fire of the book, everyone digs into the wall, which is completely betting on the future of the writer.

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Paris Fashion Week is one of the most famous fashion weeks in the world, where top brands and designers, as well as top buyers and critics are the event for celebrities.

Chen Jiaxuan is currently here to fight the outpost battle, she wants to communicate with the brand here about what the artist wears that day, whether she will collide with the rest of the stars invited by the same brand and various schedules.

Fortunately, she comes here twice a year, and most of her processes are already clear, but they are different in terms of specific connections.

When she met Alex himself in the midst of her busyness, she seemed to realize the sincerity of the other party.

In order to show his sincerity, Alex went directly from London to Paris and personally talked to Chen Jiaxuan about the details of the cooperation behind.

So much so that Lin Han was called back to the hotel at 8 o'clock in the evening, and signed this emergency authorization agreement under the witness of the lawyers of both parties, and exclusively authorized the peripheral development rights of "i, robot" and the English publishing rights and peripheral development rights of "The Martian" to Penguin Publishing Group.

One day of vigorous and resolute action, before others could react, the contracts were signed here, and everything was so fast, which surprised Lin Han.