Chapter 12: Negotiating Publication
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Fei Yi and Lisa are really beautiful women, one is blonde and blue-eyed, the other is also blonde and tall, these two female editors in their twenties turned out to be Germanic.
Fang Tianlu beckoned, and the two of them were a little surprised when they saw the handsome uncle in the editor-in-chief's mouth, and Yu Xiaomei who was sitting on the side.
"Ms. Yu, I didn't expect to see you here. ”
Yu Xiaomei is a trump card of Experience Press, her romance novels are very popular among female readers between the ages of 16 and 66, and her works are second only to a 90-year-old fantasy writer Taylor Hugh, and a romance writer Mizoguchi, ranking third on the best-selling list of Experience Press, and is the treasure of the publishing house.
Yu Xiaomei smiled and said, "This is my son-in-law and the author of "Journey to the West", Fang Tianlu. ”
The two hurriedly greeted each other.
If Fang Tianlu was only present, these two young female editors would be more casual, but with Yu Xiaomei, a great god, in charge, they were all in order.
exchanged a few words of greetings, and the editor did not forget the work of going all the way to Wutaichang.
Fei Yi and Lisa reviewed the 50,000-word manuscript by themselves, and soon read the text that had not yet been published on the Internet.
"Mr. Fang has a good literary foundation and rich experience in choosing words and sentences, so I can't tell that this is your first time writing. ”
"Journey to the West has become popular on the Internet, and after it is published as a physical book, sales will definitely be guaranteed, and it may be able to surpass "The King's Crown" and become the first seller of the publishing house. ”
"I hope that Mr. Fang can cooperate with us at Fantasia Press, which is a platform for young people and is most suitable for the development of young writers like Mr. Fang. ”
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Fei Yi was like a cannon, touting Fang Tianlu and promoting the Trick Publishing House.
The "King's Crown" she is talking about is Taylor Hugh's fantasy novel, which has been published in seven copies and has sold more than 30 million copies and 200 million copies worldwide.
Just when the female editor-in-chief was chattering, Yu Xiaomei had already turned on her mobile phone to check the news about Journey to the West on the Internet.
I don't know if I don't see it, I was shocked when I saw it, Journey to the West received hundreds of thousands of rewards in one day, and rushed to the sales list of Xinggu Literature Network, and it was the first of the four lists, the click list, the recommendation list and the new book list.
She realized that her son-in-law turned out to be a big dark horse.
After the meal, the four people were separated.
There was no negotiation of the cost of publication tonight, but two editors came to review the manuscript, but Fei Yi and Lisa were very excited.
If "Journey to the West" is published, it will be the first mythological novel published in the world, and it will be a mythological novel unlike any mythological system.
Moreover, judging from the current popularity of "Journey to the West", once published, it will definitely solve the recent crisis of the experience publishing house.
Even Fei Yi wanted to tie Fang Tianlu to the ship of Pattern Publishing House.
As a young sub-brand, Fantasia Publishing House was just established at the beginning of this year, with only editor-in-chief Fei Yi and senior editor Lisa, because they are very active, and now have a certain reputation in the publishing industry.
However, if you want to join the battle of the physical publishing industry, there is still a lot of heat.
However, as long as Fang Tianlu is captured, even if there is no new book in the future and only "Journey to the West" is published, it will definitely allow Pattern Publishing House to enter the battlefield and develop and grow.
When Fei Yilisha and the two returned to Yutai Experience Publishing House, Dongfang Jianye was still working overtime to sort out the data, which had been very difficult for him recently.
"How's it going?"
Facing the boss's question, Fei Yi was a little excited: "We read the original manuscript, and the quality is getting better and better, which is worth us to win under any conditions, and the sales of "Journey to the West" will definitely exceed "The King's Crown". ”
Hearing that his subordinates respected "Journey to the West" so much, Dongfang Jianye was still very happy, and then became a little distressed.
The experience publishing house now has a working capital, and it can only come up with more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan, and if it wants to win the publishing rights of "Journey to the West", it is estimated that it can't even pay a fraction of it.
"In this way, let's ask Mr. Fang to come to the publishing house tomorrow to talk in detail, and then I will find the bank to mortgage the experience publishing house, I believe that as long as we win the publishing rights of Journey to the West, we will be able to repay the loan soon." ”
Dongfang Jianye couldn't think of a better way.
To maintain the normal operation of the experience publishing house, it is necessary to pay out 200,000 or 300,000 employee salaries every month, as well as channel fees and printing fees...... It seems that the empirical press has really come to the point where it has to take out a mortgage.
Fei Yi and Lisa were also a little worried.
In recent months, empirical publishing houses have been running a deficit, and magazine sales have also decreased, and magazines that can't be sold are piled up in warehouses, accumulating more and more.
However, there really is no better way.
That night, Fang Tianlu received a text message from Dongfang Jianye for an appointment.
In the morning, I went to Yanhua Brothers to get the contract for selling songs, and I came to the Experience Publishing House at ten o'clock.
This publishing house is actually not big, only occupying an office area of six or seven hundred square meters on the first floor, which is divided into three parts, the online media department, the magazine department and the publishing department.
There are only four or five people working in the online media department, and the lack of enthusiasm is a problem left over from the failure of the transformation of the experience publishing house some time ago.
The people in the magazine department are also a little sluggish, and the sales of paper magazines have been getting worse and worse recently, and the magazine department can't find a direction for a while.
The publishing department has the largest number of staff, with more than 30 members, most of whom are reviewing and urging manuscripts, and there are three sections: comic publishing, literary publishing, and novel publishing.
When Fang Tianlu arrived, there were people in the conference room who were in a meeting, Dongfang Jianye, Fei Yi, Lisa, and a few female editors in their thirties and forties. The young man they met with was in his twenties and was presumably a budding writer.
At this time, Lisa saw Fang Tianlu outside the floor-to-ceiling glass, said hello, and left the conference room.
"Mr. Fang, it's a pleasure to meet again. ”
Smiling, Fang Tianlu said politely: "Don't be so outside, thank you for taking care of my mother-in-law, they are all your own family, you can call me Brother Fang or Tianlu." ”
"Brother Fang laughed, it should be that we want to thank Ms. Yu for taking care of us. ”
The two were having a polite match, and the young man in the conference room seemed to be very angry, and walked out of the conference room in a huff.
He also shouted loudly: "What kind of bullshit publishing house, I see that you are all about to go bankrupt, and I asked you to publish my book to save you, and you still say that my book is not correct?"
The young man walked up the elevator and left the publishing house.
Other people in the conference room also came out one after another, and Fei Yi could be heard complaining: "What kind of person, this is, I see that he has a psychological problem, and he almost needs to see a psychiatrist." ”
Fang Tianlu asked Lisa, "Who is that?" ”
"His name is Che Feibai, the author of "The Golden Age", which was the number one book in our publishing house last year, and this time he wrote a sequel to "The Golden Age", but he is not optimistic about us, and it is very ...... about money How to put it, it's very distorted. ”
Fang Tianlu nodded, and didn't take it to heart.
Saying hello to Dongfang Jianye, the group entered the conference room again.
Meet today, straight to the point, is to discuss the publishing rights of "Journey to the West".
Fang Tianlu insisted that the copyright was sold for two million, and all the people from the experience publishing house were embarrassed.
The cost of buying the publishing right is different from the manuscript fee, the two are independent of each other, the publishing right is the publishing right, and the manuscript fee is the manuscript fee.
And Fang Tianlu wants a part of the Xinggu Literature Network's account, which is also the buyout fee for the publishing right, and as for the future manuscript fee, Fang Tianlu will collect it in his own pocket.
"Senior, if you don't do this, I will use the publishing rights of "Journey to the West" to invest in Pattern Publishing House, what do you think?"
At present, Fantasia Publishing House is a sub-brand of Experience Press, which owns 100% of the equity of Fantasia Press, with a market valuation of more than 4 million.
After just a little consideration, Dongfang Jianye planned to sell 45% of the equity and win the publishing rights of "Journey to the West".
Of course, in the publishing rights buyout agreement, it is written in the treaty that Party A Pattern Publishing House needs to pay 2 million yuan, and as for the equity transfer agreement, it is another contract.
In this way, Fang Tianlu personally has to pay 400,000 yuan to Xinggu Literature Network, so that there will be no legal disputes.
The ending was good, and the three parties were very happy.
As a decision-maker, Fang Tianlu can now also get involved in the operation of Pattern Press.
The first is to discuss the publication of "Journey to the West".
The first volume of 200,000 words will be published next month when the Star Valley Literature Network starts to charge for money, and there will be a sale at that time.
However, Fang Tianlu didn't want to refuse the release meeting, because at that time, he was probably already participating in the Voice of the World competition.
This competition must not be postponed, after all, he signed an artist contract with the Yanhua brothers.
Just thinking about it, the phone ringtone restlessly remembered.
"I can't go unanswered, sorry. ”
With a confession, Fang Tianlu picked up the phone, and Mi Lili's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Tianlu, the 'Voice of the World' audition has ended, and the primary audition will start next week, and you are the contestant who will appear on the first day, and the time is two o'clock in the afternoon on Monday. ”
"Okay, Sister Li. ”
"Remember to protect your throat this week. ”
"Well, sure, I won't smoke, drink, drink coffee, or eat spicy food this week, don't worry. ”
Hanging up the phone, everyone's faces were worried.
Hearing that he doesn't smoke, drink, drink coffee, or eat spicy food, does everyone think Fang Tianlu is sick?
"You...... It doesn't matter, right?"
Fang Tianlu reacted, 'haha' and laughed happily.
"Don't be nervous, it's me who has an artist contract with Yanhua Brothers, and the company arranged for me to make my debut and participate in the 'Voice of the World' next week. ”
"Oh, that's ......"
Dongfang Jianye breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want Fang Tianlu to have three longs and two shorts.
However, I also knew that Fang Tianlu's schedule seemed to be a little tight, so he temporarily changed the release plan of "Journey to the West".
There is no release meeting, but the necessary publicity is still needed.