Chapter 92 Getting Traditional Chinese

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Tong Yan: Editor Lin, I was approached by a friend of Du Tong Guò from Hetu Publishing House, and their prices seemed to be higher.

Lin Qingyi: The friend you are talking about is Jingguan, right?

Tong Yan: Hmm.

Watermelon sues sù Tong Yan, the traditional publishing rights of "Beast Blood Boiling" finally fell to Hetu Publishing House, Hetu's books mostly take the boutique route, but later for mainland readers to talk about the uncut version of Hetu's spiritual food, Tong Yan and Jingguan interact frequently in their respective books, and many people in the circle know that they have a good relationship.

Lin Qingyi: Mr. Wuji, let me tell you, Hetu is not a big publishing house, its operational capacity is limited, they have just won "Beast Blood Boiling", they will definitely have to spend a lot of money to build, for your "Raging Thunder" may not be able to do so, take care of it well, and it is likely to bury such a good book at that time!

Xinchang had just lost to Hetu, and Lin Qingyi didn't want the second piece of fat he liked to be taken away by Hetu, so he tried his best to dissuade Tong Yan.

Tong Yan: But the other party's offer is higher.

In the era of business, it is most practical to use money to speak.

Lin Qingyi: In this way, I can make the decision and buy the traditional copyright of "Raging Thunder" at a high price of 70 words.

Tong Yan: Sister Gua, he's out of 70.

Watermelon: This is about the same, he is Taiwanese, he should know the preferences of Taiwanese readers, your book is more in line with the tastes of Taiwanese readers, 60 words is too tricky.

Tong Yan said to Lin Qingyi again: 80 words in a thousand words, everyone is out of 75, your society can't be lower than others.

Lin Qingyi: Now, I want to ask the editor-in-chief for instructions, please wait a moment.

Tong Yan: Okay.

Tong Yan: Sister Gua, I may have scared that Lin Qingyi away!

Watermelon: You didn't say yes to 70 thousand words?

Tong Yan: I heard you say that this book is more in line with the taste of the people over there, so I added another ten yuan.

Watermelon: You, you, you little money fan!

The watermelon was incoherent by Tong Yanqi, eighty words in a thousand words, and it has almost reached the peak of newcomers and new books (the strange thing of "Beast Blood Boiling" is not counted), plus Xinchang is not a big publishing house, it is really too difficult for them to come up with such a price, Liu Ming also criticized Tong Yan on the side, "How can you bargain so much, you should shout to 100, and then slowly fall back, and finally bite and not let go when it reaches 80, this is called asking for money all over the world, alas, or less life experience!" ”

Zhang Xiao echoed: "It sounds very reasonable. ”

Tong Yan looked depressed: "You two don't talk nonsense, I'm already under a lot of pressure when I shout 80, and I don't have such a thick skin when I shout 100." ”

After waiting for more than ten minutes, Lin Qingyi discussed the result with their leaders.

Lin Qingyi: Mr. Wuji, are you still there?

Tong Yan: Oh, yes.

Lin Qingyi: Our editor-in-chief said that the price of 80 thousand words is okay, but there is a subsidiary condition.

Tong Yan: Oh, what conditions?

Lin Qingyi: That is, the sales of a single volume of the novel must reach 1500 copies, otherwise we will pay 60 per thousand words, because we Xinchang are all published this month, and the remuneration will be paid at the beginning of next month, considering that it is unlikely to reach the sales limit in such a short time, so only pay 60 per thousand words when paying the remuneration, and then pay the remaining 1,000 words 20 when the sales reach 1500, if it cannot be reached, it will not be paid.

Tong Yan hurriedly asked Watermelon: Sister Gua, what level is the sales of 1,500 copies of a single traditional Chinese book? Is it hard to reach?

Then Tong Yan said to Lin Qingyi: How can I know if you are hiding sales?

Lin Qingyi: Our sales numbers are all checkable, more than the regular ones in the mainland, it is difficult to counterfeit, you can rest assured of this, if you don't agree, we can talk about the plan of 1000 words 70.

Watermelon: In recent years, Taiwan's economy has been sluggish, and book sales have also declined, 1500 copies of sales, which is nothing in those big publishing houses, but it should be a good sales volume for Xinchang Society, it can be said that it has just reached the standard line of best-selling, Taiwan's single volume of this novel is generally sold at more than 160 Taiwan dollars, about 40 yuan, very expensive, if it is according to the share contract of Xian Xian Publishing House, the author can get 10% of sales, which is almost equivalent to 100 thousand words.

Tong Yan: Ah! So much, then I'll just vote for Xian Xian Publishing House!

Watermelon: It's not as simple as you think, although the fresh manuscript fee is high, but the money is too slow, it is good to see the manuscript fee three months after the book is issued, and there are many requirements for electronic copyright. It will even limit your updates www.biquge.info Biquge, so as to conform to their speed of publishing, if the subscription www.biquge.info in Biquge is general, then it is a good choice to choose Xianxian, but with your popularity in the Biquge www.biquge.info, it is not wise to offend the paying readers of the Biquge www.biquge.info for that manuscript fee.

Tong Yan: I understand, then I'll cooperate with Xinchang.

Watermelon: Don't worry, since they have added additional conditions, why can't we, and you can also make conditions to them.

After the experience of the semi-senior editor of Watermelon, Tong Yan quickly replied to Lin Qingyi.

Tong Yan: Editor Lin, your conditions are very reasonable, if the sales of my novel do not meet the requirements, I really don't deserve to get 80 per thousand words, but if the sales of my novel are very high, for example, more than 2000, then I will lose a lot.

It is not difficult for a single volume to sell more than 2,000 pairs of Xianwang and Shuopin, the two largest publishing companies in Taiwan, but it is already a best-selling company for Xinchang, especially in the recent overall recession of Taiwan's publishing industry, and it is even more difficult to achieve this sales.

Lin Qingyi: Although I don't think it's easy to sell more than 2,000, since you put it forward, you might as well set your conditions.

Tong Yan: I rely on you for the previous terms, if you can't reach 1500 sales, even if you have 60 thousand words, but if the sales exceed 2000, you have to count me 100 thousand words, what?

After listening to Sister Watermelon's explanation of Taiwan's publishing market, Tong Yan has no illusions about the 2000 sales, but he still wants to leave a thought for himself, anyway, even if he can't reach it, there is no loss.

After discussing with the editor-in-chief again, Lin Qingyi agreed to Tong Yan's request, if "Raging Thunder" can really reach the sales of 2,000 copies, it can be regarded as helping Xinchang to become famous, and it will also be beneficial to the development of this publishing house.

However, Lin Qingyi also said first, "Furious Thunder" can publish at least three volumes, but if the sales are too poor, there will be no fourth volume, they have the right to cut the traditional publication of this novel, of course, they will not interfere with the online serialization, but it is best not to lift too many VIP chapters, Tong Yan told them, "Furious Thunder" will not lift the VIP chapter www.biquge.info Biquge, this behavior has been greatly appreciated by Lin Qingyi.

The next is the signing of the contract, which is a bit similar to the signing of the www.biquge.info of the Biquge, Tong Yan downloaded and printed out the electronic version of the contract, filled in the content he wanted to fill in, and then mailed it to the headquarters of Xinchang Publishing House in Taiwan, the process is estimated to be relatively long, after all, it will cross the strait.

Tong Yan hopes to get the traditional publishing thing done before the start of school, but obviously, this work is not so easy, after sending the contract, Lin Qingyi began to teach Tong Yan how to adapt to the rhythm of traditional publishing, what things can not be written, which aspects need to be strengthened, which need to be weakened, how to write to meet the taste of Taiwanese readers, the number of words in each book is 6~70,000 words, to write enough to attract readers in these 60,000 or 70,000 words of climax and turn, but also to leave enough suspense at the end of each volume, Entice readers to buy or rent the next volume.

Lin Qingyi asked Tong Yan to prepare a 130,000-word manuscript for him according to his requirements, and the manuscript could only officially enter the publication process after the contract was in place.

When the dust had settled on the cooperation between Tong Yan Wuji and Xinchang Publishing House, another editor's message appeared in Tong Yan's book review area.

"I am Qianhuan Bingyun from Xianxian Publishing House, and I want to negotiate with the author of the book, Tong Yan Wuji, about traditional Chinese publishing, how can I get in touch?"

Zhang Xiao happened to be refining the book review area at this time, and when she saw this book review, she replied casually, "You're late, remember to come early next time and add a fine to you." ”

[ps: Some of the traditional publishing knowledge and common sense of these two chapters are excerpted from a post by Xiao Qianda, thank Xiao Da for his selfless dedication to the majority of writers~]

[Reps: I would also like to thank Xiaoxiao Shutong, Baiyu Supreme, Luhan Tianhe, Angry Extinction, Mr. Gao, and a few friends who laughed and felt sad for their rewards~]

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