Lance's so-called dozen publishing houses refer to the book "Game of Thrones", in fact, he has not yet submitted "Lovely Bones", and Boulder Random is his first choice!

But Stanley didn't know this, and he was now in a quandary: agreeing to Lance meant that his negotiations had failed, and Lance could get more paid; If he doesn't, he may lose this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, after all, bestsellers are not easy to read, serial killings are even less common, and even rarer is that there is such a key figure as Lance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lance looked at Stanley with a hint of wickedness, and watched his brow furrowed, which couldn't help but be a little funny.

He wasn't worried that the other party would refuse, as he knew Stanley, he wouldn't give up this kind of opportunity, at most it would be uncomfortable, and why he would be uncomfortable with Lance was also clear.

Stanley's agreement to these conditions means that he must be prepared to deal with media interviews, and at this point, he is no longer so resistant to the media, and Lance still can't help but feel sad when he thinks of what happened to him.

Kelly's eagerness after her disappearance, the grief of finding the body, the decadence and misanthropy after his wife's disappearance, the most difficult days have passed, since he was hit by Xu An's rifle butt, he got up again, looked for clues, and captured the murderer in one fell swoop......

After the case was solved, he refused to be interviewed, he didn't want to re-uncover those scars, he didn't want to let the experience of his wife and daughter become a talking point in other people's mouths, when he was confused, Xu An sent the manuscript of "Bones", this novel written in the first person made him seem to see Kelly's shadow, he even copied an electronic version, replaced all Susie's name with Kelly, and re-read it!

It was this book that gave him the courage to face life again, and the sadness remained, but it would not stop him.

And the first step of his new life is to help Xu An make "Bones" come out, so that more people can see this book and come out of the shadows to live again, he firmly believes that this is Susie's wish, and it must be Kelly's wish!

For the media, he is no longer resistant, saying something through his mouth will be more convincing, maybe more people will wake up, so as to avoid some tragedies, which is more important than anything else.

For a while, the two of them were thinking about their own thoughts, but the atmosphere fell silent.

After half an hour, Stanley didn't know what he thought, his brows gradually relaxed, and his expression became more and more relaxed, "Lance, since neither of us can convince each other, I have a good idea, do you want to hear it?" ”

Lance looked at him quizzically, and nodded quietly.

Stanley rubbed his hands and said impatiently, "I don't know what your psychological expectations for this book are, 100,000 copies?" Or a million copies? You know, before a book goes on the market, unless it is a very famous author or a follow-up to a best-selling series of books, no one can predict how much it will sell, and now the average weekly sales of a few thousand copies can be considered a bestseller, and it can enter the big list of "The New York Times" or "Publishers Weekly", with an average of 30,000 copies sold a week, you can enter the top three on the list, and your book ...... Lance, how about we make a bet? ”

Lance raised an eyebrow, "Go on." ”

The more Stanley thought about it, the more excited he became, and he continued: "We can sign a gambling agreement, and the royalties are determined according to the sales volume, and the better the sales, the higher the royalties, for example, if the sales volume reaches 100,000 copies, a certain royalty will be paid, and when the sales volume reaches 1 million copies, it will be paid according to another grade, what do you think?" ”

"Exactly?"

"How about selling less than 500,000 copies in a year, paying 5% royalties, and increasing the royalties by 1% for every additional 100,000 copies in the future?"

Lance thought for a moment and asked, "If you can sell five million copies, can you give 50% of the royalties?" ”

Stanley was taken aback, 50%?! How dare you say, "How is this possible, when in fact 20% royalties are already very dangerous, and the publisher's profits will become very low, 50%?!" The publisher will lose a lot of money, up to 20% cap! ”

"In other words, if I want to get the highest royalty for the book in my hand, I must sell more than 2 million copies in a year?" Lance asked, "Stanley, you really have a good calculation, what was the number one book seller in the United States last year?" Are there two million copies? ”

"What's more, last year's sales champion had more than 3 million copies!" Stanley shouted.

Lance looked at Stanley with disdain and said, "Last year's No. 1 seller was Villa Keynes's "Grey Mountain Hunter" series, affected by the box office success of the film adaptation, his three novels in this series sold a total of 3.9 million copies last year, do you think I don't know anything?" With 3.9 million copies of three books, with an average of only 1.3 million copies each, this is still the most popular suspense novel now! ”

"No, no, no, Lance, you only saw the first, not the second, last year's runner-up "Baker Town" hardcover paperback sold a total of 3.1 million copies, do you know what the royalties of its author, Lorwinie Green, are? 17%！ Villa Keynes's "The Grey Mountain Hunter" was only 13% in royalty when it was published the year before, and 19% was only mentioned this year, which is no secret in the publishing industry, think about it, Lance, the opportunity to surpass the top best-selling author is just around the corner, if your book can sell two million copies, that's 20% royalty! You talk about becoming a hot star in the agent industry! ”

Lance fell silent, he was not fooled by Stanley, the book market is now a world of suspense and children's literature, and the top three or even the top five of several bestseller lists are almost exclusively in these genres, with the occasional exception of young adult romance novels, like "Bakertown".

"Lovely Bones" is a family trauma novel, the first person of the 14-year-old girl's voice, the gloomy style, no one dares to guarantee that readers will not buy it, Villa Keynes and Lovini Greene are old best-selling authors, with a huge readership, all over the world, and it is easy to break into the top of the charts every time a new book is released.

And there is no pattern to the sales of bestsellers, the first place is 3.9 million copies, the second place is 3.1 million, and the third place may fall to 1.8 million all at once, and one million sales may ensure the top 10 ranking.

However, if this VAM agreement is signed, the royalty of one million copies will only be 10%!

This number is an absolute insult to a super-bestseller, Stanley will be a model for the publishing industry to be small and big, while Lance will become the laughing stock of the agency industry.

But the figure of 20% made Lance a little hesitant, this is the highest level of royalties, and few authors in the world can raise such a high royalty with a publishing house.

"Well, Stanley, you damned devil, I'll admit I'm intrigued, but I need to discuss this matter with my author!" Lance said angrily.

Stanley laughed and left his seat, "Please!" ”

Lance needs to discuss with Xu An, and he also needs to consult the senior management of the publishing house, if necessary, he has to ask the sales department and the editorial department to jointly do a sales evaluation, if the sales volume is higher than 1.5 million copies, he will retract the words just now, if it is lower than this number, he will try his best to get Lance to sign a contract!