Chapter VIII Negotiations
"Welcome to listen to your moon my heart, hello everyone, a good man is me, I am - Zeng Xiaoxian!" After the familiar opening, Zeng Xiaoxian began his story today: "Hello everyone, today we will continue to tell the story of Maisie. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info introduced Maisie herself yesterday, and today we are going to talk about his friends. That is, our second episode "A Circle of Friends of Wang Xingren". ”
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"Ah, it's another night, it's going by so fast!" After finishing today's broadcast, Zeng Xiaoxian came out of the broadcast studio and said to Judy: "Judy, in fact, you smile more and behave confidently, it's still quite beautiful." ”
"Ahh Listening to Zeng Xiaoxian's words, Judy lowered her head embarrassedly and said, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
In fact, Zeng Xiaoxian really didn't say anything against his will, although Judy was dressed almost the same as before today, but today she tied her long and scattered hair into a neat ponytail, and her whole face was exposed, Zeng Xiaoxian This is also the first time to see this girl who is a few years younger than herself. Although the bright big eyes are hiding in the retro black frame, they can still see the look in them, although they are a little unconfident, but they still can't hide their beauty, plus the standard goose egg face with the right facial features, even if it is not a beauty at the level of a school flower, it is also a class flower level.
"Judy, if you're interested, I think you'll not just be my assistant at the radio station, but my personal assistant." Zeng Xiaoxian came back to his senses and said to Judy again: "Don't be in a hurry to refuse, I'll give you a few days to think about it, you think about it." ”
Looking at Zeng Xiaoxian in the distance, Judy really felt that he was like a completely different person, which made her feel a strange, but trustworthy feeling. She didn't know what to do for a while, but she could really think about it.
Zeng Xiaoxian, who left, did not leave work directly, but came to the conference room and ran for a cup of tea, as if waiting for someone. By the way, he made an appointment with Liao Junhua today, so he should be waiting for him. Maybe it was too early, Zeng Xiaoxian, who hadn't seen anyone coming after waiting for a while, fell asleep directly on the table, and he was indeed a little tired after a night of work.
"Mr. Zeng, Mr. Zeng......"
"What are you doing!" At the critical moment of dreaming, he was suddenly woken up, Zeng Xiaoxian replied to his arm very unhappily and said.
"Hey, Editor-in-Chief Liao, you're here, what's wrong with your nose." Zeng Xiaoxian, who woke up, saw Liao Junhua covering his nose and couldn't help asking.
"Ah, nothing, I accidentally touched it." Liao Junhua was also depressed, and when he came to see Zeng Xiaoxian sleeping, he went to wake him up, but he didn't expect to hit his nose in one fell swoop, and no one was reasonable.
"Hey, Editor-in-Chief Liao is such a big person, you have to pay attention when you walk, you really can't match a pair of good eyes, don't save money, and besides, you don't lack this little money." Zeng Xiaoxian didn't just mean it, but he really didn't know, what he said made Liao Junhua feel really depressed.
"Okay, Mr. Zeng, let's talk about your book first, so that you can go back and rest early." Liao Junhua really didn't want Zeng Xiaoxian to tease anymore, so he could only interrupt him and say.
"It's okay, let's talk again, I have to wait for one more person anyway."
"Waiting for someone?" Liao Junhua listened to Zeng Xiaoxian's words and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zeng, you can't be like this, I have negotiated with you from the beginning, and the conditions are also promised to give you the most preferential treatment, you see that I have brought all the contracts, and now you call a website to come over, this is not to believe me." ”
"No, Editor-in-Chief Liao misunderstood." Zeng Xiaoxian saw that Liao Junhua was about to be angry, and quickly explained: "I made an appointment with an acquaintance, and you also know Editor-in-Chief Liao." ”
"I know too? Who is it? ”
"Editor-in-chief Cao of the Literature and Art Publishing House." Zeng Xiaoxian said: "I made an appointment with him, and it just so happened that I finished writing that novel yesterday, and after sending it to him, he said yes, and he also came to sign a contract today." ”
"Oh, I see." Hearing Zeng Xiaoxian's explanation, Liao Junhua was relieved.
"Mr. Zeng is sorry, the road is a little congested, and he came late." Just as the two were talking, a voice came from the door of the conference room.
"It's okay, it's just right, Cao Cao Cao will arrive, it is worthy of the Cao family, we were still talking about the editor-in-chief Cao just now." Zeng Xiaoxian said after making a joke.
"Editor-in-Chief Cao." Liao Junhua didn't say anything about Cao Yuanyong's ignorance, but still said hello.
"Ah, it turns out that Editor-in-Chief Liao is also here, what, to celebrate my signing with Mr. Zeng?" Cao Yuanyong is proud now, especially after reading the whole book given by Zeng Xiaoxian last night, he feels that he is not wrong to go out in person this time, which is also a good receipt for their publishing house.
"Editor-in-chief Cao may have thought wrongly, I also came to sign a book contract with Mr. Zeng today." Liao Junhua looked at Cao Yuanyong's smug appearance, he was upset, and he also wanted to stimulate the other party, so he deliberately didn't say that he was signing another book.
Sure enough, Cao Yuanyong's face changed as soon as he heard it, and half of the boiled duck flew out at once, and everyone had to be anxious. He hurriedly pulled Zeng Xiaoxian and said, "Mr. Zeng, you can't do this, we have all negotiated, I brought the contract, you can't go back." Yes, you can cultivate some readers by signing the singularity, but the sales of your physical publishing will also decline. ”
"Eh, I said how can you be the same as Editor-in-Chief Liao." Zeng Xiaoxian looked at Cao Yuanyong's appearance, remembered Liao Junhua's appearance just now, and said helplessly: "He and you are not signing the same book." ”
"Oh, that's right." Cao Yuanyong relieved his heart at this time, and he also felt that he was a little excited.
"Okay, the people have arrived, then I won't ink anymore, let's start directly." Zeng Xiaoxian didn't bother to talk to the two of them anymore now, and said directly: "Editor-in-chief Cao, come first, Editor-in-chief Liao, please wait a minute." ”
"Okay, no problem!" The two said in unison, since there is no conflict of interest, the two are also very easy to talk to.
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After an hour of negotiation, the two contracts were basically settled. Originally, the contracts were all standard, but Zeng Xiaoxian's some places asked to be modified, so it took a little time.
In the end, it was finalized that the royalty on the publisher's side reached a super high 15%, and the only requirement was that Zeng Xiaoxian could participate in the two signing meetings arranged. There was no problem with Zeng Xiaoxian, so it was easy to get it.
As for Singularity, Zeng Xiaoxian asked for all the copyright to be in him, and he could maintain more than three watches a day, but in addition to the A signature given by Singularity, he needed Singularity to give another 200,000 signing fee to ensure that he would not submit to other websites, and new books in the future would be on the shelves of Singularity, but the signing fee at that time would have to be discussed separately.
Liao Junhua didn't agree at first, and only agreed to increase some shares, but Zeng Xiaoxian was too short of money now, he couldn't wait so long, he kept bargaining with Liao Junhua, and finally got it with a signing fee of 100,000 yuan. In fact, 200,000 yuan is just a price to pay back, Zeng Xiaoxian's bottom line is 50,000, and he needs this money to exchange for some equipment. One hundred thousand was already beyond his expectations, so he was satisfied.