73. Traditional Chinese market is sluggish
Qin Ge sighed and asked, "Is my book not suitable for traditional publishing?" ”
"Of course it fits, it's very suitable." ”
After Qin Ge heard this, he was even more puzzled, what does this mean?
Perfect for?
But since it's suitable, why don't you contact yourself? It doesn't make sense.
The adventure seemed to guess the doubts in Qin Ge's heart, and explained: "Because your update speed is too fast, in just one month, you have updated 600,000 words, and traditional publishing is not the same as online updates. ”
"If they see a book they like in a bookstore, they will definitely go online to find out if it is free for free, and if there is, they will not come to the bookstore to rent the book."
"Generally, the author will publish the traditional Chinese two months before the book is released, with an episode of 60,000 words, and an episode updated every half a month, and a faster one is two episodes, and it is only 240,000 words a month. This has always been updated in advance of the Internet, and people will come to rent books, and we will be able to make money. ”
The adventurous explanation made Qin Ge understand a little in his heart, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is a time difference, because in traditional publishing, the sale of books does not account for a large proportion, and more income comes from renting books.
This can explain why, from the time Qin Ge released the book to the present, when his novels have been so popular, there is still no traditional Chinese publishing house to talk about him about publishing, but after his book was sealed, there were publishing houses that immediately came to talk about cooperation.
However, this is a good thing for Qin Ge now, at least someone dares to publish his book, but he is relieved when he thinks about it. No matter what policies and actions Huaxia has against online novels, they have nothing to do with Wanwan.
Wanwan will not stop publishing the book just because the mainland's General Information Administration has blocked the book of a certain author.
Geographical limitations, sometimes good, sometimes bad. At least for now, it would be good for Qin Ge.
Anyway, sooner or later, it will be published in Wanwan, Qin Ge doesn't care so much, and asks directly: "How to calculate the manuscript fee?" ”
Adventure: "Do you know anything about the crooked fiction market?" ”
Qin Ge was very honest, "No." ”
"It's the first time we've worked together, so I'll tell you about the market for crooked web novels." Adventure pondered for a while, and began to speak: "The current novel market in Wanwan is mainly traditional martial arts, as for other categories, probably only romance books still have a certain market, as for the mainland's fantasy and urban categories, the audience in Wanwan is actually very low. ”
Qin Ge listened to him and continued.
"I've always been following the books you wrote, and they're very good, even in online novels, I haven't read a few books that are better than yours."
"It's over." Qin Ge said humbly.
"A thousand words and a hundred words, if you can accept it, we will publish it." Adventure suddenly said such a sentence, and suddenly Chen Yang didn't react.
One hundred words per thousand, more than double the price of fifty thousand words given to him by Lao Lin, a bird of paradise.
Regardless of whether Lao Lin would raise the price for himself under his own bargaining afterwards, at least the risky and straightforward attitude made Qin Ge very comfortable.
Qin Ge clicked on Lao Lin's QQ and said, "Lao Lin, I'm sorry, I can't sign a contract with you." ”
After finishing speaking, Lao Lin hadn't replied, and Qin Ge said to the adventure again: "Okay, a thousand words and a hundred words, let's sign the contract." ”
Taking risks is actually a gamble, how popular Qin Ge's "The Best Son" is, and he, a big man who has been working in the publishing industry for more than ten years, definitely has the right to speak.
The price of a hundred words in this book is definitely not high, but it is not low, at least their publishing house still makes money in the middle.
The bottom line given to Qin Ge in the heart of the adventure is a hundred words per thousand, if it exceeds a hundred, there is no need to continue to insist on the adventure. He guessed that there must be other publishers staring at "The Best Child", but their first offer would definitely not be high, so the first bite of the adventure was quoted very high, and now it seems that his tactic has succeeded.
After Lao Lin saw Qin Ge's message, he immediately panicked, he almost didn't have to think about it to know that there must be other publishing houses in contact with Qin Ge, and there should be more than one. And his offer of fifty thousand words must be lower than others, and after he saw the message, he immediately replied to Qin Ge.
"Wizard, if you're not satisfied with the price, we can talk about it again."
"Sixty words, what do you think?"
"That's it, let's work together for the first time, there are still many opportunities to cooperate in the future, I'm optimistic about your book, I'll add ten more yuan to you, seventy words in a thousand words."
Qin Ge was copying the contract that the adventurer had given him, and looking at the words sent by Lao Lin, he couldn't help but be a little speechless.
Is this really a beggar who asks for food? Ten pieces of ten to pick yourself......
Qin Ge was not angry, after all, the two of them represented their own interests, and they must have the greatest interests for their side.
"I'm sorry, Lao Lin, I have signed a contract with another publishing house, and this publishing house is also recommended by the editor of the website, and I really can't shirk it, you are right, there are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future."
When Lao Lin saw Qin Ge, he knew the traditional copyright of the book "The Best Son", and they couldn't get it.
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There was a stationery store next to the Internet café, Qin Ge bought a USB flash drive, loaded the contract and got off the machine to print the contract.
Qin Ge returned home with the printed contract, and took out a copy of his father's ID card from the bookcase on the computer desk.
He made many copies of his father's ID card last time, and he kept it for backup, but he didn't expect it to be used so quickly.
After mailing the contract, Qin Ge was not idle, he first went to the book review area and the forum to take a turn, and found that what he had just said in the group had been transferred to the forum not long ago.
"I heard that "The Best Son" is going to be blocked."
"Hey, the wizard is too bad at being a man, he offended those traditional writers to death this time, and it is ironclad that this book was sealed."
"That can't be said, the wizard represents all of our online writers this time, and now it's the traditional writers who are taking revenge."
"Either way, the wizard won this time."
"Those stinky and shameless guys will use such a despicable and shameless method."
Qin Ge watched a group of people in the forum scold those guys in unison, and his heart was a lot more refreshed.
Qin Ge opened Weibo, clicked on the hottest topic on Weibo at the moment, and looked at it carefully.
After reading the topic, Qin Ge found the Weibo of those traditional writers and clicked on all their speeches during this period of time.
One of the speeches attracted Qin Ge's attention.
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