Li Bing was puzzled and said, "Could it be that you can't write this?" ”

Chen Yuan smiled faintly and nodded slowly.

"Did you really write it?!" Li Bing was not calm now, she looked at the cover of the book carefully, and saw that the word Chen Yuan was printed under the title of the book. She hurriedly tore open the plastic cover of "Sealing the Demon" and found the author's profile behind the cover.

About the author: Chen Yuan, born in September 82, a native of Zou De, Dongshan, likes novels, music, movies, and likes to create all kinds of novel and interesting stories.

Li Bing raised his head and looked at the long queue in front of the bookstore, and the shock in his heart was incomprehensible. Although she often calls Chen Yuan a great writer, there are mostly jokes in it. She never imagined that Chen Yuan's book would be so popular!

"Chen Yuan?" Li Bing shouted in a low voice.

"Huh?" Chen Yuan was surprised: "What's the matter?" ”

"You're amazing!" Li Bing exclaimed.

Chen Yuan smiled faintly, the scene in front of him was also something he didn't expect.

Jiuhuang Publishing House once sent him an email, briefly explaining the market reaction of "Sealing the Demon" a week after its launch, and the situation is not too optimistic. According to the publisher's estimates, the first volume of "The Sealed Demon" will not sell more than 15,000 copies.

Chen Yuan disagrees with the publisher's statement. The traditional version of "The Demon" is selling well in the Taiwan market, and the mainland market is naturally not too bad. With the large-scale spread of its publicity, there will definitely be a qualitative increase in sales!

But he didn't expect that the simplified version of "The Sealed Demon" would appear in this kind of scene less than a month after it was launched.

Seeing that the smile on Chen Yuan's face was spreading, Li Bing stabbed him and said, "You are very proud? ”

"I can only say that it was a little unexpected!" Chen Yuan said softly, "I had expected the sales of this work, but the reality should be even better than I imagined. It's a bonus! ”

Li Bing asked with some curiosity: "Your book sells so well, you should be able to make a lot of money, right?" ”

"It's not much," Chen Yuan explained, "If the sales of "The Sealed Demon" can reach this level of popularity in the future, it will be no problem to sell millions of copies in China." That way, I get 25% of the royalties, which is a quarter of the selling price......"

Li Bing was surprised in his heart and said, "That's not much?" A book sells for 28, and a quarter of the price is 7 yuan. If you sell a million copies, that's seven million! Oh my God, seven million! ”

"It's not so much, and you have to deduct some taxes." Chen Yuan said.

Li Bing was a little speechless, glanced at him, and said, "You have earned so much, and you still care about that little tax?" By the way, you don't seem to be finished with your book yet, right? I see that it says Volume 1, is there still Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4? ”

""The Sealed Demon" is a long story, and it can probably come out in one hundred and eight volumes!" Chen Yuan said lightly.

"Ahh Li Bing's mouth suddenly opened wide, and he couldn't close it for a long time. She slowly calculated in her heart that a volume could sell for 7 million, one hundred and eight volumes, that was ...... Seven hundred million? A novel sells for 700 million?

Li Bing's eyes were completely different when he looked at Chen Yuan again!

Where is this a middle school student? This is simply a super profitable writer!

"Chen Yuan?" Li Bing came back to his senses, and the tone of his voice changed.

Huangpu District, Zhonghai City, Jiuhuang Publishing House.

Editor-in-chief Li Wenxiang looked at the report in his hand, his expression constantly changing.

Secretary Zhong Xiaohua brought Li Wenxiang a cup of coffee. Li Wenxiang waved his hand, he didn't have the heart to drink coffee now!

After a long time, Li Wenxiang let out a long sigh.

Zhong Xiaohua felt inexplicable, and couldn't help asking, "Editor-in-Chief Li, why are you sighing?" ”

"Look at this report!" Li Wenxiang stood up, his face was cloudy, "In the first week of last month, more than 3,000 copies were sold; In the second week, more than 6,000 copies were sold; In the third week, more than 18,000 copies were sold; In the fourth week, more than 30,000 copies have been sold, and the specific data is still counting......"

Zhong Xiaohua naturally knew this data, and she wondered: "Isn't this good?" The sales of "The Sealed Demon" are on the rise, and the sales will only increase in the future......"

"Alas," Li Wenxiang returned to his seat and said in a deep voice: "The bad thing is that its sales will be more and more!" ”

Zhong Xiaohua frowned, what does this mean?

"You may not know that the contract signed between our publishing house and the author of this book is very different," Li Wenxiang said with a frown: "Ordinary contracts are either bought out at a price of 30 to 100 words per thousand words, or priced at a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 10% in royalties." The author of this book seems to have so much confidence in his work that he even asks for a step-by-step pricing model. 7% of the agreed royalty rate within 10,000 copies; 8% for 10,000 to 30,000 copies; 10% royalty rate for more than 30,000 copies; More than 100,000 copies, 15%; more than 500,000 copies, 20%; more than 1 million copies, 25%; More than 10 million copies, 30%.

Zhong Xiaohua was greatly surprised, and couldn't help but let out an "ah"!

Li Wenxiang said: "The specific data of last month has not been counted yet, but it should not be less than 50,000 copies!" It's only been a month, and the publicity work of "Sealing Demons" has not been fully rolled out, and the places on the shelves are limited to seven major cities. If we roll it out to all cities in the country, it will probably sell more than one million! ”

"Editor-in-Chief Li, are you a little worried?" Zhong Xiaohua said, "It's just a somewhat special novel, how can it have such a big sale?" ”

Li Wenxiang smiled bitterly and said, "You don't understand. What do you think a million copies are? According to the current hot sales situation, I am afraid that there will be more than this number at that time! ”

"More than a million copies, that's a 25% royalty rate!" Zhong Xiaohua was surprised.

Li Wenxiang nodded and said, "Within one million copies, we will still make some profits, and if we exceed one million copies, our publishing house can only work in vain." All the money earned went into the pockets of authors and booksellers. I have been sitting in the position of editor-in-chief of Jiuhuang Publishing House for nine years, and this is the first time I have encountered such a thing. I was so confused at the time, how could I come up with such a contract! ”

"Editor-in-chief, it seems that the president at that time also agreed." Zhong Xiaohua whispered.

Li Wenxiang looked at Zhong Xiaohua in a daze, which made Zhong Xiaohua a little overwhelmed. After staring at it like this for more than ten seconds, Li Wenxiang retracted his gaze and said slowly: "Do you think the president will take the responsibility on himself?" Tomorrow's regular meeting, eighty percent will not be good! ”

The sales of "The Sealed Demon" in the mainland market can be described in four words - supply exceeds demand!

Jiuhuang Publishing House reprinted overnight, and booksellers in seven major cities drove trucks, waiting to pick up the goods. It's like never before!

President Li Jun smiled, no matter who he saw, he could say a few words happily. But the big guys can see a hint of worry in his expression. Many people don't know where this concern comes from. Li Wenxiang, Zhong Xiaohua and others, who knew the truth of the matter, did not dare to say more.

On January 10, 2000, Chen Yuan went to the ATM of the Agricultural Bank of China to check the balance in the card, and there was actually 156208 yuan. He carefully calculated, removing the buyout fee for the first 10 volumes of the traditional Chinese version, and then removing the expenses during this period, the monthly sales of "The Demon" in the mainland are about 50,000 copies.

This is just the beginning, Chen Yuan thought silently, with the full rollout of the propaganda work, "The Sealed Demon" poured into major bookstores across the country, and the sales at that time were only afraid that it would grow explosively!

Kyoto Film Academy.

Li Bing finally came out of his depressed mood, and the reason was this "Sealing Demon". In the past few days, her mind has been immersed in the world of novels, and all her thoughts and thoughts are the stories and characters in the novels.

Blue Bird Cafe, which has exceptionally few customers today.

Li Bing put away the notes and said to Chen Yuan with a smile: "Okay, the basic music theory knowledge has been taught to you." For the rest of the time, it's up to you to study more. If you want to learn music well, you still have a long way to go! My great writer! ”

"Don't make fun of me," Chen Yuan closed his notes and said softly, "Now that I've learned almost the basic music theory knowledge, I think it's time to go back." ”

Li Bing was surprised and said, "Isn't your script still unsettled?" What, have you already succumbed to Tamron Pictures? ”

"Give in?" Chen Yuan smiled faintly and said, "I don't have these two words in my dictionary!" ”

"And why are you?" Li Bing asked again.

"I already have a new plan for the script, so there is no point in staying in Kyoto. Besides, the final exams are coming up just around the corner. I only took 4 days off, but I stayed here for more than half a month. Teacher Ye should already be itching his teeth......"

"Well, it's just that you've been your music teacher these days, and you're a little reluctant to leave suddenly. That's right! Li Bing suddenly perked up and said, "Didn't you say you were going to give me an original song?" ”

Chen Yuan tore off a piece of paper from his notebook and handed it to Li Bing.

Li Bing took it and looked at it, and muttered, "Give me a reason to forget......"

(Music plays)

The rain has stopped, and the sky is gray

I remember you saying we want to be happy

Footsteps in the middle of the night are always piercing

I'm afraid of loneliness, so I let the carnival city accompany me to turn off the lights

It's just that no matter how many people around you are, it still feels like you're alone

Whenever I laughed, I cried hard

Give me a reason to forget you who love me so much

Give me a reason to abandon the decision I made at the time

Some love becomes clearer the more you want to pull it away

And the most painful distance is that you are not by my side, but in my heart

……