With Xiao Fei's permission, Smith faxed the first twenty pages of Xiao Fei's Twilight novel back to Random House's headquarters that night.

This fax is addressed to Langdon's editor-in-chief, Henry Brown. Kim looked.

Henry. After receiving the fax and reading the first twenty pages of "Twilight," Jin decided that the book was a stunning work, a genius self-breakthrough for Xiao Fei.

After all, if a Chinese writer wants to write a good English novel, it takes a lot of hard work!

A young genius, in order to cater to American readers, went so far as to abandon the familiar native language of writing in favor of writing directly in English.

The setting of his work is still Western, and the place where the story takes place is the United States.

This made Henry. Kim was very moved.

This shows that Xiao Fei is really attentive.

Such a book, although later Henry. Jin didn't see it, but he believed in Smith's vision and Xiao Fei's strength. So, he immediately went to talk to Langdon's general manager, James Brown. Wood discussed.

This is by no means a trivial matter in the face of a genius new English work by a genius foreign writer.

Henry. Kim's opinion is very simple, directly sign this "Twilight" with the best conditions, and when the sales boom of Xiao Fei's "Brothers" is almost over, he will launch this "Twilight", I believe it will definitely set off another fanatical pursuit of readers across the United States.

James. Wood read Xiao Fei's new English work "Twilight", and was very impressed by Henry. Kim agrees.

"Mr. Jin, instruct Smith to sign this book as soon as possible, and see what conditions Xiao Fei has, as long as the conditions are not excessive. Sign it up! If the conditions are too much, then talk about it. Also try to get signed. "James. Wood said.

"Yes, Mr. Wood. With your support, I'm relieved. "Henry. Kim said.

Smith, who was far away in China, soon received a response from headquarters.

At this time, it was almost ten o'clock in the night.

Smith was so excited that he went to the next room to find Andre. Jones.

"Mr. Jones, do you want to call Xiao Fei now?" Smith asked Jones for his opinion.

"Mr. Smith, I don't think it's appropriate to call Xiao Fei now, because it's late at night, and besides, you call him now. can only say that you are in a hurry, you really want to sign his "Twilight" as soon as possible, will he ask for a sky-high price? Jones said.

"However, there is an old Chinese saying that 'the night is long and dreams are many', and after tonight, if anything changes, it won't be good, right?" Smith Road.

"Nothing will change. Smith, if you care, you are messy, you think, the largest publishing house in the United States is you Langdon. If Xiao Fei's English novel wants to maximize the benefits, it is most cost-effective to find you, not to mention. Now we are the only ones who know that he has such an English novel in hand, and we are in a position to take the initiative. Right? So, don't be in a hurry. Go back to sleep with peace of mind, and wait until tomorrow morning to call Xiao Fei and ask him to come over to talk, I think, Xiao Fei is a very smart person, he will not mention too many conditions. ”

Jones said with a smile.

Under Jones's persuasion, Smith dispelled the urge to call Xiao Fei immediately.

Let's say that the next morning, Xiao Fei had breakfast and was about to call Smith to ask about the situation, when his mobile phone rang.

It was Smith calling.

"Mr. Xiao Fei, good news, our headquarters has agreed to my suggestion, and plans to sign your English novel "Twilight", the specific conditions, how about we meet and discuss in detail?" Smith said.

"Okay, Mr. Smith, I'll go over now."

Xiao Fei immediately drove to the hotel where Smith and Jones were staying.

He parked his car in the hotel parking lot, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw Smith and Jones standing at the door of the hotel, waving to him.

"Good morning Mr. Smith, good morning Mr. Jones! Did you sleep well last night? ”

"Thank you Mr. Xiao for your concern, I'm fine." Jones responded with a smile.

"Mr. Xiao, let's go to my room, I hope to be able to sign an agreement with you today." Smith said.

The three went upstairs.

After entering Smith's room and sitting down on the sofa, Smith said, "Mr. Xiao, I faxed a part of your work back to the company's headquarters last night, and my boss thinks that your novel is a masterpiece with huge market potential, and my boss has authorized me to talk to you about signing this book." ”

"Thank you boss for your affirmation." Xiao Fei smiled slightly.

"If we want to sign the copyright of your book, I wonder what Mr. Xiao's conditions are?" Smith asked.

Xiao Fei smiled and said, "I want to see what treatment conditions your company can give me." ”

Negotiating, it is naturally better to hide your hole cards stronger.

This copyright will involve an astronomical amount of money, and Xiao Fei certainly doesn't want to hand it over to Langdon casually.

Smith hesitated for a moment and said, "We'll give you a base fee of $100 for 1,000 words, and then, when you sell up to 1 million copies, you will be given 10% royalty, and when you sell more than 1 million copies, you will add 5% to that, and you will sign us the copyright of your book for 100 years, how about that?" ”

"The copyright of this book is also signed to our company, and we will help you sell it as an agent, charging 20% of the service fee, and the remaining 80% is yours."

What Smith said was still the condition for signing a long-term contract with Xiao Fei that had been said before.

That's a lot of money.

But Xiao Fei has something to say about film and television copyright.

"Twilight" is such a good box office, if it only collects a copyright fee, the loss will be too great.

"Mr. Smith, I have two small requests." Xiao Fei said.

"Mr. Xiao, you say." Smith Road.

"In this way, I don't want the basic manuscript fee, I just need royalties, can you add another 2% to the original royalty points?"

The basic manuscript cost 100 US dollars per thousand words, which seems like a lot, but compared to the sales of the "Twilight" series, it is too far behind.

Or is royalty more realistic. A 2% royalty can add a considerable amount of revenue to the basic manuscript fee.

The basic manuscript fee is actually a guarantee for writers. Make sure that when the book doesn't sell well, it also has a decent income, that's all.

"Yes! I promise! Smith said yes very simply.

Don't want this basic manuscript fee, just royalties, which has advantages and disadvantages for Langdon, within the company's bottom line.

"The second condition, the film and television copyright fee of "Twilight", I ask for a 5% box office share, not cash." Xiao Fei put forward the second condition.

This second condition came as a surprise to Smith and Jones. It seems that Xiao Fei is very optimistic about the popularity of the future film and television adaptation of "Twilight", otherwise, he would not mention such conditions.

Smith was full of promises. Xiao Fei reached two agreements with him: one was for Xiao Fei to become a contracted writer for Random House, and the other was for Xiao Fei to license the copyright of "Twilight" to Random House to operate. (To be continued.) )