Chapter 128 Final Terms
Wen Xun was in the conference room like this, arguing with the "two devils" and grinding the terms, and when the two devils were too tough and refused to lower their conditions, Wen Xun performed and flipped the table and left. After performing like this two or three times, the general manager of the corner was finally forced back.
After three consecutive days of negotiations, Wen Xun finally signed a contract with the people at the Kadokawa store. In this VAM contract, Wen Xun and Kadokawa agreed that if the first book of "Fullmetal Alchemist" could not get more than 500,000 copies in the market, then the copyright fee of the entire series of "Fullmetal Alchemist" Kadokawa Store would not have to pay Wen Xun.
But at the same time, Wen Xun can reserve the right to compile and sequel the work under any circumstances. In this way, it seems that Kadokawa's offer is very harsh, but relatively, Wen Xun will get a lot...... According to the contract, if the sales exceed 500,000 copies, then Wen Xun can not only get a full series of "Fullmetal Alchemist" but also get a super high royalty of 25% from the Kadokawa store.
Moreover, Wen Xun can also get a series of promotion support from the Kadokawa store, such as comic adaptations, animation adaptations, and so on. It turns out that in the camp of the Kadokawa store, there is also a manga magazine that listens to "Monthly Shonen E", and this manga magazine once serialized works like "Neon Genesis Evangelion"!
Such a magazine is originally a bit of a literary youth, and then it is still owned by Kadokawa, which can be said to be very suitable for Wen Xun to serialize "Fullmetal Alchemist".
After signing the contract, Wen Xun let out a long breath, and after he and Lan Yang participated in the celebration ceremony of the Kadokawa store, they returned to Kai County. DK we speed first
"500,000 copies sold ......" ...... It's tricky......" Lan Yang sighed and said...... "You're so confident?" ”
"Okay, I checked last year's best-selling list over there, and it basically seems that if 500,000 copies are sold, it will be in the top 20 of this year's total best-selling list. I can get almost 19 or 20 places, I don't think the goal is too high, at least it's much easier than aiming for the first place directly...... "......", Wen Xun shrugged his shoulders and said.
At this time, Lan Yang opened his mouth and didn't speak. He was really blocked by Wen Xun's words, and he felt that anything that directly rushed into the top 20 of this year's best-selling list or something should be a very, very high goal for others. Not to mention the Chinese, even for Yu himself, there are so many written in a country, and there are a total of 20 people in the first 20 in a year, is it easy to rush in?
As a result, Wen Xun seems to regard this as a minimum goal! Even listening to that meaning, it seems that Wen Xun had thought about directly saying that he was the first on the best-selling list before? Is this self-confidence or arrogance? Is this ambitious or ambitious?
If it was not Wen Xun who said this, but someone else, even if the person was not fifteen years old and the face was fifty years old, Lan Yang would directly say to his face that the other party should take medicine. But it was because Wen Xun said this, so Lan Yang was really worried at this time.
He remembered the time Wen Xun came to him with the manuscript of "Fullmetal Alchemist", and at that time he categorically said that this must not be good, but what was the result? People Wen Xun just made this popular! And with a new pen name! Basically no operation at all!
After this draft, Lan Yang can basically be said to have "knelt" in front of the news. This kneeling is not really kneeling...... It's a kind of spiritual kneeling, a kind of self-confidence, uh...... "To exaggerate, now Wen Xun is full of confidence that the sun is actually square, maybe Lan Yang will hesitate to wonder if he really remembered the shape of the sun since he was a child............"
After returning home, Wen Rou, Lu Yuqing and others all came around to ask Wen Xun what the result was. After Wen Xun told the details of the signed contract, Wen Rou asked a little worriedly: "Will they deliberately hide the quantity sold in the Kadokawa store?" After all, they gambled against each other and helped sell ......"
After Wen Rou asked this, Wen Xun's mother also began to worry for a while.
"No, it won't! Don't worry, although it is a publishing house, it is also a big publishing house in their country, so it is impossible to be so unruly! Wen Xun's father said with a righteous face at this time.
Listening to his father's words, Wen Xun really wanted to laugh, but he endured it. He knew that his father was a good man, and he really believed that there were many good people in this world. He Wen Xun has no way to reverse the worldview formed by his father for decades, and as a child, isn't filial piety not to be stubborn with his parents. So after Wen Xun couldn't hold back his laughter, he didn't complain about his father's words, he explained: "Concealing the quantity won't do much good to their Kadokawa store." Why, if I only sold tens of thousands of copies and hundreds of thousands of copies, then there is no point in concealing it. If it is said that there are more than 500,000 copies, it doesn't make much sense for them to change it to 400,000 copies. It can swallow up my royalty fees, but it's not a big deal! On the old side, all kinds of peripherals are the big heads! After swallowing my royalty fee, I don't have to give priority to finding them at that time...... "cooperate in the development of peripheral products, and if the market response is really good, there will be peripheral product manufacturers who will directly come to me to talk about licensing ............".
Yes, although Wen Xun's agreement is said to be a gambling agreement, it is actually an agreement that does not lose money at all. If Wen Xun buys less, then the "corner" store can not give Wen Xun a press fee, and their risk of loss is almost as small as possible. If Wen Xun wins, then the Kadokawa store will make a lot less in the percentage, but it will indeed be much higher in terms of the total profit!
In this way, Kadokawa is basically not at risk. All the risks are concentrated in Wen Xun's body, which is why the corner, the store's senior management will feel that this gambling contract will be one. Although the risks have reached Wen Xun, Wen Xun doesn't mind this at all. With the dream ability, he has absolutely strong self-confidence, and he doesn't believe that with his dream ability, with his Wenxun operation ability, he can't meet the standard!
Therefore, if this contract is placed in another author, it is a very risky VAM contract, but for Wen Xun, this is also a VAM contract but it is actually a contract to help him increase his income............
After resting at home for a while, Wen Xun began to meditate in bed and prepare for sleep. He kept thinking about the time in three or four months, because this time was about the same time as the first copy of Fullmetal Alchemist was sold on the main shelf. Wen Xun wants to see how to operate this book to sell well'"".