Kako Kitagawa, who didn't let her daughter run to the living room to watch cartoons and eat snacks as soon as she finished eating, as she did on weekdays, firmly controlled her by her side, after all, it was to prevent her daughter from hindering and interfering with them talking about business. It was because during the meal that I learned that Sakai Chie had brought two copies of the formal authorization contract that needed to be signed by Takeshita Kusaoke.

The daughter is young and ignorant, and as an adult, Kako Kitagawa doesn't understand the importance of this matter? So, he took the initiative to vacate the living room at home for Sakai Chie and Takeshita Kusa to discuss serious matters. As for whether Kitagawa Miyuki was willing to be detained by her side for the time being, it didn't matter.

Sitting on the single sofa in the living room, the whole person was quite relaxed and leaned back on the sofa, but he was also leisurely swaying Erlang's legs. In his hand, he held a formal authorization contract from the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House, and read it carefully. As soon as he sees a certain article, something he doesn't quite understand, he will stop, and the first time he will ask Sakai Chie to give him the final right to explain.

The content of the entire licensing contract is neither generous nor too harsh, and it is similar to what Sakai Chie had predicted when she had dinner here a while ago. Because he won this year's Akutagawa Award, he made the Literary Spring and Autumn Publishing House issue a 10% royalty and print 50,000 copies. If their first collection of short stories is well received in the market, they will reprint it. As for the subsequent royalties, it will remain unchanged at 10%.

However, it is not only about its four masterpieces of short and medium stories and the rest of the high-quality, high-quality short stories, but also about all the short stories that have been published and becoming an exclusive publishing house. This also includes translations of the same book that have been distributed abroad.

Whether Takeshita's works are translated into Chinese, Korean, English, and other forms of written languages and sold abroad, and further bring him rich remuneration, depends on the sales of his book in China. If this sells well in the future, there will naturally be a lot of this, and that kind of copyright will keep up, so as to achieve a continuous win-win situation for each other and maximize benefits. If it doesn't sell well, there will be nothing to do. After all, no publisher wants to invest a lot of resources in a writer who doesn't test the waters well in the market, and the unknown risk is particularly high.

"Do you have any questions?" Chie Sakai, who was patiently waiting for him to finish the last page, handed over a Parker gold pen that had been prepared a long time ago.

Takeshita Kusaoke, who is well aware of the strong standardization of the Japanese industry, although he is not very satisfied with some of the terms of the contract, but his head is not hot, and he says something like "I'd rather starve to death than how", after all, he can still distinguish what kind of situation and status he is in the Japanese literary world. If he wants to have more capital and bargaining chips to negotiate with publishers, he has to speak with the reaction of readers and sales as his reputation rises in the future.

Takeshita Kussake, who took over Parker's gold pen, signed his name in duplicate on the license contract. He put down the gold pen in his right hand, picked up his private seal and pressed it slightly in the red ink box, and then moved it to the place where it was signed and directly covered it. This is just to let himself stamp it, and he didn't let himself press the handprint himself, and he is a little relieved not to feel that he signed a deed of sale to the other party.

Holding the authorization contract in his hand again, he looked at it one by one, and did not find any problems, and said with a smile: "After the editor-in-chief signs, I will bring you the copy of the contract that belongs to you as soon as possible." Shouldn't we open a bottle of champagne to celebrate? By the way, I wish you a great sale of your first physical book. ”

smiled and nodded at the head of Takeshita Grass Mustard, took the initiative to stand up, just walked to the door of the living room, leaned out half of his body and shouted in the direction of the kitchen inside: "Xiangzi, bring a bottle of champagne and three glasses." ”

Hearing this, Kitagawa Kako immediately understood that the two of them had successfully signed the contract, but to celebrate a little. With a sunny smile on her face, she was secretly worried about Takeshita Grass Mustard and was finally able to let go. He took two steps outward, and his voice was full of joy in response: "Well, I know." ”

Kitagawa Kako then looked at her daughter who was reluctant to stay here, and her smile did not change: "Now, you can go to the living room to play." Miyuki Kitagawa, who has a sense of breaking free from the prison of painting, has a smile on her face that is similar to that of her mother. Laughing and making an "oh oh oh" sound, she jumped out of the kitchen and went straight to the living room.

Neither to show the DVD of the cartoon, nor to sit on the couch of her throne and eat snacks, Miyuki Kitagawa took the initiative to stand in the middle of the living room and said with a sweet smile: "Dad, Aunt Qianhui, I'll dance a little swan dance for you, okay?" ”

Takeshita Grass Mustard, who slapped her lightly, completely revealed a fatherly smile and said, "Okay! But don't worry. When Mommy comes, you can jump to all of us. ”

Realizing that there was something missing just by watching Lori dance solo, Chie Sakai smiled, "Little cutie, do you have any musical instruments?" Auntie accompanies you. ”

Miyuki Kitagawa, who was particularly interested, replied with a smile while going to find her own things, "I have a small piano." ”

At this time, a bottle of champagne that had been opened in the kitchen in her left hand and Kako Kitagawa with three wine glasses between her right fingers also appeared in the living room. She put the things in her hand together on the glass coffee table, and did not pay attention to her daughter, but once again picked up the champagne bottle and poured most of the champagne into the three empty glasses one by one.

Miyuki Kitagawa, who found her toy piano, turned around and walked in front of Chie Sakai, and handed it into the other party's hands with both hands. Chie Sakai, who has received a good elite education since childhood, put the toy piano on her legs so that she can play it by herself, and on the other hand, she saw Miyuki standing in the center of the living room again, and said with a smile: "Are you ready for our world-class dancer?" ”

Tapping his head hard, Miyuki Kitagawa, who made a sound, danced to the music of the toy piano.