Chapter 722: Sky-high price
Mina Kitagawa, who has read various evaluations of her "The Story of the Little Yellow Chicken" on the Internet, returned Koji Oe's private mobile phone to the other party. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info himself is not too interested in his proposal to suspend online updates, continue in the form of serialization of publications, and then publish and distribute physical book lists, and finally adapt them into a package of marketing and promotion models such as film and television copyrights for cartoons, after all, there is no shortage of money, and they will not consider maximizing their own economic interests, so as to think about how to bring happiness and positive energy to more, especially the majority of children.
"Miss Kitagawa, we are also an old relationship in business. The two sides have been working together quite happily all along. How about we raise the manuscript fee for each of your 400-word manuscript papers to 20,000 yen according to the standard of the Takeshita Prize, which won the first literary award in Japan? As for the copyright of the physical book, we give you the treatment of domestic first-line writers, that is, 15% of the royalty. Koji Oe, who has already offered a sky-high price to new writers, of course, has directly received the instructions of the president to make bold decisions.
After all, they are all clear, and a newcomer writer like Kitagawa Mina will not only be noticed by all aspects of the Japanese literary scene, but can also easily be poached by other large publishing houses. What they regret the most is why they didn't sign her in the form of a fixed contract in the first place.
This small publishing house, which does not do business at a loss, on the one hand, sees the potential of Mina Kitagawa and has a lot of room for future development, and on the other hand, it is completely capable of publicizing the writers who have been cultivated and tapped by the company, and who can lead the development of Japanese children's literature in the future.
Once Kitagawa Mina becomes the chief writer of her own publishing house, she will be able to attract more readers, which in turn will increase the sales of books and magazines, make a lot of profits, and make it easier to recruit and attract talented people. In the future, the publishing house will become bigger and stronger, not just to satisfy the hunger for internal and external propaganda, but to make the ideal blueprint a reality.
In addition, whether they take the initiative to find venture capital companies, or they each come to the door to make a large investment, they also have more initiative in negotiations, and they do not need to be controlled by others everywhere, but also forced to accept all kinds of harsh conditions. What's more, the derivative products of "The Story of Little Yellow Chicken" can also be made of dolls, dolls, and authorized trademarks to the children's food industry, catering industry and other peripheral goods for children. The industrial value of such a large market will never be less than 10 billion yen. Based on J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter book series, we can see how vast the market for children's literature is.
Kitagawa Mina, who was not impressed in the face of such favorable conditions, did not sell for the sake of strategic waiting. Leaning back on the chair, her expression still looked very calm. What is currently in my mind is thinking about how to make money, but how to let more children see what she wrote.
Kitagawa Mina is well aware that Japan pays attention to the protection of intellectual property rights, and the price of a book is really not cheap. If you take 15% of the royalties, you will inevitably end up with a thin book priced at least 2,000 yen. Although it is only a two-hour labor pay for part-time workers in Tokyo, it is undoubtedly a lot of burden for remote and poor families, after all, they can't even take care of food, who has spare money to buy books to read. What's more, "The Story of the Little Yellow Chicken" is still very long and belongs to a book series.
When I think of this, Mina Kitagawa wants to do more so that children from poor families can read her books. Therefore, she is really not interested in the lucrative conditions that Koji Oe gave her. Considering that channel sales is the king and key, she wants to make it easy for small bookstores in small towns in Japan to buy her books.
Suddenly, Kitagawa Mina's mobile phone rang directly. When I pulled it out, I saw the phone number of a stranger. She didn't hang up because of this, and answered the phone and said, "Hello, who are you looking for?" ”
"Hello, are you Miss Mina Kitagawa ?" A feminine voice came from the other end of the phone.
Kitagawa Mina, who immediately responded to the word "yes", was unfamiliar with the other party's voice, so he concluded that it should not belong to the category of acquaintances he knew. However, the other party knows his name accurately.
For this reason, she is wondering who the other party is? At the end of the day, I heard her further confirm her identity and said: "You wrote the "Story of the Little Yellow Chicken" that appeared on the Internet, right?" Kitagawa Mina, who directly made a voice of "En", became more and more confused.
"That's right. I'm the editor-in-charge of the Sakai Media Group's Wasae Press. The reason why we made such a phone call to you is that we took a fancy to your work "The Story of the Little Yellow Chicken" that you posted on the Internet. If you are interested, you can come to us to discuss the relevant signing matters. By the way, maybe you may not know much about our mustard press! We are the largest publishing house in Japan and in the whole of Asia. Mr. Takeshita Kusaoke, a writer at the National People's Congress, is both our boss and our chief writer. Every year, the Takeshita Prize, the most representative and highest serious literary award in Japan, and the Sakai Prize, the highest literary award for popular literature, are announced by our company. The female editor of the mustard press is focused on explaining.
"However, I'm writing a fairy tale, so it doesn't seem to fit you guys, do I?" Kitagawa Mina, who is in a state of mind like water, is not in a hurry or slow.
I feel that I have just said so much, so that there is a kind of white water of female editors, according to common sense, not to mention any new writers, even if the second- and third-tier old writers receive a call from the editor of Mustard Hui Publishing House in person, there is no one who is not more or less excited. After all, with the help of their publishing house, it is enough for the sales of the other party's works to at least increase to a new level. Not only that, but it is more of an authoritative recognition that your work still has a certain literary level.
"Even if you don't know about our publishing house, you should know Mr. Takeshita Kusaoke!" The female editor with a big publishing is a "big shopkeeper", and her tone has become a little stiff.
"Yes! If you count from the mother's womb, I have known him for almost 20 years! Kitagawa Mina didn't even think about it, and then blurted out a response. (To be continued.) )