After the big eyes introduced everyone to each other, they went out.

Chang Zheng shook hands with the two men, took their business cards, and had a preliminary impression of them.

Both men appeared to be over thirty years old and under thirty-five years old. Humpty Dumpty, called Yang Kai, the editor-in-chief of the ugly group, Chang Zheng's perception of him comes from the short sentence of the station that notified the signing: "Hello, your work "Infinite Terror" has been submitted for signing by the editor-in-chief of the ugly group 'I am ugly and I am gentle'. ”

The tall and thin man wearing rimless resin glasses is named Zhou Congshan, who is the deputy leader of the signing and publishing team.

Both of them are mid-level leaders at the business level.

After a warm greeting, the two leaders expressed high praise and affirmation to Chang Zheng, and Chang Zheng also expressed sincere gratitude to the two leaders and looked forward to the broad future of Fenghua.com.

After the greetings, let's get to the point.

Zhou Congshan: "Xiao Chang, "Infinite Terror" has achieved very good results, first of all, I congratulate you, you can be regarded as a genius born out of thin air, you can choose our Fenghua Network, it can really be described as a strong combination." We believe that now is the right time to go the path of physical publishing. Take advantage of the continuous popularity of "Infinite Terror" online, drive offline physical sales, and ultimately maximize the commercial value of the book. I don't know what you think? ”

Chang Zheng: "Brother Zhou praised it. Fenghua.com is a giant aircraft carrier in the online literature industry, and I'm just a little sailor. As an author, I definitely hope that my work will be printed on a paper roll in pencil letters. I have no problem. ”

Zhou Congshan said with a smile: "Okay, then we have reached an agreement on strategy." Now let's do some more communication on the business side. You are the author of Infinite Terror and own all the copyrights to the book. You are also our contracted author, who licenses the copyright assignment to us. In a sense, we are a community of interests.

So please rest assured that we will operate in the most professional way to ensure that your profits are maximized. In the period before publication, we at Fenghua.com will also do our best to build momentum for "Infinite Terror" online, right, Lao Yang? ”

Yang Kai, who had been looking at his phone, said: "Yes, there will be a few homepage recommendations." The news bar will also hang for a while. Several of our online partners, including some portals and online book stores, will also promote Infinite Terror. After signing a contract with a publisher, they will also advertise it in print media. So you don't have to worry about building momentum. ”

Chang Zheng: "Thank you for your care. ”

Zhou Congshan: "There is no care. You have the strength, so we can work together deeply. In terms of physical royalty sharing, Xiaochang you get 70%, and our website gets 30%. It's written in the contract, I'm sure you've already read it, right? ”

Chang Zheng nodded: "Yes." I don't know which publisher to do it? ”

Zhou Congshan: "At present, there are three publishing houses or companies offering. They are Donghai Publishing House, Nangang Literature and Art Publishing House, and Bolong Publishing Company. The first two are state-owned publishing houses, and the third is a private publishing company. There is no need to worry about their strength, needless to say, they are state-owned, and they have financial resources and policy support.

Bolong Publishing Company is also a leader in the private publishing industry, with sales of 1.3 billion yuan in the first three quarters of this year. They have long-term cooperation with several large state-owned publishing houses, rich book number resources, online and offline sales channels, mainly engaged in the business of popular books and bestsellers, and is a very strong company.

We conduct bidding according to the bidding process, and the best bidder is selected based on both technical and commercial aspects. Of course, these are all regular publishers or companies, and there is no problem with the technology including sales channels, and we have worked with all three of them before. So we mainly consider the business side of things. ”

Chang Zheng: "Is it the one with the highest price?" ”

Zhou Congshan: "It can be understood in this way, but it's not all. There are two kinds of copyright transfers, one is buyout, that is, the publisher pays us a lump sum of money to buy out the physical publishing rights of "Infinite Terror", and in the future, whether the book is popular or cold, it has nothing to do with us. The other is a share, that is, for every set of physical books sold, we will get a part of the commission. We take into account commercial factors in terms of both price and transfer. ”

Chang Zheng: "Which way did Brother Zhou decide to take?" ”

Zhou Congshan helped his glasses and said with a smile: "Xiao Chang, you are the author of this book, and no matter which way you transfer, you will take the lion's share." So we respect your opinion. ”

Chang Zheng also smiled: "Either way." What I want to ask is, can we designate a separate publishing house in the same way as a designated publishing house? As far as I know, as long as you have cooperated with a certain number of publishers in the past, you can do the physical publication of a certain book in the designated way. ”

Zhou Congshan was a little surprised: "Oh, which one do you want to designate?" All three are subject to designation. ”

Chang Zheng: "Nangang Literature and Art Publishing House." ”

Zhou Congshan was even more surprised: "Nangang Literature and Art is not the highest bidder, whether it is a one-time buyout or a proportion of our terminal sales." Xiao Chang likes this family so much, what is the allusion? ”

Chang Zheng: "Contribute to the country, hehe." ”

"Hehe, you have a strong patriotic complex. Respectable. Zhou Congshan's smile was quite meaningful. He has been in the publishing industry for many years, so he can naturally analyze some information from Chang Zheng's words, and he knows whether he is really patriotic or shouting slogans. He said: "As I said earlier, we respect the author's opinion, after all, this is your work, and you have the right to decide who publishes it." I will reflect your opinion to the above, but Xiao Chang, no matter who is chosen in the end, I hope that both of us can understand each other in line with the principle of seeking common ground while reserving differences, is that okay? You have to believe that we will definitely not cheat you, because the more you earn, we will naturally earn more, right? We're not just working on this book, are we? We're all looking forward to your new book right now. ”

Chang Zheng: "That's, I absolutely believe in Fenghua.com. ”

Zhou Congshan: "That's okay, the three families will come over tomorrow." There will definitely be a result tomorrow, Xiao Chang, you may have to stay in Songzhou for a few more days. ”

Chang Zheng: "No problem. ”

Zhou Congshan got up: "Then I'll leave first." Lao Yang will chat with Xiao Chang again, Xiao Chang was signed by you, you must have a lot to say. ”

After Zhou Congshan left, Yang Kai put his mobile phone in his pocket and said to Chang Zheng with a smile: "Cangshen, regard money as dung, and the high wind and bright festival are admirable. ”

Chang Zheng waved his hand: "Brother Yang looks down on me, I love money." ”

Yang Kai: "Oh? Then you are colluding with Nangang Literature and Art. They are state-owned institutions, and you can't buy shares, what do you want? If a man doesn't want money, he must be a beautiful woman. ”

Chang Zheng laughed and laughed, "Brother Yang is really joking." If I say that I just look at them well, can you accept this reason? ”

Yang Kai nodded, and said quite seriously: "I believe this reason, it is more like your style." Coquettishness doesn't need a reason, this is the high character of the gods, and the book friends are right. After Zhou Congshan left, Yang Kai's words suddenly increased, and his conversation style was close to being relaxed and ridiculous.

Chang Zheng said: "Brother Yang still understands me." ”

Yang Kai: "Or can I sign you?" Let's go, it's time. ”

Chang Zheng was puzzled: "Where to go?" ”

Yang Kai got up and beckoned Chang Zheng to go out: "Eat." It's time for dinner, it's almost six o'clock. Big eyes will come too. You pay tonight, don't bully Big Eye, he just came to us not long ago, he is honest, and he hasn't saved a lot of money. You have become a god now, you belong to the rich and tyrant class, and you can't oppress the poor people. Tonight, I will lead all the toiling people of the ugly group to fight local tyrants and improve their lives. ”

Chang Zheng couldn't cry or laugh: "I originally said that I was going to invite him." He felt that compared with Zhou Congshan, Yang Kai, the editor-in-chief of the screen name "I am ugly and gentle", was better to deal with, and had a kind of self-familiar character. Zhou Congshan is more like a businessman, and his words are not leaky, giving people a feeling that it is difficult to approach.

For a mature company, both types of talent need to be reserved. Chang Zheng felt that he still had a lot to learn, it was easy to write a book, but it was difficult to control people.