Wang Yang was filming in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and Hongyue was in Yanjing to negotiate with several major publishers.

On the side of the Simplified Chinese Publishing House, she talked about Phoenix, writers, CITIC, Magic Iron, and Longyuan, a subsidiary of Longteng Group.

It doesn't really matter which one you choose, what matters is which one gives a good contract and has enough strength to complete and execute the contract.

The traditional Chinese publication of "Ethereal Journey" has been negotiated, and she handed it over to the famous Kadokawa Bookstore to publish and distribute it, with a contract for the first printing of 100,000 copies, priced at 15 Chinese dollars, and paid 1.5 million royalties in advance.

In addition to that, follow the desk. The best-selling level is also divided into the following dividend mechanism.

Hot bestsellers: sales of 100,000-300,000, royalty 6%

Platinum bestsellers: sales of 300,000-500,000, royalty 9%

Diamond sales book: 500,000-1,000,000, 12% of royalties

Such a contract is relatively good in the industry, but for traditional Chinese, except for martial arts masters like Jin Yong Gulong who can be platinum and diamond, basically in the past ten years, few people have exceeded 300,000 copies of a single copy.

Even in the mainland, there are very few writers who exceed 100,000 or even more than 300,000 in a single book.

The reason is very simple, the first is that e-paper books replace paper books, simulated e-book products are popular, the reading experience is no less than paper books, and the most important thing is that it is environmentally friendly and green, and it is cheap and affordable.

The first episode of "Ethereal Journey" is priced at 15 yuan in traditional Chinese, and the price is 4.88 yuan for download in Longteng E-book City.

E-books are only one-third of the price of physical books, and in the genuine choice, more people will naturally choose e-books, because the reading habits of the whole people have generally evolved to e-paper books.

The history of e-paper books in this world has been 28 years, from the first e-paper book manufactured by Longteng in 77 years, to now after several generations of updates and upgrades, people have become accustomed to e-books.

Just like Wang Yang, who loves books like his life, is now holding an e-paper book reader or a tablet.

The reason is very simple, filming is such a toss-up thing, it is impossible for him to enjoy physical books, it is very heavy and troublesome to hold, and naturally there is no e-paper book to read.

It is also because e-paper books have been popular for a long time, most of the writers in this world are unknown, and their appeal on the Internet is high, but their influence in reality is low.

There are often a lot of writers who make money, but the most famous ones are a small group of people at the top of the pyramid, if they don't like part-time directors and screenwriters like Wang Yang, few people will pay attention to writers.

Hongyue negotiated with Longyuan Publishing House again today, and after she raised the first printing to 300,000 copies, the two sides finally negotiated a cooperation.

Simplified Chinese publishing is different from traditional Chinese publishing. The number of words in an episode of the Bay version is smaller, about 90,000 words per volume, and a total of about 24 volumes.

The requirements for the simplified version are about 200,000 words, and a total of 10 volumes will be published.

Platform. Readers are pursuing physical reading, and simplified publishing is more for those high-consumption people, and generally wait for the complete series of novels to be printed after the serialization, one after another hardcover editions, collector's editions and other high-quality customized books, to win the sales of the physical book market.

It is also such a difference that Hongyue is constantly competing for the first printing, and the first printing of "Ethereal Journey" in simplified Chinese is 300,000 copies, which is equivalent to only 30,000 copies per volume, a total of 10 volumes, which is 300,000 sets.

The price of simplified Chinese is high, the price of a single book is 36 yuan, and the price of a set is 338 yuan.

Calculated down, the first printing of 300,000 sets of "Ethereal Journey" has a total value of 100 million Chinese dollars.

Wang Yang is a rookie writer, and the first printing required by Hongyue is so high, Longyuan Publishing House alone bears the cost risk of about 30 million to 50 million, and it is impossible to advance Wang Yang's royalties.

Red Moon agent Wang Yang and Long Yuan negotiated a 9% royalty share, which means that if all the sales are sold out, they will be able to get about 9 million pre-tax remuneration. But if it is unsalable, the publisher will only pay 60% of the royalty, that is, 5.4 million before tax.

In short, she also made a small bet for Wang Yang, betting on whether it can sell well.

Once the two places sell well, Wang Yang will be able to add tens of millions of additional income, and if it is unsalable, that is, it will be millions, which is equivalent to a month's electronic manuscript fee.

It is precisely because it is difficult to make money from physical publishing, so there are very few traditional writers and best-selling authors who specialize in physical publishing in these years.

That night, Hongyue was at Wang Yang's house, holding the little gray mastiff, and she was about to call him to report on the publication, but she saw the open TV station Suzhou-Hangzhou Satellite TV Channel, an entertainment pioneer program, on which a pair of male and female hosts were actually telling a news about Wang Yang and Yang Liying's entertainment scandal.

The hostess said: "Recently, an entertainment tabloid paparazzi took a set of photos, which showed the popular actor Yang Liying and the recently popular genius writer Wang Yang dating in a restaurant, and the two looked very compatible in the photos. ”

Male host: "Xiaomo, netizens broke the news that Mr. Wang has a girlfriend, her online name is Hongyue, this is her own photo, she looks very beautiful, I don't think it is possible for Mr. Wang to cheat." ”

The hostess said: "Xiao Mo, what's going on with the following set of photos?" Last night, the paparazzi secretly photographed the two entering and exiting the 7-day chain hotel together, Mr. Wang put his arm on Yang Liying's shoulder, and the two behaved intimately. ”

Host: "This ...... Ah, I don't think it's a big deal! ”

Hostess: "Anyway, in a famous sentence of Mr. Wang, it is - do it and cherish it." ”

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After Hongyue finished reading the news, she clutched her mobile phone tightly, her teeth rang loudly, she thought that Wang Yang was very resolute not to let herself follow the crew to film, and she felt very uncomfortable, and she began to wonder what he meant.

"Wang Yang, do you want to dump me?"

"Wang Yang, you dare to dump your mother!"

She waited for Wang Yang to call her to explain that day, because he would call every night, but that night, Hongyue kept waiting, waiting, but she couldn't wait for his call to come.

Hongyue cried angrily, she was angry that she was not angry, and she was angry that she didn't even have the courage to call him.

However, in the early hours of the morning, Wang Yang's phone still called.

"Mother, you didn't sleep."

"Nope!" Red Moon angrily said angrily.

"Your aunt is here." Wang Yang asked knowingly.

"Wang Yang, do you want to die!"

"Well, I saw that someone bombarded me on the letter, and I also read the news report, I don't think you should believe the news." Wang Yang asked calmly.

Red Moon was silent, of course she didn't believe it, but she definitely doubted.

"Go to bed early." Wang Yang is very sleepy, he has been busy communicating with Tong Dafu and Yang Liying recently, and when he went back to the hotel to put his arm on her shoulder that day, he was a little dizzy because he drank a little wine, and he was just acting as a fulcrum for his center of gravity.

As for why you don't explain it to Red Moon, some things are explained more like a cover-up, and it's best not to explain.

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