Chapter 49: A Literati's Paradise
Hearing that Fang Chengshi was coming over, Li Xiuying panicked, as if she had done something wrong, and was a little afraid to face the upcoming editor Fang Da.
"There are ghosts! There must be ghosts! Seeing this, Su Wen saw that the fire of gossip was burning, and it seemed that he had guessed correctly just now, these two people did not have a leg.
Or rather, half a leg! One foot was mixed in, but it hadn't gone deep yet, otherwise Li Xiuying wouldn't be so unnatural.
"Mr. Li, are you okay?" Su Wen asked with a smile.
"I didn't ...... It's okay! Li Xiuying finally calmed down from the panic, looked at the door of the store, and had an idea, "Mr. Su, since you have to talk about things with the guests later, then...... We might as well talk about it later. ”
Su Wenyi raised his eyebrows: "What, didn't Mr. Li talk about initialing the letter of intent just now, I've thought about it now, don't listen to my opinion?" ”
"This ......" Li Xiuying hesitated.
Su Wen said leisurely: "That's it, if Mr. Li doesn't want to hear it, forget it." However, if there are other cultural companies coming to the door, and the conditions offered are not much worse than those of Mr. Li, Mr. Li can not blame me for agreeing too quickly! Mr. Li probably doesn't think that you are the only one in this world who can see the future of "Romeo and Juliet", right? ”
Li Xiuying didn't dare to mess around, sat down again, took a breath and asked, "So Mr. Su agreed to initialize the letter of intent with us?" ”
Su Wen pondered for a moment and said: "There is no problem in signing the letter of intent, I can promise to cooperate with your company without other companies offering higher conditions." But...... I have one more condition. ”
"On what terms?"
Su Wen said slowly: "Mr. Li, although the sharing conditions you offer are good, they are all based on the situation that the drama is a big hit. Once you don't operate well, it will greatly affect my income, let alone 500,000 yuan, if you can't even recover 200,000 yuan, then won't I be a big loss? ”
Li Xiuying frowned: "What does Mr. Su mean?" ”
Su Wenjian said: "I think we can cooperate with the model of guaranteed minimum plus share. That is to say, once the agreement is signed, you will pay me 200,000 Chinese dollars as the minimum income, and the rest will be divided into equal income. In this way, I feel more confident. ”
"No way!" Li Xiuying categorically refused, "If you want more income and choose to share, you naturally have to share the risk, and you have to guarantee the bottom, that is, to push all the risks on us." Mr. Su, you can't be like this! ”
Su Wen pursed his lips, should he say that people can be shameless to this point?
Smiled helplessly, Su Wen sighed: "Without any income, I am not sure." Fangyuan Company has thrown out the temptation of 500,000 yuan! ”
Li Xiuying sneered: "500,000 is too much? In the eyes of Fangyuan Company, 500,000 is just a drop in the bucket. As long as they work well, they can earn back their publishing piece! Mr. Su, you should have learned about the publishing market, right? ”
Su Wen really hasn't understood!
However, when he looked up information on the Internet, he seemed to say that many literati became billionaires because of the operation of various copyrights.
Billions!
It is the Chinese dollar of this world, one of the three currencies with the strongest purchasing power in the world!
Seeing Su Wen's confused expression, Li Xiuying had a headache, how could this girl seem to not understand anything about the cultural circle. As a person who writes articles, as long as you are a little interested, it is not difficult to understand some of the situation in the literary market.
A headache is a headache, and Li Xiuying had to popularize some knowledge of the literary and artistic market to Su Wen.
Don't say I don't know, after listening to it, Su Wen didn't have any reaction except for being stunned.
He knew that the Chinese Empire was very strict about copyright protection, coupled with the country's wealth and strength, its culture was prosperous, and the people were prosperous, so the consumption of cultural products must be very large.
However, he didn't expect it to be so big!
Have you ever heard of a work that has sold more than 100 million copies? In royalties alone, the author can get more than 100 million Chinese dollars!
Have you ever seen a work that has sold tens of millions or tens of millions of dollars at every turn?
In this empire, if a work sells hundreds of thousands of copies, it is not a big sale, it is called a failure. More than one million is on the passing line, three or five million is called a small fire, and if the sales are more than 10 million, it is called a big sale!
The top and most famous writers, a work works well, and it is not a dream to sell tens of millions of copies!
It's a literati's paradise!
Even though the sales of paper books have decreased a lot in the past decade due to the development of the Internet, there are still many writers in the market who have sold more than 10 million copies.
"This ......" Su Wen couldn't speak for a long time after listening.
"You think it's weird?" Li Xiuying smiled, "It's not strange at all. Think about it, there are as many as two billion people in our Chinese Empire, one culture, the same language, and the cultural heritage is not bad, everyone has the habit of reading books. More than 100 years ago, when there were more than 100 million sales, it was only one in 20 people who bought a book. It's a pity that the rise of online e-books in recent years has caused the publishing market to shrink somewhat, otherwise just the operation of big-selling works can support many cultural companies. Of course, the market is not small now, after all, everyone still has the habit of reading. Nothing can defeat habit. ”
Su Wen quickly reacted from the shock, his eyes fixed on Li Xiuying, and said, "Mr. Li, this big cake you painted is really big and tempting. However, the situation you mentioned is the achievement of some well-known writers, all of whom are the best talents. The cultural market is so big that it is impossible for everyone to succeed. Not to mention millions of sales, I think it's difficult to sell hundreds of thousands, and some can't even sell, right? ”
Li Xiuying nodded and said: "Fish and dragons are mixed, some are good and some are bad. Some can't even recover the cost, let alone make any money. ”
Su Wen spread his hands: "Look, I'll just say that it's very unreliable." ”
"Does Mr. Su think that he has no strength and is the worst level of writer?" Li Xiuying asked rhetorically.
Su Wen was speechless, this woman came here again, can you change it to something fresh!
He couldn't answer this rhetorical question, if he said yes, he would look down on himself too much, and if he said no, there would be no room for negotiation with others.
"Your company is mainly a theater, I'm afraid you are not familiar with publishing." Su Wen thought for a long time before he came up with such a reason.
Li Xiuying is full of confidence: "You can rest assured that we have also been publishing for more than ten years and have a mature operating mechanism." Our company is now a diversified operation, and recently plans to enter the film and television industry, and Bai Luofei is the star we plan to promote. We have the ability, but I'm afraid that Mr. Su, you don't have confidence in your work. ”
The words have come to this point, what else can Su Wen say.
"Okay, one day you have a letter of intent ready, I'll find a time to read it."
When Li Xiuying heard Su Wen agree, she was overjoyed, and felt that she had not run in vain today, and had finally completed her greatest purpose.
Not happy, at this time, Fang Chengshi suddenly ran in, saw Su Wen from a distance, and rushed here, just wanted to say hello, but found Li Xiuying opposite Su Wen, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, people were unnatural, and hesitated for a long time before walking up.
"Xiu...... Xiuying, why are you here? Fang Chengshi's eyes flickered slightly.
Li Xiuying looked a little awkward, but with Su Wen present, she quickly regained her true character as a strong woman, beckoned Fang Chengshi to sit down, and explained what she was looking for Su Wen today.
Fang Chengshi nodded while listening, but he just asked them about their cooperation, and when he heard them say that things were almost over, his eyes turned to Su Wen's side, and then he took out a lot of things from his bag one by one and put them in front of Su Wen.
Su Wen was confused, full of doubts.
"Su Wen, there are three things to find you today, and we will do them one by one!" Fang Chengshi looked a little anxious.
There are as many as three?
Su Wen was even more stunned, what made Fang Chengshi so urgent?