"Two bosses, this is the specific sales data, the data shows that the two "Savage" novels we published not only dominated the North American book sales list last year, but also the undoubted annual book sales champion and runner-up worldwide, of which the total sales of "Savage: Hundred Races" in North America is 8.86 million copies, 8.72 million copies in Chinese mainland, 2.17 million copies in Germany, 3.15 million copies in the United Kingdom, 1.62 million copies in Italy, 1.47 million copies in Spain, 1.83 million copies in Russia, South Korea is 1.12 million copies, Japan is 1.56 million copies, Treasure Island is 1.02 million copies, Hong Kong is 420,000 copies, together with other overseas countries and regions, "Wild Wilds: Clash of the Nations" has sold more than 42 million copies worldwide in 2008, beating "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" in 07 to create 35 million copies, becoming the highest selling single novel in a single year. "Wild Wild: Rise of the Apes" sold 5.81 million copies in North America last year, and the total global sales exceeded 37 million copies, and now it has sold 50 million copies.

The sales of the two novels "Twilight" are also amazing, of which "Twilight: Breaking Dawn" sold 5.28 million copies in North America, second only to the two books of "Wild Stories", and was the third place in North American book sales last year, with global sales exceeding 18 million copies. "Twilight: Lunar Eclipse" sold 3.11 million copies in North America last year and 13.21 million copies worldwide, and now it has sold more than 20 million copies in North America.

Data summary, our Little Bear Publishing House sold a total of 23.26 million copies in North America last year, and 108 million copies worldwide, and thanks to the global sales of the four novels, our total revenue for the year was 789 million, of which the royalties of Boss were 207 million, and Stephanie's royalties were 66.57 million. After deducting operating costs and taxes, our net profit for the full year was 225 million. ”

In the conference room of Little Bear Publishing House, Lin Yuquan, Stephanie as the boss. Mel and the publisher's management were all in attendance.

"Wow, 207 million royalties, well, although knowing that Lin's royalties are definitely going to be high. But I didn't expect it to be so high, it's amazing. After one of the supervisor's words fell, Stephanie. Mel immediately exclaimed.

"Okay, it's far worse than Rowling, but she has earned more than $1 billion in royalties through the Harry Potter series, and due to rising prices and the continuous increase in the proportion of writers' royalties, writers' incomes are believed to be higher and higher in the future, aren't your own royalties also very high?" Lin Yuquan smiled slightly.

"That's right. If you were to rank the list of writers in the world in 2008, Stephanie would be the second most important one. "Paul. Haggis laughed.

Stephanie. Mel has a smile on his face, not only "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn" are selling well, but also "Twilight" and "New Moon" are selling well, especially with the release of "Twilight", in the past month or so, the "Twilight" series of novels has ushered in a new wave of high sales. Tide. Together with the royalties she received for her first two novels, she earned more than $80 million in royalties last year. For such a result, she herself could not be more satisfied.

"I have to thank Lin, and I owe it to you that I was able to get so much royalty income, and if it wasn't for the promotion and bookmarks with you, the Twilight movie would have been so great. I'm definitely not selling as much as I do now. "Stephanie. Mel said with a smile: "In addition, I don't agree with what you just said, Rowling's royalty income of more than $1 billion is good, but her royalties are accumulated for ten years, and some of them come from movies and other aspects, she has never received such a high royalty income from you through novels in a single year." I'm hopeless, but as long as you don't slack off, as things stand, I'm sure it's only a matter of time before your total royalty income surpasses hers. ”

Lin Yuquan smiled and said: "You are full of confidence in me, but why are you so unconfident in yourself, you have already created the sales miracle of "Twilight", compared to Rowling, you are so young, there is a chance in the future, don't tell me, you are ready to close your pen and concentrate on being a rich woman at home." ”

"Of course I'll keep writing, but it's not that easy to reach sales like 'Twilight' again." Stephanie. Mel shook his head.

"It's not impossible to be easy, is it? I can't guarantee that my next novel will be as popular as Savage. Lin Yuquan said with a smile, and then looked at Paul. Haggis: "Paul, didn't you say that there are three new books that are going to be published this year and that will certainly not disappoint me?" Let's start with the three titles, I can't wait to see how great they are. ”

"Okay, boss." Paul. Haggis smiled and nodded, and then handed the two bound books to Lin Yuquan and Stephanie respectively. Mel's hand: "This is the first novel we are preparing to publish, "Beautiful Creatures", and speaking of which, this novel and Stephanie. Mel you have a lot to do with it because it's the author of Cammy. Garcia, Margaret. Stoll is a novel based on "Twilight", like "Twilight", this is a supernatural fantasy novel, and the tone is also a novel that tells a love story, but the story is no longer told from the perspective of the heroine, but changed to the male protagonist, and at the same time, the identity of the hero and heroine has also undergone an interesting change, becoming a witch and a human, the heroine is a witch with an intricate witch family behind it, and the male protagonist is a high school boy in a small southern town"

In Paul. While Haggis was unhurriedly speaking, Lin Yuquan turned the pages of the book and browsed quickly, gradually, the smile on the corner of his mouth became thicker and thicker, yes, this is indeed a supernatural fantasy novel with the same tone as "Twilight", but after careful adjustment by the author, it seems very special, very fresh, and has a completely different charm from "Twilight", no wonder the author will send the novel to Little Bear Press, no wonder Paul. Haggis would have chosen to publish, and since it was a joint effort between two writers, and after a book in which Paul did. Haggis's patience and dedication to perfection make "A Beautiful Mind" even better than "Twilight" in terms of language skills and story details.

"Yes, Stephanie, what do you think?" Lin Yuquan looked at Stephanie with a smile. Mel, though I didn't have time to read the novel carefully. But only by virtue of the parts that have been seen and Paul. Haggis presents a synopsis of the story, and he absolutely agrees with Paul. Haggis' decision to publish Beautiful Creatures.

"Of course, it's a very interesting novel, and I'll take a good look at it when I get back." Stephanie. Mel was smiling, and she felt a sense of accomplishment in the fact that "Beautiful Creatures" followed the tone of "Twilight", but also because "Beautiful Creatures" would be published by Little Bear, which she owned. If it's another publishing house, it's a different story.

"This is a sample book, is there anything I need to adjust in terms of cover design?" Paul. Haggis Road.

"I think it's good, how about you?" Lin Yuquan said with a smile, looking at Stephanie. Mel.

"I think it's good, too." Stephanie. Mel nodded.

"OK, then move on to the next new book." Lin Yuquan said.

"Okay." Paul. Haggis smiled and nodded, and then handed the two bound books to Lin Yuquan and Stephanie again. Mel's hand: "The Story of Edgar, which is the new author of Davy. Froblesky's place. The female novel is about a Hamlet-esque family tragedy. The protagonist Edgar, who can only speak in sign language, and his parents live a peaceful and peaceful life in a remote farm raising and training the legendary dog breed of the Sotel family, which has survived for generations, but with the unexpected return of his uncle to his hometown, Edgar's father suddenly dies unexpectedly, and his uncle begins to invade the farm life and the emotional world of Edgar's mother.

Edgar, who discovers that his uncle was involved in his father's death, tries to prove it, but even his mother doesn't believe him, and due to a deviation in his plans, Edgar has to flee into the desolate forest outside the farm. And while trying his best to survive, he took care of the three Sotel puppies who followed him after going through hardships. Edgar returns to the farm with longing for his family and forgiving his uncle, and is eventually killed by his uncle, who tries to keep the murder secret forever. ”

In the process of listening and flipping through, Lin Yuquan couldn't help nodding, from personal preference alone, he didn't like this kind of story that was too sad, but he had to say. Although "Edgar's Tales" is a new author's place. The female work, but the writing is very good, and it has the power to move people's hearts.

"Stephanie, what do you think?" Lin Yuquan looked at Stephanie. Mel.

"Personally, I love being able to tell a Hamlet-esque tragic story well. It's really not easy. "Stephanie. Mel said with a smile, apparently having no problem with publishing such a novel.

"OK, it's not my cup of tea, but it's a good work, and we don't have any reason to give up on publishing it, so let's move on to the third new book!" Lin Yuquan smiled.

"Okay, boss." Paul. Haggis immediately handed the two bound books to the two of them, with a deep smile in his eyes, and said confidently: "The Hunger Games, this is the most optimistic novel for all of us, it may be another "Wild Story" and another "Twilight" from our Little Bear Press. ”

"Whew." In the villa in Beverly Hills, Lin Yuquan let out a long breath, then closed the page of "The Hunger Games" with a satisfied look on his face.

After Paul. After a brief introduction, Haggis was immediately attracted by the unique story setting of "The Hunger Games", the future North America was destroyed by a great war, and in the ruins people established a new country "Beneficiary Country", whose capital ruled other countries and regions, due to the brutality of the regime, the rule of the capital was resisted by the 13th District, and after the 13th District was completely suppressed and eliminated, in order to play the role of killing chickens and monkeys, The Imperial Capital decided to let the remaining twelve districts select two boys and girls aged 12-18 to participate in a live reality show "The Hunger Games" every year through a lottery, and let them fight each other like gladiators.

Every year, the people of Sneer Nation go crazy for this reality show, known as The Hunger Games, and by the time the story begins, The Hunger Games has been held in Sneer Nation for 73 consecutive years, and the winner of each show will become a super icon. It wasn't until the 74th Hunger Games began, on the day of the draw, when the younger sister Polim . Yvedeon? When drawn as a tribute, the heroine of the story? Katniss. Yvedeon's life was changed completely.

The background of such a story is really amazing, magnificent, cruel and so attractive, and then after opening the page to read, Lin Yuquan was even more eager to stop, but unfortunately the meeting time was limited, so as soon as he returned home from the meeting, he immediately read the volume, and after reading it all, he finally came to the conclusion that yes, this could indeed be another "Wild Story" and "Twilight Zone" from Little Bear Press.

How do you define The Hunger Games? In Lin Yuquan's view, there may be no more appropriate sentence than "the youth epic of young readers".

The fact that the author is actually a woman is obviously a bit beyond imagination, because the story layout of "The Hunger Games" is really grandiose, and the game setting similar to Roman gladiators makes people's blood boil. Perhaps looking at the content of the story alone, the storyline of "The Hunger Games" is not very meticulous or magical, but in the context of the whole story, the elements of war, enslavement, and resistance in it make it already epic.

If the most valuable thing about "The Hunger Games" is undoubtedly the setting of live television, reality TV shows are starting to heat up all over the world, especially in the United States, where there is a wide variety of reality TV shows that it is easy for "The Hunger Games" to resonate with American teenagers who are used to watching reality TV.

In fact, filmmakers have a long history of cultural reflection on reality TV, as early as 1987 starring Schwarzenegger in "Dragon", which set up an evil killing TV show, participants must kill their opponents one by one before they can escape from the ascension, otherwise they will die, very similar to "The Hunger Games". And "Truman's World", which pushes this reflection to a deeper level, is considered a classic by countless people. In addition, the Japanese movie "Battle Royale" is similar to "The Hunger Games" in some settings, both about a cold post-apocalyptic world, where teenage boys and girls kill each other until the last person remains.

In contrast, the advantage of "The Hunger Games" is that it is a youth epic full of idols and saviors, similar to the combination of "Harry Potter" and "Twilight", with teenagers as the protagonists, telling a story of salvation, so that young readers can get great pleasure from reading without hindrance of self-substitution.

And because the story unfolds from the perspective of the heroine, perhaps soon, like "Twilight", "The Hunger Games" will cause another round of storm among female readers, and at the same time, in the near future, once again prove the power of female audiences.

"Hi Paul, help me contact Susan, the author of The Hunger Games. Collins, I'm going to get the rights to the film and television adaptation of this novel and the rights to the game adaptation. Lin Yuquan's voice immediately sounded in the room. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to M. to read. (To be continued......)

PS: It's good to look at the royalties obtained by the author, the royalty income is so high, because the best-selling novels were sold in hardcover at the beginning, and the price was relatively high, and the popularity dropped to a certain extent before the paperback was launched, such as "The Da Vinci Code", which was listed in 03 and only launched in paperback in 06, it is said that these best-selling authors attract money is very amazing, Rowling's net worth is as high as 1 billion US dollars, and the king of detective mystery novels in the world, James, who opened the production line of novels. Patterson is the most profitable writer in recent years, $70 million in 2010, $94 million in 2012, $91 million in 2013, $90 million in 2014, and not found in 2011, but he was the highest-paid writer that year, estimated at more than $80 million, and this year it must be more than $80 million, so don't think it's too exaggerated!