The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been in print since its publication, with total sales exceeding one million copies, reaching the bestseller standard, and Restaurants at the End of the Universe, which sold more than 600,000 a few months later.

This is not a good result compared to other bestsellers, but it has already set a domestic science fiction sales record, and if this momentum continues, it is possible to compete with other bestsellers.

The copyrights of the two books are in the hands of "Fantasy World" magazine, and they can only stare dryly when they stop authorizing the Western Union Press, Zhang Qiuxi, the author, only retains the copyright, and he is also helpless, when he signed the contract, he never thought that there would be such a bad thing.

Liu Jianyuan said: "This kind of thing is not something we are happy to see, and Mr. Xiqiu does not have to apologize, we care more about whether we can establish a closer cooperative relationship with you than for not being able to publish these two works." Huaguang Publishing Group values your previous works, but our publishing house is more interested in Mr. Xiqiu himself. ”

Zhang Qiuxi smiled, Liu Jianyuan was very direct, she also liked to contact such people, and said: "Editor-in-Chief Liu, in fact, if you don't come to me today, I will go back to you tomorrow, I have something here I think you will be very interested." ”

Zhang Qiuxi took out the manuscript that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it over, the title at the beginning was Goodbye, thank you for your fish, Liu Jianyuan also laughed when he saw it, and said: "Of course we will be very interested, if I didn't guess, this should be the fourth part of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, right?" ”

The unique style made Liu Jianyuan recognizable at a glance, and he took the manuscript and carefully put it away and said: "Actually, like all readers, I am very much looking forward to what kind of wonderful journey the protagonist Dent will have next, but before that, let's get down to business." ”

The so-called business is, of course, the details of the specific cooperation, and now the two of them are you and I hope that Wang Ba will see the mung bean and see it right, and the discussion is naturally smooth sailing, Zhang Qiuxi signed a contract to grant the copyright to the Western Union Press, and the Western Union Press paid her 10% of the royalties.

In addition to the increase in royalties by two percentage points, the difference is that this time the grant is not a full copyright, but only the copyright of the Chinese version, anyway, the Western Union University is not able to distribute the book to foreign countries, and does not care about this, this happy cooperation can be said to be facilitated by mutual concessions between the two sides.

Zhang Qiuxi did not bargain over royalties, and Western Union Publishing House did not ask too much for copyright, in fact, the two sides have always been able to cooperate happily because they know how to respect each other.

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In the new story, the protagonist Dent has returned to Earth, and somehow returned to the Earth that had been destroyed by the Vogons to build a hyperspace high-speed corridor, and the main clue in this episode is the dolphin, the second most intelligent species on Earth (the first is a mouse, and the third is a human).

The new book will be coming out soon, so readers will be excited, right? Zhang Qiuxi was pondering whether to reveal a little bit of news on Weibo, just as it was to warm up the new book, the mobile phone rang again, and a blunt voice came from the phone: "Teacher Xiqiu, we have transferred the remaining manuscript fee to your card, and the specific details will be sent to you by email, please check." ”

In the past, every manuscript fee was handed over to her by the hand of the editor in charge, but now the two sides have torn their faces, and even the staff of the magazine are so unpleasant when they talk.

After receiving a reminder from the bank text message, I felt that the manuscript fee was much more than expected, so I quickly opened the email and saw that in addition to the meager manuscript fee of more than 200 thousand words serialized in the magazine by "Life, the Universe and Yiqiē" and "I, Machine Qì People", there were several more.

First of all, the royalties of the two books that have been published, which is no problem, and then it is: sell out the English copyright of the three works of "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe", "Life, the Universe and a Qiē" and "I, Machine Qì People" to the American Acewell Publishing Company, with a total remuneration of 150,000 US dollars, equivalent to 921345 soft sister currency (the exchange rate is based on the single-day exchange rate).

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"That's the way it is, and they also remind me that it will be converted according to the exchange rate of the day." Zhang Qiuxi drank coffee as wine, and drank the coffee that had been cold because of the previous explanation after taking a sip, and her mood was very unbeautiful at this time.

"While it's true to say that the copyright belongs to Fantasy World Magazine, it's too much for them to do." Li Yue, who has always been peaceful, also became angry for Zhang Qiuxi, and said: "The sales of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the United States have exceeded 800,000, and the domestic media have reported this matter, and they actually sell the copyrights of other works cheaply, which is simply unreasonable." ”

"Alas, if I hadn't been so calm at the beginning, I don't think it would be so tragic now." Red Bean sighed and said, "It's too late to say anything." ”

"Fantasy World" has not been acquired yet, and the news that "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is heating up in the United States has already been reported, and Acewell also expressed Zhang Qiuxi's interest in other works early, but at that time, Acewell was busy building momentum for this book, and he was not in a hurry to publish a sequel so soon, and Zhang Qiuxi and the magazine's ideas were also waiting for the price, and the higher the sales of the book in the United States, the greater the bargaining chips they would negotiate.

The sales of 800,000 is also a good result for an American author, who could have won a share of royalties for other works, but "Fantasy World" magazine sold out at the same low price.

"Actually, I also know that if I turn against them, I will suffer losses, and money is a trivial matter, but I still feel unacceptable to this matter, and now the Yankee is probably happy to be crooked."

"It's called the snipe and the clam competing for the fisherman's profit, and this is not the end of it." Hongdou said: "Generally speaking, the American market is used as a reference, if the English version sells well, the copyright of other words can also be sold, and they will lose a lot in the end." ”

Li Yue frowned and said, "But why do they bother doing this, although there is a grudge between them, there is no need to give up such a large amount of income because of this, and cheapen others for nothing, right?" ”

"I guess it's madness." Hongdou shrugged and said: "Huaguang Publishing Group has assets of hundreds of millions, it seems nothing for Yang Cheng to make a little less money, and it is estimated that Xiaoqiu is the happiest thing for him." The English copyright is sold cheaply, and the Chinese version is estimated to be held on to not publishing, which will not only make Xiaoqiu not get royalty remuneration, but also reduce his influence. ”