"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is good to say, not only has it been published in China, but it has also passed the test of the market, and it makes sense that it will be liked by American booksellers, but "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" is only two-thirds serialized, and "I, the Machine Qì Man" only has two short stories, and the matter of domestic publishing has not yet begun to be discussed.

"Since people spend money to buy it, they naturally have confidence in you, why don't you seem to be happy at all?" Hongdou put on a natural expression, and Zhang Qiuxi said: "It's not that I'm unhappy, but I don't understand, aren't they worried that I will write the plot like Chu Li?" ”

"You seem to be still gloating, although you understand it very well, but as a famous writer, can you be broad-minded?" Hongdou said this, and the smile on his face was also uncontrollable, and sure enough, most people were very happy when it came to Chu Li's situation at this time.

"I already have a B, isn't that broad enough?" Zhang Qiuxi brought up the taboo topic again, and only reacted when he saw Hongdou's face start to turn black, and hurriedly continued: "Actually, I think Chu Li is an idiot enough, Bai Sheng is so old, I wouldn't have such a situation at all." ”

Red Bean's attention was really diverted, and he asked with interest, "Then you should tell me, what would you do if you encountered such a situation as a mechanical public enemy?" I'll learn and then point out to other authors. ”

Zhang Qiuxi said triumphantly: "If you can't write it, you can stop the publication at all, why do you have to irrigate it, you can fool it with just an excuse, such as going out to collect materials and closing the journal for a week." In this way, you can keep an eye on it and the magazine's sales will not decline. ”

"What a bad idea, if you can't think of it after a week's break, then it's endless." Hongdou originally thought that Zhang Qiuxi had some good plan, but he didn't get to the idea of dragging out time, so he pouted and expressed disdain.

"If that's the case, then it's a direct eunuch, it's better not to write it than to write it out and be scolded."

"What is a eunuch?" Red Beans don't know what this word means.

"Let me tell you a joke, once upon a time there was a eunuch." Zhang Qiuxi felt that educating others should be good and inducing, so that the educated people would be impressed, and as soon as she said this, Hongdou said depressedly: "I asked why you suddenly mentioned the word eunuch, and what jokes did you tell?" Forget it, you're done, what about the eunuchs? ”

"Of course there's nothing below the eunuch."

“……”

After being speechless for a while, Hongdou held his forehead and said, "Okay, aside from the fact that you make me feel more and more like a lewd uncle, this metaphor is very vivid, but do you dare to be a little more irresponsible?" How would it feel if a reader spends energy and money reading the story you wrote, and in the end they can't even see the ending? ”

Red beans are rare and strange, and the author who cheated like this in the original time and space has gone to the sea, for example, she has always wanted to drag the author of "The Captain Development Plan" and "Summoning the Tough Girl" out and castrate.

"What's this, Dream of Red Mansions is not the most famous eunuch novel, it is the four famous novels."

"Are all genius ideas so bizarre?" Hongdou couldn't help but complain, then frowned, and then said: "Wait, it doesn't seem to be what we just said, when did you go off-topic?" ”

Zhang Qiuxi shrugged, saying that it had nothing to do with him, Hongdou also remembered, the topic was diverted by her first, so she said: "Okay, it's my fault, now back to the topic, the English copyright of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been sold, according to the contract you can get 300,000 remuneration, the two foreign and two books are actually the other party just said that there is that intention, and there is no real agreement yet, you misunderstood." ”

"I'll just say that publishers in the U.S. can't be that stupid." Zhang Qiuxi was relieved, then frowned again, and said: "No, isn't this royalty too low, 300,000 soft girl coins are converted into US dollars and about 50,000, even if you add the agency fee of your magazine, it is not as good as the front-page royalty in China......"

Hongdou spread his hands and said: "No way, it sounds very lofty for the writer's work to be translated into foreign languages and sold overseas, but the actual income is so sad, and this is the same even for movies, because it is a one-time buyout, not a share." ”

"Why don't you set a price for a ladder share, first agree on a number, if we can't reach it, we don't want a penny, we will share 5% if the sales volume exceeds 100,000 copies, 8% if it exceeds 200,000 parts, and 10% if it exceeds 300,000 parts." Zhang Qiuxi suddenly remembered that it seems that the protagonists in online novels do this.

"We don't really have a penny to make, and no bookseller will sign such a contract." Hongdou said helplessly: "The price of such a buyout is really low, this is mainly because the works that were translated before are not selling well, and now we are begging, there is no room for bargaining at all." ”

Zhang Qiuxi also understands this truth, no matter how unwilling he is to accept it, it is a fact that the world has been dominated by the West since modern times, and it is easy for Europe and the United States to export culture through dialogue, but it is difficult for the Celestial Empire to export to the outside world.

Over the years, it has actually been much better, although the conditions are not good, but at least it can make people a little interested, in the past, they posted money to ask others, and others were not necessarily happy.

"Sure enough, fists are the last word." Zhang Qiuxi couldn't help sighing, it was obvious that the other party was holding the attitude that he could earn a little, and it didn't matter if he couldn't earn it, if he was not satisfied with their conditions, the result would only be one shot or two scattered, so he could only compromise when he came up with an English version.

"It's good if you understand, if you want to negotiate conditions with American booksellers, then work hard, as long as the sales are good, you can control the right to speak, write the story behind me, the machine, I believe you can do it."

"I think if you want to encourage me, I should say that the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy will sell well in the United States, and the next restaurants at the end of the universe will be able to negotiate with me."

"I can say that, can you believe it?" Azuki rolled her eyes.

"Well, actually, I'm not optimistic about the sales of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in the United States." Zhang Qiuxi can only admit this reality.

The English version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy sold more than 10 million copies in the original time and space, surpassing Harry Potter (fifth) in fourth place on the BBC's list of most loved novels of all time.

So the sales should have been very bright, but Zhang Qiuxi changed the original British humor to Chinese humor, and in the world, it is obvious that British humor is more acceptable.

---- Dividing Line----

Thank you for the reward of the book friend Ning Ning Gongzi, and thank the book friend for the evaluation vote of the Sumire rain curtain, thank you!