"Congratulations to Miss Xiqiu, this is indeed a fact." Jonathan said: "In the past year or so, we have published three of your books, and all of them have sold very well, so we have also been targeted by the federal government, as if we are afraid that our company will evade taxes." ”

Zhang Qiuxi's face darkened when he heard this, and Jonathan continued: "You may not know, the corporate tax in the United States is also very heavy, in addition to the national tax, the state of California where our company is located also has a state tax, we Californians have blocked the Republican Party, but the Democratic congressmen have not brought us much benefits, and many people have said that they should consider carefully in the next election." ”

"Wait, this doesn't have to be related to your American elections, right?" Zhang Qiuxi was speechless and said: "I don't read much, don't lie to me, isn't this kind of tax the more you should be happy, it means making money, if you don't need to pay taxes, doesn't it mean that your company should go bankrupt?" ”

"8%, no more." Jonathan smiled and spit out another number, and said: "Miss Xiqiu, this is already an unprecedented price, I know very well that in fact, many writers in the Celestial Empire may not be able to get such royalties in China." ”

The royalties of the Celestial Empire generally start at 6%, in fact, it means that many people can only get so much, Zhang Qiuxi said: "Mr. Jonathan, if I were the same as other writers, I guess you wouldn't sit here and talk to me, right?" It doesn't matter what the other writers and previous situations are, the important thing is that according to the New York Times, I, the machine qì people are likely to sell more than three million copies. ”

The "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" series will sell more well in the United States than expected, but Zhang Qiuxi is not wrong about one thing, that is, "I, the Machine Qì Man" will be more acceptable to Americans, and the sales will be better.

The popularity of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" has begun to fade after selling 1 million copies, and "I, the Machine Qì Man" is still growing strongly after 600,000 copies, which is the basis for the New York Times' 3 million copies sales projection.

The U.S. science fiction market is more mature, with sales only trailing thrillers and detective novels, so it's no surprise that sales in the U.S. will eventually outpace those in China.

"To tell you the truth, we do have great expectations for the sales of this work, and it will completely break history. However, the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series is nothing like this one. ”

Jonathan said: "Our company has the most professional Chinese and English translation team, and I still feel stingy when facing some sentences in your work, just translation requires a lot of investment, if you change to another bookseller, I can guarantee that your work will be unrecognizable after translation." ”

This is indeed a problem, Zhang Qiuxi nodded, and Jonathan continued: "Because of the Chinese humor throughout, although Americans are also impressed by your whimsy, there will still be dyslexia to some extent, and the sales volume cannot be compared with me, Ji Qì Ren's work." ”

“10%。” Zhang Qiuxi also said his low price, and continued: "Mr. Jonathan, we are not just cooperating on the Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy series, it is worth it to exchange two percentage points for the long-term cooperation of a best-selling author, right?" ”

"Miss Xiqiu is not only an excellent writer, but also an excellent businessman, and I wish us a happy cooperation." In the end, Jonathan still agreed to Zhang Qiuxi's conditions, and at this time, Liu Jianyuan came in with a teacup, as if he was eavesdropping in the back.

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It's really tiring to fight wits and courage with capitalists, Zhang Qiuxi said goodbye to Liu Jianyuan before walking out of the door of the publishing house, and the mobile phone rang again, this time it was Li Yue's father Li Changhua calling, and it was also for copyright, but this time it was film and television adaptation rights, and the other party's target was "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

These people are really more impatient than the other, "The Great Desert" has not been serialized before they came to the door, Zhang Qiuxi took another car to rush home, and continued to be ready to bargain.

"Ah Qiu, this is Wang Liqun of Century Film and Television Company, you can just call him Uncle Wang." Listening to Li Changhua's tone, he seems to be very familiar with Wang Liqun, and it seems that he is not very able to talk about the conditions with this kind of relationship.

"Hello Uncle Wang." Zhang Qiuxi still said hello obediently.

"Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are grievances." Wang Liqun said a sentence that Zhang Qiuxi added to the story, and said with a smile: "The word Jianghu has been passed down for a long time, whether it is a martial arts novel or other genres, and everyone knows that it comes from Zhuangzi, but no one can say what Jianghu is, or the virtuous niece points out the main point in one sentence." The famous Xiqiu is also a Xiaoyaozi, and if it spreads, everyone will be as surprised as me. ”

"Lao Wang, you have won the prize." Li Changhua smiled, no matter how you look at this expression, it seems that her daughter has been praised, she is modest on the surface but is actually very proud, Zhang Qiuxi continued to pretend to be well-behaved and did not interject.

"The works of the virtuous niece are indeed amazing, especially the words of the rivers and lakes, the sentence that they can't help themselves makes the best summary for the rivers and lakes, and at the same time, it also expresses the helplessness of time, which makes people sigh."

Originally, in time and space, this sentence had already spread far and wide, and it was written by Master Gu, but it was not in "The Fragrance of the Sea of Blood", it was a similar expression in "The Sword of the Third Young Master", and then it was formed in "Midnight Orchid".

"Don't be busy sighing yet, have you forgotten the purpose of coming to Qingxi this time?" Li Changhua reminded with a smile.

"yes, let's get down to business first. Speaking of which, if it weren't for your Shuguang Media only making movies, it wouldn't be our turn to be Century Film and Television at all. Wang Liqun also smiled and said: "Niece Xian, I am an old friend of your uncle, and the two companies also have a lot of cooperation in business, so I asked him to be an introducer this time, just to talk to you about the change of Chu Liuxiang's legend into a TV series." ”

Wang Liqun took out a stack of materials from his briefcase, and then said: "In addition to the copyright fee paid to you, our company has decided to invest 50 million yuan to shoot, and invited the popular idol Qi Haoran to play Chu Liuxiang as the leading actor, which will be the most important work of our Century Film and Television this year." ”

"Ah Qiu, Century Film and Television is one of the largest TV drama production companies in China, and the TV series they produce are very well-made, you can rest assured of this, but it depends on what you think, if you don't want to, Uncle Wang can also understand." Li Changhua still let Zhang Qiuxi make his own decision.

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