On March 6, 1998, Wang Qinian received the good news that the novel version of "The Gate of Destiny" passed the final review of Relay Publishing House. Both parties agree on the time and place and sign the publication contract.

At noon that day, Wang Qinian met with Editor Xiaomeng in person. Originally, he didn't have the illusion of a "beauty editor", but he didn't expect Xiaomeng to be a beauty editor.

Moreover, the school she graduated from is Communication University of China, which is a school that is somewhat similar to Beiying.

It's just that Beiying cultivates film talents, and Communication University mainly cultivates TV talents and other media talents. In general, media and film and television are not separated, and both are considered insiders of entertainment culture.

From the perspective of employment, the current Communication University of China seems to be more popular than Beiying!

After all, Beiying is classified as an art school, and the general culture class score is not high. Communication University, on the other hand, enrolls students according to the normal college entrance examination process.

"Editor Xiaomeng is actually a senior sister of Communication University, it's not simple!" Wang Qinian said heartily.

"How can Beiying be so difficult to test!" Xiaomeng said with a smile, "In the past, I wanted to apply for an art school, and I had applied for Beiying and Chinese opera, but I couldn't pass the professional course. In the end, I had to go to Communication University! When I arrived at Communication University, the places in the popular departments were all sold out. So, I had to apply for the Department of Literature! ”

Wang Qinian said with a smile: "Senior sister and I are in the same department!" ”

"No, the literature departments of our two schools are only different in name, but the content of the study is not very different, and there are very few films, television, and dramas in the Communication University. The literature department of your film school is more focused on film and television! Xiaomeng obviously knows Wang Qinian's school very well.

The two politely exchanged words for a long time, and then got down to business and talked about the signing of the novel and the manuscript fee.

In fact, Wang Qinian has not many choices, and he is not a famous artist. Manuscript fees are optional two options -

The first is a 6% share of royalties, but the manuscript fee will not be settled until a few months after the book is released. According to this plan, it is conservatively estimated that the money will not be available until the end of the year, or even next year.

The second type, 1oo yuan for 1,000 words and 2o million words, can get 20,000 yuan for the manuscript.

Moreover, what makes Wang Qinian more satisfied is that the publishing contract has a term of 1o years. When the deadline expires, the author can find another publisher to sell the copyright of the work again.

Of course, the vast majority of publications, if not classics, are not worth reprinting in ten years.

"I'll choose the second one!" Wang Qinian said with a smile.

"Why? The second is the remuneration of 1oo yuan for 1,000 words, and the manuscript fee of 20,000 yuan for 2o million words. I don't dare to say that there are more than 100,000 copies, but I can definitely do it by selling 50,000 copies! The remuneration may be much higher than the fixed dead 10000 words 1oo yuan! Editor Xiaomeng looked very puzzled.

"Because, I need money now! Once a movie is made, you can't give up halfway. In terms of funding, the more the merrier! Wang Qinian explained, "I want to advance 20,000 yuan!" ”

"Okay!" Xiaomeng said, "I'll make a call!" ”

Wang Qinian silently listened to her call, and after talking for a few minutes, Xiaomeng's editor said: "The publishing house has approved, and after the contract takes effect, 20,000 cash checks will be paid to you!" ”

After signing the formal contract, Wang Qinian handed in his manuscript and received royalties from the publishing house.

20,000 yuan, which is actually after tax, which Wang Qinian is slightly satisfied with. If it is before tax, you have to pay more than 2,000 yuan in tax yourself. After tax, the remuneration content is slightly higher.

In the domestic simplified publishing industry, such manuscript fees are not very expensive. Because, many simplified Chinese published authors publish a single book, rather than a long-term serialization.

Adopt the mechanism of serialization, such as Taiwan's traditional martial arts fantasy, or later online novels. A book can be serialized for several years or even more than ten years, and the manuscript fee is paid on time every month. Income is stable and continuous.

But in the simplified publishing industry, a writer can publish one or two books a year, which is considered very prolific. The whole process of publishing seems to be very slow and very inconsistent with the characteristics of marketization. Books that are popular with readers cannot be operated for many years and become an industry.

And every time a new book is published, it has to be planned from scratch.

In fact, it is precisely because the domestic publishing industry is very non-market-oriented and cannot meet the needs of writers, readers and so on. That's why online literature came into being.

If Wang Qinian writes online novels now, he may be even better! Basically, he knows too well the popular trends of online literature in the future.

But Wang Qinian shook his head and left the idea of writing an online novel behind. Choose that path, get through it, and become the most popular group of people in the industry, and may catch up with the big directors and big stars in the film and television industry in terms of income. But in terms of influence, it is much inferior.

For example, when the market of the film industry was only 2oo billion yuan, a bunch of film and television companies went public. Several film and television companies listed in China have a market value of more than 2oo billion. The total market value of several film and television companies adds up to more than 100 billion.

In contrast, by 2o13, the online literature industry market will reach an annual output value of more than 6o billion, which is equivalent to one-third of the movie box office market. Every year, many online literary works are published, adapted by films, television, comics, animations and games, and no online literature-related company has successfully gone public.

Even if a big director earns tens of millions a year at most, he is about the same as a god of online literature, and his influence is not at all a grade. These big directors, if they really want to get rich, can set up a leather bag company, and the company's assets are only his own brokerage contract. After that, it is not very difficult to find a wronged boss to sell the leather bag company for one billion or two billion.

And a god of online literature, who earns tens of millions a year, establishes a leather bag company, and the company's assets only have its own long-term contract. This company bid 1.2 billion, and there will be the big man at home and abroad who is willing to buy?

From the attitude of the capital market, we can know that the online literature of new things is not half a star in the film and television industry in terms of its later influence.

In fact, it is not only that the market size is not as good as that of the film and television industry, but also that the influence is not as good as that of the film and television industry. Even online games, whose market size is far greater than that of the film and television industry, are far less influential than those of the film and television industry.

China's film and television industry will fall below 1o billion box office in 99 years and fall to the bottom. After that, it entered the excitement and explosion period of the film and television industry. After the film and television industry enters a high growth track, it is the games, animation, online literature, comics and other cultural industries that enter the stage of prosperity and explosion in turn.

Therefore, Wang Qinian believes that engaging in the film industry now should be the most promising choice!

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