Wang Meixia's contempt, Zhao Xingchi didn't know what to do, he was thinking about what to write in the next book.

To write history in the style of a novel, it is enough to have a copy of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and then write "Those Things in the Tang Dynasty", "Those Things in the Han Dynasty", "Those Things in the Song Dynasty", etc., which is purely a snake to add.

Looking at other subjects in history books, there is no basic good-looking thing in Zhao Xingchi's memory, oh, by the way, there is also a "Three Kingdoms" by Professor Yi Zhongtian in China on the earth, which is a good book, with rigorous research and lively language. Moreover, this one can also be connected with "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".

In this regard, Stephen Zhao attaches great importance to it.

Writing a book about history is popular, and although others envy it, they still think that the author has taken shit luck, or that the author's skills are just like that.

But if the two books on history are written in popularity, this can only show one problem, that is, the author is highly skilled and a powerful person, and no one else can find a thorn, at most he will say sourly: "What is this, if I think of it, I can also write it." ”

In addition, "The Three Kingdoms" is more rigorous than "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", with sufficient evidence, and can be recognized by historical experts and traditional writers, which is also what Stephen Zhao values more.

Although Saturn's China has developed into the Internet age, he can completely ignore those orthodox and serious historians and traditional writers, and no one can hurt him a single hair; However, being recognized by those people will undoubtedly have a very huge effect on his growth, his future career development, and the expansion of his personal network. Thinking about it with a utilitarian mind, Stephen Zhao had to accommodate it a little.

If you are unhappy, as long as it is good, what is this unhappiness?

On the earth, don't say it's unpleasant, it's dignity and freedom, and some people openly shouted: "Dignity? How much is dignity worth? ”

After some consideration, Stephen Zhao made up his mind, and then wrote "Three Kingdoms".

Bang Bang Bang ......

With the sound of continuous tapping on the keyboard, the content of "Three Kingdoms" began to appear on the computer screen little by little.

"It's a three-legged stage, and there have been a number of heroes with flamboyant personalities. However, this is another history shrouded in romance. Three Kingdoms, is it the legend of heroes, or the competition of wise men? Penetrate the fog of romance and restore the true ...... of history"

"Let's talk about Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu is the front-line commander of the Sun-Liu coalition army in the Battle of Chibi, he was 34 years old at the time, and it has been ten years since he married the Jiangdong beauty Xiao Qiao, not Xiao Qiao's first marriage......"

"In fact, Zhou Yu in history is indeed such a heroic image, he was appointed by Sun Ce as the general of Jianwei Zhonglang when he was 24 years old, and Wu Zhong called him Zhou Lang, that is, at that time, people in their place called him Zhou Lang......"

Outside the door, Lin Baoyi heard the voice and walked over, opened the door and saw that he was typing, and couldn't help but smile with relief, his son has finally grown up and is sensible.

Three days flew by in a flash......

On the fourth day of the codeword, "Three Kingdoms" was almost written by Stephen Zhao.

It was also at this time that Stephen Zhao received several phone calls, which were from some publishing houses, saying that they were interested in publishing "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and they would see when they could find a time to meet and talk.

Zhao Xingchi, who had been at home for three days, suddenly sobered up, and "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" had been submitted for the fourth day.

There are a total of four publishing houses that are interested in publishing "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and the Silian Publishing House and Youth Publishing House, which Zhao Xingchi values, are among these four. In addition, there is also a Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House and a Finance and Economics University Press.

Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House is a large-scale publishing house in Beihu Province, a neighboring province of Xijiang Province, with a sales network covering the whole country, and its main market covers the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The origin of the University of Finance and Economics Press has something to do with Zhao Xingchi, because this is an affiliated publishing house of the Provincial University of Finance and Economics in Xijiang Province, and Zhao Xingchi himself graduated from the University of Finance and Economics and is the publishing house of his alma mater.

Among them, Silian Publishing House and Youth Publishing House are the strongest, followed by Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House, and University of Finance and Economics Press is the last.

The four publishing houses sent people to negotiate with him, and they also negotiated their own conditions.

The University of Finance and Economics Press has the best conditions, and the royalties paid to him have reached 6%; Silian Press followed with 5%; Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House did it again, but it was not in the form of royalties to pay him for the manuscript, but the price of the buyout, 100,000 yuan; The conditions of the Youth Publishing House are the worst, the same buyout price, and it is only 80,000 yuan.

There are generally two ways for authors to publish books and publishers to pay remuneration, one is to pay royalties, and the other is to buy out.

Royalties are not taxes, they are a way of paying remuneration, and the final remuneration that the author can get is the book sales or print run X the unit price of the book X the royalties under the agreement. The agreed royalty is expressed in percentage terms, and the contract is signed before the book is published with the publisher.

The buyout is much simpler, the publisher directly gives a buyout price, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions to buy out all the copyrights of the book, and from then on, all the copyrights of the book are transferred to the publisher, and the author has no relationship. As for how much money the publishing house can make from operating the book, whether it loses or earns, it is not the author's business.

Both methods have their own advantages and disadvantages.

For publishers, the second way is generally not adopted, and the vast majority of them take the first way to cooperate with the author, because the risk of publishing a book is very high, and no one knows whether the book will sell well or not sell after it is launched.

For authors, both ways are equally difficult to choose.

Choosing the first royalty method to cooperate has the same concerns as the publishing house, but the risk is high and the return is also high; Choose the second way to buy out and cooperate, take the money and leave, and you can guarantee the income in drought and flood.

For Stephen Zhao, there is no doubt that the first way is best for him.

First of all, he is not short of money; Secondly, he has confidence in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", and he is even more confident in himself, it's a big deal to write something else, and it's nothing to make less money in this book.

Therefore, in the face of the same price as 100,000 yuan and 80,000 yuan from Baihua Literature and Art Publishing House and Youth Publishing House, Zhao Xingchi didn't talk to them, and ended the negotiation directly. At the same time, for the 6% and 5% low royalties given by the Financial Publishing House and Silian Publishing House, Zhao Xingchi was extremely unhappy.

It's too low!

It wasn't until he talked to his parents about the process of negotiating publishing, and his father Zhao Weiguo's words woke him up: "The royalty price of 6% and 5% is not low, you are just a newcomer, and you are not famous, how high can you ask people to pay?" Don't be so high, if you have ambition, this book is famous, and then write another book to raise the price. What you have to do now is to make a name for yourself, money, will there be no more of you after you become famous? ”

"I know what to do." Zhao Xingchi calmed down his distracting thoughts and said slowly.

Yes, he's just a newcomer, and all he has to do now is make a name for himself. Traversing the crowd is proud, but not arrogant, and not omnipotent.

Two days later, Zhao Xingchi signed a contract with the University of Finance and Economics Press, and decided to publish "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" as soon as possible at a 6% royalty.