Chapter 41: Conditions for Juveniles
"Hey, Lirong, you are really rich now, and you can still make international calls, capitalists are different! Your little boss is here, and I'll let him tell you. ”
Chen Lijun smiled at her cousin slightly, and handed the phone in her hand to the young man standing beside her. Zhang Zhenyi was a little embarrassed when he heard this, this woman is simply a goblin, she is still wearing a short skirt on a cold day, with a coat on the outside, and her snow-white and plump calves are exposed under her eyes.
"Hey, hello, I'm Zhang Zhenyi!"
The young man's tone is a little professional, like an executive in the workplace, and the beauty on the side twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard this, this guy is very good at bluffing, but he also has real skills, but he is too young.
"Boss, hello, I'm Chen Lirong, I've submitted your book to Bloomsbury, and now the vice president of their company has come to the school to find me, saying that they are very optimistic about your book and want to discuss the publication, what do you have to say, should I talk to the other party or do you want to tell him yourself."
Chen Lirong knew that his little boss could speak fluent American English, and he thought that he was just learning English better, but he didn't expect that his spoken English was even better than his own.
"Then you give the phone to their person in charge, I will talk to them about the conditions, and you will write down the conditions I put forward and talk to them later."
"Okay!"
Zhang Zhenyi suddenly fell into silence when he heard the other end of the phone, and his heart couldn't help but tighten, his first plan had finally reached the stage of results, and this matter could only succeed, and only succeeded. After a while, I heard an authentic London male voice from the opposite side.
"Hey! Dear Mr. Zhang, my name is Ben Frederick, I am the Vice President and Editor of Bloomsbury, are you the author of HarrypotterandThesorcerer's Stone Shinichi - Mr. Zhang? ”
"Of course, if it's fake, I'm Zhang Zhenyi, you can call me zhenyi, that book is indeed written by me, you must have read it, there is a self-preface written by myself. This can't be faked! ”
The boy said with a little joking.
"Oh, mygod, I can't imagine, dear Mr. Zhenyi, you can speak with such a standard American accent, I thought you were a relative of that Newton guy, Newton is the boss of our company, he is an American, and he speaks American English like you. So, Mr. Zhenyi, what are your requirements for the publication of your book, Ms. Chen just told me that she is your plenipotentiary, right? ”
"Yes, Miss Chen is my agent in charge of the distribution of this book, you can talk to her about the details of the publication, but I have a few small requests, if you can agree to me, then I will hand over this book to your publishing house for publication."
Ben Wenyan was suddenly stunned in his heart, it seems that the genius young author is very smart, and it is impossible to get his distribution copyright without paying a price.
"Okay, you say. Our company will definitely consider it. ”
The young man couldn't help but smile lightly when he heard this, that is, you have to think about it if you don't think about it, this book was published by you in your previous life, and you must be able to recognize the value of it.
"First of all, I want fifty of the total profits from the sale of this book; Secondly, you only have the distribution rights of this book, that is to say, the rest of the audio, video, comics and other forms of adaptation copyright are owned by me personally, and if you want to use it, you must go through another consultation, and third, there is a sequel to this book, if you do a good job, I will hand it over to you to publish, but there is one requirement, that is, the cover of the book, the author's name, and the preface should be in both Chinese and English fonts. ”
The young man thought of the strong invasion of those grandfather movies in the later life, since he is now one step ahead, how can he highlight the Chinese style, you have to see, that simple, let me be familiar with Chinese, do not mix the Chinese characters of the Chinese nation with the bird language of the little devil.
"This--Mr. zhenyi, we can accept the second and third conditions, after all, this is the basic principle that the publishing industry has always abided by, but the first condition, I'm afraid you want too high, there is no such high sharing method in the industry at present, even in the United Kingdom, the highest is only about 20 percent."
Ben told the truth in one bite, he didn't expect that the boy was just a false shot, in fact, he didn't know the situation in the UK, he didn't expect this guy to be really cute, and he actually said it directly.
"Hahaha, okay, Ben, I guess it's just a number, right, we can go on talking, since you are also optimistic about this book, then I think it will definitely give you a chance to develop, I know that you are not in a good situation, to show my sincerity, how about forty-five percent?"
Ben was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that this young man in the far east would find out the situation of his company, and in Ben's heart, he thought it was the information collected by this Chinese girl with some freckles on her face, and glanced at Chen Lirong on the side with a little deep meaning while thinking.
"Mr. Zhenyi, since you have learned about our group, then I won't say more, a fixed price, thirty percent, and the publishing rights of all your subsequent sequels."
"Ben, your price is really unkind, how about forty percent? Plus the publishing rights of the sequel. ”
The boy will not change his original intention in the slightest because of a word.
"That thirty-five percent, the final bottom line, plus the sequel. This is the final price. ”
Ben seemed a little helpless, he actually offered a sky-high price of 35 percent, which would make a big joke in the British publishing industry, and the author was still a Chinese teenager who was only 11 years old. But when I think of the charm of that book, I can't help but feel a little comforted in my heart.
Zhang Zhenyi wanted to laugh when he heard this, it seems that he really picked up a big bargain, but he knew that even if the original author was in his previous life, he only got no more than 20% of the share, but now he took advantage of the bad situation of the bloomsbury company and got nearly twice the share of the original author, which is a lot of money, in fact, in his heart, he wants to open his own publishing house to publish, but the main market for this book is overseas, and he finally had to give up.
"Ben, congratulations, for getting the final distribution rights to this book, I don't think you will regret it, in the near future, you will definitely be excited about this decision, I have this hunch."
The boy took advantage and didn't forget to make a cameo appearance, but the Englishman on the other end ate this set, and when he heard that the boy had this feeling similar to himself, Ben suddenly felt that his decision would definitely not be wrong, and he would definitely create a lot of value for his company in the future.
After the two finished talking, the young man looked at the beauty in front of him, only to see her looking at him without saying a word, and there was a trace of indescribable meaning in her eyes.
"Hey, hey!"
The young man's hand shook vigorously in front of Chen Lijun's eyes, and she was stunned for a moment and came to her senses.
"You're done? I didn't expect you to really have a talent for bargaining, didn't you? It's better if you don't come to work in our bank, although the salary is not so high, but it is definitely a good treatment. ”
"Hey, hey, Sister Chen, aren't you laughing at me, look at my hairy child, who will hire me no, I'll leave first! Until next time! ”
After speaking, before the woman could answer, she snatched the door and left.
There was only a giggling sound behind him.