"Mr. Lei, I can guarantee that the royalties given by my company are the highest, and there will never be any publisher in Hong Kong that can offer more favorable terms than ours!" Xu Dong patted his chest and said.

"Not bad! It would be nice if Oriental Publishing could give me 12% of the royalty! Lei Weidong nodded in agreement with Xu Dong's statement.

"Did Mr. Lei agree to the money agreement with the Lotus Publishing House? Feeling that the project would be negotiated soon, Xu Dong's tone was full of excitement. ”

"Mr. Xu, wait a minute! Drink your saliva and talk again! Lei Weidong smiled and picked up the teapot and filled it for Xu Dong and Chen Haiming.

Sure enough, here it is again, looking at Lei Weidong's demonic smile, Chen Haiming couldn't help but give Xu Dong a silent mourning, I hope that Lao Xu can hold on, otherwise he will bleed heavily, Lei Weidong will not let go without biting a bone.

"What, what is Mr. Lei dissatisfied with our conditions!" Picking up the teacup and drinking tea, Xu Dong's excitement passed, and he couldn't help asking,

"Let's not talk about the conditions! The key is that I am a little worried about the distribution ability of Lotus Publishing House, although the royalties of Oriental Publishing House are a little low, but their distribution ability is not comparable to Lotus, compared to signing with Oriental Publishing House, I earn a little more! ”

Lei Weidong picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly.

"What's more, I value the influence of book dissemination more than making money, you and Editor-in-Chief Chen are also friends, you should know my worth, writing is just my personal hobby! Not a means of livelihood! ”

"What does Mr. Ray mean? Don't work with us anymore! Xu Dong looked at Chen Haiming and found that Chen Haiming gave him an apologetic look, saying that he was powerless and could only go on his own.

"If you want to cooperate, it's very simple, don't sell 12% of 100,000 sets, 15% of more than 100,000 sets, and 20% of more than 300,000 sets, so it's too troublesome for me to remember and have a headache, just a price If Lotus Publishing House wants to publish "Xun Qin Ji", the royalty is 22%!" Lei Weidong was not hypocritical, and directly offered his own conditions! ”

"Impossible, this copyright tax is too high, even Jin Yong and Ni Mad have also won such a high copyright tax!" Xu Dong shook his head and said loudly, surprised by Lei Weidong's condition.

"Master Jin is his own publishing house, so it doesn't matter how much royalty you get! As for Ni Madness! Lei Weidong shook his head and said that he disagreed with Xu Dong's opinion, and said: "My manuscript fee can be much higher!" The royalty is also higher than him, and it is normal! ”

"The manuscript fee for "Looking for Qin" is 400 words per 1,000!" Looking at Xu Dong's gaze at him, Chen Haiming whispered.

"You're crazy to give such a high salary!" Xu Dong still doesn't believe his ears, 400 words is definitely a sky-high remuneration in the novel industry.

"Editor-in-Chief Chen is not crazy!" Lei Weidong shook his finger and said: "Because of "Xun Qin", the sales of "Xingchen Daily" have increased nearly tenfold now, and the newspaper has changed from a loss to a profit. ”

"That's right!" Xu Dong nodded, thinking about the popularity of "Xun Qin Ji" and the benefits it brought to "Xingchen Daily", four hundred words in a thousand words seems to be nothing!

"How about it, do you want to gamble, in fact, my requirements are not high, that is, I have raised two points of royalty tax!" Lei Weidong said with a smile.

"Don't tell me that you don't even have the confidence to sell 300,000 sets, in that case, I'd better cooperate with Oriental Publishing House!" Looking at Xu Dong, he has something to say! Lei Weidong waved his hand and interrupted: "

"Okay! I can agree with Mr. Lei's request! However, I ask for the distribution rights of "Xun Qin" in Hong Kong, Wanwan and the southeast region! You can't empower anyone but me! Seeing that Chen Haiming kept giving him a look, Xu Dong thought about it for a while and gritted his teeth in agreement.

"Yes! However, I also have a requirement, a single book must have a minimum annual sales, if it can't be reached, I can change publishers! Lei Weidong said.

"Yes!" Xu Dong nodded in agreement.

The general framework was finalized, and the following cooperation was simple, although there were some differences between them, but under the persuasion of Chen Haiming, Lei Weidong and Xu Dong quickly reached an agreement.

The single book of "Xun Qin" is ready to be issued 12 copies, divided into two issues, and the first release is the last six copies, each priced at 7 yuan

The initial circulation of 200,000 sets is a large circulation compared to the population of Hong Kong, and Xu Dong was only willing to issue 150,000 sets to test the water, but at the request of Lei Weidong, he said that it would be better to hand over "Xun Qin Ji" to the Oriental Publishing House, and had to increase the circulation by 50,000 sets.

As the circulation increases, Lei Weidong will naturally make more money, which is 22% of the royalty.

The first printing of 200,000 sets alone brought Lei Weidong a pre-tax income of 1.8 million. If it is reprinted in the future, Lei Weidong's income will be more.

When Lei Weidong and Xu Dong talked about the publication of "Looking for Qin", the more Chen Haiming listened, the more envious he became.

People are more popular than people, and they have worked hard for more than 20 years, and now they only have hundreds of thousands of savings. And Lei Weidong has an income of millions just by using a pen.

You know, this kid is not yet 14 years old. Writers are really making money. Chen Haiming couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing that Lei Weidong and they finished talking, Chen Haiming knew that he had to seize the opportunity, after all, the boss gave so much time, and there was nothing to waste.

"Mr. Lei, I don't know how your next novel is written!"

Sure enough, Lei Weidong muttered in his heart, just now when he saw Chen Haiming rushing up in such a hurry, Lei Weidong knew that something must be wrong with him.

"I've already written, I don't know what's going on with Editor-in-Chief Chen?" Lei Weidong asked knowingly:

Little fox, Chen Haiming muttered. "I don't know what Mr. Lei's new novel is going to come out!" Knowing who speaks out first now is passive, but Chen Haiming can't help it, who calls the other party's novel that he needs now.

"Of course, the sooner the better, but the price is also right!" Lei Weidong doesn't want to pinch the other party, time is the most important thing for him now, it doesn't matter if he makes less money and more money, after all, there are too many opportunities to make money for the traverser.

"Then I don't know what genre Mr. Lei's new novel is?"

"It's still a martial arts novel, but it's a little different from Jin Yong's martial arts novel, I'm going to write more than four million words, and now I've written almost one million words." It is also beneficial to be an otaku at home these times, at least in the past month or so, Lei Weidong has copied almost a million words of novels. ”

"I wrote a million words in more than a month, you copied it!"

The complaint about Lei Weidong's speed made Chen Haiming guess the truth, but unfortunately it can't be confirmed, now Master Huang is still in the stage of working and brushing dishes, as for writing the book, it will be a few years later, but Master Huang, who has copied several classics by Lei Weidong, can reach the height of his previous life.

"Have you figured out how Mr. Lei's new novel will be published?" Chen Haiming asked.

"Haven't thought about it yet! You know I'm not bad for money! Lei Weidong shook his head.

Not bad for money but like money, Chen Haiming couldn't complain.

However, for Lei Weidong's new novel, Chen Haiming is determined to win, listen to Lei Weidong's meaning, this is a novel of more than 4 million words, it can be said that as long as the level of this book is not lower than "Xun Qin", then the newspaper will be saved.

You must know that more than 4 million words can be read for more than a year. With the integration of this period of time, "Star Daily" can sit firmly on the throne of Hong Kong's five major newspapers, instead of the current castle in the sky.

"Mr. Lei, everyone is an old friend, it's better to get straight to the point! I don't know what Mr. Lei's requirements for manuscript fees are? Chen Haiming said.

"I should say how much money you can contribute!" Whoever said the conditions first said that he would suffer a loss, Lei Weidong kicked the ball back directly.

"Thousand words Wu Baiyuan!" Seeing Lei Weidong kick the ball back, Chen Haiming had no choice but to say a sky-high price in order to win this novel.

Realistically speaking, a popular novel like "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" is not a loss if it reaches a thousand words Wu Baiyuan.

Now in the whole of Hong Kong, except for Lei Weidong, the writer with the highest asking price is Ni Slut, and the price is only 300 yuan per thousand words.

In order to get Lei Weidong's new novel, Chen Haiming prescribed a thousand-word Wu Baiyuan, which can be said to have completely destroyed the market. It is to be hated by other newspaper peers.

"A thousand words Wu Baiyuan! Lei Weidong shook his head and refused.

What are you kidding, if it was said that other newspapers offered a thousand-word Wu Baiyuan's remuneration, Lei Weidong might have agreed, but "Xingchen Daily" offered such a condition, did he feel that he was sure of himself.

Lei Weidong is not an idiot, he doesn't know about the situation of "Xingchen Daily", let's put it this way, in order to keep the throne of Hong Kong's five major newspapers, the boss of "Xingchen Daily" agrees to spend a lot of money.

"Mr. Lei, the thousand-word Wu Baiyuan is already sky-high!" Seeing that Lei Weidong rejected the sky-high price of Wu Baiyuan for a thousand words, Chen Haiming couldn't help but feel a little desperate in his heart, seeing that he was going to return empty-handed today.

"I don't know what conditions Mr. Lei wants? Is it six hundred or seven hundred in a thousand words, say it and let me think about it! Chen Haiming decided to fight for it.

"It's simple, I'm not short of money right now! So I don't want money, I want shares in the Star Daily! ”

"It can't be! Mr. Ray! Hearing that Lei Weidong actually wanted shares in "Xingchen Daily", Chen Haiming was completely anxious, this was not a problem that he could solve at all, and he had to report to the boss.

"Why not!" Lei Weidong asked rhetorically: "It turns out that "Xingchen Daily" is a newspaper with daily sales of less than 10,000 and is about to go out of business, that is, it relies on my novels to have today's results, what's wrong with me buying some shares!" ”

"But things like shares are not something that I can decide as a part-time worker at all!" Chen Haiming is embarrassed.

"Of course I know, Editor-in-Chief Chen, you go back and tell your boss that I will bring the manuscript to visit the "Star Daily" in a few days, and we will talk about the specific situation."

Knowing that Chen Haiming couldn't decide, Lei Weidong was not difficult for him, and decided to talk to the boss of "Xingchen Daily" in person.

"Okay, I'm waiting for Mr. Lei to come then!" Chen Haiming is also very happy that Lei Weidong is willing to come to talk, it's best not to embarrass himself, as for the boss, this kind of thing is still a headache for the boss.