"Mr. Lei, I can see you, I've been looking for you for days!" As soon as I got downstairs, a middle-aged man with glasses rushed up.

"You are, Editor-in-Chief Chen, what are you looking for me, didn't I hand over all the manuscripts of "Looking for Qin" to you?" Lei Weidong asked suspiciously.

For the middle-aged man who rushed up, Lei Weidong was startled, and subconsciously stopped in front of Zhong Chuhong. When I got closer, I found that the person who rushed over turned out to be Chen Haiming from "Xingchen Daily".

"Well, Mr. Lei, will you have time in a while? I would like to talk to you about the issue of the publication of a single book of "Xun Qin Ji". Regarding Lei Weidong's question, Chen Haiming explained.

"But!" Lei Weidong looked at Zhong Chuhong and was a little reluctant, Honggu invited her to dinner, but it was a good opportunity to get closer, and it would be a pity to give up.

"It's okay, Adong, if you don't have time, you can invite you at night, but my parents are there, so I can introduce you as a new neighbor." Zhong Chuhong was empathetic and helped Lei Weidong arrange.

"Okay, Ah Hong, I'll visit my uncle and aunt in the evening." Since Honggu called herself Ah Dong, she called Ah Hong along the water. "See you in the evening, help me say hello to my uncle and aunt first."

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Chen Haiming can be said to be exhausted during this period of time, the newspaper used to be anxious to increase newspaper sales all day long when newspaper sales were not good, but now that newspaper sales are good, in order to maintain the existing results.

The general staff of the newspaper did not know, but they felt that the newspaper was in a good situation and was thriving.

But the editor-in-chief Chen Haiming is very clear, and the current sales of "Xingchen Daily" are entirely because of the hot sales of the novel "Xun Qin". But no matter how long the novel is, there will be an end.

"The Story of Searching for Qin" is only about 1.5 million words, and at the current rate, it will drag on for four or five months at most, and it will be over. When the time comes, it is very likely that the "Star Daily" will be beaten back to its original shape. A few months is too short to produce a loyal readership of the Etoile Daily.

In fact, according to the publication speed of ordinary novels, a novel of 1.5 million words is enough to be serialized for at least more than a year. The drag point can also be dragged in two years.

But the Star Daily didn't dare to do that. Everyone knows that the current sales of nearly 100,000 in "Xingchen Daily" rely on 8,000 words a day in "Xun Qin Ji", once it is changed to 5,000 words or 3,000 words, who will be responsible for the decline in sales!

Chen Haiming feels that the current "Xingchen Daily" is like a patient who drinks doves to quench his thirst, and he has to do it knowing that this is wrong.

Boss Li has given himself a death task, and he must take advantage of the end of the serialization of "Xun Qin" to solve the current problems of "Xingchen Daily", how to solve them!

Start with the content of the newspaper, no, "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily" and other newspapers can maintain such a large sales, they have all come up step by step, how can it be like "Xingchen Daily" step by step.

The speed is fast, but unfortunately it is a castle in the air, and the foundation is really unstable. It is simply impossible to lay this foundation in a few months.

The bell must be tied to the bell, there is no way, Chen Haiming can only go to Lei Weidong, as long as Lei Weidong agrees to write another novel.

It doesn't need to be as sensational as "Looking for Qin", even if it is a little close, it can help the newspaper delay for a few more months.

With a few months of extra time, it can also allow Chen Haiming to lay a solid foundation.

However, what made Chen Haiming depressed was that Lei Weidong couldn't find it, it was said that he had left his home behind to hide from reporters and went to rent a house outside.

This makes Chen Haiming thunder unclear, you Lei Weidong is not a big star, let alone you, Old Man Jin has been famous for decades, and no one will watch when he goes out. You are a rookie writer, no matter how popular you are, it is a gust of wind. Who knows you after that?

Although Chen Haiming was slandering Lei Weidong in his heart, he still had to work hard to find it.

He is not one of those reporters, Lei Weidong is related to his own life, no matter how difficult it is to find Lei Weidong.

It took more than half a month to dig out Lei Weidong's whereabouts from the old guy Wu Bo. This old guy is faithful.

After waiting for a long time at Lei Weidong's residence, I saw Lei Weidong and a girl walking over hand in hand.

Chen Haiming almost vomited blood, others are in a hurry, but you are merry.

is worthy of being the author of "Looking for Qin", and before he is 14 years old, he will pick up girls.

Well! The vision is good, although the girl looks like she is only seventeen or eighteen years old and has not yet grown, but from Chen Haiming's perspective for decades, the girl in front of her will definitely be the best beauty when she grows up.

I found a restaurant nearby and sat down in a corner. After ordering a few dishes. Let's get down to business.

"Mr. Lei, let me introduce you, this is my friend Xu Dong, he is the manager of Lotus Publishing House, and I came here this time mainly to talk to Mr. Lei about the issue of the release of a single book of "Xun Qin Ji".

Chen Haiming, who has been in the mall for decades, will certainly not come directly to Lei Weidong to write another novel.

Although I don't have much contact with Lei Weidong, I still have a deep understanding of how big Lei Weidong's appetite is and how dark his heart is.

The last time "Xun Qin Ji" was signed, I negotiated a sky-high contract, and the sky-high manuscript fee of 400 yuan per thousand words that even Ni Mad couldn't get made Lei Weidong, a newcomer, get the first novel alone.

Although it seems that it is not a loss to win "Xun Qin Ji" and "Xingchen Daily" for 400 yuan per thousand words, and only rely on a novel to bring the newspaper back to life, Chen Haiming never wants to do this again.

It's too uncomfortable to negotiate with Lei Weidong, the other party is like an old fox, not according to age, Lei Weidong should be a little fox.

When negotiating, the opponent's hole cards are clearly seen, and the aggressive negotiation makes the opponent want to vomit blood.

Chen Haiming can be sure that if he comes directly to the door and asks Lei Weidong to write another novel, with Lei Weidong's appetite and current fame, knowing the current situation of "Xingchen Daily", it would be polite to himself to offer a sky-high price of thousands of words and thousands of yuan!

Therefore, you must find another source to visit, and the degree of slaughter may be lower!

Although "Xingchen Daily" does not have a publishing house, Chen Haiming has been in the newspaper industry for so long, and the friends of the publishing house still know a lot, so I can pick out a partner in it.

Of course, the publishing house welcomed Chen Haiming's proposal, "Xun Qin Ji" is so popular, of course the boss of the publishing house is hot, once such a popular book gets the distribution right of a single book, the money is not just a direct flight over.

It's just that the author Lei Weidong can't find it, what contract he signed with the newspaper, who has the right to distribute the single book, and when it will be released, everyone doesn't know, so he can only stare at the "Xingchen Daily" first.

Chen Haiming's mind is still very clear, knowing that Lei Weidong is a gold mine, and he must not make a mistake in the release of the single book of "Xun Qin Ji", in order to have a good relationship with Lei Weidong, Chen Haiming chose the Lotus Publishing House in the industry, although the strength is not the strongest, but the reputation is definitely the best.

For the release of the single book of "Xun Qin", Lei Weidong had already prepared, but someone came to the door so soon, Lei Weidong was still a little surprised.

Now "Xun Qin Ji" is still in the serialization stage, and it is still a bit early to release a single book, but since Chen Haiming has brought people from the publishing house to talk about the single book, Lei Weidong, who has an infinite desire for money, will certainly not refuse.

For a writer, the money for manuscript fees is actually just a small head, and the real money is the release of a single book of novels.

Lei Weidong of Lotus Publishing House has also heard of it, although it is not very big, it is also famous, and the reputation of the performance is also very good, since he came to the door, he agreed to its release, but for the fat sent to the door, Lei Weidong is not only sorry for himself, but also sorry for the audience.

The release of the single book of "The Legend of Qin" involves huge interests, and of course Lei Weidong will not agree easily, so Xu Dong first spent more than half an hour introducing the overview of the Lotus Publishing House and the preparations made by the publishing house for the release of "The Legend of Qin".

Lotus Publishing House has a relatively complete distribution system, whether it is Xiangjiang local, or Wanwan, or Singapore, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, it can be said that there are no distribution barriers in the Chinese-speaking circle, so there is no problem with distribution.

Of course, due to various historical reasons, the influence of Lotus Publishing House is temporarily inferior to that of the publishing houses under the old newspapers such as "Ming Pao" and "Oriental Daily", but it is enough for Lei Weidong, who is now most concerned about the royalties of the novel.

Lotus Publishing House offered Lei Weidong a condition that the agreed royalty for the first 100,000 copies of the novel was 12%, and if it could sell more than 100,000 copies, it would be 15%. More than 300,000 units are 20%.

The royalties of new writers in Hong Kong are generally between 3% and 8%, rarely more than 8%, and most of them are 5%. Lei Weidong's "Looking for Qin" is very popular, and it is not far behind many first-line martial arts novels.

But Lei Weidong is still a newcomer, he has never published any novels, and he has not received any proof in this regard, so if a big publishing house like Oriental News comes to talk about it, it is estimated that it will be 10%

Of course, if he insists, Lei Weidong believes that the Oriental newspaper can increase to 12% at most, that is, two percentage points.

But if you want to reach 15% all at once, the big publishers can't agree to it anyway.

Lotus Publishing was able to give such high royalties.

First, Lei Weidong's novels are naturally very popular, secondly, Lotus Publishing House wants to publish novels through "Xun Qin Ji" to enable the publishing house to further develop, and third, naturally they want to have a good relationship with Lei Weidong.

After all, Lei Weidong is not yet 14 years old, who knows how far he can go in the future.

The 15% royalty is an almost unattainable price for Lei Weidong now.

Of course, there are also writers who are higher than Lei Weidong, and it is said that since there has been civilization on the earth, since there has been royalties, the highest is Hu Shi.

At that time, he set a royalty rate of 15% for the first edition and 20% for the second edition, and he resolutely did not publish the book below this standard.

If the news of Lei Weidong's 15% royalty spreads, I don't know how many writers will be envied, and with the popularity of "Xun Qin", it is certain that more than 100,000 copies will be sold.

Lotus Publishing House itself has done a survey, and the number of fans of "Xun Qin" in Hong Kong alone will reach one million.

The sales volume of "Xun Qin" is also more than 200,000 copies, not to mention Southeast Asia.

Of course, the exception is Master Jin's martial arts novels, whose novels are published in Xiangjiang by his own publishing house, and the royalties are of little significance to him at all.

Anyway, it's all the money in your left and right pockets, and no matter how high it is, it's just that the money in the left bag is a little less, and the money in the right bag is a little more.

It can be said that if Lei Weidong wants to earn more manuscript fees in the future, he will still set up his own publishing house.