After Chen Dingtian finished writing and translating the contents of Spain and Portugal, the rising powers, he invited Truman to come over. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 InfoBecause of his course, he wanted to publish this book through Truman's network in Europe, so that they could publish a lot of them, so that they could get rich!

"Chen, you wrote this? How did you write it, how is this possible? How could you possibly write such a thing, even many of us Europeans can't, how do you know so much about these two countries, how do you know so much about the details? It's really amazing, I can't believe that you, an Oriental, know so much about what happened back then? We Europeans, even the Portuguese and Spaniards, don't know a lot about this, but you know it so well? Are you sent by God? Truman exclaimed.

Truman really couldn't help but be shocked, although this documentary literature called the rise of the great powers is not too ornate, but it is enough to write about the rise and fall of Portugal and Spain, and even many things that are not widely known, which many Europeans do not know. These things are very valuable, especially the rise and fall process in this is obviously professionally analyzed, and it is analyzed by a very powerful historian, so the value is definitely not low. Even the rise and fall of Spain and Portugal simply wrote all kinds of secrets.

"Mr. Truman, how about this?" Chen Dingtian asked.

Truman immediately asked: "You got this information from there, many things are confidential, and you can't even get it, how did you get it?" “

Truman's surprise was the problem of information, many of which were locked in the safes of various countries, and the rise of this great power was actually made one by one, which was incredible. You must know that in this era, people have not been able to strengthen communication too much, and human communication is not extensive. In this era, the cable telegraph was already a good means of communication, but it was not only expensive and inconvenient. Therefore, a lot of information and the content of information between countries cannot be collected. Don't look at the rise of this great power in later generations, it seems that a lot of information is something that they are accustomed to, but at that time, it was established under the conditions of network development, and if there was no sufficiently advanced network and communication development, it would not be easy for them to find these materials.

Perhaps future generations can't imagine that they have seen so much information on the Internet, and they can find most of the information they want by opening the Internet casually. However, in ancient times, it was absolutely impossible, and the cost of this data collection process was very high. Even a lot of this information is kept secret, and it is impossible to give it to you casually. Therefore, although the rise of this great power seems simple, all kinds of data and so on cannot be easily obtained in this era, and the difficulty is simply not something that an ordinary person can do. Even if the national power is dispatched, it may not be able to do it, but Chen Dingtian, an ordinary person, actually did it?

In Europe at this time, the spread of culture was much worse than that of later generations. Even compulsory education is not available, even the United Kingdom, which claims to be the first power, does not have compulsory education, and there are not a few workers who are Chinese illiterate, so cultural transmission is not widespread. Therefore, it is even more valuable to get these materials, and this is where the rise of this great power is valuable. Don't look at the number of words, but there are a lot of things behind it.

"This ...... I think it has a certain reference value for many people, and I think this is still valuable. Truman said.

But Chen Dingtian said something next, which made Truman not calm at all.

"I have not only Spain and Portugal, but also the Netherlands, France, Russia, you and the United Kingdom, and even Germany and the United States. Of course. Germany and the United States are a prediction that I have made, and I predict that Germany and the United States will inevitably rise to become great powers, so I have made the previous historical analysis, and I have also made a prediction about the future development of Germany and the United States. Chen Dingtian said.

"Do you still have information on so many countries? Where did you get it? Also, why do you think Germany and the United States will have a chance to become great powers? Truman asked.

Chen Dingtian smiled and didn't explain anything, because he knew that he had no way to explain it at all. Of course, a large part of this information is not absolutely secret, and it is only because of the low cultural penetration rate and the underdeveloped communication that it is difficult to collect. This kind of thing can be found at any time in the upper echelons of society, so it is not an absolute secret, and it will not have any serious impact after writing it yourself. However, many people have not been able to integrate this information, although many people can find it, but it is impossible to integrate this information.

As for whether Germany and the United States will become great powers in the future, this is recognized by later history. Of course, no one in this era can fully predict it, in fact, it is only vague, but not too profound. But Chen Dingtian won't explain, he will rely on this bastard to eat next, if he gives the Europeans "spoilers" in advance, then he has to do it?

"Mr. Truman, did you plan to buy this?" Chen Dingtian asked.

When Truman heard this, he immediately felt a burst of excitement in his heart. Because if it is really as Chen Dingtian said, this content is really valuable, then although this economic benefit may not be much, the political capital in it is very huge. You must know that in Europe there are such complete books that can summarize the development of various countries, but there is no such book! The collection of such information is an incomparably large amount of work, and although these words are not many, they summarize the development and decline of the Spanish and Portuguese people over the past few hundred years, and the value of this is immeasurable.

This is something that can only increase the political capital of his family, can Truman not want it? This kind of data analysis that summarizes the development history of European countries and can even predict future developments is hard to buy. If you ask people to summarize foreign countries and predict how they will develop, who will be able to do that?

Especially in this era, information communication is not smooth, and it is difficult to effectively predict. So don't look at this as just a prediction, as long as it is said and justified, the value is simply incalculable. Even if it can be used as a guide for foreign countries' international exchanges, and even if it can influence the overall national situation of foreign countries, it can also be used as a huge political capital.

Truman thought to himself, "Isn't this just money?" If you can give me the copyright, the impact will be huge. Anyway, it's just a copyright matter, and it's just a big deal to adopt the royalty system. If there is not much reversal in the market, then forget it. If there is a huge repercussion, there is no loss. Therefore, the cost is actually less than that of the so-called four famous books, and the method of implementing royalties can save a lot of money. If it doesn't succeed, there is nothing to lose anyway, and if it succeeds, the future will be better and bigger, and our Truman family will inevitably have a huge political capital. Even for my status in the family in the future, that can improve a lot! ”

It's exciting to think about it, Truman himself is not high in the Truman family, and the succession order is ranked fourth, which is not too high. Of course, he also has some ambitions, and if he can make great achievements, it is not impossible to obtain the right to inherit. However, his three elder brothers are actually more difficult, because the order of succession is a natural disadvantage, and it is difficult to convince the family members if they do not make amazing achievements.

But if it is really as Chen Dingtian said, there will even be national affairs analysis of Germany and the United States later, and Britain and other countries will also have some predictions of future development, which will be priceless.

"It's done, anyway, at most, it's just some money. If it succeeds, it will be good, if it does not succeed, I will not have anything to lose, anyway, it was written by an Oriental, and it is not a shame to be accepted in the West. Anyway, I just invested some money, but once this Chen Dingtian's point of view is accepted by the majority of Europeans, then he can become famous, but then I will not suffer, and a huge amount of political capital can fall into my hands. When the time comes, I'm trying to figure out how to operate it, and it's not like I can't have a chance to become the patriarch of the Truman family. ”

Truman also had his own little calculations, and the rise of this great power was not a novel, but a political book. And this is actually not a big risk, because an Oriental wrote, as long as Truman does not deliberately hype the rise of this great power in Europe, it is just a secret recommendation for some people to see, if it can cause a sensation, it is naturally the best, if it can not cause a sensation, this Truman loss is not big, within the controllable range. The big deal is to adopt the royalty system, and there is no buyout method, so that the amount of money he invests is not large. Therefore, the investment is small, but once it succeeds, the huge political capital it will bring is incalculable. Even if it fails, the investment is not large, at most it is just a small amount of money.

Truman values the political capital behind it more, and if he succeeds, the benefits will naturally be extremely huge, and the development of his personal family will also be very huge.

"Okay, I agreed. I agree with the rise of this great power to be published in Europe, but I want to introduce a royalty system, and I am not going to use a buyout! Truman said.

Chen Dingtian also smiled and said, "Okay, it's exactly what I want!" ”

Of course, Chen Dingtian does not think that royalties are bad, on the contrary, royalties are the most in his own interests. In particular, this royalty is divided proportionally, so that with the development of the times, the rise of Germany and the strength of the United States can be "confirmed" with Chen Dingtian's book, and the more these two countries rise, and with the current situation according to the development process of Chen Dingtian's "rise of a great power", the benefits of this are extremely huge, and everyone will be more enthusiastic to buy this book at that time. So the more he goes to the back, Chen Dingtian can be sure that the rise of this big country must be higher and higher sales. Especially when the changes in the current situation coincide with the one in this book, it will really skyrocket, so that Chen Dingtian's income will definitely increase exponentially. So he didn't want to pay the bill at once, so that he would earn all of this Truman, and he would not be able to eat it for the rest of his life.

"Mr. Truman, I want this book series of My Rise of Great Powers, and I will give you the copyright to all foreign language editions that are not Chinese. However, I also have one condition, that is, my royalties cannot be less than 15% for the first edition, and not less than 20% for subsequent reprints. Chen Dingtian said.

Truman was shocked, this asking price was really ruthless enough. Because royalties are generally between 6 and 10 percent, even for top well-known authors, it is only 10 percent. Even many new authors often have royalties of only two or three percent, so Truman feels that this Chen Dingtian's asking price is ruthless enough.

The so-called royalty is that a book takes some income according to the proportion of the fixed price, if a book earns 100 pounds, then the royalty rate is how much the author gets. And the publishing house undertook the printing and all kinds of publicity, which also made the cost back. The publisher will generally sell to the retail store at a price of 6 to 80 percent, and the price between the author's royalty and the 6 to 80 percent discount is the publisher's gross profit. Remove all kinds of costs, that is, net profit.

It is not easy to lower prices in retailers, so generally publishers will pressure authors to lower prices. Of course, this is mainly seen in some new authors who have just debuted, and generally well-known authors are begging them to come to their own place, because those famous authors have a lot of readers and fans, and naturally they are basically making money, and everyone wants this kind of stable business. On the contrary, some newcomers often rely on publishers to promote and publicize when they first debut, and have to compromise on some unfavorable terms, such as excessively low royalties.

"Mr. Truman, I don't think this is an ordinary person's kind of novel, but this is a reference book. So I think it's better to set the royalties higher, otherwise it won't do me any good. Besides, you can print a small amount and send it to the library for display, and if it works, then how about it? I think it's worth the money, and I'm sure I'll get a lot of results. Chen Dingtian said.

Truman thought about it for a while, this is actually a reference book, and Truman thinks that this book has a small audience, mainly for those high-level people in society, so this is actually not bad. Not to mention that there were not many prints in the first batch, so Truman also agreed. This investment is not large, and Truman actually has no king to make money on this, because this is something he hopes to gain political capital.

Soon, a new contract was drawn up, and Chen Dingtian could get 15 percent royalties for the first edition, and 20 percent for the second edition.