It feels a little inexplicable.

Well...... The scalp is tingling.

Looking at the quarrel between the two camps in this comment area,

One party may have read the book of the dog author, and when he saw the magical practice of 'Big Guy 123', he couldn't help but mention a sentence or two about the dog author.

The other party couldn't get used to the appearance of this group of people mentioning the dog author at every turn, so they quarreled.

Ji Zhuo was wondering if he should ban all these people.

I thought about it...... Leave them at that.

As soon as the computer was buttoned, with this somewhat complicated mood, I was ready to go out.

……

“…… Why, the dog author wrote, we can't write 'Big Guy 123', right, why, you dog authors write fairy tales in non-ink, and 'Big Guy 123' can't write myths in non-ink? ”

On the other hand, open the chapter that the non-ink dog author updated yesterday and he hasn't had time to read,

Ye Linhan saw the comments that quarreled in the comment area,

As soon as I saw it, Ye Linhan was happy, and the readers of the dog author quarreled with the new readers of the dog author trumpet?

Interesting, huh?

Ye Linhan's eyes lit up, looking at the comments in the comment area,

I can't wait to shout a few times, 'Fight, fight'.

I even feel a little itchy, and I want to join in the fun.

But after thinking about it, I promised the dog author to keep it secret and not publicize it, so I still don't get involved in these things.

And looking at the comments in the comment area, it seems that the quarrel has come to an end, and it is almost over.

"Hey...... Friend, I don't mean that, I just mean that the author's style smells like a dog author, and it's not...... That's it, I also like this author's "Night Tour of the Capital City". ”

"Hey, the author seems to have updated it early today, don't make any noise, read the book."

Ye Linhan slammed his mouth, and then his eyes lit up, looking at the comments that these readers had quarreled with before,

quickly intercepted these comments,

Although the dog author does not let the propaganda do the video now,

But when the dog author book became popular and could let him make a video,

These comments are great video footage!

As for whether the book of the dog author can be popular,

Ye Linhan felt that this was not a doubt.

It's just the degree of popularity.

……

“…… Mr. Ji...... Well, I'll call you Mr. Bugong, don't you mind. ”

"The name is just a code name, Editor-in-Chief Qian, it's been a long time."

Here, Ji Zhuo has already arrived at Huating Science Fiction Publishing House,

Huating Publishing House is worthy of being a publishing house that was about to die before,

The location is a little off the street, but it's a detached house.

There are three floors in total, the downstairs is a large bookstore, and the second and third floors are the office of Huating Publishing House.

The Huating Science Fiction Publishing House sign outside the building seems to be new, and the color looks a little new.

When Ji Zhuo arrived at Huating Publishing House,

Editor-in-Chief Qian is already waiting downstairs with editors from several publishing houses,

Previously, Ji Zhuo had contacted the editor-in-chief Qian on the Internet, and this was the first time he had seen a real person.

Ji Zhuo looked at the editor-in-chief Qian, who was a middle-aged man, around forty years old.

When people reach middle age, they will inevitably get fat, they have a small belly, they wear fairly formal clothes, and they look kind on their faces, but the hair on the top of their heads is a little scarce.

Editor-in-Chief Qian looked at Ji Zhuo, but sighed with emotion, the author who wrote "Caged Bird" is really a talent...... It is also not known what the connection between the two is.

Then he sighed again...... It's not like yourself, the years are knives, and knives urge people to get old.

"Mr. Bugong is also famous, it is better to meet, he is really a young man, a talent. It looks like a scholar and in his prime. ”

"Editor-in-Chief Qian is polite, and Editor-in-Chief Qian is also full of poetry and books, chic and dignified."

exchanged pleasantries.

Both smiled,

Editor-in-chief Qian led the way and took Ji Zhuo to the upstairs publishing house.

“…… You arrived early, Mr. No, there is still more than half an hour before the agreed time with the Delwin Press, and the people there have not yet arrived. ”

"The meeting room is already arranged...... At this time, if you don't take Mr. Bugong, you will transfer to the publishing house. ”

On the second floor of the publishing house, the editor-in-chief Qian led Ji Zhuo to visit the publishing house.

In fact, there is nothing to visit,

Huating Publishing House is also not big, and its biggest business at present is to publish Ji Zhuo's "Caged Bird".

There are only a dozen or twenty editorial staff, and the second floor of the publishing house is seated, and the positions are still a little relaxed.

The third floor is mainly a conference room and a reception room.

Editor-in-chief Qian mainly gave Ji Zhuo a brief introduction to some editors in charge of different work in the publishing house.

"This is the review editor...... To be honest, if it weren't for Mr. Ji's book, our current publishing house would be half-dead, and the most reviewers, editors, and reviewers would publish books at their own expense to see if there was any prohibited content. ”

"That is, the location of this publishing house is its own family, and there is no need to pay rent, and renting it downstairs to a bookstore can also subsidize some rent, otherwise it will be impossible to survive for a long time."

Listening to the words of Editor-in-Chief Qian's sigh, Ji Zhuo couldn't help but glance at Editor-in-Chief Qian,

This is said, although this location is a little off, not in the most prosperous area,

But this is the magic capital, the magic capital, a single-family three-story building next to the street...... The area of the first floor is still so wide.

Ji Zhuo couldn't help but shake his head, this Versailles.

Unlike him, although some money was credited to the bank card during this time,

But in total, you can buy a house of 200 square meters in the magic capital, or add a public share.

And here, this layer alone is more than 200 square meters.

Hey, the system wool still needs to be more wool.

“…… Here is the proofreading editor, who is mainly responsible for typesetting and proofreading, and then contacts the printing house for printing. ”

“…… Well, these are two of the publishing industry lawyers that our publishing house often hires, and today's negotiations with Delvin Publishers can involve them as well. ”

"Two good ......"

and the two lawyers who were helped by the editor-in-chief Qian shook hands with each other.

It's almost time.

“…… Mr. Bugong, the time is almost up now, and the Delwin Press should be almost there, so let's go to the conference room, which is on the third floor. ”

"Okay."

“…… Mr. Bugong, the 100,000 copies of the reprint of "Caged Bird" are about to be sold out, and the publishing house is preparing to reprint it again. This time, I plan to print 200,000 copies at a time. ”

"Although there is a lot of quantity, there is a lot of gap in various channels, and it is estimated that there is not much inventory left when the goods are replenished...... I also believe that the reprint of your "Caged Bird" will be sold out soon, Mr. Bugong. ”

The publishing house is ready to continue to print "Caged Bird",

Ji Zhuo naturally has no opinion, without the influence of the system goal, the higher the sales, the better.

Moreover, the publisher settles the manuscript fee to the author according to the number of printed copies, and as for whether the printed inventory is sold or not, it actually has little to do with the author.

That is, Ji Zhuo's previous system goal is sales.

The publishing house has no opinion, although the royalties given to Ji Zhuo are divided into a lot,

But the publishing house can still make a lot of money, until now the weekly sales of "Caged Bird" have not fallen off a cliff, as the reader's reputation continues to ferment and spread,

There is also a steady stream of readers pouring into the cage of "Caged Bird",

And "Caged Bird" was published directly, and there was no sales on the Internet.

Editor-in-chief Qian couldn't wait to find two more cooperative printing houses, work three shifts, and print "Caged Bird" for him all day long.

For Editor-in-Chief Qian personally, the more sci-fi he likes is sold, the more readers will be happier to see him.

For the publishing house, printing "Caged Bird" now is not printing a book, it is simply printing money.

“…… Editor-in-chief Qian, the people from Delvin Publishing are here. ”

Just when Ji Zhuo and Editor-in-Chief Qian were chatting,

An editor led someone from Delvin Publishing House up to the third floor.

Naturally, the group of people got up from the conference table and greeted them politely.

Ji Zhuo also got up, turned his head to look, and walked into the conference room from the Delvin Publishing House,

It's not from any country in Europa,

The leader is a middle-aged Chinese woman, wearing a white women's suit, with her head crossed, and the whole person looks capable and energetic.

He was followed by a man in a suit, who appeared to be a lawyer, and an entourage who did not know if it was an editor or an assistant.

Rushed from the Delvin Publishing House's China Capital Branch.

"Hello Editor-in-Chief Qian, I am the editor-in-chief of the Huaguo branch of Delwin Press, and my surname is Lou. These two are lawyers and editors at our publishing house. ”

With a smile on his face, the editor-in-chief Lou stepped into the door of the conference room first, and stretched out his hand to the editor-in-chief Qian.

"Hello Editor-in-Chief Lou, please make a deliberate trip."

"For the sake of a good book, not to mention just flying from the capital, even if I am on the other side of the world, I have to rush here."

Editor-in-chief Qian and this editor-in-chief Lou were polite to each other,

The editor-in-chief Lou smiled again and turned his head to look to the side, looked at it, and his eyes fell on Ji Zhuo,

"This is Mr. Bugong, the author of "Caged Bird". Sir, I have read your writings, they are very well written, and it seems that I can't put them down, and I can't bear to put them down. ”

"I'm not working, Editor-in-Chief Lou is polite."

It can be seen that this editor-in-chief Lou is a somewhat strong career-oriented strong woman.

From the moment I stepped into the conference room, I have been accustomed to taking the initiative.

But dealing with others does not make people feel uncomfortable, because the other party has done a lot of etiquette and has a relatively low posture.

Ji Zhuo stretched out his hand and shook it lightly with the editor-in-chief Lou.

A group of people smiled and exchanged a few words,

They sat down at the conference table one after another.

"Editor-in-chief Qian, Mr. Bugong, then I'm not welcome, I'm straight to the point."

In fact, taking the initiative to speak, it is inevitable to be biased towards weakness in negotiations.

But they've come all the way, so there's no need to pay attention to these anymore.

"This time, I came here mainly for the overseas publication of Mr. Bugong's work "Caged Bird".

"I have read Mr. Bugong's work, and I personally think it is a good science fiction work, and I believe that many people think so. And it is a pity that such an excellent work is only published in China, so I recommend that our publishing house publish the overseas version of this work, so that more readers can see this excellent work. ”

"We at Delvin Press, presumably Mr. Bugong and Editor-in-Chief Qian have already understood, and have branches and distribution channels in overseas Europa and even other countries, although we are not the first-rate among the publishing houses in Europa, but in the field of science fiction publishing, we can definitely be regarded as the top, we publish and operate many famous science fiction works, such as the Hugo Award won the year before last......

If Mr. Gong is not interested in publishing his works overseas, I think our publishing house should be a good choice. ”

Editor-in-chief Lou gave priority to finishing his speech, without mentioning specific conditions.

Those were the details of the negotiations that followed.

Editor-in-Chief Qian listened and didn't reply, just turned his head to look at Ji Zhuo,

The overseas publishing rights of "Caged Bird" are completely in the hands of Ji Zhuo, and the editor-in-chief Qian and Huating Publishing House are only helping.

"In principle, I agree to publish Caged Bird overseas."

Ji Zhuo looked at Editor-in-Chief Lou and replied.

When Editor-in-Chief Lou heard this, a smile appeared on his face,

In fact, this is also inevitable, and if you don't want to publish the book overseas, people on both sides will not sit here.

"However, the conditions given by your publishing house are a little harsh."

This was not said by Ji Zhuo, but by the editor-in-chief Qian helping Ji Zhuo.

"First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Bugong for his willingness to bring this excellent science fiction work to the whole world and make it available to more readers. In addition, the conditions given by our publishing house should be relatively generous. ”

Editor-in-Chief Lou frowned, as if because of Editor-in-Chief Qian's words,

Of course, it's just a pretense,

Now this is actually a psychological expectation for a long time,

After all, the email sent by Editor-in-Chief Qian to Delvin Press made it very clear.

It is because of their sincerity that they are willing to sit down with them to talk about overseas publishing.

Then why don't you just agree to come down and still need to talk, naturally 'sincerity' is not enough.

"Mr. Bugong's work, although it is very good, but after all, it has not entered the overseas market before, and the book itself has not received feedback from the overseas market, and the 9% royalty share given by us is already due to the fact that Mr. Bugong's work itself is really good."

Editor-in-Chief Lou was still frowning, and it seemed that he couldn't accept Editor-in-Chief Qian's statement.

"Editor-in-chief Lou, that's what I said. But in fact, "Caged Bird" has already experienced the test of the market, at present, Caged Bird has sold nearly 150,000 copies in China, and this is only less than a month of sales.

Editor-in-chief Lou should have an understanding of the domestic publishing market and should know what this sales volume means.

At the same time, the genre of "Caged Bird" is science fiction, and there is not such a high cultural threshold, that is to say, in fact, the market has proved that "Caged Bird" is bound to be a big hit, and your publishing house has no trial and error cost to republish this book overseas. ”

"Moreover, our publishing house has given Mr. Bugong a fifteen percent royalty share for publishing "Caged Bird", and I will publish it for you at 9 percent, and my heart is still a little sour here."

Listening to Editor-in-Chief Qian's words, Editor-in-Chief Lou was really surprised, and then his face showed a little hesitation.

……

Ji Zhuo watched Editor-in-Chief Qian and Editor-in-Chief Lou, as well as the lawyers on both sides, start to fight over some details.

However, he rarely speaks on his own, and expresses some opinions on some key points.

And then after a period of intense negotiations,

The overseas publication of "Caged Bird" has finally been discussed.

As a result of the negotiations,

Ji Zhuo agreed to license the overseas publishing rights of "Caged Bird", that is, the publishing rights of other countries except China, to Delvin Press.

Delvin is responsible for the overseas operations and publishing and distribution of Caged Bird.

For this purpose, it is necessary to pay 10.5 percent of the royalties, which is divided into fractions and whole royalties.

This royalty component Ji Zhuo and Editor-in-Chief Qian are quite satisfied, and Editor-in-Chief Lou can also accept it.

After the negotiation between the two sides,

Editor-in-Chief Qian turned his head to look at Ji Zhuo again,

Ji Zhuo looked at Editor-in-Chief Qian, then at Editor-in-Chief Lou, and nodded.

The two parties signed an overseas publishing authorization contract on this condition.

The contract has been reviewed by three lawyers on both sides, and naturally there is no problem.

When Ji Zhuo and Lou signed the contract respectively,

Editor-in-Chief Lou breathed a sigh of relief,

This "Caged Bird", Editor-in-Chief Lou is indeed very optimistic.

So even if the conditions are a little more generous, there are also signs.

"Thank you Mr. Bugong for your trust in our publishing house, and I wish "Caged Bird" a great overseas sale."

“…… Well, as far as I know, Mr. Bugong has another science fiction work, do you have an idea to publish it overseas? ”

“…… Well, if Mr. Ji doesn't want to, we can talk about this "Caged Bird" after it is published overseas. ”

"A copy."

After the two sides finished negotiating, they talked a few more words,

The people from the Delvin Press didn't stay long and left.

"I'm still in a hurry to publish "Caged Bird" overseas as soon as possible, so I will stay soon."