It's been a long time since Nohara Hirochi has come across such a good work, and if he introduces the novel "Love Letter" to the island country, it is likely to be a great achievement for him in the future.

It is not impossible to get a promotion and a salary increase, or even sit in the position of editor-in-chief.

Thinking about the future, he couldn't suppress his smile.

"Nohara-san? Nohara-san? ”

At this moment, a voice woke him up from his dream, and he remembered that there were outsiders at home.

"I'm sorry, Lisang, I was thinking about something just now."

After apologizing, Nohara Hirochi said to the international students, "Don't worry, I won't let Li Sang work hard in vain today." ”

International students are not particularly concerned about money, but the book in front of him is what he cares about.

"Nohara-san, is this "Love Letter" really good?"

"Li Sang, to put it bluntly, this novel is the best I have seen in my career."

"That's too much of a compliment, isn't it?"

"By no means an overstatement, this book deserves such praise." Thinking that Li Sang was not from an island country, Nohara Hirochi explained: "Good literature never knows nationality. For example, "Pride and Prejudice", "Eugenie Grandet" and "Madame Bovary", although they were not written by island writers, did not hinder the greatness of these works, nor did they prevent them from conquering the readers of island countries. In my opinion, this "Love Letter" is such an excellent work. ”

International students were quite surprised that a domestic youth romance novel was praised by the editors of a well-known publishing house in the island country, and if it was spread to China, it would definitely cause a carnival of public opinion.

After hearing Nohara Hirotoshi's unsparing praise, the international student also changed his words: "I understand, in fact, I also like this novel, but I didn't expect this kind of subject matter to be written by our Chinese writers." ”

"To be able to discover this work, in addition to thanks to Miss Zuotian, it is also thanks to Li Sang, Aligado!"

Nohara Hirochi stood up and bowed.

The international student was stunned, and stood up in panic and saluted back, "Nohara-san is too polite, I just did a translation, and you are really worthy of admiration, and I didn't disdain it because this is a foreign novel." ”

Hirochi Nohara sighed: "It would be better if this novel was written by our island people, and if it was published by our Kadokawa Shoten, this novel would cause a stronger response, and I could even look forward to next year's Naoki Award, but it's a pity." ”

In the previous life, the light of this novel was divided too much by the movie, but in this life, the novel appeared first, maybe the result will be very different.

The international student was curious: "Nohara-san, will you promote the introduction of this Chinese novel?" ”

"Of course, such an excellent novel deserves to be seen by more readers." Nohara Hirotomo nodded.

"If, I mean, if this novel is published in an island country, how much will that writer be paid?"

"We definitely want to publish this novel, and the remuneration may be distributed according to the proportion of newcomers. The royalty paid to newcomers in the industry is generally 5%-10%, and if the quality of the work is high enough, the proportion of attention from the publisher can be even higher. Nohara Hirochi said calmly: "Of course, the quality of the novel "Love Letter" is not a problem, but as a newcomer, you may not be able to get a higher share. ”

"5%-10% royalties?" International students are not in the industry and do not understand the meaning of royalties.

Knowing that he was a layman, Nohara explained, "This is a method of remuneration that the author and the publisher have agreed upon. For example, the agreed royalty rate is 8%, paid according to the number of prints, the price of the book is 500 yen, and the printing of 10,000 copies is carried out. Author's royalty remuneration = 500 * 10,000 * 8% = 400,000 yen. ”

"400,000 yen!"

The international students estimated the exchange rate between the two countries, isn't it 20,000 yuan?

A book can earn 20,000 yuan, and he is already a wealthy class in China.

His eyes were red with jealousy, he knew that writing novels was so lucrative, what was he still doing blindly.

Nohara Hirochi didn't see his face, but continued to stimulate him, "This is still an average-level novel, a high-quality work like "Love Letter", with a first printing of 100,000 copies, no problem at all. ”

The international student said in a hoarse voice: "Ten ...... 100,000 copies ......"

The remuneration for a book is 4 million yen, how can he accept it?

He felt that he couldn't stay any longer, otherwise his mentality would explode, so he stood up:

"Nohara-san, it's not too early, I'll go first."

"Li Sang, can you accept a part-time job that pays well?" Nohara Hirochi said calmly.

"Huh?"

"Although I think the novel is good, it doesn't mean that the editor-in-chief also approves of the novel."

"Nohara-san, do you want me to continue as a translator?"

"No, I would like to ask you to be my guide and translator in Huaxia."

"This ......"

The international students did not answer immediately, the air tickets to return to China in this era are not cheap, and the visas are not easy to get, if you can't go abroad for a little money, wouldn't the gains outweigh the losses?

"I can ask Kadokawa Bookstore to give you a temporary employee contract."

"I agreed."

Having a resume at Kadokawa Bookstore will be of great benefit to him as a foreigner, and even if he graduates in the future, it will be much easier to find a job. Moreover, what he values more is that he has caught the line of Nohara-san.

"In that case, when are we leaving?"

"Don't worry, I still have to persuade the editor-in-chief to let him agree with me to go to Huaxia to persuade the young writer."

The international student nodded: "I understand, I believe that the editor-in-chief of your company will also agree with Nohara-san's vision." ”

"Hehe, I hope so."

In this regard, Nohara Hirochi did not dare to pack tickets.

"Then I'll go back and wait for your news, and when I have certain information, I'll ask for leave."

Nohara Hirochi thought silently: "Li Sang, you can prepare, no matter what, even if it is at your own expense, I will make a decision for this trip to China." ”

"Hey, that's going to trouble Nohara-san."

The international students left with great interest.

After he left, Nohara Hirochi fell into deep thought, how to convince the editor-in-chief is a technical job, of course, if he insists enough, these are not problems.

"Alas, if only this writer Jiang were from our island." Nohara Hirochi thought in pieces: "Such a novel that meets the tastes of Chinese readers should be a writer in our country." ”

On weekdays, he took the novel, praised it, and told the editor-in-chief the general content of the story from memory, and vowed that if the novel was introduced into China, it would definitely become a bestseller.

In the end, he even sat down and made a military order, which persuaded the editor-in-chief to let him preside over the introduction of this novel.

Of course, this is also because the editor-in-chief has a decent amount of Chinese, and after roughly reading the full text, he thinks it is very valuable, so he approved him to go to China.