Chapter 247: Take a gamble

What Nohara Hirochi said was all a pretext, in fact, he had already gotten the bottom line from Kadokawa Bookstore, but he still wanted to dry Jiang Yulou.

This is Li Jianjun's advice to him, according to Li Jianjun, domestic writers are very poor, for a long time, there is not even such a thing as remuneration.

Now, Kadokawa Bookstore came with sincerity and foreign exchange, and if Jiang Yulou was interested, he would agree. Even if he can't figure it out for a while, there are no officials doing his job.

It's just that this time they were all wrong.

After Nohara Hirochi and his entourage left, Ji Zhenghuai said anxiously: "Yulou, what do you think?" This little ...... How good are the conditions given by the island people who have a good day, why don't you agree? ”

He looked left and right to make sure that no one was listening, and then lowered his voice and said, "That's foreign exchange, it's still the yen, and it's also a fairly credible currency in the world." If you agree, it's a great achievement! ”

In this era, the country has just reformed and opened up, and many things need to be purchased in the world, but there is a lack of foreign exchange.

Jiang Yulou sighed and said, "Director, it's not that I don't want my book to be released in the island country, but that Nohara wants to trick people!" ”

"Hey, what's the point?" Ji Zheng said in surprise.

Jiang Yulou said calmly: "In fact, the common remuneration scheme for the publication of international single literary works is the royalty system, and if the basic remuneration is added to the remuneration for printing, the more it is distributed in the island market, the more I lose." ”

"Why is that?"

"Do you know how much my Love Letter has sold in China so far?"

Ji Zhenghuai thought about it carefully, and suddenly recalled that there was a report in a newspaper he saw two days ago, "It seems that it has exceeded 200,000 copies?" ”

Jiang Yulou said indignantly: "That's right, 200,000 copies." According to Saten's evaluation, this novel is very suitable for readers in the island country, otherwise Nohara Hirochi would not have flown from Tokyo to Yanjing. According to the royalty system, the price of this novel is 500 yen, the royalty is 10%, and the first printing of 100,000 copies, I can get 5 million yen in royalties, which is converted into tens of thousands of dollars. ”

"Tens of thousands of dollars?" Ji Zhenghuai was surprised.

"That's right, a book worth 500 yen is a low-cost book in an island country, and it's not that there are thousands of yen." Jiang Yulou tempted: "Think about it, if my "Love Letter" sells for 1,000 yen a copy in the island country and has a first printing of 100,000 copies, how much can I earn, is it that the more I sell, the more I lose?" ”

"Purr."

Ji Zhenghuai swallowed his saliva, nodded and said, "If that's the case, Xiao Ri...... The son really didn't have a good heart. ”

Jiang Yulou said lightly: "Someone definitely gave Nohara an idea, but I don't know who it is." He got good, lost my interests, cheapened foreigners, hum. ”

"Don't be angry, I'll help you inquire." Ji Zhenghuai said soothingly.

Jiang Yulou said stiffly: "No need, you can help me pass on a message, if he cooperates sincerely, he will quote a price according to the manuscript fee standard of the island country, otherwise there is no need to talk about it." ”

When Ji Zhenghuai heard this, his brows frowned slightly, Jiang Yulou's performance was inevitably a little youthful and vigorous, but he could understand his student's current mood by comparing his heart to his heart.

This matter must not be as blunt as Jiang Yulou said, the tone is tactful, and it is enough to express Jiang Yulou's thoughts as well as the author.

Moreover, in the final analysis, this novel is Jiang Yulou's work, and the copyright is in his hands, so others have no room for beaks.

So, Ji Zhenghuai found an opportunity to send the meaning.

At first, Nohara Hirochi didn't care, thinking that it was Jiang Yulou's negotiation strategy. It wasn't until almost three days had passed, and there was no movement over there, that he panicked.

The most important thing is that after so many days, he finally found out what a genius writer Jiang Yulou is.

At the age of eighteen, he began to write, wrote short stories and novellas, and also published poetry collections, and the sales of the long story "Secret Calculation" published this year exceeded 800,000, and there was no suspense about reaching one million copies by the end of the year.

Since the publication of "Love Letter", the sales have been rising, exceeding 200,000 copies, not to mention, it has also caused a trend of letter-writing among the people, and even the style is imitated by novels.

Such a talented writer, who is only a sophomore now, can't imagine that he can reach that point in the future, the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Will such a good writer be short of money?

Definitely not.

Even if he didn't know much about Huaxia's remuneration system, he knew that Jiang Yulou would not make less money with the two novels "Secret Calculation" and "Love Letter".

Since the other party is full of confidence, it is his turn to give in.

Nohara Hirochi sighed, "Li Sang, our strategy has failed. ”

Li Jianjun's face was swollen and red, his lips moved slightly, and he didn't speak in the end, and he didn't have the face to say anything. Originally, I wanted to take advantage of Jiang Yulou to get the affirmation of Nohara Hirochi, but I didn't expect to miscalculate.

Shame on you!

So, under the matchmaking of the foreign affairs department, Nohara and his entourage came to Yanda again and met with Jiang Yulou.

After meeting, Nohara Hirochi said with a humble heart: "Teacher Jiang, we meet again." ”

"Editor Nohara, have you made up your mind to come this time?" Jiang Yulou glanced at the two of them and said lightly.

"Mr. Jiang, I'm here this time to tell you that I've discussed it with the club." Nohara Hirochi smiled and said, "After my arguments, the company is willing to give 10% of the royalty share. ”

"Mr. Jiang's novels are of course excellent, and you are also a well-known writer in China, but in the island country, you can only face readers as a newcomer, so this share is already quite sincere."

"In addition, we have decided to print 100,000 copies for the first time and promote the novel under Kadokawa Shoten and other channels."

Nohara Hirochi said a lot in one breath, and the meaning of the words was that he paid a lot, and Kadokawa Bookstore paid a lot.

Jiang Yulou's face was still calm, this number was about the same as he expected, obviously, this should be the bottom line of Kadokawa Bookstore. If he hadn't hung the other party for a few days, it might have been a while before he could sign a contract on such terms.

According to the memories of his previous life, the new writer of the island country has a first printing of between 10,000 and 50,000 copies. This time, Kadokawa Bookstore dared to print 100,000 copies for the first time in one go, and it seems that it is very optimistic about the sales prospects of "Love Letters".

Of course, there is also the credit of Hirotoshi Nohara. As a highly qualified editor, if he is out of the way, the club is willing to gamble on him in the case of five or five open.

If you have 100,000 copies, you can make a lot of money again.

Don't look at his face is still calm, in fact, his heart is happy.