Chapter 40 Royalties
According to the contact information left when submitting the manuscript, Yang Feng contacted Lin Yuan that night: "Hello, may I ask if you are Chu Yan himself? I am Yang Feng, the review editor of the Silver Blue Book Library Supernova Award. ”
"Hello, I am. ”
Lin Yuan answered the phone in the dormitory.
Yang Feng said with a smile: "Congratulations, after the decision of our supernova review team, we will choose the novel "King of the Net" as the fifth place in this supernova award, which means that your novel will get the opportunity to be published, and I can send you the specific contract by email, add the address book first?"
Lin Yuan said happily: "Okay." ”
Although the system is blowing a lot, he is not sure that the novel "King of the Net" will definitely pass the newcomer award, this call reassured him a little, it seems that the system is still trustworthy.
After hanging up the phone.
The two added their address book.
Yang Feng soon sent a contract, which stated that the initial number of copies of "Net King" was 100,000 copies, with a price tag of 20 yuan per copy and a royalty of 5%, which was a relatively standard newcomer price.
Here's an explanation.
The so-called royalty is not a regular tax as understood by ordinary people, but a royalty exercised by a publishing company, which is a monetary benefit charged by the original owner or copyright holder of an intellectual property right to other people who use its intellectual property.
Lin Yuan didn't feel the pit.
If it is the physical novel market in the previous life, the newcomer's first book will basically be bought out by the publisher, and there will be no account sharing in the future, and the newcomer will be better when he accumulates a certain amount of capital, unless the newcomer has the door to the publishing house and can get special treatment, so in this regard, Blue Star is already more conscientious.
Read the contract.
Lin Yuan agreed to sign.
By the way, he also directly sent the plot of the next 100,000 words or so of "The King of the Net" to the other party, and the publishing house needs time to make certain corrections to the novel, such as some sentences are inappropriate, or there are typos.
This Lin Yuan understands very well.
It's a pity that they basically won't have this opportunity, because the system's typo correction is the most accurate, and there will probably be some slight adjustments to the subjective things such as word choice and sentences.
Manuscript received.
Yang Feng was not surprised.
Since it has been submitted, it must be ready to pass, and it is normal for the plot of the first volume to be written in advance, but when he was about to chat with Chu Mad for a few more words, he was stunned to find that the other party had gone offline!
Yang Feng: "......"
In this industry, new authors generally lick the editor, even some less famous novelists will put their own posture very low in order to get the special care of the editor, and in the face of the editor's urging, most of them only dare to shudder and lock themselves in the small dark room obediently code words.
But this Chu madness is different.
After he finished chatting with himself about the contract, he went offline directly, which made Yang Feng a little confused, he didn't expect Chu Maan, a newcomer, to kneel and lick himself, and even he was quite disgusted with the phenomenon of the author kneeling and licking the editor.
But here's the thing.
I still want to have a good exchange with Chu Mad , after all, he is very optimistic about Chu Mad , so he originally planned to talk to the other party about the market and the future direction of novel creation, and give some professional guidance and suggestions by the way......
Facing a black avatar at the moment.
He suffocated his words.
Considering that the other party is still a student and probably has no social experience, Yang Feng is not angry, he just thinks it is funny, if he still wants to develop in this industry, this kid will know the terrible things about editors in the future.
......
It's not that Lin Yuan doesn't want to deal with Yang Feng, but he is ready to sleep now, although the system has increased Lin Yuan's lifespan, it has not improved Lin Yuan's physique by the way, so Lin Yuan's body is still very fragile now, and the consequences of not sleeping on time are very serious.
Lin Yuan was a patient.
It may be that his terminal illness has been effectively treated, but this does not mean that Lin Yuan, a patient, can be physically strong, he is still a sick man compared to ordinary people, so the operation of the system is very in line with the medical concept.
This is actually quite annoying.
Lin Yuan considered whether to exercise or not.
But even if he exercises for his kind of body, he must be scientific and moderate, after all, the foundation is too poor, don't accidentally train yourself badly.
"Ding Dong!"
The system seemed to feel Lin Yuan's troubles, and unexpectedly threw a task coldly: "Sensing the host's desire for health, trigger a special type of task, if the host completes a special type of task, the system will ensure that the host lives to be thirty years old and is in good health without illness or disaster." ”
[Mission Name: The Body is the Capital of the Revolution]
[Mission content: Literature and music have more than one million reputations each]
[Reward: The host can live to be 30 years old without illness and disaster]
[Task note: The so-called standard of physical health refers to the fact that the host has a systematically well-conditioned body, and the quality is far beyond that of ordinary people, and this task will continue until the host is twenty-seven years old]
It seems that this mission lasted a long time.
As for the reason why it expired before the age of twenty-seven, it was because the age of twenty-seven was the limit of Lin Yuan's current lifespan, and if he hadn't completed the task by the age of twenty-seven, Lin Yuan would basically be able to pass away.
"Pick up. ”
For tasks, Lin Yuan has always been unrefusal.
Anyway, there is no penalty for failing the mission.
It's just that Lin Yuan didn't expect that there would be this kind of special task, he would be in good health, and he would live to be thirty years old without illness or disaster, and if he completed the task, Lin Yuan would be equivalent to buying himself a system-level insurance.
Sounds good.
But then again.
It is not an easy thing for literary prestige and music prestige to break one million each, and it can be deduced from the rising speed of Lin Yuan's musical prestige: "I have a very hard task, you must overcome the disease." ”
System: "......"
System: "As long as the host can complete a series of tasks issued by the system, the system will defeat the host's disease, for the system the host is the proof of the existence of the system, and the host death system will also self-destruct." ”
Loyalty.
Lin Yuan nodded and fell asleep.
Several roommates in the dormitory saw Lin Yuan start to sleep, consciously turned off the lights, and silently went to the corridor outside the door on the phone, while those who played on the computer silently put on their headphones to prevent these sounds from disturbing Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan went to bed before nine o'clock every day.
Other dormitories may be very hilarious at nine o'clock, but in the dormitory where Lin Yuan is located, basically no one will make a sound after nine o'clock, because the roommates also know that Lin Yuan's health is not very good, so they have been very accommodating to Lin Yuan.
"Looks like we'll have to go out and live. ”
The roommates were very accommodating to Lin Yuan, and Lin Yuan couldn't take it for granted.
He is not a person who I am weak and I am reasonable.
Now that he has the money, he can consider going out and renting a house.
It's also good that roommates can be like ordinary college students, and they can get high in the dormitory in the middle of the night.