At present, on Blue Star, the market price of short stories is generally 10 ~ 500 per 1,000 words, and the price of famous short story authors is negotiable, but it is basically about 1,000 words per 1,000.

Therefore, Zheng Rongkai's thousand words of 5,000 are already the price at the top of the pyramid in the industry.

That being said, however, Yun Feng is more special.

The fire of "Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" created one million first orders and one and a half million first orders that shocked the entire online literature industry, thus making the author ID of [Cross-border Heavenly King] synonymous with best-selling.

Hearing this, Zheng Rong triggered the passive skill "Kicking the Ball" and asked, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Yun Feng is not afraid of the usual conversation tricks such as "playing Tai Chi" and "kicking the ball", and said bluntly: "Twenty-five thousand words." ”

It's a 50% discount, it's kind enough.

I only heard Zheng Rong say happily: "Deal." ”

Yunfeng: "......"

Why doesn't it feel right, is the price lower?

Based on 25,000 words per 1,000 words, the total price of a 200,000-word novel is 500,000 yuan.

Like, it's really not much......

Can you go back?

Yun Feng took a breath and was silent for a moment.

This price is not low, at least for Zheng Rong, it is the highest price that can be borne by the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Dartman".

Why stop haggling?

Zheng Rong did think about it, but in an instant, he made a decision.

Their monthly novel newspaper is ranked in the middle of the magazine with novel serialization, and its competitiveness is definitely not as good as that of the big magazines upstream, and they are worried that they will miss out on "Cat's Eye" and "Dartman" if they hesitate.

So, he hit the railroad while it was hot: "I don't know if you have time today, let's make an appointment to sign the contract, what do you think?"

"Forehead......" Yun Feng's eyes rolled and said, "Today, I just happened to be going home today, and I was ready to leave for the airport." ”

Zheng Rong hurriedly said: "Then what is your email number, I will send you the electronic contract." ”

Oh, forget about the stubble.

Yun Feng smiled bitterly.

But after thinking about it, in fact, 25,000 words is about the same.

Generally speaking, a large number of novels are serialized in magazines for the purpose of promoting the future publication of the book.

That is to say, before the novel is serialized in the magazine, the author has already signed a publishing contract with the magazine, and the ultimate goal is to publish and operate the copyright, rather than simply let the novel be serialized in the magazine.

Of course, for example, some magazines that are not very large, with limited funds, only make magazines and do not have the ability to publish books, so they will buy the one-time publication rights of the novel by paying the manuscript fee, but not monopolize the copyright.

Fiction Monthly is one such magazine.

Originally, he had the ability to publish books, but last year, Zheng Rong had a conflict with another partner, which finally led to a parting of ways and a fault in the capital chain, so for the time being, there was not so much money to buy the book copyright of "Cat's Eye" and "Dartman", so he could only buy a copy right first.

After thinking about it for a while, Yun Feng said, "Okay, my email address is yf123456789@." ”

"Okay, I'll send the e-contract over. Zheng Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, it is very rare for a magazine to choose a finished novel to be serialized again in its own magazine, especially a best-selling novel, because there will be a lot fewer readers.

Zheng Rong did this, there is an element of gambling.

The bet is won, and the novel monthly newspaper will become bigger and stronger, and create brilliance again.

The bet was lost, and the novel monthly newspaper declared bankruptcy and closed its doors for dissolution.

That's right, Zheng Rong is gambling with all his net worth, either to move bricks or make a profit.

But no matter how you look at it, this bet is a big win.

Zheng Rong put down his phone and looked at the deserted office area outside.

Parting ways with a partner is not only a loss of money, but also more than half of the employees.

Seeing them being taken by their partners to a rival's magazine was very angry and unpleasant.

"Amin, I want to fight for a breath, not to prove that I am better than you, I just want to tell you that if you want to develop better, there is not only one way to go, 'merger'. ”

Zheng Rong's clenched fist slowly loosened, and unconsciously, a confident smile appeared on his face.

He saw it, and he saw that in the near future, the office area would no longer be so deserted.

On the other side, Yun Feng was looking at the contract sent by Zheng Rong.

The main thing is to confirm whether there are some hidden pits, and when the time comes, it will cause copyright disputes, and then it will be troublesome.

"Reproduction Rights Authorization ......"

The right of reproduction refers to the reproduction of the original work in the same form by printing, photographing, copying, photocopying, audio recording, video recording or other acts, such as copying, printing, photographing documents, copying paintings and engravings, and reproducing and recording audio or video tapes.

Yun Feng read it several times and confirmed that there was no problem, and after signing it, he sent it over.

I've just finished it here, and another call came in.

"Hey, is it the cross-border king of Panda Chinese Network? I am Lei Chaofan, the owner of Chaofan Magazine, we have taken a fancy to the "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" you wrote, and want to buy their book copyrights, can you come to our company to talk?"

Yun Feng frowned slightly, and the other party's tone seemed to be conveying an order, which made people very uncomfortable.

His attitude changed accordingly, and he said coldly: "Let's talk on the phone." ”

Lei Chaofan still said in the same tone as just now: "The book copyright package of the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Dartman" is a fixed price, two million. ”

Just kidding.

Yun Feng just listened to Zheng Rong explain the advantages and disadvantages of e-books and paper books in the market, so he went online to check it.

For example, the author of the Sea Eagle Literature Network, J· Although "The Wizarding World" written by K has been over for several years, the sales of the "Wizarding World" paper book still exceeded one million last year.

Based on the current popularity of "Cat's Eye" and "Dartman", the copyright of any one book is more than two million.

With this tone and attitude, I still want to buy two book copyrights for two million, dreaming.

Yun Feng smiled and said, "Boss Lei, if you want to talk, you should also show some sincerity, right." ”

Lei Chaofan said word by word: "You are writing online articles, you may not know much about book publishing, a book from typesetting and printing to the shelves of the bookstore, there are several processes, high cost, low profit, high risk, there is a great possibility of losing all money, I think except for our extraordinary magazine, no magazine can offer such a price." ”

Yun Feng said lightly: "In order not to let your extraordinary magazine lose all your money, I have decided not to sell the book copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" to you, if there is no trading, there will be no loss, right." ”

After saying that, he hung up directly.

"It's like I'm begging to sell it to you. ”

But Fan Lei's extraordinary attitude is a little better, and it will not be like this.

Yun Feng felt that on the Blue Star, books had a lot of success.

So I don't plan to sell the book rights to any of the novels, either by myself or cooperatively.

However, Lei Chaofan, who was hung up, was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "Young man, there is no politeness at all." ”

Instead, someone knocked on the door and came in, it was Yang Ming, the editor-in-chief of Chaofan Magazine.

"Boss, have you talked to the cross-border king?"

"Talked. Lei Chaofan shrugged his shoulders and said, "But I haven't negotiated, two million is too little, I don't think he has seen money." ”

"This ......" Yang Ming knew that it would be like this, and said with a bitter face: "Boss, two million is the lowest price." ”

"Hmm. Lei Chaofan nodded and said, "I know." ”

Yang Ming: "......"

Lei Chaofan saw his sad face, and immediately said: "If you haven't negotiated, you haven't negotiated, isn't it just two short stories, our magazine has not been engaged in novels for several years." ”

"No......" Yang Ming sighed and said, "As long as it is negotiated within 10 million, it will be profitable." ”

Lei Chaofan raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you kidding, there are still 10 million to earn?"

"How dare I joke about work. Yang Ming explained: "Originally, the cross-border king had its own traffic, and when "Maoyan" and "Dartman" were serialized on the microcircle, they basically did not get off the hot search list, and the online dramas of "Maoyan" and "Dartman" will be broadcast after the year, and there will be another wave of popularity at that time. ”

Lei Chaofan regretted that he didn't learn more about the situation at that time, and said, "I'll call again?"

Yang Ming knew him very well as his boss, and his tone and attitude when talking about things hurriedly: "Boss, let's fight with me." ”

However, Yun Feng had already put his phone on silent.