32. Money game, great contract(1/2)
After Yu Chengliang and Fang Xueshu contacted the group headquarters for publicity plans, they began to pay attention to Monday's sales!
They all have ambitions, so today they directly distribute 2 million copies nationwide, and there are still one million copies in stock. They hope to achieve the goal of 3 million sales this week, and will continue to withdraw the heat and iron next week to distribute the goods nationwide, and be recognized by the group headquarters in one go. In the future, they can always use the group channels to distribute goods nationwide.
Jiang Xianping quickly reported to Yu Chengliang and Fang Xueshu at noon: "General Yu, Editor Fang, 1.5 million copies have been shipped for two million copies, and our province has contributed one million sales, and the remaining 500,000 copies are from other regions. There are still 500,000 copies that may be shipped soon. There is no problem with the goal of 3 million copies this week!"
Yu Chengliang excitedly poured tea for Jiang Xianping himself and said, "Old Jiang, thank you for your hard work."
Jiang Xianping also took the teacup with both hands excitedly and smiled: "Mr. Yu, you are so polite. This is my job. Our magazine's performance is getting better and better. We all have benefits. Thanks to the martial arts editor-in-chief Lao Li discovered a good book this time."
Fang Xueshu also smiled easily and said: "Li Qingyuan is very serious in his work. With some luck, Dongyue Weekly gave up this book..."
At this time, Li Qingyuan hurriedly walked in.
"Editor Li, what's wrong?"
Yu Chengliang hurriedly stood up and asked.
Li Qingyuan directly used Chengliang's computer to open an anonymous post on Qixia Forum: "Mr. Yu, Editor-in-Chief Fang, you can see."
Several people hurried over to see it, and the title of the post made several people feel nervous.
"Money Offensive!"
"The author of the serialized novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes of the Global Weekly may face the money offensive of several major magazines. Now, the sales of the novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes of the Global Weekly soared by four times. The sales of this week will be sold nationwide again. However, the contract signing of The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a standard newcomer contract."
"What are the contracts for newcomers? The manuscript fee is low and the liquidated damages are low. Naturally, the binding force is much weakened. As long as other magazines are willing to spend money, they can breach the contract at will. Everyone should still remember Liang Feidao ten years ago..."
Yu Chengliang, Fang Xueshu, Li Qingyuan, Jiang Xianping and others all looked solemn and very unfavorable.
The example of Liang Feidao mentioned in it made them even more nervous.
Now, Liang Feidao is a great existence in the field of martial arts novels. He is one of the pillars of Jianghu Weekly. His royalty is 80,000 words, and his annual income is over 100 million!
Ten years ago, when Liang Feidao first debuted, his first novel was submitted to Dongyue Novel Weekly, but he signed a general contract for newcomers. So after the novel became popular, Jianghu Weekly immediately waved a check and dug Liang Feidao directly, paid Dongyue Novel five million penalty for liquidated damages, and directly signed a contract of 10 million yuan for Liang Feidao, plus a small god-level contract starting from 10,000 characters and 10,000 yuan, which was more than a hundred times higher than a newcomer's royalty of less than 100 characters and 100 million yuan.
Dongyue Weekly suffered huge losses.
Since then, once a new member of each magazine starts to become popular, the magazine will immediately contact the author to change the new contract, increase the royalties, and significantly increase the penalty for liquidated damages to avoid being poached by other magazines.
However, Global Weekly has just been founded for a few years and has not had much experience. At the same time, the recent achievements have suddenly improved. They are too excited and have too many things to arrange, so they were unable to contact the author of The Legend of the Condor Heroes to improve their treatment and change their contracts as soon as possible!
this……
This gives other magazines the opportunity to take advantage of loopholes.
Yu Chengliang's face was pitch black and he hurriedly said, "Editor Li, please contact Wang Zhe, the author of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and change his contract!"
Li Qingyuan immediately took out his cell phone. He knew the seriousness of the matter and hoped that he would not be too late. He immediately found Wang Zhe's phone number and dialed it out.
Doudou...
The phone is on the phone.
Several people have bad premonitions.
Yu Chengliang took a deep breath to calm his uneasy mood and said, "Continue to fight and open it."
Li Qingyuan continued to dial, or was still in the phone call.
The few people in the office were quiet and didn't dare to say anything.
After calling for more than ten minutes, Li Qingyuan's phone number finally reached.
"Hey, Wang Zhe, I'm Li Qingyuan."
Li Qingyuan said in a hurried voice: "I want to discuss with you about your contract, because your works are very good, and our magazine attaches great importance to them. I want to improve your treatment and sign a new contract."
Li Qingyuan said everything he wanted to say in one breath.
Wang Zhe's voice came from the phone: "Editor Li, Editor-in-Chief Qin Shuming of Dongyue's novel just now called me."
Bang!
A dull sound.
Yu Chengliang's fist couldn't help but punch gently on the table, and said gritting his teeth: "Qin Shuming, Liu Dongyuan, Dongyue Novels, Cao."
Someone actually came to poach.
This is just the third week, the second week of popularity, and those people can't help it.
Yu Chengliang also knew that this was definitely not the last one, and there must be other magazines spending money to poach people later.
So, he knew that he had to settle Wang Zhe's new contract at one time, otherwise he would have endless troubles and too many variables, and he might get the duck that he got.
Li Qingyuan waved to Chengliang, signaled Yu Chengliang to turn off the fire, and then said to Wang Zhe: "Oh? Dongyue novel, they must regret it if they missed you. Now that they find you are popular, they are back to find you. Haha, what conditions did they give you?"
Li Qingyuan said lightly.
Dongyue Weekly rejected Wang Zhe and The Legend of the Condor Heroes. This matter is no longer a secret today. After it was exposed on the Qixia Forum, it was immediately known to the industry. Dongyue Weekly has now become the target of ridicule by other magazines.
Liang Feidao was poached back then, but now he has turned away a novel with unlimited potential. Many industry insiders say that Dongyue Weekly is going to change its leadership team!
Dongyue Magazine was just acquired, and the head office spent a lot of money to develop original content. At this time, it actually launched a novel with the potential for a big hit. Dongyue Weekly was under great pressure. It would be very stressful to come back immediately to make up for the mistakes. Spending money to poach people is also a standard operation.
Wang Zhe sat in front of the window of the single apartment, with one hand writing something on a music score on the desk, and said, "It's nothing. They said I'm sending the Legend of the Condor Heroes to them and end the cooperation with Global Weekly."
Yu Chengliang and Fang Xueshu both clenched their fists nervously.
It's true.
Li Qingyuan also held his cell phone tightly and asked hurriedly: "What conditions did they offer? You haven't agreed yet, right?"
They are really afraid.
After a few years of failure, I finally seized the opportunity to succeed. If I lose it again, it would be terrible.
Wang Zhe smiled and said, "Not yet, I'm still thinking about it."
Li Qingyuan breathed a little relieved, and then asked anxiously: "What are their conditions? Wang Zhe, our magazine is very optimistic about you. We can also give you any conditions. Dongyue Weekly has other famous authors. You can't enjoy the best resources even if you go there, but if you are in our Global Weekly, you are the only great god. We will give you the best resources to promote."
Wang Zhe said: "I think so too. They rejected me at the beginning. However, they are very sincere now and promised them to pay the penalty for liquidated damages, and also gave me a contract of 20 million yuan, a royalty of 1,000 words and 40,000 yuan, and a contract of at least three books."
hiss……
hiss……
hiss……
Li Qingyuan clearly heard three sounds of gasping in his back. He knew that this was made by Yu Chengliang, Fang Xueshu and Jiang Xianping. They were both frightened by the conditions issued by Dongyue Weekly.
In fact, Li Qingyuan was also shocked. If he hadn't been holding the phone, he might have taken a breath!
This is treating Wang Zhe as a real top master. All the conditions offered can be used to dig out the great masters in the top three novels and magazines. However, the penalty for those masters' liquidated damages cannot be handled by millions, at least starting from 50 million, and it is normal to have hundreds of millions.
A manuscript of tens of thousands of words is the threshold for becoming a god. A manuscript of 40,000 words is the only way to get a manuscript of 1,000 words is only available to become a famous god.
The signing fee of 20 million yuan can only be obtained when a famous master has signed a contract.
Dongyue Weekly has really invested heavily and has also placed heavy bets to make a gamble!
After all, Wang Zhe is just a newcomer, and The Legend of the Condor Heroes is also his first novel. It has just been on the third week of its launch. Who knows what will happen in the future?
What a flop?
So this is a bet.
Li Qingyuan was so dry that he didn't dare to speak. Such conditions were not something that he, a small editor, could say. He hurriedly looked at Yu Chengliang with help.
Yu Chengliang also began to think quickly, and he didn't know how many thoughts had turned in his mind in an instant. He nodded heavily to Li Qingyuan two seconds later!
Let's call!
You must also call!
Li Qingyuan's hands holding the phone were trembling, and his voice was trembling with a hint of trembling, "Wang Zhe, our Global Weekly can also issue the same contract!"
"We sign a contract again, and the remuneration standard is as high as 40,000,000, and the signing fee of 20 million will be given to you. How about the reservation contract with the next three books?"
Wang Zhe put down his pen to write and draw, and smiled and said, "In principle, I agree with your conditions, but I still said that I said at the beginning. I must keep all the copyrights, and the royalties will depend on the situation! As far as I know, my novels have increased significantly to your magazine's sales, which has surged three or four times in a week. My novels are now the third place in the hottest list."
"Based on my current results, the manuscript fee of 40,000 is not too much. We will use 40,000 as the basis and the final sales of this week as the measure. In the future, every time my novel serialization period, Global Novel Weekly will add 1,000 words and 20,000 yuan in sales. How about it?"
Li Qingyuan couldn't speak again and turned to look at Yu Chengliang and Fang Xueshu.
Yu Chengliang and Fang Xueshu looked at each other, and both of them could see the surprise in each other's eyes, surprised by Wang Zhe's clear understanding of himself.
To be honest, they also believe that the martial arts novel, which ranks third in the most popular list, is not much for 40,000 words, and has a great potential for future growth. Obviously, Wang Zhe does not intend to lock his own royalties directly, so he set a contract based on 40,000 to drive the increase in royalties based on sales growth!
One million sales will add 20,000-word royalty fee!
If you count carefully, this is really not much.
They had spent so much manpower and material resources before, but they had not improved any of the Global Weekly. The sales volume was still hovering around hundreds of thousands. They could directly spend money to increase sales of millions and expand their influence, which was absolutely cost-effective.
This business is done!
Yu Chengliang measured it a little, then nodded and said, "Yes!"
Li Qingyuan also relayed to Wang Zhe: "Okay, we have agreed to your conditions. However, we will first explain to you the penalty for liquidated damages!"
Yu Chengliang directly raised five fingers to Li Qingyuan, but then he was afraid that Li Qingyuan would not understand, so he whispered: "Five hundred million."
Li Qingyuan's eyes widened by this number.
To be continued...