Dongyang City, Wenbi District, Mimeng Cafe.

This area is not very prosperous, and Mimeng Café is a good place to enjoy.

Lu Changming and Lin Weixi took a taxi and walked into the cafe together.

Since it was still morning, there were no customers in the cafe, and I could see it all at first glance.

Lu Changming locked in a middle-aged man sitting by the window in the west. He was about forty years old, with a Mediterranean hairstyle and a suit, looking like a salesperson.

However, those genius glasses made him look less like a salesperson.

Lu Changming and Lin Weixi looked at each other and walked over tacitly.

As soon as he approached, the man in the suit looked over and stayed there for a moment, while Lu Changming's male god value increased by 30 points.

"Hello, is it the editor of World Tree?" Lu Changming spoke up.

The man in the suit got up quickly, his face was surprised, and he forced himself to show a warm look: "Yes, yes, I am Jiang Dong, you are Mr. Changming?"

Jiang Dong was actually not forcibly enthusiastic, but Lu Changming was too unexpected - such a young and handsome guy came over with such a beautiful little girl. Who would have thought that he was the author of "The Three-Body Problem"?

Strange authors have added.

"I'm Lu Changming, sit down." Lu Changming smiled and sat down.

Lin Weixi didn't say anything and sat aside silently.

"Who is this?" Jiang Dong looked at Lin Weixi calmly.

"I am Changye Weixi." Lin Weixi spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was the king of bombs.

"Chang Ye Weixi?" Jiang Dong was surprised, "Chang Ye Weixi in the science fiction world? Administrator?"

"Yes, I had submitted a manuscript at your club before, named "Sea Forest", published in the 103rd issue of "World Tree" weekly." Lin Weixi was calm and had the same attitude towards everyone.

Jiang Dong was even more surprised: "Sea Forest? That issue was widely praised because of "Sea Forest", and our club invited you to write for a long time for our club."

"Yes." Lin Weixi nodded and looked at Lu Changming: "Lu Changming, you should discuss the contract first."

"Yes, yes, let's negotiate the contract first." Jiang Dong's eyes were unstable, and he felt a little nervous.

Chang Ye Weixi inexplicably put a little pressure on him, even though the other party was obviously just a little girl.

The strange little girls have also increased.

Thinking about it, Jiang Dong had already taken out the printed contract and placed it in front of Lu Changming.

Lu Changming looked at it carefully, Lin Weixi approached him slightly and looked at it seriously.

Jiang Dong waited quietly, and at the same time admired that the young girl in front of him was so handsome, it would be a pity not to get married.

Time passed minute by minute, and Lu Changming sniffed Lin Weixi's body fragrance involuntarily while finishing the contract.

Lin Weixi also withdrew his gaze, lowered his head and thought slightly, and did not speak immediately.

"Mr. Changming, have you finished reading?" Jiang Dong showed an unnatural smile. It could be seen that he was a little uneasy, afraid that Lu Changming would not accept the contract.

"The copyright of physical books is 500,000 yuan, and the income from adaptation and film and television is deducted from third-party fees. Is that true?" Lu Changming summarized the contract.

"Yes." Jiang Dong replied hurriedly, "The publishing industry is in a downturn now, and physical publishing is basically incurring losses. Everyone is reading books on their mobile phones and will not buy physical books at all. Besides, "The Three-Body Problem" has been serialized electronically, so physical books can't be sold even more. 500,000 is already a high price."

"Continue to say." Lu Changming did not refute.

Jiang Dong paused for a while and continued to analyze: "As for adaptation and film and television, it is even more difficult to say. Comics are still possible, but animation is likely to be unsatisfied. For film and television, due to the theme of "Three-Body Problem", it is difficult for a company to take over. Just a special effect problem can scare away a large group of companies."

Everything Jiang Dong said seems to make sense and cannot be refuted.

But if there are too many tricks in this, let’s talk about the copyright of a physical book. With the popularity of "Three-Body Problem", it may be translated into foreign languages ​​and sold to many countries in the future. All the income will be included in the publishing house at that time, because your physical publishing rights have been sold.

This is what the World Tree considers. They are betting on it. Even if they bet on the wrong side, electronic sales have already earned back the copyright fee. After all, 400,000 yuan a night. What about January? What about a year?

There are even more routines in adaptation and film and television, because it is completely opaque. Who can know how much your third party spends? At that time, you said that the operating expenses cost 100 million yuan, and the end you earn only one yuan, 50 cents a person, and the author is also a dumb person.

"What is the current electronic sales of "Three-Body Problem"?" Lin Weixi suddenly spoke, causing Jiang Dong to froze.

Lu Changming's eyes lit up. It was a long time to see the key points of the World Tree.

"This... it was only launched yesterday, and the statistics are not good at present." Jiang Dong responded, his eyes floating.

Lin Weixi frowned: "I asked the master of the science fiction world last night, and he said that you are so happy that you editors are crazy about eight thousand in one night."

"Ah?" Jiang Dong's face was whispered and took a dry sip of coffee. "I really don't know about this. The operation department has not given the data yet."

He said this, but he was shocked. What is the origin of the girl in front of him?

The master of the Science Fiction World Forum is a big shot. He is at the same level as the editor-in-chief Liu Changqian, and he has no chance to talk to him.

The editor-in-chief Liu Changqian told the altar master, who told Changye Weixi again.

"You can call your editor to ask your editor. You can subscribe to 8,000 yuan in one night, 400,000 yuan. Now it is estimated that the subscription has exceeded 10,000 yuan." Lin Weixi calmly estimated the data, "The popularity of "The Three-Body Problem" is still rising. I have found that even Weibo has topics about "The Three-Body Problem", which means that it has become popular in the science fiction literary circle."

"Three years ago, "Guixu" serialized by World Tree was sold for 5,000 copies in 24 hours, and physical books sold for 200,000 copies. The English version once entered the top ten sales list of the Linson Bookstore. By the way, "Guixu" also won the 15th China Science Fiction Literature Hundred Flowers Award and was nominated for the 2017 Science Fiction Literature Nebula Award. I think "Three-Body Problem" will not be too bad either."

Lin Weixi told the story in a gentle and clear manner, and was organized and reasonable.

Lu Changming sighed in his heart. This a bit cold literary girl is really amazing.

Jiang Dong started sweating. He knew that he had fallen and didn't want to make too much money from "The Three-Body Problem".

"Guixu"'s sales are almost half that of "The Three-Body Problem", and it has achieved so many amazing achievements. You can imagine how brilliant the future of "The Three-Body Problem" is.

World Tree is not a fool, they can also compare, count, and estimate that they have spent all their thoughts on "The Three-Body Problem". They thought they could make a lot of money by fooling Lu Changming, but they didn't expect that a long night would break out halfway.

"Miss Weixi... I'll discuss with the editor first, let's talk about it later." Jiang Dong smiled awkwardly and politely. The forty-year-old man was suppressed by a teenage girl.

"The physical copyright is 2 million or the royalty share, and you will discuss the percentage of the share. The adaptation and film and television copyrights are not sold, but you can cooperate in the future. Everything depends on your company's sincerity." Lin Weixi directly issued an ultimatum.

Jiang Dong smiled awkwardly and reached out to touch the hot sweat on his forehead.
Chapter completed!