Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 127 The Eye of Wisdom

Liu Qianxue thought about it and it was not difficult, and there was one that Wang Er didn't know. Earlier, Liu Qianxue was following him and was very familiar with his works. After listening to Wang Wen's message, he conducted a careful investigation and was already in the state when he came.

She called Li Changhua first. When Li Changhua heard that Wang Er had hired an agent, he knew that something was wrong. There was no way, so he had to discuss it. It was better than he expected. The new contract was a step-by-step royalty share.

The first year of the new book is not a certain year, but calculated from its publication. For example, on August 1, 2006, and on August 1, 2007, it is only one year. If the circulation is less than two million copies, the royalty is 13%, for every increase of one million copies, the royalty of half a point is added, and the circulation reaches six million copies has increased to 15%, and it cannot be increased any further.

This article is acceptable to the publishing house. Don’t think that two million copies are a small number. How many novels in China can reach this number in annual distribution?

If it were Cheng Tianpeng, it would be more than two million copies. What, you only give me 13.5%? At least 14%, or even 14.5%. Moreover, the royalties are determined based on sales. Such terms are relatively less risky for publishers.

Wang Er talked about the two families of Quan Gu, but Liu Qianxue had no choice but to maximize the balance while taking into account Wang Er's interests.

Then the following year, the following year was calculated from one million volumes, but Liu Xingxue came up with a real step-by-step division. Below one million volumes, 13% royalty, one million volumes to two million volumes are calculated at 13.5%, two million volumes to three million volumes are calculated at 14%, and so on until 15%.

In fact, the sales volume of a book will mainly decline in the first year, and the sales volume will drop rapidly in the second year.

The reason for this clause is that Liu Qianxue considers that if there is a huge impact in Jianguo, some film and television companies will adapt them into animated TV series or animated movies, which will re-drive sales.

The adapted version contract also changed, starting from 7%. If the sales volume reaches 500,000 copies, it will rise to 8%. If the sales volume reaches 1 million copies, it will rise to 9%, and the 9% will be capped.

The pinyin version that has not changed a word or has little changes will start from 11%, and the top 13%.

Others, including "painting tax", have not changed.

The publisher is planning a new contract.

Liu Qianxue called Wang Jimin again.

She said five things first on the phone.

Why does a magazine press the manuscript? Don’t talk about royalties. With its sales volume, if you dare to give a low royalty, you will be sure to let the publisher double the manuscript if you give it. The reason is simple. Press the manuscript. When the entity comes out, it has been serialized and its greatest value has been squeezed out by the magazine.

Or I gave a bonus, six periods, more than 30 million copies of the circulation, and the advertising revenue alone reached 40 million. Is the fifth brother begging for food?

It is the limelight that is suppressing the news of Liulin, two little bears, Charlotte's website, Wang Xiaoming and the Chocolate Factory, and five novels. How selfish do you have to be? Or you have to pay a royalty fee, including a manuscript, and a manuscript fee of more than 100,000 yuan?

Wang Jimin was also stunned by the question and said that the magazine itself had limited profits, so the royalties were not too high, which was the highest royalties.

Liu Qianxue asked again: "Did you give me the royalties?"

"I gave it, I gave it all, I gave it in advance."

"Not necessarily. What I saw was that not only did you not give it to you, but the fifth brother was posting money to run a magazine for you."

Wang Jimin suddenly realized that according to Liu Qianxue's algorithm, that's not.

In fact, the publishing house had seen it a long time ago. Li Changhua once said, "The people in the magazine are so arrogant. It was a bit good to say it before, but it was agreed that the Adventures of the Bragging King and the few novels published later were a bit too much."

When Wang Jimin came a few days ago, when he asked Wang Er for the manuscript of the legendary Narnia from him, Wang Er gave him three choices. One was to give him more than a dozen series of novels such as the legendary Narnia and the Dream Giant. He would not give him any manuscripts, and he would write them and publish them directly.

The second is to give the Dream Giant series, and the Legend of Narnia is directly published.

Third, we gave both series, so that the magazine let the manuscripts out and published them quickly with this popularity.

Wang Jimin hesitated for a long time and chose the second one "rationally" as he chose.

Of course, Wang Jimin is not a fool either. When he heard that Wang Er had hired an agent, he immediately knew that it was even worse.

Liu Qianxue continued: "You said you should promote for the fifth brother, is it for the fifth brother, or for you to promote for yourself? In this way, why never appeared in magazines?"

There are three reasons why Cheng Tianpeng did not appear in the magazine. One is that he was not optimistic about the magazine's remuneration. The second is that the serialization of the magazine is indeed not good at balancing the publication of the entity, and he is too lazy to bother with it. Third, he cannot guarantee that every work will be popular. If a work is not responded well in the magazine, it will affect the sales of the entity.

The same is true for Wang Er now. The publicity effect of the magazine is getting weaker and weaker. The balance of trouble will also affect the sales of the entity. The magazine's manuscript fee is optional. If you consider the commission, it is better to get out earlier than to be snobbish.

But Wang Er said, "Liu Xingxue can understand the interests of both parties. In the future, this employer has good moral character. In addition, he came hand in hand in hand in the early days, so he had to continue to take into account. But she still said a harsh sentence: "The dragon slayer is very brave. After slaughtering the evil dragon, he can turn into a giant dragon, but it must be a good dragon that calls for the wind and rain to benefit the world, rather than replace the evil dragon and becomes an evil dragon. You have already had the tendency to be an evil dragon."

Also, who said that after the adaptation of Cheng Tianpeng comics, the royalties obtained by the fifth brother are less than 5%. You are treating you with sincerity. You are just coaxing the fifth brother like this?

Wang Jimin smiled bitterly after hearing this.

In fact, the magazine still has another chance. When I came with William Lee last time, if I had a meeting in advance, I would reflect on myself.

After meeting, take the initiative to reduce the commission by half a point.

Then think about it again and choose the third plan of Wang Ping'an, which is another way to discuss today.

There is no way, we have to talk about it.

If you don’t talk about it, you can hold on to the original contract. Anyway, I will no longer contribute. Even if many famous writers start submitting, whether Wang Er contributes, "The King of Fairy Tales" has two characteristics.

Liu Qianxue put forward several conditions before negotiations began. The book contract that had been negotiated before remained unchanged, and we continued to get you a commission.

But the later books have nothing to do with the magazine. Not only that, the author tries to balance the publishing house and the magazine. If the magazine intends to suppress the article, the author has the right to decide the publication time, even if the magazine is not published in one issue.

The right to adapt the comics is the same. The previous negotiations will not change, and the subsequent comics have no relationship with the magazine.

Without you, publishers and comic studios would not dare to paint them badly, aren’t they afraid of affecting their income?

After saying that, he said, "This is what the fifth brother needs to take into account, otherwise it would not be these conditions! The Chengdu draws from various novels in the past have to be taken back because you are greedy and unkind first."

Wang Jimin had no choice but to say: "We will give you an answer right away."

"Fifth Brother, is this OK?"

Wang Er nodded with satisfaction.

It is easy to fight for profit, but it is more difficult to take power.

The two began signing agent contracts.

"Sister Liu, I don't mention the surrounding areas. The population of the country is not as large as that of China, but I can't stand the number of English-speaking countries. More than 20 countries regard English as their first language, and most of them are developed countries. Books are expensive and their income will be higher next year. Please ask two assistants to be better, don't be reluctant to leave."

Liu Qianxue understands it, and looking at the deposit, it can be seen how much attention Greenhouse Bookstore has to pay attention to it.

And she just looked at the English version written by Wang Er, which scared her.

"The other is Weibo."

Since it is a small team, I have also handed over the Weibo account to Liu Qianxue. The requirements are simple. I can reprint the very good positive energy news. I occasionally interact with some book friends and promote it after the new book comes out. If I encounter special circumstances, such as the fan sister Song Fei, call Wang Er to tell Wang Er that Wang Er will handle it himself.

Then there are two books, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" and "Prince Caspian", which were handed over to the publisher for publication, but now Liu Qianxue is discussing the specific contract.

Liu Qianxue put the U disk and the draft into her bag and asked: "Fifth Brother, why donate so much?"

"It was my original vow, Sister Liu, don't ask."

"Okay," your family has a good relationship with Wang Wen's family."

“It’s been good.”

"Why……"

"At a very early time, the magazine and publishing house asked me if I wanted to develop related peripherals, including various toys. I carefully analyzed the novels I wrote, and they should have a brighter future. At that time, if there was no price, it might be that bad toy dealers would destroy these peripherals, so I didn't agree. I don't have to hurry now, it will take a while."

Liu Qianxue understands it.

Moreover, Greenhouse Bookstore has paid 10 million yuan in coins, so it is not afraid that they will not be careful.

"I also thought of Uncle Wang Wenming. He was also unqualified because he was just a qualified organizer and producer. There was no problem with OEM. Uncle Wang lacked imagination. This is fatal. Our relationship between us, Uncle Wang will definitely not harm me. Because of his lack of ability, he will not only harm me, but also harm him. After large-scale development, he can be manufactured, and the development cannot be handed over to him. Let's talk about it later."

Liu Qianxue thought about it and suddenly laughed. Not only did Wang Er evaluate Wang Wenming like this, but sometimes she also joked about Wang Wen's father, saying that your father doesn't look like a boss, but rather like a workshop director.

Two new contracts came one after another. Liu Qianxue took them outside the community to print them. When she came back, she signed them. Wang Laoshi and his wife signed them. Tomorrow she took the contract to the publishing house first. She couldn't help but sign and stamp them on the spot. Then she talked about the two Narnia, Liulin Fengshen, two Little Bears, Charlotte's Network, Wang Xiaoming and Chocolate Factory publishing contracts.

The day after tomorrow, I will go to the magazine to sign a new contract, and then use the publishing contract to force the magazine to free up more pages to ensure that before September 1st, Wang Xiaoming, the Chocolate Factory and Charlotte's online physical publication will be possible, but according to the new contract, you will drag yours and we will publish ours.

The remaining three novels must be published before the 11th, because they are the most popular during this period. Even if the news of the best-selling abroad is transmitted back, they are not as good as published during this period. Unless a Hollywood film company is interested in it and invests hundreds of millions of dollars in hard-core shooting of big movies, the popularity can remain the same.

The two walked out.

Wang Wen asked: "How much is the commission?"

“Three points.”

"I'll sell this?"

"What is this point? Wang Wen, you really don't understand. By the way, your family has a really good relationship with him?"

"No, can he say it in that interview?"

"Then why don't you know at all?"

"I am an adult, he is a child, who will pay serious attention?" Wang Wen said a little embarrassedly.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next