"Class Luo Zi, you made Uncle Sun so hard."

"Ah, Uncle Sun, when did I lie to you?"

"Didn't you tell me that Fanchen is your classmate?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Class Luo Zi, this is your fault. Uncle always thinks that you are virtuous and good at learning, so why do you like to deceive people? This is not good. Please make sure that this Fan Chen is really your classmate, not a university professor you know?"

"University professor, Uncle Sun, what are you talking about? I was confused by you. Fanchen is indeed my classmate."

"You'll make sure?"

"Uncle, don't be sure, I swear, swear, Fanchen is a classmate in the same grade as me."

"Okay, when Uncle just asked you nothing."

"Well……"

...

Talk in the middle of the night.

"Editor-in-chief, Fanchen's Stories from a Chinese Studio has already serialized more than a dozen articles. I just chatted with Fanchen. He is going to write a few more articles to combine them into a volume and promote them to the publishing market."

After communicating with Huang Yifan, editor Dong Xiaoyu proposed Huang Yifan's idea of ​​publishing in a company's regular meeting.

“Publish, this is good.”

Without thinking, Zhou Qing, the editor-in-chief of the Middle Night Chat, smiled and nodded, "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio can be said to be the most successful work we have introduced this year in the middle of the night, and it can even be said to be the most successful work of the supernatural type in recent years. This is a very interesting work and very innovative. I believe that as long as we combine the book and make a book, it will definitely be sold out."

"Yes, editor-in-chief, I think so too. Moreover, I also considered that we had a cooperative publishing house in the middle of the night. As long as we sign the copyright of Liaozhai, I believe that in the publishing industry, we Liaozhai can also become famous."

"Um."

Zhou Qing nodded, "It's okay to publish Liaozhai. Just tell Fanchen, the author of Liaozhai, that we will definitely mobilize all the power of the city to completely package his Liaozhai."

However, before the words were finished, Lin Hao, the editor on the side, spoke.

"Editor-in-chief, we can't be so anxious. It seems that we haven't told the publication treatment to that Fanchen yet."

"This is, Xiaoyu, is there any request from Fanchen?"

"He didn't mention it for the time being, and I don't know."

"Okay, we will sign a publishing contract with Fanchen on a commission of 9% of the royalty."

Generally, when new authors publish books, the royalties are mostly 6 points or 7 points, which is 6% or 7% of the price of publishing novels.

Of course, this royalty is very low, but it is the case all over the world.

It takes a lot of money and energy to publish a novel from printing to sales.

Take a novel that costs 20 yuan, and the first print of 5,000 copies is as follows. It seems that 5,000 novels can be sold for 100,000 yuan. But in fact, there is absolutely not so much. After the publisher printed 5,000 copies, he did not sell it to a bookstore or library for 20 yuan, but instead used a discount to wholesale. Reference books and other products may be less discounted, but most works such as novels can be paid 50,000 yuan. Some powerful bookstores can get 40% off at an ultra-low price of 40% or even lower than 40% off.

In terms of conversion, the income of 5,000 novels is not 100,000 yuan, but about 50,000 yuan.

This is just the total income. Excluding transportation costs, water and electricity costs, labor costs, printing costs, etc., it is already amazing to make 20,000 yuan of income of 50,000 yuan. Not to mention, 6% or 7% of the royalties have to be taken out in this 50,000 yuan.

Note that this royalty is not calculated based on the discounted novel price, but is based on the price of the sales book. Then, there will be a deduction of 6,000 to 7,000 yuan in royalties.

Some of them are deducted here, and some of them are calculated, and a total of 0,000 novels can only earn more than 10,000 yuan at most.

Therefore, the royalties for new authors are 6% and 7%. Although it is very low, they are business rules. No matter how high it is, the merchants will not make much profit and will naturally not choose to publish. Of course, not all authors have a commission of 6% or 7%. For some well-known authors, the royalties can be increased to 8%-9%. Although this pays more royalties for publishers, because most well-known authors have guaranteed sales of novels, it is also possible to give up more royalties.

During the first publication, Zhou Qing gave a 9% royalty, and he regarded Fan Chen as a well-known author.

Although, for many people, Fanchen is still a newcomer, especially in the publishing world, Fanchen is even more new and cannot be new.

However, Lin Hao disagreed with Zhou Qing's 9% royalty, "Editor-in-Chief, is this royalty too high?"

"Lin Hao, what do you mean? Do you think we should give Fanchen a commission of 6% or 7% royalties? You should know that although Fanchen is a new author, his Liao Zhai has been verified in our magazine. Even if the publishing and the magazine users are different, it can be proved that Liao Zhai may make a big splash."

"Xiaoyu said it well. I also think that it is possible for Liaozhai to sell well. Although the 9% royalty is more than the new author, we are not unacceptable."

Since the last time he drove March out of the middle of the night, Zhou Qing has not given Lin Hao a good face. However, after all, Lin Hao has a very small relationship with the head office. He will not cause trouble for Lin Hao until Lin Hao is not particularly wrong. Unexpectedly, just a few days after, Lin Hao came to cause trouble again. In his heart, Zhou Qing was about to find some time to talk to the company's upper-level company and suggested that Lin Hao be opened.

"Editor-in-chief, you misunderstood me."

Seeing the editor-in-chief's sign of anger, Lin Hao hurriedly said, "It is precisely because the Liaozhai school may make a big sale that we cannot give such high royalties for our benefit."

"Lin Hao, your vision is too narrow. If you sell well in Liaozhai, Fanchen will get more, and we will make more. This is a win-win situation."

"No, Xiaoyu, you don't understand. The win-win method is not just this method, we can also have a more winning method. For example, we do not sign a publishing cooperation with Fanchen through royalties, and we completely buy out the Liaozhai School in the form of a total number of words."

As soon as this idea came out, even Zhou Qing felt his eyes lit up.

Seeing that Zhou Qing did not deny it, Lin Hao knew there was a chance and continued to say, "Now the price of Liaozhai in our publishing house is 3,000 thousand words. At present, he has written a total of 15 works, each work is about 1,000 words, which is 4,000 yuan per work. The total income of 15 works is 66,000 yuan, which is much less, but not much more. Since we all think that talking about it in the middle of the night can sell well, then we don't just buy out the copyright of Liaozhai at the price of 200,000 yuan."

After Lin Hao said this, the editors made a draft in their minds.

Although 200,000 yuan is more than 200,000 yuan, editors have also seen the charm of Stories from a Chinese Studio in recent times.

As long as the Liao Zhai Zhai is successfully published, I believe the sales volume will not be less than 100,000 copies.

"Editor-in-chief, as long as Liaozhai can sell 100,000 copies, the subsequent profit will completely belong to us. And if we continue to cooperate with Fanchen at a 9% royalty, then what if Liaozhai suddenly sells 200,000 copies, 300,000 copies, or even 400,000 copies? Then, the royalty we will pay will not only be 200,000, but 400,000, 600,000, or even 1 million."

"Editor-in-chief, never."

Seeing Lin Hao report this number, Dong Xiaoyu immediately looked at the editor-in-chief, "Editor-in-chief, although we can make more money by buying out 200,000 yuan, this kind of cooperation is unfair to the world, and he will definitely think that we are cheating."

"Haha, Xiaoyu, you have thought too much. You have to know that Fanchen is just a newcomer, and 200,000 is already a lot. Not to mention him, even if I suddenly get a royalty of 200,000 yuan, I won't want any share."

"But in the future, in the future, mortal world will also feel that we are deceiving."

"This is better. If there is no big sale in the future, we can say, look at how much we care about you, and we will give you 200,000 yuan at a loss. Once our big sale in the Liao Zhai, we can change the statement, just say that Liao Zhai was achieved through our packaging, publicity and various promotions. At that time, we also took great risks."

"No, Lin Hao, we can't do this. If we do this, our magazine will be ruined."

"Tsk, Xiaoyu, it seems that the success or failure of the magazine depends on you, editor-in-chief, what do you think?"

Speaking of this, Lin Hao glanced at the editor-in-chief Zhou Qing again.

At this time, Zhou Qing took a sip of tea and said nothing.

This attitude made Lin Hao happy and thought to himself that the magazine in the middle of the night had been half dead, and was in the midst of losses and small profits, and he could not make much money in a year. There was a voice from the headquarters saying that he would close the midnight talk. Although the Liao Zhai Zhai is emerging now, literature is too unpredictable. Today, it may be popular because of the Liao Zhai Zhai Zhai, but tomorrow, what should I do after the Liao Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai Zhai

He didn't believe that the author named Fanchen could have written so many works from a Chinese Studio.

Now that he can write more than a dozen series of Stories from a Chinese Studio, he is considered a genius. After this period of time, with Lin Hao's experience, most of these authors have finished their talents and can no longer write their famous works that were once famous. Just like March, March is still the same March, and the supernatural master is still the supernatural master, but can he still write the supernatural masterpieces that he was praised back then?

Based on his years of intuition, Lin Hao believes that editor-in-chief Zhou Qing will definitely be moved by his proposal.

Because, for the midnight talk, Lin Hao knew that they were not literary people, they were doing business.
Chapter completed!