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Chapter 185 The sale of copyright for "Strange World"
"We have almost finalized the physical publishing rights for "Weird World"."

Bai Yang looked at the message sent by editor Lan Zhou and raised his eyebrows.

Then reply: "How?"

Editor Lan Zhou: "They are very optimistic about the prospects here, so the price they offered is not bad. After our discussion, we think the offer is reasonable at this stage. Of course, we will also consider your personal opinion on whether to sell in the end."

Bai Yang: "Let's talk about it in detail."

Editor Lan Zhou: "There are two cooperation models. One is a buyout, where the publisher directly buys out your physical publishing rights for 8 yuan. The other is a profit-sharing model, with a ratio of about %."

Bai Yang: "Isn't 950,000 too low?"

Editor Lan Zhou: "It's not low. Generally speaking, the buyout price will not exceed 200,000. It's only because your book is really well received that the other party can offer this price."

"After all, your book is published online, and readers don't just have to buy physical books to read it. Moreover, to recoup your costs, your book needs to sell at least 100,000 copies, which is already the standard for a bestseller."

Bai Yang felt helpless. This was indeed the truth, but the opponent's room for maneuver was definitely far more than that.

But in fact, when publishing on an online platform, you don’t have much choice in terms of copyright.

At least as a newcomer, even a newcomer with good grades, there is no such thing.

So he replied, "Let's try to talk about the profit sharing. I don't need the money for the buyout at the moment."

After deducting the platform share and taxes, the copyright buyout fee of 950,000 yuan will only leave you with more than 300,000 yuan, which is less than three months' royalties.

Editor Lan Zhou: "I guess you would make the same choice."

"I will pass your opinion on to the head of the sales department."

Bai Yang thought for a moment and asked, "Besides the physical publishing copyright, are there any plans for other copyrights?"

Now, the word count of "Weird World" has reached more than one million, and the plot is quite stable. The monthly ticket list performance basically hovers around tenth place. It is not completely popular, but it is already the undisputed leader in this category.

For now, unless there is an opportunity for this book to become a big hit, the traffic of this book will not change much, and the value of its copyright will not appreciate much.

Of course, if he sells the copyright a few years later, he will surely be able to get more. After all, the transaction price of online literature copyrights has not yet reached its peak. However, Bai Yang does not think that he needs to miss a few years of development time for the sake of a maximum appreciation space of two or three times.

"We are negotiating the copyright for the comics, but don't expect too much royalties. Copyrights in this field have always been very cheap."

Editor Lan Zhou responded quickly: "Several companies have approached us about game copyrights, but they were just trying to get something for nothing, without much sincerity. The market for online novel-adapted games is very hot recently, and the company has high expectations for this area, so we are quite cautious."

"As for the film and television copyright, you know the style of your book. Don't expect too much. Even if someone buys it, it's just to fill the inventory. No one will spend a lot of money to buy an IP that can't pass the review."

"There are also small branches such as audiobook copyright and radio drama copyright. The profit is too small. The company's suggestion is to only authorize, not sell."

understood.

Bai Yang curled the corner of his mouth.

Anyway, the game copyright is the big deal, and there is nothing to look forward to about other copyrights.

Bai Yang did not feel disappointed. He wrote this book just to make his first pot of gold. He had never thought of developing into a writer and making writing the core of his career.

Otherwise, you can go the more difficult route of physical publishing, where you can hold all the copyrights in your own hands.

Bai Yang is not in a hurry as he probably won't be able to get a large amount of copyright fees in the short term. He is still in the second year of high school, and even if he gets the copyright fees, he doesn't have much room for maneuver.

Just as I was about to put down my phone, the editor sent another message.

"Oh, there's one more thing." "The Xiangnan Provincial Online Writers Association has sent you an invitation to join. Are you interested in joining?"

Bai Yang: "Online Writers Association?"

Editor Lan Zhou: "It's also an official association. If you want to join the provincial writers' association, it will be much faster to get recommended by the provincial Internet Association."

"Of course, you can also wait until the physical book is published. If the results are good, you may be directly invited by the provincial writers' association."

“My personal suggestion is that if you are interested in the Writers Association, you can first go through the channels of the Provincial Internet Association. With the performance of your book, you can directly start the process of entering the Provincial Writers Association.”

"After further study at the Lu Xun Academy of Literature, it was a foregone conclusion that I would be recommended to the China Writers Association."

Don't underestimate the value of an online novel with an average subscription of tens of thousands and an estimated revenue of millions. There are only a few such books every year. If it weren't for the fact that it is essentially an online novel, it might not even need to go through these procedures and could directly enter the China Writers Association.

Bai Yang: "That's a good feeling."

Although I don't plan to go down this path, why not have an officially certified identity?
Just imagine that if Bai Dejun wanted to show off now, he would have to explain to others for a long time, and even have to argue that not all online novels are meaningless words. But with the membership of the Writers Association, he only needs to take a photo of his ID in front of others, and it would be convincing enough for him to claim that there is a writer in his family.

Although it seems a bit low-class to use the writer's license in this way, it is expected to be quite cool.

When you are alive, how can you miss the opportunity to show off?
Editor Lan Zhou: "Then I'll pass your contact information over there."

The process of joining the Provincial Tennis Association was not complicated. They just sent a form. After Bai Yang filled it out, he joined the association. He also paid a membership fee of several hundred yuan and was added to the association's chat group.

After flipping through the chat history, Bai Yang suddenly lost interest in chatting in it.

It seems that the people who spam messages are generally older. They basically post short essays or poems they wrote themselves, followed by emoticons like "flowers", "thumbs-up", and "fist-bumping".

I did see a few familiar IDs in the group list, but they were mostly lurking.

Zhong Xilu came over to take a look and muttered, "What kind of group is this? Why is the style similar to that of a family group?"

"Student Xiaobai, you don't care about your own reader group at all, but you have time to check other groups, right?"

"Who said I didn't take care of it?" Bai Yang said confidently, "Didn't I just delegate it to my dear deskmate?"

Zhong Xilu rolled her eyes and said, "Call me the sponsor!"

She changed the subject: "In two days it will be Arbor Day. My teacher has discussed with me that the school plans to organize a tree planting activity for the first and second year students of high school to go to Baotou Mountain to plant trees."

"Everyone is going? There's no way Leopard Head Mountain can be that big." Bai Yang curled his lips.

"Of course not everyone." Zhong Xilu said: "Each class must send four students as tree planting representatives, while the others watch cultural education films in the classroom."

"I'd like to sign up to watch the movie!" Bai Yang raised his hand.

"No." Zhong Xilu refused without hesitation: "You have to go plant trees."

"Why?" Bai Yang widened his eyes.

Zhong Xilu said confidently: "Because I have to go as the squad leader, so you have to accompany me!"

"Besides, your name is Bai Yang, isn't planting trees your specialty?"

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