The cross-border king of entertainment

Chapter 83 0083, attitude is everything

Currently on Blue Star, the market price for short stories is generally ten to five hundred per thousand words. For famous short story authors, the price can be negotiated, but it is basically around one thousand words per thousand.

Therefore, Zheng Rongkai's five thousand characters is already the price at the top of the pyramid in the industry.

That's what I said, but Yunfeng is special.

"Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" became popular, creating 100 million first subscriptions and 150 million first subscriptions that shocked the entire online literary world, thus making the author ID of "Crossover Heavenly King" a synonym for best-selling.

Zheng Rong heard the words, triggered the passive skill "kicking the ball", and asked: "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Yunfeng was not afraid of the usual conversation tricks such as "playing Tai Chi" and "kicking the ball", so he said straightforwardly: "Twenty-five thousand words for a thousand words."

I gave it a [-]% discount, which is kind enough.

Only Zheng Rong said straightforwardly: "Deal."

Yunfeng: "..."

Why doesn't it feel right, is the price lower?

Calculated at 20 words per thousand, the total price of a 50-word novel is [-] yuan.

It seems that there are really not many...

Can you go back on your word?

Yunfeng took a breath and fell silent for a while.

This price is not low, at least for Zheng Rong, it is the highest price he can bear for the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman".

Why no more haggling?

Zheng Rong did think about it, but in an instant, he made a decision.

Their monthly novel ranks in the middle of the magazines that have serialized novels, and their competitiveness is definitely not as good as the big upstream magazines. They are worried that they will miss "Maoyan" and "Bartman" if they hesitate.

So, he struck while the iron was hot: "I don't know if you have time today, let's make an appointment to sign the contract, what do you think?"

"Eh..." Yunfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Today, I just want to go home today, and I'm ready to leave for the high-speed rail station."

Zheng Rong hurriedly said: "Then what is your mailbox number, I will send you the electronic contract."

Oh right, forgot about this.

Yunfeng smiled wryly.

But after thinking about it, in fact, twenty-five thousand characters is almost the same.

Generally speaking, most novels are serialized in magazines for the purpose of publicity for subsequent book publications.

That is to say, before the novel is serialized in the magazine, the author signed a publishing contract with the magazine long ago. The ultimate goal is to publish and operate the copyright, rather than simply allowing the novel to be serialized in the magazine.

Of course, for some small-scale magazines with limited funds, they only do magazines, and they don’t have the ability to publish books. Then they will buy the one-time publishing right of the novel by paying the manuscript fee, instead of monopolizing the copyright.

Fiction Monthly is such a magazine.

Originally, he had the ability to publish books, but last year, Zheng Rong had a conflict with another partner, which eventually led to parting ways and a breakdown in the capital chain. Therefore, for the time being, there is not so much money to buy the book copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman" , only one reproduction right can be purchased first.

After a brief consideration, Yunfeng said: "Okay, my email is[email protected]. "

"Okay, I'll send the electronic contract right now." Zheng Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, few magazines choose to re-serialize novels that have been completed in their own magazines, especially best-selling novels, because there will be many fewer readers.

What Zheng Rong did was a gamble.

If the bet is won, the Novel Monthly will become bigger and stronger, and create another glories.

After losing the bet, the Novel Monthly declared bankruptcy and closed down.

That's right, Zheng Rong is gambling with all his wealth, either to move bricks, or to make a fortune.

But no matter how you look at it, this gamble has a big chance of winning.

Zheng Rong put down his phone and looked outside at the deserted office area.

Breaking up with a partner will not only lose money, but also more than half of the employees.

Seeing them being taken to a competitor's magazine by their partners made me angry and uncomfortable.

"Amin, I want to fight. I'm not trying to prove that I'm better than you. I just want to tell you that if you want to develop better, the only way to go is 'merger'."

Zheng Rong's tightly clenched fist slowly loosened, and unconsciously, a confident smile appeared on his face.

He saw that in the near future, the office area would no longer be so deserted.

On the other side, Yunfeng is looking at the contract sent by Zheng Rong.

The main thing is to confirm whether there are any hidden pits, which will cause copyright disputes, which will be troublesome.

"Authorization to use the right to reproduce..."

The right of reproduction refers to the reproduction of the same form as the original work by printing, photographing, duplicating, photocopying, recording, video recording or other acts, such as copying, printing and photographing documents by hand, copying paintings and sculptures, Audio tapes, video tapes to be reproduced recording and so on.

Yunfeng read it several times and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it. After signing it, he sent it over.

Just finished here, another call came in.

"Hey, are you the cross-border king of Panda Chinese? I'm Lei Chaofan, the owner of Chaofan Magazine. We have taken a fancy to your books "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman". We want to buy their book copyrights. You can come here Shall we talk to the company?"

Yunfeng frowned slightly, and the other party's tone seemed to be conveying orders, which made people very uncomfortable.

His attitude changed accordingly, and he said coldly, "Let's talk on the phone."

Lei Chaofan still said in the same tone as before: "The book copyrights of the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman" are packaged, and the price is 200 million."

Just kidding.

Just now, Yunfeng listened to Zheng Rong explaining the advantages and disadvantages of e-books and paper books in the market, so he went online to check it. He didn’t know if he didn’t check it. He was shocked when he checked it. The sales volume of paper books on Blue Star is very good. ,beyond imagination.

For example, "The Magical World" written by JK, the author of Haidiao Literature Network, although it has been finished for several years, the sales of "Magic World" paper books still exceeded one million last year.

Based on the current popularity of "Maoyan" and "Dartman", the copyright of any book is more than 200 million.

With this tone and attitude, I still want to buy the copyright of two books for 200 million. It's a dream.

Yunfeng chuckled and said, "Boss Lei, right? If you want to talk, you should show some sincerity, right?"

Lei Chaofan said word by word: "You are writing online articles, and you may not know much about book publishing. There are several processes for a book from typesetting and printing to bookstore shelves. The cost is high, the profit is low, and the risk is high. There is a great possibility. It will cost nothing, I don’t think any magazine other than our Extraordinary Magazine can offer such a price.”

Yunfeng said calmly: "In order to prevent your Chaofan magazine from losing their money, I decided not to sell the book copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman" to you. If there is no sale, there will be no loss. ,Right."

After speaking, he hung up directly.

"It's like I'm begging to sell it to you."

But if Lei Chaofan had a better attitude, it wouldn't be like this.

Yunfeng feels that on Blue Star, books are very useful.

So I don't plan to sell the book copyright of any novel, either by myself or in a cooperative way.

However, Lei Chaofan, who was hung up on the phone, was stunned for a moment, and then snorted coldly: "Young man, you have no manners at all."

Then, someone knocked on the door and came in. It was Yang Ming, the editor-in-chief of Chaofan Magazine.

"Boss, have you talked to the crossover king?"

"We talked about it." Lei Chaofan shrugged and said, "But it's not settled, 200 million is still too little. I don't think he has seen the money."

"This..." Yang Ming knew it would be like this, and said with a bitter face: "Boss, 200 million is the lowest price."

"Yes." Lei Chaofan nodded and said, "I know."

Yang Ming: "..."

Seeing his frown, Lei Chaofan immediately said: "If it's not settled, it's not settled. Isn't it just two short stories? Our magazine hasn't published novels for several years."

"No..." Yang Ming sighed and said, "As long as it is negotiated within 1000 million, it will be sure to make money."

Lei Chaofan raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you kidding, you can still earn 1000 million yuan?"

"I don't dare to make fun of things at work." Yang Ming explained: "Originally, the cross-border kings have their own traffic, but when "Cat's Eye" and "Bartman" were serialized on Weibo, they basically didn't make it to the trending list. Moreover, the online dramas "Cat's Eye" and "The Dartman" will start broadcasting in the next year, and there will be another wave of popularity at that time."

Lei Chaofan regretted not knowing more about the situation at that time, and said, "Should I call again?"

Yang Ming understood Lei Chaofan's tone and attitude when he was talking about things, and he had some prejudice against online articles, so he hurriedly said, "Boss, let me call."

However, Yunfeng has already turned his mobile phone to silent, ready to go to the high-speed rail station.

(End of this chapter)