I really don't want to eat with my face

Chapter 19 First Printing of 30 Copies

Jiang Dong never expected to meet Chang Ye Weixi, and was rendered speechless by some arguments.

It is impossible to fool Lu Changming, at least with my own ability, I have to ask the editor-in-chief to find a better way to fool Lu Changming.

"Miss Weixi makes a lot of sense. I will ask the editor-in-chief for instructions, so I will leave first. We will talk about it in detail when the editor-in-chief has instructions." Jiang Dong stood up, shook hands with Lin Weixi, and then shook hands with Lu Changming grasp.

"Mr. Changming, I will try my best to fight for your best interests, please be patient." Jiang Dong said and left.

Lu Changming put his hand in to watch him go away, and he could see that Jiang Dong was in a bit of a panic.

"Student Lin, you are very good." Lu Changming praised.

"The copyright tax of 50 is really too little, I just can't see it." Lin Weixi was very indifferent, "But they probably won't pay the 200 million I want, and they should take the route of royalties."

200 million is too much, and it is impossible for any publishing house to bet 200 million on a book.

Royalty sharing has become the best choice, because there will be no loss, and the author will be given a proportional share of the book sales.

"With the royalties, we might be able to earn more."

"Look at the hard power of "Three-Body Problem"."

The two chatted, left the coffee shop, and then parted ways, agreeing to meet again at the next negotiation.

Lu Changming went to buy some ingredients and went home whistling.

Lin Weixi took a taxi back to Tianyue Bay Villa, and found a Land Rover off-road vehicle parked in his yard.

It was the car of Lin Yimou's company. Apparently someone from the company came, probably talking to Dad about something.

Lin Weixi stepped lightly, took off her little white shoes before entering the door, and stuffed her pink and tender feet into her rabbit ear slippers.

Afterwards she went into the bedroom and stayed, not wanting to meet strangers.

Just after entering the bedroom and closing the door, Lin Yimou came down, took a few white-collar people with him, and sent them off after a farewell.

Lin Weixi opened the door and came out after hearing the Land Rover going away.

"Weixi, socializing is very important." Lin Yimou looked over, a little helpless.

My daughter is too bored. She is either practicing instrumental music or reading and writing every day. She doesn't want to communicate with strangers at all, so she has a best friend who talks occasionally.

But it's not that she has autism, she just hates socializing.

"I know, it will change." Lin Weixi habitually perfunctory.

Lin Yimou shook his head, then asked suddenly, "Did you go out just now? I always thought you were in the study."

"Ah."

"What are you going out for? Hang out with that girlfriend from last time?" Lin Yimou was overjoyed, he wished his daughter would go out and play more.

"Looking for her brother." Lin Weixi replied truthfully, and didn't think there was anything wrong.

Lin Yimou choked, his old face twitching.

Daughter looking for Lu Changming?Looking for a man?
This is not a good sign.

The young man has earned himself 200 million, and he still wants to earn a daughter?

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Dongyang Hotel, Jiang Dong returned to his room, wiped off the hot sweat from his brow, and quickly called the editor-in-chief Liu Changqian.

As soon as the call was connected, Liu Changqian asked eagerly, "Jiang Dong? Is the deal settled?"

Liu Changqian has always been anxious, he knows that "Three-Body Problem" has a promising future, if he buys the copyright for 50 yuan, he will make a lot of money!
"No, that Changye Weixi from the sci-fi world was present. She is articulate. Take the results of "Return to the Ruins" as an example..." Jiang Dong said everything, and the first negotiation was a waste of time.

After hearing this, Liu Changqian fell into deep thought. After all, he is a big shot, and after he was anxious, he began to think about countermeasures.

"Two million is fantastic. There is no physical copyright for a book that can sell two million in this market." After a while, Liu Changqian said in a deep voice, "Let's take the route of royalties. You tell Chang Ming that the first printing is 200." 200% of the royalties, 30 yuan for a single volume, 10 yuan for one copy, and the royalties will be paid according to this amount.”

The first print run is the number that the publisher estimates can be sold, which is a very critical number.

If you can’t sell that much, the publishing house will suffer a loss. If it exceeds, it will pay the author royalties according to the actual sales amount.

This is the royalty system in the publishing industry, which is more flexible than the buyout system, and authors will not suffer.

Liu Changqian said that, in fact, he doesn't plan to play too many routines anymore, everything depends on the hard power of "Three-Body Problem".

Jiang Dong used his mobile phone to calculate and responded: "If this is the case, we need to pay Lu Changming 117 million, which is nearly half compared to 200 million."

"Well, 30 copies is already an optimistic estimate. Three years ago, the publishing industry was still booming, and "Return to the Market" only sold 20 copies for the whole year. Can "Three-Body" sell 30 copies within a year? Unknown, 117 million is a sky-high price." Liu Changqian felt a little distressed, but he had to take a gamble.

"Let me calculate how many copies will be sold for 200 million royalties." Jiang Dong poked the computer, "51.282 copies, if the sales volume of "Three-Body" exceeds this amount, we will have to pay more than 200 million royalties. "

The royalty system is like this, no matter how much your first print is, the royalties paid have to be calculated according to the actual sales.

In other words, as long as the sales volume of "Three-Body Problem" exceeds 51.282 copies, Lu Changming's royalties will exceed 200 million RMB.

"Oh, do you think it's possible?" Liu Changqian smiled lightly, "What is the concept of more than 50 copies? Is "Three-Body" going to heaven?"

"That's right, let's share the royalties based on the first print run of 30 copies, and let's save half of the money."

"Ah."

The two basically finalized the contract, and then talked about the adaptation and film and television copyrights, but it ended without a problem. After all, Lu Changming was bitten to death, so they could only continue to cooperate, and they were determined not to sell these two copyrights.

Wenbi District, an old rental house.

Lu Changming returned home with the ingredients, and when he opened the door, he saw his autistic sister sitting on the sofa.

Su Xiaozhou was quite autistic. She stared at the glass of water on the coffee table, not knowing what she was thinking, her face wrinkled.

"Zhouzhou, are you up?" Lu Changming greeted, planning to cook a meal.

Su Xiaozhou clasped his hands, turned his head away, and ignored Lu Changming, but peeked at Lu Changming out of the corner of his eye.

"What are you doing?" Lu Changming was amused, and rubbed Su Xiaozhou's head in the past, "Dou Po has rushed?"

"Lu Changming, explain to me, what did you and Lin Weixi do?" Su Xiaozhou still turned his head, deliberately shaking Lu Changming's hand away.

Lu Changming was taken aback for a moment, why?
"It's a long story, and you probably aren't interested." Lu Changming put down the dishes, not really wanting to talk, mainly because Su Xiaozhou is more cheerful and not a good chat partner.

"Tell me, I'll listen." Su Xiaozhou crossed his legs and folded his arms, like an angry quail.

Lu Changming had no choice but to speak.

The Science Fiction World Forum, "Three-Body Problem", the contract... He said it all, and I don't know if Su Xiaozhou can understand it.

Su Xiaozhou blinked, it turned out to be this.

Hohohoho, my sister stood up again (smiling face).

(End of this chapter)