Entertainment starts with travel

Chapter 289

Zhou Kaiwen looked at Ye Kai without saying a word, with a thoughtful expression on his face.

And Ye Kai only paid attention to his own tea, hoping to take a sip when it was a little colder, so that his mouth could have a little tea fragrance.

Watermelon is too sweet.

Seeing that Zhou Kaiwen had nothing to say, Ye Kai let out a long sigh: "Brother Zhou, we have collaborated on several books. Personally, I think the cooperation is quite pleasant. There is a small difference, and I hope it will not affect our relationship."

Zhou Kaiwen pulled a little smile and said, "That's not possible, it's not considered a disagreement. You're right. 15.00% royalties are really not enough for Harry Potter."

Ye Kai mentioned the Times bestseller list just now, and Zhou Kaiwen remembered what kind of book it was.

It is now on the Times bestseller list, and after a while, it may be on the New York Times bestseller list after logging into other countries in Europe and America.

Such a book is imported from abroad, can 15.00% be signed?

Impossible to sign off.

Foreigners are not easy to speak or deal with.

Because Ye Kai is a Chinese, Harry Potter can't only get royalties from domestic authors.Ye Kai is not to blame for this incident. If he were the author of Harry Potter, he would not be able to sell the book at 15.00%.

But the editor-in-chief only gives himself 15.00% of the rights.

Zhou Kaiwen felt that his head was hurting. He knew Ye Kai's negotiating style, as much as he said, or if Ye Kai was satisfied with the number he said, he would agree.

That's why they showed their cards when they met.

But Ye Kai didn't like his trump card, so what else could he do?
"I need to contact the editor-in-chief again to see if I can add two more points. I am personally on your side. If the publisher really can't get the conditions you want, I still hope that the two of us can become friends .”

Ye Kaiwaner: "That's for sure. I have treated you to hot pot. Why don't you go again later? Today I sat in front of the computer all day and went out for a good meal."

"I'll make a call first."

Zhou Kaiwen stood up and nodded to Ye Kai, holding the phone and walking towards the balcony.

Ye Kai looked at his teacup, the temperature of the tea water was much lower than before, brewing tea is different from waiting for plain water to cool down, the tea water will become suitable for drinking in a short time.

Blowing on the tea leaves floating on the tea water, Ye Kai took a sip of Longjing.This tea was brought back from Hangzhou, and I haven't drunk it a few times. It tastes really good.

He is not in a hurry to publish the Chinese version of Harry Potter.

If Zhou Kaiwen can't come up with the conditions he wants for a while, then it will be delayed for a while.Now he has more and more confidence in this book, and he is not at all worried that he will hit the street after logging in to the United States.

He even wanted to make Harry Potter into a movie himself.

It's just that bloated.

Just like what I said to Zhou Kaiwen before, in the past 50 years, no one in Huaxia has actually taken a book abroad to become a best-selling novel, not a single one.

The Nobel Prize in Literature is very powerful, and some domestic writers have won it.

But how many people watch it?
Huaxia has published this Harry Potter book for decades, and they still want to use the royalties of domestic best-selling authors to position themselves. Even if Ye Kai rots this book, it is impossible to sell it.

Zhou Kaiwen discussed and argued with the editor-in-chief in a low voice, and walked back after talking for a long time, with a smile on his face, and the first sentence was: "Brother Ye, you have lived up to your trust."

Ye Kai had heard their chat a long time ago, stood up with a smile and said, "That's fine, don't worry about the contract, let's go out for a meal."

"Okay." Zhou Kaiwen was in a good mood at the moment, and his tone of voice was relaxed.

If this book can really reach the point in his mind, then signing Harry Potter with 17 royalties is definitely a profit for Rip Culture.

As soon as the matter was resolved, the big stone in his heart immediately fell to the ground, and now he is very relaxed, as comfortable as if he suddenly became several years younger.

This is Ye Kai's home court, and of course Ye Kai led the way when looking for a place to eat. It was too hot and Ye Kai didn't take Zhou Kaiwen to eat hot pot, but ate at a hotel outside the community.

Although there were only two people, Ye Kai still ordered a large table, followed by Zhou Kaiwen, mainly because Ye Kai was a little greedy for the food here.

The young lady in a bright red cheongsam brought hot food into the room one after another. Both Zhou Kaiwen and Ye Kai stared straight at the dishes, looking at the beauties for a while.

The wine I drank was Moutai Feitian. When the bottle was opened, the aroma of the wine even covered the aroma of the dishes.

Zhou Kaiwen took the wine bottle and poured wine, and said: "As the saying goes, there is a beautiful woman with good wine, there is good wine, and a beautiful woman..."

Ye Kai was eating, and when he heard this, he smiled and signaled to the waiters wearing cheongsams outside: "Isn't that a beautiful woman? She has a graceful figure, a beautiful face, and the ancient name of a fair lady...You say this is more elegant than the ancients, right?"

"Who said no? Haha, when I came here, I saw a foot bath in front of me. How about soaking your feet after dinner?"

"I won't go to soak my feet." Ye Kai refused, "There are still [-] to [-] words in the novel, and I have been writing the book for the past two days. I will find a place to sign the contract in a while, and I will send the book to you tomorrow."

The wine table is the most emotional connection.

The two quickly chatted and chatted, brother and brother shouted, Ye Kai's drinking capacity is also extraordinary now, after a few glasses of liquor, he was only slightly tipsy.

After dinner, Zhou Kaiwen also got the contract that Zhou Kaiwen asked the hotel to help print.

The contract only indicated the copyright of Harry Potter in simplified and traditional characters, and any other copyrights still belonged to Ye Kai, and the royalties reached 17.00%.

In this way, Ye Kai can be called a great writer in China.

It does not require that Harry Potter can continue the grand occasion in the UK in China, as long as it can sell 50 copies in China, it can reach the standard of bestsellers.

By then, Ye Kai had written three novels in a row, all of which were bestsellers, and a travelogue was also a reference book for many photographers.Several books have never failed, and they can be regarded as setting up their own golden signs.

Zhou Kaiwen stared at Ye Kai's signature with burning eyes, as if Ye Kai was going to regret it in the next second.

Even if Ye Kai didn't look at Zhou Kaiwen, he could still feel the gaze behind him. During the signing process, he said a little funnyly: "Brother Zhou, don't look at me with such eyes. I said that 17 royalties are only so much. Is it true that the contract Is it different from before?"

"No no."

Zhou Kaiwen shook his head again and again, he was just afraid that Ye Kai would suddenly feel that the share was too small, and they didn't dare to play tricks in Ye Kai's contract.

Ye Kai is only in his 20s, which is the time when he is the most creative alone. There will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future. No matter what language Ye Kai writes, the novel must always be translated into Chinese.

After finishing the last word, Ye Kai closed the pen and said, "I trust you, hehe, where will Brother Zhou rest tonight?"

"I'm in this hotel." Zhou Kaiwen said.

"Okay." Ye Kai nodded, he was ready to go home, "I will send it to you tomorrow when I finish writing, and Brother Zhou can let me know when I leave tomorrow, so I can send it to you."

Zhou Kaiwen didn't dare to ask Ye Kai to give it away. Whether to send it or not is a trivial matter. Just remember to post the novel tomorrow.

　Recommend a book, written by an author I like very much, it is called "Azure Star Road"

　　Drifting in the depths of the sea of ​​stars, I don't know when it will end!

　　Finding a new home may seem like a dream, but instead of giving up, they swim upstream and become indomitable pioneers.

　　Even if civilization is destroyed, new civilizations will rise from the ruins.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)