Doomsday: Start with the strongest talent

Chapter 429 Inside the Publishing Industry!
"Please sit down!" Chen Guo laughed, "This is really an interesting setting, very humble and full of meaning."

Wang Banzhi sat down, looked at the sumptuous table of wine and dishes, was quite satisfied, poured himself a glass of wine, and said: "Your Excellency is really generous, but you spend such a small amount of money, you don't just want to know about Wang Banzhi's allusions, right?" ?”

Chen Guo said: "That's definitely not the case. I just want to know some inside stories that are not easy for outsiders to know."

"Oh!" Wang Banzhi drank a glass of wine, "Let me guess, do you want to ask Jiang Hu?"

Chen Guo said indifferently: "I really don't want to ask about Jianghu. Jianghu is just a vanity fair where a bunch of mediocre people compete for fame and fortune. It's nothing special."

Wang Ban knew: "Is your Excellency so detached? I don't know what you want to ask?"

Chen Guodao: "Some inside stories about the bookstore industry."

"The inside story of the bookstore industry?" Wang Banzhi was stunned.

People who spent a lot of money to find him basically asked all kinds of secrets in the world, and this was the first time someone asked him about this.

"I'm not a man of the world, and I'm not interested in the commotion in the world. You can tell by looking at me that I'm a scholar. I want to make some money from books, so I want to ask about the inside story of the bookshop." Chen Guo said, "You don't know, do you?"

Wang Banzhi laughed and said, "If it's about the secrets of the rivers and lakes, there are indeed many that I don't know, but for the inside story of the bookstore, I can tell you this kind of simple information. If you want to ask anything, just ask Well, I promise to give you an answer that satisfies you."

Chen Guo said: "Then let me ask you first, do you make money writing books?"

Wang Ban knew: "Earn, but not earn."

Chen Guo said: "What is the explanation for this statement?"

Wang Ban knew: "The book writing industry is the same as most industries. Most people don't make money, and only a few people make money. Most authors write for a few years, and the money they make is probably less than the consulting fees you gave me. A lot. So if you’re one of those most authors, you’re probably out of money.”

Chen Guo said: "Can you tell me more about it?"

Wang Ban knew: "Where does the benefit of writing a book come from? Of course it is provided by readers buying the book. If a book wants to make money, it naturally has to sell well. Only when it sells more can it make money. Only if your book sells well will you be qualified. Negotiate profit sharing with the bookstore. If the books are not popular, they are not eligible to negotiate the profit sharing. The bookstore will often pay a retouching fee and buy it out in one go."

"But this is considered good. Often, most authors can't even earn retouching fees, because engraving is expensive. Only books whose quality is considered good by the bookstore are eligible to be engraved."

"Many poor and down-and-out literati dream of writing best-sellers and becoming rich overnight, but their manuscripts are often rejected by bookstores and their writing is in vain. So, book writing is not a very stable industry."

"However, those top authors are still very profitable. They are well-known in the five major countries, and the sales of their works are casually tens of millions. Most of the top authors can get 15.00% to 20.00% of a book. Very few can draw [-]%."

"The average price of a book is one tael of silver. If 1000 million copies are sold, it is 1000 million taels of silver. If you take ten percent off, it is also 100 million taels of silver. If you want to say that this type of author must be making money, not only making money, but also And gain fame."

"For example, Xiao Su, a bachelor, was unfavorable in the imperial examination. He went to publish a book. Unexpectedly, the book became a hit and was appreciated by the emperor. He made an exception and was promoted to a bachelor."

Wang Banzhi was very professional, he talked a lot, and he got to the point.

Chen Guo was a little surprised.

"Is the benefit of the bookstore so great?" Chen Guo asked.

He knew that this world had a large population, and there were hundreds of millions of Beggar Gang disciples alone.

But I didn't expect that the market for books was so big.

With tens of millions of sales, it is an absolute bestseller on Blue Star.

And the books in this world are much more expensive than those on Blue Star.

An ordinary book on Blue Star costs only a few dozen yuan.

A book in this world, one tael of silver, is roughly equivalent to several thousand yuan on Blue Star.

The benefits of this bookstore are probably unbelievably rich!
Wang Banzhi knew what Chen Guo was wondering about, and immediately said: "Because the benefits are extremely rich, behind all major bookstores, there are powerful supporters. Bookstores without powerful support cannot continue to open. For example, Spring Breeze Bookstore, is The largest bookstore in the Northwest is also well-known in the five major countries. Behind it, there are the shadows of the Cangshan School and the Shangqing Palace. Every time the governor takes office, he will automatically inherit the government’s dry shares in the Spring Breeze Bookstore, and get a large dividend every year. So no matter what Whether it is the government or the Jianghu, Chunfeng Bookstore has a backstage, so that it can continue to operate and sell its works all over the world."

"For the bookstore, although it has to provide money to the backend, it can save countless troubles, and even the power of the world can crack down on pirates. If any pirates dare to pirate books and infringe on the interests of the bookstore, the power of the world behind the bookstore, It will directly wipe out the pirates from the physical aspect. This is why there are books that sell tens of millions of copies..."

"If piracy is rampant, if a book can sell 100 million copies, thank God."

Chen Guo nodded, thinking that this is reasonable!
There are two huge forces in this world, one is the government, and the other is the rivers and lakes.

In other worlds, the government controls everything, and you only need to make a confession to the government to continue your business smoothly.

But the power of the rivers and lakes in this world cannot be ignored because of the existence of martial arts with a high value of force, and can play a decisive role.

Therefore, a rich industry must not only be offered to the government, but also to the martial arts.

But the benefits are also obvious.

It is impossible for the government to send troops to encircle and suppress pirates, the battle is too great.

But martial arts sects don't have these scruples. If pirates infringe on other people's interests, they will kill you in the middle of the night and eliminate you from the physical level.

Therefore, the piracy in this world has been severely cracked down, and the miracle of 1000 million sales can be born.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages. Since the bookstore has such a large background, it may not be that simple for the corresponding author to obtain benefits from the bookstore.

"If this bookstore has such a background, it will be difficult for such an ordinary author to fight for their reasonable rights?" Chen Guo asked.

Wang Banzhi clapped his palms and said with a smile: "No wonder you want to write a book, you really have a seven-aperture exquisite heart, you are a smart person! Yes, if an ordinary author writes a book, even if the book becomes popular, there will be no bones left to be eaten by the bookstore. Especially It's Chunfeng Bookstore, and it's common for big shop owners to bully customers. Concealing sales reports, paying in installments, and signing an unfair contract first are all their means. In serious cases, they will even send local hooligans to harass the author, but everyone He is a cultural person, he is quite hypocritical, and generally he will not do so brilliantly."

(End of this chapter)