Self-cultivation of entertainment bigwigs

Chapter 152 Sincerity
To be honest, Zhao Qian really never thought that someone would buy the physical publishing rights of Prodigal Boy.

First of all, the physical publishing rights of urban novels are usually difficult to sell, because publishing houses have too many requirements, and urban novels are too easy to step on the line, so the urban cultivation type is still passable.On the contrary, fantasy fairy tales, historical science fiction and the like are more popular, especially fantasy, which occupies the front row of the Daiwan flower butterfly list all the year round.

The Flower Butterfly List is the authoritative sales list of novels in the Dawan area. The top [-] novels are basically works of fantasy and fairy tales.

Now Qingsong told himself that someone wanted to buy the traditional Chinese copyright of Prodigal Boy, which really surprised him.

Zhao Qian asked: "Isn't it said that urban physical copyrights are difficult to sell?"

Qingsong replied: "You are an exception. The prodigal boy's Baidu hot search index is too high, even surpassing the works of many great gods. Naturally, it was noticed by the publishing house. The publishing house is an existence that pursues profit. As long as they can make money, they will Naturally willing to buy."

Zhao Qian nodded: "Then which publishing house wants to buy the copyright?"

Qingsong: "Xinchang Publishing House, I wonder if you have heard of it."

Zhao Qian nodded and shook his head: "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it. I have no publishing experience before. It doesn't matter. I only care about the price they give. If the price is right, I will naturally be willing to sell it. If the price is too low, forget it."

Xinchang should be regarded as a relatively large publishing house in the Dawan area. The novels in the front row of the Huadie list are basically monopolized by it and Seven Star Publishing House.As for the smaller publishing houses, due to the shrinking of the physical publishing industry in recent years, most of them have gone bankrupt, and even big publishing houses like Xinchang are having a hard time.

Qingsong: "Don't worry, we will definitely help you maximize your benefits!"

"Thank you, big brother!" Zhao Qian nodded. He was naturally willing to sell the copyright. No matter how bad the physical publishing is, he can still get a copyright fee, which is better than not selling.But how to sell is another problem.

Qingsong: "The price they offered was 4500 for a buyout episode, [-] words for an episode, and it may need to be refined, and the total number of words will be reduced by then."

4500 episodes, whether the price is high or low.For a novice, it's not bad. After all, many newcomers who are publishing for the first time can only get a buyout fee of 3000 for an episode. 3000 is the lowest price, which is equivalent to 50 for a thousand words.

But compared to the popularity of Prodigal Boy, Zhao Qian felt that 4500 was really low.Many old-fashioned masters, their works are several streets behind the prodigal son, but they can still get the buyout price of six or seven thousand one episode, and even the royalties.

Such a comparison made Zhao Qian feel unbalanced.

Why?Just by publishing for the first time?
Anyway, I am also an author with an average order of 300, and the electronic manuscript fee is 75 per thousand characters, but it was published in traditional Chinese at [-] per thousand characters, and it seemed so generous. If the other party stood in front of me, Zhao Qianniao would not think about it he.

Although the Baidu index can't represent everything, it is at least an important reference data. If the novel with the number one Baidu index can only be sold at a price of 75 per thousand characters, then the publishing industry in Dawan Bay is still waiting for collective bankruptcy.

So he said: "Is 4500 a little low? Anyway, the prodigal boy has occupied the top of the best-selling list for more than a month. Whether it is word-of-mouth or quality, I think it is not bad. The Baidu index is also higher than No.2 and No. 3. .4500 is so much higher, [-] episodes is still a buyout, I can't accept it."

What's more, the website has to share 30% of the proceeds, that is, 4500 of the 1350 is for Qihang, and the one you get is 3150, which is no different from a newcomer, so it's better to keep it.Moreover, it is common for publishing houses to cut in half, and it is not bad to be able to publish more than a dozen episodes.

Qingsong also knew that he would not agree easily, as long as he got to know the price a little bit, he knew that the price was indeed a little lower, so he said: "Well, I will discuss it with the person in charge of the publishing house later and pass on your opinion. Reply, let’s see when the time comes. I will try my best to help you fight for it.”

He said so, but he didn't give much hope.

The other party quoted such a low price from the very beginning, obviously aiming at picking up the wrong ones. They just decided that publishing urban novels in traditional Chinese is not popular, and no one will compete with them.Even if it is the number one in the Baidu index, no publishing house is determined to buy copyrights, so the price is lowered.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Qingsong!" Zhao Qian replied.

Qingsong is only in charge of his own editor, and the specifics are not in his hands. In the end, it depends on the conditions given by Xinchang.

However, Zhao Qian has already decided that if the price is still so low, it means that the other party has no sincerity to cooperate, so let's pull it down.Just because he'd love to see his novel published doesn't mean he's willing to sell his work cheaply.

As for the share, Zhao Qian does not plan to talk about the share. Publishing is different from online subscription. How many books can be sold in the end is determined by the market. I don’t understand the market in Dawan, so I don’t want to bear the market risk. Let the publishing house do it. Take it, even if you let some of the profits come out.

What Zhao Qian didn't expect was that Qingsong told himself the next day that Xinchang Publishing House was willing to pay a price of 5500 an episode at most. .

Zhao Qian scoffed at this, a buyout of 90 thousand words?Live your big head dreams!

Labor and management would rather not sell it than let you violate my works like this!
So he flatly refused.Since the other party is so dishonest, let's talk about it.

Qingsong comforted him: "It's okay, Dawan is not the only publishing house, and the website will definitely help you promote it."

"Thank you, big brother. It's okay. If you can sell it, you can sell it. If you can't sell it, forget it. I don't make money from physical publishing." Zhao Qian responded.

Just when Zhao Qian was about to give up, there was no end to the sky, and Qingsong told him again that another publishing house contacted the website, saying that they wanted to buy the traditional Chinese copyright of Prodigal Boy.

The publishing house that came this time is also from Dawan, but it is another one, named Fiction Channel, which is also one of the three major publishing houses, but its market share is slightly inferior compared to Xinchang and Seven Star.They seemed to really want to cooperate with Zhao Qian this time, and wanted to use the prodigal boy to compete for market share, so they directly proposed a thousand-character 180 episode, which is a buyout price of 10800 for a single episode.

He also promised that if allowed, the simplified Chinese copyright could also be sold to them at the same price.

This is much more sincere than Xinchang!

To be honest, Zhao Qian is already very satisfied with this condition. A single episode is 70, and he gets 7000% of it. That’s [-]+ before tax. No matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat. If you can produce thirty or forty episodes, you can earn money.

Then promise them.

Zhao Qian replied: "Boss Qingsong, I agree with this price, and the Simplified Chinese can also be sold to them, as long as the price is the same!"

　I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. The single Wang author is still staying up late to code, 365 days a year without a break. Can you ask for a recommendation ticket?

　　


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