fish out a entertainer

Chapter 208: Turning China's science fiction into a building that will collapse?
Didu Muyi Company.

Inside the office.

"You guys." Li Yi looked at Zhuge Buliang and Mao Sui in front of him and felt a rush of blood. If he could, he really wanted to scold the two people in front of him bloody, but unfortunately, not only could he not scold them both , and even praise them.

"You two have done a great job. What our company needs is this kind of spirit of mutual help. However, Brother Mao's project tasks are quite heavy, so you have worked hard during this period." Li Yi looked at the two people in front of him with a smile. Man, said kindly.

"It's okay Mr. Li, I should do everything." Mao Sui said with a smile.

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Looking at a pair of Mao Sui full of enthusiasm.

Li Yi encouraged the two of them a few more words, and then let them go out.

Whoops, headache.

Li Yi stretched out his hands and rubbed his temples, with an uncomfortable expression on his face.

From the second day after he arrived in Shanghai, he noticed that something was wrong, because after Li Yi contacted Zhuge Buliang the next day, Zhuge Buliang actually said that the project was going smoothly.

This doesn't fit Xiao Zhuge's personality at all!

On weekdays, I didn't look for myself several times that day, but I went to Shanghai by myself for three days. During the three days, Xiao Zhuge didn't come to Li Yi once to ask questions about the project.

It is also for this reason that he feels restless in Shanghai, especially when Li Yi finds that his participation in the project is slowly declining every day, Li Yi senses that something is wrong.

So after returning to the imperial capital, Li Yi went back to the apartment to put down his backpack, then took a taxi and went straight to the company.

The result is that people steal and get it!

Mao Sui actually discussed the issues in "Clash of Clans" with Xiao Zhuge, which made Li Yi feel sad and angry.

He wanted to reprimand the two of them, but he felt a little helpless. After all, the two of them didn't make any mistakes. In other companies, they might have to pay some bonuses
Looking at the closed door of the room, Li Yi stroked the beard on his chin, thoughtfully.

It was too dangerous for Mao Sui to stay in the company, and he had to find an excuse to drive Mao Sui out of the company to do something else.

But what to do?

It seems that the company has no other business at present, except for games and animation, so Mao Sui can't be thrown at Li Tianxing's side.
"Let's talk about Mao Sui after the project is finished. Before that, I have to guard against Mao Sui, and I must not let him intervene in "Clash of Clans" again."

Just as Li Yi's thoughts were racing, a message came from his mobile phone.

Li Yi picked up the phone, looked down, and found that it was the news from Han Shuang.

"Li Yi, our publishing house can sign "The Three-Body Problem", the manuscript fee is 100 words per thousand words or 10% of the royalties, and the exclusive publishing rights of the Three-Body Problem are also required for three years."

Looking at the message from Han Shuang, Li Yi also frowned slightly.

He knew that traditional literature was declining, but he did not expect it to be so declining.

A 20-word novel has a buyout fee of only 2 yuan.

As for the price, Li Yi doesn't really care about the price, because no matter how expensive "Three-Body Problem" is sold, it is impossible for Three-Body Problem to exceed his monthly income of online articles. Next month, the manuscript fee for "Yang Shen" will reach 400 million , this is a pure subscription fee, without any copyright fees.

But the income of [-] is indeed a little difficult for Li Yi to accept.

You must know that for other top-level platinums, there are rumors on the Internet that there are sky-high buyout prices of 5000 characters, not to mention Li Yi, a newly promoted supreme god.

Moreover, the quality of "The Three-Body Problem" is obvious to all. 2 yuan to buy out the publishing rights in mainland China is really pitifully low, and it is simply a free gift.

But on the other hand, this is the status quo of traditional literature today. In addition to the top authors, the middle and low-level authors may only have enough food and clothing, which is far worse than the middle and low-level Internet writers.

Looking at Han Shuang's words, Li Yi frowned and thought for a while.

First of all, the plan of 2 yuan per thousand words was directly rejected by Li Yi. Li Yi did not lack the [-] yuan at all.

Li Yi turned his attention to the 10% royalties behind.

Generally speaking, there are several ways to calculate royalties, such as circulation + book pricing, circulation + book wholesale price, sales volume + book pricing, and of course there are other calculation methods, but the above three are the most common.

Of the three calculation methods, the first one undoubtedly obtains the most royalties. As long as the publishing house prints as many copies, the author can get as much money as the number of copies. It is the best calculation method, and it is also the method for some great authors of traditional literature.

The second is to get royalties at the wholesale price to booksellers, which is usually about 40% less than the first price.

The third is to divide the author's royalties based on book sales + pricing, and the author gets paid for the number of books sold.Generally speaking, few people choose this method, because most people's books can't even sell the number of copies printed by the publishing house, and the money they get is even less pitiful. That author could make a fortune, too.This method is generally only chosen by newcomers and authors who are more confident in themselves, but ninety-nine percent of people regret it after the book is published.

Just when Li Yi was hesitating, Han Shuang sent a message.

"I can give you the royalties based on the circulation + book pricing."

Li Yi looked at Han Shuang's words, and had to say that Han Shuang's choice for himself should be good.Circulation + pricing will get a 10% royalty. If the first edition releases 20 copies and the price is [-] yuan, Li Yi can get the same royalty as the buyout price.

However, Li Yi still hesitated when looking at the 10% royalty.

After thinking for a while, Li Yi typed back to Han Shuang.

“多谢韩姐，不过我有一个提议。我可以按照销量+定价的方式拿版税。如果首月销量不到5000册，我一分钱不要。如果超过5000册给我按6%的提成就行。如果超过1万册给我7%。依次类推每加一万册给我提1%的分成。”

"How about it?"

In the office of Jingdu Publishing House, Han Shuang looked at the news that Li Yi had sent, with a bit of astonishment on his face.

No money for sales of less than [-] copies in the first month?

7% over [-] volumes?

According to what Li Yi said, and so on, Li Yi can only get 10% of the royalties for selling [-] copies in the first month!

What is the concept of [-] copies in the first month?
In today's China, a book that sells 5 copies annually is considered a bestseller.

If it exceeds 20 copies, it is a general bestseller.

And more than 50 levels are considered super bestsellers.

Therefore, the sales volume of most books in the first month is measured in 'thousands' or 'hundreds'.

If the sales volume in the first month can exceed [-], it is considered a sure-fire bestseller.

But Li Yi came up and said directly that no manuscript fee would be required if the sales volume in the first month was less than [-].

If it exceeds [-] copies in the first month, "Three-Body Problem" will undoubtedly become a bestseller, and it is still a relatively popular bestseller.

If 48 copies can be sold in the first month, and the annual sales volume is [-], it may have the qualifications to become a super bestseller!

But can it really sell so many?
You must know that no matter how high the quality is, "The Three-Body Problem" is still just an unpopular science fiction novel!
It is even the most unpopular hard science fiction in a science fiction novel!

Now looking at the whole of China, it seems that only the sci-fi world magazine is still producing science fiction publications. If the science fiction world hadn't been supported by government funds behind it, it would have closed its publication a long time ago.

Although Han Shuang didn't pay attention to the monthly sales volume of Science Fiction World, I'm afraid that the annual sales volume will not exceed one million copies, which is estimated in the best case.

In the current cold winter of the entire publishing industry, Li Yi dared to say such a thing, and Han Shuang didn't know whether to say that Li Yi was brave or suicidal.

Or. Is this the happiness of the rich?
(End of this chapter)