Daily American Drama

Random House.

editorial office.

Nora, it's great to see you.

The professional smile on the face of editor-in-chief Jack Cerf turned into a sincere smile from the inside out when he saw the charming woman coming, and he took the initiative to step forward and hugged him with a Western-style meeting ceremony.

Me too, Jack.

This woman named Nora, the corners of her mouth moved slightly, revealing an intellectual smile, and her deep voice, set off by her appearance and temperament, formed a unique charm, which was extraordinarily alluring.

Adam believed that if God wanted the world to vote for a female believer to pray to Him, he would definitely vote for Nora.

Don't you hate New York the most, why are you here this time?

Jack asked enthusiastically.

Yeah, I hate New York, but it can't be helped, my son is here.

Nora smiled helplessly: This time I came here mainly to see him, so I came here to have a look, wouldn't you be welcome?

welcome.

Jack smiled exaggeratedly: I wish you could live in New York forever, you are our most dazzling star.

Ha ha.

Nora smiled, and looked at Adam with seductive eyes: Who is this?

Adam Duncan.

Hearing the other party mentioning his son, Adam instantly cut off the charm in his heart. After all, he is a principled person, and he will never do bad things that destroy his beloved's family.

Hi Adam, I'm Nora.

Nora saw the familiar gleam in Adam's eyes, and her eyes became more curious.

She is a professional writer who specializes in writing about men and women, and she knows everything about men and women.

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Men usually look at her eyes and what psychological activities they represent. She knows everything.

There are also men who are not interested in her, such as her ex-husband.

But the eyes were still very hot in the first second, and the temperature was instantly normal in the next second, which she had never encountered before.

The sensitivity of the profession makes her used to exploring the unknown mysteries of the profession.

And this is an ordinary man.

So she took the initiative to reach out and shake Adam: Are you a writer too?

Just a new guy.

Adam smiled modestly.

Has the contract been signed?

Nora glanced at Jack thoughtfully.

Not yet, I need to think about it.

Adam shook his head.

Jack.

Nora smiled, looked at Jack, and teased, Are you bullying newcomers again?

No no.

Jack smiled wryly, Nora, you also know that we have always followed the rules...

As he said that, Lemon Essence gave Adam a sideways glance, cursing in his heart: Damn it! You're so popular to be handsome! I've tried to show my favor to Nora so many times, but she didn't respond even once. It's great to meet this guy now, so Taking the initiative, she really is the woman who wrote about that, so romantic.

Come on, Jack.

Nora winked at Adam, then interrupted Jack, with a look that you don't want to be fooled: When I first published the book, I was robbed badly, do you remember how I handed over my subsequent books to Was it published by Random House?

Uh.

Jack's mouth twitched.

Of course he remembered.

He was still a small editor at that time, and how did he persuade the other party when he went to poach Nora, who had just emerged?

Naturally, it is a shameless oppression that denounces the opponent.

Afterwards, even if the conditions given by both parties were the same, Nora, who had a grudge, still chose to hand over the book to Random House for publication.

Of course, there are also factors of stronger strength announced by Random House.

But he understood what Nora meant, that is, although writers also value money, they are not profit-seeking businessmen, especially at the newcomer stage, if they are given enough respect, they will often gain lifelong friendship.

But knowing that you know, not many people do it, because the dropout rate of newcomers is too high, and friendship is too fragile in the face of interests. As one of the largest publishing houses, instead of bothering to train newcomers, it is better to directly poach them.

That's nothing. What really gave him a headache was the other meaning of Nora's words, that is, she fell in love with Adam and asked him to show her face.

Nora is a truly top-notch author, selling millions of copies of each book.

The reason why Adam has never heard of Nora's name is because Adam is a decent person, and he is not interested in this kind of colorful romance books, let alone read or heard of them.

Her books are widely circulated among boys and girls, accompanying them to grow up, and her fame has even spread abroad. Even in a big publishing house like Random House, her reputation is very strong.

For her, Random House has to be coaxed carefully, for fear of hurting the good cooperation relationship between each other, because she is successful and famous, with a huge amount of traffic, she can get rid of Random House at any time.

Mr. Duncan, how about we go back to the office and talk about it. Is everything negotiable?

Jack Joseph was depressed, but he squeezed out a smile from his heart.

Also.

Adam understood, and accepted the invitation with a smile.

This kind of good thing is actually not unexpected, because he often encounters, for example, the female teacher who enthusiastically helped him apply for a bursary during the interview at Columbia University.

Adam has become accustomed to other people's overtures and is content with it.

Do you mind if I listen?

Nora smiled and said, I also want to read Adam's masterpiece.

of course not.

Jack and Adam shook their heads quickly.

The three entered the editor's office, Jack politely asked Nora to sit down, and Adam handed her the manuscript of the first thirty chapters.

You guys talk, don't worry about me.

Nora took the manuscript and smiled at the two of them.

Jack and Adam looked at each other and began to renegotiate.

The sharing ratio is 6%, but the full copyright of the Lord of Mysteries will be handed over to Random House for operation, and Random House will take 50% of the proceeds...

No! The 6% sharing ratio is acceptable, but we only talk about the distribution rights of the book, the full copyright of the Lord of Mysteries, Random House can help with the negotiation, but it has no right to make decisions. If the contact is successful, Random House can pay 6% operating costs.

6% operating expenses? Mr. Duncan, are you kidding me?

Of course not. Random House is just a publishing house. Why bother with full copyright? The copyrights of film and television and games have nothing to do with Random House. What Random House wants to do is to act as a middleman to earn the difference, and that is also a secret After the lord fire.

Random House is only willing to pay 6% of the book copyright fee, because it bears the channel fee and risk, but once a company is willing to buy copyrights such as film and television, games, etc., I can contact the other party myself. Random House has zero risk and zero investment , Why charge up to 50% of the share?

Without Random House's channel investment, how could the Lord of the Mysteries become popular? You can negotiate copyrights for film and games, etc. alone. Do you think you can negotiate a high price? Only a big company in the industry like Random House can get it for you. For the licensing fee of the top-level film and television, games and other copyrights, the full copyright will be awarded to Random House, so as to win-win.

Then, as soon as Random House obtained the right to operate the full copyright, it sold the full copyright of the Lord of the Mysteries to a related subsidiary at a low price, and finally this subsidiary came forward to operate and sell it at a sky-high price, but what does that have to do with me? ?”

...

Faced with Adam's questioning, Jack Cerf had a terrible headache. He really didn't think about how Adam, who had not yet stepped into society, knew about these twists and turns in business.

What's wrong with today's youth?

Are you a little naive?

clap clap.

Nora, who had been sitting by the side reading the manuscript, couldn't help applauding and exclaiming, Excellent!

Then, he looked at Adam tenderly: Young man, are you tired like this?

Adam: ...

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