Reborn as a tycoon in Hong Kong

"Then it depends on how many years and how many regions you want to sign the publishing authorization."

Saying that, without waiting for Lin Baicheng to ask, Xie Yunshan continued: "Usually we sign a ten-year license with the writer. Based on the ten-year license, the more years of license, the more royalties we will pay accordingly."

"Lin Sheng, your novel must not be published in Western countries, and our company does not have that channel. But our company has channels in Southeast Asia, Xiangjiang, Ao Island, and Wandao. If the authorizations from these places are all If you sign, we will also increase the royalties."

"Is my novel that popular?"

Lin Baicheng couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this. It sounded a bit unreliable.

"Lin Sheng misunderstood. Your novel has just spread in Xiangjiang. It has not yet spread throughout Xiangjiang, let alone other places."

Xie Yunshan smiled and then said: "However, the areas I just mentioned either have the same culture as us or have a large number of Chinese. These are potential markets. Novels such as Jin Yong's and Gu Long's novels are what I just mentioned. The area is very popular.”

"As long as Lin Sheng's novel can be popular in Xiangjiang, it will also have the possibility of becoming popular in those areas. Our company is very willing to sign a contract with Lin Sheng now. Even if the novel is not popular in those areas by then, it doesn't matter. If people buy it, that is also our problem and has nothing to do with you, Lin Sheng."

"I probably understand what you mean."

Lin Baicheng nodded. This Haohan Publishing Company just felt that his novel had the possibility of becoming a big hit, and it also had the possibility of becoming a big hit in other regions. Therefore, it signed a licensing contract at a relatively small price and took a gamble. Even if the bet is wrong, the loss will be within the acceptable range, but if the bet is right, you will definitely make a fortune.

"Lin Sheng, there is one thing you may not know."

Xie Yunshan spoke up: "In our Xiangjiang, although all kinds of copyrights are very complete, piracy is also rampant. Those small workshops that specialize in publishing pirated novels have no way of suing them, and they can't even find anyone, unless there are writers who are willing to spend a lot of money. Price specializes in litigating with people.”

“It’s different for big publishing companies like ours, which are all in this business. Although we don’t do piracy, we know who is doing it, so there won’t be too many piracy peers pirating the novels we publish. "

"As for us big publishing companies, we also don't dare to engage in piracy because our goals are huge and we can't escape at all. We can only find writers like you, Lin Sheng, to cooperate and sign a formal licensing contract."

"So, working with a big publishing company is the best choice for writers like you. Otherwise, when piracy becomes rampant, your copyright will not be worth much."

"That's true."

Lin Baicheng's heart moved. He knew that the other party was not threatening him in disguise, but was telling the truth. In this era, piracy is indeed rampant in Xiangjiang, just like piracy was rampant in China in the 1990s, and the social atmosphere is like this.

"Mr. Xie, if I am willing to sell the publishing rights to your company permanently, how much are you willing to pay?"

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Xie Yunshan couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. Out of good intentions, he reminded: "Lin Sheng, although you can get a lot of money by selling the publishing rights at one time, if you just authorize it, you can get an income every year. As long as the novel The quality is not bad and it is a pretty stable income.”

"Thanks for reminding me, I have my own plan."

Lin Baicheng smiled and thanked him. If possible, he would like to get a large amount of cash, so that he can use it to do the business he has planned. And the money earned from that business is definitely more than getting some royalties every year.

"It's good that Lin Sheng knows what's going on."

Xie Yunshan didn't give much advice. After all, the two of them didn't know each other before today. A word of advice was out of good intentions. More advice would be unnecessary and annoying.

"Lin Sheng, you also know that I came to you today to talk about licensing. I never thought about buying the entire publishing rights at once, so I have to go back to the company to report this matter and let the company make the decision. "

"It's okay, just go ahead and ask. I'm not in a hurry anyway."

Lin Baicheng nodded and continued: "Besides, my novel has only been serialized for about 100,000 words, so I don't want to sell the copyright now. When one-third or even half of the novel is serialized, then this novel will I believe your publishing house should also have a judgment on whether it will continue after the dog's tail."

"At this time, if you want to buy the publishing rights of my novel, it is not too late to contact me then. Even if you make a decision now, I will not sell the publishing rights to you right away."

"It seems that Lin Sheng is very confident in his novel and wants to sell it at a good price."

After hearing this, Xie Yunshan couldn't help but say that he could see Lin Baicheng's plan at a glance, but this was human nature, and he would do the same thing in his place.

"That's natural!"

Lin Baicheng smiled. If he sold the publishing rights when the novel was only serialized to about 100,000 words, he would definitely not be able to sell it for a high price, and the publisher would definitely lower the price. When one-third or half of the novel is serialized, it will be obvious whether the novel will collapse. The publisher will not be able to use this to lower the price and sell it at a higher price.

Because the cooperation could not be concluded, Lin Baicheng and Xie Yunshan left after chatting for a while.

In the next few days, Xie Yunshan did not contact Lin Baicheng again. Of course, Lin Baicheng would not take the initiative to contact Xie Yunshan. He continued to write novels every day. When it comes to writing a novel, he only needs to dictate it now, and a scribe will do the writing part.

Regardless of whether a deal can be reached with Haohan Publishing Company, the publishing rights will still have to be sold. It is just a matter of sooner or later.

Therefore, Lin Baicheng asked Hu Zhiwen about novel publishing and wanted to know what the specific situation of novel publishing in this era is.

Hu Zhiwen told Lin Baicheng that novel publishing in this era is relatively unfavorable to individual writers. As Xie Yunshan said, piracy is rampant. Only by authorizing publishing rights to professional publishing companies can writers obtain corresponding benefits based on royalties.

Therefore, Hu Zhiwen also advised Lin Baicheng to authorize the publishing rights to a certain publishing company, and then he would just wait to collect the money.

Of course, for his own benefit, Hu Zhiwen hoped that when Lin Baicheng authorized the publishing rights of Xiangjiang, he would impose restrictions so that the published serialization progress would be about 100,000 words later than the serialization progress in the newspaper.

Lin Baicheng, who holds 25% of the shares of Xingxing Daily, certainly would not refuse and agreed immediately.

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