Chapter 281 280 "This is called a win-win"
What?
The company is also opened by your partnership? !
Lu Yao was extremely shocked.
The couple exchanged glances, and finally Lu Yao decided: "If it is as you said, then I will leave it to you to publish!"
"That's it for now. I'll communicate with Zhao Hongjun and find a time to sign the contract."
After finishing Lu Yao's side, after lunch the next day, Minghua went to Duanlumen Cross Festival The book company is looking for Zhao Hongjun.
Although the Chinese New Year is just a few days away, the company is still very busy. Jin Yong's "The Condor" trilogy has been published, and it is now working hard to publish Qiong Yao's "Heart Has Thousands of Knots" and "Thousands of Knots". There are three novels: "A Dream Behind a Curtain" and "How Many Times the Sunset Is Red".
In Zhao Hongjun's words: "Women hold up half the sky, and they also have to earn money."
Fang Minghua knocked on the door of the general manager's office and saw Zhao Hongjun on the phone.
Seeing Fang Minghua come in, Zhao Hongjun pointed to the microphone and motioned for him to sit wherever he wanted.
Fang Minghua glanced at the spacious office and found that the layout of the office seemed more elegant now than at the beginning. It turned out that the large bookcase behind the boss's desk had been moved to the side and against the wall, and there was a calligraphy and painting hanging on the wall behind it.
It turned out to be a small seal script.
Fang Minghua looked at it for a while before he recognized the four words "Peace and Peace" written on it.
Fortunately, it is not a "women's treasure".
At this time, Zhao Hongjun had already hung up the phone and looked at him staring at the calligraphy and said with a smile: "Is this OK? It was written by Liu Zichen himself, as well as his signature and seal."
Fang Minghua carefully After taking a look, I recognized the three characters "Liu Zicheng" on the signature.
He also knows Liu Zichen. He is the chairman of the Qin Province Calligraphy Association. He is excellent in all four aspects of calligraphy, especially seal script. According to rumors, in the Qin Province calligraphy circle, it is well known that the Liu character is difficult to find. I don’t know what this guy is doing. Got it.
"Not bad." Fang Minghua nodded. To be honest, he really couldn't appreciate seal script. He always felt like "ghosts painted peach charms".
He still likes to read the running script of Wang Xizhi and others.
"Minghua, are you looking for Tangtang? Let me make it clear first that I gave Tangtang a holiday to prepare for the wedding at home. She took the initiative to come to work." Zhao Hongjun said with a smile.
“No, let me tell you something. I mentioned it some time ago, which is the publication of a book written by Lu Yao. Have you got the ISBN?”
“I got it, this time. It’s Haitian Publishing House in Pengcheng. This is the first publishing house in the Special Administrative Region. It is jointly led by the State Press and Publication Administration and the Pengcheng People’s Government, but they still have to take a look at the books we want to publish.”
This. Fang Minghua can understand. If you buy someone else's ISBN and publish some reactionary or pornographic books, wouldn't the publishing house take the blame?
Fang Minghua explained the cause and effect of the matter.
Zhao Hongjun was a little surprised when he heard this.
Holy shit!
The dignified Lu Yao suddenly acted like this? Are you writing a novel that no one wants to publish?
Of course, he was just expressing sympathy and it had nothing to do with him, but if he wanted his company to publish it, it would have a lot to do with it!
"Minghua, there are two problems here." Zhao Hongjun did not shy away from it, and directly stated his current thoughts.
"First, if magazines like "Contemporary" are unwilling to publish the first part of "Ordinary World" written by Lu Yao, it means that the writing is really not good. If we publish it, isn't it obvious that we will lose money? Although You have a good relationship with Lu Yao, but you can’t help him in this way, right?”
“Secondly, you said you want to pay royalties. There is no precedent for this in our country! It’s good for the author, but it can be increased. It’s the cost of printing the book! We are at a loss, Minghua, you have to think clearly!”
Zhao Hongjun’s expression was also very serious, unlike his usual cheerful appearance. Fang Minghua did not argue with him directly, but took out a thick stack of manuscripts from the briefcase he was carrying.
"This is his manuscript. You can read it first and then we can discuss whether it is worth publishing or not. We can discuss it after you read it."
Zhao Hongjun took it over with some suspicion.
"Let's go." Fang Minghua waved to him: "Be careful, don't lose the manuscript."
Fang Minghua left Zhao Hongjun's office and went next door to hang the deputy general manager sign I went to find Song Tangtang in his office, but the door was locked. I went to the finance department to ask, and found out that the girl had gone to the bank to reconcile with the cashier.
In this case, Fang Minghua didn’t waste any more time and rode directly back to the unit.
Not long after going to work the next morning, Fang Minghua received a call from Zhao Hongjun. The other person's tone on the phone was a little excited.
"Minghua, I have finished reading the first part of "The Ordinary World"."
"So fast?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised. At least it has more than 300,000 words.
“When I got home last night, I planned to read a few pages, but I got stuck and read all night long!”
That’s it.
"How is it? Does it look good?" Fang Minghua asked.
"The writing is so fucking touching, damn it! No one is willing to publish such a novel? Are the editors of those magazines and publishing houses blind?! If I were the leader, I would immediately publish such a novel Fired!"
"That depends on whether the novel is touching or good-looking from an ordinary person's perspective, while editors consider it more from a literary perspective," Fang Minghua explained in two sentences. Said: "Okay, let's not talk about this. Since you think it is good, shall we publish it?"
"Publish, we must publish! Including the second and third parts of this novel!" On the phone, Zhao The Red Army agreed: "It's just, this royalties? I think it's still worth the royalties. Lu Yao is your friend, just follow the standard of 18 thousand words you said, how about it?"
"The Red Army, it's not that Lu Yao is My friend, I gave him a special treatment." Fang Minghua explained patiently: "From now on, all books written by mainland authors will be paid royalties."
"Huh?"
"First of all, our mainland will definitely implement the same royalty system as foreign countries in the future. We are just one step ahead." Fang Minghua patiently explained: "In addition, this is also the most powerful condition for attracting famous writers to come to our company to publish books. Otherwise, why don’t people go to those state-owned publishing houses?”
“But this will increase the cost a lot. After all, we have to buy a book number, which is also a big expense.” Zhao Hongjun expressed his worries. .
“I know, so at this stage we try to publish mainly popular novels from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Anyway, we don’t give out anything for free. Lu Yao’s "Ordinary World" is just an example. If you want to choose, choose the best-selling one. , Red Army, if you believe in my vision, you will definitely make a lot of money."
"Okay, then I will listen to you, you contact Lu Yao and sign the contract immediately!"
1986 On February 1, 2020, which is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the day of the New Year in the north, in the office of the general manager of Shengshi Books, Zhao Hongjun, on behalf of Party A, and Lu Yao, as Party B, signed a contract to publish the first part of "The Ordinary World", exclusively The exclusive publishing rights are valid for 10 years.
The contract clearly states that Party A will pay 10% of the income to Party B as royalty income, and also proposes a minimum guarantee agreement. Party A will provide Party B with minimum guarantees in accordance with Qianzi 18. The first part has a total of 330,254 words, the minimum security deposit is 5,950 yuan, and Party B will pay the personal tax himself.
Fang Minghua was present and witnessed this moment.
After the contract was signed, both parties shook hands, and Lu Yao smiled and said: "Mr. Zhao, Minghua, with your money, I can celebrate the New Year in peace, thank you, thank you."
< br>"Thank you? This is called a win-win! Chairman Lu, hurry up and write the second part, we are still waiting for it to be published."
After Lu Yao left, Zhao Hongjun said to Fang Minghua: "I'm going to Let the editorial department work overtime these days to proofread his manuscript, and start thinking about printing it after the New Year. How many copies will you print for the first time, at least 200,000? "
"No, 20,000 copies is enough."
(End of this chapter)