Chapter 1591 The Big Day
Hearing Chu Heng’s strange conditions, Chrissy was quite puzzled by it and really couldn’t figure out what his intention was.
It is obviously unreasonable to say that he used the royalties to subsidize the publicity expenses in order to increase the sales of the book and obtain more royalties.
After all, ten percent of the royalties is not a small amount. If Chrissy and the others follow their estimates, the amount is likely to reach two to three hundred thousand.
If we calculate it based on the royalties that Chu Heng actually received under the conditions proposed by Chu Heng, then the sales volume must at least double before he can make back his money!
Obviously, this is impossible.
The audience of a book is there. No matter how well you promote it, its growth is limited. It may increase by 10% to 20%, or 50%, but if you want to double it, then This is pure fantasy.
If Chu Heng really had such a plan, it would definitely be a loss-making business, and it would be obvious.
But based on Chrissy's understanding of the old friend in front of him, this guy is a master who will suffer losses even if he doesn't take advantage, and he is very smart. How could he do such a stupid thing?
So, he was very sure that Chu Heng must have other purposes.
"What are you trying to do?" Chrissy, who was puzzled, looked at his old friend suspiciously.
"You don't need to worry about it anymore." Chu Heng glanced at him and did not explain his plan. He asked again impatiently: "I just asked you if you are willing!"
"Yes, of course I am willing." Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Krissy didn't think further and agreed on the spot without thinking.
If he was really asked to pay 20% of the royalties, he would definitely be unwilling to do so, and would inevitably have to have a serious discussion with Chu Heng.
But it would be different if the ten percent of the royalties were used for publicity.
After all, he had to spend the cost of publicity, so for him, he just counted this part of the cost as Chu Heng's royalties and used it for publicity. Even if the title was changed, the money was still the same.
In other words, he actually used 10% of the royalties to negotiate for Harry Potter's agency rights, which was far lower than the maximum price of 15% in his mind. How could you not agree?
The reason why Chu Heng made this strange request was actually because he was worried that Chrissy, his grandson who was sometimes very arrogant, would save money and reduce publicity expenses, which would lead to a decrease in sales and influence.
Anyway, he wrote this book for the sake of fame, not for the pitiful royalties, so he simply gave up part of his profits to ensure sufficient publicity expenses.
As a result, the two hit it off and agreed on the remuneration. After a long night and many dreams, they started the next step of the work in full swing.
Chrissy immediately called the accompanying lawyer, and it took almost an hour with Li Jiangqi to come up with a licensing contract.
"Happy cooperation, Chu!"
"Happy cooperation."
After signing the contract and pressing his fingerprint, Chu Heng handed over the remaining half of the manuscript After handing it to Chrissy, the two of them called the others to the restaurant and had a lunch to celebrate.
It’s past two o’clock in the afternoon.
Chu Heng and the two of them came out of the hotel after they were full of wine and food. Then he drove Li Jiangqi back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then turned around and continued working on things at the guest house, and did not see Chrissy again after that.
It was not until two days later, when Chrissy and the others had signed the contract and were preparing to return to China, that Chu Heng appeared at the airport to see them off.
It’s past three o’clock in the afternoon, and the weather is a bit sultry.
“Have a safe journey!” “Looking forward to our next meeting.”
At the entrance of the waiting hall, Chrissy hugged his old friend heavily, then turned around and left with some specialties from the Fourth and Nine Cities and a few boxes of manuscripts given to him by Chu Heng.
Less than half an hour later, a plane rose into the sky from Sijiucheng Airport, and then passed through transfers and stops. It took more than twenty hours for Chrissy and his party to arrive. In Washington, the time is 6 a.m. Citi time.
After arriving at the place, he didn’t even return home. He dragged his exhausted body directly to the publishing house, where he had some breakfast and rested for a while. After all the staff went to work, he hurriedly started published the books he brought back.
The already half-dead Blue Oak was in urgent need of fresh blood to bring new vitality, and he really did not dare to delay for a moment.
To this end, he even temporarily hired a large number of editors and translators at any cost to correct errors and re-translate the books.
As a book that many people are unanimously optimistic about, Harry Potter has naturally received a lot of attention.
Chrissy even formed a team of ten people for it, specifically responsible for the publication of Harapot, just so that it could be released one day earlier and make money one day earlier.
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Time flies to August 8th. For a large number of people, this day is just a very ordinary day.
But it is a big day for the employees of the Sixth District Grain Management Office in Sijiu City.
Because today, the day they had been waiting for for so long finally arrived.
Just after seven o'clock in the morning.
The employees in the institute and its subordinate units could not sit still, and rushed to the Grain Management Office one after another in advance. Just after 7:30, including the newly recruited guest house employees, there were three people in total. More than a hundred people were already present.
Everyone wore the most decent clothes at home and gathered in the big conference room happily. The atmosphere was even more lively than the Chinese New Year.
Lao Chen, a cashier at the Erliang Store, was standing at the window smoking at this time. He accidentally caught sight of an old friend of his standing not far away and quickly waved his hand: "Hey, Lao Zhang!”
"Alas!" Lao Zhang is a middle-aged man in his forties. He immediately noticed him when he heard the noise and hurriedly squeezed through the crowd. He took the eyeball from his old friend and looked at the other person with a smile. , jokingly said: "Hey, you are so energetic today. Did you dig out all the clothes you wore on your wedding day?"
"Hey, it is such a happy event to get a new house, we must dress better." Old Chen laughed.
Lao Zhang looked around at this time, and suddenly said with a mysterious face: "Have you heard? Among our batch of new houses, one of them is five or six square meters larger than the others."
< br>"What you are asking is that my wife went to the family building to stare at the sky. How can I know this? And not only do I know this, I also know why there are these houses." Lao Chen squinted his eyes proudly. , waiting for my old friend to ask questions.
"Why?" Lao Zhang immediately asked curiously.
Lao Chen then said: "The building we built has three households on one staircase. Because the lighting in the middle room is not good, Chu was afraid that the people assigned to that house would suffer, so he built a few more square meters."
"So that's what happened." Lao Zhang nodded suddenly, and then couldn't help but give a thumbs up, and said with emotion: "Chu Suo is really like this, we can spread this Such a leader is definitely a blessing he has cultivated in his previous life!"
"That makes sense." Old Chen nodded in agreement: "Look around the city, there are a few of them. A good official like Chu Suo really cares about our brothers!”
(End of this chapter)