Chapter 36 Sanlian Publishing House
After coming out of Ming Pao, Liu Hongmin temporarily put aside the matter of Jin Yong's novels.
Shaobao's consultant didn't have much work to do. He gave some advice on the costumes and not to make them too exaggerated. After all, it is a historical drama.
The most important thing is the setting, at least it has to look like that. The land in Xiangjiang is precious, and RTV’s studio is not big, so many shots require temporary scenery. Therefore, Liu Hongmin works with the set designers most of the time, telling them what kind of scenes to create and paying attention to those details.
But as filming began and the set designers gained experience, there were fewer and fewer places where Liu Hongmin could direct.
After he had some free time, he began to write the outline of the second part of Shaobao.
After weighing the difference between him and Detective Di Renjie, Liu Hongmin finally chose the second part of Shaobao. Taking advantage of Shaobao's popularity in Hong Kong, release a few more to earn some Hong Kong dollars.
On this day, Luo Baoming took a man with him.
"Mr. Liu, this is Mr. Yang Guiren from Sanlian Publishing House. I am here this time to talk about the release of Shaobao as a volume."
Liu Hongmin became interested, " Hello Mr. Yang, does Sanlian Publishing House want to publish a single volume of Shaobao in Xiangjiang? ”
Yang Guiren smiled and shook hands with Liu Hongmin, "It's not just a single book, we also want to make a collection."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows, "Can you tell us in detail?"
Yang Guiren: "We're going to do a series. Understand that Shaobao will be broadcast after the year. As long as RTV's production is not bad, it will definitely cause a hit. We plan to take this opportunity to release the stand-alone book first and then gradually release the seven stand-alone books. Once completed, we will publish a collection and add scenes from the TV series as illustrations. I believe many book fans will buy a collection."
Liu Hongmin gave a thumbs up, you will still make money!
Seeing that Liu Hongmin approved the plan, Yang Guiren came up with a contract.
"Mr. Liu, this is the contract we have drawn up. You can take a look."
In Xiangjiang, publishing books adopts a royalty system. Liu Hongmin is not well-known now, but Shaobao is very well-known, so Sanlian Publishing House did not give the lowest 5%, and of course did not give the highest 10%, but gave 9%.
Liu Hongmin looked at Yang Guiren, "Mr. Yang, is this the royalty standard of Xiangjiang?"
Yang Guiren's eyes flickered, "Although it is the royalty standard of Xiangjiang, it is almost the same in Southeast Asia. "
Liu Hongmin said with a smile: "The market in Xiangjiang is small, so I accept the 9% royalties, but I don't need to tell you how big the market is in Southeast Asia, right?"
"Mr. Liu, that's not how the account is calculated. The Southeast Asian market is indeed huge, but except for Green Island, other places are English-speaking areas..."
"So, you want to translate Shaobao Is it in English? Can it be released in Europe and the United States?"
Yang Guiren twitched, "Mr. Liu, the story of Shaobao is not suitable for Europe and the United States."
"There are so many Chinatowns. , we can always sell some, right?"
Yang Guiren opened his mouth speechlessly, "We don't have this channel, we can't cover all of Chinatown."
Liu Hongmin: "It doesn't matter, I am. It doesn't matter how many channels you have. Let's change the cooperation model. I will hand over the distribution rights of Traditional Chinese to you. We will deal with the royalties in a graded manner. I only need 6% for printing 10,000 copies, and 8% for 50,000 copies. I want 10% for 10,000 copies, 12% for 200,000 copies, and 15% for collections of 500,000. After a moment, Liu Hongmin opened his mouth not as a lion. If you can really buy 500,000 copies, let alone 15% of the royalties, even 20% will be fine. The higher the print run, the lower the cost. This reduced cost is enough to pay Liu Hongmin’s extra royalties.
In other words, the money earned by Sanlian Publishing House is equivalent to 8-9% of Liu Hongmin’s royalties. If it weren't for the fact that this method of cooperation was so novel that he needed to ask the leader for instructions, he would have agreed directly.
The collection is not a big deal. If the collection is counted separately, the royalties given to Liu Hongmin will be much higher than normal. After all, it is a hardcover book, and the selling price is much higher, so the number that can be sold will not be too many.
"Mr. Liu, I'll go back and ask for instructions first, and I'll give you an answer in two days."
"Of course it's no problem!"
Liu Hongmin sent the two of them away and returned to the office to continue writing Shao Bao Outline of Part II.
The Second Part 4 of Shaobao is composed of six stories: "The True Colors of a Hero", "The Sky of Loyalty", "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger", "Stealing the Heaven and Harming the Sun", "The Earth-Breaking Shock" and "Dragnet".
Because the first part of Shaobao was suspected of plagiarism, the second part used original stories. Because the screenwriter's reasoning ability is not enough, the crime process and reasoning part are much weaker, and it looks fake than the first film.
But these are not problems for Liu Hongmin. There are countless detective plots in his mind that have not yet been created.
There are more than a thousand episodes of "Dead Schoolboy", and the modus operandi in them is enough for him.
To make up for the deficiencies in the reasoning in the second part of Shaobao, we cut off the love scenes and weakened the roles of Gongsun Ce and Dynasty Mahan Zhang Long and Zhao Hu. We still focused on the duo of Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao, following the example of Liu Hongmin himself. The first style of writing.
In this way, the second part of Shaobao will become more watchable.
Within two days, Yang Guiren came to see Liu Hongmin. This time, he came by himself.
"Mr. Liu, our Sanlian Publishing House can accept your conditions. However, the publishing house hopes to obtain the Japanese and Korean copyrights on the same conditions."
As one of the Four Asian Tigers, the economy of Southern Korea is very developed. , there is a huge market for mystery novels.
As for the Japanese, it is the largest market for mystery novels in Asia. If Shaobao can succeed in the ghost market, the money it will make will be countless.
"Does your publishing house have channels in the Southern Dynasties and the Japanese?"
Yang Guiren nodded, "Yes, we have partners there. Although some people earn less by sharing the money, There is absolutely no problem with full distribution. The only question is whether Shaobao's story can attract readers in both places."
Liu Hongmin shook his head, "I don't know, but it's always right to try. ”
For the Southern Dynasties, Liu Hongmin did not have high hopes. Fifty thousand copies would be considered a lot. But the Japs can still look forward to it. With the size of the market there, even if they don't like small packages, they can probably sell 100,000 copies.
So, Liu Hongmin signed the three-point contract. Then he said: "After RTV's TV series is launched, if it creates a craze, you can help sell it to the Japanese and Southern Dynasties, and maybe increase some sales."
Yang Guiren smiled and nodded, "The same is true for the publishing house I’ve considered it, otherwise I wouldn’t have dared to release the Japanese and Korean versions.”
(End of this chapter)