There are already two people around Wen Ying who are trying to pick up writing again, one is Song Foxiang, and the other is her biological father Wen Dongrong.
Two middle-aged men, a greasy poet and a government veteran. Their trivial lives have worn away their former passion. When they reach middle age, they are awakened by "responsibility" and they all want to make more money.
Making money is not greedy for money, making money is not vulgar, money can solve many conflicts in life.
Money can allow Song Chan, Song Foxiang's daughter, to live a better life abroad, allow Wen Dongrong to continue to support poor students to meet their spiritual needs, and can also improve Wen Dongrong's family status - Recently, Wen Dongrong feels more and more
He is no longer needed at home. His wife can make more money than him, and his daughter can make more money. His sense of existence is too weak!
If his income can increase, can this situation be changed?
For example, for the two houses in Shanghai, he can contribute part of the mortgage loan.
For example, Chen Ru has outstanding performance in the bank. When she goes out to discuss business and commute to get off work, it is more convenient to have a car that is completely at her disposal.
After Wen Dongrong was transferred to Chengdu to work, he no longer had to commute to and from get off work every day. He once offered to let Chen Ru drive the second-hand car Wen Ying bought for him, but Chen Ru didn't take it.
Wen Dongrong thought about it and it was right. It didn't matter if he drove an old car to work in the government agency, but it was different to work in a bank. Chen Ru should be bought a new car.
Chen Ru is very capable of earning herself. She can buy it without Wen Dongrong’s money, but if Wen Dongrong can provide part of the money, Chen Ru won’t refuse!
There is also Heixin Mian's daughter. When he gives Heixin Mian some pocket money every month, how can Heixin Mian not respect him?
For a man who has already paid all his salary, Lao Wen urgently needs a part-time job that is legal and compliant to make money.
Once he made up his mind, Wen Dongrong was still very motivated. Before he started writing, he collected some newspapers and magazines and analyzed which ones he could write and which ones were more expensive... This move was actually different from Wen Ying's original move.
They coincidentally coincided with each other when submitting articles to the magazine, and they turned out to be biological father and daughter.
Wen Ying, who didn't get Wen Dongrong's brain waves, came to Rongcheng Publishing House by herself.
Yuan Fenghui arrived before her and waited downstairs before going up.
"Teacher Yuan."
Yuan Fenghui looked Wen Ying up and down and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, quite energetic."
After the two signed the agency contract, Yuan Fenghui and Wen Ying had a serious discussion on daily dressing issues.
Needless to say, in school, students can wear whatever they want, and school uniforms are the safest and most infallible.
As for what Wen Ying should wear outside of school, Yuan Fenghui will arrange everything if there are activities. When there are no activities, Wen Ying needs to pay attention to herself.
There is no need to dress particularly high-profile or wear luxury goods. Yuan Fenghui hopes that Wen Ying can pay attention to image management when going out. Neatness and cleanliness are the first conditions. On this basis, it will be better to pay a little attention to the overall matching.
Be sure to avoid being sloppy and untidy, because Wen Ying is already a public figure and can easily be recognized by passers-by when she goes out.
This is not because Yuan Fenghui is harsh and requires Wen Ying to maintain a perfect image in front of outsiders at all times. This is just the basic quality of public figures... Wen Ying agrees with Yuan Fenghui's concept. Let alone public figures, ordinary girls also do not wash their hair.
In an emergency when going out, wearing a hat will make girls feel much calmer!
Wen Ying smiled and said, "We have to deal with Editor Bao, how can we not be energetic?"
Yuan Fenghui also laughed.
The old fox and the little fox looked at each other, and there was a tacit understanding in their eyes.
Bao Lixin had been waiting in the office for a long time. As soon as Wen Ying entered, he saw Little Salamander there.
I don’t know what Bao Lixin and Little Salamander talked about before, but Little Salamander lowered his head and didn’t want to talk.
Compared with the previous avoidance, Editor-in-Chief Bao was very enthusiastic this time. He greeted Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui to take their seats, and served them tea and drinks. The process was as smooth and natural as flowing clouds.
It turns out that Editor-in-Chief Bao is not ungrateful, his politeness is very flexible!
"Sit down, sit down."
"I'm so sorry. I just came to work at the publishing house and I had a lot of unorganized work. I just came back from a business trip and immediately urged the employees below to compile the sales data of the two books "Teenage Idol" and "Galaxy and You"
Don’t worry, you two, we will pay the last quarter’s royalties for the two books as quickly as possible.”
Bao Lixin said, taking out two settlement lists and handing them to Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui respectively.
From August 1st to October 31st, 2006, the fifth quarter of "Teenage Idol" sales, 362,289 copies were sold, and Wen Ying received a pre-tax royalty of 1.744 million.
"More than the fourth quarter?"
Wen Ying was a little surprised.
Before Bao Lixin could speak, Yuan Fenghui rushed to answer: "Because of the promotion of "Galaxy and You" and because you held autograph sessions in five cities, the data surpassed the fourth quarter. I had expected this."
, I would be surprised if the sales data did not increase!”
There are cycles in the sales of best-sellers. The hottest cycle of "Teen Idol" has passed. The peak of more than 700,000 copies sold in a quarter will not appear again. However, due to various reasons, there will still be cases from time to time.
Small peak.
Although the agency rights of "Teenage Idol" do not belong to Yuan Fenghui, no matter how many copies of the book are sold, Wen Ying will not have to split money with Yuan Fenghui. Yuan Fenghui still hopes that the total sales volume of "Teenage Idol" can be higher!
"Yes, the fourth quarter data has increased. The subject matter of this book is popular with the market. Old readers have read it and new readers are coming in. Xiaoyu is still strong."
Bao Lixin did not miss any opportunity to interrupt. Wen Ying smiled and said nothing, and Yuan Fenghui was too lazy to talk to him.
Bao Lixin kept winking at the little salamander. The little salamander lowered his head and looked at the tea cup on the table. The tea leaves were completely stretched by the boiling water. It was quite interesting to float up and down in the water.
"Galaxy and You" drove the sales of "Teenage Idol", and its own performance was even better, with 665,721 copies sold in one quarter!
The book is priced at 38 yuan, the royalty is 12%, and the royalty income is 3.035 million. Wen Ying only took half of it, but still got 1.517 million.
Adding up the two books, the pre-tax income that the publisher should settle to Wen Ying is 3.261 million.
With this amount of money, Wen Ying no longer has to worry about the mortgage in Shanghai, and she can even make other investments!
As soon as this idea came up, Wen Ying couldn't help but look at Yuan Fenghui sitting next to her.
Wen Ying always had a hunch that Yuan Fenghui would come to trick her into spending the money quickly!
Yuan Fenghui raised his eyebrows and smiled, and Wen Ying immediately sat up straight: as long as I don't talk to Teacher Yuan, my money will always be in my pocket...
The royalties from "Galaxy and You" are 3 million, with Wen Ying getting half and Gui Tianjiao getting the other half.
Yuan Fenghui and Wen Ying were both winners, but they were not very excited.
First of all, this is what Wen Ying and Tianjiao deserve. The royalties that should have been settled long ago have been delayed for so long by Bao Lixin. Wen Ying is not a masochist and in turn is grateful to the other party.
Secondly, Wen Ying and Yuan Fenghui were not stupid. They noticed a loophole almost at the same time.
"Editor-in-chief Bao, if I remember correctly, the first printing of "Galaxy and You" was 300,000 copies, and then it was reprinted once more, for a total of 600,000 copies, right? The sales statistics you gave are 660,000. This
What happened to the extra 60,000 volumes? We need your company’s explanation.”
There are advantages to signing with an agent. The agent will say all the unpleasant things, and Wen Ying doesn't have to be at the forefront of the fight.
Faced with Yuan Fenghui's doubts, Bao Lixin smiled awkwardly: "This is an oversight on my part. Because "Galaxy and You" is so popular, booksellers from all over the country are urging us to reprint it. The publishing house urgently reprinted it last month."
200,000 copies were sent to bookstores all over the country... I still blame me for not communicating with you in time because I am always on business trips. I invite you two here today, and I have to apologize to you in person!"
Apologize?
Wen Ying did not hold back: "Editor Bao, what you are doing is both illegal and unreasonable. I don't even know that my novel is being reprinted! Now you are reprinting it without notifying me. Will the next step be to sell it together?"
You don’t have to tell me how many volumes there are?”
A novel with a print run of 600,000 copies actually sold 660,000 copies.
Without telling the author of the novel, Wen Ying had every reason to guess that Bao Lixin would conceal the report and underreport the true sales data.
After selling 1 million copies, I told Wen Ying that I only sold 500,000 copies, so I could pay two to three million less in royalties... Therefore, the industry rarely uses actual sales data to calculate royalties. They always calculate how many copies are printed.
, after all, whether the book is sold or not, and how many copies are sold is entirely decided by the publisher, and the author himself has no way to count it.
Wen Ying cooperated with the publishing house to use actual sales data to calculate royalties, and raised the upper limit of her royalty ratio from the beginning. The "tiered royalty" model helped her get 15% of the royalties.
At that time, Wen Ying was not worried at all that the publishing house would conceal the data, because Zou Weijun would not cheat Wen Ying!
It's different now.
Zou Weijun will no longer engage in publishing, and Wen Ying will not sign this royalty sharing model again.
Wen Ying's questioning made Bao Lixin's expression turn ugly.
Xiaoyu suddenly raised his head, "I don't know about the second reprinting of "Galaxy and You". As Xiaoyu's editor, I will truthfully report this matter to the superiors!"
