Three days later, Sha Lun came to City M and came to Sun Quan's villa as a guest.
I brought some fruits, nutritional supplements, and two copies of the contract.
That afternoon, when Sun Quan received his call and learned that he would be arriving in City M today, he had already guessed the purpose of his trip.
Sun Quan personally drove to the airport to pick up Shalun.
When they met, both of them smiled before saying anything. Sun Quan suddenly opened his arms and walked towards Shalun. When Shalun saw him, she also opened her arms to welcome him. Two big men were picking her up at the airport.
He gave me a big hug.
Sun Quan patted Shalun on the back and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for a long time and finally today!"
Sha Lun laughed, patted Sun Quan on the back, and added jokingly: "I have been dreaming for a long time and finally realized my dream! Haha..."
Leaving the airport, along the way, Shalun repeatedly admired the scenery and residential buildings in M city, feeling that it was no wonder that this place has become a well-known tourist city in the country. The scenery is indeed good, and the architecture is indeed unique.
When they arrived at the foot of the Qinglongwan villa area, Shalun was quiet for a while and suddenly asked: "Old Sun, don't tell me you live here now! Isn't it too much to be surrounded by mountains and rivers?"
When Sun Quan really drove the car up the mountain and arrived at the entrance of Qinglongwan Villa Park, Shalun shook her head and sighed, "It's too much! It's too much! You are too good at enjoying this..."
When he walked into Sun Quan's villa, Sha Lun no longer shook his head or sighed. He was left speechless.
After entering the door, he said hello to Yuan Shuiqing and others. When Sun Quan invited him to sit down on the sofa in the living room, he whispered to Sun Quan: "You are living a wonderful life in this little life... Awesome!"
In response, Sun Quan just chuckled.
He himself is quite satisfied with his current life.
After drinking tea and chatting for a while downstairs, Sha Lun asked to visit Sun Quan's study. Sun Quan readily agreed and led him up to the second floor.
Walking into Sun Quan's study, Shalun walked to the bookshelf that lined the whole wall and looked at it for a while. He saw many books on it, such as "Twenty-Four Histories", "Three Kingdoms", "Feng Shen Bang", "
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Water Margin", etc.
He also noticed that the books on the bookshelf were basically brand new.
He turned around and asked Sun Quan with a smile, "Old Sun, are you buying so many books just to show off your appearance? You haven't read more than 90% of the books here, have you?"
Sun Quan turned on the air purifier, took out a cigarette and handed him one. He knew that Shalun smoked.
Hearing this, he said with a smile: "Do I need to put on a facade? I'm not an official, and I'm not in business. No one comes in to my study. Who should I show off to?"
Shalun took the cigarette and lowered his head to light it. Hearing this rhetorical question, he was a little surprised and raised his eyes to look at Sun Quan, "Then why are you buying so many books and leaving them here without reading them?"
Sun Quan stretched out his hand to motion for him to sit down, and he also sat down. The space in his study was not small, with a sofa and a coffee table placed beside the wall.
"These are the spiritual food I have stored up! Occasionally when I have time or when I am upset, I will find one from the above and read it slowly. I am not in a hurry anyway. I can finish it in one year, but I can read it in two, two, or three years.
If I don’t finish it, I’ll read it for the rest of my life. With these books, I won’t have to go out for several months. Do you believe it?”
After hearing this explanation, Shalun was stunned, then pursed her lips and nodded, "I understand! I admire you!"
As he said that, he put the briefcase on the coffee table, opened it, and said: "Let's talk about the gossip later. Let's get the contract done first! I have printed the contract. You can take a look and see if it's okay. If not, you can
Tell me to change it, just take it out and reprint it later."
While they were talking, two contracts had been taken out and handed to Sun Quan.
"How much investment did you get from Blueprint World this time?"
When taking over the contract, Sun Quan asked casually.
Shalun flicked the cigarette ashes and said with a smile: "Not much, 3 million! Add in my own 5 million, and we have 8 million."
Sun Quan was a little surprised. This was 2008, and the annual incomes of the great masters at Qidian were not high, but Shalun could actually come up with 5 million by himself?
Nodding slightly, he turned over the contract and squinted at it.
When Sha Lun saw this, she didn't bother him and just sat aside with a smile and smoked quietly.
Sun Quan reads things very quickly. This is a habit he has developed from reading novels for many years. His eyes will glance at many words. Only when a certain word catches his attention, he will take a closer look at the paragraphs before and after it.
In less than ten minutes, he had flipped through the two thick contracts.
After he finished flipping through it, he said "Wait a moment", got up, walked to the desk, took out a signature pen from the pen holder, opened the contract and signed it.
Seeing this scene, Sha Lun was a little surprised. She was so surprised that she even lowered her legs, "Hey? Old Sun, don't you want to bargain? There's nothing you want to modify in this contract?"
Sun Quan continued to sign while shaking his head with a smile, "No need, you and I are not pure businessmen. Forget about the things in the shopping mall. I saw sincerity in your two contracts. Sincerity is enough, down to the smallest details.
Forget it, and there are so many novels suitable for adaptation in Qidian. If you choose to cooperate with me, you think highly of me. So, so be it! You come here happily, and I, as the host, have to make you happy.
Go back! Oh, how was it? Do you feel good?"
Shalun was slightly stunned after hearing this, and stared blankly as Sun signed his name in every place where signatures were required on the two contracts. After signing, Sun Quan suddenly turned to him and asked, "Do you have any ink pads? I
There’s nothing like that here!”
Shalun woke up from a dream, nodded quickly, reached into her briefcase, "Yes! Yes! I brought it specially."
Sun Quan took the ink pad, opened the lid of the box, stretched out his right thumb, dipped it in the ink pad, and with a smile, pressed his fingerprints on several places that needed to be stamped.
When he pushed the two signed contracts in front of Sha Lun.
Shalun pursed her lips, patted Sun Quan's back hard, nodded and said: "Okay! Okay! Don't worry! Because of your trust, I will definitely go all out for this project. When the game is finished, it will go online."
I also promise that I will never do anything with you! I guarantee it with my personality!"
Sun Quan laughed and shook his head, "You're serious! Sign it quickly! After signing it, I'll take you around the city. It's a rare time to come here. It would be a pity not to take a look and play!"
Shalun nodded, "Okay! Okay!"
…
Why did Sun Quan not bargain at all after reading these two contracts?
How do Shalun's two contracts reflect his sincerity?
Among other things, when Sun Quan saw that in the terms of the contract, Sun Quan was given 15% of the income from this project, he was satisfied.
In fact, he didn't know whether this percentage was considered high or low in the industry, but his intuition told him that this percentage was already very high.
After all, he does not need to contribute a cent to the capital investment in this project, but he can get 15% of the final return.
He doesn't know about other industries, but he knows the remuneration standards for novel publishing.
Some publishing houses do not pay authors based on the number of words, but rather a percentage of royalties.
The royalty percentage for newcomers is relatively low, usually only a few percent. The royalty percentage for master-level authors is higher, but generally it does not exceed 12%.
Therefore, when he saw that the contract given to him by Sha Lun stated a 15% profit ratio, he felt sincerity.
After all, Sha Lun just said that the total investment in this project is 8 million. A project with such a large investment can give him, the author of the original work, so much profit share in terms of income. What else can he be dissatisfied with?
After signing the contract, the two looked at each other and smiled, each feeling that they had a deeper friendship with the other.
Sun Quan collected his share of the contract and invited Sha Lun to visit the city. Sha Lun was a guest from afar, and Sun Quan, as a landlord, should naturally entertain them well.
Sha Lun didn't stay here for long. She had a drink with Sun Quan in the evening and flew away the next morning.
When Sha Lun left, Sun Quan rushed to the airport to see her off.
On the way back in the car, Sun Quan was driving while estimating when this project would be profitable. He estimated that it would take at least one or two years.
First of all, developing a game is inherently time-consuming.
Secondly, it is the first time for Shalun to undertake such a project across industries, so the speed will definitely be slower.
Sun Quan was not in a hurry about this.
He understands the principle of slow work and careful work.
What's more, the concept of online IP has not yet become popular. If you wait a year or two and the game "Undying Dragon Ring" is released, it may just happen to be the time when IP becomes popular.
By then, if the revenue of the game "Undying Dragon Ring" is good, as the original author of this game, Sun Quan's signature will be gold-plated, and the copyrights of his other novels can be sold as well.
Higher price.
…
In a blink of an eye, it’s October.
On the morning of the 1st, Sun Quan received a QQ private message from Dayu, "Brother, did you forget to ask for votes for me?"
After Sun Quan saw it, he replied: "Forgot! What are you talking about? Why can't I understand?"
Dayu: "..."
Sun Quan grinned and replied: "Just kidding, so I'm going to beg you now? Are you sure you want this month?"
Dayu: "Well, it's only this month. When will you take action?"
Sun Quan: "Wait a moment!"
Dayu: "Ah? How many days should we wait?"
Sun Quan did not answer, but directly logged into the author's backend, first posted a chapter about today's update, and then posted a chapter asking for votes.
After sending it, he gave Dayu a screenshot of the title of the single chapter.
The title is: "New way to find monthly tickets - the magical skill of wedding clothes".
It took a while for Dayu to reply with a hug, and then he sent another message: "Thank you! I just thought you wanted me to wait for a few days, but I didn't expect you to be so fast. Otherwise, I won't