In Guo Rui's view, the novel "The Three-Body Problem" is much more superior than the "Looking for Qin" written by Li Qing before. Only such hard science fiction can arouse the interest of critics and gain recognition in the international literary world.
Shine brilliantly.
"so."
Guo Rui said: "You might as well try to write "The Three-Body Problem" in your spare time? Of course, I am not asking you to write it in one go. That would be too unrealistic. What I mean is that you can write it every week, or
Every month, write tens of thousands of words, and then give these tens of thousands of words to us, "Contemporary Literary Circle", and we will be responsible for publicity and promotion for you. In addition, in terms of price, we can pay you 800 per thousand words.
What do you think?"
One thousand words is 800 yuan, and one million words is 800,000 yuan.
This price is not much different from the price of 1,000 words and 1,000 words that was revealed when Cultural Publishing House acquired the traditional Chinese copyright of "Xun Qin Ji".
And judging by Guo Rui's tone, it seems that apart from the copyright for simplified Chinese publishing, he has no intention of doing anything else.
Doesn't he know that other copyrights of this novel are more valuable?
In this regard, the Cultural Publishing House under the China Film Group is obviously more enthusiastic. It bought all the game, animation, film and television and other related copyrights of "Qin Qin Ji" at a price of 10 million.
However, considering that "Contemporary Literary Circle" is just a purely literary magazine, Li Qing knew that he was thinking too much.
"It seems that you only need the Simplified Chinese copyright." Li Qing said with a smile.
Guo Rui chuckled: "If possible, of course I need it, such as traditional Chinese copyright, foreign language translation copyright, etc., but I know you are not a person who is willing to suffer losses. If you can get "The Three-Body Problem" at such a price,
We are satisfied with the Simplified Chinese publishing copyright. In the future, after "The Three-Body Problem" is completed, when our "Contemporary Literary World" is reprinted into another volume, we will contact you in time and give you the number of copies each time.
Don’t worry about the royalties.”
Li Qing looked at Guo Rui and suddenly felt that he seemed to have underestimated this young man.
Turning a campus literary magazine into a national literary magazine is not as simple as it seems on the outside.
Li Qing knows better than anyone whether "The Three-Body Problem" can win the award.
Li Qing has also witnessed with his own eyes the sales volume of "The Three-Body Problem" and how popular it is.
Now, "The Three-Body Problem" is written by myself, which is more topical than the original author, and the number of fans is also very impressive.
Coupled with the high quality of a work like "The Three-Body Problem", it is difficult to imagine whether this novel will be popular.
In addition, serialized works are more attractive than completed works. Whether they are film and television works, animation works or novels, the longer they are serialized, the more fame and wealth they gain. Li Qing is better than anyone else in this regard.
More experience.
If "The Three-Body Problem" really starts to be serialized in "Contemporary Literary World", "Contemporary Literary World" can completely surpass the sales of all literary magazines and become the number one contemporary magazine through works like Li Qing and "The Three-Body Problem".
If "The Three-Body Problem" wins an award domestically or indeed internationally, the status and reputation of "Contemporary Literary Circle" will definitely undergo a qualitative change.
When all the publishing houses and magazines across the country had not noticed "The Three-Body Problem", a college student actually noticed the "Three-Body Problem", which had to make Li Qing look at Guo Rui with admiration.
However, in Li Qing's opinion, the price of 800 words per thousand words is really not much, or even too low.
But thinking about it carefully, it seems that no one except himself knows how popular "The Three-Body Problem" will be.
Therefore, the fact that "Contemporary Literary World" can offer a price of 800 per thousand words actually shows the magnanimity of Guo Rui, the college editor-in-chief.
Looking at the expectant looks of Guo Rui and Liu Xu'er, Li Qing smiled faintly: "Your suggestions are good, but I am not just a pure author. I think you know better than me about shopping around, so let's do this for today.
The food is here, let’s eat and eat…”
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Rui's expression changed, and he looked a little nervous: "Literature is sacred, Mr. Li, I think your literature is priceless, and a thousand words and eight hundred words is the best I can give you so far.
The best price ever.”
Liu Xu'er felt a little dizzy.
She couldn't imagine the price of 800 words per thousand words. If it was a poem, the price was not much, or even a little low.
But "The Three-Body Problem" is a novel, and a full-length novel at that.
Eight hundred words per thousand words, which contemporary writer has such a worth?
Li Qing said with a smile: "When I wrote "Looking for Qin Ji", I signed a contract with a publishing house in Hong Kong. The price they gave me at that time was one thousand words per thousand..."
"A thousand words for a thousand words? No problem, I'll give you a thousand words for a thousand words too!"
Guo Rui gritted his teeth and said, "This is what I can do!"
Seeing Li Qing's unmoved look, Guo Rui thought about it carefully and felt a little discouraged.
He also felt that his price seemed a bit low.
You know, one of Li Qing's songs is rumored to be in the millions.
Even if someone has worked hard to write a novel with hundreds of thousands of words, even if it is one million words, if you calculate it carefully, it is only one million words.
After working so hard to write so many words, in the end it is not as high as the price of selling a song...
If it were me, I would definitely not want to.
"The mainland is no better than Hong Kong."
Guo Rui seemed to think that he was right about Li Qing's idea, so he said with some helplessness: "The piracy industry in the mainland is rampant, especially novels and literature. Compared with audio and video piracy, it is even more terrible. Before the country issued relevant regulations,
, all literary works are suffering from the bullying of the piracy industry, and the genuine ones are struggling. It is not that we are unwilling to give you a higher price..."
Li Qing shook his head, interrupted Guo Rui to continue complaining, and said: "The publishing house in Hong Kong offered a thousand words for a thousand words, but it was only a publishing fee, and I did not agree. I got royalties there.
Mr. Guo, you should know better than me the difference between royalties and royalties."
When Guo Rui heard this, his face turned slightly red.
Having been in this industry for so long, Guo Rui naturally knows the difference between royalties and royalties.
To put it simply, popular writers who are well-known are suitable for asking for royalties.
Small writers, or unknown writers, are suitable for asking for royalties.
The so-called royalties are actually basic royalties and royalties for additional printings.
It means that the publisher pays the author a certain remuneration based on the number of words in the work, in units of 1,000 words, which is the basic remuneration, and then pays the copyright holder a certain proportion of the basic remuneration based on the number of copies of the book, in units of 1,000 copies.
The remuneration is the remuneration for the number of prints.
When a work is reprinted, only the royalties for the number of copies will be paid, and no basic royalties will be paid.
The so-called royalties mean that the publisher pays the author the price of the book, multiplied by the number of copies issued, and then multiplied by the royalty rate.
Generally speaking, the royalty rate should be 3% to 10%.
At first, the Cultural Publishing House offered a thousand words and a thousand words to buy out the traditional Chinese copyright of "Xun Qin Ji", but Li Qing did not agree. Instead, he asked for 10% of the royalties. The contract signed later also provided for 10% of the royalties, that is, no royalties.
When a novel is sold, Li Qing will receive 10% of the royalties.
Li Qing has been eligible to receive royalties since he was a newcomer. Now, "Contemporary Literary World" uses royalties to buy the copyright of Li Qing's works. Not to mention Li Qing, popular writers like Yun Hua face this situation.
, and I definitely disagree——
Thanks to Haijiao for the reward, please vote for me! (To be continued.)