When the discussions were fruitless, Changhong Publishing House could only wait for the arrival of the other two publishing houses. The three publishing houses made a joint bid. According to Pi Jianzhou's attitude, the one with the highest price should win.
During this period, Changhong Publishing House also discussed the publishing price of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" with Liao Yuan.
"We have consistent contract signing standards for new writers, and the price is based on the volume. As long as the work of a new writer is good enough, it usually starts at 7,000 yuan per volume. Each volume is about 70,000 words, and it is about 100 yuan for 1,000 words.
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One of the business editors introduced to Liao Yuan: ""Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a work that has been published publicly, so its freshness must be greatly reduced. However, given that it has already achieved a certain influence on the Internet, we will consider it based on the situation.
We have decided to raise the price by 20%, which is 8,400 yuan per volume. If Writer Liao has no objection, we will have someone bind the contract."
Liao Yuan was a little confused.
Based on the calculation of 8,400 volumes and 70,000 words per volume, the final remuneration for "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" with a total of 2 million words is only about 240,000.
Liao Yuan laughed angrily and turned to look at Lai Yibai.
Lai Yibai also calculated clearly at this time, and she said in shock: "Isn't it? So low?"
"Low? For a new writer, it's already a pretty good price." The business editor said disapprovingly.
Lai Yibai shook his head and said: "Do you know how much the audio copyright of this novel alone was sold in our Taiwan? One and a half million! In comparison, isn't the price you offered ridiculously low?
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The sales editor looked a little surprised, as if he didn't expect "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" to command such a high price.
At this time, Hou Jie said: "Xiao Liu, please re-evaluate. I have heard that part of the plot of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", whether it is the text or the story, can withstand scrutiny. It is a rare tomb robbery."
For this masterpiece, the price you mentioned is indeed a bit low."
"Yeah?"
The business editor thought for a while, then typed and checked on his laptop, and then said again: "Okay, since the editor-in-chief has interceded, we will re-draw the price - this is the final price, 20,000
Yuan per volume, writer Liao, what do you think?"
A volume of 20,000 yuan, calculated based on 2 million words and a total of 28 volumes, the final remuneration is about 570,000 yuan...
Lai Yibai looked at Liao Yuan with some embarrassment. She felt a little guilty, because in her eyes, "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was much higher than this price. After all, in addition to the 1.5 million that the audio copyright brought to Liao Yuan,
In addition to income, Liao Yuan's monthly income in Taiwan reached about 600,000 yuan just from the oral broadcast of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
But now, the ultimate benefit from publishing a complete set of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is not even worth Liao Yuan's monthly income...
No wonder writer Pi Jianzhou didn't sign a contract with you.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the door. Two middle-aged men in white shirts carried leather bags, put on slippers at the door, and walked into the living room one after another.
Pi Jianzhou, who had been putting on a show, stood up immediately when he saw this, and greeted him with a smile: "Hu Bian is here, I have brewed the tea long ago, and the tea has become cold. Come on, come on, I will make two hot cups again.
Tea, let Hu Bian and this friend try the fine tea leaves I just collected."
Pi Jianzhou's words were completely different from his treatment of Changhong Publishing House, which made Hou Jie and others feel quite uncomfortable.
"Writer Pi is being polite, so I'm going to be more respectful than obey your orders and try your tea?"
The man in a white shirt wearing glasses said with a smile.
Then, he glanced around the room and nodded slightly when he saw Hou Jie.
The latter also smiled. The famous editor-in-chief Hu of Huaxia Book Company had much higher connections in the industry than him, so he did not dare to make any mistakes.
His eyes continued to shift.
When he saw Liao Yuan lowering his head and playing with his fingers, the man in the white shirt showed doubts.
The next moment, he was suddenly startled, stood up and walked towards Liao Yuan, asking politely: "May I ask your name, sir?"
The picture is a bit lonely.
Everyone looked at Liao Yuan, including Pi Jianzhou who was making tea.
"My name is Liao Yuan." Liao Yuan raised his head and replied, "What's the matter?"
The man in the white shirt was overjoyed: "It is indeed Mr. Liao. I didn't expect to see Mr. Liao in the suburbs. That's great, Xiao Li, Xiao Li!"
The assistant who came with me quickly came over and said, "Editor Hu, please give me your orders."
"Quickly, take a photo for me. I want to take a photo with Mr. Liao." Editor Hu was beside Liao Yuan and said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the assistant hurriedly took out his mobile phone and pressed the camera button on Liao Yuan and Editor Hu.
"Hubian, what's going on?" Pi Jianzhou made tea and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
Editor Hu laughed loudly: "Writer Pi, you are really my lucky star. I didn't expect to meet Mr. Liao here. I had a hard time looking for Mr. Liao and couldn't get his contact information. This time when I came to Donghai,
I came here especially for Mr. Liao. I didn’t expect to meet here in advance. It’s really fate.”
Pi Jianzhou smiled, but he was still confused in his heart.
Are you here especially for Mr. Liao?
So who am I? A foil?
Editor Hu smiled and shook hands with Liao Yuan again: "Mr. Liao, I am Hu Fangyong, the chief editor in charge of publishing business of Huaxia Book Company. Mr. Liao, do you still remember me?"
Huaxia Bookstore? Sounds a bit familiar.
But after looking at Hu Fangyong carefully, Liao Yuan shook his head and asked doubtfully: "Have we met before?"
Hu Fangyong sighed: "Mr. Liao is really a busy man. I have sent you private messages on Weibo many times, but I have never received a reply. If you don't believe me, can you open Weibo and take a look?"
When Liao Yuan heard this, he took out his mobile phone and opened the private message page of Weibo.
When he saw countless private messages displayed in the dense private message list, Hu Fangyong finally understood that it was not that Liao Yuan did not remember, but that Liao Yuan had not seen the private messages at all.
"You just need to follow me, and then set the private messages that only friends can send. Otherwise, you will have too many private messages." Hu Fangyong enthusiastically took out his mobile phone and followed Liao Yuan.
Then Liao Yuan saw the content of the private message from Hu Fangyong.
"Mr. Liao, I am Hu Fangyong, the editor-in-chief of Huaxia Book Company, and I am interested in publishing your work "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"."
"Mr. Liao, I intend to publish "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp". Please reply to the private message if you see it."
"Mr. Liao..."
Liao Yuan finally remembered at this moment that he had seen these private messages not long ago.
In fact, in addition to Huaxia Book Company, the official Weibo posts of many publishers on Weibo have also left more or less private messages to Liao Yuan, most of them requesting cooperation in publishing matters.
Liao Yuan didn't pay too much attention to these private messages. Compared with the Internet, he believed in the context that existed in reality. What's more, he had asked Lai Yibai to find a publishing house to sign a contract, but he didn't expect that the publishing company Lai Yibai found would
It seems that the publishers are not as reliable as the publishers who sent me private messages online.
At this time, the entire reception room became increasingly silent because of Hu Fangyong's sudden excitement.
Hou Jie looked at this scene and swallowed hard. The blood in his body was cold, and he felt that something in his life was passing quickly.
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ps: The fourth update is completed, although the time span is a bit long... I fell asleep on the desk during the period, cough, please vote for recommendation!