Ye Xuan clearly remembers that "Douluo" in his previous life on Earth sold tens of millions of copies every year.
"Douluo: Soul Continent" has been refined, so the plot, characters, language, etc. are far superior to previous versions. Therefore, Ye Xuan has reason to believe that the first volume of "Douluo: Soul Continent" will definitely be sold.
Millions of copies.
But for Chen Xiaofeng, five million copies is not a small number. After all, the physical book market is slowly declining. It is very impressive to be able to sell one or two million copies of a published novel.
Now Ye Xuan actually suggested that they print five million copies, which shocked Chen Xiaofeng.
"Ye Xuan, I think your suggestion is too risky. Five million copies. You have to know that the physical book market is sluggish now. Even if a super-popular master publishes a book, it would be great to sell one or two million copies.
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"Starting with five million copies, I think the risk is too great." Chen Xiaofeng said solemnly.
Chen Xiaofeng has been the editor-in-chief of Jiangcheng People's Publishing House for so long. She certainly knows what the current publishing market is like. In addition, this time she is publishing a novel, and it is a very straightforward novel. The risk is too great.
"Editor Chen, what is your price this time?" Ye Xuan asked.
"According to our research and discussion, since this time there is only a deluxe edition, the price is 50 yuan per volume," Chen Xiaofeng said.
"Just price it at 100 yuan per volume." Ye Xuan suggested.
Just kidding, this book "Douluo: Martial Spirit Continent" has been systematically refined, and the content inside is very exciting. In addition, it has the blessing of the super popular pen name of Shikou Xuan, and it is also a deluxe version, priced at 50 yuan a volume.
The pricing is really cheap.
"Uh." Chen Xiaofeng was shocked again by Ye Xuan's words.
"Ye Xuan, your pricing is simply too crazy. It's impossible for readers to spend one hundred yuan to buy a novel. Normally, a novel is priced at twenty yuan a copy, but now our price is fifty yuan a copy, which is very high.
It’s risky.”
"Editor Chen, please convey my message to Editor Huang and tell me that "Douluo: Spirit of War Continent" will be priced at 100 yuan per copy, and the additional printing will start at 5 million copies."
"If the sales of "Douluo: Martial Spirit Continent" are not satisfactory, I will directly pay for the remaining inventory. I will never let Jiangcheng People's Publishing House lose money." Ye Xuan said very domineeringly.
"But I also have a request, that is, Jiangcheng People's Publishing House should use all its resources to distribute goods and promote it."
"Ye Xuan, are you kidding?" Chen Xiaofeng immediately exclaimed after hearing this.
For example, if this novel sells one million copies, the remaining four million copies, even if calculated based on the cost price, are tens of millions.
"Editor Chen, I'm not kidding, we can sign a contract. Once the sales performance of "Douluo: Spirit of Soul Continent" is not satisfactory, I will pay for the remaining inventory." Ye Xuan said.
"Okay, I need to discuss this matter with Editor Huang before I can give you an answer." Chen Xiaofeng said after being silent for a while.
"OK."
Soon the two ended the call. Chen Xiaofeng looked at the phone in her hand with a very solemn expression on her face. To be honest, she was really shocked by Ye Xuan's words. This is how confident she is in her novel that she dares to do this.
Do.
Chen Xiaofeng has been working in this industry for so long, and she has never seen any novel sell more than five million copies in a year.
"Forget it, don't think about it so much. I'll go tell Editor Huang about this early tomorrow morning." Chen Xiaofeng said, and then walked into her room.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiaofeng went directly to the company after breakfast. As soon as she arrived at the company, Chen Xiaofeng knocked on the door and walked into Huang Qiang's office.
"Editor Huang, are you busy?" Chen Xiaofeng said.
"You're not busy, Xiaofeng, what's wrong with you?" Huang Qiang said with a smile.
"Well, I came to you to discuss Ye Xuan's new book. He requested that the name of the published novel be changed to "Douluo: Martial Spirit Continent". The second thing is the pricing and printing quantity of the novel." Chen Xiaofeng said.
"There is no problem in changing the name, but haven't we discussed the pricing and printing quantity of this novel before?"
"Fifty yuan a copy, let's try printing 500,000 copies first." Huang Qiang looked at Chen Xiaofeng and said.
"I communicated this matter with Ye Xuan last night, and he said that our price was too low, and said that we would price it at 100 yuan per volume." Chen Xiaofeng said.
"What? One hundred yuan per copy, did I hear it correctly?" Huang Qiang was immediately surprised when he heard it, and looked at Chen Xiaofeng with blank eyes, "One hundred yuan per copy, this is really too high."
"Most novels are published at 20 yuan per copy. Fifty yuan per copy is based on the fan base, but for 100 yuan per copy, to be honest, I have never seen anyone dare to do this.
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"Ye Xuan is really too idealistic. He probably doesn't understand the novel publishing market at all, otherwise he would definitely not say that."
"Editor Huang, and Ye Xuan also said that this novel will be printed at 5 million copies, and he said 500,000 copies is just a play," Chen Xiaofeng said.
"Ugh!"
When Huang Qiang heard this, his eyes immediately opened wide, his face and eyes were full of shock, and he was deeply shocked.
"Oh my God, is Ye Xuan crazy? Starting with five million copies, the risk is too great, it is too great."
"I've been in this industry for so long, but I don't have a single novel that sells more than five million copies a year. The most impressive one is two million copies. This is already top-notch."
"Now Ye Xuan actually asks us to print five million copies directly, and the price is one hundred yuan per copy. This is really crazy and terrifying."
Five million copies are worth 100 yuan per copy, which is directly equivalent to sales of 500 million. This is a very scary concept.
The entire Jiangcheng People's Publishing House's annual sales performance is less than 500 million, so Huang Qiang was really shocked when he heard Chen Xiaofeng's words.
"Xiao Feng, this Ye Xuan is not a person in this industry. It is normal for him to be unprofessional. We can understand it, but as professionals in this industry, we cannot be stupid. The risk is too great."
"If the sales performance is not satisfactory, the remaining inventory will be a terrifying amount even based on cost price, and our Jiangcheng People's Publishing House may go bankrupt as a result." Huang Qiang said in a serious tone.
As the editor-in-chief of Jiangcheng People's Publishing House, Huang Qiang must consider the interests of the publishing house. He will not agree to such a risky move.
"Xiao Feng, you can communicate with Ye Xuan later and tell him the actual situation. If the sales of this novel are good, we will definitely print more." Huang Qiang said. (To be continued)