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Chapter 59 Jiangnan Publishing House

Lin Feng finally got on the bus.

This is an old-fashioned bus, and there are quite a lot of people on it. It stops and goes, and it takes four to five or 10 minutes to get to the train station.

Along the way, looking out through the glass, there are no high-rise buildings, no modern buildings, only five or six floors at most, and the outer walls are mostly cement, no outer wall tiles, no glass outer walls.

Lin Feng said several times in his heart, this is 1990, the country is far from developed.

The train station is as old as it is. Although it is morning, there are many people. There are figures everywhere, all kinds of voices, and it is noisy.

As expected, Lin Feng took the green leather train.

The few trains that stop at the station are all green leather trains without exception, and the locomotives are also internal combustion engines. The electrification of domestic railways has not yet started.

The carriage was filled with various smells, many people were carrying woven bags and carrying poles, there were the cries of children, and the loud shouts of adults.

Lin Feng bought a ticket and got on the train. Of course, he didn't buy a seat ticket, so he found a seat and stood up. After a while, the train started. Fortunately, it didn't take too long and arrived at the provincial capital railway station in about an hour.

After getting off the train, out of the train station, and stopped at the train station square, Lin Feng habitually wanted to take out his mobile phone for navigation, and soon he smiled dumbly.

Where is there a mobile phone? He shook his head slightly, identified the direction, and walked towards the direction of Jiangnan Publishing House with two legs.

The distance was not very far, and he asked for directions twice on the way. In about three or four 10 minutes, Lin Feng arrived at the gate of an eight-story building.

It is here.

Jiangnan Publishing House.

Lin Feng registered at the door, then went straight to room 701, knocked on the door lightly, and only pushed the door open when he heard the voice of "please come in" inside.

There are two large desks in this office, which are obviously for two people to work and work. One of them is empty, and a woman in her thirties sits on the other.

"Hi, I'm Lin Feng."

As soon as he entered, Lin Feng first revealed his identity, and even guessed that this woman in her thirties should be Chen Yan, the editor of Jiangnan Publishing House.

Sure enough, the other party immediately showed great enthusiasm, stood up and said, "Mr. Lin, you are so young, even younger than I imagined. Welcome, I am Chen Yan."

"Mr. Chen, hello."

The two shook hands enthusiastically. Chen Yan made a cup of hot tea and called Lin Feng to sit down on the big sofa.

After a few polite greetings, they quickly got to the point.

"Mr. Lin, several of our editors have read the manuscript you sent, and it meets our publishing requirements. I would like to ask, is the copyright still in your hands?"

"Of course, this is a new book, and you are also the first publishing house I submitted to."

"That's good, let's talk about the publication in detail. How many words are there in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty". Can you give a general introduction to the outline and complex of this book?"

Lin Feng nodded and gave a general introduction.

The article "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" mainly tells about some things about the Ming Dynasty in the 1344 years from 1644 to 300. It is based on historical materials, takes the age and specific characters as the main line, and adds the style of the novel. A panoramic display of the seventeen emperors of the Ming Dynasty and other princes' powers and responsibilities and the fate of small people, especially official politics, wars, and the emperor's mind.And add the romance of the political and economic system, human ethics and morality.it's my brainchild
After listening to Lin Feng's introduction, Chen Yan pondered for a while, and said slowly, "According to the word count and time span of this book, I think it can be divided into seven books for publication."

On this point, Lin Feng fully agrees.

In later generations, there are also seven books in total. The first book starts from Zhu Yuanzhang's birth and ends at the end of the Jingnan battle when Emperor Yongle seized the throne.Describes the most arduous process of founding the country in the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Feng said, "If it is published in seven volumes, I have roughly finished writing the first and second volumes. I think the first volume can start from Zhu Yuanzhang's birth and end with the end of the Jingnan War when Emperor Yongle seized the throne. "

"The main content of the second book begins after the "Battle of Jingnan" when Emperor Yongle seized the throne. It first narrates the famous deeds of Emperor Yongle in Chinese history-the five expeditions to Mongolia by sending troops to the north, and the seven voyages to the West by Zheng He. , go south to ask for peace, and so on."

"Later, Emperor Yongle died of illness on his way back from the Northern Expedition to Mongolia. After the Ming Dynasty experienced a relatively clear "Rule of Renxuan", it began to enter a period of turmoil. The great eunuch Wang Zhen manipulated the government and acted mischievously, resulting in the loss of 20 elite soldiers. Fortunately, the famous loyal minister Yu Qian turned the tide and saved the Ming Empire in the "Civil Fort Change", but was killed after the "Seize the Gate Change" in which two emperors competed for the throne."

After the two talked for a while, Chen Yan had a basic understanding of the structure of the book, and after thinking about it for a while, she said, "Then this book will be published in a total of seven copies, and the remuneration is fifteen per thousand words."

Fifteen thousand words?
Lin Feng was slightly taken aback, the price is not high, but the thousand words is not what he wants, but the royalties. No one knows more about the future popularity of this book than Lin Feng.

Fifteen thousand characters, slightly higher than newcomers, but much lower than those famous authors.

Chen Yan watched Lin Feng waiting for an answer. She was confident that Lin Feng would definitely agree to such a price.

Who knew, Lin Feng shook his head lightly.

"No, I don't want fifteen thousand words, I only need ten thousand words, but I have to add a royalties."

Is there a royalty cut?
Chen Yan was slightly taken aback, she had only heard about it, and had never actually operated it.

It's no wonder that Jiangnan Publishing House has always implemented a basic manuscript remuneration system.

This is a remuneration system with strong traces of the planned economy and the color of administrative coercion. The basic remuneration system stipulates that the author should be paid according to the standard of several yuan per thousand characters. On the surface, it is distributed according to work, but in essence it is "one size fits all". .

In April 1999, the National Copyright Administration promulgated the "Regulations on the Remuneration of Published Literary Works", which changed the basic remuneration system and introduced the term royalties.

Chen Yan obviously didn't know much about royalties, so she asked, "Mr. Lin, can you introduce the royalties?"

What is a royalty?
It is the unit price of the book X a certain percentage example X book sales or printing quantity.

Knowing what royalties are all about, Chen Yan said, "Then teacher Lin wants to take a percentage."

Asking prices all over the sky, sitting on the ground to pay back.

Lin Feng obviously knew this essence well. As for whether it would frighten Jiangnan Publishing House away, I don’t worry about it. Everything can be discussed. other publishers.

"If it's a rake, I'd like ten points."

Ten points!
so tall! ! !
Chen Yan was slightly taken aback, and confirmed, "You mean, the basic remuneration is ten yuan per thousand words, plus ten points of royalties."

"Yes, that's right." Lin Feng said affirmatively.

Chen Yan showed embarrassment, "I'm afraid it won't work, it's too high, and our publishing house has never operated like this before, and has always implemented a basic manuscript remuneration system."

Lin Feng said, "If you think it is too high, you can report it to your leaders. I will stay in the provincial capital for two days. If there is no reply tomorrow, I will have to return my manuscript and find another publishing house. "

If someone else said that, Chen Yan would definitely say it with a cold face, so please go ahead.

But the book "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is different. Several of their editors approve of this book very much, and hope that this book can be published by Jiangnan Publishing House.

"Well, I will report to our leader, you wait for our news."

"Yes, I will find a hotel to stay temporarily, and I will give you the contact number." Lin Feng said.

In this day and age, it is really inconvenient to communicate.

Lin Feng had no choice but to find a good hotel nearby, one with a telephone in the guest room, and then told Chen Yan the phone number of the room and the phone number of the main station of the hotel.

As soon as there is news, Chen Yan will call these two numbers to find him.

This is a four-star hotel, relatively high-end, but also relatively expensive. It actually costs 40 yuan a night, while ordinary guest houses know how much it costs, and those small hotels only cost [-] or [-] yuan a night.

Fortunately, he had just been rewarded with 1000 yuan. If the publication of this book is negotiated, a large amount of money will be credited to the account, so Lin Feng did not feel distressed.

Forty is forty, the environment of the room is not bad, it must be much better than those small hotels.

What is rare is that there is not only a telephone in the room, but also a 21-inch color TV.

(End of this chapter)