The King of Crossover Entertainment.

Chapter 83 0083, Attitude Determines Everything

Currently on Blue Star, the market price of short stories is generally between ten and five hundred per thousand words. For famous short story authors, the price can be negotiated, but it is basically around one thousand per thousand words.

Therefore, the price of 5,000 yuan per thousand words that Zheng Rongkai charged is already at the top of the pyramid in the industry.

That being said, Yunfeng is a bit special.

"Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blows Out the Light" were huge hits, creating one million and one and a half million first orders, which shocked the entire online literature world, making the author ID "Cross-border King" a synonym for best-seller.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Rong activated his passive skill "Kick the Buck" and asked, "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Yunfeng was not afraid of the usual conversational tactics such as "playing Tai Chi" and "passing the buck", and said directly: "Twenty-five thousand for a thousand words."

I gave you a 50% discount right away. That’s pretty generous, isn’t it?

Zheng Rong said cheerfully, "Deal."

Yunfeng: “…”

Why does it feel wrong? Is it because the price is too low?

If we calculate the price as 25,000 yuan per thousand words, the total price of a novel of 200,000 words is 500,000 yuan.

It seems that there are really not many...

Can you regret it?

Yunfeng took a breath and fell silent.

This price is not low. At least for Zheng Rong, it is the highest price he can afford for the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "The Bodyguard".

Why not bargain any more?

Jung Yong did think about it, but he made the decision in an instant.

Their monthly novel magazine is ranked in the middle among magazines that publish serialized novels, and its competitiveness is definitely not as good as those large magazines at the top. They are worried that if they hesitate, they will miss out on "Maoyan" and "Biaoren".

So, he struck while the iron was hot and said, "I wonder if you have time today. How about we arrange a place to sign the contract?"

"Uh..." Yunfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Today, I just happened to be going home today and preparing to leave for the high-speed rail station."

Zheng Rong hurriedly said, "What's your email address? I'll send you the electronic contract."

Yeah, forget about that.

Yunfeng smiled bitterly.

But on second thought, twenty-five thousand words is about right.

Generally speaking, most novels are serialized in magazines in order to promote the subsequent publication of the book.

That is to say, before the novel is serialized in a magazine, the author has already signed a publishing contract with the magazine. The ultimate goal is to publish and operate the copyright, rather than simply serializing the novel in the magazine.

Of course, some magazines that are not very large have limited funds and only publish magazines but do not have the ability to publish books. In this case, they will purchase the one-time publishing rights of the novel by paying royalties, rather than having exclusive copyright.

Novel Monthly is such a magazine.

Originally, they had the ability to publish books, but last year, Zheng Rong had a conflict with another partner, which eventually led to their separation and a break in the capital chain. Therefore, they do not have enough money to purchase the book copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Biao Ren" for the time being and can only purchase the copying rights first.

After a brief consideration, Yunfeng said, "Okay, my email address [email protected]. "

"Okay, I'll send the electronic contract right away." Zheng Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, very few magazines would choose to serialize completed novels again in their magazines, especially best-selling novels, because there would be fewer readers.

There is an element of gambling in Zheng Rong's doing this.

The bet was won, and Novel Monthly became bigger and stronger, and achieved greater success.

Having lost the bet, Novel Monthly declared bankruptcy and closed down.

That’s right, Zheng Rong is gambling with his entire fortune. Either he has to work hard or make a fortune.

But no matter how you look at it, this gamble has a good chance of winning.

Zheng Rong put down his phone and looked outside at the deserted office area.

When I parted ways with my partners, I lost not only money, but also more than half of my employees.

Seeing them being taken to a rival magazine by their partners made me angry and upset.

"Aming, I want to fight for my honor, not to prove that I am better than you. I just want to tell you that if you want to develop better, there are more ways than just 'merger'." Zheng Rong slowly loosened his clenched fists, and unknowingly, a confident smile appeared on his face.

He saw that in the near future, the office area would no longer be so deserted.

On the other side, Yunfeng was looking at the contract sent by Zheng Rong.

The main thing is to confirm whether there are any hidden pitfalls, which would cause copyright disputes and cause trouble.

"Reproduction rights authorization..."

The right of reproduction refers to the right to make a copy in the same form as the original work by printing, photographing, carbon copying, photocopying, recording, videotaping or other acts, such as copying, printing, photographing a document, tracing a painting or sculpture, reproducing a tape or videotape, etc.

Yunfeng read it over and over again, confirmed that there were no problems, signed it, and sent it over.

I just finished here and another call came in.

"Hello, are you the cross-border superstar of Panda Chinese Network? I am Lei Chaofan, the boss of Chaofan Magazine. We are interested in the books "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" you wrote, and would like to buy their book copyrights. Can you come to our company to talk?"

Yunfeng frowned slightly. The other party's tone sounded like he was conveying an order, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

His attitude changed and he said coldly, "Let's talk on the phone."

Lei Chaofan still said in the same tone as before: "The book copyrights of the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" are packaged for a flat price of two million."

I'm just kidding.

Yunfeng had just listened to Zheng Rong explaining the advantages and disadvantages of e-books and paper books in the market, so he went online to check. He was shocked to find that the sales of paper books on Blue Star were very good, beyond his imagination.

For example, "The Magic World" written by J.K., an author of Haidiao Literature Network, has been completed for several years, but the sales of the paper book of "The Magic World" still exceeded one million last year.

Judging from the current popularity of "Cat's Eye" and "Diao Ren", the copyright of any one of them is worth more than two million.

With this tone and attitude, you still want to buy the copyright of two books for two million? You are dreaming.

Yunfeng laughed and said, "Boss Lei, right? If you want to talk, you should show some sincerity, right?"

Lei Chaofan said word by word: "You are an online writer, so you may not know much about book publishing. There are several processes from typesetting and printing to putting a book on the shelves in bookstores. The cost is high, the profit is low, and the risk is high. There is a great possibility of losing all the money. I think no magazine company can offer such a price except our Chaofan Magazine."

Yun Fengman said calmly, "In order to prevent your Chaofan Magazine from losing all its money, I have decided not to sell the copyrights of the books "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" to you. Without buying and selling, there will be no loss, right?"

After saying that, he hung up.

"It's like I'm begging to sell it to you."

If Lei Chaofan had a better attitude, this wouldn't have happened.

Yunfeng feels that there is great potential for books on Blue Star.

So I don’t plan to sell the book rights of any of my novels. I will either do it myself or in a collaborative way.

However, Lei Chaofan, who was hung up, was stunned for a moment and snorted coldly: "Young man, you have no manners at all."

Then, someone knocked on the door and came in. It was Yang Ming, the editor-in-chief of Chaofan Magazine.

"Boss, have you talked to the crossover king?"

"We did." Lei Chaofan shrugged and said, "But we didn't reach an agreement. He thought two million was too little. I think he has never seen money."

“This…” Yang Ming knew it would be like this, and said with a bitter face: “Boss, two million is the lowest price.”

"Yeah." Lei Chaofan nodded and said, "I know."

Yang Ming: "..."

Seeing his gloomy face, Lei Chaofan said, "If it's not agreed, then it's not agreed. It's just two short stories. Our magazine hasn't published novels for several years."

“No…” Yang Ming sighed and said, “As long as the price is within 10 million, it’s a sure win.”

Lei Chaofan raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you kidding me? There is still money to be made even with 10 million?"

"How dare I joke about work?" Yang Ming explained, "The crossover superstar has his own traffic, and when Maoyan and Biaoren were serialized on Weiquan, they were basically never off the hot search list. Moreover, the web series of Maoyan and Biaoren will be aired after the new year, and then there will be another wave of popularity."

Lei Chaofan regretted not finding out more about the situation at that time and said, "Should I call again?"

Yang Ming knew Lei Chaofan's tone and attitude when talking about things, and he had some prejudice against online articles, so he hurriedly said, "Boss, let me do it."

However, Yunfeng had already turned his phone to silent mode and was ready to go to the high-speed rail station.

(End of this chapter)