Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 16 Negotiations
After lunch, Peng Peng took an afternoon nap in the room, and Zhang Zhong took the time to interact with readers on the "Surging Literature" website.

The number of comments has increased rapidly in the past two days. If you refine and reply, Zhang Zhong will definitely be too busy if you read every one. He can only choose a few replies according to the chance.

The manuscript fee has risen as fast as the number of comments, and it has reached nearly [-] in just two days.

While he was busy replying to readers' comments, the phone rang, it was the editor Fang Xingkai.

After Fang Xingkai called last time, he saved the number.

"Hello, Editor Fang, good afternoon." After answering the phone, Zhang Chong greeted with a smile.He hoped that Fang Xingkai could also bring him good news.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Zhang, I didn't delay your rest."

"No, I just had dinner."

"Well, this is Mr. Zhang. I have read all your manuscripts, and I admire you even more. In the morning, I showed the manuscript to the editor-in-chief. He replied just now and asked me to ask you Would you like to publish this book in our publishing house." Fang Xingkai said.

"If possible, of course I would like to hand over "Jieyou Grocery Store" to your company." Zhang Zhong said.

Fang Xingkai originally wanted to test Zhang Zhong's tone, but Zhang Zhong's answer was too simple, without any disturbance at all.

He could only tell Zhang Zhong about the conditions first, "Our opinion here is to sign for ten years, and the royalties are eight points."

Zhang Zhong didn't express his opinions on these two conditions first, but asked, "What about the rights of film and television adaptation, audio adaptation, traditional Chinese, and foreign language edition publishing?"

Fang Xingkai on the other end of the phone scratched his head, this Zhang Zhong didn't look like a newcomer, he actually knew all these things.

"These are all mentioned in the contract, you authorize the work to us, and if it generates profits, we will pay you proportionally." Fang Xingkai said.

Zhang Chong frowned, this is a bit embarrassing, if he signs this contract, it means that he has no control over his own works at all, at least for ten years.

It is said that it is to distribute profits, but when it comes to giving more and giving less, it is still up to others.

"Editor Fang, I think your company's conditions are a bit insincere." Zhang Zhong said straight to the point.

Fang Xingkai said, "Mr. Zhang, what do you think? You can tell us what your conditions are. Let's talk about it. It's not time to make a decision yet."

"Well, since that's the case, I'll tell you my conditions. I'll keep the copyright of the audio adaptation of the film and television series. It doesn't matter if I authorize everything else to you. I don't want the royalties to be too high. Ten points will do, and the time will be changed to five years." "Zhang Zhong stated his conditions, and then added, "Editor Fang, I said that these conditions are not for you to bargain, what I mean is, if your company thinks it is OK, then we will sign the contract. No, I'll look elsewhere."

Fang Xingkai was a little taken aback. He had talked about copyright with many authors. Others were either not good at talking about it, so they could say whatever they wanted, or they were just asking for a lot of money and wasting time with them.But few are as decisive as Zhang Zhong, without even leaving any leeway.

The conditions that Zhang Zhong said were not high in terms of royalties, and even a little low. The authority he asked for from the editor-in-chief was 11.00%, which was a little higher than Zhang's important one.

Signing five years or ten years may sound like a big difference, but for a publishing house, five years or ten years usually makes little difference.

Normally, the vitality of a book is only one or two years. After this time, the subsequent sales will be much less.

Unless those classic works, or because of certain things, such as award-winning, film and television adaptations that became popular, other works may not sell as much in the next five years as they did in the previous few days.

However, Fang Xingkai and their editor-in-chief are very optimistic about the book "Jieyou Grocery Store", not only the content of the book, but also the commercial value of the book. There will be a good performance.

That being the case, there is a difference between five years and ten years.

Not to mention, Zhang Zhong was not even willing to let go of the film and television adaptation rights.

It's not easy to talk about, Fang Xingkai patted his forehead, wondering, "Mr. Zhang, it's really difficult for us to accept this film and television adaptation and copyright grant time."

"It's okay, editor Fang, you can discuss it with the editor-in-chief of your company. If it doesn't work, I can wait. To be honest, I'm not in a hurry to publish right now." Zhang Zhong is really not in a hurry. It can solve the urgent need.

But he was not in a hurry, but Fang Xingkai was a little anxious.

In fact, Fang Xingkai also knew that Zhang Chong's condition was not excessive at all. The quality of this book and the reaction among readers in the past two days were definitely worth the condition.

The reason why he is unwilling to give high conditions is because Zhang Zhong is a new author, and he wants to lower the price. Now that he has not suppressed it, the pressure is on the side of "Agitation Literature".

In fact, if you want to lower the price, there are many other ways, such as removing this book from the front page to cool down its popularity.

But this method is tantamount to the seven-injury boxing, and in the end it will be a lose-lose situation, and these editors are not so short-sighted.

"Mr. Zhang, I'll talk to the editor-in-chief first, and I'll call you later."

After Fang Xingkai hung up the phone, he hurried to the editor's office.

"Come in!" Hearing the knock on the door, Li Nan looked up and shouted. When he saw Fang Xingkai, he smiled and said, "How is it? Has the copyright of "Jieyou Grocery Store" been negotiated?"

Fang Xingkai shook his head, "It's a bit troublesome, he is not satisfied with our terms, so he raised his own terms."

Then he told Li Nan exactly what Zhang Chong raised.

After hearing this, Li Nan frowned and pondered, "There is no room for discussion?"

"He insisted on it like this. I only have 11.00% of the bottom line of royalties left in my hand, but I didn't play this card. In fact, I don't know what to do. I don't know if the extra [-]% can be exchanged for film and television adaptations. priority and five years," Fang Xingkai said.

"That's it." Li Nan tapped four fingers on the desktop back and forth, and the atmosphere in the office became a little tense. Fang Xingkai stared at Li Nan, wondering what the editor-in-chief was thinking now.

"It's right not to hit it out. There is a high probability that you won't get anything in exchange for it, and you may have to give it away for nothing. If you want to hit a hit, just give him [-] points and ask him to agree to other conditions." Li Nan said.

"Thirteen points!" Fang Xingkai looked stunned, "That's a bit much."

"Not much, just two points more than the permission given to you before. We will pay a few cents less for a book, and one hundred thousand copies will only be tens of thousands. If this book can sell more than 100 million copies, then we will pay more. Are you wondering if it's worth thirteen royalties?"

Fang Xingkai nodded, "That's true."

(End of this chapter)