Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 22
It's just that the sunny boy was just his first impression. When he saw Zhang Zhong's deep and clear eyes, the impression he had just now was suddenly shattered, reorganized, and another detached image was re-established.

It's hard to see such a look in the eyes of a young man in his 20s.

"Hello, is this Mr. Zhang Zhong?" Fang Xingkai asked as he walked up to him to confirm his identity.

Zhang Zhong nodded and stretched out his right hand, "Hi, it's Fang Bian, I'm Zhang Zhong."

Fang Xingkai shook Zhang Zhong's hand, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to be so young."

"You're not too young, this is my daughter Pengpeng, Pengpeng, call me Uncle Fang."

"Hello, Uncle Fang."

"Hello."

Zhang Zhong's information on the website is very simple, so Fang Xingkai was also very surprised when he learned that Zhang Zhong had such a big daughter. Do young people nowadays get married so early?

"Editor Fang, do you want to find a private place?"

Fang Xingkai looked at the coffee shop. Although they were in the lobby, there were not many customers, so he waved his hand, "It's okay, let's talk here. In fact, the general conditions are almost the same. This time I came here mainly for film and television adaptation. Let’s discuss the profit distribution later, and if you agree to the conditions, you can sign the contract now.”

He took out a stack of documents from his handbag, a contract in duplicate.

Zhang Zhong took it over, roughly glanced at the previous conditions, which were the same as those discussed before, and then looked directly at the film and television adaptation.

"Profits from film and television adaptations are paid to the author 40.00%."

Zhang Zhong pushed back the contract, "This condition is a bit different from what I expected."

Fang Xingkai was not surprised, it seemed that Zhang Zhong's reaction was within his expectation.

"Mr. Zhang, in fact, 40.00% is already a very generous condition. After all, we have to bear all the publicity expenses here, and we are also responsible for finding suitable sales targets. We have to consider the cost of this part."

"Of course I know this, but isn't it a bit extravagant to use 60.00% of the profits for publicity? My request is not high. If this condition is reversed, I will sign immediately."

It was originally 40.00%, but it was changed to 60.00%, a direct increase of [-] percentage points.

Fang Xingkai was a little embarrassed, "Mr. Zhang, you make it difficult for me to do this."

Zhang Zhong smiled and said, "There is nothing difficult to do, I don't think you can only bring this contract, you just need to take out that 60.00% contract and replace it?"

"Mr. Zhang, you—" Fang Xingkai became a little anxious, and then he sighed, "I really can't hide anything from you."

He took out two more sheets of paper from his handbag, exactly 60.00% of the contract pages, and replaced the original pages in the contract. He handed the contract to Zhang Zhong again, "You can read it again."

In fact, Zhang Chong felt that Fang Xingkai's handbag contained a higher proportion of contracts, but he didn't care anymore, as 60.00% met his psychological expectations, and the business was considered profitable.

Insatiable greed is the most taboo in business.

It is difficult for ordinary people to escape this psychological vicious circle.

Just like shopping in a shopping mall, if the price of the same item has been cut for a long time, it is more exciting to buy it with 100 yuan under the boss's face of pain, than to win 80 yuan with the boss's hearty expression on his face. comfortable.

The former makes people feel that they are taking advantage.

But Zhang Zhong has been doing business for so many years, so he will naturally not fall into this kind of psychological vicious circle. He will not affect his mood for that possible, nihilistic profit.

60.00% is his goal, if it is achieved, it will be successful.

After carefully looking at the contract and confirming that there were no loopholes, Zhang Zhong signed his name on the contract.

Fang Xingkai didn't need to sign, because the contract had already been signed by the editor-in-chief before it was brought in. As an online editor, he naturally didn't have the right to re-sign the contract with Zhang.

From the moment Zhang Zhong finished signing, the cooperation between the two parties was considered to be reached.

After the contract was signed, Fang Xingkai felt a lot more relaxed. He asked the waiter for a cup of coffee, and chatted comfortably with Zhang Zhong.

It would take four hours to get here by car from Shanghai. He got out of the car and rushed here non-stop. He was indeed a little tired, but he was tense before, and now he relaxed.

Pengpeng didn't know what her father did with this strange uncle just now, she buried herself in the dessert that Zhang Zhong had just ordered for her.

"Mr. Zhang is writing full-time at home now, or does he have another part-time job?" Fang Xingkai asked with a smile after taking a sip of coffee.

Zhang Zhong said with a smile, "I'm a full-time baby daddy now, taking care of my children at home every day."

"Now there are not many gay men like you. My son was raised by his mother since he was a child. Now that he is in elementary school, I only occasionally teach him to do homework." Speaking of children, Fang Xingkai's eyes softened a lot.

In fact, the editor's work is very busy, and there is less time to take care of the children. Sometimes I work in the study until midnight at night, and my wife and children have already fallen asleep.

Zhang Zhong smiled and said nothing, he and Fang Xingkai are not yet familiar, so there is no need to talk too much about family matters.

Fang Xingkai also noticed that Zhang Zhong didn't want to talk about the children, so he changed the subject, "I read your "Jieyou Grocery Store" twice again, and each time I learned something new, except for the warmth expressed in the book, this book In terms of conception, it also makes people feel bright, and sometimes it feels like a mystery novel when reading it."

Zhang Zhong nodded secretly. Of course Fang Xingkai's feeling was correct. Although "Jieyou Grocery Store" is an atypical novel of Keigo Higashino's style, the reasoning elements in the book are still inevitable.

"Actually, multi-line narratives also have disadvantages. The current readers are impatient in their reading habits. From the beginning, I was afraid that this book would not have a good market."

"I think you are worrying too much, and you lack confidence in the current readers. Although it is the fast food era, the pursuit of spiritual civilization exists in everyone's heart. A good book is just like "The Grocery Store" The same, it is worth readers to calm down and explore carefully.”

"Well, it turns out that my thinking was wrong, and the reader's acceptance of this book has exceeded my imagination."

"It's beyond your imagination. Even I haven't seen such a hot new book for a long time. It's precisely because I like this book that I'm here today."

……

The two chatted about the new book for a while, then changed places for lunch.

After the lunch was over, Fang Xingkai left in a hurry. The signing of the contract was just the beginning. Now he had to return to the publishing social task with the contract, and then the publishing work of this book would be put on the agenda.

(End of this chapter)