Future Optical Brain System

Chapter 208 Publication of "Pin Three Kingdoms"!
The love lunch plan came to an end.

On this day, Chen Dong drove to the Haozailai restaurant near Dinghai University.

Beforehand, I made an appointment with Du Wenhai, editor-in-chief of Changjiang Publishing House, to get together here.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was published in August 14, with a total of 8 volumes, all of which were published in the previous month, setting a record of 7 million copies sold.

The average sales volume of each book is 300 million+ copies. According to the definition of bestsellers in the book publishing industry, sales of more than 50 copies can be regarded as super bestsellers. The average of each of the 7 "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" is 300 million. It can be said that it is a super bestseller. Super bestseller.

As soon as this data came out, it shocked the publishing industry again. It has been a long time since a book series has sold more than 2000 million copies. This achievement is enough to be included in the top ten book sales list in the Mainland. It is not an annual, but a history.

After being shocked, they all fell into envy and jealousy. They had reason to be envious and jealous, not to mention how much popularity this book could give Changjiang Publishing House. The person who made this account was envious and jealous.

The editor-in-chief of the Yellow River Publishing House felt remorseful after finishing the calculation. He was the first to receive the manuscript of this book. It was obviously a very interesting book and a book that could be sold well. Because of the blind pursuit of literariness, there is a prejudice against this kind of humorous and funny novels written in Internet language, and they subconsciously disdain them. After reading a few pages, they are thrown aside by themselves as garbage .

I regret it, my intestines are so green, this may be the thing I regret the most.

Why is the envy and jealousy so crazy that the editor-in-chief of the Yellow River Publishing House regrets it? Just calculate the account and you will know.

The retail price of each book is 20 yuan. Changjiang Publishing House sells to provincial wholesalers, and the channel merchants generally offer 4% off, which is 8 yuan. Of course, Changjiang Publishing cannot get a profit of 8 yuan for each book. Costs, such as ISBN fees, editing and review fees, manuscript fees, design, recording, layout, film output fees, paper, printing, binding, and other expenses (warehousing, logistics, communication management, etc.), so the cost is calculated, and the cost of each book is 5 yuan About, that is to say, Changjiang Publishing House makes a profit of 3 yuan for a book, 2127 million copies X3 = more than 6300 million, and tax deductions, employee wages, bonuses, and publicity fees are also more than 4000 million.

In the era of low-profit publishing, one book brought a net profit of 4000 million yuan to Changjiang Publishing House. This was a huge profit. He had more than 1000 million yuan in his pocket. No wonder other publishing houses were envious. I'm going crazy, and my intestines are about to turn green.

"The Rise of Great Powers" was published at the end of 14, and now the fifth French chapter has been released. Thanks to the blessing of CCTV to make a documentary, and the "Rise of Great Powers" talk show on Youle.com, it is not as good as it is in the mainland, 5 All of them were sold for 1400 million+ RMB, which brought a net profit of 2500 million to Changjiang Publishing House.

The two book lists brought him an income of 1500+W.

At this time, Du Wenhai asked Chen Dong to have dinner here, and they were talking about Chen Dong's new book, "Pin Three Kingdoms".

As for Chen Dong's new book, in the eyes of many publishers, it is a big gold mine, with "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and "The Rise of a Great Power" being the first two examples.

Du Wenhai has been looking forward to it for a long time. As soon as the 7th volume of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" was published, he couldn't wait to ask Chen Dong to have dinner and talk about the release of "Pin Three Kingdoms".

That's right, no one can calm down.

Well come to the restaurant again.

Chen Dong parked the car in the parking lot and walked into the restaurant.

"Sir, we still need someone to eat." The waiter greeted him and said with a smile on his face.

Chen Dong said, "I'm looking for someone, Lotus Hall, Mr. Du."

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Chen?"

Chen Dong nodded.

"Please follow me." The waiter made a gesture of invitation and led the way.

Follow the waiter to the Lotus Hall.

Seeing Chen Dong walking in, Du Wenhai stood up and said enthusiastically, "Chen Dong, here we come."

"Well, sorry, I'm late."

"It's not too late, there are still a few minutes before the agreed 5 o'clock."

Chen Dong sat down.

"It's ready to serve." Du Wenhai told the waiter.

Soon, the dishes came up like a flowing water table.

The dishes are very rich, such as stir-fried beef, squirrel mandarin fish, Buddha jumps over the wall, drunken shrimp, and a crock pot chicken soup.

""Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" sold out, and it sold well, 7 volumes, and a total of 2127W copies were sold." Du Wenhai picked up his wine glass and said to Chen Dong, "Let's have a toast."

"Cheers." Chen Dong drank tea instead of wine.

Afterwards, the two chatted, and Du Wenhai slowly brought the topic to "Pin Three Kingdoms".

Du Wenhai put a piece of beef in a bowl, and said to Chen Dong, ""Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" sold well, and it has cultivated a large number of book friends. Everyone is looking forward to when "Pin Three Kingdoms" will be released."

Chen Dong smiled, ""Pin Three Kingdoms" is finished, and I should be able to meet book friends soon." Du Wenhai invites you to dinner, guessing that Du Wenhai must have his eyes on "Pin Three Kingdoms", so "Pin Three Kingdoms" exchanged it.

The words did not say that it would be handed over to Changjiang Publishing House for publication. This was a negotiating technique. Of course, if the remuneration share offered by Changjiang Publishing House this time did not meet Chen Dong's price, the publishing rights would definitely not be given to Changjiang Publishing House.

Favors are favors, and business is business. Besides, the relationship between Chen Dong and Du Wenhai has not yet reached a level where they can give away millions of profits.

"Another series." Du Wenhai felt excited.

Chen Dong's series of novels can make money. He has a deep understanding. "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" brought a net profit of 4000 million to Changjiang Publishing House. For profit, 2 books also made his income reach 2+W.

"Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" became a hit, and "Three Kingdoms", which was also written in a humorous Internet language, is no exception. In his eyes, "Three Kingdoms" is no different from a cash cow.

Du Wenhai knew he had to speak up on his own initiative.

After taking a sip of the soup, he thought about it carefully for a while, and said to Chen Dong, "I invite you to have dinner with me today, and I hope you can hand over the physical publishing rights of "Pin Three Kingdoms" to us for publication by Changjiang Publishing House, 16.5%."

As soon as Du Wenhai opened his mouth, he gave 16.5% of the royalties, which is not low.

7% is the remuneration share that ordinary physical book authors can get, 8% is the remuneration share that veteran authors can get, 10~12% is the remuneration share that best-selling authors get, 14% is Han Han, Guo Jingming and the like Authors can get a share of the remuneration, and 16% is the share of the remuneration received by authors like Yi Zhongtian.

(End of this chapter)