A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

He made an appointment with Tang Yin to meet on time at 3:30 in the afternoon. Xia Yan didn't like to be late or wait for others. He made a good time and entered the office area of ​​​​Hongfeng Literature at 3:28. He met Tang Yin last time. Walk to the office where Yin meets.

The door was not locked. The doorknob was twisted and Xia Yan entered.

I saw the large and small shopping bags of newly purchased clothes, shoes, figures, and toys placed in the office.

Clothing styles, maid, doctor, nurse, mecha shown from tags and sections on shopping bags.

If Xia Yan is not mistaken, these costumes are cosplay costumes that can often be seen at major comic exhibitions.

After all, in his soul memory, Xia Yan had once taken on the role of a girl named Yuan Qing, wearing similar clothes and enjoying the cheers of the crowd at the comic show with tens of thousands of people. From a spiritual point of view, these similar cosplay clothes, he not only I've seen it, and I've worn it.

As for the elements involved in these costumes, most of them are the costumes of the popular animations and game characters recently broadcast in Dragon Kingdom.

Am I right?

Xia Yan's head was stunned. It had only been two days since he came here. Why was the style of the room different?

He looked at Tang Yin, who was sitting at the table in the office, her beautiful face puffed up, her hands on her chin, her eyes unhappy.

Of course, Xia Yan didn't know that Tang Yin was angry because her father was going to stop her credit card tomorrow. Even if she went to the downtown shopping mall at noon to swipe her credit card and buy her favorite two-dimensional peripherals, she couldn't calm down her resentment.

But she is very professional, and she will be angry when she is angry, but her work will not be left behind. She still informed Xia Yan of the success of the Youth Journey serialization as soon as possible, and notified Xia Yan to sign the contract as soon as possible.

"You're here."

A few seconds after Xia Yan entered the door, Tang Yin came to her senses and immediately began to adjust her emotions and quickly manage her expression.

A few seconds later, the intellectual, beautiful, confident, and reliable image of Tang Yin reappeared.

"Um, did I come at the right time?" Xia Yan asked weakly.

Tang Yin glanced at him, and the social man's aura rose.

"It's exactly three-thirty, you're on time."

As he spoke, Tang Yin handed a contract to Xia Yan, her tone calm but not so serious.

"Congratulations, Mr. Xia Yan, the author of the novel. Your debut novel won the first battle, and you successfully obtained the qualification to be serialized in the journal "Instant Youth"."

"This is the cooperation contract of our book club. Please read it first. If you don't have any objections, our cooperative relationship will officially begin after signing the contract."

Xia Yan took the contract and read it carefully.

First of all, it's Xia Yan's royalties.

"The Moment of Youth" is a novel serial publication published twice a week, and its circulation can reach more than 200,000 to 300,000 sales per issue.

Its royalties are naturally rising.

Depending on the quality of novel submissions, the author's status in the industry, popularity, number of fans, and the book publisher's assessment of the novel's potential, everyone's remuneration will be different.

As for Hong Maple Literature, the price offered to Xia Yan for each chapter of the novel is 6,780 Yuan Longguo currency. Of course, this is a standard base fee.

This remuneration will be increased based on the popularity of the novel after it is serialized. It is not fixed. If the reader response to your novel is very strong after it is serialized, the remuneration standard will definitely increase accordingly.

If your chapter has a lot of words, the remuneration will also increase.

But the minimum will not be lower than the price given in the contract.

One month is roughly calculated as four weeks, and two issues are serialized every week. The theoretical number of novel chapters serialized in one month will be eight or more.

Multiply this figure by 8, and you can get that once Journey of Youth begins to be serialized, its monthly remuneration will be at least 54,240 Long Guo coins.

In fact, the remuneration price is already very generous. The average income of the residents of Dragon Kingdom is four to five thousand a month. At this price, the income of one month of serialization is equivalent to the annual salary of ordinary people.

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But for serialized novels, royalties are only part of the income, and copyright is the key.

After all, the Dragon Kingdom is one of the most powerful countries on the planet. The relevant laws and regulations are very complete. The capital side oppresses the creators at will and plunders other people's copyrights. The practice of copyright does not require the people at the bottom to complain. The Dragon Kingdom officials decades ago In a severe crackdown, of course, creators will definitely be weak compared to capital, but they will never be left to anyone's liking.

Although Xia Yan is a newcomer, Hong Maple Literature's contract is at a normal level.

The copyright and authorship of the novel must all belong to Xia Yan.

But what Red Maple Literature wants is the commercial rights to the work Journey of Youth.

That is to say, if the novel becomes more popular after being serialized and other adaptations are possible, then Red Maple Literature will be involved in all operations in this process, such as game adaptation, animation adaptation, comic adaptation, peripheral distribution, single book release, etc., and will have decision-making authority. Power, and Hongfeng Literature will take 20% of the income generated from these business activities.

But this money is not free. To put it bluntly, how can ordinary light novel writers have the ability to secondary develop their works and find partners? These are actually cooperative book publishing platforms that help with matchmaking, operations, and publicity.

This clause is not excessive, and it is also a regular market situation in the Dragon Kingdom. If you are a big-name novel writer, you can negotiate terms with the book publisher, and it is not impossible to even get the full copyright and all the profits, but it is not impossible for a newcomer. Just don't think too much.

Red Maple Bookstore is a commercial organization, not a charity.

"That. I want to ask, are there any examples of novels that were previously serialized in "Momentary Beauty" being adapted into comics, animations, games, etc.?" Xia Yan asked curiously.

"Yes." Tang Yin paused after hearing this.

"But the probability is very low, and it is rare to see it in ten years. If our bookstore wants to get these adaptations, it still has to be serialized in the "Red Maple" journal, and then it will eventually develop into a work with that kind of influence."

The influence of a novel is determined by the popularity of the serialization platform and the quality of the work.

"But if the novel is published in a single volume, it is quite common. As long as the popularity is not too low and the readers respond well, the bookstore will arrange the single volume for the work. In fact, many books can eventually achieve sales of tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 copies. According to the 7% royalty share in the contract, this money is likely to be more than one or two times the royalties during the serialization of the novel."

The income of a work is aggregated from multiple channels, a little from the serialization royalties, a little from the royalties from the sale of the light novel single volume, and a little from the peripheral distribution. In the end, the total amount is very considerable.

A bookstore in a provincial capital city, with its quasi-top journal works, can have income from so many channels, which is also due to the development of the world's two-dimensional culture, and the people's strong awareness of genuine products and recognition of the value of cultural products.

If, like in the parallel world, everyone is looking for pirated resources on the network disk to watch a movie, then the income of these cultural creators will definitely drop by half.

"I understand." Xia Yan thought about it and nodded.

Then he signed his name on the contract without hesitation.

These contracts are actually the same in any bookstore, and there is no room for bargaining. If you want to make a living, you have to respect the market situation.

Seeing this, Tang Yin smiled.

She extended her hand to Xia Yan

"Congratulations, from now on, you will officially become a contracted writer of our Red Maple Literature."