What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

"really!"

"Then do you have an indicator?"

"no!"

After being reminded by Luo Wen, Li Chungang suddenly remembered that if Yanjing wants to buy it, just like Pengcheng, it needs to shake the number to reach the target. Fortunately, the target can also be bid for the auction. Otherwise, with his luck, the car may wait until graduation None can be bought.

"Then I'll leave the bidding index to you, Luo."

"Row."

Chapter 117 99 Free Shipping

Dong Sicheng personally greeted Li Chungang and Luo Wen at the lobby of Manjinghua Publishing Company.

This is the first time for Li Chungang to come to the headquarters of Manjinghua Publishing Company. His feeling is completely different from that of Longteng Chinese Website. Compared with the latter, the former will appear busier, and he sees many people running around along the way. to deal with things.

But in Longteng, the solution to work matters is more of a group that communicates with them internally.

"This is the contract of "Kyushu: Misty Records", you should read it first!"

Young people understand young people better. After taking a seat in Dong Sicheng's office, he doesn't like to make tea for visitors like the editor-in-chief of Brilliance. There is a small refrigerator in the corner of his office, and he takes out two bottles of Feizhai Happy Water from it. Pass it to two people.

While Li Chungang opened the contract, Luo Wen explained to him in detail the points that need to be paid attention to in the contract.

600. The publishing fee for the first volume is as high as 5 million yuan, which is as much as five times higher than that of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". The publication fee for this book and the next volume will be at a premium of 5000%, that is, the publication fee for the second volume will be 20 million.

Regarding this publication fee, Li Chungang might have cared a lot about it in the past, but now he just glanced at it and stopped paying attention to it.He has already learned from Luo Wen the total number of sales of the four volumes of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", and also learned that the real bulk of the publishing income is the royalties.

He was not in a hurry to continue reading the content of the contract, but asked a very curious question: "I don't know how much is the royalties for the first issue of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?"

"2.176 million." Dong Sicheng said calmly after taking a sip of Feizhai Happy Water.

"How many!?"

"2.176 million, this number is repeated many times. But don't get me wrong, this is basically about [-]% of the revenue of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". I estimate that the revenue of the second and third phases will exceed one million. Not bad." Dong Sicheng was afraid that Li Chungang might misunderstand, so he explained it to him.

Books are not consumables, they are basically a one-shot deal!

Whether you buy it back for collection or give it away, no one will buy the same book repeatedly. In addition, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" was first serialized on Longteng Chinese Online, and most of the content in the book has already been read. Yes, I bought it back more because I like it, so I want to buy it back as a collection.

Therefore, the royalties of the first period are divided into "2.176 million", which is almost more than [-]% of the potential of the book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". Maybe some readers will buy it in the future, but it is definitely not much.

The royalties of their publishing house are settled every three months. Basically, after two issues of a book, their publishing house will choose to stop publishing and selling until all the remaining inventory is sold out.

In the final analysis, the publishing results of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are success and failure!

The success is because of the online serialization, there are so many readers who like this book; the failure is because it has also become a shackle that restricts the sales of physical books to a higher level.

Even after drinking a few sips of fat house happy water, Li Chungang temporarily suppressed the surprise and excitement in his heart. As for why Luo Wen didn't react at all after hearing this number, you must know that 2.176% of the 5 million is more than 1000 million ah!

That's because Luo Wen is more concerned about his royalties than Li Chungang. He couldn't wait to ask Dong Sicheng a week after the release of "Ghost Blowing LanternⅢ Yunnan Worm Valley" and "Ghost Blowing LanternⅣ Kunlun Shrine".No bragging, when Luo Wen heard this number, his performance was even worse than that of Li Chungang at this time, because he was too excited and moved too much, almost overturning the tea table in front of him.

Second, the royalties are directly given to the top of 25%!Among all the authors cooperating with Manjinghua Publishing Company, this value is also the highest. Only four have the same treatment as Li Chungang, but these four readers have all passed the test of the market, and their published works exceed three digits The best-selling author like Li Chungang, the first book is still a newcomer's treatment, and the second book is the top treatment...

Only this one, no semicolon!

If you gain something, you will naturally pay, because Dong Sicheng has only read the first tens of thousands of words of "Kyushu·缘缘罗" at present, unlike "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" which has already been affirmed by the domestic market when it was published, so they are full of Jinghua. The publishing company or Dong Sicheng is taking a huge risk and betting big.

[-]. If the performance of "Jiuzhou · Misty Record" does not meet expectations, Manjinghua Publishing Company has the right to suspend and continue to perform the terms of the contract at any time.

Li Chungang nodded in agreement with what Dong Sicheng clearly wrote in the contract.

He knows his own affairs and "Kyushu Misty Record". The problem is that others don't know. Now Dong Sicheng dares to make such a heavy bet just by relying on tens of thousands of words at the beginning, which proves how capable he is. Believe in Li Chungang.

I voted for peach and reported it to Qiong Yao.

This is the principle of life and conduct that Li Chungang believes in.

The rest of the contract is irrelevant, and Li Chungang has no objection to this contract. He did not doubt whether Luo Wen had reached any secret agreement with Dong Sicheng in private. You can tell by signing your name.

Dong Sicheng took over the signed contract from Li Chungang, and carefully stored it in a drawer in his office for safekeeping.

"That's right! I almost forgot to congratulate you for being shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 'Golden Bookmark Award' for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"."

"It's also thanks to Dong Shao, your recommendation."

"With little effort, even if our publisher doesn't recommend you, I believe Brilliance will recommend you in the end."

What Dong Sicheng said was also true. Longteng Chinese website also has quotas for recommended works, but there are so many great god-level online writers, it is really uncertain whether it will be Li Chungang's turn.

Li Chungang can still tell the truth from the scene. No matter whether Longteng Chinese website recommended him or not, at least it seems that Dong Sicheng recommended his "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". This love, he accepted!

"wait for me a while!"

Dong Sicheng dropped such a sentence, no matter what, the two left the office straight away.

After returning to the office in more than ten minutes, the difference is that Dong Sicheng's left and right hands are carrying exquisite packaging bags. Just from the LOGO printed on the packaging bags, it can be seen that they are all from luxury brands.

"This is a gift I prepared for you, you can see if it suits you."

After speaking, he opened the bags one by one, took out the clothes from inside, and threw them to Li Chungang, not forgetting to explain to him:

"LUBIAM just launched a brand new suit this summer. This is one of my favorite Italian brands. It is handmade with a century-old history. I believe you will like it too."

"Gucci belts and shoes."

"And this white bottoming shirt."

What Italian century-old brand, Li Chungang said, has never heard of it, but Dong Sicheng would not make it up to deceive him, but Gucci, an internationally renowned luxury brand, has heard of it. Finally, he took the white shirt and asked curiously. road:

"What about this white shirt, and which luxury brand is it?"

"Taobao brand, free shipping for 99 yuan!"

Chapter 118 Penguin Random House (for subscription)

September 9th, Yanjing International Airport.

As the central hub connecting the capital to countries all over the world, the number of daily tourists also ranks first in the country.

The venue of the "Golden Bookmark Award" was set in Shanghai, so Li Chungang was completely familiar with the road this time, including Luo Wen and the two of them, there was only one suitcase, and this was because Luo Wen happened to be dragging a suitcase when he came to Yanjing.

Although its influence is not very famous in the world, it is already the highest honor that physical book publishing can get in China. The main reason is that the relationship between Huaguo and several surrounding countries is a bit stiff, and they look down on each other to host of such awards.

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Thompson Hayden strolls along the Bund in Shanghai alone with a film camera.

No matter how charming the night view of the Bund is, Thompson couldn't get into his mind at this time, because all kinds of worries were bothering him.

He is a literary publishing editor. He can also be ranked in Penguin Random House, the world's most famous English-language commercial publishing house, and what he says can make a difference.

The well-known novels and literary works "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Thirty Thousand Miles" and "Skynet" that were once best-selling all over the world were published all over the world through him...

However, all of this has become a thing of the past three months ago.

It is impossible for a person to be lucky all his life. There are always times of bad luck. Obviously, for Thompson, the duration of this bad luck is longer. In the pit, several big shots in a row ended in nothing!

The world of capitalists is so cruel, no matter how much glory you have achieved, when you make mistakes and make mistakes again and again, the senior executives of Penguin Random House will no longer tolerate Thompson's wrong choice in the quagmire, and directly send him to "Frontier" , transferred to the branch of Penguin Random House in Shanghai, Huaguo.

Why is it said that being assigned to Huaguo is equivalent to being assigned to the frontier? The biggest reason is the cultural and geographical gap between Huaguo and European and American countries, coupled with the extensive and profound Chinese characters, the same words can have different meanings when used in different places. The same meaning, which caused a great obstacle to translation into English.

Therefore, up to now, it is not uncommon for Western fantasy novels written by Chinese to be published successfully, but domestic novels are translated into English and published abroad, and none of them are spared!

It has been three months since he came to Shanghai, and Thompson doesn't know what's wrong with him. Not to mention discovering a book worthy of being published by Penguin Random House, now just learning Chinese can make him want to die every day.

If you don't understand Chinese, you can't understand Chinese novels better. If you don't understand Huaguo's works, you can't find good works to publish. If you can't find good works to publish, how can he return to the US headquarters? dream.

Apart from reading literary works, Thompson’s greatest hobby in his life is a film camera. He likes the process of shooting on film and then cleaning the photos. This is why he always likes to take the camera with him no matter where he goes. A film camera, precisely to be able to take pictures of things worth taking pictures at any time.

"Hey~ If this continues, when will I be able to return to the country of America..."

The consumption concept in the United States is completely different from that in China. They seldom make planned savings. In addition, Thompson has a mortgage to repay and a family to support in the United States. Random House publishing and editing cannot be given up.

Mountain darkly, vista.

The east side is not bright, and the west side is bright.

Just when Thompson was at a loss as to how to open up the situation in Huaguo, a subordinate of Penguin Random House Huaguo told him that tonight would be the moment when the "Golden Bookmark Award", the most grand event in Huaguo's physical book publishing industry, would be held , suggest that he can go and see.

"Since I haven't learned how to distinguish between good and bad Huaguo books, I'll choose the ones that have already been approved!"

After hearing about it, Thompson's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of an excellent solution. It is true that with his current Chinese level of 90.00%, he can't understand nine literary works, but it does not prevent others from understanding, especially if he can get " The works of "Golden Bookmark Award" must be excellent authors.

That being the case, he directly picked the "ready-made fruit" and chose to translate Huaguo's best works into English and bring them to Europe and the United States.

Of course, this "Golden Bookmark Award" award night, Thompson decided to go, but it is impossible to go without preparation, at least bring an interpreter is a must, this candidate naturally falls on reminding him of the "Golden Bookmark Award" award" to employees.

And this employee's name is Yu Hongming, who coincidentally is a native of Shanghai.

at dusk.

"Honey, how do I look like this, handsome or not."

"Shuai Shuai, go quickly, don't let people wait for you!"

After showing off in front of his wife that he was about to walk on the red carpet, Luo Wen sat in a Rolls-Royce Phantom in high spirits and came downstairs to the Hilton Hotel where Li Chungang lived.

Don't get me wrong, Rowan doesn't have the money to buy a Rolls-Royce Phantom. Even if he had money, he wouldn't be willing to buy it. In the eyes of a family man in his thirties, the value of the car is depreciated. It's good to have it. It's really important. or house.

This Rolls-Royce Phantom was rented by Rowan from a car rental company a week in advance, and the driver accompanying the car was a "gift" from the car rental company.

The "Golden Bookmark Award", "Golden Record Award" and "Golden Man Award" are the three most watched and important awards of China Entertainment, and they attract much attention every time they are held.

He is not necessary as a literary agent, but Li Chungang is not. It is not a matter of extravagance or waste. It is a cash withdrawal of status.

Believe it or not, if the two of them casually call a car to walk the red carpet at the "Golden Bookmark Awards", there will be media coverage immediately:

"A well-known online writer earns tens of millions of dollars a month, and travels all by taxi."

"'Golden Bookmark Award' nominated author Zhichun Zhigang arrived at the scene by taxi."

"..."

There are less than 10 minutes before the entrance of the "Golden Bookmark Award" begins. At this time, various "long guns and short cannons" have already been set up on both sides of the red carpet outside the door, and countless reporters, photographers, and peers are discussing each other Looking at tonight's grand prize, but his eyes are always focused on the front of the red carpet.

The closer the admission time is, the more they have to cheer up 12 points, because at any time someone may come to the stadium early.

News News is reflected in the word "new", and outdated news loses its value!

"I don't know if there will be heavy stars appearing tonight."

"It is said that the organizer has invited a lot of big names in the entertainment industry, and there are still many surprises to be announced tonight!"

Chapter 119 The Most Beautiful Boy on the Red Carpet (Subscribe)

A piece of melodious piano music whose name and author cannot be recognized surrounds the red carpet at the entrance. Couples of smiling handsome men and women walk through the red carpet with ease, but they always show noble elegance and cordiality in front of the camera. smile.

On the huge background board of the "Golden Bookmark Award" at the end of the red carpet, I took the markers prepared by the on-site staff in advance, signed my name on the huge background board, and then briefly answered a few questions from the media reporters on the spot , then moved into the award ceremony venue.

The "Golden Bookmark Award" not only has a live broadcast of the whole process by major domestic TV stations, but also a live broadcast of the entire network and platforms. It is conceivable how much attention it will get if you can show up at this time.

Therefore, the days when the three major awards are held every year are not all invited by the organizers, and a large number of people are professional "red carpet rubbing parties". It's an excellent opportunity for people to feel emotional, and it doesn't matter whether they will be chased away by the organizer in the future, anyway, the task of showing up has been perfectly completed.

"I heard from the manager that the company cast a big-budget actor for you in the second half of the year. I really congratulate you. Do you know what the show is?" In front of the camera, Jin Chen faced the camera and naturally held Pan Yueming's arm Walking on the red carpet, the sound at the scene was really too noisy. There were cheers from media reporters, star fans, readers fans, etc. The conversation between the two people was not worried about being overheard.

Jin Chen just completed a female supporting role in a web drama last week, and it happens to be in the "long draft period" and she hasn't received any work. It just so happens that Huace Film and Television is planning to launch a new drama with a large investment. Her agent is not cheap, and helped her grab this great opportunity to walk the red carpet with Mr. Pan.

"Chenchen, it's no surprise that Pan Yueming is the leading male candidate for the new drama invested by the company, but the female leading role has not yet been decided. What I mean is that you can walk the red carpet with Teacher Pan tonight, and you can try your best to express yourself. The kind of relationship between you and Teacher Pan, no matter it is useful or not, you won’t suffer if you try it, and at worst, it can be regarded as an opportunity to be exposed in front of the camera.”

"Okay, let me try to see if I can get some information from Teacher Pan."

"Yes, if you are recommended by Mr. Pan, you might be successful. You must know that although you have filmed a lot of dramas before, most of them are online dramas with small investment. If you want to further become a first-line star, In terms of popularity, there is not much difference, the only problem is a representative work that can be sold!"

Because of this, there was a scene where Jin Chen held hands with Pan Yueming and entered the awards ceremony at the "Golden Bookmark Awards" tonight.

This made the media reporters who came to the scene very addicted and made a lot of money. With the ability of these "uncrowned kings" to imagine and fabricate out of thin air, they can make up thousands of words of news for you just from a gossip. Not to mention that now there are pictures and the truth, the content is not just a picture at the beginning of the article, and the rest depends on editing!

"Indeed. It's a TV series adapted from a novel with the same name. It will be broadcast on satellite TV and online platforms at the same time. Are you interested too? Jin Chen."

"Of course I'm interested! Does Teacher Pan have a solution?" Jin Chen was overjoyed when he heard that. Isn't this the latest thing she saw.

"I'm just a young actor, so there's nothing I can't do, but I know who can do it."

"Who!?"