Rebirth of the era of struggle

Although the business is good, the money earned is not necessarily large. If you buy any cotton-padded jacket in winter, you can make a profit of almost 100 yuan. How much profit can you make on these 35 t-shirts?

"It looks pretty good, you are busy, I'll go find something to eat."

After saying hello, Lu Yang left.

Simon eats a lot.

Lu Yang didn't plan to go to a restaurant, this was also caused by his subconscious mind. For him, high-end restaurants are better. If he goes to a roadside restaurant alone, he always feels as if he has no friends.

It's like in the previous life, when Lu Yang wanted to eat barbecue, he would invite three or two friends to eat alone, always feeling that something was wrong.

At the crossroads, there happened to be a fried rice noodle restaurant. It was delicious. Lu Yang had eaten here several times.

"Lu Yang."

When he arrived at the place, he was going to buy a six yuan fried rice noodles to eat, but suddenly he heard someone calling his name, and he knew who it was without looking back.

There was no one else except Lin Yuanyuan for this soft rattling voice.

Her voice is so recognizable.

"Boss, let me have some rice noodles and put more chili."

Lu Yang didn't look back.

Pretend not to hear.

Anyway, this woman has always had a problem with him.

After a while, Lu Yang felt someone pulling his arm. When he looked back, he saw Lin Yuanyuan staring at two goldfish eyes. Lin Yuanyuan looked very angry.

"Hey, isn't this classmate Lin Yuanyuan?"

Lu Yang couldn't help laughing.

"cut."

Lin Yuanyuan cut off in displeasure, and said, "Lu Yang, you idiot, you must have heard me calling you just now, but you just pretended not to hear."

"Don't talk nonsense, do you think I am such a person?"

Lu Yang said with a smile.

"You are!"

Lin Yuanyuan is very sure.

Lu Yang was helpless: "Okay, if you say yes, then, student Lin Yuanyuan, is there anything wrong with me?"

Lin Yuanyuan snorted: "Do you think I want to call you? It's not me looking for you, but sister Jiajia. She's eating over there. Let me call you over."

Lin Yuanyuan wiped her chubby hands on her trouser legs, as if she felt a little disgusted with grabbing Lu Yang's clothes just now.

Chapter 218 Lu Yang is a Good Man

Look in the direction Lin Yuanyuan said.

Song Jia waved to him in the barbecue restaurant, not only Song Jia was there, but also the other two girls in their dormitory, Li Jing and Bai Shengnan.

"This guy is just an errand runner."

Lu Yang glanced at Lin Yuanyuan.

He remembered the last time when Li Zheyuan was there, it was Lin Yuanyuan who came out to guide him. Every dormitory in the university seemed to have a mascot, and Lin Yuanyuan was the mascot of their dormitory.

Lin Yuanyuan noticed Lu Yang's gaze, and said vigilantly, "Look what I'm doing."

"Look at the many pieces of meat."

Lu Yang couldn't help but said.

"Humph."

Lin Yuanyuan said that she was offended.

"Boss, add an extra egg." Seeing that it was his turn to share the fried noodles, Lu Yang ordered, and then said to Lin Yuanyuan: "You go back first, and go over when my fried noodles are ready."

"Then don't forget."

Lin Yuanyuan responded, and ran away quickly, not wanting to stay next to Lu Yang for a moment.

"Am I so annoying?"

Seeing Lin Yuanyuan leave as if fleeing, Lu Yang couldn't help thinking.

The fried noodles were ready in a while, because an egg was added, and the total cost was seven yuan. After paying the money, Lu Yang walked into the restaurant with the fried noodles.

"What would students like to eat?"

The proprietress at the door greeted warmly.

"My friend ordered it."

Lu Yang pointed to Song Jia's table, and then walked over.

The table happened to have four seats, and several girls were all seated. Lu Yang put the fried noodles on the table, then moved a chair over, and sat on the side of the table next to the corridor.

The appetites of the girls looked good, and there was a lot of food on the table.

Li Jing looked at Lu Yang's fried noodles and said, "Do you want to add some more?"

"Forget it, eat less at night."

Break apart the disposable chopsticks given by the fried noodles, Lu Yang said.

"I ordered such a large portion of fried noodles, and said to eat less." Lin Yuanyuan muttered, she was sitting next to Song Jia, she was petite and cute, but she was a bit of a cuddly bird.

"I'm growing my body now, not like you."

Lu Yang took a bite of fried noodles, not to mention, the taste was really good, full of spiciness, as well as bean sprouts and green vegetables, seven yuan a piece is really a bargain.

"What's wrong with me, I'm growing too." Lin Yuanyuan was a little unconvinced.

"You can't grow any longer."

Lu Yang raised his head and glanced at Lin Yuanyuan's majesty.

"Sister Jiajia, he bullied me again."

Lin Yuanyuan could tell that Lu Yang was teasing her.

"I think Lu Yang is right. You have developed so well that you can't grow any longer." Song Jia also said, there are four of them in a dormitory, and Lin Yuanyuan is the youngest and the oldest.

Bai Shengnan and Li Jing also laughed.

Lin Yuanyuan was a little speechless.

They all ganged up to bully her alone.

Looking at Lu Yang who was eating noodles, and Li Jing who was wearing a small suit, he found a topic and said, "Lu Yang, you have opened a new book?"

"Yeah, I wrote another one."

Lu Yang didn't know why Li Jing said this.

Song Jia explained from the side: "We were talking about this just now. We wanted to ask you out, but I didn't expect to meet you at Ximen. Is it my elder sister who wants to discuss something with you?"

"Oh, senior sister, what's the matter?"

Lu Yang glanced at Li Jing.

Li Jing said: "It's like this. My uncle is the deputy editor-in-chief of a publishing house. The market is not good recently, and the publications cannot make money. He is very worried, so he wants to try publishing online novels."

"Sister, are you interested in my novel?"

Lu Yang said in surprise.

Having said all this, Lu Yang also guessed what Li Jing meant.

It is not easy to publish web articles in simplified Chinese, which is equivalent to a status symbol.

Internet literature is still Internet literature after all. Although the public likes to hear it, its status is still not high. Sometimes the authors of Internet literature dare not think of themselves as writers. They usually call themselves Internet writers. People are called great writers, but they still think that others are mocking themselves.

But it's different with publications, at least there are things that can be obtained. Lu Yang's last book was only published in traditional Chinese.

If he had the opportunity to publish in simplified form in his previous life, he would definitely be overjoyed, but now, Lu Yang has seen it very plainly. Other publishers contacted him, besides, do you worry about publishing if you have money?Find out at your own expense.

Li Jing didn't beat around the bush either.

She said: "Song Jia said your new book is very good-looking, and I read it too. I feel that the story is very good, very attractive, and the writing is beautiful. I think, if possible, try to publish some in my uncle's publishing house. , can be regarded as an attempt.”

This woman is not simple.

Lu Yang glanced at Li Jing.

With the development of the times and the progress of society, traditional paper books can no longer meet everyone's needs. Being able to see this shows that Li Jing has a good vision, at least not comparable to those traditional old scholars.

However, it is impossible for Lu Yang to just agree, even though there is still some friendship between the two.

He put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "Senior sister, business is business, to be honest, the publishing fee for my novel is quite expensive."

"You might as well talk about the conditions first." Li Jing thought for a while and said.

Lu Yang said: "In this way, my last book, The Return of Cultivation, was published at a price of 300 characters per thousand characters. The full text was 30 million words and more than 60 volumes were published. It probably gave me more than [-] yuan. Of course, that's because I'm a newcomer. , Now I am a great writer in Qidian, and my reputation is even far higher than that of ordinary great writers. A few days ago, the editor of Xinchang contacted me and wanted the traditional Chinese publishing rights of my new book. The price is about [-] to [-]. Currently Still talking about..."

Hear this price.

Li Jing's eyelids twitched.

I also silently calculated in my heart.

Even if the minimum is 300 thousand words, and the novel is 200 million words, it will cost more than [-] million in publishing fees. In comparison, the price is only high but not low.

This is too expensive.

Lin Yuanyuan also counted with her fingers, but she couldn't figure out a reason. She said in disbelief, "A thousand words and a thousand words mean one yuan per word?"

Glancing at Lin Yuanyuan, Lu Yang said: "You can understand it this way, but it must be more than this in reality. This word is only the price of traditional Chinese publishing, and there are electronic subscriptions. This will definitely make more money than publishing. There are a bunch of copyrights such as comic adaptation rights, audio copyrights, and film adaptation rights that can be sold."

Lin Yuanyuan was a little confused.

This is so much money.

She is still stuck in the thinking of Lu Yang earning 10,000+ a month.

So, how much money does Lu Yang have?

He can't be a millionaire.

Li Jing thought for a moment, and said, "To be honest, it was beyond my expectation. I didn't expect the head of the Internet to make so much money. We really can't afford such an expensive price."

The business of the publishing house was not good in the first place, and it was lucky that it didn't lose money. Although the uncle wanted to change it, he definitely couldn't spend a few million.

She said: "Publishing in simplified Chinese is generally divided into royalties, and rarely a thousand-word buyout."

"I know this."

Although it has never been published in Simplified Chinese, Lu Yang also knows the market.

He said: "The royalties are [-] points. If your uncle can accept it, I can license the publishing rights to you. As for how much to pay, you can decide for yourself, but it's just a license. I won't give you the exclusive copyright. "

Lu Yang's condition is actually very harsh.

Fifteen points is basically the ceiling of publishing royalties, and top-tier best-selling authors can only get this ratio. In addition, it is non-exclusive authorization, which also allows him to firmly grasp the initiative.

"Royalties are negotiable, but not exclusive..."

Li Jing was a little embarrassed.

Lu Yang said: "This is also to avoid risks. After all, I don't know much about your uncle's publishing house. What if you get the copyright and publish thousands of copies? I'm not very passive, I can guarantee that, If your publishing house publishes normally, I will not authorize the second one."

Li Jing nodded, he still believed in Lu Yang.

She was very accurate at seeing people, and knew that Lu Yang was not the kind of person who would not keep his promises, let alone saying this in front of Song Jia.

This can be discussed, as long as the uncle is persuaded.

Li Jing said: "Royalties..."

Lu Yang interrupted him: "20 royalties is my bottom line. If it is less, it is better not to publish. However, there is another way for you to choose, and that is to count according to the sales volume. If the sales volume is less than 15.00 copies, we will I can accept 20% royalties, if it is higher than 20.00 but lower than [-], then follow our [-]%; if it is higher than [-] copies, I will ask for [-]% royalties... You can choose between these two one."

"Are you so confident?"

Li Jing was a little surprised.

According to the current publishing market, if more than 20 copies are sold, it is considered a bestseller, and if more than 20 copies are sold, it is considered a very bestseller. Books may not be able to produce many books in a year.