Xueba Fengyun

Before Liu Miao got home, she heard Liu's mother talking to Aunt Zhang next door, "I didn't expect our youngest to submit a book to "Rose" quietly, and then it was read by other editors." Going up, I insisted that I would come to talk to our youngest about the contract in a few days. Alas, but now it’s the third grade of junior high school, and our youngest’s grades in the first grade of the third grade of Guangming Middle School are only average, so I’m worried about writing Will the books affect his homework? After all, besides his homework, he has also taken three foreign languages. After only learning for a month, my half-baked French skills are not enough. "

The corners of Aunt Zhang's mouth twitched across the way. Although Liu Miao was only a middle-grade student in Class [-] of Guangming Middle School, she was among the top students in the city. She also speaks three foreign languages. Aunt Zhang didn't know that Mama Liu was from the French department. Such a talented student would make her feel that she can't teach her well, but how far Liu Miao's French level has come.Aunt Zhang thought of her own son, who got into Baoqing No. [-] Middle School last year with a sum of money, and now his grades are still at the bottom of the crane.

In fact, I don’t blame Liu’s mother for showing off. After all, Liu Miao has always had rumors of the so-called “retarded IQ”.But at the time, the doctor only said that it might be affected, but after comparing Liu Yan's results, many people thought that Liu Miao might really have sequelae.This has made Ms. Liu feel aggrieved for many years. She can't wait to roar on the TV station, if she has the ability to show off your son's grades!My son is "retarded in IQ development", I think it is your family's "retarded in IQ development"!While Liu's mother was still chatting with Aunt Zhang, Liu Miao and Liu Yan had already walked to the door of the house.

Although Aunt Zhang was upset that Mother Liu was showing off there, she still didn't have to argue with her children, so she encouraged her: "Liu Miao, I heard from your mother that you wrote a book. It's really good! I plan to go to Yenching University in the future." The Chinese Department, or the Chinese Department of Qiantang University?"

"Eh? It's not sure yet. We can think about it later when we divide subjects." Liu Miao replied with a smile.

After exchanging pleasantries with Aunt Zhang, Mama Liu took Liu Yan and Liu Miao home.Back home, Ms. Liu mentioned to Liu Miao that "Rose" decided to accept "Love Letter", and then said that a senior editor would come from Huadu to sign the contract with Liu Miao in person the day after tomorrow.When Liu Miao heard this, she knew that her book had already attracted the attention of the "Rose" magazine. For the magazine, running a magazine was more about discovering authors and works, and finally publishing the author's more outstanding works into a book was the key. profit point.

The word count of "Love Letter" is just enough for a standard published novel. It was serialized in the magazine for about half a year, and the plot is high.When the trend is in, a single book will be released.Then, take advantage of the aftermath and use the exposure of the continued serialization to continue to drive sales. If the performance is excellent, you can release the so-called "refined version" or "commemorative version" after the end to stimulate another wave of sales.If the author is long-lived and well-known enough, there will be a so-called "library edition" in the future.Therefore, compared with magazines, publishing houses are the real profit maker.

Without the influence of piracy, the author of a book will get about 1000% to 10%; the distribution company will get [-]%; each sales terminal will get [-]%; then the publishing company can get at least [-]%.Basically, as long as the current publishing house guarantees to sell [-] copies, the book is basically profitable.Of course, because there are no pirated copies, it is very difficult to climb the bestseller list.Like in a parallel time and space, a novel with [-] sales is enough to enter the annual bestseller list; but in this time and space, the top ten weekly sales lists are all sales of one million, after all, this is in line with the population of this country.Most importantly, in this time and space, the bestseller list is very strict.The national bestseller list is produced by the National Association of Booksellers, and the categories and criteria are extremely cumbersome.

The novel list alone is subdivided into three major sections: romance novel list, martial arts novel list, and fantasy novel list; and then divided into weekly list, monthly list, quarterly list, and yearly list according to time.Of course, the most important thing about the sales of general novels is the first three weeks; first-tier writers can probably maintain sales for five weeks; and top-tier authors can only maintain sales for six weeks.Of course, this list does not count public domain works, because public domain works have no copyright restrictions and can be published by any publishing house, so there are many versions of these works and it is extremely difficult to count them.

In addition to the bestseller list, the editor's recommendation list of the three major domestic magazines "Oriental Weekly", "Asian News Weekly" and "Big World Weekly" is also very important.Since he was going to set foot in the publishing industry, Liu Miao naturally did a lot of homework, because it was related to the negotiation with "Rose" magazine tomorrow.

Because he had to interview the editor of "Rose" magazine the next day, Liu Miao took a day off and waited for the editor of "Rose" at home.And Liu's mother, as the guardian, naturally stayed with Liu Miao. After all, if it involved signing a contract and other matters, Liu's mother also needed to sign for confirmation.Zhuo Ran quickly rushed from Huadu to Baoqing, and met Liu's mother and Liu Miao in a cafe.

This cafe is not far from the Furong community, so Liu's mother and Liu Miao arrived soon.It is obvious that the other party has done enough homework to be able to choose such a nearby and tasteful cafe.After all, literati and so on still have a good impression of cafes and teahouses.Thinking of Liu Miao's writing style and age, the cafe is naturally more suitable for him.

After the three sat down, they each ordered a drink and chatted about business.Zhuo Ran briefly and quickly introduced the qualifications of "Rose" magazine and Huadu Culture Communication Company, then expressed the preferential treatment that "Rose" would give Liu Miao, and finally expressed the hope of signing an exclusive contract with Liu Miao.

"Editor Zhuo, I want to know what I will pay and what will I get if I sign an exclusive contract with "Rose"?" Just say it."

Zhuo Ran was a little dazed, she didn't expect Liu Miao to point directly to the core of the problem.She was worried that Mother Liu would use some reason to prevaricate her by worrying about homework, but who knew that Liu Miao wanted to know the rights and obligations of the contract directly.Zhuo Ran was also unequivocal. It is actually easier to deal with authors who speak straightforwardly, so Zhuo Ran took out a piece of paper and a pen and began to make a list. "If you can sign an exclusive contract with us, then you only need not to contribute to any other romance novel magazines within three years, and at the same time you must publish at least three novels in Huadu Culture Communication Company. If you can agree, Huadu Culture The remuneration provided by the communication company will be the top level for new authors. At the same time, your new book and article must be published first and strongly recommended in "Rose".

"Editor Zhuo, what you said just now only puts forward quantitative requirements on the number of years of my contract and guaranteed publication, while other contents, especially my rights, do not have any quantitative requirements." Liu Miao asked back with a smile road. "I also know that I am still an unknown newcomer, but how high does Editor Zhuo think I can reach after the first book is published? Third line? Second line? Or first line? Well, I can guarantee that in the next three years, all Romance novels are only submitted to "Rose" and Huadu Culture Communication Company, and the guarantee is the other three novels with no less than 30 words, but I think I can raise some claims? First, if my novel is published "Rose" published, 100 words should not be less than 15 yuan, and the follow-up price must be determined according to the market; second, if my novel is published by Huadu Culture Communication Company, I require no less than [-]% of the royalties, and the follow-up can also be based on sales volume. Improvement; third, if it is published by "Rose" magazine, it will be publicized for me at least two weeks in advance, and the publicity period should not be less than one week. During the serialization period, there must be at least one publicity every month. It should not be less than three days, and the publicity fee should not be lower than your internal average price; fourth, if my novel is published by Huadu Cultural Communication Company, it must be warmed up for at least one month before publication; finally, if the publicity cycle is the same as my Learning conflicts, I can refuse any form of propaganda. How about it, editor Zhuo, my request should be more intuitive and easy to understand?"

"It's really intuitive." Editor Zhuo smiled wryly.

Of course, Liu Miao's requirements are only the basic requirements of domestic first-line authors, and many first-line authors have stricter requirements than this.Editor Zhuo knew what would happen when "Love Letter" was published. It can almost be said that Liu Miao could become a first-line author in China with this book.As long as Liu Miao's future novels are not too bad, he will almost be one of the best-selling authors in China in the future.

Editor Zhuo thought for a while, and then said, "Because many details have been changed, I may need to confirm with our editor-in-chief, please wait a moment." After speaking, Zhuo Ran walked to a secluded corner and told Jin Ruilin.

Jin Ruilin was also silent on the phone for a while, and finally he ordered: "Agree to him, but there must be a prerequisite for all the conditions, that is, his novel must meet our review standards."

"I understand." Zhuo Ran said he understood.She returned to her seat and said with a smile: "We can agree to Mr. Liu Miao's request, but at the same time, I hope Mr. Liu Miao will not forget your promise."

After the two parties reached an agreement, Zhuo Ran rushed back to Huadu with the contract and the manuscript.And Liu Miao naturally spends half a day at home reading, which makes Liu's mother feel strange. You must know that Liu Miao is actually a TV kid, and he must watch TV whenever he has time.But now Liu Miao not only can tolerate not watching TV during tutoring, but also not watching TV during extra holidays.

After Liu Yan returned home, he conveyed Teacher Hao's words.It means that the mock exams will be held for two consecutive days the day after tomorrow. The first day is Chinese, history, and politics; the second day is mathematics, physics, and chemistry.This means that everyone will be disrupted to take the exam in different exam rooms, and this time the total score will be 700 points.Although this preliminary examination is difficult to represent the final entrance examination results, it can basically let the teacher understand the current foundation of each student.

Because the two brothers are currently in a cold war, Liu Yan went back to the room after explaining the matter without cheering Liu Miao or highlighting the key points.

"You and your brother are like this? After all, we are brothers, so don't be too rigid." In fact, Liu's mother and Liu's father have already seen that there is something wrong between Liu Miao and Liu Yan, but they just think it's okay for the two children to quarrel occasionally. , It's just that this time it seems to have been troubled for a long time.

"It's because he's too petty." Liu Miao said it wasn't his fault, "Alright, I'll find a chance to reconcile with him."

Liu Miao also returned to the room to read. Although Liu Miao was very confident in his review during this period, since Liu Yan was reading all the time, there was no reason for him not to read.