Chapter 44： Can the publicity fee be paid directly to me?

Louis is a newly promoted editor-in-chief of Sunshine Publishing House. He is in his thirties. To be able to get into the position of editor-in-chief of such a large publishing house, I have to say that Louis has good abilities.

Normally, the editor-in-chief in the publishing house is mainly responsible for communicating with the authors and contacting the publication of the work. However, any industry and occupation is not easy. In addition to his own work, the editor-in-chief has to do to discover new authors.

For the publishing house, many submissions are received every day. These manuscripts will be reviewed by the editors below, and then some outstanding manuscripts will be handed over to the editor-in-chief, who will decide whether a book can be published.

The editor-in-chief's salary is not static, and a large part of it depends on whether the book the editor-in-chief decides to publish can be sold well. If it can be sold well, the bonus will naturally be very large. Moreover, although the output of writers is lower than that of singers or actors, especially writers of physical books, it often takes many years to figure out a book. However, very few writers only publish one book in their lifetime.

If there is such a writer, then there are only two possibilities. One is that he finds that the book cannot be sold, and he is not suitable for this bowl of food, so he changed careers. Another possibility is that one book is enough for him to be chic for the rest of his life, and it is better not to write another book than to lose his reputation due to poor grades.

Therefore, how many best-selling authors an editor-in-chief can contact determines the income and status of the editor-in-chief.

Louis was able to become the new editor-in-chief because when he was an editor before, he found a good work. After recommending it, it really sold well. It happened to catch up with the retirement of the former editor-in-chief, so he was promoted one step further.

However, it is not enough to have only one writer on hand.

The author of the work that Louis recommended before naturally became his client, but the author's previous work has only been on the shelves for a year, and the new work that is currently in preparation will take at least a year to be published, and writing this Things, it is very likely that the vote will be skipped.

Although the relationship with the writers left by the former editor-in-chief was taken over by Luis, even if those writers published books through Luis, the works were also sold well, and they had nothing to do with Luis. At most, the publishing house gave him some comfort. Sexual bonus, compared to what he discovered by himself, the bonus is much lower.

Therefore, recently, Louis has been looking for new authors, and even paid attention to the accounts of many book reviewers because of this. Some people may find it strange that if a book reviewer recommends a work, it must have been published, and the author must have Contact a good publishing house, so what's the use of Louis knowing?

From the perspective of writers and readers, a novel must belong to culture, but to publishers, it is a commodity, a commodity that allows them to make money. Therefore, the publishing industry is actually a shopping mall and has little to do with culture. And shopping malls are like battlefields, isn't it normal to poach writers from other publishing houses?

When Louis saw that two book reviewers recommended a book called "The Lord of the Rings", the author didn't pay much attention when he was still a newcomer. After all, the matter of poaching the wall cannot be done overnight.

However, when Louis saw the revelation of the famous poisonous snake Reynolds, saying that the book was published at the author's own expense, he became excited. At this time, it was fast and slow, so he tried every means to find Li Daniu's phone number from Harvard University. Fortunately, Li Daniu was studying abroad at Harvard University before, and the school had his phone number. Otherwise, Louis felt, it might not be so easy to find the personal contact information of a king, even if his country is very small.

After getting through the phone call, before Louis could say all kinds of words to bring him closer, he was directly confused by Li Daniu, and then reported a number that he gritted his teeth—45%.

"It's a bit low." Li Daniu didn't care whether the share ratio was the highest authority of Lewis. In his opinion, he would suffer a lot from this share of this work that was destined to be a hit. Of course, if Li Daniu could meet Louis after the first meeting and get this share ratio, Li Daniu might agree, because at that time, he was not sure whether this book was really acceptable in this world. So hot.

However, it seems that a limited number of people who bought this book gave it a high praise. It can be seen from this that even if the world of this book is changed, the charm of this book still remains unchanged, so Li Daniu is not satisfied.

"Your Majesty, this share ratio is already the highest share I can give now. If it is to be raised again, it needs to be approved by a higher level of leadership. You must know that although your book is in my opinion Very good, but you are a newcomer writer after all..." Before Louis finished speaking, the subtext came out, and you haven't passed the test of the market, how dare you think that this ratio is still low?

"I know all of this." Of course, Li Daniu knows that newcomers are not qualified to make demands when their works have not been tested by the market, but he is very aware of what kind of miracle this book has created, so it is normal to be dissatisfied of.

"Louis, right?" Li Daniu really didn't like negotiating, which was a way of intrigue between you and me, and said very decisively: "Harry from Lunar Publishing House has already approached me, and he hopes to get an official license for this book." For publishing rights, I quoted 165% to him. Of course, I also know that this price is impossible. It is only because of some personal reasons that I quoted such a high price. You can think about it again , 45% I won't agree, I'm not in a hurry."

Of course you are not in a hurry, after this book is discovered by more people, someone will definitely increase the price, but I am in a hurry. At this time, Louis had no time to think about how that Harry offended Li Daniu. He just wanted to win the publishing rights of "The Lord of the Rings" as soon as possible, so he became decisive.

"Your Majesty, I can use my temporary authority to give you 50% of the royalties and promise that I will use all the promotional funds I have now to promote this work of yours. What do you think?" Sample?"

Each editor-in-chief has the right to control a certain amount of publicity expenses. Louis doing this is equivalent to putting all his eggs in one basket. If the book sells well, the publisher will naturally make up for the publicity expenses spent, and even give more. position is at stake.

"Are you sure?" Because Li Daniu wanted to publish "Lord of the Rings" and even other books in the future, he had some understanding of the common sense of the publishing industry. He knew what kind of risk Louis would take in doing so.

"Sure!" Louis didn't say any more nonsense, there was only so much he could do, and no matter how much nonsense he said, it would not be as effective as the actual benefits.

"Okay, I agree." Li Daniu made a decision. After all, this book came too easily. It is already very good to have 50% of the royalties. A few points, but Tuvalu can't wait, and is in a hurry to spend money.

If a work is slowly fermented only by word of mouth, it can't compare to those works with publicity.

"Thank you very much. Then when is it convenient for you to sign the contract? It is best to sign such a contract on the spot. If it is not convenient for you to come to the United States, I can go to Tuvalu." Louis said happily, but he was already interested It's missing, because this time, he can be said to bet on his future. Although he himself is very optimistic about this book, and the book has received zero negative reviews so far, who can guarantee that such an investment will definitely get the expected return?

No business is guaranteed to make money Louis decided to seize this opportunity with all his might, but after he really caught it, he began to worry about gains and losses again.

"Don't be so troublesome, I just have something to go to the United States, so I can sign the contract by the way." Li Daniu heard that Louis' mood became depressed, but he was not in the mood to comfort Louis, because if Louis did not make any mistakes in the future If so, then Li Daniu can make him the luckiest person in the publishing industry.

"That would be great, Your Majesty, I am waiting for you in America."

"Wait." When Li Daniu was about to hang up the phone, he suddenly thought of a question and asked, "I forgot to ask how much publicity fees you can control now?"

Um, shouldn't this question be asked during the negotiation just now? How can you ask after agreeing? At this moment, Louis suddenly felt that His Majesty the King seemed... not very reliable.

"It's okay, I'm just asking, I've already promised that I won't go back on my word." Li Daniu felt Louis's hesitation and explained. In fact, he didn't care about the amount of the publicity fee. The charm of the book "The Lord of the Rings" made it a global bestseller without too much investment. The amount of publicity expenses can only determine whether it enters the bestseller list one day earlier or one day later.

"One million dollars."

"It's so much, it's a bit wasteful to just use it for publicity, why not just give it to me, haha..." Li Daniu joked happily.

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