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Chapter 208 Super high treatment
Xiao Yuan didn't plan to have a showdown with anyone, and before the funds came back, he said that these were all false.

Even if Academician Xue is willing to matchmaking, what will Xiao Yuan use to set up the research institute.

Whether it is equipment or talents, they all need to be piled up with massive funds.

No money, no way!
Lu Ke bit his chopsticks in displeasure, and said, "John's work efficiency is getting slower and slower."

John's work efficiency is high, but this time he seems to have encountered some difficult problems, and he has not shown the ability and efficiency that the first partner should have at all.

Until now, the time has exceeded his expectations, but there is still no official response from Langdon.

This made Lu Ke a little more worried. Could it be that Langdon wanted to give up this cooperation? !

It's not impossible.

You must know that there are countless works that are thrown into the trash can by submitting articles to Langdon every day.

Those submitted works are already rare masterpieces in ordinary publishing houses.

But in Langdon's eyes, they were just tasteless chicken ribs.

The taste is like chewing wax, dry and astringent.

There are too many classics published by Langdon.

Naturally, it also cultivated their appetite and taste, although both myself and John thought it was a good work.

But they are all laymen, and the other party is an expert.

And it is a giant standing at the top of the industry pyramid, its judgment is the truth. '

What's more, whether a work is excellent is not only in the work itself.

There is also the game and operation of capital and culture.

They want to get more benefits, which is understandable.

But if the capital judges, its own investment is not enough to obtain the reported profit expected by psychology.

So, whether the work itself is good or not is no longer important.

Like a Van Gogh painting, being alive isn't enough for a bottle of wine.

Only the dead Van Gogh can be hailed as the greatest painter of the 19th century.

In the mouth of its fans, there is not even a 'one', he is the only one.

"How about I call John and ask?" Lu Ke didn't care about the progress of Langdon's incident for a while.

Because she has been busy with monster affairs, she, the partner of the parent company, has become the busiest one.

The boss is busy with his studies and laboratory work every day.

The founder team never leaves technology behind, but when it comes to administrative work, it is a headache.

When he was looking for a station for the equipment earlier, Wu Yong even wanted to use the childish method of 'pretending to be sick' to escape.

"Hey, what the hell did I do?" Lu Ke patted his forehead, really unable to figure out how things turned out like this.

Regarding Lu Ke's emotion, Xiao Yuan had nothing to say.

He didn't want to get angry and get involved in these complicated and tedious troubles.

On the contrary, the negotiation with Langdon really dragged on for too long.

"Well, I'll call John." Xiao Yuan dialed John's private number, but the phone rang twice and was hung up.

"Hang up." Xiao Yuan put the phone on the table, waiting for his reply.

There must be something important for John to hang up on his call.

Usually, it doesn't take long before he will come back or make another appointment by text message.

Today, until the two finished their lunch, the phone remained silent.

"Let's go, no news yet?" Lu Ke wiped the corner of his mouth, got up and was about to leave.

Xiao Yuan nodded and said, "I'll pay the bill."

"No need, just sign it." Said that Lu Ke had already signed his name under the bill brought by the waiter.

"Ms. Lu, please go slowly, thank you for coming, and look forward to your visit to our store again."

In the warm farewell sound of the staff, the two left the restaurant side by side.

Outside the restaurant, Xiao Yuan asked curiously, "Do you come here often?"

Xiao Yuan did not forget that her working address is in Shanghai.

This is the imperial capital, wouldn't it be strange to be able to sign bills wherever you go?
"Well, I've been here a few times with friends."

Seeing his curiosity, Lu Ke said with a smile: "Don't worry about it, I'll take you back first!"

Seeing that she didn't want to go into details, Xiao Yuan didn't intend to ask further.

On the drive back, John called back and told him the good news in an excited tone: "Langdon agreed to our terms, congratulations, future millionaire."

The reason why I didn't answer Xiao Yuan's call just now is that it took so long to call him back.

John was in the final negotiations with Langdon, and the two sides had been too long on the details.

This time, neither side wants to return without success.

Therefore, after making appropriate concessions and compromise with each other to find a balance point.

This cooperation has finally reached unity.

Random House gave an advance payment of 5.3 US dollars, half of which was paid after signing the contract, and the other half was paid after receiving the manuscript.

In terms of royalties, Langdon also made appropriate concessions.

This time, it wasn't John's fault.

He had the idea to use the hot spot of 'racial prejudice' to force Langdon to make a compromise.

But before he could make up his mind, he started to act.

Langdon took the initiative to contact him, expressing his willingness to continue to push forward the progress of the negotiation and give him better conditions.

Because, the current head of Random House appreciates this novel.

Whether there is any factor that worries about the bad influence of 'racial prejudice' on Langdon is no longer important to John and Xiao Yuan.

The important thing is that they come up with good enough conditions.

10% copyright share, which is unheard of for a newcomer.

We must know that the top best-selling writers in the world can get no more than 15% of the copyright share.

Like most writers who have been famous for many years, only those with good sales performance can get 9~12%.

As soon as Xiao Yuan came up, he got a 10% share ratio with just one work.

After the news is officially announced, it will definitely cause a huge sensation and protests.

There will definitely be dissatisfaction and doubts within the industry, and some are lively.

"However, the other party still has one condition."

John signaled him not to rush to be happy first, there are additional conditions to be able to get such a high share ratio.

"What?" Xiao Yuan asked.

"Lord of the Rings, they want The Lord of the Rings."

John said helplessly: "Sorry, Xiao, I accidentally slipped my mouth."

During a certain negotiation, John mentioned that 'The Lord of the Rings' is not a script, but a complete series of books.

The news finally reached the ears of Langdon's senior management and attracted their attention.

After learning about Universal's importance and investment in "The Lord of the Rings", Langdon immediately realized that this was an opportunity.

As long as the work "Lord of the Rings" can be obtained, it will be released during the hot period after the movie is released.

With almost no need for any publicity, you can make a lot of profits.

This is the important factor why Langdon is willing to compromise and give 10% copyright share.

As for whether the head of Random House really likes "A Song of Ice and Fire", who knows except him?
(End of this chapter)