Reborn in Hong Kong as a Tycoon

Chapter 13 Selling Publishing Rights

Time flies, and more than two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and it is summer in July.

As the novel "The Wind and Cloud Dominates the World" became more and more popular, it became popular throughout Xiangjiang, and Lin Baicheng also resounded throughout Xiangjiang.

Although Lin Baicheng wanted to keep a low profile, all his information was made public under the digging of the media, and his reputation shook Hong Kong.

There is no way, Lin Baicheng contacted almost all the newspapers in Xiangjiang, so these newspapers knew his basic information, and then conducted an investigation based on this information, and he would be found out soon.

Therefore, even if Lin Baicheng wanted to keep a low profile, he couldn't.

During that time, the media and novel fans visited Lin Baicheng and his family every day, which affected the family's business.

In the hype of the media, Lin Baicheng even became another martial arts master in Xiangjiang after Jin Yong. If Lin Baicheng was not a reborn person, and his ambition was not here, if he were replaced by a normal young man, he would definitely be blown up by the media.

At that time, there were other writers who couldn't stand it, and sprayed Lin Baicheng's arrogance, short-lived and so on in the media, but Lin Baicheng didn't pay attention to it at all, and let the other party bark.

Because Lin Baicheng didn't respond, there was no quarrel at all, and the media couldn't hype it up. After a few days of arguing, they finally broke up.

After that, the media didn't report much on Lin Baicheng, after all, the world doesn't revolve around one person.

Over the past two months, in addition to his fame, Lin Baicheng has also gained a lot in money.

The first is the most important stake in the Star Daily. Today, the daily circulation of the Star Daily has reached nearly 20 copies, second only to the three major newspapers in Hong Kong. Every month, the advertising fee alone can earn about 25 Hong Kong dollars.Adding in the money that newspapers can earn every day, the value of 300% of his shares is at least two or three million Hong Kong dollars.

If the circulation of Xingxing Daily was not suddenly brought up by novels, the circulation cannot be guaranteed to be stable for the time being, and no one can guarantee whether it will be stable in the future, otherwise Lin Baicheng's shares will only be more valuable.

There is also the publishing rights of novels. The publishing rights of Xiangjiang, Bend Island, Southeast Asia and other places were permanently sold by Lin Baicheng to Haohan Publishing Company.

It wasn't that Lin Baicheng identified Haohan Publishing Company, it was because this company offered the highest price, and the permanent publishing rights sold for 150 million Hong Kong dollars.The prices offered by several other publishing companies are not as high as this.

If it is replaced by a royalty authorization, the author usually gets about 10% of the royalties, and the price of a published novel is about 15 Hong Kong dollars, and the writer can get about 1.5 Hong Kong dollars.

Take the novel "The Wind and Cloud Dominant the World" as an example. For a novel with a total of about 200 million words, if one novel is published for every [-] words, a total of about [-] books can be published.

That is to say, if a person buys a complete set of published novels at a unit price of 15 Hong Kong dollars, that is 300 Hong Kong dollars, and the writer can get 30 Hong Kong dollars in royalties.

Of course, there are definitely not too many people who will buy a complete set of novels. Some friends may buy the complete set together, and everyone will read it in turn.

The transaction price of 150 million Hong Kong dollars is actually equivalent to the authorized income of [-] people buying a complete set of novels, a small number of people.After all, not only in Hong Kong, but also in Southeast Asian countries and Bend Island, and the long time until the copyright expires, plus it is a fire novel, there is no reason why it can't sell so many.

Lin Baicheng wanted a higher price, but all publishing companies said that piracy is rampant now, and there will not be too many people buying genuine copies. The highest bidder was only Haohan Publishing Company, so Lin Baicheng had no choice but to sell it.

Lin Baicheng knows that if he only authorizes, let alone a lifetime, even if it only lasts for 20 years, he will definitely earn more than 150 million Hong Kong dollars. After all, his novels are very popular now, and I believe there will be many people who buy them .

However, rather than making a little money every year, Lin Baicheng wants to get a large sum of money at once, and then use this money to do business and make more money.

Lin Baicheng believes that he will only earn more by relying on this money, so much that he will not be able to earn that much money in his entire life by relying on royalties.

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That afternoon, lawyer Chen Gao came to Lin Baicheng's house.

"Lin Sheng, I checked these days and found that there are only three arcade machine assembly factories in Xiangjiang, all of which rely on the authorization of game companies from the United States and RB for assembly and production."

"According to my investigation, arcade machine assembly is not very profitable, and most of it is earned by game companies. I also made preliminary contact with the bosses of these three factories. As long as they give a certain premium, they are also willing to sell the factory .”

Lawyer Chen Gao was the first lawyer hired by Lin Baicheng when he signed the contract with Hu Zhiwen, and he was also hired when he dealt with Haohan Publishing Company. After several cooperations, Lin Baicheng continued to cooperate with him.

This time, Lin Baicheng is going to enter the game industry, that is, the arcade industry.

In this day and age, online games are definitely not something to think about. Even red and white machines have not appeared yet, and even the arcade industry that Lin Baicheng plans to enter has only appeared for a few years.

In 1971, a computer laboratory in the United States developed the world's first arcade machine, which was still a laboratory product, and commercialization must have taken place after that.

Moreover, the oil crisis triggered an economic crisis in 1973, so arcade machines may not have been introduced to Xiangjiang until 75.Lin Baicheng can't guarantee the specific year, but at most it will be one or two years ahead. After all, it will take a certain amount of time to spread here from abroad.

Therefore, in 77, there are only three arcade assembly factories in Xiangjiang. He doesn't think there are too few, but he thinks it is normal.

Lin Baicheng asked: "Then how big are these three factories and how much are they worth?"

"These three factories are located in Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Yuen Long and Tai Po in the New Territories. Among them, the Kwun Tong factory is the largest and the earliest to do this business. It started when arcade machines were introduced to us in 74. At present, there are more than 40 employees. The people are all experienced and skilled workers, and the factory building of more than 2000 square meters is owned by the boss himself, and the factory building alone costs about 200 million. At that time, I asked the price, and the boss offered 300 million Hong Kong dollars. If you really want to buy it, the price is OK Let’s talk about it, but not too much.”

"In addition, the factories in Yuen Long and Tai Po started to enter the industry early last year, and there are only about 80 workers, but the machines are all new. These two are the same, and the factories are rented. One of the two bosses offered 70 yuan and the other 50 yuan, but they were not worth that much, and they would definitely be able to buy it for around [-] yuan."

Chen Gao's investigation was quite detailed. After all, he received the money from Lin Baicheng, the boss, so Lin Baicheng must be satisfied.

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