After the disfigurement I became a superstar

Chapter 264 Be Bold

"Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is divided into two volumes on the earth, with a total of 2 million words.

But Chen Ge wrote it in a book here.

Now Chen Ge is writing "Kunlun Shrine" for "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", with a total of 85 words.

"My book is not finished yet, how will the publishing house publish it?" Chen Ge asked.

"The several publishing houses that came here wanted to test the waters. They wanted the previous chapter of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", which is "The Ancient City of Excellence". Publish one book first to see the market reaction, and if it is good, then publish the next chapter, and then we can give them a certain increase in treatment according to the market reaction."

After He Yunqing finished speaking, she took out a watch and handed it to Chen Ge.

"Okay, now there are 4 publishing houses, take a look, which one do you like?"

Chen Ge looked at it, and it was written on the form.

Qiufeng Literature and Art Publishing House: The price is 20 yuan, 5% of the manuscript fee, and the printing run is tentatively set at 5 copies.

Jiangning United Publishing House: The price is 25 yuan, the manuscript fee is 4.5%, and the print run is tentatively scheduled to be 4 copies.

Modu Culture Publishing House: The price is 22 yuan, the manuscript fee is 4.8%, and the printing run is tentatively scheduled to be 4 copies.

Magic Publishing House: The price is 20 yuan, the manuscript fee is 5.5%, and the printing run is tentatively set at 5 copies.

After Chen Ge finished reading, these publishing houses actually offered similar conditions.

Chen Ge was not too satisfied.

Chen Ge also knows something about publishing.

"As far as I know, the author's fee in the writer's industry is about 8%, and the author's fee can be higher for well-known writers. Why do they basically give about 5%?"

He Yunqing also gave a wry smile, and said, "Of course we are an online writer. Those online books published before only paid about 4% of the manuscript fee. These companies give you a high price."

Chen Ge was also silent, and what He Yunqing said was true.

But the publishing house's feeling of looking down on Internet authors made Chen Ge very uncomfortable.

Either you don't publish other people's books, or you treat other authors according to the basic rules of the industry.

Why is the manuscript fee of traditional writers 8% or even higher, while the manuscript fee of online authors is much lower?

Among traditional writers, apart from a few well-known names, the sales volume of other works is also very average, ranging from tens of thousands to thousands of copies.

There's no reason to treat them differently, right?

Seeing that Chen Ge seemed dissatisfied, He Yunqing persuaded: "Actually, we are not short of money now, 3% more manuscript fees, in fact, it is not much more, assuming 20 yuan per copy, it is only 6 cents per copy. 5 copies are only 3 yuan. What we want now is that after publication, more people who don’t read web articles can read it. Maybe after they read your book, they will know that this is an web article and will It has changed the view of online articles.”

There are still many people who read books in this world, but the market for online literature has been unable to expand for a long time. In fact, readers of traditional books do not read online literature at all.

But if they see this book in a bookstore, they may read it without knowing that it is an online article, and the book "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has such a magical power that after reading a book, people still want to read it. Let's see, when the time comes, this group of people will definitely catch up to the Internet.

One or two books may not be able to change the current situation, but if there are more and more such situations in the future, how can this situation be improved.

He Yunqing's current wish is to hope that everyone can treat online articles fairly.

After hearing He Yunqing's words, Chen Ge was silent for a while, and said, "Let me think about it."

"Well, there's no rush." ​​When it comes to publishing, He Yunqing also said, "I heard from the person in charge of the publishing house who came to talk about it that they are still discussing the publishing rights of your "Tomb Raiders Notes", have you received any news? ?”

Chen Ge was slightly taken aback, and suddenly remembered that he had spent 20 to buy all the copyrights of "Tomb Raiders Notes" except for the electronic copyright. in their own hands.

"No."

Chen Gedao, he has not received anyone from the Moji Chinese website telling him that someone is looking for him to talk about the publication of "Tomb Raiders Notes".

In fact, ever since Chen Ge disclosed his identity, saying that he was hard-pressed to describe himself, Moji Chinese Network's promotion of the impermanence of life came to an abrupt end.

Because they all know that he has already signed a platinum agreement with Cloud Chinese Network. This person is destined not to continue writing books on Moji Chinese Network. If he continues to promote him, it seems that he is just a wedding dress for others.

Chen Ge also understood, so he didn't care too much, but after that, there were no recommendations from "Tomb Raiders Notes", and Chen Ge was a little speechless.

However, "Tomb Raiders Notes" is already very famous, so it doesn't matter if you recommend it or not, it just makes Chen Ge feel that the structure of Moji Chinese Network is too small.

I also deleted my own chapter before.

Fortunately, Chen Ge chose Cloud Chinese Network at the beginning, otherwise, Chen Ge would not have believed that they would be able to grow big with the high-level structure of Moji Chinese Network.

He Yunqing was a little surprised when Chen Ge said that he hadn't received any notification from Moji Chinese Website.

"It shouldn't be. There's no need for people from the publishing house to lie to me."

Chen Ge asked, "When did you say that?"

"It's been about three or four days. It must have been a long time ago when they looked for Moji Chinese Website."

Chen Ge sneered, the ink Chinese website is really unfeeling.

If you ask someone to inform you, there will be no loss. If "Tomb Raiders Notes" is published, although they will not have any copyright fees, people who read physical books may not have access to the Internet to read books.

Anyway, the electronic copyright of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is still on the Moji Chinese website.

But they didn't disclose any information to themselves. Could it be that they were afraid that the book friends would eventually flow into the Chinese cloud network?

"No matter what they do, the copyright of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is in my own hands, and I have the final say."

He Yunqing was slightly taken aback, and said, "You own the copyright of "Tomb Raiders Notes"?"

"That's right, when the book was released, I paid for it myself."

He Yunqing showed a look of admiration in his eyes, and he gave a thumbs up and said, "You are amazing! You seem to be really confident, how much did you pay for it?"

"20."

"20?" He Yunqing laughed, "Is the ink Chinese website full of regrets now?"

Chen Ge said: "I don't know about this, but I feel that time goes back, I bought the copyright of "Tomb Raider Notes" for 20, and they will still sell it!"

He Yunqing nodded, and said: "Of course, 20 yuan. If the website is to be sold, it will sell for 40 yuan. Now it is difficult to sell such a large amount of copyright fees for works on the Internet, let alone the theme of tomb robbery at that time." With so many follow-up works, who would have thought that this book would become such a hit in the future.”

"Yes."

"Now the copyright value of "Tomb Raider Notes" is 200 million. If the film and television is successful, it will probably be increased tenfold."

Chen Ge is an "experienced person", and said with a smile, "Be more courageous, and after 200 million, you can double it a hundred times."

(End of this chapter)