After the disfigurement I became a superstar

Chapter 300 Readers Can't Hurt Their Wallets

This afternoon, Chen Ge was still updating "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in the shop room, but Sun Lu called: "Chen Ge, there is a beautiful woman looking for."

Sun Lu's tone was like eating melons again.

Chen Ge was slightly taken aback, and asked, "Who is it?"

"She said it's from the publishing house, and her surname is Tang."

Chen Ge knew right away that it was Tang Xiao.

Before Chen Ge and Tang Xiao met in Shanghai, Sun Yun and Sun Lu didn't know her at all, so she came to find Chen Ge, but it was inconvenient for Sun Yun and Sun Lu to reveal that Chen Ge was in the shop, so she called.

"Oh... here I come."

Chen Ge hung up the phone and walked to the front desk, it was indeed Tang Xiao.

Today Tang Xiao was wearing a gray-blue dress, paired with a white underarm bag, black high-heeled shoes, long hair shawl, light makeup, fresh and refined, quite attractive.

Sun Yun and Sun Lu looked back and forth between Chen Ge and Tang Xiao, their eyes full of curiosity.

When did Chen Ge meet another beautiful woman?

Seeing Chen Ge, Tang Xiao shouted happily: "Chen Ge!"

Chen Ge saw Tang Xiao and said, "Come in and talk."

He took Tang Xiao into his room and made her a cup of tea.

Then Chen Ge sat down with Tang Xiao.

Tang Xiao looked around the room while Chen Ge was pouring tea, and then at Chen Ge's computer.

"Is it updating?"

"Yes."

"How about waiting until you're done?"

"No, I'm not in a hurry anyway, let's talk about your business first."

Chen Ge probably knew the reason for Tang Xiao's visit today.

Hearing what Chen Ge said, Tang Xiao cut to the chase and said, ""Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is a big hit! Of course I'm here to talk about reprinting. Yesterday, more than 4 sets were sold, which is 4 More than 30 sets! More than [-] copies, this achievement, even the best-selling novelist in China, may not be able to sell so many."

Chen Ge said: "It can only be said that I have a lot of loyal fans and I am willing to spend money. The best-selling writer in China also has at least such loyal fans. It's just that besides loyal fans, passer-by fans are willing to pay. Maybe I am not as good as them. After all, I am 8 books, 150 yuan, it’s just that ordinary passerby fans are unlikely to come to buy them, but those best-selling authors, passerby fans who buy a book for [-] to [-] yuan, passerby fans will still buy it with a high probability.”

After listening to Chen Ge's analysis, Tang Xiao felt that it made sense.

"There is some truth in what you said, but you have more than so many loyal fans. Passer-by fans will still buy some people after seeing word of mouth. The phone calls of our publishing house were already buzzing yesterday, and many bookstores are asking for more stock. .”

Chen Ge said: "Then print it."

"Based on our previous publishing experience, the total print run is about 10 times the sales volume on the first day, which is the amount that just saturates the market, so we have to print at least 30 sets of yours!"

Chen Ge said: "30 sets...isn't that too much?"

According to Chen Ge's previous analysis, he also believed that his book fans would buy less. If he is a loyal fan, he would buy it in the first three days, and it will be difficult to sell it later.

Of course, as Tang Xiao said, some passers-by fans will also pay for it because of word-of-mouth and seeing how popular this book is.

But because the price of a set is not cheap, compared to those books that cost [-] or [-] yuan a book, the follow-up sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" are of course more difficult.

"Don't worry, we won't ask you to sign any guarantee risk agreement for this reprint. Our publishing house wants to cooperate with you for a long time. For this reprint, we will bear the risk of unsalable returns."

Chen Ge said with a smile: "If the publishing house undertakes it, then it must be more cautious. I think it is enough to print 20 copies."

After Chen Ge finished speaking, Tang Xiao pondered for a while, and said, "It's fine, if the sales volume is good, then we'll just print it again."

"Yes."

"One more thing." Tang Xiao said.

"Well, do you want to talk about the publishing rights of "The Legend of Wukong"?"

Tang Xiao had told Chen Ge about this on the phone back then.

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "I know, many publishing houses are robbing you, so they should have contacted you, right?"

After Chen Ge published "Wukong Biography" on Weibo, it aroused the attention and shock of many people. Afterwards, many people from publishing houses contacted Chen Ge to publish this book.

But Chen Ge refused.

"More than a dozen." Chen Ge said.

When Tang Xiao heard this, she immediately became anxious and said, "Have you sold it yet?"

Chen Ge shook his head and said, "No."

Only then did Tang Xiao heave a sigh of relief, and said: "That's great, our publishing house also wants the publishing rights of this book, and the publishing rights of "Tomb Raiders Notes", we all want it, if you have any conditions , can be brought up."

Chen Ge said with a smile: "Do you know why I rejected those publishing houses? Some of them are quite famous big publishing houses, and they pay a lot of manuscript fees."

Tang Xiao was slightly taken aback, then shook her head.

Chen Ge smiled and said, "Because you are not in those publishing houses."

After Chen Ge finished speaking, Tang Xiao trembled all over, and for a moment, she felt a little confused.

Could it be that Chen Ge likes himself?

Tang Xiao looked at his former idol. Although he was wearing a mask, he knew that his face under the mask and his body wrapped in clothes were all burnt and devastated, but Tang Xiao still felt that Chen Ge in front of him was very charming. .

This kind of charm is not the kind of charm that is handsome, but the aura exuding from Chen Ge's whole body.

If Chen Ge really likes himself...

Tang Xiao's face suddenly turned red.

"Reputation from Tang Xiao +1."

Pink favors.

Seeing the system's prompt, and seeing Tang Xiao's appearance in front of him, Chen Ge immediately understood that she had misunderstood what he said just now.

"Hey, what I mean is... If you are here, you will check for me, and I will feel more at ease. That's why I didn't agree to those publishers looking for me. If possible, I still want to cooperate with your publishers."

Tang Xiao knew that she had misunderstood what Chen Ge meant, and her face turned even redder.

"oh oh……"

Tang Xiao's voice was somewhat relieved and somewhat disappointed, but she quickly sorted out her emotions.

"Thank you boss..."

"Stop calling me Boss, call me Chen Ge."

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "Then Chen Ge, are you willing to sell us the publishing rights of "Tomb Raider Notes" and "Wukong Biography"? We are willing to increase the manuscript fee by 2 percentage points, 12%. 20."

12% of the manuscript fee is really treating Chen Ge as a best-selling author.

Chen Ge said: "Let's publish "Wukong Biography" first, and "Tomb Raiders Notes" will come out later. You told me before that a reader's monthly buying habits are basically fixed. After all, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" has just been published. Publishing "Tomb Raider Notes", readers' wallets can't be hurt, and this book has 150 million words, and it's only halfway through now. I don't have the energy to finish this book in one go like "Ghost Blowing the Lantern". "

After hearing this, Tang Xiao was shocked and said, ""Tomb Raiders Notes" is 150 million words, have you...confirmed it?"

Only then did Chen Ge realize that he had slipped his mouth, and explained: "I estimated, it's about the same number."

Tang Xiao calmed down a little, otherwise, knowing that Chen Ge had only written half of it and knew the ending word count of the whole story, Tang Xiao still felt a little inconceivable.

"You are right. "Tomb Raiders Notes" can be released later, but we can sign the contract first!"

Chen Ge said without any hesitation, "Okay."

(End of this chapter)