tokyo soulful legend

Chapter 24 So What Is The Price?

The reception room of Bai Yuanchuan Bunko is not commercial, on the contrary, it has a strong, old-fashioned flavor of a literary publishing house.

The light brown wooden floor is laid all over, bookshelves with books and various handicrafts are placed, potted plants trimmed properly on the coffee table, and the beam of light that penetrates into the room through the blinds, the fast-paced city life seems to be dialed back to many places here. years ago.

Bei Chuan Che, who was sitting on the leather sofa, turned his eyebrows sideways, looked at Kaoru Kanno beside him, and then at the upright middle-aged man sitting in front of him, with a subtle look in his eyes.

If he didn't know that he was discussing a business contract with someone, in terms of this posture alone, he would have thought he was meeting his parents just by looking at it.

Before entering the reception room, he thought about asking Kaoru Kanno about the next situation, but during the whole process of leading the way, the editor never gave him a chance to speak.

When he opened the door and entered the reception room, it was already inappropriate for him to speak again.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Bai Yuanchuan, the president of Bai Yuanchuan Library."

The middle-aged man noticed his gaze, he seemed to be mistaken, and he seemed to be waiting for this opportunity to open his mouth to break the silence in the reception room.

"Beichuan, the author of "Let's Listen to the Wind Sing"."

Kitagawa Che also gave a brief self-introduction, but he only mentioned his pen name.

"There is no need to introduce this. For all the staff of Baiyuanchuan Library, your pen name and your works are already very popular."

Bai Yuanchuan showed a friendly smile, and offered to shake Beichuan Che's hand.

"It's just a clumsy work."

Withdrawing his hand, Kitagawa Che said politely, but did not take this sentence to heart.

He is very clear that in any business cooperation, it is best not to take the compliments of your partner too seriously. Anyone can say beautiful words, but the benefits in black and white are actually implemented.

If you really believe these touted words, then you will really go far.

"This time I invited Beichuan Che, I want to talk to you about further cooperation." Bai Yuanchuan glanced at Beichuan Che, "Editor Shenye should have already mentioned this to you."

"Yes, Editor Kamino mentioned this to me."

He nodded and answered in the affirmative.

"Then, I won't talk so much nonsense." Bai Yuanchuan coughed lightly, and handed the new contract aside to Beichuan Che in front of him, "We plan to print [-] more copies here. "Listen to the Sing of the Wind", I also hope to give you more support.

"The previous cooperation contract was for a 10% royalty share. This time, we plan to increase the share to 15%, and we can even negotiate again."

Bai Yuanchuan decisively gave up the idea of ​​going around in circles.

Theoretically speaking, even if you know that someone is being polite to you, people will still like to hear nice words, especially when these kind words are an acknowledgment of what they value. Not to mention being proud, but the micro-expression on their face will at least make them relaxed. For a moment.

But Kitagawa Che didn't react at all.

This also proved that Kaoru Kanno's judgment was correct.

Under such a premise, if you talk about poetry and distance with a little fox who neither sees rabbits nor hawks, the other party will only talk about poetry and distance in the same way. From the perspective of seeking interests, such mutual feeding of chicken soup makes no sense. It's just a waste of time.

Well, after clarifying this point, many things become clear.

If you want the practical one, fine, then I will give you the practical one.

"15%?"

Beichuan Che was a little more surprised in his heart, but not too surprised.

There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world. To give such a share to a newcomer author so happily, there must be twists and turns in the subsequent terms of cooperation.

"Yes, if you are not satisfied with this ratio, we can talk again."

Bai Yuanchuan's face was full of seriousness, without any hint of joking.

"As far as I know, the highest share in the industry is 12%. As a newcomer, it shouldn't be easy for me to get a 15% share."

Bei Chuan Che calmly met Bai Yuanchuan's gaze, and his meaning was clearly conveyed.

Everyone understands the unspoken rules of business cooperation. There is no such thing as who is good to whom for no reason. One party's benefit will be accompanied by the other party's gain.

What is the basis for the willingness to make a profit?In the case of equal status, it is to obtain better conditions in other matters.In the case of unequal status, that is a last resort.

The current relationship between Bai Yuanchuan Wenku and him is not enough for him to be strong while the other is weak.

That being the case, stop pretending to each other, put the horses and horses on the road, and directly put out the attached conditions. If you can talk, continue talking, if you can't talk, then pull down.

"That's just on the bright side. Excellent people deserve better conditions to stay. I remember an old saying that goes like this." Bai Yuanchuan smiled and said in awkward Chinese, "A good bird chooses a tree to live in."

Beichuan Che didn't answer, just looked at him silently.

"It's not good to deal with smart people." Bai Yuanchuan shook his head, complaining like this, but there was a touch of appreciation in his eyes, "Let's get straight to the point, you need to sign a copy of the 15% royalty share Additional contracts."

"Please go ahead and explain in detail."

"But." Bai Yuanchuan changed the subject, and his tone eased, "This contract is not as harsh as you imagined, it is just a letter of intent for future cooperation. Within three years, all the books you publish will be approved by The hand of Bai Yuanchuan Library."

This letter of intent for cooperation is indeed not harsh for a new author, and it is even profitable. After all, no one knows how the next book will be written.

But Beichuan Che's heart still didn't cause too much disturbance.

Bai Yuanchuan only saw his potential, but as a traveler, he knew what kind of commercial achievements the works he borrowed had achieved.

He thought for a while and asked, "What about the royalties during this period?"

"What I can guarantee is that your subsequent published books will not be less than 11%." Bai Yuanchuan paused and added, "Of course, if you can get the Naoki Award, this share can be higher. No less than 12%, if the quality of the work is particularly excellent, then we can talk again."

In a sense, this is a win-win situation, and it's not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy.

I will give you the highest royalty share that is generally recognized in the industry. In exchange, all your books within three years will be published by me. The same process, the highest royalty share is guaranteed.

Bai Yuanchuan didn't mention the phrase 'within three years, it doesn't matter whether you write a book or don't write a book', as he himself said, Bei Chuan Che is a smart person, although it is troublesome to deal with smart people, But once the cooperation content is finalized, it is not tiring.

Everyone will not do things that destroy their future.

"Is the latter sentence written in the intent contract?"

Beichuan Che asked a question.

"You mean, the quality of the work is particularly excellent, can we talk about that again?"

"Yes."

"It's written in it, and the specific basis for judgment is also marked." Bai Yuanchuan raised his eyebrows, indicating that Beichuan Che could see it with his own eyes, "The contract in front of you is the bottom one."

Bei Chuan Che nodded, took out the contract and looked at it without avoiding suspicion at all.

The judgment basis is slightly different from what he imagined, but generally speaking, it is basically the same, that is, based on the sales speed and favorable rate, and even specially marked the corresponding negotiable royalty share.

The other party seemed to have really offered a condition that he could not refuse.

After scanning the contract, he raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on Bai Yuanchuan's face.

The latter did not dodge, and met his gaze.

"Oh, that's right." Suddenly, Bai Yuanchuan seemed to think of something, and after a second, he showed a somewhat embarrassed smile, and took out a copy of "Listen to the Wind Singing" from his briefcase. "Come, "Can you sign it for me? Beichuan, my daughter is a fan of your books and wants your autograph."

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The Beichuan family.

Ejima Miao put down the broom, and glanced at the spotless living room, with a satisfied smile on her face.

I don't know when to start, cleaning the house well will give her an inexplicable sense of peace of mind.

Counting the time, it should be almost over for the young master, right?
Ejima Miao thought so, raised her eyebrows and looked at the wall clock in the living room.

There are still about two hours until dinner time.

After a short break, it's time to cook.

She is getting used to the current life more and more. The young master is in charge of the outside world, and she is in charge of the house, just like... those full-time wives in TV dramas.

Thinking of this, Eshima Myo's ears were inexplicably stained with a layer of pink.

Don't think so!I am a valet!

Shaking her head, she threw those thoughts out of her mind and sat back on the sofa.

But before she squinted her eyes and muttered the self-hypnotic spell of 'don't think about this', her cell phone rang suddenly.

After glancing at the somewhat unfamiliar caller, she answered the phone, "Moxi Moxi?"

"This is St. Luke's International Hospital. Are you a family member of Toyoko Eshima?"

A mature female voice came from the receiver.

"Ah? I am, what happened to her?"

"Is she yours?"

"grandmother"

Ejima Miao held her breath, and the bad feeling in her heart gradually began to spread.

The day before yesterday, she and her grandma Toyoko Eshima spoke by phone.

The voice of the grandma on the other end of the phone was weaker than usual. She wanted to go and see her, but the latter said that she just didn't have a good rest and had a cold, so it didn't bother her. Then she changed the topic and rejected her at the same time. visits.

The female voice on the other side of the receiver paused and answered her question in as calm a tone as possible.

"Grandma Eshima is in the emergency room right now, please come here as soon as possible."

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