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After a delicious meal, the three of them left Yili Fast Food Restaurant.

Yao Haijun reminded him, "Teacher Fang, you should have heard recently that the postal system and the General Administration of Press and Publication may have new actions, right?"

"Are you talking about the Joint Decision on Improving the Distribution of Publications?"

The dialect was not implied, and this decision stipulated that all magazines originally published by state-owned bookstores should be transferred to the post office for processing.

The periodical distribution department of Xinhua Bookstore will also be merged with the post office to achieve "integration of postal and distribution" across the country.

"Yes."

Yao Haijun said that any new publications to be published in the future must be included in the postal system’s catalog before they can be legally distributed across the country.

"Don't worry about that. I still have some connections in the postal system."

Fangyan had obviously taken all aspects into consideration and expected that the postal department would do him a favor.

After all, "That Mountain, That Man, That Dog" whether it is a novel or a movie, has made the postal system proud and honorable!
"Then how should the royalties be calculated?"

Yang Xiao talked as he walked.

Yao Haijun was also in a dilemma. Teacher Fang was responsible for an entire special issue by himself. Even if he was paid the highest standard of the new regulations at the beginning of the year, 16 yuan per thousand words, the reward he got was totally disproportionate to the hard work he put in. But regulations are regulations, and the publishing house could not give a fee that exceeded the standard.

“So, I hope that in addition to the manuscript fee, a royalty system can be introduced.”

Fangyan looked like he had a plan in place and was planning to sign a publishing contract with Science Fiction World Publishing House.

For example, if the circulation is less than 20 copies, the rate is 6%; between 20 and 40, the rate is 8%; and between 40 and 60, the rate is 10%.

80万到100万便是15%，100万以上则拿20%，以此类推，最多可以拿到30%。

(PS: Zheng Yuanjie's "Fairy Tale King" also adopted this royalty model when it was first published)

In fact, a special issue that publishes all novels in dialect is equivalent to publishing a single volume of novels in dialect. However, the proportion of printing remuneration in China is too low and cannot be compared with royalties at all. This kind of publishing contract is equivalent to a disguised "royalty" contract.

Of course, the prerequisite is that the journal must be serialized continuously, and the works serialized must be the same person's works.

Just like Zheng Yuanjie's "Fairy Tale King", Pippi Lu, Lu Xixi, Shuke and Beta...

"Teacher Fang, isn't this a bit too crazy?"

Yang Xiao and Yao Haijun looked at each other.

"What's so crazy about this? Since the policy has changed the publishing house from a public institution to an enterprise, the commercialization of publications is inevitable. It's just a matter of how early or late it is, and how many steps it will take." Fang Yan said, "Directly introducing the 'royalty system' of Hong Kong, Taiwan and overseas publishing companies is definitely too big a step, so we should settle for the next best thing, take one step forward, then half a step back, and just take half a step."

"Although what you said makes sense, it's really crazy!"

The two of them looked at Teacher Fang as if he were a madman.

According to this royalty ratio, if the price of a special issue is set at 1 yuan, and there are 100 million copies per issue, that would be 20 yuan!

Nowadays, a courtyard house costs only about ten thousand yuan, and the royalties from this issue are enough to buy 20 courtyard houses!
"You don't have to be so surprised. This is the inevitable path that domestic publishers will take in the future."

Dialect looks left and right.

Yao Haijun was shocked. "But no company in China has done this before?!"

That's because I didn't mention it. If I had mentioned it, wouldn't I have done it a long time ago?
Fangyan will naturally not let Science Fiction World Publishing House take the risk in vain. If an individual business owner like Han Yuemin wants to wear a "red hat", he must pay a considerable management fee to the collective enterprise every year. This special issue will also regularly allocate a portion of its profits to the publishing house.

After all, the editorial department also handles the general publishing work of the magazine.

Money is a tempting thing. When they heard about giving money, Yao Haijun and Yang Xiao became hesitant and their wills wavered.

The publishing house still owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt, and it is unknown when the debt will be repaid just by relying on Science Fiction World.

What's more, with the sales of "Science Fiction World" rising steadily, the editorial department is no longer adequately staffed and must expand in scale, which costs money. In the future, hosting the Galaxy Award and applying to host the World Science Fiction Conference will also cost money. In short, everything costs money.

Otherwise, how can we revitalize Chinese science fiction literature?
Unknowingly, Yang Xiao, Yao Haijun and others had fallen into General Fang's trap and seemed to have no choice but to follow his plan.

It’s not so easy to get your own manuscript!
Fangyan raised a wicked smile. All the gifts in fate already had a price secretly marked on them.

"Teacher Fang, may I ask, the management fee, uh, management fee..."

Yang Xiao hesitated to speak, obviously still a little embarrassed to talk about money.

"If it's done well, with a monthly sales volume of 40 copies like Science Fiction World, I think I can make tens of thousands of yuan."

Fangyan opened the car door with a smile on his face. "Tens of thousands!?"

Yang Xiao and Yao Haijun were surprised and happy.

"But the premise is..."

Fangyan reiterated that this special issue is only temporarily affiliated with Science Fiction World Publishing House, and will be separated and become independent when there is an opportunity in the future.

Yao Haijun's face was solemn. "Teacher Fang, can you let us consider it?"

"of course can."

Fangyan invited them to get in the car, and the three of them sat in the same car and drove along smoothly.

…………

Send the person to the guesthouse, then drive to Beijing Film Academy to pick up Gong Xing.

"How's the talk going?"

"Not bad, at least I didn't reject it right away."

"Will they agree? This new publication carries a lot of risks."

"If they want to make their publishing house and science fiction literature bigger and stronger and create greater glory, they will definitely agree."

Fangyan smiled and thought his plan was as good as the "Nine Turns of the Large Intestine".

"Your smile is so cunning."

Gong Xing said: "But you have to think about it carefully. If you manage a magazine by yourself, you have to ensure that the serials will be updated continuously in the future. Can you really write it? Also, what kind of mystery novel do you plan to write..."

"Well, I've thought about this a long time ago."

Fangyan does not intend to write American and Japanese crime mysteries such as "The Sword is Drawn" and "White Night Walk" in the first few issues of the new magazine.

Instead, they will choose historical suspense and crime-solving themes that are popular among domestic readers, and combine historical literature with detective literature.

For example, the Justice Bao series, the Di Renjie series, and the Song Ci series...

The Song Ci series is naturally "Justice for All" and "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty", but compared to the light comedy "Justice for All", the drama "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" has a larger scale, especially the rivalry between Song Ci and Diao Guangdou, which pushes reasoning and solving cases to a new height.

The ending is sad, desolate and extremely desperate, just like the Southern Song Dynasty, which was hated for not fighting for it. It was a real "big send-off"!
Such serious literature is not really suitable as the opening work of a new publication.

In comparison, "Justice Bao" and "Detective Di Renjie" are more like Long Aotian's cool stories.

Di Renjie is the equivalent of a talented general who plans strategies, a detective who unravels the mysteries of the past, a loyal minister with deep political schemes, a miraculous doctor who can bring people back to life, an envoy with unparalleled thinking, and he also has a humanoid Gundam Li Yuanfang who is responsible for the force and can easily kill strong enemies in seconds. It's simply so cool.

However, only the first two seasons were well-made, while the last three were simply a lame duck.

Compared with the long span and high popularity of the Justice Bao series, "Detective Di Renjie" can only be regarded as a flash in the pan and lacks stamina.

Fang Yan also considered this point, and simply continued with "Strange Stories of the Tang Dynasty" after finishing the second part of "Detective Di Renjie". Although Su Wuming's ability is not as good as Di Renjie, and Lu Lingfeng's fighting power is not as good as Li Yuanfang, the beauty of the story lies in combining reasoning and strange stories into one.

"Then tell me about it."

Seeing him driving silently, Gong Xing pursed his lips.

"What do you think of Bao Zheng and Di Renjie?" Fang Yan said with a smile.

"Bao Zheng? Di Renjie?"

Gong Xing was very surprised, "You want to write "The Cases of Bao Gong" and "The Cases of Di Gong"? "

"of course not."

Fangyan shook his head. Ancient China had its own detective novels, namely the well-known "Three Heroes and Five Gallants", "The Cases of Judge Bao", "The Cases of Judge Hai", "The Cases of Judge Shi", "The Cases of Judge Peng", and "The Cases of Judge Di". Even related storytelling has been broadcast on the radio.

You can write "Young Justice Bao", after all, it follows the new orthodox style, and refers to and borrows a lot of plot designs and killing methods from the "Kindaichi" series and "Detective Conan" series. Moreover, the image of Justice Bao is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Seeing his smile getting brighter and brighter, Gong Xing was puzzled but he also started to laugh:

"Then tell me, what do you want to write?" (End of this chapter)