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Chapter 32 The First Pot of Gold
This is youth, this is university!

If you haven't rolled sheets in the male and female dormitory, rowed a boat in the classroom, or driven a car in the women's toilet, the love you talked about in college is too dull and boring!

This kind of youth and love full of hormonal collisions, unrestrained, even absurd, is the memory of youth and love of some college boys and girls who grew up under traditional education, suppressed for 20 years, and gained freedom!

No matter what infidelity, betrayal, abandonment, breakup, etc., how much they hate each other or even hate each other, they will never forget these memories.

This kind of unrestrained, unrestrained and happy life on the tail of youth will never happen again in the past. If you haven't experienced it, you can only wait for the next life!
Thinking so, Zhou Xia sat on the chair naked, opened the notebook, created a word document, and typed a few large characters: the best of us.

Compared with today's greasy youth full of hormonal collisions, the innocent, beautiful, and youthful junior high school and high school youth are also hard to forget. At that time, there were all kinds of ignorance, innocence, ignorance, guessing, secret love, puppy love...

These are all in one continuous line, connected with each other, and are the best of us!

After Zhou Xia typed the title of the novel and wrote down a series of general ideas, he stopped.

The absurdity of being in the girls' dormitory last night, the embarrassment of being caught in bed by a senior, and the series of experiences of escaping from the claws of the dormitory auntie gave him many thoughts about youth and love.

Not only did he think of several books about youth and love in his previous life, but he decided to start a book copying project for the youth series. Now he will make a rough record first, and start when he has time.

Closing the notebook, throwing a pile of dirty clothes into the laundry tub, and taking the toiletries, Zhou Xia was naked, went to the bathroom to soak the clothes, and then took a shower.

Back in the dormitory again, seeing Lu Jinbo's phone record, he quickly dialed back.

"Brother Lu, good morning, are you here so early?" Zhou Xia asked suspiciously. The two agreed to meet at school at nine o'clock, and it's not yet seven o'clock.

"Let's not talk about this. I called you so early because I have other things. About you told me two days ago that Rongshuxia will be acquired, how to deal with the electronic copyright of your novel, and Zero Chinese website giving you more information. The matter of high remuneration. Since there are so many things happening, then we should really renegotiate the publication of the novel to see how we can achieve a win-win situation and make the cooperation between the two parties last for a long time, don’t you think, brother?”

"Win-win and long-term cooperation, what does this have to do with the last negotiation?"

Zhou Xia asked back in puzzlement, and then said in confusion: "What's the matter, could it be that the terms of that negotiation still didn't satisfy Brother Lu? Now the mainstream way of publishing is to get royalties. The cooperation method we negotiated before, In fact, it is not suitable for best-selling novels, my younger brother deliberately transferred the benefits to Brother Lu, I briefly mentioned my thoughts, and Brother Lu agreed."

"Yes, my brother was very sincere before, and I understand that very well." Lu Jinbo quickly responded.

"In that case, brother Lu, please be sincere. If you are willing to push me like Guo Ni who created the "[-] million-dollar girl" under the Rongshu, then my next six youth novels of similar types, if they are run properly, will be absolutely worthless. More than [-] million yuan, Lu Ge will earn more income.

If I want to put forward more stringent negotiation conditions, then I can only sell the publishing rights to Zero Chinese Network. Their ability to push people in the real world is indeed not as good as Brother Lu, but in terms of the Internet, no one can match it of.

What's more, even if I go to the publishing house for this first book, the income I get will at least be four or five times, or even ten times.It’s nothing more than working through the works slowly. I am an actor in this regard, and I believe this time will be faster.

That's all for now. My family has relatives who are very familiar with copyright operations. My sincerity was already sufficient. If it's not about better cooperation, Brother Lu wants to put forward other harsh conditions in this negotiation. , then we really have nothing to negotiate or negotiate! "

Zhou Xia was a little angry when he heard that Lu Jinbo wanted to overturn the previous negotiation and renegotiate, so he decisively made everything clear to him.

If he didn't know that there are so many unspoken rules in the publishing industry, and the newcomers don't know how many layers of exploitation they will suffer when publishing a book, he would never give up so many benefits.

The publishing house has printed your book and put it in the warehouse, and let other booksellers secretly print and sell the book. You have no control at all. Even famous writers will encounter similar situations.In fact, if you sell millions of copies, your income may be 10,000+ copies. There are many ways to operate, but this is not the case!
Zhou Xia was thinking about these things, so he might as well give up the benefits directly, let Lu Jinbo get more benefits, let his first book sell well, and make a name for himself.Otherwise, I would never adopt that low-income publishing method.

His book "You at the Same Table" is about 236000 words. According to about 420 words per page, the book will be about 56 pages if it is published. According to the type of him as a newcomer and youth romance novel, the price will be much lower, about 26 yuan .

If you take royalties, the first printing of 15 copies, the general royalty rate ranges from 5% to 15%, even if he is a newcomer, according to the popularity of the post and the popularity of the novel, there is no problem with the 10% royalty rate.Calculate the royalty income in this way: royalty = prints * pricing * royalty rate = 150000 * 26 * 10% = 390000, after deducting income tax of 43680, the final income is 346320 yuan.

And if calculated according to the previous basic remuneration and remuneration for the number of copies, Zhou Xia could only get more than 9 points of remuneration, which is a gap of nearly four times!

Zhou Xia gave up such a big benefit just to let Lu Jinbo and Wan Rong Shuye push him. If the other party still wants to raise conditions, then there is really nothing to talk about, after all, he still has other choices!

"No, brother Zhou Xia, don't be in a hurry. Listen to me, you have misunderstood me! It is because of the electronic copyright and the price increase of the zero point Chinese website, I think you are really at a disadvantage. This is the plan to start a new negotiation with you, so that you can get the benefits you deserve, so that we can cooperate for a long time, don't you think so?
Personally, I am very optimistic about you. If you want us Wanrong Books to promote you and help you, there is no problem.For a high-quality newcomer like you, if you don't give up your benefits, we will try our best to push you.As long as your follow-up works are excellent, it is possible for you to become the next Guo Ni, or even Han Han!That's why I called you to discuss this matter first, so that you can think about it. You really misunderstood me just now. "

Lu Jinbo tried his best to control his emotions, and patiently explained to Zhou Xia.

If Zhou Xia was not optimistic that he could become the next Guo Ni and bring huge benefits to Wanrong Books, how could he, a company boss, have direct contact with a newcomer?Still so patiently communicating with him and negotiating, agreeing to go to your school to meet in person?
"It turns out that's the case. If Brother Lu can really do this, it would be great. My brother Meng Liang said something that offended Brother Lu earlier, and I asked Brother Lu to take care of him because of his young age and impulsiveness. Brother Lu came over in the morning, I will treat you well and apologize to you!"

Zhou Xia didn't quite believe what he heard, but he hurriedly apologized to Lu Jinbo politely. After all, the other party was a bigwig in the publishing industry who could make him famous quickly!
"Hehe, Brother Lu, I still have this kind of heart. In the end, you are right, brother. You did transfer a lot of benefits before. It is understandable to have such a big reaction. Now this matter is overturned. , brother, don't worry.

As you said, your identity and appearance can greatly help your book sales, so I am very optimistic about the long-term cooperation with you, and it is of course no problem to push you with all my strength.Then we will use the principles of equality, mutual benefit, and win-win cooperation to help you publish novels according to the most mainstream royalty method. You are always unwilling to negotiate, right? "

"If this is the case, of course I am willing to renegotiate. No one would think that there is too much money, let alone the situation where I have nothing now, little brother."

Zhou Xia finished speaking with a smile, regained consciousness, and hurriedly asked: "Then I wonder if Brother Lu has any supplementary agreement or subsidiary contract, such as restricting my future books to be published by Wanrong Book Industry, etc.?"

"Don't worry about this, there will never be any! Our cooperation is a win-win situation. If we can't, of course we will get together and break up. There will never be such a mandatory overlord clause! Of course, we also believe in your brother's character, no If we use resources to push you to become famous, and you then leave us behind and go to another place without saying a word, that would be bad, hahahaha."

After Lu Jinbo finished speaking, he laughed meaningfully.

"Brother Lu, you can rest assured. I don't mind signing a contract. For example, I will hand over my books to you for publication within three to five years."

Zhou Xia understood what Lu Jinbo meant, and after thinking about it, he took the initiative to propose this condition. If you want to gain something, you must give up something, otherwise why would people push you away?When you become famous and leave others behind, wouldn't they lose time and resources in vain?
"Brother can be so bright, I can talk about it here. At that time, this will be added to the contract. Don't worry, as a new writer in our company, we will definitely carry out more comprehensive publicity and promotion for you, including your next The same is true for the works, we will add these to the contract, so that both of us are bound, and we can cooperate for a long time, my brother said, right?"

"This is the best. With Brother Lu's words, I feel relieved. Then I look forward to seeing Brother Lu at school at nine o'clock. I will invite Brother Lu to the cafeteria for lunch at noon!"

Zhou Xia also laughed happily, both of them are understanding people, and the meaning of the other party's words can be understood without elaborating, which saves a lot of nonsense.

"Okay, then it's settled. I'll see you later. I really haven't eaten in the campus cafeteria after graduation. Today I will show my brother what the Nortel cafeteria, the cradle of filmmakers, looks like!"

"It's easy to talk about, brother Guan Lu will have enough to eat by then!"

The two exchanged a few more pleasantries, and then hung up the phone, and Zhou Xia's mood suddenly became excited.

It is of course the best result to let Lu Jinbo and Wan Rong Shuye push him without giving up the benefits. It seems that the screenshot of the QQ message he sent still put a lot of pressure on Lu Jinbo, so he considered it two days later. Decided to cooperate with him sincerely, instead of him being strong on the surface before, he was actually the weaker party who gave up his interests.

If the negotiations are really successful later, he should be able to get the advance payment today, which is usually half of the royalties, which is more than 17!

With this first pot of gold, he doesn't have to worry about tuition and living expenses, and he can do other things as well!

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