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Chapter 49 Invitation to join

Chapter 49 Invitation to join

Arrived at Wan Rong Books, and entered Lu Jinbo's office.

At a glance, Zhou Xia saw many book posters on both sides of Lu Jinbo's office, all of which were best-selling books planned, edited and published by him.

There are many famous works such as Wang Shuo, Han Han and Cai Jun.

Zhou Xia soon found his "You at the Same Table" at the back.

"Hehe, these pictorials are all selling more than 50 copies. Your book has sold 35 copies now, and we will reprint 20 copies, so I posted the posters in advance."

Lu Jinbo happily explained to Zhou Xia.

This year Wanrong Books is not as good as last year in general, and now it has finally figured out a best-selling author, of course he has to show it first, which is also an honor.

"That's good, so my income can exceed one million. Last time, Brother Lu said that he organized signing activities in major cities for the National Day. I don't know how the arrangement is?"

Zhou Xia was also very satisfied. He didn't increase the reprint royalty rate at the beginning, and he gave up a lot of benefits. Finally, he gained a lot.

"The signing activities are basically arranged. You must save the National Day holiday. I plan to place advertisements in the next few days. There can be no mistakes."

"Don't worry. Brother Lu, you won't change your mind when you agree. I mainly go to school now, and I have nothing else to do."

Zhou Xia walked around Lu Jinbo's office and felt very comfortable. The glass windows are one-sided perspective, so you can see what the employees are doing outside.

"You came here in such a hurry, it seems that there is something important, or I'll bring you the legal representative now, and you can talk to him."

"Yes, the very important thing is the issue of the actor's agency contract. I want to help a friend terminate the contract with her company. I should go over and talk to him. Don't disturb Brother Lu's work."

"Okay then. You come with me."

Lu Jinbo took Zhou Xia to find legal representative Jiang Qin, a quiet woman of 31 years old.

After Zhou Xia told Jiang Qin about the situation, Jiang Qin gave him a few examples and told him that Zhang Tian'ai has not received any income yet, so there is no such thing as compensation if the contract is terminated.

It would be better if we can reach a peaceful termination of the contract through private communication.

Zhou Xia asked some other things, left contact information with each other, and planned to ask Lu Jinbo to help him find a lawyer to file a lawsuit.

Negotiating with Yihua Film and Television is a process, and he doesn't think the other party will agree to terminate the contract peacefully.

After talking for half an hour, Zhou Xia followed Jiang Qin's advice, and immediately called Zhang Tian'ai to tell Zhang Tian'ai not to contact Yihua Film and Television any more, and to accept any acting work.

Zhang Tianai didn't know why, so she reluctantly agreed.

Only then did Zhou Xia feel relieved, and found Lu Jinbo again, and talked to him about the publication of "Prince Princess".

With the basis of the cooperation between the two parties last time, this negotiation is much simpler, mainly discussing the royalty rate and the number of reprints.

The paperback royalty rate is 12% for the first edition and 15% for the second edition, and the hardcover edition will increase according to market conditions.

In 2009, the royalty rate for top best-selling writers such as Han Han was only 15%, Zhou Xia was very satisfied with this.

The royalty rate has increased by two percentages compared to last time. Although the change is not big, the income involved may be around 20!
The highest royalty rate for domestic writers was 15%. Later, Han Han switched to Shengda Literature. It is said that the royalty rate reached 20%, which is called sky-high royalty rate.

The author's royalty rate is not high, but don't think that the remaining 80.00% is taken by the publisher.

In fact, the publishing house offers a 30% or 15% discount when it is shipped to bookstores, and all kinds of online sales are also discounted, so a [-]-yuan book may actually generate only [-] yuan or less in the end.

And in the final analysis, Wan Rong Books does not publish, they only represent copyright, and distribute and sell books together with the publishing house.

After the two finished talking about the publication of "Prince Princess", Zhou Xia signed the licensing contract.

It was almost eleven o'clock at this time, and Lu Jinbo was about to call the accountant to transfer money to Zhou Xia, when there was a knock on the office door.

"Mr. Lu, Huanrui's Mr. Chen has arrived."

"Oh, you invite him to come in, take this contract, let them enter the file quickly, and notify the accountant to quickly transfer the prepaid royalties to Zhou Xia."

"Okay." The female secretary left quickly.

"Mr. Chen from Huanrui? Could it be that distinguished guest that brother Lu wants to introduce to me?"

"Yes, I planned to go with him to meet at the restaurant we made an appointment at noon today, but I didn't expect you to come here."

"Is that so, he didn't ask me to buy the copyright?" Zhou Xia asked tentatively.

Zhou Xia thought of the Huanrui Century who bought a lot of hot IPs in the later generations, and he probably understood what Mr. Chen wanted to do with him.

"Yes, but it seems that he still wants to sign you to their company." Lu Jinbo didn't hide anything.

At this time, I saw Mr. Chen walking in. He was 34 years old, of medium height, with a round face and a fairly upright appearance.

"Brother Sun, let me introduce you. This is Zhou Xia you asked me to introduce. Zhou Xia, this is President Chen of Huanrui Century."

Zhou Xia and Sun Chenyuan shook hands with each other, said a few words of courtesy, and the three sat down respectively.

"Zhou Xia, Mr. Chen and his company are located on the 27th floor of this building. Although it is a film and television company that has been opened for three years, its strength is very good. It has deep business cooperation with Mango TV and Blueberry TV. He sees I won the film and television copyright of two of your novels, but I came to give you money!"

Lu Jinbo opened the scene for Zhou Xia and Chen Yuan, looking at them with a smile.

"Mr. Chen, since you came to see me through Brother Lu, you should know that I won't sell the film and television copyright easily. I don't know if you have other intentions."

Zhou Xia didn't like to be procrastinated when talking about things with strangers, so he went straight to the point.

"Brother Lu, look, Zhou Xia is still too stranger, call me Mr. Chen, hehe." Chen Yuan smiled and said: "I am ten years older than you, so please don't blame me for calling you brother."

"Where, where, I'm the one who climbed high. If that's the case, I'll call you Brother Chen."

"Haha, that's right, we make friends through literature. Even if this cooperation can't be achieved, it can be regarded as making an extra friend!" Chen Yuan laughed.

"Brother Chen is right. After all, I am a student of the Film Academy, and I need to ask Brother Chen to take care of me if I want to film in the future."

"Don't worry, don't worry. With my brother's talent and appearance, we Huanrui really hope to cooperate with him." Chen Yuan said politely.

The two of them bragged again, and then Chen Yuan turned back to the topic: "Brother Lu said that I don't plan to buy the copyright. I wonder if I can explain why. After all, my book is a bestseller. The sale of film and television copyrights is the time to sell them for a good price, and if this period of time passes, the sales may not be so good."

"To tell the truth, Brother Chen, I don't intend to sell the copyright at all. I'm a student of acting, so of course I hope to turn my work into a film and television. But if I sell it to a company that operates the copyright, I'm afraid that the entrustment will be wrong and the work will be ruined. So I plan to find trustworthy people in the future to make film and television. Especially in our school, there are so many directors, I think we can find the right person soon.”

Zhou Xia explained with a smile that he actually wants to make these works into films by himself, but now he has no capital and no team support, so it is difficult to do this.

"So that's the case. Then I have an idea. I wonder if my brother can listen to it."

"Brother Chen, please tell me."

"It's like this. Our company is a professional film and television production company. We have a professional team to create film and television dramas. Teacher Yu Zheng, you know, right? He wrote "Golden Branch Desire". His studio signed a contract with our company, and he Leading the professional team of Xiangjiang, they have already produced several excellent TV series. "Rose River and Lake" has been released, and the two TV series "Big Maid" and "Beauty's Scheming" have been filmed, respectively with Blueberry TV and Mango TV. A broadcast agreement has been reached, and they are all high-quality TV series. Brother, you can transfer your novels and scripts to our company with complete confidence."

 Please collect and recommend, thank you book friends for your reminders and rewards.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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