Chapter 30 Contracts
As the biggest beneficiary after the reform and opening up, this new first-tier city with GDP surpassing Yangcheng more than ten years later is a place where you know what it means to go out of your home and fly birds and fly animals. Just like Wang Gu described in his "Hot Hot Walk", the sun wheel cannot condense at noon, and all countries are like in a furnace.
At this time, this is the case in the deep city in mid-July summer.
Cheng Lixue walked out of the house with the surprise and feeling that his son could only get a few hundred points from the beginning to the fourth place in the city, and must have suffered a lot. 739 points, as Cheng Lixue expected, but Qingshan was a place where there was no shortage of genius. He took the junior high school entrance examination again as a reborn person, but he only got the fourth place. You know, Cheng Lixue has seriously used all his strength.
It seems that I have lost some points in English. If Cheng Lixue has any weaknesses, it is the only course in foreign language.
On July 15, Cheng Lixue finally finished the end of the last chapter of "Spring Breeze". When he finished the three words of the whole book, a feeling of sadness suddenly came. Cheng Lixue smoked a cigarette and was stunned for a long time. The end of each book would give people an infinite sense of loss. This is true for readers who read books, and even more so for those who write books.
Not to mention, most of this book are real stories that happened in Cheng Lixue's youth in his previous life.
Of course, Cheng Lixue naturally did not use his real name in the protagonists.
On July 16, Cheng Lixue took a train from Shenzhen City to Jiangyang, the provincial capital.
The largest and most publishing houses in each province are in the provincial capital, so Jiangzhou is not listed as.
Jiangzhou Publishing House in Jiangyang is the largest and most famous publishing house in Jiangnan. The previous life "Spring Breeze" was published only after it was favored by the editor-in-chief of this publishing house.
After learning about Jiangyang, Cheng Li threw "Spring Breeze" to Jiangzhou Publishing House, and then rented a house in a nearby hotel. He was waiting for the reply from Jiangzhou Publishing House.
A week later, the manuscript of "Spring Breeze" was handed over, and Cheng Lixue talked about the contract with the signing editor of Jiangzhou Publishing House.
Zhou Lifu looked at the boy nearly sixteen or seventeen years old in front of him and was surprised. Jiangzhou Publishing House, as the largest publishing house in Jiangzhou, received countless manuscripts every day. If Cheng Lixue reviewed this manuscript according to normal procedures, it would take at least half a month to reply. However, after hearing that the editor Shen Yan saw the potential of the manuscript, he handed it directly to the editor-in-chief, and then the editor handed the manuscript to the editor-in-chief. So in just one week, he decided to sign a contract with the author to publish the novel.
Zhou Lifu naturally read this manuscript. Whether it is the textual content or the personal thoughts revealed between the lines, they have reached a very high level. He thought that the author of this novel must be at least 40 or 50 years old, and the least due to the experience revealed in the book, there are at least 30 or 40 years old.
As a result, when the author came over, Zhou Lifu found that the age he guessed was more than a thousand miles apart.
However, after talking to him for a while, Zhou Lifu had to admit one thing, that is, the talent of some people is regardless of age.
"Generally, for newcomers, we can only give 5% of royalty income." Zhou Lifu said.
"Too few." Cheng Lixue shook his head and said, "Eight percent, Jiangyang is not just Jiangzhou Publishing House. If your company can't give this price, I think Jiangda Publishing House, which is not far away, shouldn't disappoint me."
The reason why Cheng Lixue chose Jiangzhou Publishing House was because Jiangzhou Publishing House was the first publisher to ask him to publish the book "Spring Breeze". At that time, it solved Cheng Lixue's urgent need. He really repaid his debts because he did not rely on the copyright fees given by the movie adapted from "Spring Breeze", but the novel royalties brought by the book "Spring Breeze". Therefore, with the idea of repaying kindness, Cheng Lixue found Jiangzhou Publishing House again, but only 5% of it, which is too little. This is the lowest price given by the publisher. It is not an exaggeration to get the benefits of "Spring Breeze" rewritten by Cheng Lixue after rebirth.
Of course, more than 10% is the price of a well-known writer, and the publisher will definitely not give him so much. It’s just that if some editors of the publisher confirm that the best-selling books can be given to them, even newcomers can give them 8% to 10%. If Cheng Lixue changes to a publisher, he can reach 10% royalty.
Of course, this is the first negotiation between the two sides, and there must be room for both parties.
Jiangda Publishing House is an affiliated publishing house of Jiangzhou University in the provincial capital. It is also a very famous publishing house in the entire Jiangzhou Province.
"Eight percent already belongs to the category of bestsellers. Mr. Cheng is so confident that your book will be popular?" Zhou Lifu asked.
"I think I gave the answer in just one week, and it's easier for you to give this answer than me." Cheng Lixue said with a smile.
Zhou Lifu laughed and said, "Okay, then 8%."
Zhou Lifu asked someone to print a contract and handed it to Cheng Lixue.
Cheng Lixue carefully looked through the contract, and after confirming it, he signed his real name and pseudonym on it.
In fact, the bottom line given by editor-in-chief Ren Ping is 10%, and as long as it does not exceed 10%, the book can be signed.
They actually made a profit by signing this book with 8% of the royalties.
Zhou Lifu has not finished reading this book, but he can imagine that the book can sweep across major campuses in less than half a year.
Cheng Lixue finally signed the copyright of "Spring Breeze" with Jiangzhou Publishing House under the pseudonym Cheng Men Lixue.
This is also the pseudonym he used in his previous life.
Of course, Cheng Lixue signed only the copyright of the publication and a series of adaptation rights, but Cheng Lixue did not sign.
After signing the copyright of "Spring Breeze", Cheng Lixue came to Jiangyang Bus Station.
After searching several times, I finally found the car to Qingshan.
After going up to buy the ticket, Cheng Lixue got on the car from Jiangyang to Qingshan.
Sitting in the car and watching Jiangyang Bus Station gradually fade away, Cheng Lixue's heart was beating nervously.
He was timid in his hometown, and Cheng Lixue has been away from the green mountains for many years.
Two hours later, the car drove into Qingshan Bus Station.
After getting off the bus, Cheng Lixue blocked the sun with his hands, looked at this familiar and unfamiliar place, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Since the end of the college entrance examination in his previous life, he has not been back to this place for more than ten years.
At that time, my parents were always in Shenzhen. Cheng Lixue also went to Shenzhen for winter vacation with them. After graduating from college, he went to work and had no time to come back here.
This carries Cheng Lixue’s entire youth!
Cheng Lixue walked out of Qingshan Bus Station in the bright sunshine in midsummer.
Chapter completed!