Even though Fantastic Literature had agreed to such a condition, they had no choice.
Although Kato Kun was not that desperate yet, he was indeed short of money now. Because he was about to sign a contract with Fantastic Literature, he did not have to worry about money in his life.
However, for a man who was determined to build a Crystal Palace, the royalties from the Forbidden Magic Books Index were not enough.
Even though the Forbidden Magic Books Index had become even more popular in this world, the total sales of the Forbidden Magic Books Index novels had reached 20 million copies.
According to the royalties, Kato would only receive a little more than 1.2 billion yen. Don't think that 1.2 billion yen was a lot. With Japan's consumption level, it was impossible for Kato to build the Crystal Palace with 1.2 billion yen.
Not to mention Japan, even in China, 1.2 billion yen was far from enough to build a Crystal Palace.
Therefore, it was not Kato's fault for scamming Fantastic Literature. After all, these capitalists always wanted to take away the most profits. For Kato, who was very short of money, who else could he not scam?
Of course, Machida Yuanzi definitely wouldn't know that Kato Kun was trying to trick her. To her, Kato Kun's request wasn't a request at all.
In the history of light novels, although it was rare for the original author to create his own novel, there were many people who created novels.
This was because both doujin and fantastical works were re-created based on the original characters. It could be said that doujin and fantastical works depended on the popularity of the original works. Under such circumstances, even if many authors created fantastical works, they would choose to attach the fantastical works to the original works and sell them with the popularity of the original works.
Even so, there were very few offshoots that could sell well. If one were to calculate from the profit and value, the offshoots created by these original authors were not even one-tenth of the original novel. For a popular novel that had sold 100,000 copies, it would be considered very successful if the offshoot could sell 10,000 copies. Moreover, compared to the original novel that could easily sell dozens of volumes, how many volumes could there be? Under such circumstances, the value was even lower.
Therefore, although Machida didn't know why Kato Kun valued the copyrights of the banned magic books so much, the copyrights of these doujinshi and foreign books were far less than the profit that Fantastic Library expected from Kato Kun.
Even though the profit sharing for light novels was fixed, the profit from light novels was not limited to the profit sharing for the novel. There was also the profit sharing for other products. As the original author, he would also receive some profit. There were no such rigid rules for this kind of profit. He could still manipulate it a little.
Since Kato did not make any requests in this regard, they just had to distribute the items according to the standard contract. Obviously, these standard distribution contracts were definitely not generous enough.
Of course, since he had chosen to submit to the library, he would naturally understand some of the rules of the library in advance. Moreover, the contract of the library was not a big secret. Kato Kun felt that he knew. Not only did Kato Kun know, but Miss Shiyu also knew.
However, even though Kato Kun knew these things, he still chose the request that surprised her.
At the very least, in Machida Yuanzi's opinion, Kato was neglecting the essentials.
Of course, as the editor-in-chief of Fantastic Literature, Kato's choice was definitely beneficial to the company. Under such circumstances, although she couldn't bear it, she didn't say anything.
However, in the future, when Fantastic Library discovered the value of the books in the Forbidden Magic Book Index, they would know that although Kato Kun seemed to have given up some of his own additional benefits, these additional benefits were nothing compared to the rich profits he would get in the future.
Of course, these were all things that would happen in the future. For both parties now, whether it was Kato or Machida Yuanzi, they were quite satisfied with the cooperation between the two parties.
Especially Machida Yuanzi. As the deputy editor of Undying River and the chief editor of Fantastic Literature, she was under a lot of pressure.
As the other two of the top three bookshelves, Thunderbolt Literature and Undying River Sneaker Literature, had been giving her a lot of pressure recently. Reggie Literature was a literature library that specialized in light romance novels. In recent years, due to the rise of mobile novels, Thunderbolt Literature had borrowed the mobile platform to produce a huge amount of love novels.
As for Sneaker Literature, it was a direct descendant of the Undying River Bookstore. Therefore, the biggest light novel award of the Undying River Bookstore was organized by Sneaker Literature. Of course, with the dominance of the Undying River Bookstore in the field of light novels, the biggest light novel award of the Undying River Bookstore was naturally the most authoritative light novel award in Japan.
Under such circumstances, Sneaker Literature was naturally very attractive. At the very least, Sneaker Literature had no shortage of high-quality novels and authors. It could even use up new excellent works and authors.
Compared to these two, Fantastic Literature was in an awkward position. Although they were also known as the top three light novel libraries, Fantastic Literature had been unable to keep up with the pace of the other two.
Kato and Shiwa were important chips for Machida Yuanzi to turn the tables.
One had to know that there were not many novels with 100,000 copies even in the light novel awards. Even the champion of the light novel awards every year might not be able to sell more than 100,000 copies per volume.
Therefore, in view of this situation, Machida Yuanzi really did not mind treating Kato or Shiwa better, especially Kato. Even Machida Yuanzi herself was not sure how far his magic forbidden book catalog would go.
Therefore, she was really satisfied with signing the Forbidden Magic Book Catalog under such conditions.
Of course, since both parties had reached an agreement on the contract, they naturally began to discuss the publication of the novel, such as the illustration of the novel, the promotion of the novel, and so on.
Of course, most of the work could be handed over to Fantastic Literature since they were professionals. However, there was one thing that Kato needed to confirm, and that was the matter of the novel illustration.
In fact, Kato had special requirements for the illustrations of the novel, because when he submitted the manuscript, Kato had attached some important characters to the manuscript. For example, the character of the cook, the catalog lady, and the cannon sister.
As an otaku, although his drawing skills couldn't compare to those of professional painters or manga artists, he could still complete the character design of the novel with the help of some drawing tools.
In fact, the role of the character was more important than the illustration itself because the character represented the style. As long as the style was right, everything would be right. If Sister Pao turned into a bun face, then no matter how beautiful the illustration was, it would not be Sister Pao.
Therefore, even if his drawing skills were not very high, as long as the style was right, the rest could be left to the professional artists to perfect.
Sister Pao's persona or the persona of other important characters in the Forbidden Magic Books catalog was quite classic. Although with the ability of Fantastic Library, it was impossible for them to destroy the characters in the Forbidden Magic Books catalog. After all, as one of the three major libraries, Fantastic Library had its own comics department. In this case, even if the persona was wrong, there was no possibility of it collapsing.
However, in order to retain the classic character in the original work, Kato chose to draw it himself, even though his drawing skills were not good enough.
Therefore, after Kato Kun considered all of this, as Kato Kun's editor in charge, Machida Yuanzi really felt very relaxed.
As a very experienced editor, she had never seen a writer like Kato Hiko who didn't need her to worry about.
Not only did she not need to proofread or correct the novel, but she could even set the character of the novel herself. Even when she submitted the first time, it was completely beyond the content. It seemed that she did not need to worry about the issue of rushing the manuscript at all.
Therefore, Machida Yuanzi had already admired Kato before she met him. He was simply a perfect light novelist.
" Kato, since there are no more issues, then according to our plan, the first volume of the Index of Forbidden Magic Books will be released next month. As for the subsequent releases, they will be evaluated based on the sales of the first volume. The first edition of the first volume will be printed at 200,000 copies. If there are no problems, Kato, you can leave your bank account. We will transfer the first edition's royalties, the remaining royalties, and other profits to your bank account."
" No other questions. Fantastic Literature is very professional. Machida-san, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
When Kato and Machida stood up from their seats with a smile and clasped hands, Shiha, who had been paying attention to Kato and Machida, had mixed feelings.
This was especially true when she heard Machida Yuanzi say that Kato Hiko's novel had sold for 200,000 yuan for the first edition.
This was 200,000 yuan. According to this amount, this detestable fellow's light novel would definitely be able to enter the top ten of the year. This was the top ten of the year!
But at the same time, Shiyu, who was gritting her teeth, thought of another possibility.
"Hmph hmph, hateful fellow, I won't let you off so easily."
At the thought of this, Shiha's face revealed a rather brilliant, even somewhat strange smile. Moreover, Shiha's eyes had been fixed on Kato. Of course, that strange and brilliant smile was also because of Kato.
However, Kato Kun did not notice Senpai's condition at all.
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