Xia Qiu did not believe that no one would come to snatch the two novels. Just as he said, there were many people who ran newspapers in Hong Kong.
There would always be people who couldn't resist the temptation and temptation to give it a try. The four of them were thinking about their own matters. Actually, these two things were the most important to them.
The difficult part was finding a publishing company that could solve the problem of pirated copies. Everything else was on the surface. As long as they were willing to put down their pride, they were not afraid of offending people.
That was not a problem. At this time, the chief editor of Cheng Bao asked,"Xiao Xia, you said that there is a strong publishing company. How strong is it?"
What kind of cooperation model is it?
Xia Qiu poured them some wine and said,""Everyone knows that my novel, Return to the Ming Dynasty and Be a Prince, sold well.
Yes, but you certainly don't know how much money I made from this novel. I'll tell you the truth. This book
The profit that you gave me has already exceeded one million. This is only the first volume. I have seven volumes of this novel.
The most conservative estimate is that I should have a profit of 7 million, and that's just the profit from Hong Kong alone."
Hearing this number, the four of them were shocked. They didn't expect Xiao Xia to earn more than a million without saying anything.
It had only been a short time since Hong Kong, and there were still nearly ten million yuan of profits waiting for him to earn in the future. Thinking about the places outside Hong Kong, if
If this novel could sell well in those places, it would earn tens of millions of yuan. Thinking about himself, he had to work himself to death.
His annual salary was only tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, and he was even scolded by the boss if he was not careful. This was really infuriating. No wonder that
The people from the Fictional Association were trying their best to cause trouble. This was all driven by profit. Such a big piece of cake, anyone who saw it would be touched.
Move.
Xia Qiu looked at the four people's surprised expressions and continued,""My original plan was to slowly develop the market outside the port.
But now, a novel association suddenly popped out, and all the men in this association came to bully a child like me.
Although I am young, I am not someone who can be trampled on, but their actions made me realize that my previous thoughts were a little too much.
He was too optimistic. He knew that he couldn't take on such a big market alone. Today, a novel association came out of Hong Kong. Tomorrow,
There might be a Wuxia Alliance somewhere else. I don't like trouble, so I had to find a powerful publication.
I'll only focus on writing novels in the future. I don't care about publishing and distribution, and I don't have the energy to worry about these things. to
It's based on the strength of the publishing company."
Xia Qiu seemed to be thinking about something. "Of course, the stronger the better. If we can have distribution channels in all of Southeast Asia,
Of course, that would be better, but the premise is that you can buy my novel. As for the method of cooperation, it's a flat price of 25 million.
The publishing rights and distribution rights in Southeast Asia would be cut off for five years. If we can work together, the publication and distribution of "The Search for Qin"
Even if it's fine, we'll give priority to selling it to the other party."
Although the four of them were mentally prepared, they were still dumbfounded when they heard the price. Their first reaction was that Xia Qiu wanted money.
This was crazy. How could he pay such a high price? 25 million for a novel? This was simply a fantasy. "Xiao Xia,
Your price is too high. I don't think that any publishing company will agree to it.”
Although this price was a little high, it was still a quoted price. Moreover, it was not the Internet age now, so one could look at it casually on the Internet.
In this era, it was enough to solve the problem of pirated copies. Besides, how could a publishing company that could publish in all of Southeast Asia be involved with those pirates?
It didn't matter. "Chief Editor Hu, I don't think the price is high. Hong Kong has a population of only five million, but 300,000 copies were sold.
There's more than a million, and this is only the first volume. Think about it, there are a total of seven volumes. How much profit will there be from all of them? Think about the entire Southeast Asia.
There were hundreds of millions of people in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Hong Kong.
The South Asian countries were also more or less affected. How could such a large market not sell for 2,500 yuan?
Millions. Even at the lowest valuation, if each set was 40 Hong Kong dollars, selling one million sets would be 40 million Hong Kong dollars.
"If I can buy 300,000 sets, how can other markets not buy 700,000 sets? Therefore, my price of 25 million is not high."
If they don't have the ability, they can jointly publish it. I just want money, money.
Of course, if they want to see the manuscript, let them come to me.”
The four of them were speechless when they heard Xia Qiu's words. How could you calculate like that? Did you really think that the overseas market was so easy to develop?
Taxes, management, and paying salaries to employees all required a lot of expenses. If writing a novel could really do that,
Why would Jin Yong run a newspaper if he didn't earn money? Everyone should just write novels. Xia Qiu didn't care what they thought. He just felt that
If it was worth this price, a good book could still earn more than ten million yuan in the future when pirated copies were everywhere and entertainment was diverse.
As long as he could get through to them and control the pirated version, he could just wait at home to pick up the money. Ming Pao became the biggest newspaper in Hong Kong because of Jin Yong's novel
Ni Kuang had become a millionaire because of his novels. The other famous authors all lived freely, and they also
They were paid according to the number of words. Moreover, the theme of his book was novel, and the quality was guaranteed.
Xia Qiu didn't wait for them to speak and said,""Everyone, I don't care if you can help me with two things today. I'll only wait for one day.
If there's still no news from you tomorrow, I'll have to find someone else to work with." After hearing what he said, the few of them were speechless.
Seeing their helpless expressions when they left, Xia Qiu thought that this cooperation would end in vain, but she didn't expect to receive the contract the next day.
It was a phone call from the newspaper's chief editor, Hu An. He had asked him to go to Star Island Hotel for a meeting. Xia Qiu probably wanted to talk about those two things.
He knew about Star Island Hotel. It was a gathering place for the rich, the petty capitalists, and the celebrities because Shao Yifu from Shao Group always went there to drink tea.
The small celebrities under him would also go there for a stroll whenever they had time. Even if they could not meet Boss Shao, they might still be able to hook up with a rich guy.
That was why there were many celebrities and rich people there. For most people, it was a vanity fair.
When Xia Qiu arrived, she found that Hu An wasn't the only one in the room. There was a bald middle-aged man beside him.
He was in his forties and wore a suit. He had the aura of a boss. "Chief Editor Hu, sorry for being late again.”
Hu An chuckled and said," We just arrived not long ago. Xiao Xia, this is Fu Cheng, the boss of Taiwan's Shulin Press. Yesterday, I sent you a message."
I mentioned your idea to Boss Fu, but I didn't expect Boss Fu to be very interested, so I came over to understand first. Boss Fu, this
He is the prodigy of Hong Kong, the author of The Quest for the Qin Dynasty and the author who returned to the Ming Dynasty to be a prince.”
Hearing Hu An's introduction, Xia Qiu quickly said to Boss Fu,""Hello, Boss Fu. Don't listen to what Chief Editor Hu says about me.
What a child prodigy. That was all written by the media. The title of child prodigy was not true. If you asked me a few math questions, I was the first.
He didn't know any of them, but he didn't know anything when he came to Hong Kong. He could only write a few novels to make a living.”
Boss Fu looked at Xia Qiu with a smile, but he was actually very surprised. Other children at this age still wore open-crotch pants.
However, he did not expect this child to be so steady. His words, actions, and even body language were no different from an adult's."I really didn't.
When I thought about how he could write such books as "The Quest for Qin" and "Returning to the Ming Dynasty to Be a Prince" at such a young age, when others told me,
I couldn't believe it a hundred times, but seeing him in person today still shocked me. This really fulfilled the old saying,'Heroes are rare.'
Year.'"
Hu An laughed and said,""Alright, alright, the two of you don't have to be polite with each other. Come, come, come, drink some tea first.
She heard that Boss Shao liked to drink tea here.”After saying that, he added some tea to their teacups. Xia Qiu quickly held them with both hands.
The cup was polite. No matter what, she was helping him now. Although there were some conflicts of interest in the middle, the two of them were close.
The system was not wrong.
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