Xia Qiu did not believe that no one would snatch the two novels away. Just as he said, there were many people running newspapers in Gang City. There would definitely be people who could not resist the temptation and would try. The four of them were thinking about their own matters. In fact, the most difficult thing for them to do was to find a publishing company that could solve the problem of pirated copies. The other things were all on the surface. As long as they were willing to put down their pride and not be afraid of offending others, it would not be a problem. At this moment, Cheng Bao's chief editor asked," Xiao Xia, the powerful publishing company you mentioned, 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, is selling quite well, but I'm sure you don't know how much money I've earned from this novel. Let me tell you the truth. The profit I've earned from this book has already exceeded one million. This is only the first volume. I have seven volumes of this novel. When this novel is published, the most conservative estimate is that I should have a profit of seven million, and that's just the profit from Gang City alone."
Hearing this figure, the four of them were shocked. They didn't expect Xiao Xia to make more than one million RMB without any warning. He had only been in Xiangjiang for a short time, and there were still tens of millions of RMB waiting for him to make. If this novel could sell well in other places outside Gang City, he would make tens of millions of RMB. They also thought about themselves. They could only earn tens of thousands of RMB by working hard for a year. If they weren't careful, they would be scolded by the boss. It was really infuriating to compare people. No wonder the people from the novel association came looking for trouble. It was all driven by profit. Anyone who saw such a big piece of cake would be tempted.
Xia Qiu looked at the four people's surprised expressions and continued,""I originally planned to slowly expand the market outside the river, but now, a novel association suddenly popped out. The men of this association came to bully a young man like me. Although I'm young, I'm not someone to be trampled on. However, their actions made me realize that I was too optimistic in the past. I knew that I couldn't take on such a big market alone. Today, a novel association appeared in Gangcheng, and tomorrow, a Wuxia Alliance might appear in other places. I don't like trouble, so I can only find a capable publishing company to work with. In the future, I will only focus on writing novels. I won't care about publishing and distribution, and I don't have the energy to rely on these things. As for the strength of the publishing company…"
Xia Qiu seemed to be thinking about something. " Of course, the bigger the better. It would be even better if I could have distribution channels in all of Southeast Asia, but the premise is that my novel can be sold. As for the method of cooperation, it's a flat price of 25 million to sell off the publishing rights and distribution rights in Southeast Asia for five years. "If we can cooperate, we'll give priority to selling the publishing and distribution of 'Quest of the Qin' to the other party."
Even though the four of them were mentally prepared, they were still stunned when they heard the price. Their first reaction was that Xia Qiu was crazy about money. How could he pay such a high price? 25 million for a novel? That was simply a fantasy. "Xiao Xia, your price is too high. I don't think any other 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 era now. One could read it casually on the Internet. In this era, one only needed to solve the problem of pirated copies. Moreover, how could a publishing company that could publish in all of Southeast Asia not have connections with those who engaged in pirated copies? "Chief Editor Hu, I don't think the price is high. Gang City has a population of only five million, but 300,000 copies were sold. The profit is more than one million. This is only the first volume. Think about it, there are a total of seven copies. How much profit will there be? Think about how many people there are in the entire eastern region. There are hundreds of millions of people. Moreover, Japan, the North, Wancheng, A'san, and Gang City are all in the same circle of Confucian culture. Those countries in South Asia are also more or less affected. How could such a large market not sell for 25 million?
Even with the lowest valuation, if each set is sold for 40 Jiang dollars, selling one million sets would be worth 40 million Jiang dollars. Gang City alone would be able to buy 300,000 sets, and other such large markets would definitely be able to buy 700,000 sets. Therefore, my price of 25 million is not high. You can go and talk to those editors. If they don't have the ability, they can jointly publish and publish it. I only want money. Once I get the money, I'll sign the contract. 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 things like that? Did you really think that the overseas market was so easy to develop? You had to pay taxes, bribe the upper and lower levels, and pay employees. All of these required a lot of expenses. If writing a novel could really make so much money, why would Jin Ming run a newspaper? Everyone would just write novels. Xia Qiu didn't care what they thought. In any case, he felt that it was worth the price. In the future, when pirated copies were everywhere and entertainment was diverse, a good book could still earn more than ten million yuan. At this time, as long as he could get through his connections and control the pirated copies, he could just wait at home to pick up the money. Ming Pao became the biggest newspaper in Gang City because of Jin Ming's novel. Mi Ming became a millionaire because of his novel. The other famous authors all lived freely. Moreover, 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 today or not. I'll only wait for one day. If you still don't hear from me 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. However, he didn't expect to receive a call from Juan, the chief editor of Cheng Bao, the next day. Juan 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 small capitalists, and the celebrities. Because Shao's husband always went there to drink tea, the small celebrities under him would also go there for a while. Even if they didn't meet Boss Shao, they might still hook up with a rich second-generation heir. Therefore, there were many celebrities and rich people there. To 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 next to him. He looked to be 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 the owner of Wancheng Shulin Press, Fu Cheng. I mentioned your idea to Boss Fu yesterday, but I didn't expect Boss Fu to be very interested, so I came over to understand first. Boss Fu, this is our Gang City's child prodigy. He wrote The Pursuit of Qin and the author who returned to the Ming Dynasty to be a prince. How is it? You must be very surprised, right?"”
Hearing Hu An's introduction, Xia Qiu quickly said to Boss Fu,""Hello, Boss Fu. Don't listen to Chief Editor Hu calling me a child prodigy. That's all written by the media. The title of child prodigy is not true. If you ask me a few math questions, I don't know any of them. It's just that I don't know anything when I come to Gang City, so I can only write a few novels to make a living.”
Boss Fu looked at Xia Qiu with a smile. In fact, he was very surprised. Other young people at this age were still wearing open-crotch pants, but he did not expect this young man to be so steady. He spoke and did things, and even his body language was no different from an adult's." I really didn't expect that such a young age could actually write a book like 'The Quest for the Qin Dynasty' and 'Return to the Ming Dynasty as a Wangye'. Back then, when others told me about it, I couldn't believe it a hundred times. Today, seeing it in person, I'm still shocked. This really proves the old saying,' Heroes come from youths'."
Hu An laughed and said,""Alright, alright, the two of you don't need to be polite with each other. Come, come, have some tea first. I heard that Boss Shao likes to drink tea here.”After saying that, he added some tea to their cups. Xia Qiu quickly held the cups with both hands to show his politeness. No matter what, they were helping him now. Although there were some conflicts of interest between them, their relationship was not wrong.
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