"Mr. Fang should be studying in university, right?”
Li Jie sipped her coffee and asked curiously.
"I just graduated from high school," Fang Yi replied.”
At this moment, Yang Zhen was completely immersed in the novel. The Ancient City of Jingjue and the Dragon Ridge Maze added up to hundreds of thousands of words. Even if Yang Zhen read ten lines at a glance, he would not be able to finish it in a short time, not to mention the outline of the remaining six chapters.
Now that they didn't have a phone or tablet, the two of them could only kill time by chatting.
"Where should I fill in my application form? If you're in Shanghai, you can consider working part-time under our banyan tree.”Li Jie invited.
"That's a pity," Fang Yi said with a smile."I volunteered to fill in Jin Ling University."”
In the millennium, filling in one's choice was completely different from the future. In the future, only after the college entrance examination ended and the scores were known did they start filling in their choices.
Now, they had to fill in their choices before the college entrance examination. When the college entrance examination scores came out, they would know if they had failed the examination.
Isn't it amazing?
However, this method of filling in the application before taking the exam had a huge drawback.
For example, before the college entrance examination, you felt that your results were average, so you applied for a second-tier university. In the end, he performed extremely well in the college entrance examination and scored a first-tier score.
Then what should he do?
He could either pinch his nose and go to the second tier, or repeat another year.
This was a pain in the ass.
Therefore, in 2003, many provinces canceled the idea of filling in the application before the college entrance examination. Instead, it was changed to the later generation of knowing the score before filling in the application.
In his previous life, Fang Yi was like this. Usually, his grades for all kinds of exams in his studies were hovering around the second-tier university's line. In the end, he performed beyond his standard in the college entrance examination and passed the first-tier university's line.
However, he was lucky. His first choice was a first-tier university.
After his rebirth, he had the benefit of improving his memory. His first choice was Jin Ling University, and his second choice was Eastern University.
As for the third and fourth choices, he simply did not fill them in.
If they had enough points, they would be accepted by Jin Ling University.
When he was in the exam hall, he hadn't fully adapted to this era yet. He was still stupidly debating whether he should go to Jin Ling University or Eastern University.
Now that he thought about it, he was really free.
After chatting for a while, Li Jie changed the topic to Ghost Blows Out the Light." Mr. Fang, have you been to Jingjue Ancient City?”
"Of course!" Fang Yi replied.
"Really?"
Li Jie looked at him suspiciously, half-believing.
Fang Yi wasn't teasing her this time. She had been to Jingjue Ancient City in her previous life, but it was completely different from what was described in the novel.
"I don't even know if what you said is true or not.”Li Jie shook her head helplessly.
"Isn't this more interesting?" Fang Yi smiled.”
Hearing this, Li Jie was stunned. After thinking carefully, she agreed,"That seems to be the case!"
"Phew!"
At this moment, Yang Zhen let out a long sigh of relief and slowly put down the manuscript in his hand.
It was impossible for him to finish reading the hundreds of thousands of words and six outlines in such a short time.
He skipped through the main text and picked out the highlights. As for the remaining six outlines, he read them in more detail.
As the chief editor of a publishing house, his writing skills might not be high, but his appreciation ability was definitely not low.
After reading the two main texts and six outlines, he already had an idea in his heart.
Next was the price.
"Mr. Fang, let's talk about it in detail!"”
"Good!"
Fang Yi nodded and said directly,"I'm not planning to split the profits for this book. I'll only accept a one-time purchase.”
Buyout?
Although Yang Zhen was a little puzzled, he still decisively agreed,"No problem. What are your requirements for the purchase price?”
From the standpoint of the publishing firm, it was obvious that the benefits of buying out were greater than sharing the profits.
This was especially true for such explosive books. They could continue to generate profits for the publishing firm for the next few years or even decades.
Therefore, Yang Zhen had no reason not to agree.
Fang Yi tapped his index finger on the table a few times and muttered to himself for a moment before calling out a price,""1.8 million!"
"Mr. Fang, 1.8 million is impossible!”
Yang Zhen could not help but shake his head and bitterly smile."The price in my heart is 100 per thousand words. This price is already very high in the industry!”
Hearing 1.8 million, Yang Zhen did not show any shock.
Negotiations were like this. They demanded a sky-high price and paid back the money.
Fang Yi offered 1.8 million, and he directly returned 100 for 1,000 words.
The entire book was 2.3 million words. 100 per 1,000 words sounded like a lot, but it was only 230,000.
To be honest, Yang Zhen really did not cheat Fang Yi. The current price of 100 yuan per thousand words was indeed very high.
"Editor Yang, it seems that you don't understand what I mean."”
"What do you mean?"
Hearing this, Yang Zhen subconsciously straightened his back and sat upright.
"When I say buy out, I'm not just talking about the physical copyright of 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'. I'm also talking about all the copyrights of movies, games, audio, comics, and animation.”
After listening to Fang Yi's explanation, Yang Zhen could not help but frown slightly.
He knew about film and television copyrights. He could barely understand the copyrights of games, comics, and animations, but what the hell was this audio copyright?
"Mr. Fang, this…audio copyright, can you explain?”Yang Zhen pushed up his glasses and asked.
Fang Yi did not answer directly, but asked,""Chief Editor Yang, may I ask what programs are there in Shanghai's radio station late at night?”
He understood!
Yang Zhen was not a fool. He immediately understood after Fang Yi pointed it out.
He couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.
Hiss!
This young man had such a flexible mind.
He could actually associate horror novels with late-night radio programs.
Li Jie, who was at the side, also reacted at this moment. She looked at Fang Yi with a gaze full of surprise.
In fact, the most compatible with audio copyright were all kinds of audio novel apps, but telling them this now was like a fantasy.
Fang Yi decided to use the radio broadcast. It just so happened that Ghost Blows Out the Light was a horror novel, which matched the late-night program of the radio station very well.
If it was another genre of novel, Yang Zhen might not buy it.
"There are so many radio stations in the country. Even if the audio copyright fee is not high, it is still a considerable amount of income.”Fang Yi continued to add fuel to the fire.
In fact, he could have bypassed the publishing house for the audio copyright. After the physical book of Ghost Blows Out the Light was published, he would take the physical book and go to the radio station one by one.
However, this was too tiring, and the cost-performance ratio was not high. It was better to sell them all to Red Rock Press.
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