Zhang Xiang once found Shen Jing'an and asked similar questions.
Shen Jing'an is indeed a visionary person. He said at the time: "If Xu Zhou can really cooperate with our publishing house, the conditions we will offer can be similar to Xiong Zijing."
therefore.
At this time, facing Xu Zhou's question, Zhang Xiang said truthfully: "Teacher Xu, if you have twenty fairy tales in total, our publishing house will buy these twenty fairy tales at a price of 1.5 million." What do you think of exclusive publishing rights?"
This price is quite high for fairy tale publishing.
Xu Zhou also knew that the other party's price was quite sincere.
But Xu Zhou did not want to cooperate with the other party in this way.
He knew it.
In another world, the sales volume of fairy tale books is so high!
Even in the face of the impact of the Internet age, the sales of fairy tale books remain high.
Take Grimm's Fairy Tales, for example, its global sales are second only to certain Western scriptures.
One and a half million may be a lot for others.
But for so many classic fairy tales that Xu Zhou redeemed from the system, the price of one hundred and fifty is really a bit cheap.
Xu Zhou is very confident.
Once so many classic fairy tales are published, they will definitely create a crazy sales record.
Xu Zhou said: "Let's change the cooperation method. I authorize Huacheng Publishing House to publish my fairy tales. The licensing fee is only one million."
Seeing Xu Zhou send such a sentence, Zhang Xiang felt unhappy.
He knew that Xu Zhou would definitely be followed by higher conditions.
Otherwise, I won't lower the asking price without any reason.
as expected.
Xu Zhou quickly sent another message.
After seeing this content, Zhang Xiang remained silent. He didn't know how to reply to Xu Zhou.
The key is that he can't make the decision on this condition.
Since he was humble, he still needed to ask for instructions from his superiors, but subconsciously, he felt that Xu Zhou's conditions were too harsh, or in other words, a bit excessive.
I saw this sentence sent by Xu Zhou.
"In addition to one million, after the book is officially published, I want a 40% share of the profit from the book sales."
It’s not that the publishing house doesn’t have a sales sharing cooperation model. The key is that a 40% share is too high!
Teacher Xu has so much confidence in his work!
Even though Zhang Xiang was a fan of Su Luoxi and had a very good impression of Xu Zhou before, at this time, he felt that Xu Zhou was a bit...unreliable.
This is not how we talk about conditions.
This is no different than outright refusal to cooperate.
However, Zhang Xiang still replied politely: "Teacher Xu, I can't decide on this condition. I need to ask the editor-in-chief for instructions."
Xu Zhou responded with a no problem.
As for whether Huacheng Publishing House would agree to his conditions, Xu Zhou was not particularly concerned.
Even if Huacheng doesn't agree, Xu Zhou believes that other publishing houses will come to the door.
Even if you take 40% of the share, the publisher will still make a profit.
...
Zhang Xiang directly found Shen Jing'an.
After reading the chat history between Zhang Xiang and Xu Zhou, Shen Jing'an couldn't help but uttered a curse word: "His grandma, this Xu Zhou's appetite is too big, this is a lion's mouth! The licensing fee of one million is not enough He said he also wants 40% of the book sales profits, what does he want?"
Hearing what Shen Jing'an said, Zhang Xiang thought that the editor-in-chief would not agree to cooperate with Xu Zhou.
He said: "Editor Shen, how about I reply to Xu Zhou later and cancel the cooperation."
Shen Jingan said nothing.
He stood in front of the window, put his hands on his hips, looked at the scenery outside, and said in a deep voice: "Do extraordinary things with extraordinary people. It is not impossible to cooperate with Xu Zhou, if he can guarantee the quality of twenty fairy tales , if we can guarantee the sales volume after the book is published, what if we give him 40% of the profit?"
I have to say that Shen Jing'an is a very courageous person.
Faced with Xu Zhou's conditions, he did not refuse, but made a countermeasure after careful consideration.
He then said to Zhang Xiang: "Tell Xu Zhou that if the sales volume of the book reaches 3 million copies after publication, our publishing house will give Xu Zhou 40% of the profit. If the sales volume does not reach 3 million copies, we will only give him 40% of the profit." His 500,000 yuan licensing fee and not a cent of the rest."
"If Xu Zhou agrees, I will personally visit him in Shanghai in a few days to see his draft and finalize the cooperation. If not, we will find other collaborators."
After seeing the response from Huacheng Publishing House, Xu Zhou smiled.
Huacheng Publishing House wants to make a deal with itself!
Last year, the best-selling children's book in the summer was 1.5 million copies. Now Huacheng Publishing House has raised the upper limit to 3 million. This shows that it still has no confidence in its own fairy tales.
But this is better.
Xu Zhou said to Zhang Xiang: "I agree to this condition. If Editor Shen comes to Shanghai in a few days, I will definitely give you warm hospitality."
Whether it is this world or the world before Xu Zhou, in the book publishing industry, the books with the highest sales are basically children's books.
In this world, there were 43 kinds of books that sold more than one million copies last year, 12 of which were children's books!
Although the maximum only reaches 1.5 million, which is far from 3 million, it still shows the huge potential of the market.
Coupled with the value of the fairy tale itself and the popularity of Xu Zhou and Su Luoxi, if the annual sales volume of the fairy tale does not reach three million after its publication, Xu Zhou will feel ashamed of all those who own the system!
After agreeing to the gambling agreement with Huacheng Publishing House, Xu Zhou's next step is to show off his affection with Su Luoxi.
The dog food in the system is now worth less than 200,000 yuan. Xu Zhou has redeemed four articles of "Snow White", "Sleeping Beauty", "Cinderella", and "The Little Match Girl". Articles, sixteen more are needed, which is more than one million worth of dog food.
When the book is released, we will promote it, and the sales will definitely take off!
But now Xu Zhou's focus is to record the song "Because of Love" with Su Luoxi tomorrow.
When this song goes online, you will definitely gain a lot of dog food value!