Chapter 31 Sign a contract with five hundred characters!
Chapter 31 Signing a contract, five hundred words per thousand words!
The 'Dacheng'-level Wing Chun routines are almost the same as Master Yip's ten in "Ip Man 1".
Now Chen Haodong can basically go to the fighting department of the Global Elite Sports Center to show off and shout, "I'm not targeting anyone, I just want to say that all of you here are having fun."
It's just that he is low-key and not so arrogant.
The proficiency of Wing Chun boxing and weapon skills has improved, and Chen Haodong's personal combat effectiveness has once again improved to a higher level.
Now if he were to encounter a bad boy on the street, as long as he had a handy weapon and the terrain was suitable, he could block a hundred people by himself...
Well, this may be a bit exaggerated, but if one person fights dozens of them, there will definitely be no problem.
Of course, no matter how good your kung fu is, you can knock him down with one shot.
Even if you are a Wing Chun master, you will still fail if you join a club.
Putting away the system, Chen Haodong took a shower and went to bed.
For several days after that, nothing seemed to change in his life. During the day, he went to school to practice singing and musical instruments as usual, and at night, he went to the village to teach boxing and slept. Everything was normal.
And with the sudden increase in sales, many calls for additional printing also came to the newspaper office.
When signing the contract, the editor-in-chief was still thinking that the movie "The New Swordsman of Shushan", which Tsui Hark spent a lot of money on, had not become popular. Even if a newcomer's fairy tale novel was liked, it would not be too much and it would retain some readers of the novel. Thank God.
The contract must be finalized before the novel becomes completely popular, lest the author raises the price after the novel becomes fully popular, or the author is simply picked off by another newspaper.
At this moment, for Luo Yongzhi, writing novels for Chen Haodong as a gunman was no longer just for making money, but became a sacred and great thing.
This made the editor-in-chief both excited and regretful.
After realizing this, Luo Yongzhi's enthusiasm for coding became even higher.
The editor-in-chief only has one request, that is, Chen Haodong's next novel should be given priority to continue to be published in the "Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily" under the same conditions.
A novel with one million words can earn half a million yuan in royalties just from being serialized in newspapers.
The newspaper office also started to become busy.
People have to guard against it, especially contracts.
But the problem is that they only accepted the first 150,000 words of the manuscript of the novel "Legend of Sword and Fairy", and there was no discussion on the royalties for the remaining parts.
Chen Haodong did not delay, and soon arrived at the newspaper office, bringing with him a manuscript of 300,000 words.
However, after the novel began to be serialized, in just five days, the sales volume of "Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily" increased by nearly one-tenth.
This story is a beautiful dream fabricated by Chen Haodong for the people of Hong Kong, and she is lucky enough to be able to participate in it and become a dream weaver. This is something she could not imagine before.
Therefore, the price was lowered for the first 150,000 words. Even if the serialization continues, the price will not be much higher. Reasons for lowering the price can always be found.
"Talk, have a good talk. Not only must we discuss this book well, but if the other party has plans for a new book, it's best to talk about it together!"
Although this was not a story she conceived by herself, she wrote the words word for word. Now that she sees these words being published in the newspaper, she feels proud.
The leader made the decision, and the editor didn't know what to say, so he called Chen Haodong directly and asked him to go to the newspaper office for a detailed discussion.
At least with the current quality and reputation of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", no one dares to make this guarantee.
After reporting this idea, the leaders above had different opinions.
After handing the contract to Liu Zhipeng, the other party carefully read it word for word and nodded to Chen Haodong, saying there was no problem.
If you accidentally fall into a text trap, you might not be able to get even a dime in royalties, and you might end up owing the newspaper several millions.
Today is the newspaper office where Liu Zhipeng and Chen Haodong came together.
At the beginning, when the editor-in-chief decided to serialize "Legend of Sword and Fairy", his mentality was very peaceful.
But looking at the situation now, this novel is going to be a big hit, and the serialization will definitely continue, so we have to hurry up with the negotiations for the later parts.
And to increase sales by one-tenth in five days is obviously an abnormal thing.
Chen Haodong has no objection to this request. As long as the royalties are paid, it will be the same wherever his new novel is published.
Five hundred yuan per thousand words, this was the price quoted by the Commercial Daily to Chen Haodong, which was a hundred times higher than before.
The Commercial Daily lost a golden hero back then. Who can guarantee that this new guy will not be the next golden hero?
It may not seem like much, but you must know that "Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily" is a long-established newspaper, and its sales volume in Hong Kong Island is not low, and has become stable, and generally there will be no major increase or decrease.
But regarding the contract, he couldn't just sign it without even looking at it, like those street writers in his memory who signed online contract contracts.
The manuscript of 150,000 words collected for 1,500 yuan is just like picking it up for free. Even if you try to serialize it first, it doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not.
The latter part of the negotiation is definitely necessary, but the price must not be lowered, or even a high price must be given, to express the newspaper's sincerity, and the new author cannot be pushed to the competitor for any reason.
One of He Min's college classmates happened to know a lawyer, so he helped introduce one. He was a spirited young man with a handsome face, big eyes, and a hooked nose. His name was Liu Zhipeng.
Opposite Shanji's house, Luo Yongzhi was holding copies of "Hong Kong Island Commercial Daily" and looking at the words he had written on them, his heart was surging.
What's exciting is that as the newspaper's sales increase, he, the editor-in-chief, will definitely benefit from the increase.
For this contract, Chen Haodong asked He Min to help find a lawyer in advance.
This price is quite sincere.
After getting the 300,000-word manuscript and briefly browsing it, and finding that there were no problems with the plot and writing, the editor-in-chief directly took out the prepared new contract.
However, these few nights, many people did not sleep well.
In the past few days, Luo Yongzhi has gone crazy, coding words so fast that even an eagle would be scared if he saw it.
Only then did Chen Haodong feel free to sign his name and the pen name ‘Dong Ge’.
After that, he successfully obtained the manuscript fee for the entire novel, including the previous 150,000 words, paid in advance by the newspaper at the price of 500 yuan per 1,000 words, which was also paid according to this standard.
It is estimated that the manuscript will be one million words, and the manuscript fee will be five hundred thousand, and any excess will be refunded.
After receiving half a million, Chen Haodong laughed happily. It has been more than half a month since the memories were merged, and he finally made his first pot of gold.