"It turns out to be Mr. Li, who is still good at English novels?"

Pei Wencong took Li Ye's manuscript and was stunned.

Although the flower planter has appeared in Lin Yutang and literary masters like Gu Hongming can conquer many Western literary media in English.

But not everyone is Gu Hongming, Lin Yutang, and Li Ye is obviously better at the creation of commercial literary works, and it is not the same as those works of everyone.

Commercial literary works first attach importance to commercial value. Literary value is only its appendix, and the reading groups it faces are different.

In Pei Wencong's opinion, it is more incredible that a person whose native language is not English. If he wants to write a commercial literary work that allows readers in the English cultural circle to pay for it, the difficulty may be more incredible than the mainlanders who were able to expose nuclear weapons.

However, since Li Ye took out the manuscript, Pei Wencong always had to read it, which is the minimum respect for an author.

Especially when this author has a special "personality".

Pei Wencong's native language is Cantonese, but the Hong Kong University where he once attended taught in English. As an excellent student, he has a good English level and there is no problem reading an English novel.

He looked carefully for twenty minutes, then turned around and started looking again, and then slowly frowned.

"Mr. Li, this "Song of Ice and Fire" has a good story, but I think it may not be easy to promote it to the whole world."

Pei Wencong expressed his opinion tactfully and found that Li Ye still looked calm and composed.

So Pei Wencong explained again: "Mr. Li, I have actually read a lot of original English novels. I feel that your work is similar to Mr. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".

But that was a novel from thirty years ago, and the writing style of your work is too special and may not fit the reading habits of Western novel readers."

Pei Wencong felt that he had already said it was very tactful. If another author had contributed to his literary club like this, he would have turned into a Maxim machine gun and squirted his head and face.

[Is this a novel written? You are writing a text, or are you a middle school text.]

Li Ye’s translation requirement for Wen Leyu was “righteous and accurate”, which also came from the experience of later generations. Many Chinese works that have successfully gone overseas in later generations pursued straightforward writing to facilitate translation and publication.

If the writing is fancy and whistle, the Huo Guoren is confused when he sees it. He knows what you want to express?

It's a little bit off here and a little bit distorted there, and it's completely wrong to translate it into the final meaning.

"Ha~, it's not possible, it's definitely not very suitable."

Li Ye smiled, and then he said calmly: "Mr. Pei doesn't need to be so tactful. I know the problem of this book, so I am also ready to solve it properly."

"A proper solution? Then I want to listen carefully."

Pei Wencong smiled, but he didn't agree.

Literary works are not industrial products, as long as they can achieve their effectiveness, they are very subtle things.

Not to mention those bad novels, many excellent novels may have been a few decades before they suddenly became popular. Who dares to say "properly resolve" before the work is released?

Li Ye said: "Mr. Pei, does your publishing house have the ability to call for papers in the English cultural circle?"

Pei Wencong was stunned and said, "Yes, Hong Kong Island is one of the 52 members of the Commonwealth. I have many friends from abroad and sometimes adopt some overseas translations."

"That's good," Li Ye said confidently: "I will pay 30,000 US dollars as a bonus. You can find a way to publish a prize-winning advertisement around the world and find someone to translate my manuscripts twice.

After soliciting opinions and ratings from readers, select several excellent works from them to be published and marketed, conduct a second round of market practice test, and finally select the winner to be finalized according to the market reaction."

Pei Wencong: ""

The plan mentioned by Li Ye actually adopted part of the screening mechanism of later online articles, weakened the comment rights of book reviewers, significantly increased the proportion of readers' opinions, and finally finalized the draft based on the market reaction.

A commercial literary work, whether it is good or bad is up to readers and the market to decide.

To give an inappropriate example, for example, the golden plum, critics criticize it into a naughty old dregs, and it will be passed on from generation to generation due to the support of readers.

And who else can read many popular literary works in dozens or hundreds of years?

"Mr. Li, I think this idea is great when you mentioned. I can arrange for someone to start making plans and implement them as soon as possible."

In fact, when Pei Wencong heard Li Ye’s words halfway, he already understood what Li Ye meant, and even made up for a variety of subsequent operation plans.

Pei Wencong doesn't know whether Li Ye's novel is good or not, but this method is definitely feasible. The 30,000 US dollars these years are definitely attractive to many authors.

Pei Wencong couldn't help asking himself in his heart, is he still an insider in the publishing industry?

Why did I not think of what Li Ye said about a graduate of the Hong Kong University of Hong Kong and still live in the Hong Kong Island area with a strong business atmosphere?

Li Ye nodded slightly and said, "Then, we need to talk about cooperation next."

It's here, and that familiar feeling comes again.

Pei Wencong seemed to see the figure of the Causeway Bay leader again. The sharp watermelon knife shone brightly in the sun. It cut it off with one knife, and cut off a large piece of the fat on your butt.

"Mr. Li, this time, do you still have to take away 20% of the publisher's profits according to the partner model?" Pei Wencong said with a smile: "I have to say that Mr. Li's condition is no less than those novels."

In fact, the current cooperation model between Li Ye and Pei Wencong is that Li Ye uses the technical investment of "The Flying of the North Wind" to earn 20% of the profits of Talang Literature Publishing House.

When Li Ye proposed this model, Pei Wencong almost couldn't accept it because according to the convention on Hong Kong Island, Li Ye wanted too much.

[Do you think you are Gu Liang Jin?]

If Pei Wencong hadn't been desperate, he would have absolutely no way to accept it.

But just a few months later, Pei Wencong felt that he had "earned money".

Small companies like Talang Literature Publishing House have small strength but small burdens. A popular book can take it off and become a medium-sized publisher.

What's more, after the reputation of "Seven Inch Blade" is a money tree!

Anyway, "The Flying of the North" has not been serialized yet, and Li Ye still has to make a profit of 20%. It's nothing to promote this book "Song of Ice and Fire" during this period. If he fails, he has 30,000 US dollars from Li Ye as the base. If he succeeds, he gets 80%, which is appropriate no matter how he calculates it.

More importantly, with Pei Wencong's understanding of Li Ye, he felt that he could not accept lower cooperation conditions than "The Flying of the North Wind".

Sure enough, after listening to Pei Wencong's words, Li Ye shook his head slightly and said, "Last time we didn't know each other, and we didn't know each other's strength,

Now I have proved my strength, so I think it is more appropriate to have a 30-seven-seven-drying system."

"Tanqi?"

Pei Wencong said with a puzzled look: "Mr. Li, I know you have confidence in your works, but my publishing house is also booming. If you just provide one work, you will take away 30% of the profit. It is really too high."

"You misunderstood," Li Ye waved his hand and said, "It's you three and I seven."

""

Pei Wencong suddenly stood up, stared at him and said anxiously: "Mr. Li, are you kidding? You just publish a work and you want to be my boss?"

You are just kidding if there is no such reason as you in the entire East Asia region."

If Pei Wencong hadn't had a new understanding of Li Ye on Zhongying Street, he might have been impulsively shouting swear words like "Punch you Emu".

If you take a manuscript with unknown prospects, you will become the major shareholder of Talang Literature Publishing House. Are you trying to beat my rich man?

"Mr. Pei is a little restless and talks about cooperation, of course we have to talk about it."

Looking at Pei Wencong who almost jumped, Li Ye said calmly: "Since Mr. Pei thinks the cooperation conditions are unreasonable, then I'll take a step back."

"I don't want your publishing house's profit this time. The operation of this book is calculated separately. You three and I seven, so that's OK, right?"

It's a ghost!

Is this called taking a step back? Apart from your two books, the entire publishing house does not have many inputs. How big is the difference between whether you retreat or not?

Pei Wencong pulled his tie hard, unbuttoned a shirt button, and released the depression that was held in his heart.

The prize-winning call plan that Li Ye just mentioned seems to be just a few easy words, but it is really tedious to implement and requires a lot of energy and connections.

All these tasks have to be coordinated by Pei Wencong. As a result, when the profit is divided, he actually took three and let the author get seven.

Am I a capitalist or are you a capitalist?

In fact, Pei Wencong really wronged Li Ye.

Because based on his experience in writing online articles in later generations, the proportion of the manuscript fees of those great authors is to be paid 307 yuan.

For example, if it occupies a leading position in domestic online literature, the proportion of subscription profits between ordinary authors and platforms is 55, and the authors of great gods are 37.

Although this is the share ratio after deducting operating expenses, it at least gives the author a "fair" feeling.

So with the current status of "Seven Inch Blade", is it too much to ask for a great master to make an appointment?

Pei Wencong looked at Li Ye who was calm and relaxed, and his emotions finally slowly faded.

"Mr. Li, it is difficult to realize your proposal because my publishing house needs to pay a lot of hidden costs, which is difficult to calculate in terms of the profits of a certain book."

Li Ye is right. Since it is a cooperation, let’s talk!

But after Pei Wencong finished speaking, Li Ye had no intention of negotiation.

"Then let's visit the style of Hong Kong Island first and talk about it in two days."

After Li Ye finished speaking, he stood up and walked out. Pei Wencong wanted to speak but stopped, so he had to follow him helplessly.

When Li Ye and Pei Wencong went downstairs, they found that Hao Jian and Jin Peng, who had just come out to "stroll around", had not walked far away. They were just keeping "attention" not far away, and were alert to the situation around the hotel like sentries.

This time the three of them came to Hong Kong Island. They were very clear about their positioning, which was to take good care of Li Ye.

Li Ye didn't say why he gave the invitation letter to Hao Jian and Jin Peng, but they felt that it was not just because they were the best Cantonese language.

This is a kind of trust.

Seeing Pei Wencong come down, Amin, who was in the tea restaurant next to him, hurried over and whispered something to Pei Wencong.

Pei Wencong nodded slightly, and then asked Li Ye: "Mr. Li, where are we going to visit?"
To be continued...