On the afternoon of April 4th, the Qingming Festival, Yu Dong, Liu Changmin and others gathered in Feng Ming's dormitory to crack eggs during the break. At the tense moment of breaking through the barrier, they heard someone shouting outside, "Yu Dong."
Teacher Dong, someone is looking for you."
Feng Ming, who was with Yu Dong's group, saw that his side was about to lose, and quickly urged Yu Dong: "Did you hear that? Someone is looking for you, why don't you go out and take a look."
"Then this card..."
Feng Ming snatched the cards from Yu Dong's hand, then added them to the pile, "Business matters, we'll start again when you come back."
Liu Changmin and He Yu immediately stopped working.
"Old Feng, you are just kidding."
"No, no, we win this game."
Yu Dong smiled and stood up and walked out, leaving the quarrel between the three behind him.
When he walked out the door, he saw Jimmy James standing at the door of his room.
Jimmy also saw Yu Dong, and he laughed heartily, "Mr. Yu, it's been a long time no see."
Yu Dong walked towards Jimmy, his expression a little surprised: "I didn't expect you to come so quickly. I thought you were in the United States now. Aren't you filming "One Day"? As a screenwriter, you don't have to go to the scene often?"
"Harold is a dictator. After I gave him the script, I had nothing to do with him. But I hope you don't mind coming to visit me on a day like this."
"No problem." Yu Dong waved his hand and opened the door to his dormitory, "Go in and sit down."
After entering the house, while Yu Dong was making tea for Jimmy, Jimmy went straight to the topic and said: "It's a coincidence that as soon as I arrived in Yanjing, your letter arrived. But you didn't explain it clearly in the letter. You only said that you had something to follow.
Let me discuss, I don’t know what you are talking about, is there anything I can do for you?”
Yu Dong made the tea and handed it to Jimmy, and then explained with a smile: "That's right, I have a collaboration that I want to talk to you about, about my novel. "Science Fiction World" serialized one of my novels,
You know this."
Jimmy nodded and said, "Well, you say."
"I now want to translate this novel into English and publish it in the United States."
Jimmy pondered: "You mean you want me to be your agent and help you contact the publishing house?"
"That's pretty much what it means."
"I'm afraid this won't be easy." Jimmy looked embarrassed. "Although you are well-known in the Chinese science fiction community, most foreign publishers have never heard of your name. If you want them to publish your novel, they may not be willing.
."
Jimmy has put it very tactfully. Let alone Yu Dong, even if the entire Chinese science fiction community is moved there, American publishing houses may not buy it.
“If it’s a business that guarantees a profit but no loss, do you think any publisher will refuse it?”
"A sure profit without losing money? I don't quite understand what you mean. How can you make a sure profit without losing money?" Jimmy asked puzzledly.
Yu Dong laughed, "I will personally invest in buying all the books in the first printing that cannot be sold. In this case, will the publishing house make a profit without losing money?"
Jimmy stared at Yu Dong blankly, "Are you so confident that your book can be sold? If it doesn't sell well, you will have to invest a lot of money."
"It's not that I'm confident. I'm actually prepared for the worst. The worst I can do is lose a lot of money."
Jimmy was even more puzzled, "Then what are you trying to do? Do you want your works to be gilded in the United States and then make money in China? But there is no need to do this. Just spend some money to buy a ISBN.
Then just find a small printing house to print dozens of copies. Anyway, domestic readers don't know whether the book is sold abroad. They only know that the book is published abroad, and the effect is achieved."
Yu Dong looked at Jimmy with a smile. This guy was really full of businessman thinking. It was easier for him to hold back a trick than others.
I have to say that Jimmy's proposal is really shameless.
"Don't worry about what I'm drawing. Anyway, it's not harmful to you. No matter how many copies are sold, I will give you a commission, including the part I spent to make money."
Jimmy pondered for a while and then said, "If you are determined to put money into it, I have another suggestion. I will go to a publishing house to talk to them about your reputation, and then we can
Use the movie "One Day" as a bargaining chip in our negotiations."
"If there is still no publisher willing, we will propose to sign a betting agreement with them. Within the specified time, as long as the sales volume of the first printing does not reach a certain ratio, we will publish the book at our own expense and give the publisher a certain amount of extra remuneration.
.After the book is released, we will immediately spend money to buy these books from bookstores to create the illusion that the book is a best-seller. Then we will spend a little more money and let some media help brag about the book's sales miracle."
"In this way, our gambling agreement will be successful, and when the publishing house sees this situation, it will definitely choose to print more, and the royalties from the additional printing will be extra money for us. This method allows us to
Spend less money and achieve better results. Maybe with this kind of marketing, American readers will be interested in your novel, and make this book a real bestseller. We don’t need to pay any extra money, and we can still make money.
"
Yu Dong felt a little confused when he heard Jimmy say such a long list. When this guy heard that he had a commission, he suddenly became more proactive.
At the same time, Yu Dong also sighed to himself that the decision to cooperate with Jimmy was indeed the right one, as he was very knowledgeable about ranking marketing.
Yu Dong was about to speak when he heard Jimmy continue, "Taking a step back, even if the final result is not very good and the book cannot be sold and it is in our hands, we can still cooperate with Harold.
Sometimes you can organize an event where you watch movies and give away novels by the original authors, and give away all the books you have in your hands. Although you lose money, at least you gain a group of readers and pave the way for the next book."
Good guy, I haven't even started working on this book yet, and Jimmy is already thinking about the next book.
But after all, Jimmy is also considering his own interests. Only if more of Yu Dong's books are printed can he make more money.
Yu Dong nodded, "I don't know much about marketing. If we cooperate, you will have to worry more about this."
"Looking at what you said, isn't this what I should do?" Jimmy said with a smile, "Actually, I think you can wait until you publish a few more short stories and short stories, then make a collection of novels and put "One Day"
Go in, then name it after "One Day", and there will be publicity for the movie later, at least the sales will not be too low."
"I can do this too."
Chapter completed!