Chapter 14 New Contract
It was a child in the end. Wang Er thought for a while and said, "I heard it online."
"So he said it online, can you contact me?"
"What are you contacting him?"
"Let him write the little match girl to life."
Can it still shock people to let the little match girl live?
"No, I can't contact him."
However, Wang Er thought to himself that in another year or two, he would be unable to fool him.
A few days later, he first applied for copyright of "The Magician of Oz" and then drew illustrations at home. The illustrations in "The Wizard of Oz" are also very exquisite and play some additional roles.
After the application was approved, it was passed to Chen Duoduo.
Not only did she want to watch it, but several main editors in "Bloody Times" will read it and then analyze its prospects.
The next day, Chen Duoduo began to contact him.
"Five masters, we have decided to increase your royalty fee to 1,000 yuan/thousand words."
"oh?"
"Five great masters, this is really worth it. In fact, the manuscript paid you last time in "Fairy Tale World" can be considered as a level A manuscript, and this manuscript is an S-level manuscript. Even if a novel written by Yang Tianyi will not exceed this manuscript."
"I know," it seems that the original manuscript paid by "Zhiyin" in another time and space was only 500 yuan/thousand words in 2000, but in a few years, it gradually increased to 1,000 yuan/thousand words. Although this time and space pay more attention to knowledge copyright, it was only 2005, and the manuscript paid was almost over the top in theory.
"What else?"
"It is best not to move the sharing of copyrights of that entity. If it is too low, we will lose motivation."
Wang Er is thinking.
Regarding this, Wang Er also checked the information online.
The situation of the magazine is not very clear, but at this time, China has published some online novel websites. Some novels are well written, and the website will also contact the publisher to take the physical route, or buyout and royalty.
There is no need to consider buying out. The royalties are generally a commission plus a one-to-one ratio to share the author's royalties. For example, if the royalties are 100,000 yuan, the website will take away 20,000 yuan in commissions, and the remaining 40,000 yuan will be paid. In addition, the personal income tax will be paid, and the author will only have more than 30,000 points in his hands. Of course, with the development of the online literature industry, new changes will occur in the future.
The author also knows this in his heart, but for new authors, or less famous authors, he also needs a platform to display his works and use the platform's connections to negotiate with the publisher.
Unless a truly famous writer, I don’t need your platform, or if your platform uses my works, it wants to use my fame to expand the influence of your platform. In that way, no one can take away the platform.
And what is different from another time and space is that the various platforms of this time and space are not just forsaken. For example, the last time the promotion and distribution of "Children's Times" was published in many newspapers. I believe that "Children's Times" must have spent a lot of money.
In other words, if they can be regarded as temporary economic companies, if both parties are not in a bad mood, it is a win-win model.
He thought for a while and said, "Sister White Rabbit, first the villain, then the gentleman. Since we have negotiated, we have to make some interests clear. If you don't start a new magazine, just this collection of fairy tales, I will not make any extra requests. But you want to use my works to create a successful new magazine. I will also cooperate with you, for example, this "Wife of Oz", and you have also seen the quality, so you should also show some sincerity."
"Five great masters, we have increased the royal remuneration."
"Sister Big White Rabbit, open the skylight and say something bright. Do you think this long fairy tale and this fairy tale collection will be sold only a few thousand or tens of thousands of copies after its physical publication?"
Although it was 2005, due to the protection of copyright, the sales volume of excellent fairy tale works in China reached millions. Wang Er continued: "Compared with the actual royalties, how much can the magazine pay for? The general royalties are 5%-15%. Let's talk about it. If the royalties reach 12%, maintain the 37% share of 30% share of 11%, it will be 250% share of 70% share of 10%, and 28% share of 10%. It is not allowed to talk about it."
"The five great masters, 15% is just a theory. Generally, 10% of the authors are capped, and 12% of the masters are capped."
"Girl, then do you mean that my fairy tales can only be considered excellent?"
"12%, kitchen knife, kitchen knife."
"Girl, don't express your expressions and talk about serious matters. I have my reasons for this request. First of all, I talk about royalties. You don't need to come forward. I will discuss it myself. You can negotiate the 10% royalties."
This is exactly what "Children's Times" is worried about. I saw twenty fairy tales, and thought they were manuscripts that Wang Er had saved for many years, so I gave him a 300 yuan/1,000 word manuscript fee, and the magazine took a big advantage. It was not until Wang Er sent another twenty-seven fairy tales, plus this long fairy tale that all leaders of the brand club realized that Wang Er was originally a rare "high-yield and high-quality" writer.
Then the original contract binding force was lowered.
These are all short and medium-sized novels, and they end after they are published.
Later, people don’t use the “The Fairy Tale Collection of Ugly Duckling”, but can they change it to “The Fairy Tale Collection of Nightingale”?
Wang Er is not as snobbish as they imagined, especially at his age. How to negotiate, whether to negotiate a contract or a thunder scene?
In addition, "Children's Age" received a commission and would pay some fees for publicity. The sales volume increased, and the wool also came from the sheep. Even if the profit was a little less, it would at least save your worries.
Unless you hire an economic person, you can only get 10% of the royalties, so why should you hire an economic person?
Wang Er continued: "Besides, as long as your new magazine is launched and published, the publishers are not all blind. If you don't have to do anything at that time, many publishers will negotiate with you. Besides, I am really not old and will inevitably create better works in the future. Or if you don't run a new magazine, or if you run a new magazine, I don't need to cooperate. Then I will take back "The Wizard of Oz" and contact the publisher yourself. I believe they will also withdraw funds for publicity and distribution."
"But the 12% royalty is really hard to talk about."
"I also know it's a bit difficult. It's not difficult why I will share the money for you. Wouldn't I hire an economical person or open a studio? Why did I promise you the conditions, the royalty of 300 yuan/1,000 words? Because I was a newcomer at that time, no matter which magazine I went to contribute, I had to make some choices."
It’s not "Fairy Tale World" and "Children's Age". Any newcomer and any work has some value, all platforms will look like this. "Children's Age" has a good appearance, otherwise don't talk about it, because as long as it takes a while, no matter which platform it is, it will offer a high price.
"But I am still a newcomer now, or do you want to tie me up for a lifetime with a newcomer contract?"
The opposite began to remain silent.
What Wang Er didn't know was that Chen Duoduo was not alone in front of the computer opposite now. Several main leaders of the magazine came together and stood behind the scenes.
Everyone put these interests on the table, so everyone had to discuss it.
After being put on the table, we can only make choices, but the good side shows that they really want to continue to cooperate with themselves.
The leader of the society, Wang Jimin, replaced Chen Duoduo's position and said, "Da Wang, how many manuscripts are there in your collection of fairy tales?"
"There are some manuscripts, but I have been busy coding "The Wizard of Oz" these days. After the code is ready, I have to modify it and draw illustrations. I have only modified a few articles... I am worried about the new magazine?"
"New Year's Day is coming soon. If all aspects are ready, the publication and publicity will be launched, and the first issue will be released on New Year's Day."
"Monthly, bimonthly, and weekly? How many words of content are prepared for each issue?"
"It's better to have a half-monthly magazine, with a content of more than one hundred thousand words."
"If this is the case, you don't have to worry about the content. I plan to write more than 110 chapters of this fairy tale collection, but someone has not forced me to write many chapters, right?"
These days, Wang Er is also selecting. After repeated identification, some works that are of little value or are dissatisfied with their ideological nature have decided not to retain them, and finally 116 articles have been retained.
Although there are a total of fifty articles missing, its value will become higher.
"Yes, yes, how many articles are you going to write?"
"If the cooperation is pleasant, there will be more than 200 articles. In addition to these short and medium stories, there are more than one long articles of "The Wizard of Oz". Besides, "The Wizard of Oz" alone has more than one million words, which is enough to support the manuscripts of your new magazine in the next few years. After a few years, its reputation has not yet become popular and cannot attract famous artists to contribute. Then you should not run a magazine."
"Okay, we'll give you a new contract tomorrow."
"understand."
The next day, Chen Duoduo sent the new contract.
I also need to read the new contract. Wang Er looked at it word by word, and suddenly he smiled...
Chapter completed!