Blooming America

After taking nearly a hundred photos in a row, everything is finally over.

　　 "You have a good foundation, maybe you should go to make a movie or something." Homan praised Catherine so.

　　 "You can let go, it's very suitable to be a model." Then he said to Ada again.

"This is my business card. If you have the opportunity, I hope you can come over and take some photos for me. I can pay you and keep a copy of the photo for you." Horman handed a business card to Catherine .

　　 "Thank you."

　　Horman has a lot of costumes here, and they look very gorgeous and beautiful. Although Catherine is a minor, there are many costumes that fit her figure.

　　 After he finished speaking, he came to Ada's side again, and gave her a business card as well.

　　 "Kate, if we have time, let's come over together~" Ada seemed very excited.

"Ok."

　　 Seeing the excited look of the other party, Catherine was not easy to refuse.

　　 "Okay, I can pick it up next week..." Horman put the camera aside.

　　 "How is your fashion design company thinking about? I heard that you need an agent. I think I might be able to help you."

　　 Several people looked at each other and looked at each other.

　　 To be honest, they all forgot about it because of the need to take pictures, and didn't think about it at all.

　　 "I have invested 50,000 US dollars here, Lisa and Jenny are temporarily in charge of fashion design, Ada and I can act as models, and Lily is a photographer."

　　 Catherine threw out her plan.

　　 "Very good combination." Homan nodded, not knowing what he was thinking.

　　 "Maybe my studio can also be a shareholder?"

　　 It seems absurd to join a few middle school students' companies, but Homan doesn't seem to care.

　　 "How to distribute the shares?"

　　 "In my opinion, that's it..."

　　 Catherine invested USD 50,000, and at the same time acted as a model for a fashion design company, accounting for 35% of the shares. After all, USD 50,000 is very valuable now. In terms of purchasing power, it is more than ten times that of later.

　　Horman can be regarded as the CEO of the company, responsible for daily work, and at the same time, he has given the photo studio to the company for use, accounting for 30%.

　　 Lisa is regarded as the "chief designer", accounting for 15% of the shares, with Lily accounting for 10%, and Jenny and Ida each with 5%.

　　 "Then what is the better name of our company?"

　　 This is a very important question.

　　 Don't underestimate the name of a company. It is very likely that the name will determine everything when it is critical.

　　 After all, catchy names are so easy to spread.

　　 If it is a mediocre or circumstantial name, who will remember it?

　　What is the company's name?

　　 "That's it, let's sort out all the preliminary matters first, and then think about the name?"

　　 "It's not in a rush anyway, Lisa, take advantage of this time to design more clothes, Jenny can help too."

　　 "Maybe we can gather more fashion designers in the future?"

　　 "In short, let's just think about the name of the company, the sales after the establishment of the company, and how to make our brand..."

　　 "I think that as long as I let Ada and Kate walk around in the street, all problems will be gone. This is the best promotion."

　　 "Um... I have to go to SAB to attend classes, see you tomorrow..."

　　 As the saying goes, three women are 3,000 ducks. Catherine finally experienced it, but fortunately, the opinions they put forward are also of some value, but the final proposal can only let Catherine choose to go ahead.

Now just after noon, there is still some time before class. Of course, Catherine did not choose to go to class. She chose to go home first. Maybe her parents could have some good ideas, but when she got home, Emma delivered a letter to her. In front of.

　　 "Kate, you have a letter from the publisher."

　　 Kate opened the letter.

　　The content of the letter is that the editors have seen that Catherine's book should be a series, and hope that the copyright of this follow-up work will form a series. It can even give Catherine up to 15% in royalties.

　　咦, is it such a letter that reveals the bottom line?

　　 Catherine looked at the signature: Robert.

　　 This stunned young man seems to have some experience, knowing that he should send a letter instead of asking for it, but he still revealed the company's bottom line.

The "Harry Potter" series is indeed slow, but the sales have been very stable. Counting the hardcover and paperback editions, so far, it has brought Catherine $10,000 in income, plus the previous income, the total has been Reached 60,000 US dollars-although only 50,000 after tax.

　　 But why is the paper book publisher so interested in their novels? Catherine began to analyze.

At the beginning, the sales volume of "The Lord of the Rings" in the US market was not bad, but the price of a hardcover book of fifteen dollars was not affordable by the public-although the publication of paperback books has become mainstream after World War II, Thor Kim doesn't seem to be interested in paperback pocket books and story-paper formats that cost more than ten cents apiece.

　　 did not reply when he contacted the paperback of "The Lord of the Rings" by Ace Publishing House. As a result, Ace Publishing House directly printed the paperback version of "The Lord of the Rings" without the consent of Tolkien or the publisher, and did not give the author a royalty, which was regarded as a standard pirated edition.

　　 So Tolkien rushed to claim the copyright and quickly authorized Bellantine Publishing House to publish the original paperback of "The Lord of the Rings" in the United States. However, when the pirated version had already occupied the market, the original version was not easy to sell. Tolkien himself once again came forward to defend his legitimate rights and interests. He began to remind them in his reply to American readers that Ace's version was illegal and asked them to tell their friends about it. This move quickly received significant results. American readers not only refused to buy the Ace version, but also asked the bookstore to withdraw it. In the end, Ace Press paid a substantial royalty to Tolkien and did not reprint it after the stock was sold out. This copyright battle is protracted, and the sales of the paperback edition of "The Lord of the Rings" are also rising amid the quarrel. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com broke into the best-selling list and quickly set off on campus.

　　 It is 1960, and "The Lord of the Rings" has been pirated in the United States. It was not until 1965 that the paperback edition was officially published by Ballantine.

　　 "The Lord of the Rings" has a hardcover edition in the United States, but there is no paperback edition, and the piracy activities of Ace Publishing House have just begun.

　　 Therefore, Catherine's "Harry Potter" can be regarded as filling people's "blank" for magic novels, at least, in front of the publishing house. The sales of her books have exceeded 5,000 copies at this time. You know, this is October 9th, and "Harry Potter" has only been published for a week. More importantly, her sales are showing a slow increase, not a decrease.

　　 Catherine chose the paper book publishing house. From the scale and business perspective, his strength is beyond doubt.

　　 The reason they fancy "Harry Potter" may be to fight against the pirated version of "The Lord of the Rings" and expand the influence of the paper book publishing house.

　　 After all, everyone wants to consolidate their position and achieve a monopoly position. Multi-level development seems to be a paper-book strategy.

　　 That being the case, they also decided to strike while the iron was hot, preparing to release "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" on December 25, 1960.

　　 As long as the two parts are released, Harry Potter can have more advantages.

　　Paper Book Publishing House saw this, so it paid Catherine such a high royalty.

　　 Of course, Catherine also made some changes to "Harry Potter". The location is New York, USA, not London, England. The "sense of substitution" is very important, especially on the eve of this passion.