The Basketball Emperor of the Black Basket

When Ye Su came to the agreed coffee shop, a Japanese man in his thirties stood up from the window seat and waved at Ye Su enthusiastically.

“Hello Ye Su-sensei, I am Okashi Yokokawa, the editor in charge of the publication of your book “Kamonogatari” in the United States. Please take care of your first meeting. Yokokawa Okashi hurriedly greeted him, not snubbed at all because of Ye Su’s young age, and respectfully saluted with a question mark.

Ye Su is the highest-grossing writer of Rixin Publishing House, and the editor of the publishing house snubs no one, and does not dare to have the slightest disrespect for him, because the copyright of all books is in Ye Su’s hands, and the publishing house only has one agency right.

“Hehe, hello Yokokawa editor, sit down and talk.” Ye Su said with a smile.

The two of them then sat down opposite each other at the coffee table.

After waving his hand to call the waiter and instructing him to bring coffee and snacks to Ye Su, Yokokawa Okashi picked up a document from the side and handed it to Ye Su, while introducing: “After this period of negotiation, we have reached an agreement with the largest Random House in the United States to publish the American edition of “Kamonogatari”, and on behalf of Mr. Ye Su, we have entrusted Random House to fully represent the publication of “Kamonogatari” in North America (including Canada), and the first number of copies is two million. ”

“This is a contract, in triplicate, with Chinese, Japanese, and English Chinese, and the contract itself has been strictly checked by the lawyers hired by the company, and it will definitely not infringe on any interests of Teacher Ye Su.” Yokokawa Okashi introduced in detail.

“Well, okay, I’ll take a look.” Ye Su nodded, he still trusted the partner of Rixin Publishing House, but the contract, of course, still had to take a closer look.

This look was more than half an hour, Ye Su carefully read the three-Chinese version of the contract, and finally put it down satisfied.

“Yes, I am very satisfied with the cooperation with your publishing house, and there is no problem with this contract you have drawn up.” Ye Su said with a smile.

There really isn’t any problem.

The contract indicated that Ye Su owned all the rights to Kamonogatari, and that the publisher only signed a contract with Random House as his representative. The American company Random House only owns the publishing and distribution rights of “Chemical Story” in North America, and there are no other adaptation rights, film and television copyrights, and digital audio and video copyrights.

The first print run of 2 million copies, priced at $19.90 each, is distributed and sold by Random House, and Ye Su has a 15% royalty ratio, which is only between 8% and 12% for normal writers.

With a minimum of 200 copies and a price of $20 each, Ye Su’s royalties alone can earn $6 million!

How much is $6 million?

Equivalent to 36 million RMB, equivalent to 600 million yen!

And that’s not all, this is just Ye Su’s tax, the contract stipulates that after the first printing, Random House has the right to decide the number of additional printing, but the number of additional prints, Ye Su’s royalty is 18%.

This means that Random House will pay Ye Su another $3.6 million for each additional copy, that is, as long as “Huamonogatari” sells 3 million copies in North America, Ye Su is a well-deserved million-dollar rich.

And what are the best-selling sales on the national charts?

The Harry Potter series once had five or six million sales, so what height can “Kamonogatari” reach?

Ye Su now has no time to think about his works here, how much can be sold in the United States, and the number of first prints of 2 million copies is enough to show Random House’s confidence in Ye Su and “Huamonogatari”.

Wow—!

After Ye Su confirmed that the contract was correct, he took the pen handed over by Yokokawa Okashi, and Long Feifeng Wu signed his name.

At this point, the pre-publication work of “Chemical Story” in North America has been completed, and the translation and revision work has already been carried out by the publishing house, as long as Ye Su confirms the contract, the publication time can be immediately put on the desk of the office.

“Teacher Ye Su, we have already made the preparations, and we will notify Random Dan Company to carry out the printing work this afternoon, and I expect that at the latest half a month, your works will be spread all over the streets of the United States.” Yokokawa Okashi put away the contract and said to Ye Su with a smile.

“Hehe, no problem, everything will be left to you.” Ye Su nodded.

“Okay, then Mr. Ye Su, your first royalties, after Random Deng officially releases the book, will be transferred to your default account in the publishing house, do you need US dollars or yen, or RMB?” Yokokawa put the contract away and asked Ye Su respectfully.

Huh?

……

Ye Su is also a little confused, what currency is good to choose?

When I was in Japan before, it was not so troublesome, and both sides defaulted to Japanese settlement, but this time in the United States, in addition to the US dollar and yen, considering Ye Su’s nationality, the publishing house also intimately asked whether it was necessary to settle in yuan.

“Well…”

Ye Su thought about it a little and decided to settle in US dollars and deposit it to his bank card account in the United States first.

Well, because there is copyright income from Japan, it is another Japanese bank card specially used to accept publishing house fees. (The manuscript tax is not paid in one lump sum, it is generally a part of the sale, and a part of the payment.) Moreover, the part exceeding the first print must be settled separately. ）

As for the renminbi, I can’t use it for the time being, and I can change it when I want to use it.

“Okay, trouble Teacher Ye Su to come over, I am grateful on behalf of the publishing house.”

After dealing with the matter of “Kamonogatari”, Ye Su left the café in the respectful goodbye of Yokokawa Okashi.

At this time, it was still early, it was only two o’clock in the afternoon, and Ye Su thought that he was temporarily empty, so he walked along Hollywood Avenue and began to walk around the Avenue of Stars. (It’s the street where there are many handprints of celebrities)

Of course, with the lesson at the airport, this time Ye Su still disguised a little, wearing a stylish baseball cap, with a pair of sunglasses, and a scarf, Ye Su felt too stuffy.

As for masks, well, forget it.

Wearing a mask is more attractive to the eye, fans have long had experience, sunglasses, scarf + mask, either a star or a bandit.

This dress is too strange, not to attract fans but also to recruit police. _

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