The King of Crossover Entertainment

Currently, the market price of short stories on Blue Star is generally 10~500 per thousand words. For famous short story authors, the price can be negotiated, but it is basically around 1,000 per thousand words.

Therefore, the 5,000 per thousand words offered by Zheng Rong is already the top price in the industry.

That being said, Yunfeng is special.

"Zhu Xian" and "Ghost Blowing Light" were very popular, creating one million and one and a half million first orders that shocked the entire online literary world, making the author ID [Cross-border King] a synonym for best-selling.

Hearing this, Zheng Rong triggered the passive skill "Kick the Buck" and asked: "Then how much do you think is appropriate?"

Yunfeng is not afraid of the usual conversational tricks such as "playing Tai Chi" and "Kick the Buck", and said directly: "25,000 per thousand words."

It was a 50% discount, which is quite generous.

Zheng Rong said readily: "Deal."

Yunfeng: "..."

Why does it feel wrong? Is the price too low?

Calculated at 25,000 per thousand words, a novel of 200,000 words would cost 500,000 yuan.

It seems, it's really not much...

Can I regret it?

Yunfeng took a breath and fell silent.

This price is not low. At least for Zheng Rong, it is the highest price he can afford for the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Diao Ren".

Why not bargain again?

Zheng Rong did think about it, but he made a decision in an instant.

Their monthly novel is ranked in the middle among the magazines that publish novels. Their competitiveness is definitely not as good as those of the large magazines at the top. They are worried that if they hesitate, they will miss "Cat's Eye" and "Diao Ren".

So, he struck while the iron was hot and said, "I wonder if you have time today. Let's make an appointment to sign the contract. What do you think?"

"Uh..." Yunfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Today, I just have to go home today and prepare to leave for the high-speed rail station."

Zheng Rong hurriedly said, "What's your email address? I'll send you the electronic contract."

Oh, I forgot about that.

Yunfeng smiled bitterly.

But on second thought, in fact, 25,000 yuan for a thousand words is about the same.

Generally speaking, most novels are serialized in magazines for the purpose of promoting the subsequent book publishing.

That is, before the novel is serialized in the magazine, the author has already signed a publishing contract with the magazine. The ultimate goal is to publish and operate the copyright, rather than simply serializing the novel in the magazine.

Of course, some magazines that are not very large have limited funds and only publish magazines. They do not have the ability to publish books. In this case, they will pay royalties to purchase the one-time publication rights of the novel instead of monopolizing the copyright.

Novel Monthly is such a magazine.

Originally, they had the ability to publish books, but last year, Zheng Rong had a conflict with another partner, which eventually led to their separation and a break in the capital chain. Therefore, they did not have enough money to purchase the copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" for the time being, and could only purchase a copy right first.

After a brief consideration, Yunfeng said, "Okay, my email address is

."

"Okay, I'll send the electronic contract over now." Zheng Rong breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, it is rare for magazines to choose to serialize completed novels in their magazines again, especially best-selling novels, because there will be fewer readers.

Zheng Rong did this with a gambling element.

If the bet is won, Novel Monthly will become bigger and stronger and create greater glory.

If the bet is lost, Novel Monthly will declare bankruptcy and close down.

That's right, Zheng Rong is gambling with all his wealth, either moving bricks or making a fortune.

But no matter how you look at it, this bet is a big win.

Zheng Rong put down his phone and looked at the deserted office area outside.

Parting ways with a partner not only lost money, but also more than half of the employees.

Seeing them being taken to a rival magazine by their partner, I was very angry and upset.

"Ah Ming, I want to fight for my own reputation, not to prove that I am better than you, but to tell you that if you want to develop better, there is more than just the "merger" path."

Zheng Rong's clenched fist slowly loosened, and unconsciously, a confident smile appeared on his face.

He saw that in the near future, the office area would no longer be so deserted.

On the other side, Yunfeng was looking at the contract sent by Zheng Rong.

The main purpose was to confirm whether there were any hidden pitfalls, which would cause copyright disputes, and that would be troublesome.

"Authorization for the use of reproduction rights..."

The right of reproduction refers to the reproduction of the same form of the original work by printing, photographing, carbon copying, photocopying, recording, videotaping or other acts, such as hand-copying, printing, photographing documents, copying paintings and sculptures, reproducing audio and video tapes, etc.

Yunfeng read it over and over again, confirmed that there was no problem, signed it, and sent it over.

Just as he finished here, another call came in.

"Hello, is this the cross-border king of Panda Chinese Network? I am Lei Chaofan, the boss of Chaofan Magazine. We are interested in "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" written by you, and want to buy their book copyrights. Can you come to our company to talk?"

Yunfeng frowned slightly. The other party's tone was like conveying an order, which made people very uncomfortable.

His attitude changed accordingly, and he said coldly: "Let's talk on the phone."

Lei Chaofan still said in the same tone as before: "The copyrights of the two novels "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" are packaged, and the price is two million."

I'm kidding.

Yunfeng just listened to Zheng Rong's explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of e-books and paper books in the market, so he went online to check. He didn't know until he checked. He was shocked to find that the sales of paper books on Blue Star are very good, beyond imagination.

For example, "Magic World" written by J.K. of Haidiao Literature Network has been completed for several years, but the sales of paper books of "Magic World" still exceeded one million last year.

Based on the current popularity of "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man", the copyright of any one of them is higher than two million.

With this tone and attitude, you still want to buy the copyright of two books for two million. Dreaming.

Yunfeng chuckled and said, "Boss Lei, right? If you want to talk, you should show some sincerity, right?"

Lei Chaofan said word by word, "You write online articles, so you may not know much about book publishing. There are several processes from typesetting and printing to putting a book on the shelves in bookstores. The cost is high, the profit is low, and the risk is high. There is a great possibility of losing all the money. I think no magazine can offer such a price except our Chaofan Magazine."

Yunfeng said calmly, "In order to prevent your Chaofan Magazine from losing all the money, I decided not to sell the book copyrights of "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man" to you. Without buying and selling, there will be no loss, right?"

After saying that, he hung up directly.

"It's like I'm begging to sell it to you."

If Lei Chaofan had a better attitude, it wouldn't be like this.

Yunfeng felt that there was a lot of room for books on Blue Star.

So he didn't plan to sell the book copyrights of any novel. He would either do it himself or in a cooperative way.

However, Lei Chaofan, who was hung up, was stunned for a moment, and snorted coldly: "Young man, you have no manners at all."

Then, someone knocked on the door and came in. It was Yang Ming, the editor-in-chief of Chaofan Magazine.

"Boss, have you talked to the cross-border king?"

"Yes." Lei Chaofan shrugged and said, "But it didn't work out. Two million is not enough. I think he has never seen money."

"This..." Yang Ming knew it would be like this, and said with a bitter face: "Boss, two million is the lowest price."

"Yeah." Lei Chaofan nodded and said, "I know."

Yang Ming: "..."

Seeing that he was frowning, Lei Chaofan said, "If it's not worked out, it's not worked out. It's just two short stories. Our magazine hasn't been doing novels for several years."

"No..." Yang Ming sighed and said, "As long as it's within 10 million, it's a sure win."

Lei Chaofan raised his eyebrows and said, "You Are you kidding? There's still money to be made with 10 million?"

"How dare I joke about work?" Yang Ming explained, "The cross-border superstar has his own traffic, and when "Maoyan" and "Diaoren" were serialized on Weiquan, they were basically never off the hot search list, and the online dramas of "Maoyan" and "Diaoren" will be broadcast after the new year, and there will be another wave of popularity at that time."

Lei Chaofan regretted not knowing more about the situation at that time, and said, "I call again?"

Yang Ming knew Lei Chaofan's tone and attitude when talking about things, and he had some prejudice against online articles, so he hurriedly said, "Boss, let me call."

However, Yunfeng had already turned his phone to silent mode and was ready to go to the high-speed rail station.