Chapter 673 - Package Price
"Ghost blowing the lamp?"
"What does that mean?"
"Looking at this introduction, it should be the novel that I prompted before. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"This kind of novel that needs special effects can't be adapted into film and television, right? Special effects are a money-burning business, no matter how popular Li Qing's novel is, it is impossible to shoot it, and simple and crude shooting can only be laughing and generous. ”
"I do know something about this, it is said that this Captain Touching Jin is a sect of tomb robbers in ancient times. Originated in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Cao Cao in order to make up for the lack of military salary, he set up the ranks of "Faqiu Zhonglang General" and "Touching Jin Captain", which sounded mighty, but in fact, it was specialized in robbing tombs to obtain wealth and supplement military salaries...... Touching the gold school captain, the general archaeologists know. After all, tomb robbers and archaeology are inherently opposed, the Han tombs excavated in recent years can be said to be ten rooms and nine empty, those archaeological experts are eager to bury these tomb robbers alive, so the archaeological community also circulates such a sentence, Han tomb archaeology, all by luck. ”
"As soon as you say this, it's simple and clear, dare to love this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", the introduction is so mysterious, it is actually a tomb robbery novel?"
Many people in the venue gradually figured out the taste.
"Looking for Qin" is a feudal superstitious novel, and this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" looks even more exaggerated than "Looking for Qin", is this to teach readers how to rob tombs?
At this time, as the writer of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern", Li Qing walked out of the backstage and stood in the center of the stage.
The people who were still talking about it suddenly burst into thunderous applause after seeing Li Qing.
Li Qing was wearing white sneakers, ripped jeans, and a black sweater, smiling and waving to everyone like an ordinary college student.
He held a few small cards in his hand, and when the applause of the audience gradually stopped, he glanced at the small cards and began to say: "Many people may not understand the meaning of ghost blowing out the lamp, I will explain it here a little." The ghost blows out the lamp, also known as the life lamp, which is a term set by a tomb robber sect in the novel: when the tomb robber enters the tomb, according to the ancient ancestral home, a candle must be lit in the southeast corner of the tomb.
If the candle in the tomb is suddenly extinguished, it means that the owner of the tomb is unhappy with your behavior and reminds you to put it down.
At this time, the tomb robber must immediately put the things back to their original source, kowtow three more times, and retreat in the opposite direction to save their lives.
But in reality, this is just a superstition, and the scientific explanation is very simple, because there is not enough oxygen, or there is a sudden change in the corpse or toxic object in the burial chamber, and this change will cause the air quality to change, so the fire will be extinguished.
At this time, people need to quit quickly to avoid gas poisoning.
In the past, science was underdeveloped, so it can only be explained by the so-called 'ghost blowing the lamp'.
Because of the suffocation of human beings due to lack of oxygen, the expression is exactly the same as what people imagine when they are strangled to death by ghosts. ”
Seeing that people listened carefully, Li Qing was quite relieved in his heart, which was a good sign.
"It is fundamentally different from "Looking for Qin", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a contemporary suspense novel, this novel has a total of eight volumes, a total of almost two million words, and at present, because of my limited time, I have not created a complete ......."
When Li Qing said this sentence lightly, the audience who were listening carefully was in an uproar.
Dare to put it out for auction without finishing it?
Among so many famous contemporary writers, I am afraid that only Li Qing is so willful.
"I didn't finish it, but it didn't hinder readers from reading it, as I just said, I divided "Ghost Blows the Lamp" into eight volumes, and at present, almost three volumes have been completed. What I want to release today is the first volume of the Ghost Blowing Out the Lantern - "The Essence of the Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City". ”
Li Qing said with a smile: "This is a completely new theme, it can't be said that there is no one who will come after, but it is definitely unprecedented." Personally, I have absolute confidence in this work, but I know that individuals don't represent everyone, so I wanted to take out the first volume of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" to test the waters......"
"It's not going to be easy!
Offstage, Fang Sihai, editor-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty Publishing House, turned his head sideways and frowned at Wu Shaobo: "The word ghost blowing the lamp sounds like it makes people's hearts beat drums, and now it's just the first volume released......
Wu Shaobo was the editor-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty Publishing House, who originally rebuked "Xun Qin Ji" as a product of feudal superstition, and he and Fang Sihai had different ideas, because of the painful lesson of "Xun Qin Ji", he felt that Li Qing's second work must be won.
Or, it proves that Li Qing is really a genius writer, and he was really stupid at the beginning, but "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is a big hit, and he can also share a share of the credit.
Or, "Ghost Blows the Lamp" hits the streets. Although he also has to take the blame, Li Qing's title as a genius writer will also be ruined.
Of course, Wu Shaobo still hopes that "Ghost Blows the Lantern" can be a big hit, after all, with the channels and support of the Tang Dynasty Publishing House, as long as it is not too bad a work, it will basically not be too bad.
"Although the Ministry of Culture's inspection of books such as feudal superstition has decreased, it does not mean that it does not exist, listen to Li Qing's meaning, this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a novel about tomb robbers...... Tomb robbers and tomb robbers must not be beautiful to rob the tomb, there may be some bull ghosts and snake gods in this......" Fang Sihai frowned, his face was obviously entangled.
Although he said so on the surface, in fact, he didn't care much about this regulation of the Ministry of Culture, he was worried that Li Qing's novel was clumsy in content.
Because from Li Qing's tone, it is not difficult for Fang Sihai to guess that this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is a work of Li Qing who is in a temporary hurry.
Such a work, only a third of the completion of the dare to take out and sell-
If the other party was not Li Qing and had a huge reputation, Fang Sihai would not jump up and scold his mother.
"It's just the first volume, and the price shouldn't be very high, just with Li Qing's current fame, I think...... Anyway, it won't lose money, will it?" Wu Shaobo said with a smile.
Fang Sihai nodded slightly, and finally decided to accept Wu Shaobo's suggestion to take the publishing copyright of this "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".
The market of Tang Dynasty Publishing House is all in the mainland, so only simplified copyright is required.
In the mainland, Tang Dynasty Publishing House is the leading industry leader, and it also has a natural advantage in bidding.
Fang Sihai has ninety percent confidence that he can get the simplified copyright of this "Ghost Blowing the Lantern".
His idea is good, but the reality is cruel.
The first volume of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" is only less than 250,000 words, but the host Xu Wen's quotation has already shocked Fang Sihai's body.
Under the general royalty rate of 3% to 10% in the market, Hanhai dared to ask for 15%!
In other words, every time the publishing house sells a copy of "Exquisite Ancient City", Hanhai will take 15% of the profit!
This is still a guaranteed offer!
This price is barely acceptable, but what makes people want to scold is still to come......
When Xu Wen said that the copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" in Chinese and traditional Chinese is not separated, and 15% is the overall package price, publishers from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland and other regions reacted, and a mouthful of old blood almost spewed out.
Fang Sihai, the editor-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty Publishing House, who was originally full of confidence and seemed to have a wisdom pearl in his hands, and Wang Yong, the chairman of the Hong Kong Culture Publishing House, also instantly stiffened the smile on their faces.
(To be continued.) )