Chapter 490: Favorable Publication Conditions (Third Update!)
Winston is not a businessman, so after he saw that Yin Jun's contract did not have any pitfalls, he discussed it with his old buddies again, and called Yin Jun directly, and made an appointment to sign the equity transfer agreement in the lawyer's office the next day. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
When the $20 million purchase fund was credited, Winston had a smile on his face and asked Yin Jun what the name of the new company would be.
After the company transfers its equity, the boss usually changes the name of the company so that the new company has a new look, and this is also the case in the United States.
Winston doesn't care if his studio changes its name, he only cares if his studio can grow.
In his mind, since the company is all Yin Jun, the name is still Stan Winston Studios, which is a bit unpleasant.
“Digital_Domain。 Yin Jun said the name without thinking.
Winston was slightly stunned, and after repeating the name a few times, he nodded unconsciously, "Okay, the digital realm...... Well, that's true Silicon Valley!"
Winston graduated from the University of Virginia, one of the top three in the United States, and has a very high IQ, so he naturally knows about Silicon Valley, an emerging industrial cluster.
But he certainly didn't know that this new company name, which was very much in line with his heart, was actually the name of the company that he changed himself a few years later.
The digital realm was born out of Stan Winston's studio and will become the second largest special effects studio in the world.
But with the death of Stan Winston, the digital realm without a helmsman is being sold again and again, and gradually returns to mediocrity.
It's not just the digital realm, but Hollywood's special effects companies are growing and going bankrupt.
That is to say, Industrial Light & Magic can also rely on a good reputation and huge workload to obtain a little bit of profit and develop relatively healthily.
But if Disney hadn't acquired Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic, I'm afraid it wouldn't have had a good time.
Facts have proved that without the support of a top company, you really can't do a good job in the money-burning business of special effects companies.
Speaking of this, Yin Jun remembered Winston's illness, now Winston is only 34 years old, and it is said that he had myeloma in 2001 and has been battling the disease for 7 years.
It means that he has 20 years of good life left.
If Yin Jun doesn't help him.
Well, in the future, it is good to introduce a physical examination every two years.
In particular, these technocrats who play technology all day long, because they are often exposed to various chemical substances, have irregular work and rest, and should have frequent physical examinations.
There are also some maintenance aspects......
Well, Chinese medicine is very well studied in this area, you can often see the director of a big hospital die at the age of forty or fifty, but when have you seen how many Chinese medicine doctors live less than seventy or eighty years old?
Start recuperating and paying attention before you get sick, so that you will naturally live a long life.
When the time comes, I will hire one or twenty truly capable Chinese doctors from the mainland, and come to the United States every year to direct and direct health regimens, which is also a blessing for this group of barbarians!
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It will take a few days for the new company to change its name to a digital field company, but Yin Jun doesn't care about it anymore.
In the previous life, Winston was able to take care of the digital realm very well, and it must be the same in this life.
When the digital field is famous, dig up a few more elite talents, so that it will be even more powerful.
In front of Winston, he called Spielberg, who had gone to Massachusetts, and explained that the company had bought the special effects work for "E.T." and that he could keep in touch with them at any time.
When he said a few words to Winston and hung up the phone, Spielberg was stunned.
He had been wondering two days ago, why Yin Jun had to find Stan's Winston Studio, it turned out that he was waiting for him here!
But if you think about it, Spielberg doesn't think there's anything wrong, anyway, if you want to do special effects, just find a good special effects team, and Stan Winston is one of the best options.
In addition, Stan Weston Studio has been acquired by Yin Jun, so he can do more elaborate special effects and spend more money, which is also to increase the performance of another company for investors.
Don't mention Spielberg's side.
Ding Linxiang and Cont Henry's new book publishing contract has also been negotiated, "World of Warcraft", "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Forrest Gump", Cont Henry gave 20% of the industry's highest level, which is no problem, but the number of 1 million copies of the first printing requested by Ding Linxiang really made Cont Henry entangled.
In the end, he still compromised, after all, if he changed to another publishing house, he would definitely be able to agree to Yin Jun's request - with "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code", which publishing house would not pay attention to Yin Jun?
Now that Yin Jun is famous, his first choice is himself, which proves that he misses the old love, otherwise changing to a big publishing house will have huge benefits for the sale of books.
Since Yin Jun takes care of his old friend so much, he naturally can't drop the chain, 1 million copies will be 1 million copies, anyway, "A Song of Ice and Fire" will definitely be achieved, "World of Warcraft" is a little worse, it is estimated that it will be sold out in two or three years, "Forrest Gump" may not be sold out in three or five years, but in the long run, it will not lose money.
One of the reasons why Kant Henry can accept such a relatively disadvantageous condition is that "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" are ready to be released in hardcover.
Books in the United States, like those in China, are available in plain editions for general publication and in hardcover editions for easy collection.
A softcover book in simple cover costs $10 a piece, which is considered cheap.
The cheapest hardcover editions cost $20-$30 a copy, and the best-selling ones even exceed $50 a copy.
Now "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" are already very best-sellers, and it is not too much to sell for $30 if they are made more elaborately.
Both books are not pocket books for recreation, but good books that can be tasted slowly and watched repeatedly, so someone must buy the hardcover edition, not to mention that Europe and the United States have always been a paradise for people who like to read, and the cultural popularity is very high, which will promote the sales of the hardcover edition.
Now Ding Linxiang negotiated the hardcover version of the contract on behalf of Yin Jun, which is different from ordinary softcover books, the first edition is "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" with 100,000 copies each, but the proportion is directly as high as 25%!
Because, if it is printed in large quantities, the cost of the hardcover edition is about 6-8 US dollars, and Henry Publishing does not have to do advertising, and the profit is very high.
Kant Henry also knew it, so even if he would get much less, he still happily agreed.
What he cares more about now is his name as Henry Press.
Since the publication of Jurassic Park and The Da Vinci Code, two of the top 20 best-selling books of the year, Henry Publishing has suddenly become a little famous in the entire publishing world.
When he used to go out, Kant Henry said that he was from Henry's Publishing House, but others didn't know about it at all, but when he said Henry's Bookstore, some people knew.
But now it's different, as soon as you talk about your own Henry Publishing House, many people in the industry will understand, "Oh, it's the publishing house that published "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code", not bad!"
Hearing this, let alone Kant-Henry, even the old Henry listened to it and laughed heartily, feeling that he had lived up to his ancestor's career and carried forward the family business.
It is precisely because of this benefit that Kant-Henry will make so many profits, not all of which is due to Ding Linxiang.
But there is one thing that cannot be faked, that is, Kant Henry simply admires Yin Jun so much.
The reason is very simple, after signing the contract this time, Yin Jun still asked him not to do any promotion, just sell it like the previous two books.
There are too many people who write books and are willful, but when it comes to publishing, who doesn't want to have a good sales and then become famous?
But Yin Jun is not like this, he just needs to use word-of-mouth to sell books and let others like it, it's so simple, it's so capricious!
In this way, Yin Jun has a hermit taste in the eyes of Kant Henry.
Anyone who is engaged in the book industry, to put it bluntly, has a more or less literate temperament, and Kant Henry is also like this.
The more Yin Jun behaved calmly and calmly, and the more he showed that he was not worried about sales, the more Kant-Henry admired Yin Jun's confidence.
"World of Warcraft" and "Forrest Gump" are hard to say, but at least this "A Song of Ice and Fire" is definitely a super good book.
Speaking of the first volume of the first "Game of Thrones" alone, there are 337 characters with scenes, and most of them have distinct personalities, and the layout is so grand, it looks somewhat similar to the structure of "The Lord of the Rings", but in the description of the characters' personalities, as well as the intrigue and struggle in the court, they are all written heartily, which makes people want to stop!
Just like that, the first volume can be expected to sell at least 1.5 million.
If Yin Jun hadn't written it later, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the entire seven-part "A Song of Ice and Fire" had sold 15 million copies.
After the novella, another such good masterpiece came out, and the fame of Henry Publishing House was completely launched!
Thank you, Ms. Tang, for introducing such a genius writer as Yin Jun to her publishing house!
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