Chapter 485: Huge Publication Plan!
Zhong Chuhong naturally can't accompany Yin Jun to play, and now "Autumn Fairy Tale" has reached the critical stage of running-in and maturity, and the daily shooting tasks are very heavy. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
In addition, Zhou Yanfa said hello to everyone in the crew, asked them, did himself a favor, finished the movie early, and let him go home.
Chen Yulian's due date is in June, and Zhou Yunfa wants to go back in May at the latest.
For this, he worked hard to act, and wherever there was anything unsmooth, he would go to help, just to complete the shooting task as soon as possible.
A famous celebrity has asked for this, and everyone will naturally give face.
In Zhong Chuhong's heart, Zhou Yanfa, who has been helping him, is like a big brother, and of course he will try to help.
What's more, she is also familiar with Chen Yulian, when she was filming "Rogue Tycoon" before, she wanted to go home to see her wife, and Zhou Yunfa, who wanted to help Zhong Chuhong hurry up and perform the state, often took her home to help her rehearse, so she naturally became familiar with Chen Yulian.
Filming is day and night, and any normal movie should have night scenes.
This caused Zhong Chuhong's time to be very irregular.
If it weren't for the night scene last night, it would have been difficult for Yin Jun to take her out to dinner.
In addition, Zhong Chuhong knew that Yin Jun came here to buy an antique, which was also a serious matter, so he just said that when he was free at night, he would call the hotel room to see if he had free time, and then go out on a date.
Yin Jun is not a hypocritical person, and he will not revolve around women all day long.
So after breakfast the next day, Yin Jun took Huo Jianning and Ding Linxiang, as well as two bodyguards, to Henry's bookstore in Los Angeles.
Kant Henry had been waiting impatiently for a long time, and when he saw Yin Jun arrive, he rushed forward in three or two steps, and held Yin Jun's hand, "Mr. Yin Jun, my great writer!
In this way, it is like seeing a relative, which makes Yin Jun, who is accustomed to his somewhat indifferent British gentlemanly attitude, quite unaccustomed.
But Yin Jun also knew why he was so happy and excited.
In February, the cumulative shipments of "Jurassic Park" had reached 870,000 copies, and "The Da Vinci Code" had also reached 550,000 copies, which not only greatly surprised Kant Henry, but also surprised Yin Jundu.
With a good reputation, in just two months, "Jurassic Park" not only climbed to the top 10 of the "New York Times's best-selling list", but also sold more than 1.2 million copies in one go, and "The Da Vinci Code" also climbed very quickly, and now it has reached a high position of 15th, with a cumulative sales of 780,000 copies.
Such an excellent result is a miracle for a rookie author and for two books that have little to no publicity planning.
Eight critics from The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times recently reviewed two novels in turn, praising them as rare and excellent novels in recent years, and definitely worth reading them again.
Although the focus of the books is different, and you have to like "Jurassic Park", and some appreciate "The Da Vinci Code" more, but I like to write articles to comment and praise, which is not ordinary.
They are not random critics, but famous critics who have their own columns in these newspapers, and even they unanimously recommend them, apparently because these two books are very good.
Originally, Kant Henry had already asked the printing house to print 500,000 copies each, ready to sell them out in half a year, but seeing that it was now popular in the reading circle, Kant Henry hurriedly added a list of 500,000 copies each.
This is Kant-Henry's eighth additional printing.
He is also numb to such a thing, and he will not be surprised no matter how good the results of the two books are.
The miracle of the past year has made him firm in the idea that Yin Jun is a genius, and since he is a genius, it is not surprising to write a best-selling book.
Even if the royalties he paid to Yin Jun had risen from 5% to 15%, Kant-Henry was not unhappy at all.
Because Yin Jun earns more, he also earns more!
Yin Jun's pre-tax income is already 3 million US dollars, and Kant Henry's profit is more than Yin Jundu!!
Why?
Because Yin Jun didn't let Kant Henry publicize it, Kant Henry never gave profits to those booksellers, and still shipped at the most ordinary 6% off price.
This is also the reason why, after selling well in California at first, it does not sell well in other places.
As a result, when the books sold better and better, even if many booksellers asked for books, Kant Henry did not have to give up the profits, so this rule has continued to the present.
Give Yin Jun 15%, the cost of the printing house has now been reduced to 10%, even if a series of expenses such as transportation are excluded, Kant Henry also has 27% of the income, which is a profit that many large companies cannot get from bestsellers!
Why don't you say he's grateful to Yin Jun? Why wouldn't he be impressed by his vision?
And this time, before Yin Jun came to the United States, he told Kant Henry that he had three more novels to be published by him, and Kant Henry seemed to see bundles of banknotes falling from the sky to his home, so it was no wonder that he was so enthusiastically looking forward to Yin Jun's arrival.
"Mr. Yin, show me the manuscript!"
After welcoming them to his office and sitting down, Kant Henry rubbed his hands together and said impatiently.
Yin Jun smiled and took the big backpack from Miao Weimin's hand and put the three manuscripts on the table, "Are you sure you can give an answer now?"
"I'll have to read them tonight without sleeping!" Kant Henry snatched the manuscript into his hand, and gently picked up a copy, his eyes touching it, and he was stunned.
World of Warcraft Volume 1?
Take a second manuscript with the first volume of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Boy!
Or is it a long story!?
Only the third manuscript is ordinary, and it also has a very common name written on it.
Forrest Gump.
The three manuscripts are thick and thin.
The thinnest is "Forrest Gump", which is about the thickness of two ordinary books - this is a draft, and if it is printed normally, it will be about the thickness of an ordinary book.
The first volume of World of Warcraft is as thick as three books, which is nothing.
The most exaggerated thing is that the first volume of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is as thick as five books, and this volume of "Game of Thrones" is not over yet!?
"Mr. Yin, are you going to challenge some long stories this time?" asked Kant Henry with a deep groan.
"Yes. Yin Jun said, "World of Warcraft is expected to have 5 volumes, and "A Song of Ice and Fire" has 7 volumes. It is expected to be completed within 10 years. ”
Of course, it doesn't take ten years for the teenager to finish writing, in fact, he is halfway through "World of Warcraft", "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Game of Thrones" and "Clash of Kings" are almost finished, and it is expected that even if he is busy, this time next year, it will almost be time to finish the manuscript.
"World of Warcraft" Yin Jun is in accordance with some official information, as well as the entire framework, the story written by himself, whether it looks good or not, first of all, this huge world view and structure is enough to make people amazing.
"A Song of Ice and Fire", of course, Yin Jun is not as well written as George Martin, what he can do is to describe the story he saw, as for the excitement, it is definitely not as good as the original.
But so what?
Yin Jun doesn't make money from novels, all he wants is game copyrights and film and television copyrights.
It was a surprise that the book sold well, but it didn't sell well, and Yin Jun didn't suffer at all.
"Wouldn't it be too risky for such a long novel?" suggested Kant Henry, "I think the previous Jurassic Park and Da Vinci Code models are pretty good, so why not chase after it?"
Because as long as there are these two novels, the copyrights of some of the works derived from them have been steadily obtained, and I am not afraid that others will rob me.
The most important thing for me now is to confirm my various copyright rights to these novels through publishing, not what is a bestseller.
Yin Jun thought so in his heart, but his mouth replied to another thing, "Writing books is my hobby, not my profession. So I wrote whatever I thought about. As you know, inspiration comes, and it doesn't matter what kind of fiction genre it is. ”
"But...... This involves tens of millions of dollars in income!" Kant Henry said in surprise, "Mr. Yin, don't you love money?"
In the eyes of foreigners, it is not a shameful thing to talk about money at all.
Money is the best measure to prove yourself, and it is also a good thing that can bring countless benefits to yourself, why can't you talk about it openly?
Yin Jun smiled, "I like money, so this time, I brought my housekeeper over." ”
Yin Jun pointed at Ding Linxiang, "She will replace me and be responsible for negotiating with you on issues such as royalties for new books." Also, please do me a favor, didn't you call before saying that many booksellers in Europe, South America, and Asia are trying to contact me and get the right to publish? Kant you can call them now and say that right here, my agent, will negotiate with them. ”
"Oh, no!" Kant-Henry suddenly had exaggerated sadness on his face, "Mr. Yin, I thought we were friends, we just had to discuss it well, and there was no need to find outsiders." ”
"She's not an outsider, she's my assistant. And between friends, friendship and money should also be separated. Yin Jun said in a harmonious voice.
For Americans, Yin Jun knows very well.
Since 1840, the Chinese seem to have had their backbones broken, and there has been a morbid worship of foreigners, especially those in Europe and the United States.
As long as it's a foreigner, it's good.
To get a compliment from a foreigner is even happier than winning the lottery.
After reform, reform, and liberalization, and the introduction of foreign capital on a large scale, European and American businessmen also quickly grasped this mentality of the Chinese people, and if they praised and said a few more good words in the negotiations, the Chinese negotiators would make a lot of concessions, so that European and American businessmen could easily obtain a large number of benefits, which was simply unprecedented in the commercial negotiations between Europe and the United States.
Therefore, for these words of Kant-Henry, Yin Jun only did not hear them.
This guy took a big advantage and made a lot of money before, and now he wants to make persistent efforts to encroach on Yin Jun's interests again, but it is impossible!
If Yin Jun didn't have much interest in book publishing, and he was the same as before, he didn't want to be in the limelight before he became stronger, "World of Warcraft", "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Forrest Gump" would definitely not fall into his hands.
AFTER ALL, JUN IS NOT A NEWCOMER NOW, BUT A HOT WRITER WHO HAS MADE IT TO THE TOP 15 OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST FOR BOTH BOOKS.
As long as Yin Jun releases the news, the publishing house must not flock to it?