Dave was shocked by Kim Hyun-tae's prolific performance, but he also had to put his mind away and read the manuscript of this fairy tale to see if it could be published and profitable.

Kim Hyun-tae's "A Song of Ice and Fire" and the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings" just given to him are both good, and they are works that can be published and sold well, but these two novels are both magical works, and it seems that Kim Hyun-tae is still very skilled in writing novels with magical themes.

But now he actually crossed over and made a fairy tale, which is simply crazy.

At least, that's what it looks like to Dave.

You say that you should write your magic novels well, why write any fairy tales, this is simply a waste of your own brain cells, a waste of your own time.

But you still have to take a closer look, or else...... Well, it seems to be well written, but it's all a very novel story.

Dave, who had been thinking in his heart, suddenly extinguished those careful thoughts after looking through the manuscript and became concentrated.

Kim Hyun Tae smiled when he saw Dave's expression, he clearly knew that Dave was attracted to the story.

Dave's mind kept flashing images of his childhood, and the stories his mother had told him.

As a native of this time and space, Dave certainly understands the fairy tales of this world, and even he himself was affected by those strange stories throughout his childhood and left a big shadow.

He clearly remembered that he was very naughty when he was a child, and as soon as he was naughty, his mother would scare himself with the story of 'a wild boar monster that eats children', and his mother also focused on describing the whole process of how the disobedient child was eaten by the boar monster.

Even now that I think about it, Dave shuddered.

But in all of Kim Hyun-tae's fairy tales, you don't see anything like that, and there is no depiction of blood.

And each story also has some metaphors and teachings in it, and it is also easy to understand.

This fairy tale is not only for children, but also for adults.

Even when Dave looked through the manuscript, he found that each story was accompanied by some hand-drawn drawings, which, according to the description of the scene in the painting, clearly echoed the current story.

There are not only words, but also pictures, Kim Hyun-tae, a young man, is really a genius!

Dave was almost certain that if such a fairy tale didn't sell well, he could cut off his own head.

"Very good fairy tales, these are all things you came up with yourself?"

Dave sat up straight, gently placed the manuscript on the coffee table in front of him, and asked as usual.

In fact, this question is just to confirm that the guarantee is created by Kim Hyun Tae himself, and Kim Hyun Tae himself needs to have a verbal guarantee.

In fact, Dave's doing this is simply superfluous, because in this time and space, the fairy tale that Kim Hyun Tae 'created' never exists at all, so Dave doesn't have to worry about going wrong.

But Dave doesn't know about these, that's why he asked.

Although his face was a little hot, Kim Hyun-tae nodded and responded: "Yes, it is all created by me independently, and there will be absolutely no copyright problems." So Mr. Dave, this fairy tale ......"

Kim Hyun-tae admits that he 'created' it independently, but he is very shy in his heart, because he knows very well that this is a fairy tale that he pirated and is not a work he created independently at all.

But as long as he doesn't say it, no one will know about it, right, besides, he has brought the work of another plane to this plane, and he is the only one in the world who can do this.

Therefore, he said that he 'created' independently, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"It can be published, I don't think the sales will be too bad, this fairy tale of yours is not only for children to read, but also for adults to read without any problems, it can be said to be a work suitable for all ages. ”

Dave told the truth and didn't hide anything.

Hearing Dave say this, Kim Hyun Tae knew about the fairy tale, and basically had a settlement, and he didn't have to worry about anything.

Originally, Kim Hyun-tae was worried that in this parallel time and space, his pirated version of this fairy tale would be unadaptable, but now it seems that his worries are superfluous.

Good things, good things everywhere.

"Then this fairy tale, as well as the first volume of "The Lord of the Rings", I will hand it all over to the publishing house to publish and sell, this time publishing two books, but it is really troublesome for you. ”

Kim Hyun-tae was very polite.

Dave waved his hand: "Don't say such polite words, it's just publishing two books at the same time, it's not a big deal." For us publishers, it's not even a big deal. ”

Indeed, for a large bookseller like California Cultural Press, it is not difficult to publish two novels at the same time.

It is not impossible to publish even dozens of novels at the same time.

Now that Kim Hyun-tae can hand over "The Lord of the Rings" and "William's Fairy Tales" to the publishing house, and Dave is willing to publish them as an agent, the next thing is much simpler.

After reading the draft contract, Kim Hyun-tae had no opinion, and then both parties found a lawyer and successfully signed a formal publication sharing agreement.

When everything is done, what Kim Hyun-tae has to do is to go home and stay or continue his piracy business, and then get the money when the time comes.

Look, how easy it is.

The publishing agreement was still based on the contract for A Song of Ice and Fire, with the California publishing house only taking the English versions of The Lord of the Rings and William's Fairy Tales, and the U.S. sales agency for the publication of paper books.

The remaining rights and interests, such as film and television adaptations, animation and comic adaptations, foreign language publications, etc., are still in the hands of Kim Hyun Tae himself, and it can be said that the agreement is very generous.

Even, the share given to Kim Hyun Tae has been increased to 20%.

Kim Hyun-tae is very satisfied with all this, and it is impossible to find fault with anything dissatisfied.

The sharing agreement contract he signed is much better than that of 99% of the authors, and the treatment he enjoys is even more special.

Therefore, he can find fault with what.

"I'm going to print the manuscript as soon as I can, put it on the shelves in a short period of time, and all within a week, so you can get your first payment before Christmas Eve. ”

After the contract was signed, Dave patted Kim Hyun Tae and promised that he would use the fastest speed to get the sale of "The Lord of the Rings" and "William's Fairy Tales", so that Kim Hyun Tae could get the money in a short period of time as much as possible.

For Dave's assurance, Kim Hyun Tae is still trustworthy.

After all, under the publishing house, there is its own printing house, and Dave can start printing with a phone call here.

"By the way, there's one more thing I almost forgot to tell you, you're now on the 2015 list of best-selling authors of American fiction, which is very low, but it also shows that your A Song of Ice and Fire has a good sales prospect. ”

The best-selling author list of American novels?

As Kim Hyun Tae was about to say goodbye and leave, Dave suddenly raised his hand and patted his forehead, telling Kim Hyun Tae something he had almost forgotten.

Seriously, if Dave hadn't told him, Kim Hyun Tae himself really wouldn't have known that he had actually entered this list.

It's not clear what this list does, but it looks like it's powerful when you hear Dave.

"Oh, really?"

Because he didn't know about this list, Kim Hyun-tae's reaction was a little light.

"Oops, you guy, why are you reacting like this? Seeing Kim Hyun-tae's faint reaction, Dave looked crying and laughing, raised his hand and nodded at him.

"I guess you don't know what this list is, do you?" Dave asked.

Kim Hyun-tae nodded, saying that he really didn't know about the list.

In the end, Dave had to explain a little to Kim Hyun Tae, which made Kim Hyun Tae clearly understand how influential this list is.

The best-selling novel sales list in the United States, as the name suggests, are all novels that sold very well that year.

But it doesn't mean that if the sales reach a certain number, then you can be on the list, but you need to be carefully selected by the novel reviewers, and some of the novels with the most storytelling and the best content can be on the list with the most demanding critical eye.

Therefore, this has led to some novels that are big sellers, but have a hard story and not very good content, and they have no chance of being on this list at all.

But one consequence of this also leads to the fact that every novel on the list will sell very well in the later stage because of this guarantee.

Basically, whether the novel is good or not, whether the future sales potential is great, whether it can be on the sales list or not can be clearly explained.

So Kim Hyun-tae's "A Song of Ice and Fire" made the list, even if it didn't rank high, but it was enough to make Dave happy.

At least this shows that the future sales potential of "A Song of Ice and Fire" is not bad, and it can continue to sell well.

Besides, Kim Hyun-tae's "A Song of Ice and Fire" went on sale in September, and it has only been less than two months since it went on sale.

In less than two months, it was selected into the 2015 National Novel Bestseller List, which is also a great honor.

If "A Song of Ice and Fire" continues to sell well, it will not be difficult to break into a higher position on the best-selling list next year.

But in any case, in the United States in this time and space, there is no one who writes novels who does not want their novels to be on this best-selling list.

In addition to bringing yourself fame, you can also have a predictable guarantee of your income.

Since none of the novels on the best-selling list have failed to sell well, many people have used this list as a litmus test.

After listening to Dave's explanation, Kim Hyun-tae also understood what there was to care about in this best-selling list of American novels.