In the United States, Harry was stunned when he heard a beep on the phone at home.
"Sixty-five percent" Although the royalties in the American publishing industry are high, they are in the range of 20 to 60 percent, and among them, those who can get more than 45 percent of the royalties are undoubtedly a handful of people who stand at the top of the writer group.
However, no writer has ever received more than 60 percent of their royalties.
From printing to distribution, as well as the necessary publicity and advertising expenses for a book, the publisher pays more than 30% of it.
Publishing houses are not welfare cooperatives, they also want to make money, give 65 percent to the author, and then throw more than 30 percent of the cost, then what kind of money do you make, even if you can sell 100 million copies of a book, and sell 10 yuan a book, the cost can reach more than 300 million.
With an investment of 300 million yuan and earning tens of millions, this business will definitely lose money.
"Did I hear it wrong?"
Harry didn't believe what he heard, because even the author with the most selling works in the United States would not dare to make such an offer to the publisher.
Harry, who didn't believe in evil, dialed the phone again, but was rejected by Burns, who was still angry at this time, and finally Tuvalu seemed to have some improvement, and he had a chance to make a big difference, and he was almost killed by Harry.
In Tuvalu, when he, the prime minister, had the king's trust, it was Dana.
Without the king's trust, a single command could dismiss him.
Seeing that Burns didn't answer his call, Harry had to send a text message, and after a while, he got a reply.
"Sixty-five percent, you heard it right, I didn't say it wrong, I can't help you with this matter, you can figure it out yourself."
God, is this king crazy, how dare he make such an offer, although Harry is optimistic about this book, but it is impossible to agree to such an offer.
Besides, I admit that your book is good enough to even hit this year's bestseller list, but even if you can get to the top of this year's bestseller list, how can you still make the best-selling book in the United States last year, which sold only 9 million copies worldwide in one year, which has set a record in the publishing industry for nearly a decade.
The royalty share that the author of 9 million copies can get is only 50 percent, why should you ask 65 percent, can you guarantee that your book will sell 9 million copies?
In a fit of rage, Harry almost dropped his phone, but suddenly it occurred to him that he had messed up this time and was likely to lose his job.
If you don't have a job, you don't have an income, and if you don't have an income, what if you have so many bills every month You can't drop your phone, you have to spend money to buy it if you do.
Harry felt very pitiful at this time, the chief editor of the dignified Moon Publishing House, with an annual salary of nearly seven figures, couldn't even afford to drop a mobile phone.
Why is this not because I was blind at the time, I didn't look at other people's manuscripts, and even when I handed over the manuscript to my subordinates, I said more: "People who don't have any fame and status have also begun to publish books at their own expense, so they don't have anything to look at, so let's give it directly to the printing house." ” Thinking of the hatred, Harry slapped himself with a big mouth, if God could give Harry another chance, he would definitely say three words to him seriously when Li Daniu went to him with the manuscript for me to see.
Not to mention that Harry was hysterical in his own home, Li Daniu began to deal with the daily affairs of Tuvalu in a refreshed spirit, of course, there was not much to do, and most of them had already been taken care of by Burns.
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Li's task is to stamp some policy documents and make judgments on controversial matters.
Tuvalu is a small country with few people, and in five minutes, Li Daniu has dealt with all the things, and there is only one major matter that needs to be decided.
In a small conference room at the Royal Palace, several of the top officials of the Tuvalu government gathered.
"Your Majesty, New Zealand has given us a positive reply about the purchase of the Auckland Islands, and they are not willing to sell" "Unwilling" Li Daniu didn't expect to be rejected so neatly, and asked: "Isn't the Auckland Islands a burden for New Zealand, and they don't have any economic benefits, and they don't have any ability to develop, why don't they sell?"
Tuvalu's Minister of Foreign Affairs said: "Not only that, but the Auckland Islands are also a natural heritage reserve that is home to many endangered species, so they need to invest a certain amount of energy and money every year to protect them. ” "It's because of those endangered species that they refused."
Li Daniu thinks that the reason is very likely to be this, an endangered species, which sounds very strange.
"Well, most of those endangered species are ducks."
The foreign minister said with some embarrassment.
"Duck" Li Daniu was stunned for a moment, can ducks also be rated as endangered species "Yes, there are still many types of ducks, and there are several species that live on the Auckland Islands that are not found anywhere else."
"If it's a duck, not so much."
What Li Daniu means is not that ducks don't need protection when they are about to become extinct, but because ducks can't bring any benefits to New Zealand at all.
If it is replaced by an endangered creature like the panda of the Great Celestial Empire, no country will be willing to give it up, you must know that the giant panda has become the business card of the Great Celestial Empire, as for the duck, who would want to take the duck as a business card "They didn't say what the reason was, but I think it's not because of the ducks, because when I asked to buy the Auckland Islands, I made it clear to them that we would ensure that the living environment of these endangered species would not be damaged, that the number would not be reduced due to man-made reasons, and that we would even promise to take out a sum every year, which would not be weaker than the cost they had invested every year to protect Auckland's natural environment and creatures."
Burns stepped up and tactfully said that it was not a question of his negotiation style.
"Have you been able to inquire about some news through your personal connections?"
asked Li Daniu, looking at the Tuvaluan elites sitting in the room.
Burns looked at each other, although they were a few people standing at the top in Tuvalu, but compared to a country like New Zealand, which was hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than them, how could they have a personal relationship Let's just say that Burns went to New Zealand to visit New Zealand as the prime minister of Tuvalu this time, and proposed to buy such a big thing, and New Zealand just sent a diplomat from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive him, and then very politely asked Burns to go back and wait for news.
"Could it be that the first big thing I wanted to do since I took office was rejected like this, and I don't even know why I refused," Li Daniu said with some frustration, but no one is to blame, only that Tuvalu's is too low.
"Perhaps, we can try to give gifts," Burns said cautiously.
If you give a gift, you might as well just say bribery, and you dare to let the king bribe, and it is at the highest meeting in this country, so do you usually take bribes and bribes.
Li Daniu was about to be angry at Burns who said this, but suddenly reacted, this method seems to be very feasible.
However, as the head of a country, it is a bit too unscrupulous to bribe people from other countries t1706231537: