Rebirth of Siheyuan, starting in the 1980s

Chapter 104 Income breaks through !

In fact, strictly speaking, it's only the end of March, and it shouldn't be this time to settle the remuneration. It should be in April, and the remuneration should be settled before mid-April.

However, Cao Zhiqiang's situation is special. He is an author who is currently valued by Writers Publishing House, and he is also the only author who pays royalties.

Moreover, he is now famous, he was robbed just now, and he cooperated with the police to catch the robber. His deeds were published in the newspapers, and he is a recent hot news figure, so he is not easy to offend.

What's more, when someone comes to ask for the manuscript fee, it is also a legitimate request. If you push it repeatedly, it will cause a bad reputation if it spreads.

As a result, as soon as Cao Zhiqiang went to talk about this matter, the publishing house quickly summoned an accountant to calculate the manuscript fee for him in the fastest time.

It doesn't matter, the calculation shocked everyone.

Without him, it is too high.

Since Cao Zhiqiang's cooperation with the publishing house is in the form of royalties, Cao Zhiqiang's remuneration mainly depends on the circulation.

The higher the circulation, the higher Cao Zhiqiang's income.

Although the royalty rate is only %, and the price is only yuan, I can't stand the popularity of that poetry collection.

Especially a few days ago, Cao Zhiqiang's robbery was on the news, and the newspaper publicized it, which in a disguised way enhanced the reputation of the poet Qiangzi, and promoted the sales of the poetry collection "The Farthest Distance in the World".

This time, it is actually the second edition, because the 20 copies of the first edition have already been sold out, and the manuscript fee was also given to Cao Zhiqiang in advance.

The reason why Cao Zhiqiang was so rich later, and the reason why he was able to frame Wei Dajun successfully, was all thanks to that money.

The printing quantity of the second edition of the publishing house is 100 million copies, which is terrifying.

Although many people in the market like Qiangzi’s poems, and the first edition of 20 volumes of poetry anthology sold out in only half a month, but a book of 100 million volumes suddenly appeared, and it is not easy to sell out quickly .

Normally, for a very popular book, if there are 100 million copies, it will take a month or two to sell out.

However, a few days ago, the incident of Qiangzi's being robbed was published in the newspapers one after another, and it also aroused all kinds of discussions about it.

There are discussions about social security, as well as discussions about whether individual manuscript fees are too high, whether they are unequal, and so on.

As long as Cao Zhiqiang was robbed, the important amount of 1 yuan must be mentioned. Whenever 1 yuan is mentioned, the poet Qiangzi must be mentioned. Whenever Qiangzi is mentioned, his poems must be mentioned. And of course his book of poems.

Now it’s all right. Originally, those who liked that poetry collection were mostly literary youths, and strictly speaking, they could only be considered a small group of people.

After all, there are not many educated youths in this period. People who like poetry are basically that group, and ordinary people generally don't play with those things.

However, as soon as the news papers are published, when everyone finds out that a poet, who wrote a few poems and published a collection of poems, was robbed of 1 yuan in the street, and it is even said that this is only a small part, it is different. up.

During this period, ten thousand yuan households were synonymous with big money.

A young poet wrote a few poems, published a collection of poems, and earned several million yuan, which aroused everyone's curiosity.

So, now, not only literary youths who like poetry, but also many ordinary people are going to buy and read a collection of poems. What kind of magic power can make a young man become million households.

As a result, within half a month, 100 million copies were sold out, once again breaking the publishing record of the writer's publishing house.

For this reason, the Writer's Publishing House was ecstatic, and the printing of the third edition has begun.

It is said that this time, the writer's press will print 500 million copies, which is simply crazy.

The first book of a young new writer, the first collection of poems, actually had to print 500 million copies in three editions. This has never happened, at least for writers’ publishing houses, it has never happened.

Regarding this, Cao Zhiqiang was also a little helpless. After all, the copyright was in his hands, and he had bought out the copyright for five years. During this period, of course he could print whatever he wanted, and make money as he wanted. As the original author, he has a bit of a temper None, not at all.

Fortunately, at the beginning, Cao Zhiqiang was striving for a sharing model, and what he wanted was royalties.

If he bought out the remuneration, that is, the remuneration for a thousand words, he would lose a lot.

So this time, even if the royalty rate is only %, Cao Zhiqiang's income is quite considerable.

The 100 million copies of the second edition were sold out, and Cao Zhiqiang's remuneration was as high as 48 yuan!
48, this amount is nothing in the 21st century, it is only the cost of a car.

But in , this was a rather scary figure.

In addition to the remaining money spent before, Cao Zhiqiang's personal property broke through the 50 mark in one fell swoop, and he became a real rich man.

Of course, there is still some way to go before the million mark, but according to this momentum, I am afraid it will not be long.

If nothing else, just talk about his collection of poems.

If the 500 million copies of the third edition can be sold out again.

No, it doesn't need to be sold out, even if it only sells 300 million copies, he can easily enter the million-dollar club and become a millionaire.

However, Cao Zhiqiang personally feels that the sale of the third edition may be difficult to cause the situation of the previous two times.

The reason is simple. Although poets are very noble at this time, poetry is a niche product after all.

The previous two editions, with more than 120 million copies, have almost exhausted their popularity. Even if the popularity of this book is higher after that, don’t forget, there is still a pirated edition.

In fact, during the second edition, there were pirated books on the market, but the quality of the pirated books was too poor. At first glance, they looked like printed products of small workshops, and the price was not too cheap, so it did not affect the sales of genuine books.

However, Cao Zhiqiang is now completely famous, at least Qiangzi's pen name is really famous.

Correspondingly, the collection of poems "The Farthest Distance in the World" has already become famous. At that time, many printing houses will secretly play pirated copies in order to earn extra money.

The capital can be better, at the feet of the emperor, but if it is outside the city, I am afraid that piracy cannot be stopped.

When the big printing houses start to print pirated goods, I am afraid that the original books will suffer a huge impact.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang now understands a little bit.

Today's book publishing is the same as the release of movies in later generations, the first edition is the most profitable.

In other words, there needs to be a time difference. The first printed edition basically determines more than % of your income from this book.

And it's best not to exceed three months. If it exceeds three months, piracy will start to run rampant.

If it is a hit book, it is best not to exceed two months, because after two months, piracy will also follow.

Don't say that most of the current domestic printing factories are state-owned enterprises, they have no motivation and so on.

The problem is that there are still many unruly printing houses in the south, especially in Shenzhen, and they are now the main force of piracy.

The so-called three-month and one-month piracy buffer time basically refers to the reaction time of these southern printing factories.

In addition to the first time, there are also some small private workshops. They are also one of the pirates, but they have not yet formed a climate.

Therefore, it is quite rare for a collection of poems like Cao Zhiqiang to sell out the second edition after the first edition.

This is mainly because the first edition was printed in too few copies and sold out too quickly, so that the second edition of the genuine book was released before the pirated books from all over the world could react.

What's more, the price of the original book is not high, only eight yuan, and the poetry anthology itself has a certain particularity, which makes the original book sell well.

However, when it came to the second edition, pirated books still appeared, and they still appeared in the capital.

Pirated books can appear in the capital, and it will only be more serious in other places.

In fact, Cao Zhiqiang has already regretted a little, regretting that he gave too many poems at the beginning.

Fifty poems, this collection of poems is full of sincerity.

In particular, when Cao Zhiqiang discovered that the collections of poems by well-known poets on the market, each with only a dozen poems, were priced similarly to his books, he regretted it even more.

Of course, the poetry collections of those poets are not based on the royalty system, but on the buyout system, that is, how much is a thousand words, so in terms of income alone, it is definitely not comparable to Cao Zhiqiang.

But it doesn't matter, his pen name is already famous, and his word of mouth has spread. If he writes new poems under Qiang Zi's pen name in the future, he can publish them one by one, and continue to harvest leeks one by one.

There are also martial arts novels, which can also be published under the pseudonym Qiangzi.

As for whether the price of poets writing novels will drop, he doesn't care, making money comes first.

Of course, Cao Zhiqiang did not want to cooperate with other publishers.

His purpose is to publish his own works in his own publishing house after opening his own publishing house.

At that time, the publishing house will have the final say, and it will decide how to pay for the manuscript, so it will not make a lot of money.

It is precisely because of this that after Cao Zhiqiang received the check for the manuscript fee, he went to find the editor Yu Deli of the Poetry Magazine alone to have a meal with him.

Not for anything else, just to have a good talk with him at the dinner table about starting a publishing house.

(End of this chapter)