The King of Crossover Entertainment.

Chapter 98 0098, Suffering a loss is a blessing

Not to mention Dong Jie and Guo Chuan, Zheng Rong was also surprised at the age of the cross-border king. Although he had judged from his voice over the phone that he was not very old, he did not expect that he would be a boy of only eighteen or nineteen years old.

You should know that the five novels "Zhu Xian", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Cat's Eye", "Diao Ren" and "The Legend of Sun Wukong" are all top works in their respective categories.

Zheng Rong has come into contact with many authors of traditional novels and online novels over the years.

In his opinion, for someone so young to write five classic works in less than half a year, the probability of this happening is too slim and hard to imagine even for a novelist with many years of writing experience.

However, how can mortals understand the world of genius?

As for Yunfeng, he has long been accustomed to people being surprised at his age and is no longer surprised.

After chatting politely with Zheng Rong for a few words, he got straight to the point: "I took the liberty of coming to see Editor-in-Chief Zheng to ask if your magazine has the ability to publish books."

Zheng Rong answered without hesitation: "Yes, our magazine has all these resources, such as applying for book numbers, printing factories, promotion agents, sales channels, etc."

He couldn't help but get excited. No way, could it be...

Yunfeng nodded and asked, "I want to cooperate with your magazine."

Zheng Rong tried his best to control himself and not show his inner emotions. He said calmly, "Is it about the publication of your novel?"

Yunfeng replied: "Yes."

Zheng Rong continued, "Do you want to authorize our magazine to publish your novel?"

Yunfeng smiled and threw out four words: "Exclusive publication."

Zheng Rong's eyes lit up. Judging from the current sales of their monthly novels, the book publishing of the crossover superstar's novels would be very promising, not to mention exclusive publication. However... his eyes dimmed again immediately.

The money in their magazine's account now is not enough to buy the book copyright for exclusive publication, let alone pay the royalties for authorization. What's more, they still owe the printing factory several large bills.

Zheng Rong became distressed. If this thing could be accomplished, their magazine would be able to make a comeback.

Yun Feng was slightly startled when he saw that he had no reaction, and said, "Editor-in-Chief Zheng doesn't seem to be interested in this matter."

“No, no, no.” Zheng Rong hurriedly explained: “In fact, our magazine has always wanted to publish your novel, but…”

At this point, he sighed softly and said, "To be honest, the magazine's funding chain has had some problems recently, so we are powerless."

No wonder their magazine chose this place as its office, it turned out there was a problem with the funding chain.

Yunfeng smiled and said, "I plan to publish it at my own expense."

"At your own expense?" Zheng Rong's eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked, "So what do you mean by cooperation?"

Yunfeng said bluntly: "Your magazine only needs to provide resources and take a commission of one point of sales."

Jung Rong fell into deep thought.

Dong Jie and Guo Chuan, who were sitting at their respective desks, could hear the conversation between the two. After all, the place was so small and there was no such thing as an independent office.

Dong Jie sent a WeChat message to Guo Chuan at this time: "Brother Guo, according to the meaning of the cross-border king, our magazine company has become a sales company, right?"

After reading it, Guo Chuan replied: "No, it's more like a book publishing agent. But, I personally think it can be done. As you can see, since our magazine started serializing the crossover kings "Cat's Eye" and "Dart Man", the sales in the past month have exceeded the total sales of our magazine before."

Dong Jie thought about it and it seemed to be the case. She then asked, "But isn't the commission of one point of sales a little low?"

Guo Chuan smiled and replied: "This is not something we should consider."

After considering it, Zheng Rong said to Yunfeng: "Although our magazine is not large in scale, we have a full range of domestic and foreign resources. The commission of one point of sales is a little less."

Yunfeng didn't think so. He said, "For your magazine, there is no risk. On the contrary, I bear all the expenses and all the risks. If the sales are not good, I will suffer the loss. Moreover, the profit margin of a sales commission of one point should be at least greater than 10%. You are in this business, so you should know how much profit there is better than me."

This is the truth, but it is impossible for the sales to be poor.

But Jung Rong understood that the cross-border king did not want to give up his interests.

He is a businessman and the first thing he has to consider is profit.

But he is also a grateful person. It was the cross-border superstars "Cat's Eye" and "Diao Ren" that pulled their half-dead magazine ashore.

There is an old saying: Suffering a loss is a blessing.

Yunfeng was waiting patiently.

For a moment, the small warehouse was unusually quiet. Even Dong Jie and Guo Chuan stopped their work and stopped typing on the keyboard and clicking the mouse, for fear of making any noise to disturb them.

After thinking for a while, Zheng Rong relaxed his brows, smiled slightly, and said to Yunfeng: "Happy cooperation." Yunfeng said sincerely: "Happy cooperation."

He likes talking to such straightforward people. If something is okay, it's okay. If it's not okay, it's not okay. People who are hesitant and procrastinating are the most boring.

Zheng Rong continued, "I will send you the quotation and plan tomorrow after I prepare it."

"Thank you very much." Yunfeng stood up and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. I will send the electronic contract to your email within a week."

"Okay." Zheng Rong stood up to see him off.

Overall, the two things done today went smoothly and Yunfeng felt much better.

When I returned to the dormitory, I saw Xia Dachuan and Li Junyi.

"You two won't go back to school until the last day of winter vacation." Yunfeng joked.

Li Junyi smiled and said, "Isn't it to bring you some local specialties? Look..."

As he spoke, he took out a small bundle of something wrapped in plastic wrap and said, "We have wild ginseng from Changbai Mountain in Northeast China. Seeing that you three are too weak, I'll make some water for you to drink to replenish your body."

"I'm not weak." Yunfeng pulled his clothes up, revealing the results of his training over the past six months.

"Fuck, you actually have abs!"

"One, two, three... six dollars."

“It’s not painted on, is it?”

……

Although it is not very obvious yet, the outline has been developed.

Seeing the three of them reaching out to touch him, Yunfeng put his clothes down and said, "Touch your own things."

Xia Dachuan slightly puffed his abdomen, stretched out his hand and patted it twice, saying: "Isn't it just abdominal muscles? I have them too. Is this one big enough?"

"Hahaha……"

Seeing his funny look, Yunfeng and others all laughed.

Several roommates brought back local specialties from their hometowns, except Yunfeng, so I planned to treat them out to dinner.

When this suggestion came out, Xiao Tianpeng adjusted his glasses and said a little embarrassedly: "Can I ask Weiwei to come?"

"No problem." Yunfeng said to Xia Dachuan and Li Junyi, "Have your girlfriends returned to school? If so, ask them to go with you. It will be more lively with more people."

Li Junyi replied: "I went back to Shanghai with Xiaoxiao. I'll call her and ask her."

"Feiyan should be fine. She arrived at school yesterday." Xia Dachuan paused and said, "We are all in pairs. Why don't you invite your Tang Yu to come?"

Yunfeng smiled and said, "Of course I'll call you then."

In the past, if his roommates teased him and Tang Yu, he would definitely explain, but now he basically won't say anything.

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The March breeze gently caresses my cheeks, revealing a different kind of tenderness, a bit of shyness, a bit of reserve, and a bit of mystery.

Yunfeng was not very satisfied with the price quoted by Panda Chinese Network for the copyright of the five novels, but it was within an acceptable range. The money in Yunfeng’s bank account was just enough.

Yunfeng was very satisfied with the quotation and plan given by the Novel Monthly Magazine. He saw Zheng Rong's character from it. At least he was not someone who would take kickbacks.

As for Guan Hu and other writers who boycotted his "The Legend of Sun Wukong", they have not taken any further action and "The Legend of Sun Wukong" has already been completed.

In the next half month, Yunfeng returned to campus life. Vocal practice, piano practice, composition, lyrics writing, and morning exercises were all essential items. He also played the flute occasionally, as one would become rusty if one did not practice it for too long.

On this day, Zheng Rong called and said that the first volume of "Zhu Xian", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and the complete volumes of "Cat's Eye", "Dart Man" and "The Legend of Sun Wukong" would be on sale nationwide today.

And it was done with great fanfare, with press conferences in offline bookstores across the country, promotional spots in online stores, and advertising spots at bus stops and subway stations in major cities. In short, it had all possible publicity. It had also originally planned to hold a book signing event in Shanghai, but Yunfeng refused.

Of course, all this money came from Yunfeng, which is the share of investment made by Wang Defa and Ma Siyu.

At 8:30 in the morning, just after the store opened, customers walked into the Xinhua Bookstore.

Thanks to [pLonely Wolf Kingq] for the reward of 1000 Qidian coins.

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