House Dad’s Literary Life Chapter 76: Sahara Online Bookstore? (4/4, for the rudder master “Ninth Century Y Reincarnation” plus more)
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Murphy sent away, but Yang Yi welcomed a new guest the next day.
The deputy manager of the copyright department and the managers of several publishing houses accompanied by him came to Yang Yi ’s coffee shop. This time, Yang Yi didn't ask them to drink the best coffee anymore. Like his collection of Blue Mountain and Mantingen, they were collected. The simple mocha was exchanged for milk and sugar cubes.
Obviously, flattering ingredients are great!
Yang Yi smiled and said nothing, but she was secretly glad.
When it comes to negotiations, Yang Yi is not a good player, and his best helper Guo Ziyi, although this little fat man has finished the college entrance examination, he smiled and gave Yang Yi a phone call, followed his classmates to graduate After swimming, you can't count on it.
However, although Yang Yi does not understand negotiation, he has brought a magical skill from his previous life-pretend! And what to pretend to be, at the beginning of the negotiation, he put on a confident look and asked several publishers to show him the conditions they had prepared in a dark label.
"I hope all of us can be honest, and I will choose the final publishing house according to your conditions, and then conduct detailed discussions, so as not to waste everyone's time!" Yang Yi finally said with a smile.
The managers of the publishing house looked at each other, and they met the author who made such a card for the first time!
"Manager Huang, is this a problem?" One of the managers couldn't help but ask the person who started the book.
"I don't think so!" another manager echoed.
Starting from the Deputy Manager Huang of the copyright department, he shook his head bitterly. He said: "I think OK ... cough, that's the case, because we have negotiated with Mr. Yang Yi on the issue of physical publishing copyright transactions. He reserves the right to make the final decision, so let's talk according to Mr. Yang Yi's request ... "
"You can think about it, if you don't want to participate in this bid, it doesn't matter, we can't make a deal, the friendship is still there!" Yang Yi is also a relaxed look.
He does not know what conditions the other party can give, but Yang Yi believes that his book, whether it is "Soldier Assault" or "Sword", as long as it is out of the entity, it will definitely sell well!
This was tested by the market in previous life!
In the era of rampant piracy, the "Sword" published in the new century can still sell more than 400,000 copies in six or seven years, showing how high its value!
In this world of strong copyright awareness, Yang Yi has been able to foresee the prospect that his two so-called "Internet novels" will leapfrog the sales of physical books.
So you have the confidence to negotiate, and you are not afraid to lift the table!
Sure enough, after the managers of several publishing houses looked at each other, the manager who called the most joyfully picked up the paper and pen first, and the others swarmed up and almost scrambled.
No need to say more about this dark label selection process. In the end, Yang Yi picked up an envelope, like a stock exchange broker, and said aloud: "Sahara Press, Mr. Lu, congratulations, we can further detail Talked! "
A thin, messy-haired man stood up in surprise. He raised his hand and said, "I, I am Mr. Lu!"
But Yang Yi's choice caused an uproar in the audience, including Deputy Manager Huang, which was first read, also surprised.
"Are there any mistakes?" The manager who called the most joyously jumped out again, and he exclaimed angrily, "What conditions does the Sahara give you? I don't believe it, just like their small publishing Press, the conditions for opening can be better than those of our big publishing houses! "
"This, I am sorry, it is not convenient to disclose to you." Yang Yi refused with a smile.
Deputy Manager Huang could not help standing up, he said: "Mr. Yang Yi, although I am not suitable to intervene at this time, should you think about it again? In terms of scale, the Sahara is indeed smaller than the other three Even if the conditions given to you are better now, in the long run, it is difficult to compare the benefits it has allocated to you with the other three! "
"Yes, this is too short-sighted!" The other three managers all echoed.
The thin Mr. Lu actually saw no hope for the other three competitors, but now he was chosen. He seemed as happy as winning the prize!
But now Deputy Manager Huang and others say that, he is nervous again, afraid that the duck in his mouth will fly again, he quickly said: "Although our publishing house is not large, we are sincere , Mr. Yang, we can talk about the conditions just written! "
Yang Yi raised her hand to calm them down. He said lightly: "Actually, the reason why I chose Sahara is not only the conditions they gave are sincere, but also an important factor is that they It has the advantages that the other three do not have. "
At this point, everyone is so mad, isn't it that Sahara is smaller than the other three?
"What?" the one who called the most joyfully couldn't help but ask.
"Sahara has more channels for selling physical books than everyone else," Yang Yi said lightly.
Actually, Yang Yi is not calm, because the online shopping model in this world has only appeared a little sign, and there is no big website like Taobao in the past.
And Sahara Press ’s prospects surprised Yang Yi somewhat. Their boss set up a website that sells physical books online. Readers can pay for the book by registered mail or bank transfer, and then send the book to the library to send it to reader.
This model is very similar to Yang Yi ’s earliest preeminent excellence, 99 and Dangdang!
It can be said that it is the prototype of the online bookstore!
"What's the difference between this and online novels? Haha, such online sales can't sell a few books a month, and readers have to bother to mail book fees. It's not as good as ours. Our home is a few far away and China Large chain-bookstore is related ... "Some people still stay in the old thinking mode, they laugh at Yang Yi's choice.
But Yang Yi's choice has not changed, he calmly said sorry to the other party.
Finally, only Yang Yi and Mr. Lu were left in the coffee shop. The others left the court indignantly, and even Deputy Manager Huang smiled bitterly, arched his hand towards Yang Yi, and then caught up.
Deputy Manager Huang thinks that the profit of Yang Yi ’s physical sales of books is harmless, but he has to deal with these publishers. After all, online literature is still only a weak party. The publisher has a lot of resources. Many need to cooperate with each other!
"So, we ..." Mr. Lu with his messy hair was a little embarrassed, and he didn't dare to move Yang Yi to give him the new coffee he said nervously.
"So let's talk about it, I will give you a publishing house, what conditions are needed?" Yang Yi waved her hand and smiled slightly.
This momentum suddenly scared Mr. Lu silly.
I do n’t know how Mr. Lu would feel if Yang Yi ’s deposit is actually less than a few hundred thousand, but he still wants to be a shareholder in such a domineering publishing house ...