The days of retirement with the singing queen

Chapter 90 First Print Share and Subsequent Shares

After hanging up the phone, Lu Anzhi sat at the table, turned on the computer, and stared blankly at the computer screen.

Because he had been traveling abroad before, although his writing speed was not slow, it was not fast for him. At least not as fast as now.

Now, "Dragon III" has just been released not long ago, and "The Little Prince" and "First Close Encounter" as well as many short fairy tales have been submitted. Now that he has some free time, he doesn't know what to do anymore.

After logging into Qiuqiu, Lu Anzhi received a message from Kuku: Mr. B, I have been busy these two days and have not bothered to review the manuscript. I have finished reviewing the manuscript today.

Kuku: After reading "The Little Prince" and other short fairy tales, I thought you had changed your gender. I really thought too much!

Kuku: "First Intimate Contact" is very well written. But it will have to wait. Otherwise, it will seize the sales of "Dragons 3".

Kuku: The share of the first two million units printed has been settled. The finance department said they have paid you 21,312,000. You can confirm it later. I also sent you the details.

Followed by a file sent offline is the details of the royalties for the first printing.

Nothing else was said after that.

From Kuku's brief words and business-like tone this time, Lu Anzhi could tell that this guy was affected by the death of Qingwu Feiyang in "First Intimate Contact".

When I write a book and submit it myself, every time I work hard, the editor is the first one to get stabbed, which is quite miserable.

Lu Anzhi sighed. He looked at his mobile phone on the table, and couldn't help but miss the smart era of his previous life.

In the past life, I could check my bills directly through the bank's mobile APP. Unlike now, if I want to check the deposits in my bank card, I have to go to the bank.

More than 21 million yuan, this is the first time he has received such a large amount of royalties at once.

Mainly because "Dragon 3" was released three times at a time, and two million copies were first printed at one time, all of which were sold out, which led to such results.

Without the foreshadowing of "The Legend" and "The Legend of Wukong" as well as the first two parts of "Dragon", "Dragon III" would not be as popular as it is now.

With the foreshadowing of so many works, as well as the bonus of the series of works, Maple Tree made some estimates and dared to directly print two million copies of "Dragon Tribe III".

"Dragon Tribe III" is priced at 60 yuan per set, 20 yuan per volume. For each set of two million first prints sold, Lu Anzhi will receive a 20% or 12 yuan share, which amounts to a total of 24 million.

But this was only pre-tax income. After Maple Tree paid the taxes on his behalf, only 21,310,200 was left in his bank card.

The specific royalty algorithm is relatively complicated. He calculated it himself once or twice, but then he was too lazy to calculate it. Anyway, Kuku is pretty reliable and will send him details every time. Checking is never a problem.

He suddenly had the urge to show off to Zhang Suxin, but in the end he endured it.

After all, Zhang Suxin was once a little queen of the music industry. Her two albums were sold for who knows how much, and she is also someone who has seen the world. If you make such a small amount of money yourself, you may not be in the eyes of others.

Forget it, I’d better stop fussing and wait until I see how much my final income is.

There will be subsequent income from this set of novels, but the subsequent share will not be 20% of the first printing, but only 10%.

After all, publishing houses also want to make money. They all invest in early-stage publicity and operations, publishing and printing, and they cannot blindly give profits to writers.

Lu Anzhi now gets 20% of the first printing and 10% of subsequent prints, which is already considered a top best-selling author. Moreover, he still retains other copyrights, so he can make another fortune.

Furthermore, even if he gets a 10% follow-up share, he can still get a lot. Up to now, he can still get a lot of money every month from "The Legend of Saint", "The Legend of Wukong" and the first two "Dragon".

While staring at the screen, Lu Anzhi suddenly saw Kuku and sent another message: Boss B, you are online!

Lu Anzhi replied: Yes, it’s online.

He was buying a car this morning and was at the park in the afternoon. He was out all day and didn't look at his phone much. Therefore, Qiuqiu hanging on the phone also automatically entered the invisible state.

At this time, I logged into the computer and received the document sent by Kuku, which attracted Kuku's attention.

However, Kuku was still lacking in interest. After Baopao said hello to Lu Anzhi, he was silent for a while, and then he sent a message:

Mr. B, I have read "First Intimate Contact" and it is as good as ever. I don't need to modify it at all. I just want to see if there are any typos. The publication of this book and "The Little Prince" will be postponed, I think I have already said.

Lu Anzhi replied: I mentioned "First Intimate Contact" but not "The Little Prince".

Kuku: Well, I forgot.

Kuku: There is one more thing I forgot to mention, about "The Little Prince". We have several overseas publishing companies under the maple tree, covering several languages, and we have a novel exchange event. The editor-in-chief held a meeting to make preliminary plans. "The Little Prince" may be translated into multiple languages and released overseas.

Lu Anzhi asked: How to calculate the royalties?

Kuku: If a deal can be negotiated, the best result would be a 15% share of the first printing of overseas publications and a further 5% share. This is the highest share ever received by a domestic writer, and it is also the top situation for foreign best-selling writers.

Lu Anzhi sent a message: Try to get 20% of the follow-up for me, just say that I will not sell it if it is less than 20%.

"The Little Prince", which was a global bestseller in its previous life, is worth the asking price.

Moreover, I am well-known domestically for writing novels, but not well-known abroad. First printing sales, generally speaking, are not too many. Twenty percent of the revenue from the first printing will be discounted.

What can really be earned is the subsequent share.

He has really made up his mind not to sell any subsequent share of less than 20%. If the overseas cooperative companies under the maple tree are not unified, at worst, I will suppress overseas publishing. I am not short of money, so I am not in a hurry.

Kuku had no objection to Lu Anzhi's request and readily agreed: Okay.

After a while, she suddenly spoke to Qiuqiu again: Master B.

Lu Anzhi asked: What's wrong?

Kuku: Can we stop writing about tragedies in the future? I'm old and my heart can't stand it.

Lu Anzhi:......

Lu Anzhi: How old are you!

Kuku: I’ll read your book to see if it’s old.

Lu Anzhi:......

Lu Anzhi, who was sitting in front of the computer screen, thought about it and created a new novel document.

Then he renamed the new novel document. The new name of this document is: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

After changing the name, he sent a screenshot of the document to Qiuqiu and said to Kuku: This time it is not a tragedy.

Kuku: So fast? !