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Chapter 155 The pre-sale is a bit explosive 【Second update for subscription】

In Kaijuan Publishing Company, Lai Feiyu was sweating profusely.

"Why doesn't the boss answer the phone! For such a big matter, can we make a decision directly?" He turned his head and looked at the leisurely deputy general manager Chen Long on the office chair, "Xingzhe Culture means that we should hurry up and sign the contract , and then cooperate with Dangdang.com to open pre-sales.”

Chen Long shook his head and said, "A list of tens of millions, if you screw it up, can you be responsible?"

Due to the time constraints of Xingzhe Culture, Shen Xu did not ask for a high price from the side that opened the book, but negotiated the terms according to the publishing agreement of "Dragon Race".

The royalties are still 12%, the first printing quantity is reduced from 80 copies to 50 copies, and 50% of the manuscript fee is required to be paid in advance.

If Qin Chuan's new book is of other types, then Chen Long will definitely agree without saying a word.

But it happened to be a mystery novel, which made him a little timid!

Lai Feiyu was speechless, he is a small employee, what should he be responsible for?
At the critical moment, Lu Manqing, the boss who can pay attention, can't be contacted no matter what. All she needs is a word, and the company will run at full speed.

"But this is Qin Chuan. You see that there are so many people discussing on the Internet, and there were many fans in the past. Even if you write a mystery novel, it won't be too bad." Lai Feiyu has become Qin Chuan's number one book fan. The opportunity slipped away, and I was absolutely disappointed.

Chen Long shook his head, "I know he is Qin Chuan, but mystery novels are really a big pit. You won't forget where the biggest stumble of our Unbook Publishing Company in the 21st century is? It's mystery novels! Even if he is the king of heaven, Lao Tzu, You can never sign this kind of contract without seeing the specific content!”

When the past was mentioned, there was silence in the office.

Lai Feiyu is an old employee of Kaishu Publishing Company. He naturally knew that in 2002, he was also an extremely best-selling author who was ambitious to transform into suspense mystery novels.

At that time, the book market was extremely huge, and the author was popular, so the company offered a sky-high price, trying to make it the No. 1 mystery novel of the Raptors Crossing the River type!
The first printing is directly one million, and then 90 are placed in the warehouse.

In order to save warehouse storage fees, the 90 brand new books had to be sold as scrap.

Every ton of waste paper pulped can produce 850 kg of good-quality recycled paper, save 3 cubic meters of wood, save 300 kg of chemical raw materials, save 1.2 tons of coal, and save 600 degrees of electricity; and can reduce a lot of waste...

This stern waste paper recycling propaganda is semantically correct, and it clearly explains the benefits of waste paper recycling. However, in the tons of waste paper pulp, there are numerous "bones" of countless books.

Among the mountainous inventories of various publishing institutions, there are many books that can only be destroyed and turned into pulp because they cannot be sold.

90 books have been turned into worthless pulp, which is a heavy blow to the thriving open-book publishing company, and then began to decline.

It's like reincarnation now!
Chen Long unexpectedly encountered a mystery novel again!

Even if it is Qin Chuan, even if the first printing is only 50 copies, the mystery novel market is not as good as it was 20 years ago. How could he dare to take huge risks to sign this contract?
There is only one book title and no outline of the content. How can it be used for pre-sale?
It's all child's play!

Lai Feiyu also knew the difficulties, he murmured to himself: "If you don't sign this contract, Qin Chuan may go further and further away from us."

Qin Chuan's several novels are the key to the revival of Kaijuan Publishing Company.

Now that his vitality has not yet been restored, he is about to part ways with his greatest hero. Lai Feiyu no longer wants to return to the previous state of death.

Chen Long is not a bad person either, it's just that he thinks in a different direction.

The deputy general manager tends to be conservative in character, but he has to think about everything with even the slightest risk.

"The reason why the boss doesn't answer the phone is good enough. It just took a day to let Xingzhe Culture calm down. Mystery novels are really unbearable in popular novels. I have never seen any publishing company rely on this type of books. Made money!"

Lai Feiyu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said decisively: "We can sign a floating contract with Xingzhe Culture! According to the pre-sale status of "Suspect", the first printing quantity is twice or three times the pre-sale quantity. In this case, There should be no loss."

The pre-sale volume represents the market's expectations for this type of novel and Qin Chuan's real appeal.

No matter how popular Weibo comments and vibrato are, they are nothing if they are not converted into consumption power!
If the pre-sale is 2, then 4 or 6 will be printed, and some can be sold in the general market.

If the pre-sale is 10, 20 or 30 copies will be printed.

This way the risk will be very small!

Chen Long was surprised by Lai Feiyu's whimsy, "I haven't heard of this type of contract in the book market, is it reasonable?"

"Why is it unreasonable, Mr. Chen, you have to know that Shen Xu and the others definitely don't want to see that "Suspect" has too much stock and can't sell it. It is necessary to properly engage in hunger marketing."

Lai Feiyu himself couldn't believe that he could come up with such an excellent solution.

He saw Chen Long's hesitation, so he said again: "Mr. Chen, everyone is making changes in the new era, why should we stick to the tradition! Why can't we lead the trend of the industry and have to wait for others to do it?" Let’s do it again? Anyway, with the support of pre-sales, we won’t lose money no matter how bad it is!”

"Then I'll reply to Shen Xu. Hurry up and include this in the contract. If Qin Chuan agrees, we will immediately sign the electronic version of the contract, and then find large book sites such as dangdang.com and Goudong Bookstore for pre-sale The art team is also preparing for the whole night, and now I just hope that Qin Chuan will give us a few keywords or slogans quickly, otherwise we don’t know how to promote it.”

After Chen Long agreed, the small boat of Open Book Publishing Company began to operate in an orderly manner.

……

When the hustle and bustle of the night returns to silence, and when the land of China escapes into darkness, there are still a handful of people who stay up late and struggle.

Qin Chuan withdrew from the brain overclocking state.

The whole person is a little dizzy.

Fortunately, I just wrote [-] words, including the content written during the day, a total of [-], and the progress is faster than expected.

At this time, Shen Xu sent the contract changes that were opened through Weichat.

Qin Chuan looked at it carefully and then replied with a good word!
The other party just wanted to resist the risk. After the two-week pre-sale ended, the first printing was directly three times the total pre-sale.

Anyway, Qin Chuan had just finished writing the novel at that time, and it hadn't entered the printing stage at all.

Not everyone knows the readability and appeal of "Suspect X". The pitfalls of mystery novels are the common pain of many booksellers in China.

Everyone thought that it was an area that no one had set foot in, and they all wanted to give it a try.

What if the market is really opened up, what if it really gains a foothold!
As a result, publishing company after publishing company lost money on this.

It is too difficult to see excellent mystery novels, readers just read short stories to satisfy their hunger.

Press the fingerprint on the phone screen with your finger and write your name, and Qin Chuan's special publishing agreement will be considered complete.

He's trying to help think of a slogan.

How to attract readers' curiosity without revealing the plot.

If such a good opportunity can't attract readers, then in the end there is really only Zhou Koubei's counterattack road, and it is also the most difficult road.

If there are other choices, never choose that one!
……

"I obviously want to start health preservation, why am I still staying up late to cultivate immortality?"

"You're ugly and you sleep first, it doesn't matter if I'm handsome."

"The night is too beautiful, cultivating immortals is too dangerous, there will always be people cultivating immortals with dark eyes~~"

Bi Siyuan not only stayed up late, but even sang while reading.

This is the advantage of living alone, and I am still full of energy after three o'clock in the morning.

Anyway, going to the library tomorrow can not only read a book, but also take a nap on my stomach.

Sleeping at work is the most cost-effective thing. You can sleep well while earning money, provided you don't get discovered by your boss.

Bi Siyuan's family has a mine and doesn't care about being deducted from wages at all. He just needs a job to silence his family's chatter.

He is not an ordinary reader, but the actual operator of the well-known Weibo account "Book Desolation Alliance". He once recommended Qin Chuan's "Life Grows, Hates Water, Changdong" and "Zhu Xian" on Weibo.

Recently, it is even more self-serving, so that the library newly purchased "Love Novel", not only can I read "Dragon Race", but also benefit the students of Xingcheng University of Science and Technology.

Under Bi Siyuan's management, the library has a good reputation, and students can basically find the books, magazines, and periodicals they want to read.

"Dragon Clan doesn't feel suitable for a big man like me who picks feet. I don't know how his reasoning performance in the new book "Suspect X" is. This teacher is really bold."

He has never revealed his identity, and he can hear news about Qin Chuan from time to time from his colleagues and students.

For example, the story of "Metamorphosis" and attending the awards ceremony.

Bi Siyuan is a very lazy person, but he can become very diligent and even willing to use his brain in order to read.

He has read all the very few mystery novels in the library, and even read some works over and over again, trying to find some details and foreshadowing.

Bi Siyuan is really looking forward to Qin Chuan's "Dedication of Suspect X".

This writer has always been confusing. Since he dared to promote his new work with such a big fanfare, it must be extremely exciting.

Bi Siyuan looked at Qin Chuan's Weibo just updated, and said to himself: "Hey, it seems that I am not the only one who stays up all night to cultivate immortals, and the pre-sale has been made so quickly, I will buy it too One!"

Following the Weibo link and jumping to Dangdang.com, Bi Siyuan looked at the predetermined amount and thought he was dazzled!

It was more than three o'clock in the middle of the night, and more than 4000 copies were sold!
"I'm afraid this pre-sale will explode!"

Bi Siyuan rubbed his eyes, refreshed the page again, and found that hundreds of shares had increased.

He has read books for many years, and in his impression, no mystery novel dares to open pre-sales. Not everyone can bear the dismal pre-sales numbers.

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