Hogwarts: I am Harry's Cousin

Chapter 73 72. Witch and Poison Publishing House

The process of submitting a manuscript is destined not to be smooth sailing. Even if you have a good manuscript, no one is willing to publish it for you. Bole is not common, especially for a wizard like Mr. Jerry who is not yet well-known in the wizarding world.

The Prophet Press explicitly rejected Dudley's request.

The Prophet Publishing House is a subsidiary of the Daily Prophet, and it is currently one of the largest publishing houses in the wizarding world in Europe.

Dudley was not surprised by this, after all, everything is difficult in the beginning.

Malfoy said he could contact his dad and say that, given his dad's status in the wizarding world, this kind of problem must be easy to solve.

But was politely rejected by Dudley. He had never been in contact with Lucius, so he didn't know the specific character of the other party. However, through the previous description of Malfoy's character and some deeds, Dudley could probably guess that Malfoy could befriend. But Lucius can't, unless Draco can become the head of the house.

Definitely not an easy character to get along with.

Ever since. He found another person.

"Mr. Dursley, do you mean that you intend to publish a book?"

Carlo expressed a little surprise that Dudley came to find him.

"Yes, sir Carlo."

"I hope your Excellency can do me a little favor."

The Carlo family controls another large publishing house, 'Witch and Poison Publishing House', which is second only to the Prophet Publishing House. The novel named Lockhart was published by this publishing house, and they made a lot of money for it. made a fortune.

"Even if you find me, if the quality is not good"

Carol didn't continue talking.

Showing good will be good, but he will not give in when it comes to interests. After graduation, he will inherit the Carlo family business.

"Your Excellency can take a look."

Dudley was not angry when he heard the words, and gently pushed the written manuscript to Carlo.

Carlo didn't pay much attention to it at first, he browsed casually a few times, intending to deal with Dudley, but he was deeply attracted after only watching a part of the plot.

Dudley was not in a hurry, he took a sip of the black tea lightly, then stuffed a small snack, and waited quietly for Carlo.

This is convenient for negotiation, he is too experienced.

As time passed, Carlo's reading speed became slower and slower, and he read almost every paragraph for a long time.

The world view and full character descriptions of DND Western Fantasy novels are deeply fascinating.

Fortunately, this volume of manuscripts is not much in content, and it didn't take long for Carlo to finish reading it.

"What about the back?"

Carlo's tone was full of impatience, and he was obviously fascinated by the question he asked Dudley.

"It's gone." Dudley spread his hands, "I haven't written there yet."

"How about it, Carlo?"

Carlo's expression changed: "The book is very good, just"

Barabara has said a lot, but it is nothing more than a two-word summary-price reduction.

A common trick of the publishing house.

It has to be said that Carlo's vision is still very vicious, and he can see the huge commercial value of "Dragonlance Chronicle" at a glance.

Once he gets his name, he might be the next Lockhart.

No! Even above him!

"I heard that the Quibbler Press is also good. If your Excellency thinks it's not good, I think I can try my luck there."

Dudley was in no hurry.

The art of negotiation lies in who has the right to speak.

Dudley was muscular, but not only muscular.

In fact, he was inclined to 'Witches and Poisons Publishing House' from the very beginning, and he only wanted to get the willingness of the other party to accept the manuscript when he voted for the Daily Prophet Publishing House. .

He knew about the 'Witches and Poisons Publishing House', and even more so, the predicament of this publishing house. It can be said that Lockhart was the success and the failure.

At the beginning, the fire of Lockhart's book made them a lot of money and found a huge business opportunity, so they have been focusing on publishing Lockhart's book, and they are no longer as active as before in discovering new authors. It's good for Lockhart to continue to cooperate like this.

Just a month ago, just as Lockhart was about to release his next book, he made a request for a redistribution.

Lockhart is already a well-known great writer, and his net worth will naturally increase. It is understandable that he wants to increase the share ratio with the publishing house, otherwise he will switch to other publishing houses. Anyway, any publishing house is willing to accept him due to his reputation.

It's just a simple price increase, the main reason is that Lockhart really wants too much, so much that the "Witch and Poison Publishing House" can't afford it at all.

And once the 'Witch and Poison Publishing House' leaves Lockhart, the benefactor father, and cannot produce any decent works to support it in a short period of time, it will face bankruptcy. The speed is too fast, which leads to a breakdown of the capital chain.

If you take a big step, it is easy to pull the egg.

"No, Mr. Dursley, it doesn't fit there."

As Dudley expected, Carlo interrupted impatiently as soon as he finished speaking.

Whoever is in a hurry will gain the upper hand.

"The Quibbler Publishing House is not a formal place after all."

The Quibbler Publishing House is the publisher of the Quibbler magazine, and indeed it is not a formal publisher, because the magazine never pays its contributors.

"But I've heard the Quibbler sells better than the Daily Prophet."

"That's right, but"

Dudley tapped the table lightly, interrupting Carlo: "It could be suitable for the 'quibbler'."

"Could be good for 'Witches and Poisons,' too."

"It depends on you, my lord Carlo."

"The current situation of the publishing house is very bad."

After Dudley finished speaking, he put down his teacup and looked at Carlo quietly.

To be honest, even Carlo was under a lot of pressure under Dudley's gaze, even though he was already in the seventh grade.

Finally he let out a long breath.

was seen through.

Carlo thought a little dejectedly.

Really. As expected of Mr. Potter's elder brother, I really want to know how their parents usually teach them.

If Petunia had been around, she would have told him that she hadn't taught Dudley anything, that he had taught himself.

Now that a consensus is reached, the distribution of benefits is much easier.

The proportion of Dudley's share does not mean to make things difficult for the publishing house, nor will it make itself suffer, and the publishing house can even take this opportunity to tide over the difficulties.

Of course, all of this has a premise.

If sales are good.

Then the question arises, will the sales of "Dragonlance Chronicles" be poor?

of course not

About three days after signing the contract, the 'Witch and Poison Publishing House' began to build momentum.

A week later, the novel titled "Dragonlance Chronicle: The Dragon of Autumn Twilight" was officially released on Lihen and other major wizard bookstores.

The sales volume is unsurprisingly extremely hot.

It sold out almost the same day.

The story of Ansalon Continent deeply attracts every wizard.

"Add print, add print, move for me!"

Accompanied by the yelling of the director of Witches and Poisons Publishing House, the wizards working in it began to work overtime crazily.

Of course, they all have overtime pay.

It is an official policy not to pay the dissidents. I really wanted to write to the dissidents, but it turned out that this magazine likes prostitutes for nothing. It is really too much not to pay the remuneration.