Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

The meeting in the conference room of the West Slope Institute continues!

The question of how much should be paid for the manuscript really stumped all the people in the room.

It can't be blamed for these people's lack of common sense, but because the relevant regulations on author remuneration have been changing over the years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have been changed day and night.

People who don't specialize in eating this bowl of rice don't necessarily know the details.

"When I was young, I published a book, and it seemed that I received more than 5000 yuan in royalties!" Guo Yamin said with some pride.

"Old Guo, I'm afraid you didn't mean it happened in five years or so?" Zheng Aiguo asked with a smile.

"Approximately, it seems to be five or seven years!"

"It's no wonder that the remuneration for manuscripts at that time was really generous. At that time, the higher-ups put forward the "Double Hundred Policy" of "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend", and determined that the system of declining remuneration would not be implemented within the six quotas, which greatly inspired writers. At that time, many writers could live off their manuscript fees!"

Then Zheng Aiguo said again: "Unfortunately, such a remuneration system was abolished in the 60s, and it seems that there is no money for printing books now!"

"If you don't give money, then who will write books?"

"It should not be given!" Zheng Aiguo said again.

At this time Zhou Yang knocked on the table and said: "It is true that no remuneration was given before. The National Copyright Administration formulated and issued the "Notice on the Trial Implementation of the Remuneration and Subsidy Measures for Press and Publishing" more than ten days ago, which officially restored and abolished the previous regulations. The remuneration system adopts a new method of calculating remuneration!"

"According to the new regulations, manuscripts are 2-7 yuan per thousand words, and translations are 1-5 yuan per thousand words. Only the number of words is paid once, and there is no printing fee!"

Guo Yamin immediately said: "Since there are regulations, then just follow the regulations. There is nothing to discuss!"

Zhou Yang immediately said: "The main reason is that the conditions of the books we are producing are not the same. The works that were printed before were finalized at one time, and it is easy to calculate the remuneration."

"But what we are doing now is teaching supplementary materials, and the original content needs to be deleted or revised every year. This requires the author to re-create it every year, so it is difficult to pay for the number of words."

"Secondly, if the manuscript fee is too low, people may not continue to cooperate with us. After all, these supplementary materials are now making a lot of money, and you have seen it. I don't know how many people are taking money to cooperate with these authors!"

As soon as the words fell, Li Manqiu said anxiously: "This is the chicken that lays golden eggs, we can't let them enter other people's chicken coop!"

"That's right, Director, you can't lose the big because of the small!"

"Boss..."

Zhou Yang immediately signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "Actually, I have considered this issue before. I think it is unreasonable to give people a fixed manuscript fee. After all, we print millions of copies every year and make tens of millions of profits. No one would be happy with money worth thousands of dollars!"

"So my idea is to give the author royalties, no matter how much is printed every year, only give the author 1% of the royalties."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was silent.

Although it sounds like 1% is not much, everyone has heard it just now. The monthly income of the printing factory is more than 200 million.

That 1% royalty is 2 yuan, 24 a year!

Giving such a large amount of money to one person or several people, no one dares to make decisions about this matter!

"Boss, will it be too much?" Finance Director Li Manqiu said cautiously.

"A lot, don't forget that we may have earned tens of millions from these books!" Zhou Yang said.

To be honest, if the authors of these books were not for his elder brother and old man, Zhou Yang would at least give people 5% of the royalties.

At this time, who would consider those dead rules, let's keep people first.

But since the authors of these books are his close relatives and friends, he can't be too active in this matter, otherwise, it is easy to cause misunderstandings by others.

Guo Yamin obviously saw Zhou Yang's concerns and thoughts, and immediately said: "I think 1% of the royalties is very little. I would say that at least 5% to 8% is reasonable."

"I also think that 1% is not much. We have already eaten the meat, so we have to leave soup for others!"

"I agree with the director's opinion..."

Seeing that most people agreed with his opinion, Zhou Yang immediately said: "After all, this matter is related to the distribution of a huge amount of funds. I will report this situation to the higher-level department in written form later."

"In addition, I have arranged the income of the printing factory in this way. 55% of the 50% of the net profit will be handed over to the financial department of the research institute, and the remaining 4% will be assigned to the printing factory to increase equipment and provide benefits to the staff and cadres. What do you think about this?"

"I have no opinion!"

"I agree!"

"I agree..."

Seeing that no one objected, Zhou Yang said again: "In addition to the printing factory, this research institute also has a lot of income from the military industry department. I think we should formulate a unified distribution principle for these benefits."

"My idea is that no matter how much income is received in the future, it must be guaranteed that 80% of it will be used for the research of various projects. Half of the remaining 20% ​​will be used for the infrastructure transformation of the institute, and the remaining half will be used for the research of various projects. For everyone in the institute, including improving life, increasing welfare, etc., what is your opinion on this?"

"80% is used for scientific research, do we have so many projects?"

"Yeah, we only have one early warning aircraft project now, so how much money can we spend?"

"Who said no..."

Zhou Yang knocked on the conference table again, and said: "Before, due to insufficient funds and manpower, many of our projects had to be shelved, but now that we are not short of money, these projects will naturally be launched one by one! "

"So in addition to the early warning aircraft in the research room, we will launch two military projects and one civilian project, including a helicopter, a new fighter jet and a civilian color TV."

As soon as these words came out, it was like dropping a heavy aerial bomb on the calm water, causing huge waves.

"Oh my god, are we going to launch fighter jets and helicopters?"

"Do we have talents who understand aircraft research?"

"Our director is really generous, it's so exciting..."

Zhou Yang coughed lightly, and said again: "I will discuss the matter of the project separately in the future. Now everyone, tell me what you think about such a distribution plan!"

As soon as the words fell, Guo Yamin was the first to say: "I think this distribution is very good, I have no objection!"

"I agree in principle, but do I have to ask my superiors for instructions on such a distribution?" Zheng Aiguo said.

"I agree too!" Yan Haisheng said.

"I have no opinion..."

Seeing that no one had any objections, Zhou Yang immediately said: "Since everyone agrees, then this matter is settled!"

Then Zhou Yang said again: "Director Gu, later on you will draft a document according to today's meeting decision, and then report it to the higher-level department. I will also send my request for the author's royalties along with it!"

"Yes!"

"In addition, each department will re-approve the scientific research funds of their respective departments after returning home. As long as the requirements for equipment or experimental materials are reasonable, they can be reported to me." Zhou Yang said.

"That's a good thing, if I knew our institute was well-developed, I wouldn't ask for money for that play!" Guo Yamin said with a smile.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing again!

And at this moment, Xu Linfang, Zhou Yang's little secretary, hurriedly opened the door and walked in, then whispered a few words in Zhou Yang's ear.

Immediately, Zhou Yang stood up and said, "That's fine, let's leave today's meeting as it is, the meeting is over!"

After announcing the end of the meeting, he strode towards the outside of the meeting room, walking in a hurry...

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PS: Chapter 3 is delivered, just ask for a free gift, don't ask for a high ranking, just don't be left too far behind!

This afternoon, the girl in the first grade had a holiday and invited the children out to play. Lao Cang could only stay up late to make time for her.

At four o'clock in the morning, he was still struggling to code words, this father is really hard to be!

The six or seven-year-old girl also knows how to make friends. Thinking about staying at home every day, she feels inferior to her own little girl!