Zhou Kang, who was on the other side, couldn't understand what the three people next to him were muttering, so he could only guess from his expression and movements, but he was embarrassed to interrupt their conversation, and his heart was as itchy as a cat's claw.

Fortunately, Zhang Chu understood the truth, so he turned his head and explained in a low voice: "Just now, I finally knew why there was no foreign publishing house looking for us. They all thought that the English copyright of "Detective Sherlock" was in the hands of BBC."

"What are you waiting for? You can recommend these two foreigners. After all, they have been adapted into a British drama. There is no need to worry about the sales of novels." Zhou Kang said anxiously, and a unsolved case was finally solved.

Zhang Chu naturally had his plans here. Now that Chris and Como flew to Yanjing thousands of miles away, they must have really planned to write their own novels. Although the goal was deviated, the overall direction was still correct.

One of these two families is French and the other is English, and there is actually no conflict, so the two foreigners don’t feel nervous when they meet. After all, there is indirect contact with the business.

"I heard from you that I want to publish the novel "The Fantasy Drift of the Young Pi"?"

Zhang Chu directly translated the English name of the Young Pi. When the agent didn't understand English, he had to drive the ball to put it on the shelves and do his own job.

Chris praised: "So this is the English name of that novel? It sounds very touching, and I kind of like it."

"So too. This is much more suitable than the names translated by my colleagues before." Cuomo said in agreement.

"Thank you for the compliment." Zhang Chu's thoughts changed a little, "Gentlemen, I have a small suggestion. During my writing and translation of the English version of "Youth Pi", maybe you will take the English version of "Detective Sherlock" to publish it first."

"We are having this idea." A smile appeared on the corner of Chris's mouth. Originally, this trip was for "Youth Pi", but unexpectedly there were unexpected gains.

In fact, "Pi" is just a work with unknown sales prospects. After all, for a long time, international bestsellers have been the world of European and American writers. Few Asians or writers from other regions can be well-known and recognized by the whole world!

Although this is a story about India, India is actually like China around the world and is not mainstream.

No one dares to say that "Young Pi" will definitely be a big hit around the world, and no one dares to guarantee it.

But "Detective Sherlock" is different. The mainstream Sherlock culture has the guarantee of BBC TV series, and no matter how bad it is, it can sell dozens or millions of copies.

Cuomo has already figured out how the company should promote this novel.

“A very good offer.”

Chris didn't want to have many dreams at night. The whole world thought that "Detective Sherlock" was sold, and he had already picked up a bargain!

Zhang Chu whispered to Zhou Kang. He retired now and turned himself from a writer to a translator. He should leave the bargaining matter to Zhou Kang.

Literature and money are two different things, but no matter how high the pressure of literature is, it is a job that pays compensation!

...

There are many foreign faces on Yan University campus, with a large number of international students, exchange students and special foreign professors from different countries.

So Chris and Cuomo are not conspicuous here. They are real businessmen and want to trade the lowest price for the highest profit, and are constantly fighting with Zhou Kang.

Zhang Chu is both dedicated and has been a translator, and at the same time, he uses the off-site help function in the system to search for information from these two publishing companies, and also query the royalty systems of different countries.

These two books will not be sold like Nanhai Publishing Company, and they will be sold at a royalty rate of 5%!

"We tend to be a progressive tax rate. 8% is the royalty rate for the first printing. Later, the royalty rate will gradually increase according to the sales volume or printing numbers. The cap will be 15% for more than two million copies."

Zhou Kang did not retreat at this time. Whether it was Shenxia or the Young Pi, he would be a hot spot in the overseas publishing market, and he would not have to worry about not being able to find a partner.

Cuomo was the first to agree, and in his opinion, the royalty rate was nothing.

After all, in the French market, the standard royalties are usually 10% to 14% of the post-tax book price. Even if Zhang Chu's works have a progressive tax rate, they may not necessarily meet the highest standard!

After winning the largest publisher in France, Chris, on the other hand, also agreed, but the standards of both sides were different.

There are not many countries in the world that speak French, mainly France and most of Canada, as well as small European countries such as Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as well as the African colonies that were once France.

The sales volume of French works is generally not as good as that of English works. Next, we should discuss in detail how many volumes to how many volumes are.

After all, now the two sides are just communicating their publication intentions, and the contract has to be reached at the negotiating table.

According to the information found by Zhang Chu, the highest record of royalties for Chinese writers overseas publishing is only 15%. It seems that it is not easy for his single English work to be sold for two million copies worldwide to tie this record.

European and American publishers are sometimes very generous. For example, at the 2007 Frankfurt Book Fair, the book "The Fall of a Giant" with only one book title and a thousand-word outline triggered fierce competition. The final copyright advance payment was unprecedentedly 50 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 300 million yuan!

Zhang Chu obviously cannot meet this treatment, but he can still get royalty advances. This number depends on the ability of Menglong Culture Media.

...

Two days later, a Chinese-English statement issued by Random House's US headquarters, French Hachette Publishing Company and Menglong Culture Media was released on Facebook and Weibo, igniting the global book market!

"Dear readers and friends, we are honored to announce that the two works of "Sherlock Detective" by the Chinese genius writer Zhang Chu will be translated into English and French works will be released worldwide. "Sherlock Detective" will be released at the end of this year!"

There was a thunder sound in the ground, and domestic media, publishing people, literature enthusiasts and netizens were bombarded with this sudden news.

This is the legendary rhythm of not taking action, and you will be overwhelmed with the moment you take action!

Random House Headquarters!

The publishing agency that many writers dream of is no need to worry as long as they sign up for Random House, printing, distribution, marketing promotion and publicity business!

Also for other publishing institutions, these two works are not venture capital, they will spend money in vain, but will definitely make money.

After all, there are still many overseas Sherlock fans searching for "Detective Sherlock" on Google. The previous lawsuit was not in vain!

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