After the school anniversary, Duqi lived a more peaceful life. In addition to participating in the school football team activities on time, he spent most of his spare time in the library or study room.

It was not until the end of October that Duqi was about to return to Los Angeles. In addition to agreeing to go back to Halloween together and visit Du Rulin and Li Yan, another purpose was to discuss the issue of "Song of Ice and Fire" with Dave.

So far, this book has been published for more than four months. With the marketing recommendations of Random House, the sales volume has successfully exceeded 100,000 copies. At the beginning of October, the total sales volume of the statistics exceeded 100,000 copies, and printing began.

Duqi had received a prepayment of 100,000 copies, but now the sales volume exceeds 100,000 copies, which means that in December, we will be able to get a new copyright fee. And the day before yesterday, Dave just contacted him not long ago. After congratulations, he began to ask Duqi about the completion of the second volume.

Duqi knew that the other party was interested in signing the contract for the second part. After thinking about it, he said that it was almost completed. By the end of the month, he would directly discuss with Dave about the publication of the second part.

I thought about solving the main business first and not wanting to deal with too many chores when I relaxed, so when I returned to Los Angeles, Duches first took the second part of "Song of Ice and Fire" to meet Dave.

After seeing Duqi, Dave congratulated directly: "Congratulations to you, I read the recent sales statistics. Although it is still a few days away, the sales volume of the first part of "Song of Ice and Fire" in October reached 112,000 copies, which means that the cumulative sales volume of the first volume has reached 267,000 copies. According to our evaluation, the sales potential of this book has exceeded 3.5 million copies."

"So you are anxious to find me now, just to sign the second part, what conditions can you put forward?" Duqi said straight to the point.

"Don't be too anxious," Dave said: "In fact, according to our plan, the second part of "Song of Ice and Fire" will have to wait until next year and the book's fame is completely released before the second part will be published. I'll come to you this time, in addition to signing the second novel in advance, I also want to discuss something with you, which is to use your age and identity to promote it."

"Use me for promotion?" Duqi frowned slightly.

Seeing this, Dave hurriedly said, "It's just to use you as a promotion. You know, because of "The Lord of the Rings", epic works have been very popular in recent years, but few can reach first-class levels. Especially many similar novels are often compared with "The Lord of the Rings", and the sales volume is difficult to reach the estimate.

Your "Song of Ice and Fire" is a masterpiece among epic works. Although it is not as good as "The Lord of the Rings", if people know that the person who wrote this book is an eighteen-year-old young man, it will be more likely to inspire people's enthusiasm for purchasing. And after comparing your age, people will not deliberately compare it with "The Lord of the Rings" when they watch "Song of Ice and Fire"..."

Duqi did not expect that Dave began to speak roundaboutly, and he also heard what Dave meant, that is, Duqi's writing style, which is much worse than Mr. Tolkien who wrote "The Lord of the Rings". Because he also wrote epics, he was inevitably compared, which would affect the sales of books. If Duqi's age is promoted, his disadvantages in writing style may be compensated the greatest possible.

After all, no one will use the standards of a writer who has written for decades to require the work of an 18-year-old young man. This kind of writing style of Duqi's "Song of Ice and Fire" written by Duqi is an advantage. After all, Duqi's novels are indeed not as good as many masters who have studied literature for life, but in the literary world, they are definitely first-class, and readers will buy it even more, and they will even inspire the idea of ​​buying because of Duqi's age.

The reason why I said it was more tactful was that I was worried that Du Qi was young and energetic and had the rebellious mentality of a literary youth.

Many writers have some quirks, and there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. The same is true for the United States and in China. It is not uncommon for literati to be inferior, especially when they are young and have achieved achievements. Dave is really worried that Duches is young and energetic, so he insists on competing with Mr. Tolkien. This is what an egg hits a stone.

But Dave didn't know that Duqi was not a writer. He spent several years honing his writing skills and writing "Song of Ice and Fire" was essentially for making money. In his opinion, this was a business.

So Duqi did not object to Dave's suggestion at all. After understanding the benefits of sales, Duqi said: "What do I need to do? If necessary, I can also write a passage to pay tribute to Mr. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".

Seeing Duqi's reaction, Dave felt relieved. Obviously, Duqi is young and not only has first-class literary talent, but also knows how to operate commercially. He nodded and said, "This is the best. I also need you to sign a power of attorney."

In the United States, you cannot use personal information and portraits to obtain profits by randomly promoting commercial publicity. Your consent must be sought, so Dave asked Duche to sign a power of attorney.

After talking about the promotion, the next step is to talk about the contract issue of the second part. As a newcomer with only one work, Duqi needs to go through the second part after taking out the second part of "Song of Ice and Fire".

Even though the first part is selling well, Duqi can still be considered a newcomer. Moreover, the first work of a newcomer writer is very outstanding. It is not uncommon for the quality of several works to fall sharply. Before using facts to prove that he can write excellent works with stable quality, such review is still essential.

The review process lasted three hours, and it was jointly reviewed by several people led by Dave. Duqi was bored, so he took out a book he had never read before in the lounge. In the United States, the prices of books were not cheap. A book cost at least tens of dollars, and more could even cost hundreds of dollars. This is why he made so much money as a writer in the United States. Compared with the country where piracy is rampant, the environment in this area is indeed much better.

After Duqi met Dave again, he first saw Dave and said, "Very good, your second work is as outstanding as ever. After discussion, we are willing to give an 8% post-tax price, and we are willing to accept step-by-step accounting. If the sales volume exceeds one million copies, the sales results can be divided according to the 10% post-tax royalty. In addition, we will also give you a signing fee of 20,000 US dollars and pay your 100,000 copies of royalty in advance."

"A very reasonable price." The other party's bid was still in line with Duqi's expectations, and it was a share after tax. As we all know, as a country with tens of thousands of taxes, the United States is indispensable for paying taxes. The tax calculation method is also very complicated. Many behaviors such as investment can also deduct part of the tax amount. Now Duqi's income is low, but when the income increases a little, Duqi feels that he needs a professional who specializes in helping him avoid taxes.

Seeing Duche agreeing, Dave then emphasized: "And Duche, you should know that the sales of the first volume have not been maximized yet, so we will not start releasing the second part of "Song of Ice and Fire" between March and June next year, which we will also specifically notify in the contract."

“No problem.”
Chapter completed!