Random House.

Editorial Department.

"Nora, I'm so happy to see you."

The professional smile on the face of editor-in-chief Jack Serf turned into a sincere smile from the inside out when he saw the charming woman walking over. He took the initiative to step forward and hugged her with a Western-style meeting gift.

"So too, Jack."

This woman named Nora's mouth moved slightly, revealing an intellectual smile, and her low voice formed a unique charm against the backdrop of her appearance and temperament.

Adam believed that if God wanted the world to vote for a female believer to pray to Him, he would definitely vote Nora.

"Don't you hate New York the most? Who's here this time?"

Jack asked enthusiastically.

"Yes, I hate New York, but there is no way, my son is here."

Nora smiled helplessly and said, "This time I came here mainly to see him, so I came here to take a look. Wouldn't it be unwelcome?"

“Welcome, welcome.”

Jack smiled exaggeratedly, "I wish you could live in New York for a long time. You are our most dazzling star."

"hehe."

Nora smiled and looked at Adam with seductive eyes: "Who is this?"

“Adam Duncan.”

When Adam heard the other party mention his son, he instantly cut off the charm in his heart. He was a principled person and would never do bad things that ruined the family of a good man.

"Hello, Adam, I'm Nora."

Nora saw the familiar light flashing in Adam's eyes, and her eyes became more and more curious.

She is a professional writer who specializes in matters between men and women, and she knows everything between men and women.

The eyes are the windows of the soul. Men usually look at what their eyes are and what psychological activities they represent. They are as insightful as if they are watching the fire.

There are also men who are not interested in her, such as her ex-husband.

But the eyes were still very hot in the first second, and the next second it was just room temperature, and she had never encountered it before.

The sensitivity of her career made her accustomed to exploring unknown mysteries in the career field.

And this is an ordinary man.

So she took the initiative to reach out and shook Adam: "Are you a writer too?"

"Just a new guy."

Adam smiled modestly.

"Have you signed the contract?"

Nora looked at Jack thoughtfully.

"Not yet, I need to think about it."

Adam shook his head and said.

"Jack."

Nora smiled, looked at Jack, and joked, "You are bullying the newcomers again?"

“No, no.”

Jack smiled bitterly and said, "Nora, you know that we have always done our business according to regulations..."

As he said that, Lemon Soul glanced at Adam and cursed in his heart: "Damn it! He is handsome and popular! I have been kind to Nora so many times, but she has never responded once. It's great to meet this guy now. He is so proactive. He is indeed a woman who writes that little thing, and she is so romantic."

"Come on, Jack."

Nora blinked at Adam, then interrupted Jack with a look of not being fooled: "I was cheated when I first published a book. Do you still remember how my subsequent book was handed over to Random House for publication?"

"Well."

Jack's mouth twitched.

Of course he remembers.

He was still a young editor at that time, and how did he convince the other party to poach the newly emerging Nora?

Naturally, it is a shameless exploitation that denounces the opponent.

After that, even though the conditions given by both parties were the same, Nora, who was in a jealous manner, still chose to hand over the book to Random Bookstore for publication.

Of course, there are factors that have the stronger promotion and promotion of Random Bookstore.

However, he understood what Nora meant, that is, although writers also value money, they are not profit-oriented businessmen, especially when they are newcomers, giving enough respect will often lead to a lifetime of friendship.

But even though I know, not many people do it, because the fall rate of newcomers is too high and friendship is too fragile in the face of interests. As one of the top publishing houses, it is better to poach them directly instead of trying to train newcomers.

It's nothing. What really hurts him was another meaning of Nora's opening, that is, she fell in love with Adam and asked him to give her face.

Nora is a true top writer, and every book can sell copies of millions of copies.

The reason why Adam had never heard of Nora's name was because Adam was a serious man and was not interested in such romance books of color. Not to mention that he had never read it, he had never heard of it.

Her books are widely circulated among young men and girls, accompanying them to grow up, and their fame is even spread abroad. Even in large publishing houses like Random Bookstore, the cards are very good.

For her, Random House must be careful to coax her, for fear of hurting their good cooperative relationships, because she has achieved success and fame, she has a huge amount of traffic and can get rid of Random House at any time.

"Mr. Duncan, why don't we go back to the office and talk, are everything easy to discuss?"

Jack Sever felt depressed, but he squeezed out his smile.

“Okay.”

Adam knew it in his heart and accepted the invitation with a smile.

This kind of good thing is actually not abrupt, because he often encounters female teachers who enthusiastically helped him apply for scholarships during interviews with Brother University.

Adam has become accustomed to other people's kindness and is as peaceful as ever.

"Don't mind me listening?"

Nora smiled and said, "I want to read Adam your masterpiece, too."

"Of course not."

Jack and Adam shook their heads quickly.

The three of them entered the editor-in-chief's office, Jack diligently asked Nora to sit down, and Adam handed her the manuscript of the first thirty chapters.

"You guys talk, don't worry about me."

Nora took the manuscript and smiled at the two of them.

Jack and Adam looked at each other and began to renegotiate.

"The share ratio is 6%, but the full copyright of the Lord of Mystery will be handed over to Random House for operation, and Random House will draw 50% of the profit..."

"No! The 6% share ratio is acceptable, but only talks about the distribution rights of the book. The full copyright of the Lord of Secrets. Random House can help contact, but there is no right to decide. If the contact is successful, Random House can pay 6% of the operating expenses."

"6% operating expenses? Mr. Duncan, are you kidding?"

"Of course not. Random House is just a publishing house. Why should we worry about the full copyright? The copyrights of film and television, games, etc. have nothing to do with Random House. Random House wants to do just to be a middleman to make a difference, and that was also after the Lord of Mystery became popular.

Random Bookstore is only willing to give 6% of the book copyright fee, because it bears channel fees and risks. But once a company is willing to buy copyrights such as film and television, games, etc., I can contact the other party myself. Random Bookstore has zero risk and zero investment, so why should I charge up to 50% of the share?"

"Without Random Bookstore's channel investment, how could the Lord of Mystery become popular? You can talk about the copyrights of film, television, games, etc. You think you can talk about the high price? Only large companies in the industry like Random Bookstore can get you the licensing fees for the copyrights of the top film, television, games, etc., and grant the full copyright to Random Bookstore, which can be a win-win situation."

"Then, as soon as Random House obtained the full copyright operation rights, it would sell the full copyright of the Master of Mystery to the relevant subsidiary at a low price, and finally the subsidiary will operate and sell it at a sky-high price, but what does that have to do with me?"

“…”

Faced with Adam's questioning, Jack Seff had a great headache. He really didn't expect how Adam, who had not yet entered society, knew about these twists and turns in business.

What's wrong with young people today?

Is there any naivety?

Slap sex.

Nora, who had been sitting aside reading the manuscript, couldn't help but applaud and exclaim: "Excellent!"

Then, he looked at Adam gently: "Young man, are you tired like this?"
Chapter completed!