Wen Ying originally signed a tiered royalty contract with Zou Weijun.
The 6%-15% progressive tax rate calculation method corresponds to the actual sales volume of "Teenage Idol".
"Teenage Idol" only needs to sell more than 20,000 copies for the royalties to be calculated at the lowest level of 6%, and if it sells more than 1 million copies, it can reach 15%!
15% is already the upper limit of royalties that a publishing house can offer. This is a condition that can only be negotiated by very famous writers, because a writer who can sell 1 million copies of a novel is definitely a best-selling author, and regardless of age and gender, he or she deserves such treatment.
At that time, no one could have imagined that "Teenage Idol" could sell more than one million copies. Zou Weijun's former leader agreed to such a tiered royalty system just to appease and encourage Wen Ying.
Han Qin naturally couldn't imagine it, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to Rongcheng with such an arrogant attitude to discuss publishing conditions with Wen Ying.
Wen Ying herself actually couldn't have expected this.
What’s wrong with rebirth? Can you become a best-selling author after rebirth?
Last year, I submitted my first article to a magazine with full confidence, but it was rejected!
The sales figures of "Teenage Idol" today are related to Wen Ying's creative ability, but not only because of her creative ability. Without the attention brought by the defamation lawsuit, without the promotion of Li Mengjiao's variety show and the hit of "The Princess' New Clothes", the portal website invited Wen Ying to join the blog... Every precise promotion makes "Teenage Idol" sell better!
If "Teen Idol" was written by another author, even if the content was exactly the same, it would not have become popular so quickly.
The book is a good one. With the passage of time and word of mouth, it can sell well. However, it is impossible for others to achieve Wen Ying’s current results - after all, hundreds of thousands of copies were sold in just three months!
It is crucial that the number of copies does not exceed 500,000.
As long as the number of copies exceeds 500,000, the royalties will be calculated at 14%, and 500,000 to 1 million copies are within this royalty range.
If the number of copies just exceeds 500,000, Wen Ying's royalty income will be *32*14%, which is 2.24 million before tax!
This is not a small amount of money.
Wen Ying did not make so much profit from transferring her shares in "Shrimp King" or investing in "The Princess' New Clothes"!
If it is less than 500,000 but more than 400,000, the royalty calculation ratio will be 13%, which is only a difference of 1%. Just like the highest ratings of "The Princess' New Clothes" were only 0.03% away from breaking 5%. It is a small regret after all.
So 600,000 copies is Wen Ying's fantasy, and 500,000 copies is her real expectation.
It was not only Wen Ying who was looking forward to the statistical results. Chen Ru and Wen Dongrong were also concerned about the progress. However, the couple was very concerned about their reputation. Since they had told Wen Ying that she could save the money she earned, they were embarrassed to ask further questions... Wen Dongrong was particularly sad: How did it feel that his daughter could casually publish a book and earn more in royalties in three months than he had earned in many years of work?
Of course I really want to show off!
No, it involves money, which is too sensitive. I can’t show off at work.
The important thing is that Lao Li cannot bear such a blow.
Wen Dongrong felt that the only "good news" that Lao Li could bear was that he passed the exam.
Alas, he has so many advantages, his only shortcoming is that he is too kind!
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November 1, 2005, is a memorable day for Wen Ying.
On this day, the sales data of "Teenage Idol" for the first three months began to be counted, and Zou Weijun said that it would take about two days to get the results.
On the same afternoon, the filming of "Galaxy and You", the second drama of Tianjiao Film and Television, which was independently written by Wen Ying, finally started!
Yuan Fenghui held a small-scale launch conference. Not many media were invited to attend, but they were all very important!
Director Fan originally wanted to hold the launch conference of "Star River and You" in Hunan Province, but Yuan Fenghui insisted on holding it in Chengdu.
Friendship is friendship, but before the conditions are negotiated, the copyright of "Star River and You" can be sold to Hunan Satellite TV. Tianjiao still has the right to make his own choice... There is another reason. Today is not the weekend, and the school only approved half a day off for Li Mengjiao. If the press conference is held in Hunan Province, Li Mengjiao will have to travel between the two places in a very short time.
There's nothing wrong with starting filming in Chengdu.
In order to accommodate Li Mengjiao's schedule, most of the indoor scenes of "Star River With You" will be filmed in Chengdu, and only a small part of the outdoor scenes will be shot in Shanghai. Yuan Fenghui arranged to start filming in November for this reason. The indoor scenes will be filmed nearby first, and after more than two months of winter vacation, the entire crew, including the heroine Li Mengjiao, will be taken to Shanghai to shoot the outdoor scenes!
As the screenwriter of this drama, Wen Ying had no choice but to miss the launch conference.
It’s not that Wen Ying is avoiding being on camera, nor is she pretending to be mysterious, it’s that her homeroom teacher Lin Lin didn’t approve her leave application!
Wen Ying suspected that Teacher Lin's decision was influenced by Xie Qian, but Wen Ying had no evidence.
Wen Ying couldn't go, and Wang Shuang couldn't go either.
However, Mrs. Wang was able to attend the event with her title of Tianjiao Public Relations Manager.
I heard that Mrs. Wang was not interested at first, after all, neither Chen Ru nor Zou Weijun were present at the press conference. But Yuan Fenghui said that a big star who was unexpected to Mrs. Wang would show up, and that’s how she coaxed Mrs. Wang to go!
When Mrs. Wang arrived at the press conference, she was grabbed and given a lot of tasks before she even saw the mysterious superstar. While receiving the invited media, Mrs. Wang cursed Yuan Fenghui in her heart.
That’s too much!
This is really too much. Yuan Fenghui actually printed personal business cards for Mrs. Wang without her knowledge.
He tricked Mrs. Wang into coming to the launch conference and took the opportunity to distribute Mrs. Wang's business card to the invited media reporters.
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