It can even be said that writing storybooks is not only a legitimate profession, but also a profession with a high status.
After all, writing a storybook not only requires the author to be literate, but also requires the written text to have a certain story-telling quality.
In the prosperous dynasty, literate scholars always had a high status.
Zhao Chuchu discovered that the Great Sheng Dynasty also had copyright for vernacular novels, just like modern novels.
To write a storybook, you need to sign an agreement with a bookstore.
There are two types of protocols.
One is to buy it out directly, that is, the bookstore buys the storybook directly. After paying the money, the author has no relationship with the storybook anymore.
One is profit sharing, and this price can be adjusted at any time.
The first type of buyout is more expensive, and generally famous authors will not choose it.
During the Great Prosperity, once a vernacular novel became popular, it would be adapted into storytelling, picture albums, and even opera troupes would come to negotiate for the rights to adapt the vernacular novel for performance on stage.
Once bought out, any subsequent adaptations will have nothing to do with the author.
There are certain risks in profit sharing. If the book is not a bestseller, the author's income will be very low. But if it is a bestseller, or even gets adapted, the income will be continuous.
Every major bookstore usually collaborates with several famous storytelling writers.
Bookstores provide them with a sales platform and give them high profits.
The pursuit of the common people and their purchase of the storybooks also increased the income of the bookstores.
Fengya Bookstore is a newly opened bookstore in Renhe County. Song Wanxian spent a lot of effort and gave up a lot of profit to sign several vernacular novel authors.
But there are almost no famous writers of vernacular novels.
He Ling, whom I just saw, was the most famous of the several storybook authors who signed books. Of course, she was still far inferior to the others.
He Ling said that Taohua Bookstore in Renhe County was trying to recruit her, hoping that the picture books she wrote could be sold in Taohua Bookstore.
Song Wanxian signed a 50-50 profit-sharing agreement with her, but He Ling said that Taohua Bookstore was willing to give her an additional 0.5 percentage point.
He Ling said that if they wanted her to stay, they would have to change the split to 60:40, with her getting 60% and Fengya Bookstore getting 40%.
Song Wanxian had heard about He Ling's affairs a long time ago. Taohua Bookstore did extend an olive branch to her, but the offer was 4:6, with her getting 4 and Taohua Bookstore getting 6.
It is no wonder that Taohua Bookstore would offer such an agreement. Taohua Bookstore is not only the largest and oldest bookstore in Renhe County, it also has branches in other counties and prefectures.
Once an agreement is signed with Taohua Bookstore, the storybooks can also be sold in branch bookstores, which means that the storybook authors will have additional income.
However, in order to be sold in branch bookstores, it must be a high-quality storybook, but He Ling's book does not meet this requirement at all.
He Ling lied. She wanted to borrow Taohua Bookstore in the hope of increasing her share of Fengya Bookstore.
Song Wanxian was not unacceptable to a score of 64, but the quality of He Ling's book did not meet Song Wanxian's requirements, so she refused.
He Ling was in a bad mood after being rejected, which led to the argument just now.
"I no longer care whether He Ling stays or leaves. Since she said Taohua Bookstore is trying to poach her, let her go there." Song Wanxian looked at Wen Wan, who was actually a person with a bad temper and unwilling to compromise.
But what He Ling said makes sense.
If He Ling leaves, Fengya Bookstore will indeed lose some income.
The newly opened Fengya Bookstore actually doesn’t make much money every month. If there are no more best-selling novels, it may actually make a loss.
Song Wanxian suppressed her worry and said, "Let's not talk about her. Brother Yuan, you just said you wrote a storybook. Bring it here for me to see."
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