Chen Yuan heard the voice, went out to look, and saw Shen Huai and Liu Chuan standing at the door, and asked: "Editor Liu, you are here, do you want to see me? Why don't you come in and sit down."
Just as Liu Chuan was about to speak, Shen Huai suddenly patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "Yes, come in and sit down, I forgot to entertain customers, it's my lack of thoughtfulness."
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Shen Huai didn't have this attitude just now, seeing Chen Yuan coming, the change was really fast.
Liu Chuan felt his neck was chilly, and the cold wind was blowing all over his body. Looking back, Shen Huai's accidental gaze was very dangerous. It might be because he was too excited just now, immersed in his own imagination, and didn't notice that the other party's face was a little unkind.
When he got to the living room, Liu Chuan didn't dare to look too presumptuously, because he had recovered from the excitement, and expressed his intention of coming in the eyes of the two.
"Mr. Chen, I'm really sorry to disturb you so early, but this matter is really important to our publishing house, I hope you can agree."
Chen Yuan asked: "Then you need to tell me what it is."
As soon as Liu Chuan talked about his work, he became very serious: "It's like this. In the previous English book, I saw a lot of animation patterns hand-painted by Mr. Chen. I thought the style of painting was very delicate, and then I wondered if I could publish a separate book. The comic book that children like to read, and this kind of comic book can be produced in a set of 20 books, and the three series are 60 books, and it can be sold for two or three yuan. If children like this style of painting, and the content of the story, they will Collecting a complete set of comic books, a set of sixty books, will bring huge income and profits.”
In order to persuade Chen Yuan to agree, he even took out the best-selling comic strips printed by other publishing houses on the market. Compared with the greedy snake painted by Chen Yuan before, no matter in terms of painting style or composition, they are both heaven and earth.
The gluttonous snake painted by Chen Yuan is an obstacle set up in the snake chess game. The facial features of a small snake are very lively, cute and vivid, and she has also drawn several versions of this small snake, all of which are exquisite in style. Children like it and can't put it down.
On the other hand, the comic strip that Liu Chuan brought also contained small animals. Although it was simply colored, it looked very rigid and lacked any flexibility. Compared with the wind, that is the part that was crushed.
In the past, Liu Chuan didn’t think the painting style of this kind of popular comics was so ugly, because almost all of them were sold on the street, and all comics were of the same level. Anyway, the main audience is children, and the aesthetics of adults is not so good. Well, how high can a child's aesthetics be? So it seems that the painting can be sold in any form. The entry barrier for this industry is very low. Many can sell it by setting up a street stall, audio-visual store, or small commodity store in front of the school, and customers don’t need to go to the bookstore to buy it.
Liu Chuan thinks that those paintings on the market that are as ugly as they are can be sold well. Chen Yuan's high-end painting style will definitely make more money. If she publishes a comic book herself, the other comic books will not be enough to read.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Chen Yuan expectantly.
When Shen Huai heard that he was looking for Chen Yuan to collaborate on a comic book, he didn't feel as uncomfortable as before. He still felt that the other party was a bit too reckless, but for the sake of making money from this matter, Liu Chuan's face was also much better.
At the same time, I sigh in my heart, Chen Yuan's talent is too dazzling, so good that nothing can cover up her brilliance, and the next second may bring you an even bigger surprise, making you completely unaware of where her upper limit is.
Therefore, Chen Yuan is a huge treasure. The more I get to know her, the more I feel that she is unfathomable. Her outstanding qualities are impossible for anyone around her to be so perfect, but she feels so friendly, So accessible, as if she was born to be a part of your side.
The more Shen Huai found out that Chen Yuan was good, the more grateful he was that this was his wife. He should be very lucky to have such an excellent wife.
Chen Yuan hesitated for a while. After careful consideration of what Liu Chuan said, she quickly understood what this comic book is. It can be used as a better reference for later generations of fairy tale books, comic books, and picture books. However, comic strips may be based on national characteristics.
"I can consider it, but I want 35% of the share. If you agree, it's not too late for us to continue talking."
Chen Yuan is not short of money now, but who would hate such things as money? So to do it, we need to do things with high investment and high return, so I feel that the previous ratio is still a bit low, and the energy spent on comic books is of course no less than writing English books.
When Liu Chuan heard that this ratio was indeed too high, he had never heard of such a ratio before. It can be said that Chen Yuan said that this price was the only one in the city. If it were other authors, he might get up and leave early. Stop talking with the other party,
But Chen Yuan is different. The last cooperation was an opportunity for Xianyu to turn around for the publishing house. Chen Yuan broke the cooperative relationship, and the publishing house estimated that it would return to the prototype, and there was no hope of bringing it back to life.
Liu Chuan didn't want the future of the publishing house to be ruined in his own hands, as long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would not miss it.
He thought for a while before agreeing: "Yes, no problem."
Because Teacher Chen is not an ordinary author, she has great potential, so she is worth such a high manuscript fee, and it is better for the publishing house to make a little less money than to have no hope of losing money.
If any employees of the publishing house saw such a scene in front of them, they would definitely think that Editor-in-Chief Liu was crazy to agree to such a high condition.
But you can't just look at the moment in everything, as long as it can make a profit, of course you can agree.
Chen Yuan nodded: "Okay, then we can continue to talk. The comic strips you mentioned are fine, so it's better to add some educational significance, and since you want to make money, you should make it more thoroughly and turn it into a business." Comic strips, the first edition directly sells 108 copies, which hides a continuous storyline, attracting readers to buy, and buying a full set of books can be found in designated bookstores to exchange for collector's edition figures, collector's edition postcards, and various exquisite packaging gift boxes Waiting for peripherals, at the same time, we can also launch the popular civilian version, which is cheap and cheap, and there is a hardcover high-end version, and the ultimate collection version, the hidden foreshadowing of the civilian version, some plots cannot be seen, want to see more If you don’t have a complete plot, you can only buy a better version, although the price is a bit more expensive, but there is no shortage of rich people in this world at any time, as long as the story is attractive enough, it is not afraid that they will not spend money, and someone will definitely buy it.”
After Liu Chuan heard Chen Yuan's bold and astonishing remarks, his mind paused for two seconds, because some terms were so shocking that he had never even heard them before.
For example, is a figure a thing? ? What are the surroundings? ? The collector's edition is easy to understand as exquisite, and it is very appropriate to use this word to describe it when you buy it home and collect it.
Collector's edition and hardcover edition are also very nouns for him, and it is not difficult to understand, but he is too surprised by the way of stimulating consumption with hidden foreshadowing.
After all the inquiries, the figure is the character model toy in the comic book. If a character is super popular, such as the character in the current hot cartoon, there will be many toys of the same model in the world, especially sought after by children.
Peripherals are related products of the work. Figures and postcards are also a kind of peripherals, but peripherals can be made of anything, and even patterns can be printed on school bags, shoes, pencil cases, and clothes. In short, the launch of peripherals is to stimulate consumption. Some consumers may buy a lot of books because of the peripherals, and it may be normal for a person to buy more than a hundred books.
Although it feels a bit unbelievable, it is far more amazing than he imagined, and he even wonders if someone can really buy so many books at once? It can't be drunk, and even if the child wants it, it won't sell so much, two copies for one person are worth it.
Liu Chuan asked his own question, and Chen Yuan answered his question, "If you want to make money, you still have to start with the content of the book. Most of the audience are children, including elementary, middle and high school students. The consumer group of children is more important than that of adults. People are more faithful in their consumption, and the pocket money they save for buying snacks is also used to buy comic books. What we have to do is to attract them to repurchase after reading a book. Although our comic books cannot be eaten or drunk, but It can be completely regarded as food for their spirit, satisfying people's spiritual world is our goal."
After Liu Chuan listened to it, he felt as if he had never seen Chen Yuan clearly. Chen Yuan was sometimes more like a successful businessman than himself. Understanding human nature is much better than myself, and I can't do without admiration.
If it was his own idea, he would not even dare to think about it, let alone propose this method.
And Chen Yuan's idea is too advanced. I have to admit that this idea is indeed reasonable, but it is very risky. However, if it is really successful, the profits will definitely be huge.
It depends on whether he dares to do it now, but I have to say that if it was changed to two months ago, Liu Chuan would never dare to do it, because at that time the publishing house suffered serious losses, and even if he wanted to innovate, it was impossible to make such a big leap, but now With some confidence restored, the normal operation of the publishing house can be guaranteed.
Liu Chuan is also a person who is unwilling to be ordinary. He feels that he can accept new things. Besides, he has survived such a difficult situation before.
So he agreed with Chen Yuan's approach: "Mr. Chen, you are really the most powerful person I have ever met. If your work is not popular, it is really unreasonable."
This is the highest evaluation given by Liu Chuan. He has never described anyone in this way. He has dealt with other authors and colleagues for many years. Whether he has a good grasp of human nature, he later found out that Chen Yuan's English book had been submitted to many publishing houses, and only his own publishing house, Huiyan Shizhu, signed a contract with her. Not optimistic about the pressure, I have always believed in Chen Yuan's works, and this is the reason for the subsequent success and big sales.
Although it seems that he published for Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan's works can be sold well, and the two sides are mutually supportive, but if other publishing houses signed Chen Yuan's works at that time, the gold will shine sooner or later, and the best-selling is also a matter of time. I have become my own publishing house, but I haven't met such a good author. Maybe the publishing house will continue to lose money without any improvement.
So no matter what, it was Chen Yuan who helped the publishing house, not the publishing house who helped Chen Yuan. Liu Chuan knew this very well.
Hearing Liu Chuan's admiring voice, Shen Huai was happier than Chen Yuan, thinking that although Liu Chuan had no winks, his eyes were actually pretty good, and he could see that Chen Yuan was a huge treasure. He didn't understand it very well, but this didn't hinder him. He felt that this matter was very promising. If it was operated properly, the benefits would be immeasurable.
Especially when he heard the last sentence of Liu Chuan's praise of Chen Yuan, it was unreasonable and unreasonable. He really had the same thought in his heart, that Chen Yuan would definitely become the best writer in the future.
When I think of the best writer in the future, who is now his wife, my heart is full of emotions and I can't help myself.
Chen Yuan glanced at Shen Huai strangely at the side. His happiness index rose rapidly from 75 to 85 in an instant. Shen Huai only increased his happiness index when he was particularly happy. Happiness and happiness are closely related. The happier a person is, the happier he is. The higher his happiness index, just like last time when Shen Mingyuan made a lot of money, he provided Chen Yuan with a lot of energy while laughing.
But Shen Huai is very happy now, this is worth pondering.
Chen Yuan thought about it for a while, it must be the conversation just now, which made Shen Huai very happy. She signed a comic book contract with the publishing house. Is there such an unexpected harvest
That is to say, Shen Huai is happy for her own affairs in her heart. As long as she becomes better and better and her social status gets higher and higher, then Shen Huai will be happy. Shen Huai's thinking like this is completely hoping that she will have a bright future and a good life. The idea of such a blood relationship is rare.
Blood relationship is also the most difficult relationship to let go. There are data that prove that people with blood relationship and people without blood relationship seem to have a stronger relationship. Although this is not absolutely the case, there is a certain truth in it.
Chen Yuan thought for a while that she and Shen Huai were not related by blood. There is nothing good in this world without a reason. Shen Huai probably regards her as a relative, because only when facing his relatives, will he really plan for the other party. Sincerely do good for each other.
It seems that some people are originally very cold, but their hearts are really soft.