tkworld Chapter 1128 We can talk
Chapter 1128 We can talk
Su Xing reached out to help Yin Xiao with the suitcase.
The two of them walked towards the taxi stop while talking.
After getting in the car, Su Xing told the driver the name of the hotel.
"Let's send the luggage to the hotel first, and then go eat. Shixing's aunt has booked a restaurant, and Shixing has also brought her poetry book. You can take a look at it when the time comes."
Yin Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, I'm looking forward to meeting that young author."
More than ten minutes later, the car arrived at the hotel.
Su Xing and Yin Xiao checked in together.
Yin Xiao was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Su Xing would also stay in the hotel tonight.
Su Xing smiled at her and said, "The construction site where I'm doing my field internship is a bit far from the city, so I won't be going back tonight."
"Is that so?" Yin Xiao said, "Then we can have a good chat tonight."
"sure."
The two of them went upstairs with the room card.
As soon as I put my luggage away, Zhao Jinling called.
Su Xing pressed the answer button, "Hello? Aunt Zhao."
Zhao Jinling said, "Xiao, has the editor arrived?"
Su Xing said: "I'm here, I'm with Editor Yin."
"Where are you? Xinxin and I will come to pick you up!"
"We just checked in at the hotel. You don't have to come pick us up. Just send me the hotel address and we can take a taxi there."
"Oh, okay, okay."
"See you later."
"Okay, see you later."
After both parties hung up the call, Zhao Jinling quickly sent the name and location of the booked hotel to Su Xing.
Su Xing and Yin Xiao went downstairs and headed to the hotel.
Zhao Jinling and Zhao Xinxin arrived a few minutes earlier than Su Xing and the others and were studying the menu.
Su Xing and Yin Xiao arrived at the place, and the receptionist led them to a table by the window upstairs.
When Zhao Jinling and Zhao Xinxin, the aunt and niece, saw Su Xing and the others coming, they stood up in unison and clenched their hands nervously.
Su Xing introduced Yin Xiao and the Zhao family's aunt and nephew to each other.
Zhao Jinling kept saying "Hello" and stretched out her hand to shake hands with Yin Xiao.
Yin Xiao reached out and shook hands with Zhao Jinling, smiling and saying, "Hello."
As soon as their hands loosened, Zhao Xinxin also reached out to Yin Xiao.
She controlled her expression, trying to look mature and steady, and her tone was very mature. "Hello, Editor Yin, I'm Shixing, my real name is Zhao Xinxin."
"Hello, Xinxin, nice to meet you."
Yin Xiao was amused by Zhao Xinxin's adult-like appearance and wanted to laugh.
However, she put away her smile in time when she spoke, and her tone was serious and solemn.
Although Zhao Xinxin is young, both parties are now in the roles of author and editor, and have an equal cooperative relationship.
Both sides should adopt a serious attitude.
Several people sat down and started ordering food.
Zhao Jinling asked Su Xing and Yin Xiao if they had any dietary restrictions, and they both said no.
The Zhao family's aunt and niece ordered several special dishes from Shanxi Province, and asked Su Xing and Yin Xiao to add some of what they wanted to eat.
Yin Xiao said, "This is enough. If we order more, we won't be able to finish it."
wake:"……"
She was too embarrassed to say: I can finish it, but it may not be enough...
"That's all."
It’s better to save some money for the Zhao family’s aunt and nephew. At worst, they can go back to the hotel and order takeout.
Everyone chatted for a while at the beginning, and after the dishes were served, they started to talk about business while eating.
Basically, Su Xing and Yin Xiao were discussing the key terms of the contract.
Zhao Xinxin and Zhao Jinling pricked up their ears and listened hard.
When they really didn't understand something, they would occasionally ask a question or two, and Su Xing and Yin Xiao would patiently explain it to them.
When Su Xing communicated with Tiantian Publishing House in the evening, the publishing house basically agreed to the tiered royalties and some details he proposed.
Yin Xiao pondered for a moment and then proposed the task assigned to her by the editor-in-chief.
"Actually, in addition to wanting to collaborate with Xinxin and publish her poems, we also want to discuss cooperation with you, Miss Su."
The others at the table were stunned when they heard this.
"Oh?" Su Xing asked with a smile, "What kind of cooperation do you want to discuss with me?"
Yin Xiao said, "Children's books are generally accompanied by brightly colored illustrations that complement the text to enhance the fun and reading experience. Xinxin's poems are primarily intended for teenagers, so of course we will include illustrations. Ms. Su, you are a renowned illustrator. It would be wonderful if we could invite you to illustrate Xinxin's poetry collection. If Ms. Su agrees to cooperate, it would be a win-win for all three of us."
Zhao Xinxin and Zhao Jinling were shocked when they heard Yin Xiao's words!
They only thought that Su Xing was a top student at Beijing University, good at studying and knowledgeable, but they didn’t expect that he was also... a famous illustrator??!
Although they didn't know much about the illustrator industry, they knew from Yin Xiao's words that Su Xing was very capable!
In fact, when Su Xing heard Yin Xiao say that he wanted to discuss cooperation with her, he had some vague guesses in his mind.
After listening to Yin Xiao's explanation of the content of the cooperation, she was not very surprised.
Su Xing thought about it and didn't refuse. She nodded slightly and said, "We can talk."
She understood that the publishing house agreed to sign a tiered royalty agreement with Zhao Xinxin, a completely new author, and that the initial royalty was not low, partly because of her popularity on the Internet.
Now the publishing house is proposing cooperation in order to make better use of her traffic.
She doesn't mind being exploited in this way. Many relationships are more stable when they are mutually beneficial.
Just as Yin Xiao said, such cooperation is indeed a win-win-win situation for all parties.
The publishing house wants to increase the sales of the poetry collection; she also hopes that Zhao Xinxin's first poetry collection will be a hit and make a lot of money; and as long as the contract is reasonable, she can also earn royalties and accumulate popularity, as well as enrich the types of her own works.
Yin Xiao was very happy to hear that Su Xing agreed to talk. "When we worked with artists before, we usually paid them according to the drawings. But if you, a big shot like you, Miss Su, come to draw the illustrations, we can negotiate the contract and everything."
Su Xing said, "My previous works were all paid royalties when I published them in albums. Drawing for museums, local cultural tourism organizations, and the like, was charged per piece or per item. We signed licensing contracts, not buyouts. Well... the fees were not low."
Yin Xiao nodded and said, "I understand. I think that if Miss Su draws illustrations for Xinxin's poetry collection, we can also sign a contract based on royalties."
She knew that Su Xing's drawings for museums and cultural tourism organizations all cost over a million yuan, and some organizations required a large number of drawings, which could reach two or three million yuan.
For publishing books, the cost of such authorization is too high.
Nowadays, the first print run of most books is only 10,000 copies, and many books cannot even sell out the first print run.
How could their publishing house dare to spend millions to hire an illustrator like this to draw licensed illustrations? It would be more reasonable to divide the profits based on royalties. How much money everyone can get depends on how many copies of the book can be sold.
In this way, Su Xing wants herself and Zhao Xinxin to make more money, and will promote the book more attentively when it is released.
Su Xing nodded slightly. "Royalties? That's fine too, but I'll sign a tiered royalty agreement."
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