Chapter 507: First Printing of One Million

After Zhou Yan greeted the teachers at the Chinese Opera, Xu Feng asked Zhou Yan again, "I heard from Zhang Youan that the matter of "Shutter Island" has been negotiated with Bantam?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, we have already negotiated. The royalties are paid according to the steps. The basic royalty is 7%. Every time the sales volume exceeds one million, the settlement royalty will increase by one point, and the upper limit is 16%. "

"Is this a good condition?"

Xu Feng didn't know much about the publishing business, so he didn't know whether this tiered royalty rate was good or not.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's not very good. There is basically no risk on the Bantam side. If we want to get 16% of the royalties, the sales volume needs to exceed 9 million. This is a very difficult thing. It's very difficult." achieved.”

Hearing what Zhou Yan said, Xu Feng was quite surprised, "Since the conditions are so unfavorable to you, why do you still agree?"

Xu Feng knew Zhang Youan very well. Logically speaking, Zhang Youan would definitely not engage in loss-making business.

Could it be that Zhang Youan signed a contract that was unfavorable to them because he didn't understand the situation in the publishing industry?

But Xu Feng felt that the possibility was unlikely. Although Zhang Youan didn't know much about the book industry, with Zhang Youan's temperament, he would definitely consult professionals and would not make such a mistake.

In fact, the book business has nothing to do with Tomson. Now Zhang Youan is helping Zhou Yan.

Of course, if Zhang Youan helps, Zhou Yan will definitely not treat him badly.

Hearing Xu Feng's doubts, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Because Bantam agreed to a condition, the first printing of one million copies."

"The first printing is one million copies, how much?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "This first print run is already very large. It is impossible for ordinary novels to have this first print run."

The book market in North America is very realistic. For an average author, a first printing of tens of thousands of copies is pretty good, but for some super best-selling authors, the first printing of a new book may reach several million copies.

From this point, we can see the gap between the book market between China and the United States. It is impossible for a novel in China to have a first printing of several million copies, and most books do not even have 10,000 copies.

"So, they are quite optimistic about the sales of this novel." Xu Feng said.

If Bantam could agree to this condition, they must be very optimistic about the sales of "Shutter Island". After all, the cost of printing a million copies for the first time is quite high. If the sales are not good, they will suffer huge losses.

In fact, Bantam's idea is very simple. They know that "Shutter Island" is going to be a movie. Although the movie will be released after the novel is released, there is no need to rush.

Even if the sales performance of the novel is not good in a short period of time after its release, when the movie "Shutter Island" is released, it will definitely boost the sales of the book. It will just take a while.

And for this little time, Bantam can wait.

From Zhou Yan's perspective, he naturally hopes that Bantam can increase the number of first prints.

If a book wants to sell well, the first print run is very important.

The first printing of one million copies means that the product can basically cover most cities in North America.

As long as the book covers a large area, sales will not be too bad, because the distribution itself is a promotional tool.

Many readers don't usually pay much attention to book information. They basically get news about new books on the shelves from bookstores.

If they go to a bookstore one day and see a new book on the new book shelf, they will most likely pick it up out of curiosity and take a look.

The reason why Zhou Yan and the others set the first printing price at 1 million was because they had made an agreement with Warner before that if the sales of the novel "Shutter Island" could exceed 1 million, Warner would give Zhou Yan 1.2 million US dollars. rewards.

Now that "Shutter Island" has had its first printing of one million copies, this goal is basically halfway achieved.

Of course, Zhang Youan initially hoped that Bantam would set the first print run at two million, but Dante Self refused outright.

Just kidding, what does a first printing of two million copies mean? Since the founding of the United States, there have been only a few authors whose first printing of new books exceeded two million copies. Even if they are optimistic about the sales of "Shutter Island", they cannot bet on it.

"It shouldn't be a big problem if "Shutter Island" sells more than one million copies. It just depends on whether this goal is achieved before the movie is released or after the movie is released."

Xu Feng naturally knew that as they had agreed with Warner, there was a huge difference between achieving the one million goal before the movie was released or after it was released.

"When will the novel be released? If you can make it in time, you can go to the United States to hold a few book signings to boost sales. If not, you can sign the music album together with the novel. It will definitely attract a lot of people."

"It should be March."

It is now the end of January, and it will take at least more than a month for the novel to be released.

"That's pretty fast. What about in China? When will it be put on the shelves?"

"It will be released after it is released in North America."

"Oh, what about your other book? Will it be serialized soon?" Xu Feng asked again about Zhou Yan's new book.

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, we have to wait until the March issue."

"October, right?"

"That's right."

"I will pay attention to it later and buy a copy when the magazine comes out."

"Sister Feng, if you want to read it, the sample issue will arrive in a while. I will send you a copy."

He is relatively close to the "October" publishing house, and the mail delivery is convenient. There is no delay in sending the sample issue, so Zhou Yan can get the sample issue soon.

Xu Feng smiled and waved his hand, "No, no, I'll buy it myself. It can be considered as supporting you."

"If you want to buy it, you should pay attention in February. Although it is a March issue, you can buy it in February in many places."

Most magazines will choose to release the magazine in advance. There are so many provinces and cities across the country, and it will take some time to spread the magazine everywhere.

Furthermore, each company wants to distribute the magazine earlier than others, so that they can seize the market.

Most readers are not well-off. They may not be able to buy "October" if they buy "Harvest", and they will not be able to buy "Zhongshan" if they buy "Contemporary". If we spread the goods earlier than other magazines, we can reach these readers. The money in your pocket is in your hands.

The past few years have been pretty good. There was a time when everyone went crazy. March magazines often appeared and could be bought in early February. Even more extreme, March magazines could be bought in January.

Later, everyone discovered that there was no end to the scrolling, so they gradually relaxed. However, everyone still tacitly moved the publication time forward for a period of time.

Of course, there are also some magazines that frequently bounce tickets, and these types of magazines are basically going to have problems.

Xu Feng smiled and said, "I will ask the office to subscribe to a few copies of "October" when I get back. In this case, the magazine will be given to us as soon as it arrives. Anyway, your novel can't be serialized in one issue, and we will have to buy it later."

Zhou Yan laughed, "It will definitely be serialized in one issue, but this novel may not be completed in October."

"What do you mean?"

"If the response is good, the serialization may be discontinued and a single book will be published directly."

This is an old routine. Many novels are like this. They may only be serialized for one or two issues. If they find that readers like it very much, they will choose to publish a single volume directly. Taking advantage of the popularity, they can make some money from the single volume.

"It doesn't matter. If they serialize it, I'll read it in the magazine. If they don't serialize it, I'll buy the single volume. You have to sign it for me then."

"Of course that's no problem..." While talking to Xu Feng, Zhou Yan saw Zhang Shouren walking towards this side. He smiled and said, "Say Cao Cao and Cao Cao are here."

…

Today, there are many friends coming to the annual meeting of Zhou Yan Studio.

Needless to say, the colleagues at Yangyin, there are twenty or thirty teachers from the composition and orchestra departments. Liu Lin originally wanted to come, but he was not in good health and it was inconvenient to go out in this cold weather, so he asked Vice President Wang Cizhao led the team over.

Because Liu Lin had been ill at home for a long time, during this period, Wang Cizhao, the deputy dean of the school, had been supporting all matters. He was basically the acting principal.

A lot of people also came from Yanjing Studio. Han Sanping personally led the team, and the people he led were people who were familiar with Zhou Yan, such as Wang Junzheng, Yang Zhanjia, and Senior Lu. There were a dozen people in total.

In fact, Zhou Yan must have more acquaintances at Yanjing Factory than these, but it is impossible to invite all acquaintances to today's event.

If everyone you know is invited, then these seats are not enough.

Chen Kaige is also here.

When Zhou Yan called Chen Kaige before, Chen Kaige hesitated and didn't give the correct answer. Today, it suddenly arrived, and Zhou Yan was quite surprised.

As soon as Chen Kaige arrived, he saw Xu Feng and Zhou Yan standing together. His eyes flickered, then a smile appeared on his face, and he walked towards them.

"Mr. Xu, Zhou Yan."

Xu Fenghe, although he was a little unhappy with Chen Kaige this year, he still said with a smile in front of him, "When Factory Director Han and the others came just now, I was wondering whether Kaige would come today."

The smile on Chen Kaige's face remained unchanged, "I will definitely come to join in the fun at Zhou Yan Studio's annual meeting. Speaking of which, we haven't gotten together for a long time. Today is a rare opportunity."

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Regarding Xu Feng, Chen Kaige had complicated feelings.

The success of "Farewell My Concubine" is inseparable from Xu Feng's support, and Chen Kaige also remembers her kindness in his heart.

But Chen Kaige is definitely not willing to say that all the credit belongs to her.

Later, when filming "Feng Yue", the differences between the two became more and more serious. Chen Kaige felt that he was constrained by Xu Feng, so he decided to find someone else to cooperate with.

Coming here today, Chen Kaige feels a little weak, because Zhou Yan's two recent movies have performed very well, especially the recent new movie "Space Traveler", which has a box office of more than 70 million.

And Zhou Yan's success seems to prove that Xu Feng's vision is right.

So since Xu Feng's vision was right, wasn't he the one who was wrong?

Therefore, Chen Kaige originally did not want to come today.

But thinking about his friendship with Zhou Yan, he decided to come. After all, he and Xu Feng just had some differences, and it wasn't that they had any grudges. It was just a little awkward when they met.

Not long after Chen Kaige arrived, Xu Feng's eyes suddenly lit up and he waved behind Zhou Yan, "Miao Miao, here!"

Zhou Yan turned around and saw that Dong Wenmiao was here.

Chen Kaige also greeted Dong Wenmiao, "Director Dong is here."

Dong Wenmiao smiled and nodded in response, "Director Chen."

After saying hello to Chen Kaige, she walked to Xu Feng's side. Among the three people, she was the only one who didn't say hello to Zhou Yan.

Xu Feng was very happy to see her and held her hand and said, "Miaomiao, what are you busy with during this time? You usually can't answer my phone calls."

Dong Wenmiao was also very happy to see Xu Feng, but she never showed her emotions very much. She just said with a smile, "Qizhi has taken on a lot of business recently, and the studio is very busy. It’s okay to leave it to others, but I have to keep an eye on the big job myself.”

Hearing what she said, Xu Feng turned to look at Zhou Yan, "It's all your fault for giving Miaomiao such a hard job and making her haggard from exhaustion."

Zhou Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips. Dong Wenmiao didn't look haggard at all.

It has to be said that time has really left no trace on Dong Wenmiao's face. After so many years, she still seems to be the same as she was in the Qiao Family Courtyard.

Speaking of which, Dong Wenmiao should be close to thirty years old this year, but she is not in the state of being thirty years old at all.

Xu Feng is considered well-maintained and looks to be less than forty years old, but standing next to Dong Wenmiao still feels like they are a generation apart.

Zhou Yan never knew why Xu Feng and Dong Wenmiao had such a good relationship.

They must have known each other for a long time when they were filming "Farewell My Concubine".

Logically speaking, it shouldn't be the case. Xu Feng and Dong Wenmiao are more than ten years apart. One is from Yanjing and the other is from Taiwan. How could they have crossed paths before?

However, although he was confused, Zhou Yan never asked.

Dong Wenmiao looked around the factory and asked Zhou Yan, "Are you going to go on stage today?"

Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, come on stage."

"Yeah, okay." Dong Wenmiao nodded and said nothing more.

Xu Feng had been standing with Zhou Yan. Now Dong Wenmiao came, and she pulled Dong Wenmiao aside, "Miao Miao, let's talk among ourselves and ignore them."

Dong Wenmiao nodded and followed Xu Feng.

After they left, Chen Kaige took out the cigarettes from his pocket and was about to light one, but when he saw that no one was smoking in the factory, he just held the cigarette in his mouth without lighting it.

"Congratulations, Lao Zhou, "Time Traveler" has become a box office hit again. You will treat me to dinner later."

"Isn't this a trivial matter? When will your new movie start shooting?"

"Next year... let's talk about this year, shooting will start in June or July."

"Will it be started in Yanjing?"

Chen Kaige shook his head, "It's not in Yanjing, it's in Hengdian. The reason why we have to start shooting in June or July is because we are waiting for the Qin Palace to be completed."

In order to film "Jing Ke Assassins Qin", a Qin Palace was built in Hengdian.

Today's Hengdian cannot be said to be "Hollywood of the East."

Xie Jin wanted to shoot the tribute movie "The Opium War" and wanted to find a location that recreated the street scenes of Guangzhou at that time, but he went to Guangzhou and Shanghai and couldn't find a good location.

Later, through someone's introduction, Xie Jin came into contact with Xu Wenrong of Hengdian Group.

Xie Jin was actually not optimistic about the Hengdian area because it was too remote. However, Xu Wenrong was very optimistic about the film and television industry, so he insisted on taking over the project.

Later, Xu Wenrong led more than 100 engineering teams and thousands of people to clear up wasteland and blast mountains in Hengdian, building a "19th-century Guangzhou Street in Southern Guangdong" of more than 300 acres.

The Qin Palace used in "Jing Ke Assassins Qin" is the second filming area in Hengdian.

Zhou Yan knew something about Hengdian and said with a smile, "There are a lot of mosquitoes there in June and July."

Chen Kaige waved his hand indifferently, "It's not like I've never been to the south. Although the conditions in Hengdian are not as good, we won't live in the wilderness."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Just be mentally prepared, but if you go to Hengdian to start the machine, I won't be able to support you."

"If you really want to support me, why not come and provide me with the soundtrack guidance." Chen Kaige looked at Zhou Yan with some resentment.

This time he approached Zhou Yan very early, but Zhou Yan still did not answer his call, but introduced it to Zhao Jiping.

Chen Kaige was not dissatisfied with Zhao Jiping, after all, he had enjoyed working together before, but he hoped to work with Zhou Yanzheng'er once again.

Zhou Yan shrugged, "I really can't help you, and isn't my senior brother good?"

"Of course Teacher Zhao is fine." Chen Kaige curled his lips and said nothing more. (End of chapter)