"What kind of theme will it be?" Hu Da asked tentatively. "Will it be a modern person going back to the past? Or is there some kind of cheat code? "
Yang Yi shook his head. "Neither. The theme will be very traditional. It will be a story about an ordinary regiment commander!"
Hu Da was a little disappointed, but he also felt relieved.
From the previous "Assault of the Soldiers," Yang Yi was more familiar with traditional writing methods. If Yang Yi were to write a web novel, he might not be able to write a story as good as this one!
Plus, the reason why he valued Yang Yi so much was because Yang Yi could write good traditional military stories! There were a lot of military writers on the Qiyue Chinese Network, and there was no lack of outstanding ones!
But only Yang Yi could help the Qiyue Chinese Network win over more netizens from the Hardcore Web!
Hu Da smiled half-seriously and half-respectfully. "I believe in Yang Yi's writing style. It will definitely be very interesting!"
Yang Yi smiled faintly and did not reply. After a while, he brought two cups of coffee over. "Mandelli, you guys are in luck. I just finished roasting a batch of raw beans the day before yesterday. It will taste the best if you drink it these few days!"
In this world, the coffee beans were not called Mandelli, but Yang Yi still liked the name. He searched for half a day at the supplier's place before he found two cans of Sumatra Mandelli. It seemed that the people in this world did not treat it as a treasure. Instead, Yang Yi bought it back at a low price.
When he brought it back the day before yesterday, Yang Yi even danced with Xi Xi as if he had found gold!
In his previous life, before Blue Mountain Coffee was released, Mandelli was the best coffee in the world! But in this world, Blue Mountain Coffee was very famous, while Mandelli was a low-end product that few people cared about — because its beans were ugly!
However, Yang Yi knew that for Sumatra Mandhela coffee beans, the uglier they looked, the better they tasted, the richer and smoother they were!
However, Yang Yi felt that using Mandhelin to entertain these two was a bit wasteful!
"It's a little bitter!" Qiangzi took a sip and said with a frown, "Can I add some sugar?"
Yang Yi speechlessly handed over the sugar jar.
Hu Da, who was beside him, was also looking at him eagerly. He said, "Give it to me when you're done. I want some too."
Yang Yi's heart was bleeding. He recalled the conversation just now.
"Do you usually drink coffee?"
"Yes, we often drink it at work."
That was why Yang Yi wanted to share Mandelli with them …
Damn it, if he had known, he would have asked, "Do you usually drink instant coffee?"
The answer was obvious …
It was too late for regrets, so Yang Yi didn't take it to heart and continued to talk about the previous topic.
He was too lazy to beat around the bush with Hu Da, so he asked directly, "Qiangzi told me before that you want me to continue publishing my new book in Qiyue. So, what are your conditions?"
Hu Da's heart skipped a beat. He knew that this was not going to be easy!
Most of the authors in Qiyue were otakus. When they were negotiating with the website, they generally didn't know how to fight for better benefits for themselves.
Of course, Qiyue had its own strength and stubbornness to say no to the authors who made the request.
Only a few authors who had been famous for a long time were familiar with some of the unspoken rules in the online literature industry. They were also in contact with some of Qiyue's competitors. Only then could they have the ability to make Qiyue back down.
However, Yang Yi was a new writer. Before Hu Da came, he felt that he had a high chance of persuading Yang Yi without much effort!
However, the situation now seemed to be different!
First of all, Yang Yi wasn't an otaku author. He didn't look young, and he had a daughter. No matter how much Hu Da talked about ideals, he couldn't fool Yang Yi.
Secondly, Yang Yi had his own business. Looking at this coffee shop, it was obvious that this man didn't lack money! So, if Hu Da's conditions were too low, he wouldn't care …
Even if Yang Yi didn't write novels, he wouldn't starve to death! So, why did he have to publish his book on your website?
However, Hu Da still didn't give up. He smiled and said, "But Qiyue's user base is the widest, so we can give you the best publicity! I believe that when Qiangzi gave you the recommendation for Soldier's Assault, you should be able to feel it! "
"However, Qiyue's readers don't seem to like my book very much." Yang Yi's face didn't show any change in emotion.
"This, this, their views will change!" Hu Da said awkwardly. "After all, most of the readers like you."
"Many readers think that I should go to Iron-blooded Web. I will have a better development there," Yang Yi said.
Of course, Yang Yi wouldn't choose to go to Iron-blooded Web. He didn't want to write military novels for the rest of his life. Military novels were just a stepping stone for him to cover himself. In his previous life, Yang Yi didn't like military novels either. Apart from these two books, the others didn't seem to meet Yang Yi's standards of being a hipster.
Yang Yi planned to change his career after writing the next book, Drawing Sword! Therefore, Qiyue was a very comprehensive platform that was more suitable for his development.
Hu Da had no choice but to negotiate with Yang Yi. The two started talking about the sales share of the work. Qiangzi, who wasn't good at talking, didn't have a chance to interject.
Yang Yi wanted to increase the sales share, but it was very difficult. Starting from the fifty-five percent that Hu Da gave, almost every percentage had to be haggled over.
"It's really impossible to increase it to seventy percent! Our website still has to pay the copyright association ten percent of the profits! " Hu Da said with a huff. "You also have to be given a half-year bonus and a year-end bonus. You can't let the website go hungry, right?"
Online literature was a new industry, and the difficulty of copyright protection was much greater. Therefore, the commission charged by the copyright association would also be relatively higher.
In the end, Yang Yi accepted Hu Da's proposal of sixty percent of the sales share and seventy percent of the rewards (the reward amount would not be taken by the copyright association). However, Hu Da was also forced to accept one of Yang Yi's conditions.
"All of my works, including 'Soldier Assault', and all future works, including physical publications, film and television copyrights, I have a veto right. Also, the website's share of the copyrights for these non-electronic publications will be reduced to 5%! You can provide opinions or channels, but the decision is in my hands! "Yang Yi said," This must be written in the contract! "
Hu Da had spent a lot of energy in the previous negotiations with Yang Yi. Now that he thought about it, he couldn't see any loopholes. After all, there were very few film and television adaptations of online novels. Otherwise, their previous share would not have been so low. Now, Yang Yi's proposal of five percent was not unacceptable.
In terms of physical publishing, this was a big deal. Many physical versions of online novels sold very well.
However, Yang Yi only had a few books, so Hu Da felt that it would not hurt to have a smaller share. Moreover, as long as the website still had the right to share the profits, it didn't matter which publishing house published it.
Moreover, Hu Da's main purpose for coming this time was to keep Yang Yi for reading. He wanted to use Yang Yi's works to compete with Iron-blooded Web for readers.
Since these goals could be met, Hu Da felt that he could compromise on these seemingly insignificant copyright issues.
"Then, I wish us a happy cooperation!" Seeing Yang Yi sign the modified electronic contract, Hu Da smiled and extended his right hand to Yang Yi.
Yang Yi narrowed his eyes and held Hu Da's hand tightly. He said calmly, "Happy cooperation!"
In fact, Yang Yi was overjoyed. He felt that these two cups of Mandellin were worth it, not at all!
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