Chapter 168 Father Su’s Little Thoughts
Xia Xiaokui didn't doubt Tang Wu's words at all.
Su Xing's works are good in themselves and have their own network traffic. With Tang Wu's identity, it is not difficult to find a large and powerful publishing house to publish a picture album for her sister, and it will definitely not be a buyout contract or a pure newcomer to offset the royalty contract.
She sighed secretly in her heart, but kept a decent smile on her face. "We are very optimistic about Su Xing's work, and we plan to focus on promoting it in the second half of the year. We will discuss the contract later. I will also communicate with our editor-in-chief Ye..."
Tang Wu nodded simply, "Okay!"
Su Xing blinked, as if she didn't need to say anything more?
The negotiations ended abruptly.
After several people left the teahouse, Lawyer Feng said goodbye to them and left first.
Tang Wu and Su Xing sent Xia Xiaokui to the hotel.
Xia Xiaokui originally thought that this would be a very relaxing business trip. Once she arrived in H City, she would be able to sign the contract with the painter right away, and then go shopping, eat and have fun for two days.
The result is now...
She was no longer in the mood to relax on a business trip...
She has graduated for two years and has very little experience in a large publishing house like China Pictorial Publishing House. Fortunately, she has good business skills and has been highly valued by the editor-in-chief in recent years.
But she still doesn't have the right to set royalties or change the contract.
After returning to the hotel, she called her editor-in-chief Ye and told him what happened today...
Editor Ye was also very surprised. That popular little artist on the Internet was actually the younger sister of the young painter Tang Wu?!
The other party proposed to sign a tiered royalty agreement?
She originally thought that she was just signing a new artist's first album and that she just had to follow the normal process of signing a new artist, but now she had to take it seriously.
Editor-in-Chief Ye thought for a while and said, "The other party's request is not unreasonable, but the first level cannot be 10,000 copies. After all, the promotion of our event is quite strong, and it is easy to achieve sales of 10,000 copies..."
Xia Xiaokui communicated with Editor-in-Chief Ye on the phone for nearly two hours, and only hung up after they had finalized some details.
The next morning, Xia Xiaokui called Su Xing and said that she wanted to meet with her again that day.
With the strength of China Pictorial Publishing House, there is no need to waste time keeping the artist hanging. Xia Xiaokui does not plan to go to H City many times for the contract, so now that the higher-ups have loosened their stance, let's discuss the contract as soon as possible.
Of course Su Xing agreed.
After hanging up the phone with Xia Xiaokui, Su Xing called Tang Wu again, "Sister Tang, that editor Xiaokui called me..."
When she and Tang Wu separated yesterday, Tang Wu told her that if the other party wanted to discuss the contract again today, he should call her.
Tang Wu said: "I'll pick you up."
Tang Wu went to pick up Su Xing and Xia Xiaokui, and then drove directly to the law firm where Lawyer Feng worked!
Xia Xiaokui: “…”
As soon as she got off the car and saw the big sign of the law firm, she was speechless!
Tang Wu said, "I think it will be more convenient for us to revise the contract if we discuss it here. What do you think, Editor Xia?"
Xia Xiaokui: "...I think it's good."
Lawyer Feng received them warmly.
The discussion went quite smoothly this time.
The final tiered royalty contract is as follows: 7% royalty for sales of less than 8 copies, 9% royalty for sales of more than 10 copies but less than 12 copies, % royalty for sales of more than copies but less than copies, % royalty for sales of more than copies, and % royalty for sales of more than copies.
In fact, the top royalty can be as high as 15%, but no matter how much traffic Su Xing has, she is a newcomer publishing a picture album for the first time, so it is impossible to give her the highest rate.
The 12% figure for volumes above actually has a soothing effect.
Because neither Xia Xiaokui nor Editor-in-Chief Ye thought that Su Xing's album could really sell more than 200,000 copies.
It is not easy for this kind of picture album with public welfare propaganda to sell 50,000 copies, and 100,000 copies would be extremely popular!
Giving her a royalty file of 200,000 copies is just to give her something to look forward to, and it also shows that their China Pictorial Publishing House is very generous to newcomers.
As for the increase from 6% to 7%, Xia Xiaokui had negotiated with Editor-in-Chief Ye last night, because she felt that Su Xing's family situation would make 6% of the royalties unacceptable to her...
After the royalties were agreed upon, Lawyer Feng spent a long time with Xia Xiaokui working out some details before they finally drafted the contract.
Su Xing is over sixteen years old, and the contract signed independently is a valid contract. Under the witness of Lawyer Feng and Tang Wu, both parties signed the contract.
At this moment, the electronic sound of the system rang in Su Xing's mind again!
[Congratulations to the host for completing the hidden mission: Successfully signed the contract to publish the first album, started accumulating personal wealth, rewarded 10 days of life value, and increased painting talent by 10%]
Huh? Completed another hidden mission? Su Xing took his contract and felt more and more satisfied.
Xia Xiaokui secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the signing was finally completed!
Signing this contract is really tiring...
We had lunch together to congratulate both parties on their pleasant cooperation.
In the afternoon, Tang Wu and Su Xing said they would take Xia Xiaokui for a stroll in H City, but Xia Xiaokui refused, saying she wanted to go back to the hotel to have a good sleep, so they sent her back to the hotel.
Xia Xiaokui booked a return flight on the 16th, and Su Xing said he would come to see her off, and this time she agreed.
On the morning of the 16th, Su Shaohui looked at his daughter eagerly, his eyes full of anticipation.
As a result, Su Xing went out after breakfast...
Su Shaohui leaned against his own window, watching his daughter leave with a look of disappointment in his eyes. This child had forgotten...
Forget it, man, why are you being so pretentious?
Let’s go to the lab!
Su Xing and Tang Wu met up and went to send Xia Xiaokui to the airport together.
"Editor Xiaokui, goodbye." Su Xing waved to Xia Xiaokui who was about to go through security check.
Tang Wu also smiled and said, "You were too rushed this time. Next time you come to H City, you must have a good time for a few days. There are still many delicious and fun things here."
Xia Xiaokui waved to her sisters, "Okay, definitely next time!"
This time she wasn't in a hurry, she just didn't have the energy to eat, drink and have fun...
……
After seeing Xia Xiaokui off, Tang Wu asked Su Xing, "Where are you going next? Home?"
Su Xing recalled the look in her father's eyes when she left the house, and couldn't help laughing. "Go pick out a gift for my dad. Today is Father's Day."
Tang Wu was stunned. Today is Father's Day...
Her father was very busy every day, and she hadn't seen him for more than a week. She didn't even remember that today was Father's Day, and her father probably didn't remember it either...
"Then let's go shopping together. I'll see what to choose for my dad."
Tang Wu started the car, drove into the city, and headed directly to the commercial street...
……
Su Shaohui was in a bad mood that day.
The assistant not only moved his hands and feet more gently in front of him, but also breathed more gently...
Although Teacher Su is usually very kind, he is still very scary when he frowns!
The assistant was afraid that he had done something wrong and would be stared at sternly by Teacher Su!
Until the security guard at the door suddenly came to Su Shaohui and said that someone had delivered something to him.
Su Shaohui's heart was moved, but he remained calm on his face, "Who is it? What are you bringing? Is it a laboratory instrument?"
The assistant glanced at him and asked, Aren't all the experimental equipment ordered centrally by the institute?