bookcurios Chapter 1129: Really agreed?
Chapter 1129: Really agreed?
Zhao Xinxin looked at Su Xing with shining eyes.
Although she didn't quite understand some of the details, she understood one thing: Sister Su was going to draw illustrations for her poetry collection!
She was extremely excited at the thought of her poems and Sister Su's paintings appearing in a book!
This is great!
Zhao Jinling looked at Su Xing, then at her niece, and thought to herself: Xinxin is really lucky. She actually met such a noble person to help her!
Yin Xiao had already printed out the contract for Zhao Xinxin and brought it over.
As for Su Xing, I haven't prepared the contract yet because I need to have a meeting with her.
After meal.
Zhao Xinxin handed her poetry notebook to Yin Xiao, "Editor Yin, all my poems are here. Please take a look and see which ones you can use."
Yin Xiao held out his hands and solemnly took the notebook. "Okay, the editor-in-chief and I will carefully select it."
Then she took out the contracts, handed one to Su Xing and one to the Zhao family's aunt and nephew, asking them to review them.
"We've already put the terms that Ms. Su and I discussed online into the contract. Please check if there are any problems. If there are any changes that need to be made, we'll reprint it."
Su Xing took the contract and read it page by page, more carefully than she read her own contract.
Zhao Jinling and Zhao Xinxin looked at the not-too-thin contract in front of them, both confused and nervous. How could they understand this thing?
Zhao Jinling thought about it and turned to the part about the division of interests between the two parties. She felt that she could not understand those complicated terms, but it would be fine if she could just know how much money to pay.
But when she saw the tiered royalties, she was even more dumbfounded. She had no idea how these so-called tiered royalties were calculated!
Zhao Xinxin heard from Su Xing that he helped her get tiered royalties, but she was also confused about what exactly happened.
Su Xing and Yin Xiao noticed the confusion of the Zhao family's aunt and nephew.
Yin Xiao briefly explained to the Zhao family's aunt and nephew what the tiered royalties system was.
Su Xing also explained to them some important terms in the contract and the obligations that both parties must fulfill.
The Zhao family's aunt and niece pricked up their ears and listened very attentively.
the end.
Zhao Jinling said, "Well, I'm just Xinxin's aunt, not her guardian. Her parents are both gone, so this contract needs to be signed by her grandparents. My dad is in the hospital right now, and my mom is taking care of him. I'll take this contract to the hospital and have my mom sign it. I've roughly understood the key contents of the contract, so I'll explain it to them."
Zhao Xinxin nodded quickly, "That's right, can we take the contract back?"
Yin Xiao said: "Of course."
This is not a big deal. Many times, publishers and authors don’t even need to meet to sign a contract. They can just mail the contract.
At this moment, after hearing about Zhao Xinxin's life story, she felt very sympathetic towards her. This little girl was so pitiful!
She added, "I'll go with you to the hospital to see the elders later."
"No, no!" Zhao Jinling quickly waved her hands. "My dad had a brain hemorrhage surgery not long ago, and he can't speak clearly now. My mom has rarely left the village in her life. She gets nervous when she sees strangers and can't speak."
Zhao Xinxin nodded vigorously, "My aunt is right!"
Su Xing also said at this time: "Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao are both not good at socializing."
After hearing what they said, Yin Xiao naturally stopped insisting.
She means well, but it's inconvenient for others, so she would be tactless if she insists on it.
"Okay, I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation."
"Pleasant to work with."
Zhao Xinxin carefully put the contract away.
Yin Xiao also put Zhao Xinxin's poetry book into his backpack.
Zhao Jinling asked the waiter to pay the bill.
The group got up, went downstairs and walked out of the hotel.
Zhao Jinling said, "Let's take you back to the hotel."
Su Xing said, "No need. The hotel and the hospital are in two different directions. We can just take a taxi back to the hotel. Aunt Zhao, Xinxin, please go back to the hospital."
Zhao Jinling and Zhao Xinxin have been out for quite some time, and they are actually worried about leaving Grandma Xinxin to take care of Grandpa Zhao alone.
Zhao Jinling hesitated for a moment, then stopped insisting. "Okay, then let's go back and sign the contract. See you tomorrow."
"See you tomorrow."
"good night, see you tomorrow."
Zhao Xinxin waved to Su Xing and Yin Xiao, "Sister Su, Editor Yin, goodbye, good night."
The four of them got into two cars and drove off in different directions.
Yin Xiao and Su Xing were both sitting in the back seat of the car.
Yin Xiao said, "Ms. Su, let's go back to the hotel and discuss the details of the cooperation."
Just now in the hotel, everyone was mainly discussing Zhao Xinxin's publication of a collection of poems.
The cooperation with Su Xing cannot be discussed in just a few minutes, and it is not convenient to occupy a table in the restaurant all the time, so the two parties only reached a preliminary cooperation intention and did not discuss the details in depth.
"Okay." Su Xing agreed, and then said, "The second floor of that hotel is a coffee shop. Can we talk there later?"
Yin Xiao nodded, "Okay."
It's always more formal to talk in a cafe than in a hotel room.
After the two arrived at the hotel, Yin Xiaoxian went back to the room and took down her laptop so that they could talk while she wrote down the details and revised the contract.
Their cooperation this time was discussed very efficiently, and they quickly came to a conclusion on the main terms and division of interests.
The main reason why it went so smoothly was because Su Xing was easy to talk to and did not strive for more benefits for himself.
Today, the royalties she earns from publishing her picture books start at at least 10%.
But in the past, except for the one she collaborated with the Palace Museum, all the other albums, whether it was drawing or text, were completed by her alone. She was the only creator of the entire album.
In this collection of poems, Zhao Xinxin's poems are the soul, and her illustrations are just to assist Zhao Xinxin's poems.
When signing a collection of poems, the author would sign as "Shixing", while the illustrations would be signed as "Xingle".
Therefore, Tiantian Publishing House will definitely not give her more than 10% of her starting royalties.
At the beginning, Yin Xiao was a little embarrassed. Asking a big shot like Su Xing to draw illustrations would bring huge benefits to the promotion and sales of the poetry collection!
But how to share the profits with them was also a problem. Su Xing's starting price was too high, and their publishing house couldn't afford it. But if they offered too little, they were afraid that they wouldn't be interested...
The editor-in-chief originally wanted the illustrators to receive lower royalties than the poetry authors, giving them a starting royalty of 5% and signing a tiered royalty agreement. As the sales of the poetry collection increase, the royalty percentage will also increase.
When Yin Xiao made an offer, he hesitated for a while and still didn't feel comfortable saying 5%.
Finally, she offered the same royalty price as Zhao Xinxin, with a starting royalty of 6%, an 8% increase for sales exceeding 20,000 copies, a 10% increase for sales exceeding 50,000 copies, and a 12% increase for sales exceeding 100,000 copies.
When she came, the editor-in-chief gave her some room to negotiate the price, and this price was on the higher end of the range she had the authority to decide.
Su Xing hesitated for only a moment before agreeing, "Okay, that's it."
The bulk of her income nowadays is not from publishing fees, so she doesn't really care about the percentage of royalties. As long as it's not ridiculously low, just treat her like a fool.
And the main reason she agreed to this cooperation was for Zhao Xinxin.
She felt that the price Yin Xiao offered her was acceptable, so she nodded in agreement.
Yin Xiao was a little bit incredulous when she heard Su Xing agree so readily, "Really? You really agree to this price?"
Don’t you want to think about it again?
She swallowed the second half of the sentence in time.