Chapter 31

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the orange sunset shone on the street of No. 76, and Han Li's family of three left Kate's apartment.

"Fili, Kate took the initiative to lower the royalty share, does she know that we are writing a book in friendship?"

In the back seat, Han Li hugged little Jessica and asked softly.

"Maybe!"

Fili smiled softly as she drove the car.

Just now, when discussing the terms of the publishing agency, Kate said that she did not want the manuscript fee, and the royalty share was reduced from 15% to 10%, leaving only an unrealistic film and television adaptation right.

Fili felt that Kate and the siblings were very good, and neither of them was a greedy person.

"Fili, will the cooperative company lose money this time?"

Han Li was a little worried.

"Rest assured Alyssa, Kate herself is not small, the quality of her novels is not bad, ten thousand copies should be able to sell it, as long as we control the cost of publicity distribution, maybe we can still make a profit." 」

Especially under the premise that Kate actively reduces the royalty share, the company will be more profitable.

"Okay! It's just that old Schwartz is definitely going to trouble you again."

Han Li sighed softly.

"Ahem! The publishing agency thing is my business, and the old Schwartz's hand is stretched too far."

Felix was dissatisfied.

"Don't argue with old Schwartz when you go to the company, after all, he is the chairman"

Han Li advised.

"Well, I see!"

The next day, after Felix went to work, he asked his assistant to draft a publishing agency contract, and asked his editors and legal department members to go to Kate to discuss the signing.

Not long after the order, an old man with gray hair broke into the office in a menacing manner, and this person was the chairman of the publishing house, Schwartz Sr.

"Little Mason, look at what you're doing, you're going to act as an agent for a vampire novel, and I have to doubt your level of business."

Old Schwartz shouted as he propped up his desk.

Felix wiped a handful of saliva from his face and said disapprovingly, "Old Schwartz, this is my business, I don't need to explain it to you."

"Hmm, your business, your business, you look at the fact that our company's performance has declined year by year since you took charge of the publishing business, which fully illustrates your incompetence"

Schwartz Sr. criticized bluntly.

Felix frowned, his face darkened, and he was a little helpless.

The publishing house was founded by his grandfather Harold Mason and the elder Schwartz's father, Lot Schwartz.

Mason Sr. is a professor and librarian at New York University, and Lot Schwartz is an antique bookseller.

The two founded Greenwood Publishing House in 1965, with Mason Sr. as editor-in-chief, in charge of editing and publishing agency, and Lot Schwartz as general manager, in charge of publicity and distribution.

After two or three generations of hard work, the company has finally gone from a small publishing house to a medium-sized publishing house with a market capitalization of hundreds of millions of dollars.

After several mergers and combinations, the company has also become a joint-stock company.

The Schwartz family owns 42 percent of the shares, while the Masons own only 26 percent.

According to the agreement of the previous generation, the elder Schwartz was the chairman of the board, in charge of distribution and publicity sales.

Felix was managing director and remained in charge of the company's publishing business.

In recent years, with the development of the Internet, e-books have gradually emerged, which has caused a great impact on the publishing market.

The company has not represented popular publications for many years, and the decline in performance is inevitable.

Felix felt that it was not his fault, but the elder Schwartz always liked to provoke and try to get him to voluntarily hand over the position of general manager.

Felix did not want to argue with him, sighed and said, "Old Schwartz, your heart is not good, don't get too excited, what is the problem we sit down and talk slowly."

"Are you cursing me, good little Mason?"

Old Schwartz was so angry that his beard was cocked, and he was about to scold a few more words, when he suddenly felt some discomfort in his heart, he took a breath, and slowly sat down on the table, his face was very ugly.

Felix smiled darkly and poured a cup of coffee in front of old Schwartz.

Old Schwartz took a sip of his coffee, "Oh, damn little Mason, do you want to burn me and take over the chairmanship?" "

Felix covered his forehead, a little helpless, the older the older it became, the more incomprehensible it became.

"Old Schwartz, do you know why I'm representing this novel?"

"Because you're blind!"

Old Schwartz said unceremoniously.

"..."

Felix took a deep breath, "Old Schwartz, I don't argue with you, this time this book was published for personal reasons."

"Oh?"

Old Schwartz blinked his gray eyes, "Little Mason, you use the company's resources for private reasons, are you not afraid that I will open the board of directors to fire you, no, no, your boy is much more treacherous than your old man, you take the initiative to explain this matter, there must be some conspiracy, right?" You're setting traps to fool me, right? "

Felix covered his face, feeling that there was no way to say it.

"Little Mason, you talk, I'm curious what you're going to do with me."

Old Schwartz touched his beard and asked with interest.

Felix paused for a moment before he said, "Old Schwartz, do you know who the author of this novel is?" "

"Who? It seems to be a woman named Kate, she will not be Princess Kate, right? Hahaha~"

Old Schwartz said and laughed himself.

Felix stared at him without blinking, to see how long he could laugh.

"Oh wow"

Old Schwartz felt bored, laughed twice and closed his mouth, "Hum, who is this Kate, you tell me about it."

"Do you know supermodel Kate Kelly?"

Felix asked lightly.

"A model? A novel written by a model? "

Old Schwartz blinked, suddenly leaned forward, and said quietly, "Hey, little Mason, is this model your friend?" Do you want to play with girls this way? Have to say you're older than you... No, if that's true, you certainly wouldn't tell me, hmmm, do you kid think I'm stupid? "

"It's true"

"Is it really your good friend?"

Old Schwartz stood up and pointed at his nose and scolded, "Good little Mason, you and Emily have been married for less than three years, and little Jessica is less than a year old and you are out fooling around, are you worthy of little Jessica?" "

Felix slobbed on his face and said weakly, "I said Kate was indeed a supermodel, but he had nothing to do with me."

"Do you think I'll believe you, you shameless boy, you must have been half-hearted when you broke up with Jenny in the first place, right?"

Old Schwartz sneered.

Felix was really helpless, when he was eighteen or nineteen years old, he had a relationship with Jenny, the daughter of the old Schwartz, and finally broke up peacefully, which was more than ten years later, and he did not expect the old Schwartz to mention the old things again.

"Old Schwartz, be quiet!"

Felix said, "Kate is Rocca's sister, do you understand?" "

"Rocca? Who's this? "

Old Schwartz was a little dizzy.

"Superman Rocca"

"Wow, is Rocca the Superman who saved Little Jessica?" I'd love to meet him, thank him for saving my little Jessica, when are you going to invite him to the house? "

Although old Schwartz hated the incompetent, shameless, sinister and cunning little Mason in front of him, he loved little Jessica very, very much, and every time he saw little Jessica, he had to spit twice on her little cheek, and every time his beard would make the little guy cry, and then the dead old man could laugh triumphantly.

Felix dared to tell the truth in front of old Schwartz, also because of little Jessica, who he believed the old man would understand.

"Rocca can't move around much now, and when he's recovered, he'll invite him to the house... So old Schwartz, do you now understand why I want to publish this novel on my behalf? "

"Are you stupid and you want to thank Rocca in this way, right?"

"Yes, exactly!"

Felix was relieved and finally explained clearly.

"Hum, little Mason, I have to say to you, you are much more stupid than your old man and your grandfather, you want to thank him, you can give him a sum of money, introduce him to a good job, and anything else, why use this way, this way is really stupid and stupid"

Felix did not want to fight, and said lightly, "Kate is a supermodel, last year's global supermodel revenue ranking ranked eighth, the annual revenue of 6.5 million, higher than the profit of our publishing house, do you think they are short of money?" "

"Is that so?"

Old Schwartz touched his beard and stopped talking.

Felix continued, "Kate is a supermodel, and the novels she writes, whether of good or bad quality, will definitely have a market, as long as we control the number of printed volumes and the cost of publicity, not only will we not lose money, but we may also make a profit."

Old Schwartz shook his head, "If you want to make a profit, you have to sell at least ten thousand copies, can this novel sell ten thousand copies?" "

Felix frowned, and the answer was no.

In recent years, Anne Rice, the mother of vampires, has published a series of vampire novels, including Interview with the Vampire, The Queen of the Vampires, Pandora, Armand the Vampire, Blood and Gold, Blackwood Manor, and Ode to Blood.

The sales of these novels are very good.

Blackwood Manor, published last year, and Ode to Blood, published this year, are consistently in the top ten of the New York Times bestseller list.

At present, "Ode to Blood" is still in fifth place.

The best-selling of this series of vampire novels has led to a problem, and that is that more and more people are writing vampire novels.

According to statistics, more than one-fifth of the novel manuscripts received by major publishing houses are vampires.

This led to the editor's disgust when he saw the vampire genre.

This is also the main reason why Kate's novels are not taken seriously.

There are so many vampire novels on the market now, the market is saturated, and it is very difficult for a new vampire novel to sell ten thousand copies, even if the author is supermodel Kate.

"Little Mason, although you are very stupid with this practice, but I support you, your Mason family's ancestral motto seems to be a favor must be repaid."

Old Schwartz patted him on the shoulder and arched his old back out of the office.

Looking at his back, Phoenix smiled softly.

"Ned, go get Ms. Kate Kelly to sign!"

"Yes, Mr. Mason!"

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