It has been a long time since Nohara Hiroshi encountered such a good work. If he introduces the novel "Love Letter" to the island country, it is likely to become a major achievement for him in the future.
It's not impossible to get a promotion, a salary increase, or even the position of editor-in-chief.
Thinking about the future, he couldn't hold back his smile.
"Nohara-san? Nohara-san?"
At this time, a voice woke him up from his dream, and he remembered that there were outsiders at home.
"Sorry, Li Sang, I was thinking about something just now."
After apologizing, Nohara Hiroshi said to the international students, "Don't worry, I won't let Li Sang's hard work be in vain today."
The international student was not particularly concerned about money, but the book in front of him was what he cared about.
"Nohara-san, is this "Love Letter" really good?"
"Li Sang, I can honestly say that this novel is the best I have ever seen in my career."
"Isn't that too much of a compliment, Nohara-san?"
"This is by no means an over-praise. This book deserves such praise." Thinking that Li Sang was not from the island country, Nohara Hiroshi explained: "Good literary works never distinguish between nationalities. For example, "Pride and Prejudice" and "Eugenie... "Grandet" and "Madame Bovary" were not written by island writers, but this does not hinder the greatness of these works, nor does it prevent them from conquering the readers of the island country. In my opinion, this "Love Letter" is such an excellent work .”
The international students were quite surprised that a domestic youth romance novel was praised by the editor of a well-known publishing house in the island country. If this was spread to the country, it would definitely arouse public opinion carnival.
After hearing Nohara Hiroshi's unsparing praise, the international student also changed his mind and said: "I understand, I actually like this novel very much, but I didn't expect that this kind of subject matter was really written by one of our Chinese writers."
"In addition to being able to thank Miss Saten for discovering this work, I am also grateful to Li Sang and Arigado!"
Nohara Hiroshi stood up and bowed.
The foreign student could no longer be punished. He stood up anxiously and returned the greeting, "Nohara-san, you are too polite. I just translated it once. What is really worthy of admiration is you. You did not dismiss it because it was a foreign novel." .”
Nohara Hiroshi sighed: "It would be better if this novel was written by people from our island country and published by our Kadokawa Shoten. This novel will arouse a stronger response, and we can even look forward to next year's Naoki Award. What a pity." .”
In the previous life, the light of this novel was too much taken away by the movie, but in this life, the novel appeared first, maybe the result will be very different.
The international student asked curiously: "Nohara-san, will you promote the introduction of this Chinese novel?"
"Of course, such an excellent novel deserves to be seen by more readers." Nohara Hiroshi nodded.
"If, I mean if this novel was published in an island country, how much would that writer get paid?"
"We definitely want to publish this novel, and the royalties may be distributed according to the proportion of newcomers. The industry generally pays 5% to 10% of royalties to newcomers. If the quality of the work is high enough and attracts the publisher's attention, the proportion can still be Higher." Nohara Hiroshi said calmly: "The quality of the novel "Love Letter" is of course no problem, but as a newcomer, you may not be able to get a higher share."
"5%-10% royalties?" The international students are not industry insiders and do not understand the meaning of royalties.
Nohara Hiroshi knew that he was an outsider, so he explained: "This is a remuneration settlement method agreed between the author and the publisher. For example, the agreed royalty rate is 8%, and payment is based on the number of prints. The book price is 500 yen, and the printing cost is 10,000 yen. Volume. The author’s royalty remuneration = 5 million * 10,000 * 8% = 400,000 yen."
"Four hundred thousand yen!"
The international student estimated the exchange rate between the two countries and found that it was only 20,000 yuan.
If you can earn 20,000 yuan from a book, you are already a wealthy person in China.
His eyes were red with jealousy. If he had known that writing novels was so profitable, why would he have messed around with it?
Unexpectedly, Nohara Hiroshi didn't see his face, but continued to stimulate him, "This is still an average-level novel. A high-quality work like "Love Letter" has a first printing of 100,000 copies, which is totally fine."
The foreign student said in a hoarse voice: "Ten...one hundred thousand volumes..."
The remuneration for a book is four million yen, how can he accept it?
He felt that he could not stay any longer, otherwise his mentality would explode, so he stood up:
"Nohara-san, it's getting late, so I'll take the first step."
"Li Sang, can you accept a part-time job with good pay?" Nohara Hiroshi said calmly.
"Eh?"
"Although I think this novel is good, it doesn't mean that the editor also approves of it."
"Nohara-san, do you want me to continue to be the translator?"
"No, I would like to ask you to be my guide and translator in China."
"this……"
The international student did not answer immediately. In this era, air tickets to return to China are not cheap, and visas are not easy to obtain. If we can no longer go abroad for a small amount of money, wouldn't it be worth the loss?
"I can ask Kadokawa Shoten to give you a temporary employee contract."
"I agreed."
Having Kadokawa Shoten's resume will be of great benefit to him as a foreigner. Even after he graduates, it will be much easier to find a job. Moreover, what he valued more was getting on Nohara-san's line.
"In that case, when shall we set off?"
"Don't worry, I still need to convince the editor-in-chief to let me go to China to convince the young writer."
The international student nodded: "I understand. I believe the editor-in-chief of your company will also agree with Nohara-san's vision."
"Haha, I hope so."
In this regard, Nohara Hiroshi did not dare to vouch for it.
"Then I will go back and wait for news from you. When I have confirmed information, I will ask for leave."
Nohara Hiroshi thought for a while: "Li Sang, you can make preparations. No matter what, I will book this trip to China even if it is at my own expense."
"Hey, I'm sorry to bother Nohara-san."
The international students left very wisely.
After he left, Nohara Hiroshi fell into deep thought. How to convince the editor-in-chief was a technical job. Of course, if he was persistent enough, this would not be a problem.
"Oh, it would be great if this writer Jiang is from our island country." Nohara Hiroshi muttered: "A novel that suits the taste of our readers should be a writer from our country."
When the working day came, he took the novel and praised it vigorously. He told the editor the general content of the story from memory, and vowed that if the novel was introduced into the country, it would definitely become a best-seller.
In the end, Doge took a seat and issued a military order to convince the editor-in-chief to let him take charge of the introduction of this novel.
Of course, this is also because the editor-in-chief has a fairly good command of Chinese. After reading the full text, he thought it was very valuable and approved him to go to China.
