Chapter 1454 Suddenly Rich

No matter how beautiful a book is, there is always time to finish it.

No matter how good a TV series is, there will be a time when the show ends.

The same is true for storytelling.

After setting a record of 2.55 million listeners for Xiangjiang Radio, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" finally came to an end.

Wang Gang was included in the history of Xiangjiang because of this.

"Qilin Daily" spent three consecutive days reporting on Wang Gang and his "Ghost Blowing the Lamp".

When Wang Gang first came to Xiangjiang, "Qilin Daily" did not pay attention to him, and now it can be regarded as making up for it.

Because this short, fat man is no longer the worthless mainlander he was at the beginning, but has become the number one person in the storytelling industry in Xiangjiang.

Of course, not all of the 2.55 million listeners are die-hards, but there are definitely some who are more than 1 million die-hards.

Wang Gang's "Ghost Blows Out the Lamp" tape has long been released by Xiangjiang Commercial Radio and Qilin Records. Not only is every issue a big seller in Xiangjiang, the trend has even spread to the entire Chinese area.

Baodao was no exception. Although there were no formal channels, Cai Songlin had long been accustomed to such sneaky things. He went directly to Qilin Records and quietly obtained 1 million tapes of each episode in the mainland. In Baodao, they were wholesaled to the corner community members, who then sold them to the streets and alleys of Baodao.

These people have already accumulated more than ten years of experience. Don't play too good a strategy of seizing the east and attacking the west. The officials have no way to stop it. They can only watch Quan Baodao also happily listening to the story of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" .

The day after Wang Gang finished speaking, Qilin Culture quickly launched the first episode of the novel "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", "Jingjue Ancient City", which had been prepared for a long time.

The editors of Qilin Culture compiled Wang Gang's manuscripts and added some novel elements. This book "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" also added an "original story of Yin Jun" and "Teacher Wang Gang's passionate narration" Label.

Take a look.

With such a gimmick, how could "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" not sell well?

In just half a month, 10.3 million copies were sold across Asia, quickly setting another jaw-dropping record!

Ever since Jin Yong closed the book, ever since Liang Yusheng faded out, ever since Gu Long was in bad shape, no famous martial arts writer has been able to sell more than 3 million copies of his novels.

Even the one known as Wen Juxia is impossible.

The reason why "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" has such a record is that Wang Gang's story is well told and everyone likes it.

Over the past few months, through radio and audio tapes, a large number of book fans have been cultivated.

Now that the story is finished, they have endless aftertaste. When they see the book coming out, they buy a copy and take it home to slowly reflect on it again. This is the choice of many people.

Another one is because of Yin Jun.

The story of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" was provided by Yin Jun, and Wang Gang just processed it and told it.

The real core of the story is Yin Jun’s thoughts.

Since 1978, in 5 years, Yin Jun has created dozens of TV series, movies, songs, and published many novels in the United States, but there is no novel that conforms to the connotation of Chinese culture.

In other words, there is no novel tailor-made for Chinese people.

"Forrest Gump", "Jurassic Park", "The Bridge of Lost Dreams", "A Song of Ice and Fire"...these novels are basically not the food of ordinary people in the Chinese cultural circle!

In this era, Chinese novels are a pastime that can be compared with TV series and movies.

Especially martial arts and suspense novels are even more popular.

It is a pity that Yin Jun, a talented screenwriter, has not written a single novel.

In fact, in the past few years, Qilin Culture has received many letters and phone calls from viewers asking Yin Jun if he has any plans to write a martial arts book.

Now "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" has made up for everyone's regrets.

Yin Jun has fans all over the world, not to mention the Chinese-speaking community in his hometown.

Seeing that their idol published a book with Chinese cultural heritage, these fans also actively supported it.

Therefore, it has a crazy record of selling 10.3 million copies in half a month.

In such a half-month period, Qilin Printing Factory, which had originally prepared 6 million copies, was so stimulated by the huge number of orders that it had three shifts of overtime printing every day.

That is to say, Kirin Printing Factory is printing. This is the largest printing factory in Asia. It has the richest experience, the best equipment and the best workers, so it can print 5 million copies in ten days, which is incredible. Meet the needs of book lovers.

But according to the estimates of booksellers, the sales volume of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient City" is far more than that, and should at least double.

This is still the current situation. If the TV series and movies of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" are completed, broadcast and released in the next one or two years, the sales volume of the "Ghost Blowing Lamp" series will increase by another seven to eight million copies.

In addition to the Chinese-speaking cultural circle in Asia, the two most economically developed countries in Asia—Japan and South Korea—are of course also traditional Confucian cultural circles.

Ghost legends are equally popular there.

Although the first batch of comics was not released in Japan and South Korea, "Qilin Weekly" has always been the number one comic weekly in these two countries.

Yin Jun's book fans are not only very numerous, but also very obsessed with them.

Therefore, Tokuma Shoten and a cooperative publishing house in South Korea have already pre-ordered the Japanese and Korean versions of "The Ghost Blowing the Lamp: The Ancient Castle".

The reason why it is not published together with the Chinese version is due to translation and proofreading issues.

After finishing this batch of printing, the Japanese and Korean versions will also be released.

Japan has ordered 10 million copies, and South Korea has ordered 5 million copies. This is still a conservative first issue.

Japanese and Korean book fans are famous all over the world for their preference for reading books. It is normal for such an interesting story to trigger a sales boom.

Even excluding those from Japan and South Korea, the first batch of royalties received by Wang Gang already amounted to HK$12 million before tax! Even after paying taxes, there is still 10 million Hong Kong dollars.

Wang Gang was stunned by such a huge sum of royalties.

When Le Yiling personally brought the check to him, Wang Gang didn't dare to accept it at all.

For him, being able to earn a salary of 20,000 to 30,000 Hong Kong dollars a month plus bonuses is an unimaginable dream life, and he really wishes he could continue like this for the rest of his life.

But now, 10 million yuan in after-tax royalties suddenly came in, and it was only the first payment. There will be 7 more "Ghost Blowing Lamp" novels to be published, which means there are still more than 100 million yuan! ?

Although Wang Gang came to Xiangjiang and was able to accept the concept of billionaire, he never thought that he would become a billionaire one day.

Just by writing storytelling manuscripts and speaking storytelling, you can earn more than 100 million! ?

What a joke! !

He repeatedly told Le Yiling that this was all the result of Young Master Jun. He was just sorting out the manuscript and adding some details. How could he get so much?

Le Yiling actually thought so too.

It's all thanks to my Arjun, and you are just an executor, just like the comic book writers of Qilin Culture. A few million is enough for you.

But Yin Jun told Le Yiling that Wang Gang was an important chess piece in the future mainland strategy, so he should not be treated badly.

That's why Le Yiling paid Wang Gang a royalties fee, but it was only a 3% royalty.

Except for mainland China, which currently only provides a fixed royalties, other developed countries and regions provide royalties.

Royalties are calculated as a percentage of the book price to the author.

Yin Jun is now at Henry Publishing House, a publishing house in Europe and Japan. They all receive 25% of the royalties, which means that for a book of 10 US dollars, the royalty to Yin Jun is 2.5 US dollars, and 10 million copies is 25 million. US dollars.

From "Jurassic Park" alone, Yin Jun received more than 300 million US dollars in royalties! Surpassing all living writers in the world!

Yin Jun's royalties are just an example. How can ordinary writers get 25%? Being able to get 15% is already the treatment of a first-class writer.

But the 3% that Wang Gang got was unprecedented, at least everyone else was around 6%.

Not to mention that "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City" has sold 10 million copies, and it is very likely that the final sales volume will exceed 40 million copies! !

For such a super best-selling book, 20% to the author is definitely not an exaggeration.

3% is absolutely insulting!

But the actual situation is not that simple.

Because all the copyright registrations for "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" belong to Yin Jun, it stands to reason that Wang Gang adapted it into storytelling, added those contents, and expanded the entire novel. He was just hired, and he only needed a fixed salary and dividends for doubtful points. , the majority should be given to Yin Jun.

So in fact, the royalties given by Qilin Culture are 25%, which is the same as that in Europe and the United States. Wang Gang took 3%, and Yin Jun took 22%.

When Le Yiling gave the check to Wang Gang, she mentioned this in advance and clearly told him and Yin Jun their share.

There are many mainlanders in Qilin Culture. Wang Gang knows a lot about the treatment of Qilin Group from their mouths, but no one has ever been as high as him.

Let alone 3%, even 1% of several million is too much for Wang Gang.

Without Yin Jun, how could the story "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" be possible?

Therefore, Wang Gang dare not accept 3%.

It was only because Le Yiling was impatient and said that this was Yin Jun's order to hold it securely that Wang Gang carefully put the check into the envelope with trembling hands and put it into his pocket.

The first thing Wang Gang did when he came out of the Kirin Group headquarters was to take a car to HSBC Bank and deposit the money into it.

Then holding the bankbook, he didn't sleep the whole night.

On average, every ten minutes or so, Wang Gang would touch the bankbook next to him, look at the numbers on it, and then giggle.

Even early the next morning, when he got on the plane flying to Huajing, Wang Gang, whose eyes turned into giant pandas, was still smiling stupidly, which almost scared the flight attendants away from asking him for autographs!