Chapter 488 Favorable Publishing Conditions (Third Update!)

Winston is not a businessman, so after seeing that there were no traps in Yin Jun's contract, he discussed it with his old buddies, then called Yin Jun directly, and made an appointment at the next day The law firm happily signed the equity transfer agreement.

When the purchase funds of 20 million US dollars were credited, Winston was all smiles on his face, and asked Yin Jun what the name of the new company should be.

After the company transfers its equity, usually the boss will change the name of the company to give the new company a new look. This is also the case in the United States.

Winston doesn't care about changing the name of his studio, he only cares about whether his studio can grow and develop.

In his mind, since the company is owned by Yin Jun, it seems a little bad that the name is still called Stan Winston Studio.

"Digital_Domain." Yin Jun said the name without thinking.

Winston was taken aback for a moment, and after repeating the name a few times, he nodded unconsciously, "Okay, the digital field... Well, this is the authentic Silicon Valley style!"

Winston graduated from the University of Virginia, one of the top three universities in the United States, and has a very high IQ. He naturally knows about Silicon Valley, a new industrial gathering place.

But he certainly didn't know that this new company name that suits him very much is actually the company name that he himself changed a few years later.

Digital Realm was born out of Stan Winston Studio, and it will become the second largest special effects studio in the world in the future.

But with the death of Stan Winston due to illness, without the helm of the digital field, it was sold off again and again, and gradually fell into mediocrity.

Not only in the digital field, there are many special effects companies in Hollywood that continue to grow and go bankrupt.

That is to say, Industrial Light and Magic can also rely on its good reputation and huge workload to obtain a little profit and develop relatively healthily.

But if it hadn't been for Disney's acquisition of Lucasfilm, and even the acquisition of Industrial Light and Magic, I am afraid its life would not be so easy.

Facts have also proved that without the support of a top company, you really can't do a good job in the money-burning special effects company.

Speaking of this, Yin Jun thought of Winston's illness. Now Winston is only 34 years old. It is said that he got myeloma in 2001 and fought against the disease for 7 years.

Meaning he has 20 good years left.

If Yin Jun doesn't help him.

Well, it would be good to introduce a policy of physical examination every two years in the future.

Especially those tech geeks who play with technology all day long, because they are often exposed to various chemical substances and have irregular work and rest, they should have regular physical examinations.

There are also maintenance aspects...

Well, Chinese medicine is very researched in this area. You can often see directors of big hospitals who died suddenly at the age of 40 or 50, but when have you seen how many Chinese medicine doctors who lived 70 or 80 years younger?

Start recuperating and paying attention before you get sick, so you will naturally live a long time.

At that time, I will hire another 10 or 20 really capable Chinese medicine masters from the mainland, and come to the United States every year to teach them the method of health preservation, which is also a blessing for these barbarians!

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It will take a few days for the new company to change its name to Digital Field Company, but Yin Jun doesn't care about it anymore.

In his previous life, Winston was able to manage the digital domain very well, and it must be the same in this life.

Wait until the digital field has become famous, and then dig a few more elite talents, so that it will be even stronger.

In front of Winston, he called Spielberg, who went to Massachusetts, and explained that the company had already bought the special effects work for "E.T.", just keep in touch with them at any time .

After talking to Winston for a few words, Spielberg, who hung up the phone, was in a daze.

He was wondering why Yin Jun insisted on looking for Stan Winston's studio two days ago, so he was waiting for him here!

But after thinking about it carefully, Spielberg didn't think there was anything wrong. Anyway, if he wanted to do special effects, he just needed to find a good special effects team, and Stan Winston was one of the best choices.

In addition, Stan Weston's studio has been acquired by Yin Jun, so he can do more elaborate special effects and spend more money, which is also to increase the performance of another company of the investor.

Not to mention Spielberg.

Ding Linxiang and Kant Henry's new book publishing contract has also been negotiated. For "World of Warcraft", "A Song of Ice and Fire" and "Forrest Gump", Kant Henry gave 20% of the highest level in the industry. There is no problem with this, but the number of first printings of 1 million copies requested by Ding Linxiang really entangled Kant Henry for a while.

In the end, he compromised. After all, he changed to another publishing house, and he would definitely agree to Yin Jun’s request—with "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code", which publishing house would not pay attention to Yin Jun ?

Now that Yin Jun has become famous, he is still the first choice, which proves that he is nostalgic, otherwise, changing to a big publishing house will have huge benefits for the sale of books.

Since Yin Jun takes care of old friends like this, it is naturally impossible for him to lose the chain, 1 million copies is 1 million copies, anyway, "A Song of Ice and Fire" will definitely be able to achieve it, and "World of Warcraft" is slightly worse, I guess If it can be sold out in two to three years, "Forrest Gump" may not be sold out in three to five years, but in the long run, it will not lose money.

One of the reasons why Kant Henry accepted such a relatively unfavorable condition is that "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" are preparing to release hardcover editions.

Books in the United States are the same as in Huaguo. There are paperback editions for ordinary publications and hardcover editions for easy collection.

The paperback softcover is 10 dollars a copy, which is considered cheap.

The cheapest hardcover version costs 20-30 dollars a copy, and the best-selling one can even exceed 50 dollars a copy.

Now "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" are already very popular, and the production is more elaborate, and it is not too much to sell for 30 US dollars.

Both books are not pocket books for entertainment, but good books that can be savored slowly and watched repeatedly, so there must be people buying the hardcover version, not to mention that Europe and the United States have always been a paradise for readers, and the popularity of culture is very high. This will further promote sales of hardcover editions.

Now Ding Linxiang negotiated on behalf of Yin Jun the hardcover version of the contract, which is different from the ordinary softcover version. The first edition is "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code" each with 100,000 copies, but The sharing ratio is directly as high as 25%!

Because, for large-volume printing, the cost of the hardcover edition is about 6-8 US dollars, and Henry Publishing does not need to do much advertising, and the profit is very high. As the author who has already suffered from previous royalties, Ding Linxiang naturally It is unceremonious to take a little more back as compensation.

Kant Henry also knew it well, so even though he would get much less, he still readily agreed.

What he cares more about now is the name of his Henry Publishing House.

Since the agency published "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code", two of the top 20 best-selling books of the year, Henry Publishing has suddenly become well-known in the entire publishing industry.

When he went out before, Henry Kant said that he belonged to Henry Publishing House, and others didn't know it at all, but some people knew about Henry Bookstore.

But it’s different now. When you talk about your own Henry Press, many people in the industry will understand, "Oh, it’s the publishing house that published "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code". !"

Hearing this, not to mention Henry Kant, even the old Henry laughed heartily when he heard this, feeling that he had lived up to the career of his ancestors and had carried forward the family business.

It is precisely because of this benefit that Kangde Henry gave up so much profit, not all due to Ding Linxiang.

But there is one thing that cannot be faked, that is, Henry Kant admires Yin Jun so much.

The reason is very simple. After signing the contract this time, Yin Jun still asked him not to do any promotion, just like the previous two books, just sell it like this.

There are too many willful people who write books, but when it comes to publishing, who doesn't want to have a good sales volume and then become famous?

But Yin Jun is not like this, he only needs to use word of mouth to sell books and make others like it, it's that simple, that's how willful he is!

In this way, Yin Jun looked like a hermit in Henry Kant's eyes.

To put it bluntly, anyone who is engaged in the book industry has a more or less literary temperament, and Kant Henry is the same.

The more calm and calm Yin Jun behaved, the less worried he was about sales, the more Kant Henry admired Yin Jun for his confidence.

"World of Warcraft" and "Forrest Gump" are hard to say, but at least this "A Song of Ice and Fire" is definitely a super good book.

Just talking about the first volume of the first "Game of Thrones", there are 337 characters with roles, and most of them are characters with distinctive personalities, and the layout is so grand, it looks like "Lord of the Rings" The structure is somewhat similar, but in terms of the description of the characters and the intrigue and struggle in the court, they are all written vividly and vividly, which makes people want to stop watching!

As for the first volume, at least 1.5 million sales can be expected.

If Yin Jun didn't write Beng later, the entire seven volumes of "A Song of Ice and Fire" would have sold 15 million copies, which is not an exaggeration at all.

After the novella, another such a great novel came out, and the reputation of Henry Publishing House was completely established!

Thank you, Ms. Tang, for introducing Yin Jun, a talented writer, to my publishing house!

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