Two days later.
The news of the publication of ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ was spread like wildfire.
When Zhang Ye opened a few large discussion boards, three of the boards had the advertisement banners for ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ on the main page. “The original ancestor of Grave Robbing Novels, ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’, will be released on the 1st of October at all major bookstores.”
Today was already the 29th.
It was about to go on sale in less than two days.
Zhang Ye had also asked the middle-aged man from the publication firm why it could be done so quickly. His reply made Zhang Ye speechless. He had said that back then, their publication firm had already agreed with the Beijing Radio Station a long time ago. They had even readied the contracts, as well as all the preparations for the promotions and sales printing planned.
Everything was just waiting for the green light. However, there was complete silence from the radio station, which was because Zhang Ye did not agree to Deputy Station Head Jia acquiring his rights. Hence, all the printing and promotional plans were put on hold. Now, having finally received the rights to ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’, they just needed to bring forward their plans from before. This resulted in a very fast procedure, and was unlike other publications which could take months.
Of course, the most important thing was that the Beijing Education Publishing Firm was also in a hurry. Six million Yuan (1,000,000 USD) was not a small amount. The situation with the fairy tales was better, for there were no similar fairy tales that tried to compete with Zhang Ye’s. However, ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ was not the same. As it was not published immediately, this resulted in a large number of works that chased the tailwind and left it behind, being published first. If this dragged on, the situation would be hard to tell. If the grave robbing novel market was oversaturated, then their publishing firm would be unable to regain their initial investment. This was what they were worrying about. Hence, the moment that they received the copyright, they had rushed to ensure things would go smoothly. Clearly, they were more worried than the author himself.
It was good that the publishing firm was very diligent.
As a result, Zhang Ye did not worry over it. Since his copyright had been bought out, he was no longer worried about the situation with the sales. He remained at home, watching the television without any worries.
Ring, ring, ring. A phone call came in.
Seeing that it was an unfamiliar number, Zhang Ye picked it up, “Hello.”
“Hello, may I know if this is Teacher Zhang Ye?” It was a female’s voice.
“That’s me; may I know who this is?” Zhang Ye asked.
The woman smiled sweetly, “I’m calling from the Hebei province’s radio copyright department. It’s this; I heard that the Beijing Radio Station has halted broadcasting for two days. Later on, there was the promotion of the publication of ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’. Are you trying to preserve the sales volume, so you halted the broadcast of ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’? I want to ask how many audio episodes left are there in ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’? Is it convenient to tell me?”
Zhang Ye said, “There’s probably another 10+ more episodes.”
The woman said, “Then, will it be possible to sell the audio rights of the last 10+ episodes to my radio station? The price is negotiable. Shall we meet to discuss the details?”
Zhang Ye understood what was happening and said, “There’s no need. Before the publication of ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’, the audio version will definitely not be broadcast. I have already discussed this with the publishers.”
The woman said determinedly, “No problem; we can wait. ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’ should be published in 5-6 books consecutively, right? After the last book is done, our radio station will publish it. Price-wise, we can give you 100,000 in copyright fees, as there’s not that many episodes. Uh, what do you think?”
“Forget it.” Zhang Ye shook his head.
“If you think the price is too low, we can still discuss it.” The woman was unwilling to hang up.
“Thank you, but I’m not selling it for the time being.” Zhang Ye hung up the phone.
But not long after, a few more phone calls came in. It was unknown which publisher or other circles had revealed his contact information. This resulted in various provincial radio stations calling him to buy the audio rights to ‘Ghost Blows Out the Light’. They did not quote a low price, and were willing to wait until the publication was out before releasing the audio version, paving the way for the hardcopy. What was most hilarious was that even someone from the Beijing Radio Station came looking for Zhang Ye.
“Teacher Zhang, I’m Little Li from logistics.” The youth said, “We once met in the elevator and exchanged a few words. Do you still remember?”
Zhang Ye naturally did not remember, but he said, “Oh. Little Li, I remember you.”
The youth sighed befo