I am a nobleman in England

When Arthur received a call from Jerry Fuller, the person in charge of the Southern Daily Echo, he was shopping for a laptop in a shopping mall. The desktop at home was a bit old, for a person who has used computers for many years. , The old computer is undoubtedly annoying in all aspects, so changing a laptop with a higher configuration is something Arthur has long wanted to do.

At the stall where Paul, the butler, paid, Arthur had already learned from the phone that someone from the British duli TV station had contacted the newspaper to buy the rights to the film and television adaptation of the novel "Bolin Manor".

Finally waited!

After learning the news, Arthur sighed with a confident smile. He didn't take the lead in choosing to publish novels in a book. Wasn't it just to arouse the idea of ​​some film and television production companies or TV stations?

No matter how elegant the literature is, it must be paid. A writer must make a living, not just by love and cold water.Looking at the world, behind the glamorous title of writers, their living conditions and means of earning a livelihood vary greatly. Some have become rich with bestsellers, some are created with peace of mind with their wages, some are running around to make a living, and some are embarrassed.

You know, as a novice writer, it is so difficult to emerge in the United Kingdom, without any means, even if the book is published, it is likely to hit the street, and the reason why Arthur chose to write a novel was for fame and fortune.

Promoting the hot sales of books with the popular influence of film and television dramas is the way Arthur decided to go from the beginning. As for why he is confident that he can sell the film and television copyrights of novels, it is entirely Arthur’s test of historical inertia. Although this idea is very ideal, it does not prevent Arthur from trying. Anyway, even if he does not sell the film and television rights, he can rely on newspaper serialization to gain some popularity, but the publication of novels will not be without reputation.

Whether it's just waiting for the rabbit to hit the big fortune, or the historical inertia of the mysterious and mysterious world that should have been, after all, it is an opportunity for Arthur.

Taking the newly purchased Apple laptop, Arthur led the housekeeper Paul to the location of the Southern Daily Echo newspaper in downtown Southampton, a five-story building full of history facing the street.

To be honest, one day the newspaper will not be able to go on. This building can also be sold for a good price. This is Arthur's subconscious thought after seeing the brown-colored building.

The boss of the new earl came to the newspaper. As the head of the newspaper, Jerry Fuller would naturally not neglect, he personally greeted him, and accompanied Arthur during the visit and inspection of every department in the newspaper building.

In the process, Arthur also saw a lot of vacant desks in the office area, and could also feel the somewhat hidden and complex gazes of the newspaper employees. He knew that the layoffs he wielded made the entire newspaper experience In a bloody situation, this group of employees who are a little afraid of his new boss are naturally full of complicated attitudes.

"Your work efficiency is very high."

Entering the editor-in-chief's office, as soon as Arthur sat down, he spoke to Jerry Fuller slightly jokingly.

And Jerry Fuller poured a cup of black tea for the young Earl boss with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "Redundant is an imperative decision. Seriously, boss, everyone knows that your decision is correct. It’s just that it really fell on itself, and it’s unbearable. However, it is estimated that if the revenue and expenditure are successfully completed, the newspaper can save at least 1 million pounds every year, which greatly reduces the loss.

In the past two years, in order to cut costs, branches of news organizations have been merged, employees have been laid off, and more and more physical offices have been closed.Over time, the pages of many local newspapers were almost filled with only a few junior reporters, which meant that they inevitably depended on press releases and materials provided by the authorities.

And this also means that DU censorship has been reduced. These things are related to people's interests and worthy of attention. It turns out that local newspapers can investigate and show that justice has been done, but the business model no longer exists.Ironically, the reduction in independent review has played a key role in reducing local government costs."

Hearing words with some helplessness, a hint of complaint, and more helplessness, Arthur just smiled. He understood the trend of paper media withdrawing from the stage of history. With the mobile Internet, who can read newspapers.

I have seen some reports in the United Kingdom and the United States that they like to read and read newspapers and books when taking the subway. They will never be like a certain countryman, holding a mobile phone in their hands, and they are also used by many media to criticize the mobile party. The people love to learn so much.

However, the truth of the matter is that they have no choice. Why don't you read books? There is no signal in the subway anyway...Yes, there is no signal. Take the London Underground as an example. It is the oldest subway in the world. It was opened as early as 1863. Of course there was no such thing as a mobile phone.

It's a bit farther, no matter how you say it, in Arthur's view, the paper media has no future. Therefore, as a boss, you must first ensure that you will not lose money. It is impossible not to increase income and reduce expenditure. As for keeping the newspaper, it is for Keep the basic disk, as the basis for the future conversion to the Internet electronic version.

It just takes money and time. Now is not the time for the newspaper to change. Therefore, Arthur did not continue to spend more energy on the issue of the newspaper. Instead, he turned off the topic and asked: "When will the DU TV station send people? come?"

"When I received the call, the other party stated that they had left for Southampton and hoped that the newspaper could contact the boss as soon as possible. They seemed to be determined to win "Bowling Manor". The conditions were very good. The price was 750,000 pounds. It is indeed full of sincerity." Jerry said his opinion.

When Paul, the butler next to Arthur, heard the price, his eyes lit up, and there was more admiration and relief in the eyes of the young earl.

Although I learned about the price on the phone a long time ago, Arthur was still a little excited when I heard it here. To be honest, he really did not expect that the other party could offer such a sincere price. People are not tempted.

"Jerry, I don’t know much about the sale of the rights to the adaptation of novels, film and television. Can you explain it to me?" Since you don’t understand, you have to ask clearly so that you won’t make trouble in the next meeting and negotiation. joke.

"Good boss." Jerry nodded and said, "Generally speaking, after the other party paid the purchase fee, you should permanently grant and transfer to the other party the right to adapt the book, including movies, TV, video, or DVD. Internet products, and some subsidiary rights.

Including but not limited to, re-productions, sequels, TV series, and commercialization and bundling rights.You must also grant the other party the permanent right to use and distribute products based on this book on all media platforms.

What you need to pay attention to, boss, is that of all these additional rights, the right to shoot a sequel is particularly important.If in the agreement, you do not reserve the right to write a sequel for the other party, after paying the purchase fee, the other party has the right to use the role of the first book in their original series of movies or TV series, but cannot use your original sequel. Character or story.

This is very important. Imagine that when the other party’s film is very popular, and then you write a best-selling sequel, but this time the other party can’t touch it, it is undoubtedly a very frustrating thing. Therefore, when the other party and When you have negotiated the right to adapt the first book, they will definitely fight for the right to adapt your original sequel to the boss.

The fairest and most appropriate way is for the boss to insist that the other party must first exercise the right to edit the first book, pay the price of the copyright, and then negotiate the agency rights for the sequel. In this way, you will Take the initiative.

As for the price, one is a huge fixed fee, which is calculated separately for big screen movies, TV movies, and miniseries.The other is that the quotation and the budget are tied together. By convention, the purchase price will be approximately 2.5% of the final budget.

If it is a movie, in addition to the purchase price, a certain percentage of the movie's profit is generally paid to the author, which is also a common practice.This price is generally 5 to 10% of the total net profit after the movie is released.

However, the concept of net profit is actually very vague.It can use different formulas in economics to get different results, or simply depend on someone who defines this "net profit."In short, people always tell each other because of this confrontation!

Therefore, if a movie is involved, the boss may take many days to discuss with the other party how to determine the net profit."

"Tsk tusk, it is really troublesome. It seems that I need to inform James and Tom to come over and help me negotiate." Arthur did not expect that there are so many problems to deal with. It seems that professional matters still have to be handed in. Give professional people to get twice the result with half the effort.