I am a nobleman in England

In the small conference room of the Southern Daily Echo, Arthur sat in the first place, and the butler Paul stood behind him, listening carefully to the details of the lawyer James, the newspaper editor Jerry, and the publisher’s chief Tom. Negotiation process.

"According to the agreement, the boss you reserve the right to publish the copyright of books, including print and electronic versions, radio programs, stage programs, and the rights of the author's original sequel.

What you need to promise is that you own the exclusive copyright of this book. During the validity period of the authorization, you promise that you will not transfer the rights granted to the other party to any other person or entity. At the same time, everything in the book is within the scope of the author's knowledge. Inside, there is no infringement of the copyright, trademark, contract or all other rights of others, nor content that damages or exposes the privacy of others..."

After listening to his rights and fulfilling obligations in the agreement, Arthur nodded. These are basic conditions and there is no objection. Attorney James continued: "However, the reason why DU TV station will buy it at such a good price this time The film and television copyright of "Bolin Manor" also has additional conditions, that is, I hope that your boss will promise to keep the production of stage programs or writing sequels within five years after the film and television works they produce or seven years after you exercise the rights. behavior."

"It's not a big problem to keep them the copyright of stage programs, and I generally don't sell such rights. But writing a sequel is different, it's a big business!"

Hearing the other party’s condition, Arthur couldn’t help but smile and shook his head. Now that he knew he was going to sell the film and television rights of "Bolin Manor", Arthur would naturally not be foolish to just sell with a hammer, a novel that could end in a book. , He would naturally be broken in half. He has been writing online articles for so many years, and he has no other skills. He is still very good at out of context and water plots.

One book is sold twice, and the main text and the sequel are sold separately, so as to maximize the benefits!

"This is also a focal point of the negotiation. When the right to adapt the first book has been negotiated, they must fight for the right to adapt your original sequel. After all, when the TV series they shoot have very high ratings, Then the author wrote a best-selling sequel, but they couldn't touch it at this time. No matter who it was, it was extremely frustrating and unacceptable."

Tom, the head of the publishing house, naturally understands his own young boss’s thoughts. However, if he does not make concessions in this matter, Du Li TV will never agree to it. You must know that "The Silent Lamb" was because of this. A lawsuit was fought that was quite influential and tangible.

"Since they insist, they will show the conditions that impress me. If they do not want to pay more, but also want to get the right to adapt the sequel, then there is no way. We can sell the sequel to others. Of course, we You can also put it aside temporarily. When I write a sequel, if they are willing to buy, then they have priority. At the same time, before we accept any offer that is higher than their bid, we can give them ten days to consider their wishes. Not willing to raise the cost to accept this offer."

The corners of Arthur's mouth were raised, his eyes gleamed slyly, and he said with a smile.

Both the butler Paul and the other three have their eyes brightened, and they have a new understanding of the shrewdness of their boss.

"So, James, after meeting with them for a while, you insist that the other party must first exercise the right to adapt the first book, pay the price of the copyright, and then negotiate the agency rights for the sequel."

Arthur's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape and looked at lawyer James. Obviously, Arthur didn't want the final deal to blow.And this method of his own is still very fair, I believe that the other party should also agree to him.

"Okay, Lord. I know what to do." James also replied with his eyes lit up and his mouth raised with a smile.

After explaining this matter, Arthur did not end the small meeting. Instead, he turned his eyes to Tom of the publishing house and smiled: "Tom, in a while, people from Random House Publishing House will come over and discuss my other online novel with me. When the time comes, you will contact the other party on my behalf."

"Boss, did you write another novel?"

Hearing Arthur’s words, the four people present were shocked again, especially when they heard Random House, Tom and Jerry looked shocked. As people in the publishing industry, they naturally understood the meaning of Random House. It never occurred to them that another novel they didn't know about was written by the owner, and Random House sent someone to seek cooperation.

"Yeah, I was a bit bored some time ago, so I wrote a fan novel on the official forum of "Twilight", and I didn't expect it to become popular..."

"God, boss, you wrote "Fifty Shades of Gray"? It's unbelievable... No, I don't mean anything else, I mean, it's crazy, everyone is looking for you , Guessing your identity, did not expect..."

With a big smile on Arthur’s face, he looked at Tom, who was shocked and amazed, and the unknown butler Paul and lawyer James, while the equally excited newspaper editor Jerry looked at him with bright eyes and said: "Boss , I think this is an explosive news. If you can, can you do an exclusive interview? This will make our newspaper sales soar!"

"Haha, don’t worry, after the cooperation with Random House is negotiated, I will give you the opportunity to interview. Seriously, when I wrote it, I just thought it was fun, and even brought some bad taste in it. Unexpectedly, I really didn't expect it to be so popular and liked by everyone." Arthur said lightly, pretending to be 13.

"It's more than popular, it just drives readers crazy, boss, you have your own publishing house, why didn't you inform me and choose Random House? Don't you still trust your own publishing house?"

While Tom was amazed, the resentful expression on his face made all the people present feel uncomfortable and speechless.Hearing Tom's words, when Arthur had a chill in his heart, he asked with a very embarrassed smile: "Have you also sent me a private message online?"

"Of course it did!" Tom's eyes became more resentful.

"Ahem, I really didn't see it, but don't worry, I contacted Random House, just to give them the North American publishing rights of "Fifty Shades of Gray". After all, in terms of scale, their advantage It's very obvious. I will definitely give the English version in Europe to Bolin Publishing."

"Great, boss, this is definitely a wise decision!" Tom's face was full of ecstasy, "Boss, don't worry, the publisher will definitely go all out to promote "Fifty Shades of Gray". It definitely has Hope to become one of the best-selling novels..."

Seeing Tom's joyous appearance and chattering with excitement, the butler Paul and the lawyer James looked at each other. Only the two of them didn't know what was going on. James stretched out his hand and pulled Jerry, who was also full of joy, and asked in a low voice: "Jie Ray, is the novel written by Lord famous?"

"It's more than just famous, it just set off a frenzy on the Internet..."

"Really? I will find and read what the novel is about later."

"Cough cough cough..."

Jerry's old face flushed, looking at James with a serious face, he didn't know what to say, but he coughed like he was stuck in his neck.

There is really no way to introduce it. After all, it is a book of Jin Ji that can only be understood and can only be discussed in a small circle of readers......