The Late School

Cafe.

"Ms. Zhang~~Here."

As soon as Zhang Tan entered the door, a man immediately got up and waved.

"Hello, editor Joe." Zhang Tan took a seat opposite this person.

This person's name is Qiao Rong, and he is the editor of Pujiang International Publishing House. "Women's Thirty" was published by this publishing house. Qiao Rong is responsible for connecting with Zhang Tan.

"That's great, now the situation is so good, we will be able to sell while the iron is hot." Qiao Rong listened to Zhang Tan's introduction and was greatly relieved.

Zhang Tan just told him that "Women Thirty" has been approved by the studio and can be officially published.

"Hope it will sell well."

Zhang Tan is also looking forward to it. Now that TV dramas are so popular, the ratings are rising, and social topics are constantly increasing. The three women take the initiative to search for hotspots. Books will be published at this time and they are definitely expected to sell well.

Qiao Rong immediately took out the standard contract. Zhang Tan read it carefully and confirmed that it was the same as what he had read before, and signed the name with confidence.

"I wish Teacher Zhang will be on the list of rich writers soon."

Qiao Rong received the contract in duplicate, and each of them took one.

Zhang Tan also smiled and said, "It's a sweet dream, but it's daytime now."

"Hahaha~~" Qiao Rong laughed: "Ms. Zhang is the first time to publish a book, and the tax rate we have given has reached 10%. I am very sincere. I hope there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

The tax rate generally available to authors in the industry is 7%. According to this ratio, the author's manuscript fee for a book is "printing volume or sales volume * 7% * book unit price".

Although Zhang Tan has published a book for the first time and is not well-known, "Women Thirty" is well-known and this is the biggest backing. For this reason, he won a 10% starting tax rate.

If the sales volume is less than 100,000 copies, the tax rate is 10%.

If the sales volume is greater than 100,000 but less than 1 million copies, then the part of the sales volume greater than 100,000 but less than 1 million will be calculated at a tax rate of 12%.

If the sales volume exceeds 1 million copies, the excess sales volume will be calculated at a tax rate of 13%.

This condition belongs to the treatment of first-line writers. Zhang Tan and Qiao Rong spent a week to persuade each other to agree.

"Ms. Zhang published the book this time, I also took a gamble, I hope we will not be disappointed." Qiao Rong said.

A newcomer, a new book, he can persuade the publisher to give such conditions, but also suppress his own future.

Zhang Tan said, "You will not be disappointed."

After speaking, he took out a printed manuscript from his bag, put it on the table, pushed it in front of Qiao Rong, and said, "Edit Qiao, take a look."

"What?" Qiao Rong put on the glasses that he had just taken off, picked up the manuscript paper, only glanced at it, and said in surprise: "New book?"

Zhang Tan nodded: "New book."

Qiao Rong raised his head in amazement, looked at Zhang Tan and asked, "A new book will be published so soon? Has it been written before?"

Zhang Tan: "Just finished writing, please see if you are interested."

"Okay, let me see."

Time is limited. Of course, Qiao Rong cannot read intensively. He browsed quickly, turned a page in a few seconds, and spent ten minutes to read it. His heart was turbulent, and he said, "It's a good story, and the angle is very novel."

The book Zhang Tan showed him was "Bad Boy."

"How is it?" Zhang Tan asked.

Qiao Rong: "Interesting, but I can't give you an answer now. I'll take it back and look at it carefully. The fastest is tomorrow, and if it's slow, I can answer you the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Tan: "No problem, you support me in "Woman Thirty", so I am willing to wait for you."

When Qiao Rong returned to the publishing house, he first explained the "Women's Thirty" issue, and hurriedly printed and published it to seize the opportunity.

According to the contract, 100,000 copies will be printed in the early period, and whether to reprint in the later period depends on the sales situation.

Back at the office, he closed the door, took out Zhang Tan’s "Bad Boy" and started watching. Originally, he only planned to use a little time between work and watch a little bit. But once he watched it, he couldn’t stop. The suspense just ended, and the next suspense came again, making people want to stop.

It was originally said that Zhang Tan could finish reading the reply as soon as tomorrow, but in the evening, at midnight, I stayed up late to finish reading.

Qiao Rong's heart cannot be calm. There is no doubt that this is a gripping and suspenseful story, and like "Women Thirty", the angle chosen is very novel and attractive.

He felt like being scratched by the cat all the time, itching, and there was an unpleasant pain and happiness.

He wanted to call Zhang Tan now and talk about "Bad Boy", but it was early in the morning, and he and Zhang Tan were not so good yet.

So he drank the cold tea in the teacup, got up out of the study, came to the bedroom, walked softly to the bed, pushed his wife, woke her up, and said to her confused face: "The meaning of life It’s not about sleeping, literature can make time eternal. You are a university teacher, come, let’s talk about the similarities and differences between traditional literature and best-selling literature."

The next day, in the same cafe, Zhang Tan and Qiao Rong met again.

"What happened to your glasses, editor Joe?" Zhang Tan's eyes were first attracted by Qiao Rong's gold-framed glasses.

Qiao Rong was a little embarrassed: "I accidentally dropped the floor when I was wiping the table in the morning, and the lens is a bit worn out. I will change it later. Good book."

He turned Zhang Tan's attention back to the problem of the book.

Qiao Rong attaches great importance to "Bad Boy" and agreed to publish it. The problem now is the issue of royalties.

Zhang Tan asked for the same royalties as in "Woman Thirty", but Qiao Rong disagreed and asked for a reduction.

"Women's Thirty" is because of the popularity of the TV series, we have confidence. "Bad Boy" is good, but the popularity is too bad to give such royalties." Qiao Rong said.

Zhang Tan: "With "Women Thirty" playing forward, "Bad Boy" will not be so bad, and more importantly, "Bad Boy" will also be made into a TV series."

Qiao Rong's eyes brightened: "Are you sure?"

Zhang Tan: "You can wait and see, but I can't guarantee it will be given to you then."

Qiao Rong smiled bitterly, Teacher Zhang was a little bit black.

Publishing the book first, and then selling the film and television rights of the book to the studio. If this is done, it would be very unnatural.

However, there are two contract systems for screenwriters in studios.

One is the project bonus system, which means getting bonuses based on projects, which Zhang Tan currently has.

The other is the appointment and cooperation system, in which screenwriters in the factory are treated the same as screenwriters outside.

In other words, the studio has taken a fancy to a certain script, such as "Unreachable Love", and if they want to remake, they can only buy out the copyright of the film and television.If the screenwriter in the studio signs an appointment and cooperation contract, then the operating process is the same.The only difference is that the studio has the first right to purchase the contracted screenwriters, and accordingly, the screenwriters will be paid monthly as a kind of welfare.

If Zhang Tan took this kind of contract of appointment and cooperation, he could publish the book first and then hand it over to the factory. If he wanted to, he would buy the copyright of the film and television remake.

Zhang Tan has already applied to change the contract, from the project system to the contract system.

There was a heated debate within the studio about this.

The system of hiring and appointing cooperation does exist, and there are many such screenwriters, but any screenwriter who can get this kind of contract is already famous, has his own network resources, and has made contributions to the studio.

Zhang Tan's qualifications are too shallow, which is the main reason for the endless debate.

Those who agree, such as He Miao, director of screenwriters of the Film and Television Department, said: "The screenwriting business cannot be based on seniority. Young people have more ideas, but they can do well. Although Zhang Tan has been in the factory for a short time, but in this way In a short period of time, the projects he has made are obvious to all. Which one is not very popular? "Little Drama Bone" has created a big IP for the factory, which can derive a whole series. The same is true for "Unlucky Bear", "Women III" "Ten" let alone, now this result, who dared to think about it before?"

The opposing party said: "Although this is the case, the factory has not treated him badly. The project is well done and the bonuses are equally generous. Young people can’t stay ahead of themselves. If they make a little achievement, they will clamor to improve their treatment. Now they can increase it. How can we satisfy his appetite if we make more achievements?"

He Miao looked at Du Wei, the director of the animation department, who was sitting across from him. Du Wei glanced at him, did not speak, and did not know what he thought.

But Feng Dong, sitting under Du Wei's head, took the initiative to say: "Dear leaders, can I say something about it?"

He is the head of the third group of screenwriters of the animation department, and Zhang Tan's immediate boss is the lowest in today's meeting.

Tang Hao, the deputy factory director who presided over the meeting, nodded and said, "You speak."

Today’s meeting is not a special meeting to discuss Zhang Tan’s contract, but a weekly meeting of the screenwriting department, but the last topic happened to be Zhang Tan’s contract, so the discussion was so intense.

Feng Dong said: "To be honest, our factory has always attached great importance to screenwriters. This is well-known in the industry. As a screenwriter, I am very proud of this. However, there are fewer and fewer young people now willing to work as screenwriters. They like it. Take risks, you let them get a fixed salary every month, they are not willing."

Someone interjected: "Aren't there project bonuses? Our project bonuses are among the highest in the industry."

Feng Dong said: "Yes, our project bonus is very good, but if he can get more through sharing? Then why should he choose a lower project bonus? Project bonus can cultivate new talents, but the system of hiring and hiring cooperation In order to retain talented people, we definitely don’t want to become a training base for screenwriters in the industry. The young talents we cultivated are poached by other companies and the loss is too great."

"It's like Zhang Tan. If he quits, I believe that many entertainment companies will be happy to accept it, and the pay is definitely not low."

"We can give the outside screenwriters this treatment, so why can't we give the screenwriters we cultivated? Is it the opposite?"

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The meeting did not end until 6 in the afternoon. In the end, Tang Hao made a decision and said, "Zhang Tan wants to change the contract. It is excusable and the factory can understand it. Then, after "Women Thirty", if he can take If you produce a script that is not lower than this, then change it for him."