While Liu Yun and Liu Cixin were discussing copyright, representatives of Youyou came to Shanghai.

Their task is to acquire today's most popular online site, Qiqi Chinese.com, in the next negotiations with Shanda.

Dong Rongjie, the representative of Youyou and the helmsman of Times Jiangnan, received Liu Yun's instructions before coming to Shanghai, and this trip must only succeed and not fail.

He understands the important position of this independent subgroup in the Yoyo system, and also knows some of the boss's layouts, and this trip to Shanghai has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Chen Tianqiao, the founder of Shanda Network, was once the richest man in China.

Three years ago, Yoyo, the most upstart company, could only look up to Shanda Network even if he gritted his teeth and won the agency of "World of Warcraft".

But in just three years, the sun and the moon have rotated, the world has been turned upside down, and Huaxia Internet has completed a major reshuffle in a way that surprises everyone.

Shanda Network has already lived up to the glory of previous years, even if the games of the legendary series are still profitable.

In another three years, what will the Internet look like in China?

When Dong Rongjie walked into the grand office building, he looked at the logo in front of him and couldn't help but think in his heart.

Shanda, Chairman's Office.

"Mr. Chen, the representative of Youyou has come. In front of Chen Tianqiao, the secretary reported in a whisper.

"I see. Chen Tianqiao nodded, stood up and said, "Take the guests to the conference room." ”

He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down on the bustling scene of Shanghai.

A few years ago, because of the popularity of the legend, he was full of spirit and spent a lot of money to buy this tall office building, wanting to start his grand empire in this largest metropolis in China.

In fact, before the advent of the Ali department and the Tencent department, there was also an unknown grand series.

At that time, Chen Tianqiao relied on the abundant funds in his hand to expand Shanda's business to all aspects of the Internet, not only games, but also literature, music, film and television, wireless, video, tourism and other fields.

Maybe it's a mistake in strategy, maybe it's too far ahead of the curve, missing one opportunity after another, resulting in the company's development far from achieving the expected results.

The Internet industry is like sailing against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat.

Shanda stagnated, while latecomers continued to overtake in crooked ways, which he never expected.

Youyou, Tencent, or Alibaba, these companies used to only look up to Shanda, but now they seem to be about to lose their backs.

"Do you really want to sell the starting point? Although the other party's offer is very sincere, let's meet first. Chen Tianqiao thought for a while and muttered to himself.

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Although Liu Cixin was sitting, his mood was extremely excited.

He crossed his hands and looked left and right, looking a little restless, because the conditions given by Yoyo here were very generous, enough for him to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life.

If the original trajectory is followed, it is said that Da Liu, who is short of funds, will sell the copyright of the three-body problem to Youzu Network at a very cheap price two years later.

Although at the time, Da Liu denied it more than once in public: the copyright fee is far more than 100,000.

However, one thing can be assured, even if the copyright fee of the Three-Body Problem series is more than 100,000, it can be regarded as a very cheap purchase.

At the beginning, the game copyright of "Zhu Xian", including terminal games, page games, and mobile games, totaled 1 million, plus the later film and television and animation copyrights, it was 1 million, a total of 2 million.

Liu Yun is also not sure whether the three-body problem series is suitable for adaptation into a game, but he has a principle, he would rather rot in his hands than cheapen others.

The offer he gave was to buy the full copyright of the Three-Body Problem series for 10 million yuan, including games, film and television, and animation.

If the quotation is changed to someone else, Da Liu's first reaction is that this guy must be making fun of himself, but the person in front of him is Liu Yun, the founder of Youyou, and he will not be bored enough to joke with himself.

"I have always emphasized that talent is more valuable than wealth. Liu Yun said slowly, "So this price is my sincerity, if it can be adapted into a film or television or game in the future to make a profit, I also promise to give you a certain amount of dividends." ”

Money, it's okay to earn a little less, buying people's hearts is the most important thing.

After hearing this, Da Liu realized that as long as he nodded, 10 million would immediately enter his passbook. At that time, he will not have to continue to nest in this small county town.

With this money, whether it is Yanjing, Shanghai, or Hangzhou, you can easily buy a small house.

He was a little excited, and remembered that not long ago when he was in Shuilongkong, he also complained: In China, there are definitely no more than 3 science fiction writers who can support themselves by writing books.

It's not easy to write a book, you have to code words, you have to conceive, and it's not easy to make money.

If he is a nugget of gold buried under the sand, then the young Mr. Liu in front of him may be digging out his own Bole.

Da Liu doesn't know what the future holds, but at least in today's China, science fiction is too niche, no matter how big your brain is, how good your writing is, and how high your status is in the hearts of readers, it is still difficult to make money.

For example, Jin Yong's martial arts have been tirelessly adapted again and again, and even the audience has aesthetic fatigue, but the film and television company still enjoys it.

Why? His IP has popularity, traffic, easy to attract attention, and create news.

For example, it is said that "Dragon Babu" is about to be remade again, and in order to attract attention, the production company invited a Korean actor who does not know Chinese to play the second male Duan Yu in the play, which made netizens complain wildly, and even ...... Verbal attack, but for investors, this attracts attention, the purpose of hype has been achieved, and the heat has risen.

But what about science fiction works, this is almost a blind spot that film and television copyrights are unwilling to touch, and no one cares about it.

Therefore, Da Liu was very surprised by Liu Yun's arrival and the offer.

"Mr. Liu, your offer is too generous, and it would be unkind to bargain again. Da Liu also smiled and answered truthfully.

Therefore, Mr. Liu agreed to this offer. Liu Yun replied with a smile.

In modern society, teacher is an honorific title on many occasions.

"It's okay in terms of price, but ......," Da Liu continued, "I'm worried that my work won't be able to give your company the same amount of return." In many cases, the high price also means a kind of responsibility and pressure. ”

This is a real person.

"Mr. Liu, you can listen to my opinion first. Liu Yun continued, "I also admit that science fiction is still a relatively unpopular category in China, but in the United States, it is a relatively popular category. ”

Da Liu was a little puzzled as to why Liu Yun mentioned the United States.

Although he has full confidence in the quality of his work, he does not think that he can be liked by American science fiction fans. In many cases, cultural and linguistic barriers are a difficult gap to overcome.

Liu Yun noticed Da Liu's expression, ignored it, and continued: "Society is always moving forward, more and more modern, and science and technology are developing more and more. It is an inevitable consequence that people's interest in exploring the starry sky of the universe is also increasing. ”

Da Liu nodded in agreement.

"The same is true of China, a rapidly developing society that is changing from an agricultural country to an industrial country. As Chinese society continues to move forward and develop, and the technological gap with the United States continues to narrow, people's interest in science fiction will continue to increase.

In fact, in recent years, martial arts has begun to decline, because with the progress of society, people have become accustomed to looking forward and looking forward to the future, rather than looking back. So I'm optimistic about the future of science fiction and I'm willing to gamble on it. ”

Liu Yun gave his own point of view that the progress of society and the development of science and technology will drive the upsurge of science fiction.

After hearing this, Da Liu had some emotions and said: "In fact, there are many science fiction authors, and even readers have said so, the future world science fiction is the mainstream, but I don't know how far this future is, but since Mr. Liu is also so convinced, I am willing to witness the arrival of such an era with you." ”

On the premise of frankness and respect on both sides, the negotiations went smoothly.

From the conversation, Liu Yun got a message that the last part of the Three-Body Problem series, "Death Eternal", will be officially published next year.

"Mr. Liu, I wish your book a big hit next year, and I am willing to recommend it on my personal Weibo. Liu Yun smiled.

He suddenly thought of Cameron, a famous Hollywood director truck driver, and Lei Jun, the founder of Xiaomi, who is known as Rebus, both of whom recommended the three-body problem.

If you come out like this on your personal Weibo, who has a better effect, then wait and see.

"Thank you so much Mr. Liu. Da Liu said with some excitement. He also understands that if Liu Yun reports on this book, it is possible to enter the mainstream world.

Today, the three-body series has not yet been out of the circle, but it will inevitably be out of the circle earlier than in the previous life.

As for some of the remaining short stories, Liu Yun signed the guarantee agreement at a guaranteed price of 500,000 yuan, and the specific details will be finalized in the future.

"If Mr. Liu's works are to be made into film and television dramas, we will ask you to be the producer at that time. This is another unexpected joy that Liu Yun brought to Da Liu.

After saying goodbye to Da Liu, Chen Yinan, who had been silent, asked in a low voice: "Mr. Liu, we rushed all the way to Jin Province, not to see your cousin's torch relay, but to see this science fiction writer?"

He didn't know if it was because the world was too crazy, or if his boss really didn't play his cards according to common sense.

Liu Yun smiled indifferently, stretched out his hand and patted Chen Yinan's shoulder, and said, "At the beginning, it was indeed to come to see Siyue's torch relay, but after coming to Jin Province, I realized that there was something more important to do. ”

Chen Yinan looked at the back of the boss, and shook his head with a wry smile: "Better than the Olympics...... Is the torch relay still important?"

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"150 million yuan, this price is still low. At the negotiation table, Chen Tianqiao shook his head with some dissatisfaction.

It's all 2008, 150 million yuan in the Internet, which can be called a black hole for burning money, what can you do?

"Mr. Chen, the starting price of Shanda's acquisition was 2 million US dollars, about 15 million yuan. Now it's ten times higher. Dong Rongjie also argued on the basis of reason.

Chen Tianqiao spread his hands and smiled: "What era is 2004, and what era is it now." You must know that in the past four years, Internet companies, including Yoyo, have risen dozens of times. I think that in the past few years, Chinese has been a relatively successful network company in the industry. ”

At this point, his words came to an abrupt end, but the meaning of his words was also obvious. As a successful Internet company, Qiqi Chinese Network should have risen far more than 4 times in the past four years.

In 2004, it was the wild era of the Internet, just a few years after the bursting of the Internet bubble. At that time, there were countless large and small Internet companies, but very few were able to really hold on.

"Mr. Dong, it is said that Youku sold 300 million US dollars, so the starting point Chinese network will also cost 100 million US dollars." Chen Tianqiao said casually.

Dong Rongjie almost spit out the tea in his mouth, which is too ...... The lion opened his mouth.

"Mr. Chen, you're really joking. He showed a wry smile, "Youku is the leading video website in China, after several rounds of venture capital financing, and the volume of the video website itself is not comparable to the station." ”

"But the station can be profitable. Chen Tianqiao added.

"Profitability doesn't mean everything. Dong Rongjie shook his head and said, "150 million is already a very reasonable offer for the starting point." What's more, the copyright of those popular networks doesn't seem to be all in your hands. ”

After hearing this, Chen Tianqiao's face changed slightly, and he said secretly: It seems that Youyou's side has done a targeted investigation before coming.

He is brewing a change, which is to make an adjustment to the copyright of the authors who signed up at the starting point.

Today, the starting point only owns the electronic copyright of the contracted author, and he wants to reform and extend the copyright to the entity, as well as film and television, animation, and audio.

The copyrights that originally belonged to those authors will be parted to Shanda, which will inevitably be collectively resisted by these authors.

But Chen Tianqiao believes that as long as he insists, the other party will inevitably compromise, after all, they all rely on the platform of the starting point to eat.

"With the financial resources and channels, if you build your own station and ensure the author's copyright, how many people do you think will change jobs?" Dong Rongjie said with a grin.

In today's market, the operation stations are basically some small network companies, which are rich and wealthy, and have almost no rivals.

But if Yoyo really targets this market, the future is unpredictable.

"It's hard for you to make a profit, what's the point?" Chen Tianqiao was a little puzzled.

The characteristic of a businessman is that he is not profitable and cannot afford to be early, so he is a little puzzled.

"That's what the boss thinks. Dong Rongjie thought for a while and said, "As a subordinate, I am only responsible for successfully completing the task." ”

"300 million RMB!"

"It's still too expensive, this price premium is too heavy!"

The differences between the two sides were too great, so they had to pause and rest for a while before proceeding to the second round of negotiations.