In the small conference room of the newspaper office of the "Southern Daily Echo", Arthur sat in the first place, and the butler Paul stood behind him, listening carefully to the detailed negotiation process of the lawyer James, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, Jerry, and the head of the publishing house, Tom.

"According to the agreement, the owner retains the right to publish books, including print and electronic versions, radio programs, stage programs, and original sequels by the author.

You promise that you own the exclusive copyright of the book, that you will not transfer the rights granted to the other party to any other person or entity during the term of the license, and that nothing in the book, to the extent known to the author, does not infringe the copyright, trademark, contract or any other rights of others, and does not infringe or expose the privacy of others... ”

After listening to his rights and obligations in the agreement, Arthur nodded, these are all basic conditions, there is no objection, lawyer James continued: "However, the reason why DU Li TV will buy the film and television copyright of "Bolin Manor" at such a favorable price this time also has additional conditions, that is, I hope that the boss promises to retain the act of producing stage programs or writing sequels within five years after the release of the film and television works they produced or seven years after you exercise the rights. ”

"It's not a big deal to keep the rights to stage shows for them, and I don't usually sell them. But writing a sequel is different, it's big business!"

Arthur heard the other party's conditions, couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said, since he already knew that he was going to sell the film and television rights of "Boleyn Manor", Arthur naturally wouldn't be stupid to just do a one-shot deal, the novel that could have ended with a book would naturally be broken in half by him, writing online articles for so many years, he has no other skills, broken chapters and water plots, he is still very good at it.

One book is sold twice, and the text and sequel are sold separately, so that the benefits can be maximized!

"This is also a key point of contention in the negotiations, when the rights to adapt the first book have been negotiated, they have to fight for the rights to adapt your original sequel. After all, when the ratings of the TV series they made were very high, and then the author wrote a best-selling sequel, but at this time they couldn't touch it, no matter who they changed, it was an extremely frustrating and unacceptable thing. ”

Tom, the head of the publishing house, naturally understands the thoughts of his young boss, but if he does not make concessions in this matter, Du Li TV will never agree, you know, "The Silence of the Lambs" fought a very influential and real lawsuit because of this matter.

"Since they insist, then come up with the conditions that impress me, if they don't want to pay more, and want to get the rights to adapt the sequel, then there is no way, we can sell the sequel to someone else, of course, we can also put it on hold for the time being, and when I write the sequel, if they are willing to buy it, then they have priority, and at the same time, before we accept any offer that is higher than their bid, we can give them ten days to consider whether they are willing to raise the cost to accept the offer. ”

The corners of Arthur's mouth turned up, and there was a sly glint in his eyes, and he said with a smile.

Whether it is the housekeeper Paul or the other three, their eyes are bright, and they have a new understanding of their boss's shrewdness.

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

Arthur's eyes narrowed into crescents with a smile and looked at lawyer James, obviously, Arthur didn't want the deal to blow in the end. And his own method is still very fair, I believe that the other party should also agree to him.

"Yes, Lord. I know what to do. James' eyes also lit up, and the corners of his mouth rose in response with a smile.

After explaining this matter, Arthur did not end the small meeting, but looked at Tom, who was looking at the publishing house, and said with a smile: "Tom, after a while, someone from Random House Publishing House will come to negotiate with me about the publishing rights of my other web novel, and at that time, you will contact the other party on my behalf." ”

"Boss, you wrote another novel?"

Hearing Arthur's words, the four people present were shocked again, especially when they heard Random House, Tom and Jerry were shocked, as people in the publishing industry, they naturally understood the meaning of Random House, how could they not have thought that another novel written by their boss that they didn't know was valued by Random House, and sent someone to seek cooperation.

"yes.,I was a little bored some time ago.,I wrote a fanfiction on the official website forum of "Twilight".,I didn't expect it to become popular all of a sudden.。。。 ”

"God, boss, you wrote Gray's Fifty Shades? No, I don't mean anything else, I mean, it's crazy, everybody is looking for you, guessing who you are, I didn't expect ... ”

Arthur looked at Tom with a big smile on his face, as well as the unknown butler Paul and lawyer James, while the equally excited newspaper editor-in-chief Jerry looked at him with bright eyes and said, "Boss, I think this is explosive news, if you can, can you do an interview? This will make our newspaper sales skyrocket!"

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

"It's not just popular, it's just crazy for readers, boss, you have your own publishing house, why don't you notify me and choose Random House, can't you still trust your own publishing house?"

Tom was amazed, and the resentful look on his face made several people present feel a little speechless. Hearing Tom's words, Arthur shuddered in his heart, and asked with a very embarrassed smile, "You also sent me a private message on the Internet?"

"Of course it is!" Tom's eyes were even more resentful.

"Ahem, I really didn't see it, but don't worry, I contacted Random House, and I was just going to hand over the North American publishing rights of "Gray's Fifty Shades" to them, after all, in terms of scale, their advantage is very obvious, and I will definitely hand over the English version of the European side to Boleyn Press. ”

"Great, boss, it was 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 a hope of becoming one of the best-selling novels。。。。。。 ”

Looking at Tom's happy appearance, chattering excitedly, the butler Paul and the lawyer James on the side looked at each other, only the two of them didn't know what was going on, James reached out and dragged Jerry, who was also full of joy next to him, and asked in a whisper: "Jerry, is the novel written by Lord famous?"

"Not only is it famous, it has set off a frenzy on the Internet... ”

"Really, I'll look for it and read it later. ”

"Ahem, ahem... ”

Jerry's old face was flushed, looking at James with a serious face, he didn't know what to say, he could only cough wildly as if he was stuck in the neck.

There's really no way to introduce it.,After all, it's a book that can only be understood and unspeakable.,Can only be discussed in a small circle of fellow readers。。。。。。