Ding, ding......

Hu Shuo had just passed the other party's friend application, and a message was sent immediately.

Xiao Yi: Hello, are you Hu Zuozuo himself?

Xiao Yi: I am Xiao Yi, the editor-in-charge of the story network that sleeps with you every day, and I want to talk to you about signing a contract with the website.

The other party did not procrastinate, and explained his intention straight to the point.

It's just that Hu Shuo is a little confused, he remembers that when he released his work, it seemed that he had signed an electronic agreement with the website, otherwise, the work would not be able to be published for payment.

"Isn't my work already signed with your website?" asked Hu Shuo.

Xiao Yi: That's just a sharing agreement between the work and the website, now the website wants to establish a cooperative relationship with you, that is, you sign in to our website, and in the future, you will be the contracted author of our website, and when the time comes, you can enjoy three or seven subscription shares when your work is paid for sale, and the website will take thirty percent, and you will get seventy percent.

"Uh......"

Seeing the other party's response, Hu Shuo was slightly stunned, judging from Xiao Yi's answer, this seems to be a very beneficial thing for himself, but Hu Shuo knows a truth, there is no free lunch in the world, and it is impossible for the website to benefit himself for no reason.

"So, what are the terms of the contract?"

Hu Shuo asked again.

Xiaoyi: This is the contract of the signing author, you can take a look at it first, and then give me an answer.

After Xiao Yi finished sending the message, he sent another document.

"Okay. ”

Hu Shuo replied, and then opened the document, which was about seven or eight pages long, listing the rights and obligations of both parties in detail.

Hu Shuo read them carefully one by one, and his brows became more and more furrowed, when looking at a contract, it is actually enough to look at it from two aspects, one is what you get, and the other is what you need to pay.

If the two are more or less equal, you can sign a contract.

In the contract sent by Xiaoyi, the most intuitive benefit that Hu Shuo can get is that the subscription income of several stories under his name has changed from the current five to thirty-seven, and the reward income has also changed from five to three-seven, and there is the free promotion promised by the website, but this thing is relatively empty, and there is no clear regulation.

What Hu Shuo needs to pay is to bind and sign a contract for five years, which means that he is not allowed to publish story works on other platforms within five years, in addition, the copyright of all stories under his name is jointly owned by the author and the website, and the website is responsible for operation and promotion, and the profits brought by both parties are divided fifty-fifty.

It's not a big problem to sign a contract for five years, after all, sleeping with you every day is a high-quality story platform, if Hu Shuo continues to write stories, it's no problem to publish it here, but the copyright of all stories under his name becomes jointly owned by both parties, and the website leads the operation and promotion, this condition Hu Shuo can't accept.

The stories he wrote have great potential, such as "Snow White", which is a "big IP" for everyone in another time and space, and its derivative value is immeasurable.

In fact, Hu Shuo has already pondered that after "Snow White" is really popular, he will develop it in depth, such as audio stories, anime movies, children's dramas, etc......

Even deep down in his heart, he has a bigger idea, which is to create a real "anime dream factory", and the core of this idea is the content, so he naturally has to hold the copyright of the story in his own hands.

After thinking about it for a while, Hu Shuo replied directly to Xiao Yi: "I think the current cooperation model is very good, and this contract may not be suitable for me." ”

Xiaoyi: It means that you don't want to sign ???

Xiao Yi replied quickly, followed by a surprised expression, in his opinion, Hu Shuo did not seem to have any reason to refuse, after all, every author who writes a story is eager to become a signed author who sleeps with you every day, so that you can not only get a higher subscription share, but also get the key promotion of the website, which is definitely more beneficial than disadvantageous for an author.

"I still want the rights to the story to remain in my own hands. Hu Shuo didn't hide it, and directly said the reason why he was unwilling to sign the contract.

Xiao Yi: Well, that's a real pity, you may have missed a chance to become famous.

Xiaoyi: The website must give priority to recommending the works of the contracted authors, you should know what I mean.

Xiao Yi sent two messages in a row, and the second one was knocking on Hu Shuo, telling him vaguely that if he didn't sign a contract with the website, his works would not be promoted later.

And Hu Shuo smiled slightly, the achievements of several stories such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella" in the past few days have proved that they are still very marketable here, since the works can be recognized by readers, then Hu Shuo has confidence in his heart, and he is not worried about their sales.

"Well, thank you for having me. ”

Hu Shuo replied politely.

However, there was no news from Xiao Yi's side.

At the same time.

Ruihua Building, 12th floor.

This whole floor belongs to the Sleep with You Story Network every day.

In the editorial department, Yi Xiaohan left his workstation and knocked on the door of the deputy editor-in-chief's office.

"Boss, Hu Zuozuo turned down our invitation to sign. ”

Sitting behind the desk is a middle-aged man in casual clothes, in fact, middle-aged is a little wronged by him, this man looks like he is thirty-seven or eighteen years old, according to the age structure of today's social population, he should not be middle-aged.

This person's name is Zhang Wanqi, and he is the deputy editor-in-chief of Sleep with You Every Day, who is in charge of the author's signing and the promotion and operation of the work on the website and APP.

"Hu Zuozuo?"

Zhang Wanqi frowned slightly, reacted for a while, and then remembered who this pen name was: "The one who wrote "Snow White" and "Cinderella"?"

"Well, that's him. ”

Yi Xiaohan nodded.

"Why did you refuse to sign the contract, and why?" asked Zhang Wanqi while tapping his fingers on the table.

"He said he wanted to keep the copyright in his own hands. Yi Xiaohan responded truthfully.

"That's ......"

Zhang Wanqi's fingers didn't stop and still tapped rhythmically on the desk, but he didn't speak, but fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he asked, "Is he a newcomer or an old author?"

"It should be a newcomer, the accounts on Huaxia Original's online are all just registered today, and they show only a few works published on our website. Yi Xiaohan analyzed.

Zhang Wanqi nodded lightly: "Newcomer?"

"A newcomer dares to negotiate terms with our website?"

A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhang Wanqi's eyes: "Knock him first, if you are still so self-righteous, you will get his two stories off the new book list!"

"Got it, Boss. ”

Yi Xiaohan nodded, turned his head and left the office.

Zhang Wanqi dragged the mouse and looked at the website's new book bestseller list, and "Snow White", "Cinderella", and "Sleeping Beauty" are all on the list.

"Snow White" has jumped to 11th place, "Cinderella" is ranked 13th, and "Sleeping Beauty" has just been on the list and is ranked 27th.

It is extremely rare for three stories by an author to appear on the best-selling list of new books at the same time, at least in Zhang Wanqi's memory, the number of times this situation appears is definitely not more than ten times, and that is when the god-level author releases a collection of stories, and several of the excellent stories may be on the list at the same time.

However, this is the first time that three stories of a newcomer have been on the bestseller list at the same time.

"No wonder this kid is so arrogant, but he really has some ability. ”

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Wanqi's mouth, he has been in the industry for more than ten years, what kind of genius author has not met? But even the great god who became famous later did not dare to refuse the website's invitation to sign a contract at the rookie stage, of course, there must have been a precedent for the author to refuse to sign a contract, and there are quite a few of them, but the final result is relatively miserable.

An author, no matter how good your work is, without a platform to show it, it is in vain.

What's more, many authors think that their works are very good, but in fact, they are not really that good, so once they lose the high-quality platform promotion, they can't make any splash.

Over the years, there have been many authors who have slept with you every day, but in the end, it can be said that there are very few authors who have really succeeded on other platforms, and a considerable number of authors have returned to their old clubs in disgrace after tossing a circle, after all, sleeping with you every day is the industry leader of story websites, with the largest readership, where they can make more money.

It is for this reason that Zhang Wanqi is so confident, he doesn't care about the departure of a rookie author at all, even if he has good results in front of him.

But so what?

Can he still turn the sky upside down??

……