Chapter 54: Indispensable [Seeking Recommendations and Collections]
It was a beautiful day, and it was raining heavily all day on Monday.
Outdoor physical education classes have been largely canceled, and he only needs to help take care of the last few days indoors before he is freed.
The students played in pairs with table tennis balls, while others sat by the wall and looked at their phones without being disturbed.
Qin Chuan stood in the corridor staring at his mobile phone in a daze, and class was about to end in a few minutes.
Just now, a Shanghai mobile phone number called but couldn't answer, according to the editor Big Face Cat, it should be a staff member of the legal department of Huayue.
The copyright department can only stand aside from this deal.
"Class is out in a few minutes, let's go eat early, class!"
Qin Chuan walked to the door of the table tennis room, and these students walked out happily.
It's always good to get out of class early.
The university cafeteria is open longer than the middle school cafeteria, so if you go early, you can eat what you want.
He himself was also going to go back after dinner in the teacher's cafeteria.
Today, Xie Yunmei's colleague's son's wedding banquet hit Qin Chuan several times because of this matter, but unfortunately he still didn't get a response.
The copyright matter involved a lot of Qin Chuan's energy.
In addition, I have to go to work every day, so I have less time to spend on novels.
The new book will be on the shelves in a few days, and if the copyright problem cannot be solved in time, it can only be postponed.
Quality issues must be taken seriously!
There are several canteens and a dedicated faculty cafeteria.
Generally, there are more teachers who eat at noon, and there are few people in the evening.
The people who eat are usually young teachers and teachers who have classes in the evening, and the rest of them have already gone home from work.
Unlike a high school teacher, a college teacher usually has an office next to him.
Anyway, Qin Chuan didn't know anyone at a glance, so he was just happy and relaxed.
On the phone, the editor of the big-faced cat was unexpectedly still online.
"Li Xiang from the legal department just called you and said that you are in class, are you a teacher?"
Faced with the editor's question, Qin Chuan put down his chopsticks and typed in response: "Yes, I am a physical education teacher who does not teach Chinese. ”
Xu Qiang, behind the big-faced cat account, sighed: "No wonder I can write so many words every day, it turns out to be a physical education teacher!"
Qin Chuan really wanted to tell the editor that the physical education teacher was really not as relaxed and fun as he imagined.
I thought so at the beginning, but I was so tired that I was about to lie down.
"The PE teacher is also very busy, you only see your own class, but you don't have PE class anymore, and there are other people to attend. Now my mind is full of film and television adaptation rights, and I don't have time to write a script!"
The overclocked state of the brain can take an hour, at best, to write 5,000 words.
The next step is to return to normal, and the water mill usually writes another 4,000 words, which happens to be the same as the state of the previous life.
Hold it hard to get out the rest of the content.
Obviously, there are outlines and outlines, but they can't be written, as if all the cells in the body are resisting.
And at half past ten o'clock in the evening, these resistances disappeared in an instant.
The sealed inspiration will be punctually unsealed at this time, like a spring.
"Truth be told, you've got a lot of luck and quality for this book. Now that the attention is so high, if the follow-up quality is not good, it will be regarded as a hype and an embroidered pillow. With such a good start, don't treat it as a one-shot deal. ”
Xu Qiang cherishes talents very much.
Every year, there are always some newcomers who have the potential to become gods, but they always fail to ignite the divine fire for various reasons.
"People Grow and Hate Water Changdong" has already been on the hot search, bloodbathed in the Qianlong Forum, topped the Huayue click list and blade list, and sold the film adaptation rights to the most famous film companies in China.
No matter how many new works of great gods can't reach this level!
Qin Chuan also agreed with this point of view, and he typed and wrote: "That's right, I want to get the contract done as soon as possible now, so as not to disturb my mind all the time." Wait a minute, I'll get in touch with Li Xiang and listen to the opinions of professionals. ”
"That's right, you can write it well, and there will be a big explosion on the shelves. ”
"Hopefully, I think the outburst is a bit hanging. ”
Qin Chuan was a little weak-hearted.
There are only six chapters left in the manuscript, and it will be even less if you toss it like this!
Seeing that the editor's TT chat avatar was dimmed, Qin Chuan also quickly swept away the food on the plate.
Walking around the corner of the campus and looking at the youthful students, he felt that he was much younger.
At dinner time, there was no little couple in the corner of the lawn.
He sat down in a chair and called Li Xiang back on his mobile phone.
While it's still dark, hurry up and finish the conversation, so that others can go home from work.
"I'm sorry, I was in class before, so I couldn't talk much, so I could only let you stay and work overtime. Qin Chuan apologized, and then directly talked about the current predicament.
"It's okay, we're used to working overtime. I've checked the contract you drafted with Blaze Pictures with my colleagues before, and the terms are not detailed enough. For example, after the contract is signed, how to pay the copyright fee. There is also whether you can get the income when the film is sold to a video website or TV station, whether you have a commission for the distribution of DVDs, when will the withholding personal income tax certificate be given, whether the other party will invite you to participate in the premiere or domestic and foreign film festivals, etc. Royalties are the most important thing, and you didn't even agree on that. You said you could have reduced it from 15 million, but the draft contract was only 8 million, so much less......"
Crackling, Li Xiang spoke very quickly.
Stormy rain!
Qin Chuan kept nodding, the professionals who have been dealing with copyright transactions for a long time are much more powerful and considerate.
It's just that he talked too much, and he couldn't remember it anymore, so he could only listen to the call recording later.
"I've added the terms you agreed with Blaze Pictures to the terms we usually use in the contract, and there are some terms that aren't mentioned, and I'm sending it to you in the mailbox now for you to see. If you think it's okay, then transfer it to Blaze Pictures for negotiation. ”
"Thanks, I'll check it out after I'm done. ”
Li Xiang on the other side of the phone added: "In fact, it is weaker to conduct business negotiations with companies in an individual capacity, especially writers, and if you are not careful, you may be cheated." Therefore, I suggest that you can entrust our website to negotiate, and our website will come forward to negotiate, and it will never harm your interests. ”
"Not for the time being, maybe you'll need you in the next copyright deal. ”
Qin Chuan made it clear that he refused.
Entrusting the website to give 50% of the commission is too ruthless, and it directly hurts the muscles and bones!
What's more, Huayue's headquarters is in Shanghai, which is far away from Star City, which is not very convenient.
If you want to find a writer agency in Star City, it is more convenient to say anything in person, and the commission is generally only 10%, or even lower!
Handing over work to professionals is the greatest advantage of the social division of labor.
Writers work hard to polish their works and hand them over to agents to handle the copyrights.
Most writers aren't good at socializing, let alone dealing with the complexities of copyright licensing, and the presence of an agent is crucial.
Qin Chuan believes that the best state of a writer is, of course, to continue to create without distraction!