21. The pay skyrockets
Liu Yuan quickly called Nie Wei and made an appointment to meet at a café near Nie Wei's house.
Early the next morning, Si Tian Cafe ushered in a guest, it was Liu Yuan, who came from the editorial department with a contract, entered the café, he found a window seat and sat down, ordered a cup of coffee, and silently waited for Nie Wei's arrival.
The time they agreed was nine o'clock in the morning, Liu Yuan arrived at the café at eight forty o'clock, and after twenty o'clock, Nie Wei appeared on time and brought someone with him.
"Hello Liu Bian. Nie Wei greeted with a smile, and at the same time introduced: "This is Cheng Shaohua, my legal counsel." ”
"Looks like you're well prepared. Liu Yuan smiled and joked, he was not surprised that Nie Wei could afford a lawyer, after all, in his eyes, it was Zhou Aiguo standing behind Nie Wei.
However, what Liu Yuan didn't know was that this legal counsel was not found by Zhou Aiguo, but hired by Nie Wei at his own expense.
And Cheng Shaohua's position is hung in his star investment company.
After all, as an investment company, there will be a lot of signing contracts, various letters of intent, etc., which require legal advice, rather than asking a law firm every time, it is better to set up a legal team by yourself, and Cheng Shaohua is only the first of them, and will continue to expand in the future.
After the two sides sat down, Liu Yuan first asked: "Nie Wei, I have already read your second "Longling Grotto", which is very exciting, but I still want to ask, how much do you want to write in the end?"
This is a topic that Liu Yuan is very concerned about, and he has always been unstable in his heart if he doesn't ask, so with the effort of signing the contract today, he also wants Nie Wei to consult.
"It's probably going to be more than 1.6 million. Nie Wei thought for a while and explained: "My novel is divided into eight independent stories, each of which will probably be about 200,000 words, and I think the sum should exceed this number." ”
Hearing that there were 1.6 million words, Liu Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up, this is already a super long novel, and the length is very good, the longer the better, because only the number of words in the novel can bring more benefits to his newspaper and himself, so as long as Nie Wei can ensure the quality, Liu Yuan can't wait to write 6.1 million words in this novel and is not satisfied.
"Then may I ask if the rest of the works have been created except for "Longling Grottoes"?" After knowing the total number of words, Liu Yuan continued to ask curiously.
"The third part of "Yunnan Worm Valley" has indeed been completed, and the fourth part of "Kunlun Divine Palace" has been written for more than half of it. After Nie Wei finished speaking, he took a sip of coffee, frowning slightly, he preferred his own country's tea.
"The third ......"
"Editor Liu, let's talk about the contract for the second part first. Interrupting Liu Yuan's thoughts, Nie Wei put down the coffee cup and directly led the conversation to today's topic.
Smiling wryly, Liu Yuan also understood that Nie Wei was waiting for the price to sell, just like the contract he brought today was far more lucrative than the contract he signed for the first part.
There are many reasons for this, some of which are of course due to the obvious benefits that novels have brought to newspapers, but more importantly, the fear of poaching by other newspapers.
Even Liu Yuan has received countless phone calls in the past few days, basically asking about Nie Wei's information, and many newspapers have offered Liu Yuan lucrative conditions to dig him to work at his home newspaper, and the only requirement is to pack and bring "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" together.
Liu Yuan did not doubt the ability of this group of newspapers to infiltrate at all, although he himself was not successfully poached, but it is very likely that the editors and employees under him have leaked the news in private, and it is very likely that Nie Wei's information is already in the hands of that group of people, and even they have been in contact with each other.
So this time, the senior management of Yanshan Wenhua Group also gave Liu Yuan a lot of power to formulate a very lucrative contract, in order to sign Nie Wei's next novel before all the newspapers.
Soon Nie Wei saw the offer from Yanshan Wenhua Group.
Because Nie Wei only sells newspaper and periodical serialization rights, the price of the first part was not high when he signed the contract, only 50 yuan per 1,000 words, but after half a month, when Nie Wei took over the second contract, he saw that the value of his article had risen to 200 yuan per 1,000 words.
This is already a very lucrative contract for the newspaper industry whose sales are withering, at least among the writers of these newspapers, Nie Wei's treatment can be ranked in the top ten.
There is not much difference between the whole contract and the first contract, the only difference is that the end of the contract indicates that Yanshan Wenhua Group has the right to sign the contract first, Nie Wei has no doubt about this, this media group is still very powerful, and it is a good partner to work with.
Nie Wei first looked at the contract by himself, mainly to see the changes in treatment, and then handed it over to Cheng Shaohua on the side, the barrister took the contract and read it carefully one by one, and sometimes even took out a code to compare, Liu Yuan couldn't help but sweat nervously, and he was really afraid that there would be any loopholes in his contract, and he would make a deal about the signing of this time.
Twenty minutes later, Cheng Shaohua finished reading the contract and nodded towards Nie Wei, and Liu Yuan, who was sitting opposite, also breathed a sigh of relief.
"It was a pleasure to work with. Nie Wei didn't care too much about the treatment, as Liu Yuan guessed, he also received a lot of calls from other newspapers two days ago, and they all raised the issue of treatment.
Seeing Nie Wei personally sign his name on the contract, Liu Yuan also showed a smile on his face that could not be concealed.
"Then Nie Wei, I wish us a happy second cooperation. Liu Yuan put away the contract, stood up and happily stretched out his hand to Nie Wei.
"It was a pleasure to work with. Holding Liu Yuan's hand, Nie Wei responded with a smile.
said goodbye to Liu Yuan, and sent Cheng Shaohua away, Nie Wei walked home, there is still half of the code word task that has not been completed today, and there is still some acting training that needs to be repeated, after all, the TV series is about to start filming, Nie Wei must always put himself in a 'state of combat readiness', so that he can play his best when he needs to play.
But as soon as he stepped into the hut, before Nie Wei could turn on the computer, his phone rang.
"Hello, I'm Nie Wei. Nie Wei picked up the phone.
"Hello, Mr. Nie Wei, my name is Zhou Wen, may I ask, are you the only author of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern"?"
Hearing that the ghost was blowing the lamp again, Nie Wei smiled and replied directly: "If you are looking for the author, it is indeed me, but I'm sorry, this novel has been signed to Yanshan Wenbao, and I don't want to publish it in other newspapers and periodicals for the time being." ”
After speaking, Nie Wei was ready to hang up the phone, there have been too many calls of this kind recently, and he has been a little impatient.
"No, no, Mr. Nie Wei, I'm not from the newspaper. Suddenly, there was a voice of denial on the other end of the phone, which made Nie Wei, who was about to hang up the phone, stop what he was doing, and after a few seconds, a look of surprise appeared on his face. For mobile phone users, please visit wènhttp://mnet
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