Chapter 385: Contract Battle
Every great god opens a new book, which is news in the industry!
Wen Chou suddenly released a new book "Dragon and Snake Rising Land" this time, which is more topical, take a look at the posts that emerged in Longkong in just one hour!
"Wen Chou's new book "Dragon and Snake Rises to Land" was released today!
"How many people think of "Dragon and Snake Strike" as much as I do?"
"Is "Magic Sword Eternal" coming to an end? Wen Chou has just released a new book "Dragon and Snake Rising"!"
"Inside information! Wen Chou claimed that the release of "Dragon and Snake Rises" was out of impulse!
""The Dragon and Snake Rise to the Land" is only about 3,000 words, I think the text is ugly and crazy, what do you think?"
""Magic Sword Eternal" is no longer able to compete for the monthly ticket list, and Wen Chou sacrifices a big killer - "Dragon and Snake Rise to Land"!"
Can anyone tell what this book is written from the title?"
"No responsibility to speculate!" "Dragon and Snake Rise to Land" is to build momentum for "Dragon and Snake Strike"!"
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These are just the title of the post, and the content of the post is written in a variety of ways, saying everything, and in some author groups, the news of Wen Chou's new book has also spread quickly.
Regarding Wen Chou's sudden opening of a new book, the authors of the starting point have several reactions.
For example, in the Dark Realms group.
Take a bath in the fog: "Wen Chou has opened a new book!"
Skeleton: "See! Silence for the books on the new list!"
Golden Worm: "I really want to mourn silently! The giant who wants to open a new book in the group is highly vigilant! Wen Chou has opened a new book, and he doesn't want to die." Let's adjust the date of the book!"
East 'lewd' and 'west' cheap: "A certain family has no plans to open a new book recently, which means that there is no pressure!"
Big Tiger: "Solemnly remind! Wen Chou has opened a new book, everyone pay attention not to crash!"
The little sheep passing by: "Please allow me to give a middle finger to God! I scolded the one next door! Wen Chou, this pit goods! I killed Lao Tzu! I opened a new book just the day before yesterday! What about Wen Chou's guy? Come out and suffer death! Your grandmother has a leg! Do you dare to be a little more pitiful? They are all good friends." Why are we in such a hurry? Can we still have fun together? Are you waiting for me on purpose?"
Boiling dust: "Silent mourning for the little lamb giant! Little lamb giant! Need I burn you some paper? Poor boy! Poor little lamb!"
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Under the boiling dust, six or seven great gods copied this passage and posted it in the group, and the little sheep who passed by were even more depressed to death.
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This is still the case in the Dark Realm group, and in the group of other authors, wails can be seen everywhere, whether they are famous or unknown authors. When I open a new book, what I am most afraid of is colliding with those top gods.
Once you meet a top god, for the author of the street. is one less point on the new book list, and for other popular writers, it is completely lost the possibility of competing for the first place on the new book list.
It's like a new movie in the film industry happens to meet a Hollywood blockbuster, competing with a Hollywood blockbuster that costs hundreds of millions of dollars to compete for audiences. Don't die too bleakly.
Contrarily. If you release your own movie in a schedule where there are no blockbusters, it will definitely be much more beautiful at the box office, and often such a schedule is prone to box office miracles.
It's so dangerous for the online literature industry to publish new books.
Old authors with connections, before publishing a book, generally ask if there is a new book or new author released by a great god recently. Without such connections, you can only go through the guò new book list. To see which great gods have issued new books, as for whether there are new books issued by great gods in the future, you can only guess by yourself.
If this newcomer doesn't understand anything, and before the new book is released, he doesn't even know how to read the new book list, and he sends the new book directly, and he will often die without a place to be buried.
This situation only improved slightly after the starting point divided the new book list into three.
At present, there is only one new book list at the starting point, and all new and old authors will compete for this list together.
In these years, many people say that the starting point is very deep, and this is what they often say! There are too many powerful and popular old authors, and the hope of new artists and new works is too small!
Writing online articles is the same as many things, it is often a one-step loss, a step-by-step loss!
If the popularity of the new book period does not rise, it is easy to enter a vicious circle later, and it will never come up! Even some god-level authors from other stations, occasionally come to the starting point to open a new book, and often they will not even bubble up, and they will be submerged in the vast library of the starting point.
The little sheep passing by was very depressed and angry, and immediately sent a private message to Lu Yang, asking Lu Yang why he did this?
Lu Yang was in front of the computer, talking to the signing editor about the signing, and when he saw the question of the passing sheep, he could only apologize.
This time the signing is not very smooth!
It's not that the quality of Lu Yang's "Dragon and Snake Rises from the Land" is not good, but that there is an additional clause in the platinum contract signed by the editor Maru Zi and sent to Lu Yang.
In the original contract, Lu Yang signed only the electronic copyright of the work, the simplified and traditional Chinese copyright, and the adaptation rights of comics, audiobooks, movies, online games, etc., all belonged to Lu Yang himself.
In the contract that Maruki sent him just now, it includes all the adaptation rights, which still belong to Lu Yang, only the traditional publishing rights, and even the simplified publishing rights belong to the starting point.
If Lu Yang's new book can be published in simplified Chinese and other copyrights sold, Lu Yang can only get 50%, and this article alone will take millions of profits from Lu Yang's book.
This is only for now, Lu Yang, who has memories of his previous life, knows that in a few years, the game adaptation rights of the works of the top gods can easily sell tens of millions, if it is always this kind of contract, Lu Yang's loss will be so big that he vomits blood.
Wen Chou: "Didn't the original contract only sign electronic copyright?"
Maruko: "Well, yes, this is a recently revised contract, and all future authors' contracts will be like this!"
Wen Chou: "Have the other gods already signed this contract?"
Maruko: "Not yet, but when they open a new book, it's a new contract!"
In front of the computer, Lu Yang took out a cigarette and lit it. Looking at the content of this conversation, there was no reply for a long time.
Lu Yang didn't know, when Maruko answered him these questions. Behind Maruko, there are already more than a dozen heads of the editorial department standing at the starting point, this new contract has just been drawn up recently, Wen Chou is the first platinum-level god, and he is also the top god among the platinum gods.
Whether Wen Chou will sign this contract or not is directly related to whether this new platinum contract can be promoted, as for the contract of ordinary authors, whoever does not sign it will not sign it. Leaders don't change contracts for ordinary authors.
The leaders of the editorial department stood behind Maruko and waited for more than a minute before waiting for Wen Chou's reply.
Wen Chou: "I ask for the original contract! I won't sign this book for the time being!
Sister Maruko, who was in charge of negotiating the contract with Wen Chou, looked at this reply blankly, stood up at a loss, looked at the dozen or so leaders standing behind her seat, and asked weakly: "Leaders, what should I say?"
More than a dozen leaders had mixed reactions. The editor-in-chief of the second group, Lao Z, showed a silent wry smile. He touched his forehead and looked down at the toe of his shoes, as if the toe of his shoes was particularly beautiful today.
The editor-in-chief of one group chuckled: "I'm playing a big name! I knew he would do this!"
The editor-in-chief of the fifth group snorted and said, "This author is a bit of a cocked tail! I think I need to press it!"
The manager of the copyright department squinted at him and asked, "How do you press him?" or deduct his recommendation? Do you want to force him away?"
The general manager looked at Lao Z with a majestic gaze and ordered: "You go and communicate with Wen Chou! 50% is not good, you can give him 60%, and then not." Just give 70%! But let him say it's 50%! Don't let anyone else know that he signed a different contract!"
The corner of his eyes with his head down was actually paying attention to the reactions of the two main leaders and hearing the order. I can only promise to communicate with Wen Chou.
In front of the computer, Wen Chou also knew in his heart that his arms couldn't twist his thighs, and in his memory, although the gods ran away at the starting point, they all signed contracts in the end, but 50% of the contracts of the gods were just a line, and there was a line, it seems that the price of the adaptation rights exceeded a certain amount, and the starting point was only 1 million? Or 500,000?
Received a private message from the editor-in-chief Lao Z, Lu Yang was not satisfied with the 60% or even 70% share that Lao Z said, even if it was 70%, when his game adaptation rights were sold to 10 million in the future, the starting point would be 30%, and it would still be as high as 3 million.
Lu Yang directly threw out the starting point division rules in his memory.
Wen Chou: "It's okay to divide it into three or seven! But the starting point is up to 500,000 yuan! And I ask that this contract will never be modified! The last time you signed a platinum contract with me, the time was set for five years, and I will revise it now, I don't want to mention the contract modification to me when I open a new book in the future!"
Starting Point Editorial Department.
Lao Z looked back at several leaders and colleagues standing behind him, as the editor-in-chief, he did not have the right to decide on this matter.
The maximum starting point of the adaptation right of the work is 500,000, which makes the high-level executives at the scene slightly satisfied, and they remember that the copyright price of Wen Chou's last game "Magic Sword Eternal" is 2 million.
According to the 30% share, it is 600,000, and the game adaptation rights of "Magic Sword Eternal" can be sold for 2 million, and everyone at the scene knows that there is a fluke element in it.
If Giant Company hadn't grabbed the adaptation rights of that book with Shanda, the cost would definitely not have been 2 million.
Everyone is waiting for the general manager to make a decision.
The general manager pondered for a moment and said: "Don't agree so quickly! Talk to him again! Talk about the share ratio to 60% or 50%, and talk about the upper limit of the share to 1 million! Give you three days! Pay attention to the proportion! On the premise of not forcing him away, fight for our interests!"
After saying that, the general manager turned around and left, leaving the other people with smiling eyes, and the frowning old Z, and the other editors of the second group.
Sister Maruko, who was originally in charge of negotiating the signing with Wen Chou, breathed a sigh of relief, and someone finally took over this difficult bone.
The signing editor rights at the starting point are not big, it's okay to meet ordinary authors, but when they meet god-level authors like Wen Chou, when they talk about contracts with them, they are Alexander!
God-level authors have an annual salary of millions, but these contracted editors only get a salary of a few thousand yuan, and the huge gap in income corresponds to each other's important process of starting point.
If you offend the great god of the starting point because of them, the punishment above will definitely not be the great god.
In the face of Lao Z's bargaining, Lu Yang, who has not been in a good mood recently, patiently said a few words to him, and then didn't want to talk.
Lao Z said that the upper limit of the share should be at least 1 million, and since there is an upper limit of the share, the share ratio should not be only 30%, at least 50%.
Lu Yang didn't know what had just happened in the editorial department of the starting point, and Lu Yang was a little upset about what Lao Z said the least, but he didn't want to offend Lao Z, so he had to make up a nonsense casually.
Wen Chou: "I'm sorry Z big! I just received a call from my mother, and I'm in a bit of a hurry to go back, and I'll talk about the contract tomorrow!88!"
Lao Z knew that Wen Chou was looking for excuses nine times out of ten, and it was not easy to break it, Wen Chou didn't want to offend him, and he didn't want to be unhappy with Wen Chou.
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Ending the conversation with Lao Z, Lu Yang thought about ventilating this matter to the other platinum gods, and then collectively put pressure on the starting point, and finally thought about it, but still dispelled this idea.
Lian and other great gods may indeed be able to fight for more benefits in the end, but he, Lu Yang, as the leader, will definitely evil the leaders of the starting point, and it is himself who suffers in the end.
If the recommendation level drops slightly by one notch every year, the popularity of his works will drop a lot.
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The online literary circle is indeed very small! As small as what news each website has, it will often reach the ears of other websites, and the starting point has just had a little conflict with Wen Chou on the new contract, and the second largest digital station in the industry has received this news.
Not long after, another former leading website, a certain sword, also received the news.
Both sites thought their chances had come!
As long as they can dig up the Wen Chou, and then use this matter to attack the starting point, by the way, they will promote the news that their website does not want other copyrights of the author, killing three birds with one stone!
The point is that digging up the ugly writer means digging up a large number of ugly book fans! While enhancing the strength of one's own website, it also achieves the goal of weakening the starting point.
Why not?
So, when Lu Yang coded words that night, he received Q'Q private messages from the editor-in-chief of the digital station and the editor-in-chief of a certain sword.
Lu Yang, who was coding words, did not hang Q'Q and did not reply immediately, and the editor-in-chief of the digital station had Lu Yang's mobile phone number, so he called again.
Thick blood: "Hey, it's Wen Chou, right?"
When he saw that the name of the blood thickened on the mobile phone screen was displayed, Lu Yang understood the purpose of his call, which made a smile appear on the corner of Lu Yang's mouth.
With this call, can the starting point still sit firmly?
Let's see who's spending whom!
Lu Yang: "Hello Bloody! It's so late, can't you still get off work yet?"
I just heard that we don't want your other copyrights here, well, not only do we not want your other copyrights, but we can do our best to help you sell other adaptation rights! Free! Do you want to talk about it......?"