The grass is green, Zhang Chu took a photo of the beautiful scenery with his mobile phone, but a few sheep bleating next to him bleated a little bit of the scenery.

After he writes thousands of words of "Psychological Crime" every day, he will be ruthlessly driven out of the house by his grandmother, saying that he should take a good rest so as not to distort his psychology.

In fact, Zhang Chu felt that Mrs. Lin just wanted to let her help her herd the sheep, so she found such a righteous and bright reason.

Now that "Psychological Crime" has been serialized on Weibo for three days, from the first chapter only a few hundred people paid to read, to more than 1,400 people today, the progress is quite obvious.

It proves that this mystery novel, which once made a name for itself on the earth, is also applicable in this world, and that excellent works can cross the barriers of time and space.

It's just that this still makes Zhang Chu quite disappointed, the readers of mystery novels are really too few and too few, and now the manuscript fee he has accumulated on Weibo is less than 2,000 yuan, which is a big difference compared to the writers who sell hundreds of thousands or millions in the news.

The first is of course that he is relatively famous, and only a few people have heard of his name and are willing to spend money on his novels.

The second reason is that the reputation of "Psychological Crime" has not yet fermented, and only those who have paid attention to Zhang Chu know that there is this book, and it has not been serialized in traditional magazines or novel websites.

Zhang Chu boredly plucked a grass stalk and put it to his mouth, looking at the sheep not far away, his thoughts were already flying all over the sky.

……

The top student in the domestic college entrance examination was actually tweeted by the Conan Doyle Foundation, and the reason was a $5,000 copyright fee. ”

"Shocked! 99.99% of people don't know that the original writing of the same person will also be accused!"

"Dozens of people around the world are going crazy, and Zhang Chu's work "Detective Sherlock" is suspected of infringement!"

"[News that must be seen] Jiangdong Provincial College Entrance Examination champion Zhang Chu's work "Detective Sherlock" will be published and distributed by Nanhai Publishing Company in the near future, but today the Internet suddenly broke out that this work has not been officially authorized and is illegal publication. ”

The Conan Doyle Foundation strongly condemned Zhang Chu and Nanhai Publishing Company for their actions, and said that legal action would be taken. ”

I don't know when the news appeared in the Weibo reports of the major media, and there is a way that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles.

Reporting these things, the media is absolutely professional!

……

"Brother Zhang, what are you doing?"

Wei Wenlin, the little fat dun, sent a voice, which sounded a little anxious.

Zhang Chu sent him the photo he had just taken, and replied, "What else can I do, I was kicked out to herd sheep." ”

Wei Wenlin hurriedly said: "You still have the heart to herd sheep, let's take a look on the Internet!"

"What's going on?"

"Alas, black fire, black fire. Just take a look at it, and discuss it with your editor, I'm still waiting to buy a collection!"

Zhang Chu wondered, his recent life has been extremely regular and low-key, and he herded sheep and wrote "Psychological Crime" every day, and he didn't cause trouble at all, why did something big happen?

Only then did I find out that it was really a disaster from the sky!

"Hey, this foundation is kind of interesting, obviously the complete works of Sherlock Holmes can be published by any publishing house, why do I need their authorization to create a Sherlock Holmes fanfiction?"

The Conan Doyle Heritage Foundation posted a Weibo post on Twitter in which it harshly condemned Sherlock's practice in a tone that made it feel as if it had directly condemned it.

Zhang Chu casually clicked on a Weibo comment and found that almost all of them were a group of fighters fighting themselves, and he frowned when he saw it.

"Oh my God, there's such a thing, boycott garbage novels!"

"There are still people who don't follow copyright laws these days, and they are definitely warriors. ”

"It's a shame to think that if it's a foreign work, it doesn't need copyright?"

"Shame on people and throw them abroad, smear the image of our country. ”

"What's going on, hasn't the National Copyright Administration paid attention to it?"

"Don't read this novel anyway. ”

"The heat of Sherlock Holmes is too shameless!"

"Isn't Sherlock a Sherlock Bros. fan essay contest in Warner Bros., and is that all of that contest infringing?"

……

"Teacher Gu, what's going on?"

Zhang Chu directly dialed Gu Xinxue, the editor of Nanhai Publishing Company, "Didn't you say before that this work of Mr. Conan Doyle can be created freely at will?"

Gu Xinxue was also as big as a bucket at this time, and he explained: "This is actually an oversight of our work, we have received emails from the Foundation before, but we missed the opportunity to communicate for various reasons. But don't worry, this book can be published, after all, our country's copyright law is different from that of the United States, and we cannot be measured by American standards. ”

"But this has had a big negative impact, and I think it may affect sales and reviews. ”

Zhang Chu felt that he was extremely wronged, and his debut novel chose such a classic British drama for adaptation, but it may encounter Waterloo.

He clenched his fists, "Even with U.S. law, I don't have to bear any legal problems when I create Sherlock Holmes fandoms." These books entered the public domain several years ago and are free to use. This foundation has long had no right to charge, and he even wants to take legal action. ”

A crazy idea suddenly appeared in Zhang Chu's mind!

If he sues the Conan Doyle Foundation for damaging his right to reputation and liberating the image of Sherlock Holmes, will this bring him more prestige?

From the information that Zhang Chu has so far, it can be seen that his own chances of winning are quite large, and such a mercenary writers' heritage foundation that has fallen into the eyes of money has seriously affected the spread and development of Sherlock Holmes culture.

Obviously the copyright has expired, but they still want to hold it tightly, and then find writers, film and television companies or related businesses to charge high copyright royalties.

However, the problem is that the financial, material and human resources required for a transnational case like Zhang Chu are extraordinary, and if he wants to win the lawsuit, he must prepare money.

But what Zhang Chu lacks now is money, and he also expects the publication of "Sherlock" to bring more manuscript fees.

If the Foundation can really be brought down, then Zhang Chu will no longer have to worry about prestige in the future, and I'm afraid the media around the world will have to pay close attention.

No one could have expected Zhang Chu to have such crazy ideas, perhaps everyone understood him as an ordinary student, a vulnerable group, and a sinner who violated copyright law.

But the crazy gene in this guy's bones has been revived at this moment, Zhang Chu feels that he can first take a look at the relevant laws in the United States, and then find a reliable lawyer for himself!

In a cross-border lawsuit, I am afraid that one lawyer is not enough, and a lawyer group is required, which is a rich man's money-burning game.

"You have to hurry up and make some money, otherwise you can't afford to fight the lawsuit. ”