Chapter 563: Who is suing whom?
The editor-in-chief nodded and smiled as he spoke.
"Hehe, everyone, in fact, plagiarism is also a good thing, think about it, according to the copyright protection law, the illegal gains they get multiplied by three, all have to belong to us, as far as I know, the number of viewers of Haoyue video has reached more than 3 million every day, serialized for so many days, and now the income has exceeded 100 million yen, and we have to compensate us at least 300 million yen......"
The deputy editor-in-chief nodded.
"Yes, and I think that by now, we can give Huaxia a formal authorization, and the serial copyright and the copyright of a single book can at least earn hundreds of millions! If this happens, it is estimated that it will not work, and now that something happens, it is hyped up, and it is estimated that many Huaxia publishing companies will come to us to talk to us!"
After the discussion reached an agreement, the editor-in-chief smiled and made a final closing statement.
"Okay, that's it, let's sue a wave first, ask for an apology and compensation, and then authorize Huaxia and other countries to reprint......"
Dangdangdang......
Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door of the conference room, everyone looked over, the door was pushed open, and the messenger of the anime center walked over with a letter and placed it in front of the editor-in-chief.
"This is a lawyer's letter just sent to your company's ......"
Everyone was stunned, the editor-in-chief opened the lawyer's letter, and after reading a few sentences, Parkinson's was immediately angry......
"Shameless, shameless, the Chinese are too shameless! Plagiarize us, and even sue us in turn! I have never seen such a brazen person! Contact the lawyer team immediately......
The editor-in-chief was so angry that he trembled, and the investor took the lawyer's letter and looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.
“…… Without the authorization of the original author, you publish a single book without permission...... Default...... Appear...... Indict...... Hmm? No, isn't it? Editor-in-chief, this is a lawsuit against us for publishing a single book, saying that we did not have the authorization of the original author......? Didn't get the copyright of the original author?"
The investor looked at the editor-in-chief suspiciously, and the editor-in-chief was stunned, read the lawyer's letter again, and sneered.
"Oh, it's okay, I'll give Xiaobai a call to explain it in a while, I've been busy promoting "A Man Like a Pirate" and publishing a single book recently, and I haven't had time to sign supplementary terms with him yet. ”
Everyone doesn't take copyright seriously, because this is the unspoken rule of the animation center and the animation circle, only the comic bosses are qualified to talk about copyright, how can there be copyright on the street?
Therefore, when dealing with new painters, many publishing houses have an almost charity attitude, giving you more or less, depending on the mood, or even not giving it, which street cartoonist dares to sue? Unless you don't want to mix up this industry.
As for signing the copyright transfer agreement, the general street cartoonists are eager to kneel down and sign it, because if they sign it, they can get a huge amount of compensation for them, who would be stupid enough not to sign it?
Therefore, many publishing houses, especially small publishing houses, publish books first when they publish a single book, and when they really sell it for money, in order to avoid legal disputes, they will ask the cartoonist to sign a copyright transfer agreement. If you can't sell it for money, you won't give it away, and you won't get the money anyway.
Because of this, the editor-in-chief felt a little annoyed and disdainful when he saw this lawyer's letter, and he felt that this rookie cartoonist was too ignorant, how could he send a lawyer's letter about this?
So, he wants to teach the other party a lesson, and let the other party know that hitting the street will never have human rights, even if your comics are temporarily popular......
After the regular meeting, the editor-in-chief returned to his office and asked Watanabe Ito for Xiaobai's contact information, frowning.
As soon as the phone was connected, his fire couldn't be suppressed!
"Hey, you're Xiaobai, the author of 'A Man Like a Pirate', right? Do you know the consequences of sending us a lawyer's letter? We can sue you for breach of contract at any time and sue you for bankruptcy! A rookie painter doesn't even understand the rules of the industry? Did we say we wouldn't give you money?
Now, come to my office and apologize to our Glory Anime, I will consider forgiving you and buy your copyright at a high price, otherwise, I will immediately stop serializing "A Man Like a Pirate", you won't get a penny! And I promise, no company will sign up for your comics in the future!"
……
The next day, after the Glory Animation Publishing House went to work, a girl wearing a plaid shirt and short hair walked in wearing sunglasses.
"Excuse me, who are you looking for?
"I'm looking for ...... Well...... It should be your editor-in-chief, he called me yesterday. ”
The girl took off her sunglasses, and the two girls at the front desk screamed directly.
"Oh my God, it's her!
"I've seen her videos and news, and the amazing woman who challenged us in tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and kendo, I didn't think it was really her!"
"The restaurant she opened in Hoshino Village is very expensive, and she can't get in line every day......"
……
Bai Feng smiled politely and asked.
"Excuse me, can I go in?"
The two receptionists at the front desk were a little embarrassed, blushing and pushing open the glass door for her.
"Of course, please follow me. ”
The receptionist took Bai Feng and walked inside, passing through countless office areas, these editors looked up at Bai Feng and exclaimed.
"It's that Chinese woman!"
"I can't imagine that she will come to our company! Will she come to challenge our company?"
", what's the challenge of our broken company?"
"What's that going to do? Isn't she opening a shop now? ...... Wow, I know, it must be "A Man Like a Pirate" who made money, and the editor-in-chief and investors want to invite us to the first floor of the world for a big dinner!"
"Yes, it makes sense, otherwise what is she doing here, I guess we have to charter a meal now, I don't know if it will be on the news......"
"This is the world's god of cooking, our country's god of food is just doing chores under her, she actually wants to cook for us, think about it, it's really a little exciting......"
……
Bai Feng followed the receptionist to the editor-in-chief's office, politely made a gesture of please, and then left with a smile.
Knocking on the door, Bai Feng pushed the door and entered.
"You ......"
"Hehe, you are really a noble person, let me introduce myself, my name is Bai Feng, you asked me to come over yesterday, saying that you want me to apologize to you, about the copyright of "A Man Like a Pirate". ”
The editor-in-chief was stunned, he never thought that "A Man Like a Pirate" was painted by a woman, and he was so young......
"You're the editor of "A Man Like a Pirate???"
Bai Feng shrugged and smiled.
"Yes, Huaxia, and a woman. ”
The editor-in-chief touched his chin, a little familiar with the name, and even more familiar with the person's appearance, but he still couldn't remember where he had heard or seen it.
Shaking his head, he took out a copy of the copyright transfer agreement from the drawer and placed it on the table.
"Look at it, the copyright transfer agreement for Man Like a Pirate. ”
Bai Feng picked it up with a smile, quickly looked at it and put it down, shook his head and spoke.
"I'm sorry, I don't mean to transfer all rights for the time being!"
The editor-in-chief almost suspected that he had misheard the wrong ear, and it was the first time he had seen such a bullish cartoonist in this office, and he had rejected the full copyright transfer agreement?