Chapter 12 Severely Reduced Copyright Fees
The next day, Li Ming took the high-speed train from Guangzhou to Shenzhen, arrived at Shenzhen North Railway Station in half an hour, and then spent 50 yuan to take a taxi to the Qiyue headquarters.
Qiyue headquarters is also the headquarters of Qianxun Shenzhen, and before Li Ming arrived, there were already people waiting here.
"Mr. Li!" A man in a suit, carrying a briefcase, and glasses greeted him: "I'm lawyer Jin Hong from Zewen Law Firm, and we have been in contact with ...... before."
This time, when I came to talk about copyright, it would definitely not be Li Ming himself to talk about it, and it would be better to leave this kind of matter to a professional person to talk about.
Although the copyright is basically handed over to the reading agent, the world is very interested in copyright, and the reading also needs Li Ming's signature to get the copyright, and it is just that under the same conditions, the reading has the right of first refusal.
Li Ming didn't come over until today, and his editor 'Zero' has been complaining since the beginning of the month.
From Guangzhou to Shenzhen, it is only half an hour away, last time Li Ming said that he had no money to come?
Don't have the money to come? I'll reimburse you, right?
It's just 200 yuan for the high-speed rail round trip, plus other expenses, it's just 500 yuan, and I told Li Ming at zero o'clock: I'll pay for it privately, okay with your reimbursement?
However, it has dragged on to this day, in fact, because the longer it drags on, the more the value of "Dou Po" can be reflected, and if you want to buy this copyright, you need to pay a greater price.
Li Ming shook hands with Lawyer Jin and said politely, "Lawyer Jin, I'll trouble you this time!"
"I'll do my best to help you do it, but Mr. Li is younger than I thought. Lawyer Jin nodded and followed Li Ming into the Qiyue headquarters.
"Mingmu Dada, this way!"
When Li Ming arrived at the headquarters, he contacted his editor-in-charge in advance.
Zero also paid attention to and understood Li Ming, and when he saw Li Ming coming, he recognized it at a glance.
Seeing Li Ming coming, Zero also complained: "It's finally here." ”
"I'm sorry, because something has dragged on until now. Li Ming said apologetically, and then introduced: "This is my lawyer, Mr. Jin Hong!"
"Hello Lawyer Kim. ”
Hearing Li Ming's introduction, Zero Point was not surprised.
Li Ming is approaching a college student, and if he doesn't even bring a lawyer or a professional negotiator with him this time, then he is really stupid.
I said hello to lawyer Jin, took Li Ming and lawyer Jin into the headquarters of Qiyue, and introduced the headquarters of Qiyue and Qianxun Group to Li Ming.
Li Ming knew something about this, so he just listened to the introduction and didn't talk much.
When I arrived at the office, the editor-in-chief, Xin Yueji, the vice president of Qiyue, Chen Jia, and the person in charge of negotiating the copyright of Qiyue, were all waiting here.
Editor-in-Chief, Mr. Chen...... This is Li Ming, his lawyer, Mr. Jin Hong. ”
Zero took Li Ming into the office, introduced it and stood aside, this kind of thing is not at all that he can participate in the negotiation, and now the copyright of "Dou Po" is calculated in tens of millions.
"Mingmu, I'll still call you Mr. Li Ming!" Chen Jia, vice president of Qiyue, is mainly responsible for the copyright marketing of Qiyue: "Regarding the copyright of "Dou Po", we are ready to buy it out for 30 million, I don't know what you think? At the same time, we will launch a new platinum contract for you!"
"You can talk to Mr. Jin about copyright, and he is responsible for negotiating this matter on my behalf. There's basically nothing to say about contracts unless I can keep all the copyrights!"
Li Ming is ready to launch the background story of LOL, and now his Weibo attention, influenced by "A Bite of Zhongda", has been rising, and there are more than 3 million, which is almost good for the background story of "LOL".
Anyway, it's free, it's the same wherever you upload it, as long as you don't sign a contract, so that more people can know about "LOL" and pave the way for future games.
"Alright then, let's talk about copyright first!"
Chen Jia was a little disappointed, and he also knew that Li Ming was a little dissatisfied with the contract of "Dou Po". To a large extent, Li Ming can't make the decision for all the copyrights of "Dou Po", but there is room for negotiation.
In the end, after the negotiation between lawyer Jin and Qiyue, the game adaptation rights of "Dou Po" were purchased by Qianxun Games for 27 million, and there were originally two options of profit sharing and buyout, but Li Ming chose to buy out.
He needs money now, and when the "Dou Po" game is launched, he doesn't know when it will go, and the amount of profit is not up to Qianxun Games?
The copyrights of "Dou Po" film and television, comics, animation, etc., were purchased by the film and television companies and animation companies of Qianxun Group for 20 million respectively.
The physical copyright was signed by Changwen Publishing at a rate of 12%.
In general, the copyright was divided in this way, which is much higher than the previous 30 million.
Li Ming only got more than 23 million yuan, and half of it was deducted, and taxes had to be deducted, and in the end, it was about 20 million.
For Li Ming, this is simply the price of cabbage, and the money in hand is less than half for no reason, so he will feel a little unhappy.
This price is actually very low for "Dou Po", and if "Dou Po" is written for a while, this price may be much higher.
But from this time on, Li Ming also became a multimillionaire, and he could start his journey of defeat.
"We can talk about the platinum contract in detail, and if you want to keep the copyright, we can also promise you......"
Finally, let's talk about the platinum contract.
Before, I planned to give Li Ming a 'great god contract' and give a high-quality share.
In this way, Li Ming needs to complete the prescribed book and tens of thousands of words within the specified time, that is, within a few years, and the copyright is still the starting agent.
Li Ming directly rejected this kind of contract.
When the editor proposed a great god contract with him at zero o'clock, he directly refused, and now he can only mention the platinum contract.
"You can keep the copyright, but if you want to sell the copyright of the novel, at the same price, we have priority, do you think it's okay?"
This is definitely the best condition that can be given by the first reading.
I don't even know what Li Ming's next book is?
Now that Qiyue is already a listed company, it is good to keep Li Ming in Qiyue, and they have priority in copyright, but there is no agency and no share.
In the opinion of Chen Jia, vice president of Qiyue, although Li Ming made 20 million yuan by relying on "Dou Po", it is not so simple to really develop the copyright of a book.
This is also the reason why many top platinum gods, who have also made money, still choose to sell their copyrights, rather than choose to develop them themselves.
Qiyue is not worried that Li Ming will keep the copyright for his own development.
"I can agree to this condition, but I have another condition, there is an electronic copyright of a book that needs to be released for free, and it will also be posted on Weibo...... Foreign electronic copyrights can be given to you!"
LOL's backstory is what Li Ming values the most, and this book will be released for free, and it will not be limited to the novel network.
As for electronic copyright abroad?
It doesn't matter if he reads it, even if it's in his own hands, he has to find someone to translate it.
"You've got the next book in mind?"
This is out of the expectation of Qi Yue, and I don't even understand why Li Ming's next book is released for free?
Of course, they couldn't imagine that what Li Ming wanted was to let more people know about LOL.
Li Ming wrote the background story of LOL, which is to popularize LOL and accumulate fans for the game, and when the game is launched, it will become popular.
"I can only say that before I wrote Dou Po, this book was in preparation......" Li Ming didn't say much, only mentioned it in one stroke.
Chen Jia, as the vice president of Qiyue, how could he not know what Li Ming's words represented?
"Next book, do you want to develop game rights, or film and television rights?"
Only these two copyrights need to accumulate a large number of fans. Li Ming released this novel for free, definitely to accumulate fans and prepare for game copyrights or film and television copyrights.
I can't see that this Li Ming's ambition is very big!
Chen Jia, as the vice president of Qiyue, looked at Li Ming, a young man, and at the same time looked forward to it.
What is Li Ming's next book?
This book was actually conceived before "Dou Po"?
How popular is "Dou Po" now?
As the person in charge of copyright marketing at Qiyue, Chen Jia didn't know how many companies he had received during this time and wanted to buy the copyright of "Dou Po".
And the novel that has been in preparation for "Dou Po" for a longer time is not more exciting than "Dou Po"?
Then the copyright development value must be hundreds of millions, right?