Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Contract (I)
"Oh, that's a great inspiring article. "George stood up, whistling and clapping incessantly.www.biquge.info
It should be okay, even if it is used for speeches, it is not inferior.
"Cake seller, you are an angel, if you appear in our United States, I believe that we American people will welcome you with flowers paving the way. George hugged Li Mo in his arms and said.
Americans are generally big, and George is also big, nearly 1.9 meters, otherwise he wouldn't scare Li Mo's little sister.
He was also strong, and Li Mo was held in his arms and almost couldn't swallow his breath.
Li Mo was also helpless, let him write words that belittled the national character, he would never write it. But on the premise of not belittling the national character, how to make the people of the US imperialists happy, Li Mo also used some brains, that is, this preface was prepared by him a long time ago. Actually, he looked at this preface, and his heart was a little numb, no matter what...... As long as it works, it's fine.
A few more guests came to the Li family, George wandered around in the heart for a while, and no one paid attention to the Jin translation, but everyone saw George together, and finally spread to the town, and several leaders of the town plus two brigade cadres came to the Li family together after hearing the news.
Li Mo, the leader of the town, was not very familiar with it, so Li Guangping stood up and poured tea for them.
A leader looked at George, and Li Mo said, "Leaders, don't worry. ”
How to say it, at this time, the United States is very good to China, but for the time being, China's ideology is even more serious than that of American imperialism, although it also knows that the United States is counting on joining forces with China to deal with the Soviet Union, but it still maintains a strong defensive psychology against the Western world.
Including the imminent rise of investment promotion, compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan are warmly welcomed. If Westerners want to come in, it will be extremely difficult.
"I just wrote a novel blindly, and they wanted to publish it, probably to sign a contract. ”
"Classmate Li Mo, you are so amazing, you are really a little prodigy, and you can actually publish a book in the United States. Several leaders praised it together, which is a step up from the collection of essays published by Li Mo last year.
"I don't dare to call it a little prodigy, but leaders, it's best to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, I have to learn. If it's high-profile and it hinders me from studying, that's not good. Li Mo told the story of hurting Zhongyong again.
"Ambitious," several leaders immediately expressed their understanding.
This is also the result of the general environment.
Now there are three major slogans, marching towards the four modernizations, which Li Mo disagrees with very much, without money, nothing can be marched, and the country has money, everything. Just like in the twenties of the 21st century, the country developed rapidly in the military, science and technology, industry, infrastructure and other aspects.
Five stresses and four beauties, this is a good slogan.
Learn from Lei Feng and build a new style.
How to learn from Lei Feng, do good deeds without leaving a name.
Think about Confucius's evaluation of Zigong's rejection of gold and Zilu's acceptance of cattle, after more than 2,000 years, everyone has a deeper understanding of charity than an ancient person more than 2,000 years ago.
Lei Feng must be a good comrade, and there may be people who can learn from the real Lei Feng, but how many people can do Lei Feng in the propaganda?
However, no one now thinks that the propaganda is wrong.
Low-key is the virtue of the Chinese nation.
Several leaders praised Li Mo's essay collection again, and Li Mo said a few words modestly.
Translator Jin understood a little and asked in English, "Li, you have already published a book?"
"The Provincial Education Publishing House sent editors to select dozens of essays from the essays I wrote in elementary school, compiled them into a booklet, and published them in a collection. Li Mo said as he took out his copy of "Guardian" from the room.
That's exactly what he needs.
Don't ask me if writing this novel at my age is true or not, or if it's weird, I wrote well when I was in elementary school and published a book.
George flipped through the book and said, "Mo Li, we at Bantan want to publish your Jurassic Park, and this is our contract, you can take a look." ”
Li Mo opened it and saw that the terms of the contract were simple, about 100,000 US dollars from Bantam Books to buy all the copyrights of the book, including all other copyrights such as film and television, games, etc.
"George, since I have written this book and know a little about the situation in your country, do you think I can accept this contract? ”
"No, no, Mo Li, you can't think so, our company has great sincerity for your book, so I came all the way to your hometown, you look at my shoes. ”
Bantam Books is not yet the world's largest paper book publisher, the largest paper book publisher is the British Penguin Book Company, which was merged by Longman Publishing Group in 1970. In 1975, the group bought the Viking Publishing Company in the United States and founded the Viking Penguin Books that Li Mo called it.
It was not until 1986 that the German Bertelsmann Group acquired the American Daur Le Book Company and the music brand RCA in the bag, and it was on a par with Penguin Books.
You can't blame the bantam executives, China is too poor now, 100,000 dollars is not a small number, maybe Li Mo will do the same in the future.
Li Mo can't be blamed for being greedy, but he knows the actual value of this book.
"George, what do you think of the idea of this book?"
"It's fantastic. ”
"George, my nationality, my background, my age, is it a selling point?"
"Yes," said George, who is an American and an extrovert, but he may not be honest when it comes to business, but he has to admit it.
"What kind of sensation would this book have if it were turned into a movie?"
"yes......"
"I sent it to your company, and I plan to have it published. But I have a few conditions, I only authorize your company's paper publishing rights, and other rights, including film and television, games, comics, fanfics, etc., I must keep them, and will not authorize them to your company. ”
"I myself am the selling point of this book, and I will take the initiative to cooperate with your company in promoting it, but not more than once a year, and in order not to affect my studies too much, this time must be allocated by me. In addition, in order not to hinder my studies, your company must not divulge my home address in any form, and even more so I have to leak it to the media. ”
"NO, IT'S GOING TO MAKE YOU FAMOUS?" PROTESTED GEORGE. But he had another problem in his mind, this little guy actually knows about commercial promotion, which is a bit difficult to do.
"George, do you think fame will make me more knowledgeable?"
"This ......"
"My age is the time to study, and at this time, I only care about becoming famous, and I delay my studies, and I will be unknown to everyone in the future. Moreover, I also took the initiative to promise your company that it would not affect its sales if it cooperated with your company's publicity, so why bother to invite a large number of reporters to come over for interviews? Moreover, China's system is different from your country's. ”
"Different?" I don't know if George misunderstood, he actually showed that he understood.
Misunderstanding is misunderstanding, Li Mo continued: "Regarding the remuneration of authors, the copyright share of some best-selling authors in your country can often reach more than 10 percent, and I will not ask for it, but it must not be less than 9 percent. ”
"After publishing, your company had to send it to the major Hollywood studios, and I was on winter break at that time, and I was going to negotiate with them. Of course, if we can make an agreement and adapt it into a movie, it will be beneficial to both of us. ”
Li Mo's requirements are not high.
But it's too far from a $100,000 buyout.
George hesitated.
"George, you didn't see the end, it's not one, it's a trilogy, the second is "The Lost World", the third is "The Power of the Flood", one is more powerful than the other, and the scene is more vast. But it's only part of my plan, not only this set of books, but I plan to write five sets of books, two of which are single novels, one of which is a trilogy, and one of which is also a trilogy, and one of which is a tetralogy, and I guarantee that all five of these novels will sell well, not much better than this one. By the way, I'm working on a second set of novels, which may not sell as well as this one, but the meaning will outweigh this one. ”
Li Mo took out some drafts from the room, which were drafts for the time being, and only wrote more than 30,000 words, he handed the drafts to George and said: "Although my study tasks are becoming more and more arduous, as I become more and more familiar with English, I can guarantee that a book will be published every two years, or even less than two years." ”
George looked at the manuscript of the novel carefully, read it for a long time, gasped, put down the manuscript and said, "Mo Li, are you ridiculing your country?"
"No, this book is not about autocracy, it's about human nature. I haven't finished it now, and you'll know when I'm done. Li Mo said with a smile.
When it comes to publication, there will definitely be a bad interpretation of the US imperialists, and although it will further curry favor with the US imperialists, it may bring some negative effects. It's not a big problem, someone really came to ask it, and I made it clear to myself.
To be honest, the second book was written a little early.
The reason why Li Mo chose it is that its selling point is still creative, and the requirements for writing are not high, and the second is that in another four years, where will the comics in France come out, maybe the original artist will have inspiration after two years, and he can't drag it out any longer, otherwise there will be a serious crash.
"Is it suitable for adapting a movie?" Li Mo asked again.
The original book is a comic, which doesn't matter to Li Mo, even if it's a novel, he can't write down the words, what he wants is creativity and storyline. But the original work is a French comic, and not many people have paid attention to it for a long time, and it is a Korean movie, plus the special effects that are not as good as five cents, which makes its value seriously reduced. If it is replaced by a novel published in the United States and a movie made by an American, it will be even more sensational, and it may win several Oscars. Don't say anything else, just rush to the Oscars, and there are also film companies rushing to shoot.
"The other three sets of books are no less valuable than this book. Li Mo continued.
See if you move!