Chapter 47: The Pit Man
Hearing Liu Yun's direct straight to the point, Liu Qing's heart suddenly sank, "Editor-in-chief Liu, did the publishing house sell the copyright of the film and television adaptation of Xun Mengji?" β
ββ¦β¦ You got it? Liu Yun on the other side of the phone was stunned when she heard this, and immediately realized: "Someone told you?" β
Listening to the meaning of Liu Yun's words, he obviously acquiesced in this matter. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Liu Qing immediately felt a wave of anger in his heart, in another world, Xun Qin Ji, the predecessor of Xun Meng Ji, was once adapted into TV series, comics, etc., and the previous hot sales of Xun Meng Ji proved that it was indeed popular with the public.
As a popular book, no film and television companies came to the door, which once made Liu Qing feel very strange.
Liu Yun's phone call made Liu Qing finally understand that it was not that there was no film and television company that took a fancy to Xun Meng Ji, but that he was directly cut off by the Oriental Publishing House halfway!
"Good, good!"
Liu Qing suppressed the anger in his heart and said lightly: "Editor-in-chief Liu, doesn't our publishing house know that it is illegal to sell the copyright of Xunmengji film and television adaptation without my permission?" β
"Liu Qing, I want to apologize to you for this matter."
Liu Yun's voice was a little apologetic: "It's the contract you signed when the publishing house gave you a book before, and there are some problems...... I can't tell you clearly on the phone, the contract signed at the beginning is in duplicate, you take a closer look at the content of your contract. β
"Editor-in-Chief Liu, listen to the meaning of your words, the publishing house didn't have any good intentions at all, right?"
Liu Qing sneered: "Anyway, I am also a member of the publishing house, and even my own family members are calculating to pit!" β
ββ¦β¦ The terms in the contract are not intended by me. β
Liu Yun was silent for a moment and said, "In short, things have come to this point, and I have my responsibility, I'm sorry." You're still in your hometown, aren't you? When you return to Kyoto City, come to my office and talk about it. β
"Hmm."
Hanging up the phone, the more Liu Qing thought about it, the more angry he became. When he signed the contract in Liu Yun's office, he didn't read the terms carefully. I just feel that I am an employee of Oriental Publishing House, and there shouldn't be anything greasy in it.
But it turns out that he is too naΓ―ve and naΓ―ve!
After smoking a cigarette, the anger in Liu Qing's heart was slightly reduced, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to be angry, it is better to think about how to solve this matter.
From beginning to end, no one from the Oriental Publishing House sold the copyright of the film and television adaptation of Xun Mengji, if it wasn't for Wang Xiaobo's phone call that leaked this matter, would the publishing house have always concealed this matter to the end?
It's like treating yourself like a fool!
It's just too tricky!
"Brother, what's wrong with you? The face is so ugly. β
Back in the house, Liu Gang saw Liu Qing's gloomy face, and hurriedly asked with concern.
"It's fine." Liu Qing smiled reluctantly, turned his head and said to Liu Ming: "Second uncle, Liu Gang's wedding is also over, and the holiday over there in my unit is coming soon, I want to go to S City this afternoon to buy a ticket back to Kyoto City." β
"Huh?" Liu Mingleng paused, "So fast?" It's not easy for you to come back and stay at home for two more days? β
"Brother, you finally came back for a trip, and you haven't rested yet, so you hurriedly left again?" Liu Gang was also a little reluctant. The brothers haven't seen each other for several years, and they've been busy these days, and they haven't talked to Liu Qing either.
"Nope. Something happened on the unit's side. I want to go back and fix it as soon as possible. Liu Qingqiang squeezed out a smile.
"That's right." Liu Ming hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay then." β
Knowing that Liu Qing was going back, the second aunt hurriedly prepared to pack up his things, muttering that he would finally come back for a trip, and he didn't stay for a few days, so she reluctantly sent Liu Qing out of the door.
Liu Gang drove the car towards S City, and on the way, Liu Qing called and booked a ticket.
"Brother, is there something wrong with you?"
Hesitating, Liu Gang couldn't help but ask.
"What are you fooling about? It's a matter of the unit. Liu Qing didn't want these things to let his family know.
"Oh, that's good." Liu Gang breathed a sigh of relief.
The two brothers chatted on the road for a while, rushed to the airport to get the ticket, and before parting, Liu Qing told Liu Gang a few more words, passed through the security channel, and got on the plane.
A few hours later, the plane landed smoothly in the city of Kyoto.
When Liu Qing returned to the rental room, the first thing he did was to rummage through the cabinets, find out the contract that he had signed before the publication of Xun Mengji, and read it carefully.
The contract is eight or nine pages long, and the terms in it are very detailed, stipulating the responsibilities between Liu Qing and the publishing house, such as publicity, promotion and distribution, and other matters, as well as settlement regulations such as remuneration and royalties.
Liu Qing patiently read it slowly, and finally, in the middle of the penultimate page of the contract, he saw a very simple and inconspicuous clause.
ββ¦β¦ After the publication of Xun Mengji, all copyrights of this book will belong to Oriental Publishing House. β
Liu Qing's pupils shrank, and he carefully repeated this sentence twice, secretly thinking in his heart, the content of this clause must be what Liu Yun said is problematic.
Sure enough, behind this clause, there are a bunch of very cumbersome clauses, however, at the end of the contract, there is a separate note, "The copyright of the book Xun Meng Ji includes a series of copyrights in simplified, traditional, film and television adaptations, audiobooks, and anime adaptations." β
If you just look at this note, there is no cat in it, but if you combine it with the previous clause, it obviously contains deep meaning!
Liu Qing punched hard and smashed it on the sofa, no wonder Oriental Publishing House dared to sell the film and television adaptation copyright of Xun Mengji directly without his own authorization and consent, it turned out that all this had already been prepared!
Thinking of the words that Liu Yun said at the meeting when he first entered the Oriental Publishing House, that the publishing house was facing a life-and-death argument, and after he took out the search for Meng Ji, Liu Yun's appreciation, and the scene of Liu Xubing's praise by the editor-in-chief, Liu Qing became more and more angry.
In recent years, the performance of Oriental Publishing House has gradually declined, in addition to the reason for the sluggish market of martial arts novels, more is that the publishing house has not launched good books with good responses!
The hot sales of Xun Mengji, to a large extent, also drove the sales of other books of the publishing house, which is a well-known thing in the publishing house.
Just like Mr. Li's review of the Hurricane Dart Bureau, after the hot sale of Xun Meng Ji, its sales data has also been greatly improved - when the channel dealer sells and releases goods to the sales terminal, he will say that this Hurricane Dart Bureau is also a book issued by a certain publishing house, and the quality is good.
There is such a sentence, the people in the downstream sales terminal will more or less consider it.
This is the linkage effect!
Moreover, just the book Xun Meng Ji has made Oriental Publishing House make a lot of money, as the author, Liu Qing can earn about one million, and Oriental Publishing House will definitely not be less than him, and can only earn more.
Under such circumstances, the Oriental Publishing House is not only not satisfied, but also plans to pit Liu Qing, which is clearly not called pockmarks, but pit people!
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