Chapter 330 of the main text

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"Minister Wen, thank you very much for your attention. For this foreign cultural exchange project, my personal opinion is to absolutely obey the arrangement of the state and contribute to our China, which is incumbent! ”

After figuring it out, Su Wen made a promise to Wen Donglai as soon as possible.

As for the fear that joining the project would limit Zuò's creative freedom, he had long since forgotten about it, and he had more confidence than others.

Others may be worried about the difficulties of "propositional composition", and they will worry about the creative direction of the work, for fear that they will not be able to write a work that meets the requirements. None of this is difficult for Su Wen!

Think about Luo Zhu, think about the Doll's House, when he "creates", he thinks about the discomfort of the style, but instead writes the more Westernized style of the original text a little more Chinese.

If you let go of the Chinese style problem, maybe it will be easier!

"It's serious, it's serious!" Wen Donglai said with a smile, "Actually, we know that writers need free creative space, so we generally don't force you to write specific things. Our demands on you are no exception. In fact, I am not here to report the notice, but to discuss cooperation with you. ”

"Cooperation?" Su Wen was a little puzzled.

Wen Donglai still smiled and said: "If you are just notified that you have been selected for this foreign exchange program, you don't need me to come in person. ”

Su Wen was also puzzled by this, it stands to reason that Wen Donglai, a high-ranking official of Cheng Dù, is in a high position and has a busy position, so there is no reason to come to see him, a little writer, just send someone from the ministry to inform him.

"Minister Wen, please advise." Su Wen asked very simply.

Wen Donglai straightened his face and said: "The meaning of cooperation is to want the copyright of some of your works." ”

Copyright!

Su Wen was slightly surprised, this statement was too unexpected for him.

"Minister Moon means ......"

Wen Dong said: "Actually, some of your works are already very suitable for foreign exchanges, and there is no need for special creation. Professionals from our department have already studied and would like to add some of your works to this year's foreign exchange program. The so-called foreign exchange is to translate these works into foreign Chinese languages, publish them as books, display them during exchanges, and then put them in foreign markets for testing. This process requires the author's authorization, or at the very least, we need to get the international publishing rights. ”

"This ......" Su Wen was a little embarrassed, he vaguely remembered that the international copyright of some works had been packaged and signed to cultural companies.

For example, "Thunderstorm" won by Matrix Corporation, "A Doll's House" by Matrix Dongguang Branch, and "Romeo and Juliet" by Fresh Culture Company all required to win international copyrights when they signed the contract.

In this era, copyright is a thing, no cultural company is willing to cut out this piece of cake, at most they are willing to share this piece of cake with writers, as for whether it is big or small, it depends on everyone's bargaining power.

Fresh Culture Company is good to say, they are a small company, and at that time, they were more interested in Su Wen and gave Su Wen the largest share ratio. The other matrix company not only demanded to take it, but also suppressed the proportion of profit sharing to a very low number.

Su Wen didn't think much about it at the time, he couldn't even handle it in China, let alone understand any foreign markets, and he didn't force it, so he handed over the copyright.

Now I hear Wen Dong say that he wants foreign language copyright, but he has no way at all.

He had no choice but to explain the situation to Wen Donglai in detail.

Wen Donglai nodded after hearing this and said, "This is within my expectations. Rest assured, we don't have a lot of work to look for. ”

"Which exactly?" Su Wen asked directly.

"Romeo and Juliet, and your fairy tales." Wen Donglai replied more directly.

"Huh?" Su Wen was surprised.

He can understand fairy tales, after all, those stories are the works of classic Western fairy tale masters, and it is normal for them to be favored by people from the Ministry of Culture.

And the genre of fairy tales can inherently dissolve a lot of estrangement, what borders, races, in front of children, it is not worth mentioning, as long as you can read them novel and fresh fairy tales, then it is easy to speak.

Fairy tales are naturally advantageous when they are added to foreign exchange programs.

In addition, he handed over the copyright of fairy tales to Fang Chengshi, and the Spring and Autumn Publishing House was his industry, and then took out the foreign language copyright, but he took it from the left hand to the right hand, and there was no obstacle at all.

What surprised him was that Wen Donglai actually wanted "Romeo and Juliet"!

To be honest, when Wen Dong said that he wanted the copyright of the work, the first thing he thought of was "A Doll's House". Ibsen swept the Western world with this classic, and its classicism is definitely not a problem. Because it is more of a dialogue to drive the plot, there are naturally many fewer obstacles to reading.

To be exact, it can be East or West.

Even Su Wen thought of "Thunderstorm", a work with a shocking fate, but he never expected that Wen Donglai wanted "Romeo and Juliet".

It is said that in order to adapt to the reading habits of Huaxia, Su Wen has made a great transformation to Luo Zhu, whether it is the background or the character setting, it is all oriental elements.

Except that the main line is the same as the original book, it is almost impossible to see anything about Shakespeare's original text.

Is such a story suitable for joining foreign exchange projects and putting them into the Western market?

Wen Donglai explained: "I won't say much about fairy tales, children's money is just as easy to earn." During the discussion in the ministry, some people asked for "A Doll's House", and some even said that you should add your poems, but in the end, everyone unanimously decided to "Romeo and Juliet". They say that Rojo is a little simpler, it is a love story. And the simpler the thing, the more it will remain original after translation, and it will be easier to manipulate. Coupled with the theme of love, it is acceptable to both the East and the West. ”

Su Wen was stunned, and finally couldn't help asking: "Why only two of them, in fact, you can also add "A Doll's House" to it." ”

Wen Donglai suddenly laughed and did not answer.

Liu Chunyu, who was sitting quietly on the side, moved his buttocks, glared at Su Wen, and said: "Do you think that foreign exchange works are rotten street projects, any cat and dog can join, any work can participate?" ”

Su Wen scratched his head.

Wen Donglai also said: "We have millions of Chinese writers, and there are even more works, not to mention that it is difficult for a writer to be selected for two or three works." If it weren't for Su Wen, your suitable works would be ready-made, and everyone wouldn't necessarily support you. Two is already very good, and if you want to be selected for three, I don't dare to come nonsense! ”

"Two is fine, two is fine." Liu Chunyu hurriedly helped Su Wenying come down.

Su Wen didn't dare to force it, he promised: "Fairy tales are easy to say, there is no problem in authorizing you immediately." As for Luo Zhu, I talked to the owner of the Qingxin Company in Dongguang Province, and I think she would happily agree. ”

Qingxin Culture Company can't even lay out domestic channels, let alone hope for any foreign channels. Luo Zhu was selected for the foreign exchange project, and when the time comes, he will be more famous, and he will definitely be able to feed back the domestic market, and the fresh company is also a beneficiary, so how can he not agree happily?

Everything is ready, just wait for the east wind!

Su Wen couldn't help but begin to fantasize about the scene of his works becoming famous overseas. (To be continued.) )