Chapter 64: Sky-high royalties

It was not interesting for him to appreciate the construction site, which was bare, but contained dreams and futures, and he bewitched a group of people who could be called old artists and pulled them to the site in a bus.

"Dad, you slow down......" Qian Shunping mixed with his old man, and the old director Qian Yunda got out of the car.

"Go, Lao Tzu is still young, go help you Uncle Hu." The old man has a temper, Qian Shunping is in his 50s, but he can only be obedient and obedient, he doesn't dare to say half a word, and reflexively helps the person who gets off the car in the back.

Hulala slowly came down with more than 20 people, all of whom were former screenwriters and directors in the studio, but they were already faltering, with an average age of 70 years old.

"Where is this? It's all a construction site. Some unknown people came over to Qian Shunping and asked.

"Old man, this is not an ordinary construction site." Tian Peng, who had been waiting at the scene for a long time, walked over and said, "This is the newly built office area of our American Film Studio, with an investment of 200 million!" ”

"How much? How much? Two hundred million? ”

"That little boss is so rich?"

"It's such a loser, how many cartoons can be made with so much money......"

Everyone immediately surrounded and questioned Tian Peng, this posture almost scared Tian Peng. They are all elderly people, and it is a mistake to touch it, and he can't afford to pay for it. had to ask for help from Qian Shunping next to him to save the scene.

"Uncles and uncles, you listen to Xiaoqian first. This piece of land is specially approved by our mayor to support our company to develop the cultural industry, and our boss, who loves animation art very much, so he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a new office area here, which is more than 200 acres of land. Qian Shunping can only be a junior here, so he begged for a trick.

"Well, in my opinion, this boss is very courageous, and there are not many people who are willing to invest so much." Qian Yunda is different from these old directors who retired in the last century, and the archival relationship is also in the Shanghai Film Group, his son is still the leader of Meiying, and it is impossible not to know the situation inside, so he took the initiative to stand up and solve the siege.

Tian Peng handed over the renderings in a timely manner, and explained the construction situation of the real construction site to them one by one, and also made them realize that the Meiying Studio, which had dedicated their youth and blood, had changed greatly, although it didn't matter anymore, but the feelings were still there, and they were still unfinished, just looking forward to the day when they saw Meiying rise again.

I didn't delay too long here, and then I went to the next stop, the office building of Lao Meiying.

Instead of a giant steel keel that has been piled up, it has shown the appearance of a treasure gourd from the appearance, and when they heard that this is the animation museum that will be completed in the second half of the year, they all felt embarrassed and sighed with infinite emotion.

After visiting these two sites, I finally arrived at the Kerry Centre, not straight to the office, but to the cinema.

The digital format animation highlights converted from the old film are so clearly presented in front of them, the cartoon characters that they have designed themselves jump on the screen and the screen, the older people are, the more they like nostalgia, these works are their children who have not been reunited for a long time, like tear-jerking. Bullet, let them cry.

At this moment, Chen Bo is in the reception room on the top floor of the same building, and sitting opposite him is a middle-aged uncle with a bare head and glasses, at first glance he looks a bit like Meng Fei and Guo Donglin, but he gives people the feeling of being polite and polite, with a sense of literary popularity.

He is Zheng Yuanjie, the king of domestic fairy tales, and it is probably unprecedented for one person to write a periodical, and more than 150 million genuine books have been printed, how many generations will this affect? 70, 80, 90 who has not read the fairy tales he wrote.

"I have admired Mr. Zheng for a long time since I was a child, and I am honored to see it for the first time today." Chen Bo said in a sincere tone.

"Thank you, a little clumsy, it's good that you didn't mislead people's children, and there's nothing to show off." Zheng Yuanjie smiled modestly.

"You're too modest, if that's all a clumsy job, then will other people's books have to be thrown in the toilet?" Chen Bo replied, "Shuke and Beta, the two works of Rubik's Cube World have also been successfully transformed into animations by American Film Studios, and you must say which author can have such a great influence." ”

"Ahem, look at you young and promising, not only did the Internet do well, but also acquired the United States Film Studio, but I didn't expect to wear a high hat." Zheng Yuanjie was a little embarrassed to be praised.

"It's not just politeness, it's all true. Now that you're here, I'm not going to hide it. In the past, there was a lack of awareness of copyright protection, and the work of the American film studio was not in place, so it led to a lot of legacy problems, and inviting you to come over is to negotiate and solve them. ”

Chen Bo's tone was sincere, and his posture was also very low, giving him enough respect.

In the 80s, it was just the reform and opening up, and the law was not perfect, and if you really want to trace it, it would be a bad debt. But if you really do that, this reputation will stink, so it's better to solve the mess quickly and sell it well.

"There's a historical reason for this, and it doesn't have much to do with you." Zheng Yuanjie stared at him and said.

"I can't say that, since I have inherited the history and glory of Meiying, I also have to bear the mistakes he once made. Without your hard work, where would you get the animation materials? I want Meiying to keep doing it, not to die here. ”

"That's right, there aren't many people like you who can speak up for intellectual property protection." Zheng Yuanjie shouted hello, and couldn't help but look up to the young man in front of him.

"If you're paying attention, even when I started my business three years ago, I had a boiling lawsuit with the three major portals over the protection of music property rights." Chen Bo said confidently, "Only by protecting more original creators and respecting knowledge can we create a good market atmosphere." Whether it is industrial design or artistic creation, if there is no property rights protection, and there is piracy everywhere, who still has the heart to do originality? Our entire country will always be at the bottom of the capital side, and we can only work for other countries. ”

"I don't know anything about business, but I have witnessed many literary and artistic creators give up their dreams because of the prevalence of piracy, because they can't support themselves, so they can only choose to give up." Zheng Yuanjie sighed.

"This is also the reason for the decline of the American studio, and there will be no more forms of take-it-or-leave-it in the past." Chen Bo said in a timely manner, "Meiying Studio has cooperated with Mr. Zheng on two works, and the specific income from the past cannot be verified, but this will be the treasure of Meiying, and we will carry out secondary development and design, and reappear in front of all Chinese people." As for the copyright price, you can open it casually, and I will not frown. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll ask for a price?" Zheng Yuanjie said with a smile.

"Because I believe in your character, I can afford to pay even the sky-high price." Chen Bo said confidently that he had already done a survey, and the royalties of the best-selling writers in 02 were less than 10 million, so how much could an animation film and television copyright cost?

"Then 500,000, enough for me to buy a house in Yanjing." Zheng Yuanjie thought about it before saying.

"500,000? Are you sure! Chen Bo asked.

"Too much?" Zheng Yuanjie's heart tightened.

"No, it's too little." Chen Bo shook his head, "The two cartoons are not only an adaptation of your work ideas, but also the aura and celebrity value on your head. 2 million for two works, if the copyright of "Pipiru's Story" is sold to me, the copyright fee will be 5 million! ”

The copyright of 7 million is enough to exceed the total royalties of the physical books that Zheng Yuanjie has obtained in the past two years, and he never dreamed that the young man on the other party would offer such a sky-high price, so he was stunned and didn't react for a long time.

This price is unbelievable even after ten years, it has to be the price of a popular IP, but Chen Bo just dares to open this price, and he is worth this price for his name Zheng Yuanjie. Isn't that the reason why a daughter buys horse bones, not to mention that Pipiru is not a horse bone at all, he wants to dig up the gold mine in the children's market, and throwing out 7 million is not a matter of 70 million being recovered, and it is boring not to multiply it a hundred times.

"Awesome, awesome! I took it. Zheng Yuanjie, who finally came back to her senses, said with a smile, "I can give it to you Pipiru, forget the 2 million, donate it on my behalf." ”

"It just so happens that my company has an ant public welfare project, and since Mr. Zheng is so generous, then I am disrespectful." Chen Bocai will not be polite, if you think it is hot, then I will take it, everyone is happy, and you have a good reputation.

"Well, I hope you won't be disappointed."

"Of course, but some of your old friends should have arrived at this time, so let's go over." The text message reminder on the mobile phone was sent by Qian Shunping, and they had obviously dispersed after enjoying the animation highlights at the Galaxy Cinema.

When the two of them moved to the conference room, they saw more than 20 elderly people with red eyes, obviously having just cried, and they were also quite excited.

"Hey, Xiao Zheng, why are you here?" Yes, even if Zheng Yuanjie is a fairy tale king, he has to be demoted in front of them.

"I'm here to talk to this Mr. Chen about something, Director Hu."

"Oh, you're that Mr. Chen, why are you so young? Is there a 30-year-old Oh! This Director Hu should be Hu Jinqing, the director of the Hulu Brothers, but no matter how you call Director Hu, it feels a little "nonsense", which makes people a little can't help laughing.

"Let me introduce myself to my seniors, I am Chen Bo, Xingchen Culture is a company established by me as a sole proprietorship, everyone is an old comrade of the American Film Studio, don't call me anything general, so as not to be born. Just call Xiao Chen! ”

"The young man is good, then I'll call you Xiao Chen from now on!" Director Hu has a cheerful personality, like an old child, so it's no wonder that he writes a book like the Hulu brothers.

Of course, Chen Bo will not feel that he has seen each other, and the distance between them has been shortened, which is obviously more conducive to the things to be discussed later.

"Sorry, I'm late." While he was talking, the door of the conference room was pushed open, but it was Chu Zhixiang, the father of the black cat sheriff he met last time, and behind him was an old man who was a little wooden.