Chapter 14: Hehe!
"Century Literature is a publishing group built by Hetu Century with a huge amount of money, although it has been established for less than half a year, its achievements are obvious to all. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info has successively launched "Disappear from Your World" by the romance queen Domi, "Soul Burner" by the fantasy god Ten Miles of Desolation, and "Whose Youth Doesn't Feed the Dog" by the pure love sect leader Wang Xiaobei...... And all of them are made into films, and the surrounding ...... are vigorously developed."
"The CEO of our company and our colleagues in the editorial department are very optimistic about your book and think that it will definitely become a hit! So I'm going to take the liberty of asking now, is the physical copyright of your novel still in my hands? ”
Obviously, this is not the first time that this operations editor named Wang Wei has said this to someone.
For him, this passage can be said to be a reversal.
Because, when he said this, there was no pause, and there was no ups and downs, and it was obvious that he often hung this passage on his lips.
Lin Dong already knew his purpose for looking for himself when the other party said that he was a person from Century Hetu, so after the other party asked, he smiled and said, "Editor Wang, don't hide it!" All the copyrights of my novel are in my hands, including the electronic copyright! So, you can open the skylight and say something, there is no need to hide it. ”
Lin Dong's posts on the Patriot Forum are completely open-ended, and he has not signed any contract with the Patriot Forum, so all the copyrights of the book are in his hands, including the least valuable electronic rights.
"Oh? It's true? That's great! ”
Obviously, Wang Wei on the other end of the phone was surprised for a moment after learning that all the copyrights of the novel were in Lin Dong's hands, and then said with a look of ecstasy, "Mr. Lin, since all the copyrights of the novel are in your hands, then I think it is necessary for me to meet with you in person and discuss how to cooperate between us......
Originally, Wang Wei just received an order from their boss to try to contact the author of the book "The Last Bullet Left for Me" to see if the publication of his novel was still in hand.
Yes, find a way to take it down!
If you're not there, you should make friends with the other party and try to win the publication of his next book.
Before the call, whether it was Wang Wei's boss or Wang Wei himself, in fact, he didn't have much hope for the physical copyright of the book "The Last Bullet Left for Me".
Because of such a fire book, it must not only be favored by one publishing house, but many others!
As for film and television adaptations, they haven't even thought about it.
With Wang Wei's years of editing experience, there will only be two extremes when this book is used to adapt a TV series.
Either obscurity and complete street fighting!
Either the ratings of Changhong will be popular all over the country!
Looking at the types of domestic TV dramas, there are almost zero modern military themes.
Therefore, if this novel is really adapted into a TV series, the chances of becoming popular are extremely high!
Wang Wei believes that with a layman's eye, he can see the value of this novel clearly. Then those who are really engaged in film and television dramas must have watched it more thoroughly than themselves.
Therefore, before he called, Wang Wei felt that he was already a lackey * luck if he was able to successfully win the physical publication.
But now, since the other party does not play according to the routine, he says that all the copyrights of the novel are still in his hands and have not been sold to any company.
How does this not make Wang Wei excited? Why don't you let him stop going crazy?
Damn it!
If this order is overfulfilled, not to mention promotion and salary increase, at least bonuses are indispensable.
Therefore, Wang Wei felt that he had to strike while the iron was hot, show 200% sincerity, and take down the copyright that was not sold in the other party's hands in one fell swoop!
"Editor Wang, I don't think it's necessary to meet! Because, I will not sell any copyrights other than electronic and physical copyrights! ”
Although Lin Dong has never been in the publishing industry, he has also been a CEO, so Wang Wei can't wait to meet with him to discuss the purpose of the copyright issue of the novel, and he naturally knows at a glance.
If it weren't for the task and the urgency of time, Lin Dong was unwilling to pull down the meeting to trouble those pig friends who seemed to be good friends, but in fact only cared about their own interests, he might not even sell the physical copyright.
"Uh......"
One second, Wang Wei was still excited to death, but the next moment, Wang Wei seemed to have been choked by the neck, his face was flushed, and he couldn't make a sound.
Finally, about four or five seconds later, Wang Wei's somewhat hurried voice came from the other end of the phone, "Lin ...... Mr. Lin, is there something we should discuss in person? I know I'm not the first publisher to contact you, but I'm sure I'll be the most sincere! So ......"
"Editor Wang, I think you misunderstood!"
Without waiting for Wang Wei on the other end of the phone to finish speaking, Lin Dong interrupted with a smile: "From the popularity of the novel to the present, you are the first person to contact me to negotiate copyright, not what you think!" And the reason why I only sell electronic and physical rights is because I have always had a dream of directing, so it is impossible for me to sell the film and television adaptation of this book......"
Lin Dong said this, naturally, it was just rhetoric, he had a fart director dream!
The reason why it is not sold is not because of the TV series "I Am Special Forces" in the previous life.
But Wang Wei didn't know, he only thought that Lin Dong might be deliberately raising the price when he said this!
"It's been so long, how can there not be a publishing, film and television company to contact you? When he said this, he must just be playing the trick of sitting on the ground and starting the price, and the one with the highest price wins......"
Thinking of this, Wang Wei couldn't help but sneer. Because in his opinion, Lin Dong, a young man who doesn't know anything, will definitely get rid of it sooner or later!
Therefore, Wang Wei is not in a hurry about the adaptation rights of film and television, because as long as the other party collapses with other companies at that time, then the other party must think of himself in the end.
"Mr. Lin, since you are so ambitious, then I will not force others to talk nonsense. Let's talk about physical publishing for now......"
After thinking about this, Wang Wei quickly entered the role of editor and discussed with Lin Dong about physical publishing.
"Now the company has two cooperation plans in front of you, the first is to buy out your physical copyright with 100,000 yuan in perpetuity, and the third is to give you a few percent of the royalty ......"
"A permanent buyout of 100,000 yuan? Hehe! ”
Hearing this, Lin Dong smiled: "Editor Wang, let's talk about royalties!"
"For newcomers like you, the royalty is generally 5%, but our boss values your book very much, so he specially explained to me that if you choose to take the form of royalty, it can be increased to 8%! Of course, there is a requirement to give you 8% royalty, that is, you will publish your next book unconditionally for the first time! ”
"Huh!"
Lin Dong smiled and quickly hung up the phone.