Chapter 466:-for-tat
Shen Xin and "Ne orld" had a very stiff quarrel at the time, but to say that he and "Ne orld" had a big holiday, it was not, and even the two sides finally broke up peacefully.
Even so, when Song Tai proposed to meet Shen Xin, he was still politely rejected by Shen Xin at first.
Song Tai later called two more times, and Tong Yu also personally invited him to express his willingness to discuss the electronic version of "Y's", and Shen Xin nodded.
As for the reason, after entering the Internet era, things have become too fast, no one can guess what will happen in the next moment, and Shen Xin also wants to know what kind of development trend webtoons will be in the future.
Of course, these questions are said from the head of the multi-man network, which is the most authoritative.
"Comic Future" and Duoman are in competition, but the author has no competition with them, or in other words, the competition between platforms gives the author room to survive.
Otherwise, one family dominates, and any author will be more oppressed.
This has nothing to do with loyalty, the magazine only buys the work, not the author's future. They are also not in an employment relationship with the author, but in cooperation, otherwise, the author's five insurances and one housing fund, and various insurances should be taken care of by the magazine, in fact, these things have to be solved by the author himself.
Magazines also understand this, so they can prohibit cartoonists from drawing for other platforms while serializing, but it is impossible to prohibit authors from contacting other magazines, because cartoonists are not their employees.
What's more, "Y's" is also a matter between Shen Xin and "Ne orld", and it has little to do with "Comic Future".
So, Shen Xin made an appointment with Song Tai and met at a nearby star-rated restaurant, and Tong Yu came with Song Tai.
Song Tai is obviously much older than before, according to his age, he should not be far from 70 years old now, but Tong Yu, dressed in a suit, looks very energetic, and when he saw Shen Xin coming in, he stood up and smiled.
"Teacher Shen is still in civilian clothes."
Shen Xin was wearing a black sweatshirt and jeans, no different from before.
"Yes, I have to paint when I go back, and everyone's time is very tight, long story short." After Shen Xin and Tong Yu shook hands, they nodded slightly to Song Tai, "Mr. Song, long time no see." ”
"I haven't seen you for a long time, but in recent years, Mr. Shen's name has been very loud in the industry." Song Tae chuckled.
"yes, the platform is bigger." Shen Xin chuckled.
"Speaking of big platforms, I think the platform of Duoman is also very large, and it may be no less than "Comic Future" in the future, I wonder if we will have the opportunity to cooperate?" Tong Yu told the waiter to serve the food, and then turned around and asked Shen Xin.
This is the second time he and Shen Xin have met, and they still don't forget to dig people.
"Who knows what the future holds? Just like this time last year, few people would know that there would be a multi-comic Internet café? Shen Xin said with a smile.
"It's also ......" Tong Yu bowed slightly, "Then I'll wait for your good news." ”
Shen Xin frowned slightly, there is news, but whether it is good news or not, it is difficult to say.
"Mr. Song, Mr. Tong, let's get straight to the point, right? Everybody's busy. Shen Xin said with a smile.
Song Tai picked up the teapot and wanted to pour tea for Shen Xin, Shen Xin hurriedly took the teapot and filled a cup by himself, "You want the electronic copyright of "Y's", right?" ”
"That's right." Tong Yu said.
"To be honest, I'm curious, Mr. Tong, how do you divide the electronic copyrights of those comics you signed, such as "Crumbling" and "Ghostly", with the author?" Shen Xin's eyes stared at Tong Yu.
"This ...... It depends on the work, and of course, it also depends on the will of the magazine. For example, you said "Crumbling" and "Ghost", we directly paid for these works. The author can receive a lump sum of money at a time, and the subsequent earnings have nothing to do with the author. We were willing to buy it, and the magazine was willing to sell it, and everyone hit it off. Some magazines are unwilling to put it, we can only provide a platform, and the income is divided equally among the three. ”
"What kind of Y's is it?" Shen Xin said curiously.
Magazines, online platforms, and authors are each one, which is equivalent to the "channel" in the network. The author's final income is about 25%.
"The second type."
"How's that division?" Shen Xin said curiously.
"We are the big heads, accounting for 40% of the magazines and authors...... That's your business. Tong Yu said.
Really...... and network a mode.
"I have a question, though." Shen Xin took a sip of tea and looked at Tong Yu.
"Please."
"This collaboration...... Why add Ne orld? The electronic copyright of "Y's" is in my hands, why should it take away another part? ”
"You...... Don't overdo it! ”
Song Tai raised his eyebrows, glared at Shen Xin, and couldn't help pressing the table hard with his hand.
"What kind of cooperation between the two of you is, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me, why should I give up my own interests?" Shen Xin deliberately didn't look at Song Tai.
"Ne orld" is the launch platform of "Y's", and according to common sense, "Ne orld" does have priority over the electronic version of "Y's". However, at that time, the contract did not keep up, and the content of the electronic copyright was not clearly written in the contract.
For example, "Comic Future" specifically supplements the electronic copyright of 50 comics, deliberately indicating what the proportion of comics sold on the Internet is what the share is. But "Ne orld" did not mention the matter of supplementing the electronic contract, nor did it mention the proportion of revenue sharing, and talked about the transfer of copyright, Shen Xin at least did not see too much sincerity.
The old fox is still the old fox.
But Shen Xin is not a sandbag, he can be manipulated at will. What's more, the main purpose of his coming over this time is to see what the bottom line of the two sides is, as well as to ask some webtoon things.
As for "Y's", after all, it is only a semi-finished product, and he doesn't care too much about whether it can be made into an electronic version.
Of course, Shen Xin would not bypass Song Tai and talk to Tong Yu privately, because the lawsuit was very troublesome, and Shen Xin didn't want to get into it.
"Y's" has three or four years left on his contract, and he can afford to wait.
"It seems to make a little bit of sense." Tong Yu glanced at Song Tai, and saw that he was full of anger, but he didn't refute it, so he knew that there was indeed a problem with the contract, "It's just that if the relationship with the original magazine is too stiff, it won't be good for Teacher Shen's reputation." ”
"Mr. Tong, your words make me a little confused. People are not afraid of having a bad reputation, but of not having a reputation, you should know this, right? Shen Xin stared at Tong Yu.
"For the first time, I found out that Mr. Shen is such an interesting person." Tong Yu smiled professionally.
"In the future, you will know that I am more interesting." Shen Xin was still staring at Tong Yu.
"Mr. Song, what now?" Tong Yu kicked the ball to Song Tai again.