Li Yuntao relied on the mall function of Wanjie Jiayuan.com to resell some goods, and recently earned a difference of 100 Jiayuan coins, and in addition, he earned 300,000 yuan in cash.

With a large amount of cash to rely on, and after soliciting Cang Shuhong's opinion, Li Yuntao directly contacted the editor of China Literature and asked to buy back the comic adaptation rights of "My AI Girlfriend Xiao Ai".

"Why don't you wait for the novel to hit the shelves and use the novel's manuscript fee to pay the copyright fee?" asked the editor.

"No need, the money is ready. Li Yuntao said proudly, "I hope to come as soon as possible and sign the contract!"

"Okay, I see what you mean, I'll apply to come to your side to negotiate a contract as soon as possible. The specific contract details have not yet been determined, so please wait patiently. At the same time, the copyright value of the novel ultimately depends on the original work, and the quality and popularity of the original novel are the foundation, you know?"

In fact, Mo Mo also sees too many authors, who are obsessed with short-term quick money and ignore long-term interests.

The author's long-term interests are by no means copyright adaptations, whether they sell the copyright or develop their own, this is a short-term benefit. In the end, what can maximize the benefits is the popularity of his works and pen names.

Writing a masterpiece is a hundred times more important than any business operation.

If you think that the long-term benefits of adapting a work outweigh the work itself, then it is too short-sighted.

......

Three days later.

Li Yuntao was still coding at home when he heard a knock on the door.

He still had time to open the door, and his mother, who was home from grocery shopping, had already opened the door by the way.

"Who are you?"

"You should be Li Yuntao's mother, right? We are from the editorial department of China Literature. ”

"What? China Literature Editor, Li Yuntao, stinky boy, come out, the editors of your website have come to the door!"

"It's coming, it's coming!" Li Yuntao felt very excited.

You must know that from the starting point to the era of reading literature, Li Yuntao has been writing for ten years, but it has not reached the level of the editorial department personally sending people to the door.

Allowing the editor to send someone to the door also shows that this copyright cooperation is really not taken seriously by the editorial department.

"Guess we're your editor?"

Li Yuntao was also stunned, there were two female editors here.

You must know that in the early years, there were indeed some female editors who married great god authors and quit the rivers and lakes. As a result, many male authors are shouting that they want to make money to become gods and marry beautiful editors.

As a result, beautiful editors have become a rare resource in the editorial department, and in order to avoid trouble, the number of female editors in charge of the male frequency business is not only decreasing, but also no longer posting their own photos.

As a result, many editors seem a little cold, and their authors have cooperated for several years, and they don't know what the editors look like, which is also the norm.

Of course, the relationship between the editor and the author doesn't have to be too good.

After all, any editor of Da Yuewen is responsible for more than hundreds of contracted authors, well, hundreds is counted as less, and in the case of new authors signed by China Literature, the number of authors responsible for each editor may be astronomical.

If every writer likes to talk to editors, then 48 hours a day is not enough. It is precisely because of the editors of the big platforms that are busy with business that they seem a little "cold". The so-called coldness is because there are too many authors and things to face, so I choose not to reply to some trivial things. Generally, things at work will be dealt with and replied to as soon as possible.

Veteran authors know that less interruption to the editor is the greatest understanding. When you are not working, don't harass on QQ, this is also a better way to get along.

"That...... Let me guess. Li Yuntao said blindly, "The short one is the editor in charge, and the tall one should be the editor in charge of the contract signing department." ”

"Wrong!" Mo Mo said with wide eyes, "I even guessed my height of 1.7 meters wrong, and sure enough, it was...... Don't you even look at the female editor's QQ space?"

"Can I say, does your QQ space have a password?" Li Yuntao also wanted to see what content the editor's space would post, but Momo space has always had a password.

"Oh, that's it. "I remembered.

"I'm sorry, what a beautiful girl, I saw a living person for the first time offline, and I didn't dare to admit it. ”

"It's not a living person when you see it online. ”

"......" Li Yuntao touched his nose in embarrassment.

After that, Mo Mo introduced: "This is the legal department of China Literature, and it is also the water drop editor when he signed the novel contract before. You said you wanted to adapt the manga version of the new book yourself, so we came here. ”

"That's right, before you said that you bought back the copyright of your novel and adapted the comics. After some research in the editorial department of China Literature, we felt that this was still not a good idea.

How can we have a case of asking a writer to buy back the adaptation rights of his own work? Therefore, we suggest that the copyright of comics should also be fairly shared, and we should strive for a three-seven share with Tencent Animation Company. That is, 70% of the income is divided into China Literature.

On our side, we will share 55% with cartoonists, that is, China Literature will take 35% of the comic sales revenue, and cartoonists will take 35%. As for the copyright income, 35% of China Literature belongs to the copyright income, and according to the sharing agreement of the novel, you, as the original author of the novel, get 50% of the income. That is, our respective 17.5% share. Look, is it done?"

The legal editor of China Literature explained, "If you buy back the copyright adaptation yourself, you can sign a contract to publish it on the webtoon platform, and you can get 50% of the account, and then share it equally with the cartoonist, only 25%. Now we have developed a plan, within the framework of the sharing contract, you have more shares than the previous plan. Moreover, if we come forward to communicate with the Tencent animation platform, we can solve the problem in one stop, and we can also use the influence of China Literature to strive for more recommendation and publicity for your comic adaptation!"

Li Yuntao calculated it, and found that if he did this, the sales share of comics that Cang Shuhong and himself could get could reach 52.5%, which was more than the proportion of account sharing that he directly signed with Tencent Animation.

Moreover, in this way, there is no need to spend money to buy back the copyright. In other words, according to the rules of China Literature, various sales cooperate with the author's regular model of 55 shares.

Moreover, China Literature and Tencent Animation are not only the same controlling shareholder, but more importantly, the two parties are authorized by each other's channels.

For example, China Literature's QQ Reading, Starting Point Reading, WeChat Reading and other platforms also currently have comic columns. Most of the comics serialized by China Literature are the works of Tencent Comics.

Therefore, in addition to the sale of Tencent Comics' serialized comics on its own platform, China Literature is also an important channel for Tencent Comics.

Li Yuntao nodded and said, "No problem!"

"So, are you okay with the cartoonists you work with?" asked Momo.

"There's no problem!" Li Yuntao took a licensing agreement, which was written by Cang Shuhong himself and signed the authorization, "I have been fully authorized, and the cartoonist himself can cooperate for a long time." ”

Before, Li Yuntao made a total with Cang Shuhong and established a file for Cang Shuhong that can be found on the computer in this world. Even, he applied for a bank card in this world for Cang Shuhong.

Of course, if you go to the field to investigate, you may find that there is no such person.

However, as a commercial company, it is not a detective, and it is estimated that it will not go to the in-depth investigation.

"Then no problem!" said Shuidi as he took out a contract, "Look at this contract." ”

Li Yuntao simply scanned the contract, and then signed it happily.

Anyway, the most popular phrase in the industry - thanks to the foil of peers.

Without the support of his peers, Li Yuntao would not have felt that China Literature had an outstanding reputation.

However, after so many years of relying on the backdrop of a large number of unreliable peers, China Literature can be called the conscience of the industry.