Chapter 68: Screenwriter's Contract (Please make a first order, thank you)
"Hello, do you have any advice?"
The visitor looked around, "It's not convenient to talk here, why don't we find a place to sit."
"I'm sorry." Kei Fujiwara took the key to open the door, "I have something to do in a while, I really don't have time."
Seeing that Fujiwara Kei refused, the man had to make a long story short: "Teacher Sima...... Oh no, Fujiwara-sensei, I mainly want to invite you to join us on behalf of Hoseitai, and I hope you can be our screenwriter."
Fujiwara Kei looked at him, his eyebrows raised slightly, "You should know that I'm just an author, and I have no experience in script writing."
"I know, but we believe that since you can create a work like 'White Night Walking', you can also create a moving script, so I hope you can join us, and we will definitely not treat you badly in terms of treatment. And as far as I know, you have a short-term contract with Fukuyamadai, so I hope you will think about it carefully."
With that, another bow.
Kei Fujiwara stretched out his hand and said, "I see, I'll call you if I'm interested."
With that, he opened the door and got into the car.
Within a few days, Kei Fujiwara was contacted by a number of people, most of whom were from production companies and the production bureaus of the five major television stations. There are those who are invited to shoot the show, and there are also those who propose to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "White Night Walking" and commission the script.
After receiving Naoki's prize, Kei Fujiwara's hole cards seemed to be a little thicker.
Kei Fujiwara now has a lot of personnel contact information for other TV stations and production companies, and if he wants to change jobs, it will be a matter of seizing the day. But he still waited patiently for an extra day or two, hoping to get a reply from Fukuyamadai, after all, Fukuyamadai has Yui Mizuhara and the film team he is familiar with, and it will be very troublesome to reopen personnel relations if he changes the court.
After all parties came to Fujiwara, Fukuyamadai's response was not too fast, but it was not too slow. Finally, one morning, a staff member of the main desk came to find Kei Fujiwara.
After seeing Kei Fujiwara, the staff member looked respectful, and although he looked a round older than Kei Fujiwara, he didn't dare to put on a stand with his predecessors. After all, the person in front of him was a man who could get the Naoki award just out of school and was able to bargain with the platform, so he didn't dare to mess with it.
"Fujiwara-sensei, could you please come with me......
I guess the old men have already discussed it...... Fujiwara Kei said in his heart, stood up, and said, "Okay, but I'll have to ask Senior Minister Owada to wait, and I will submit this plan to Miss Mizuhara first."
"Okay, but ......," the visitor said, "It's not Senior Minister Owada, it's Director Yoshida."
Kei Fujiwara narrowed his eyes, "Okay, I got it."
After handing over the plan to Yui Mizuhara, Kei Fujiwara followed the staff member to the director's office, and when he opened the door, he saw Yoshida Kashi sitting at his desk, writing and drawing.
"Director, Fujiwara-sensei has arrived." The man said.
Yoshida glanced up at Kei Fujiwara, smiled, pointed to the chair and said, "Sit." Then he instructed the secretary, "Sakamoto-kun, please make a cup of tea."
Yoshida is nearly sixty years old, and although he is not tall, he looks very strong. The forearms that emerge from the sleeves look thick and strong, and the hair is black and thick, giving it a sense of vitality.
"Fujiwara-kun, I'm glad to see you." Yoshida Kashi smiled, "I heard that you won the Naoki Award, so congratulations."
"It's just luck."
"Luck is the humility of the strong." Yoshida Kashi said, "I'll get straight to the point with you, I can give you a screenwriting contract like this, only sign the work, not the person." However, they must not write scripts for other television stations or production companies within the duration of the contract."
"The copyright of the script belongs to you, but the copyright of the film and television works filmed belongs to the TV station, and your script cannot be adapted for a second time within three years after the premiere of the TV series. However, there is no restriction on adaptations, comics and other print media products."
"Triple your salary and performance bonus, and the commission is more than 1%, and the higher the rating, the more you share. Due to the different time periods, the audience base
The numbers are different, so the ratings metrics you get are different."
"Take the spring season Saturday from 8 to 9 p.m. as an example, this time period has a good audience base, so the standard for you is relatively high. 12% of the ratings for this time slot is the base, and if you can get a rating between 12 and 15, your share is 1.5%; If you can get more than 15, your share is 2%; 2.5 for 17 and above, 3.5 for 20 and above, 5 for 25 and above, and 30 or more......
This is no longer possible, he said that the average rating, if you can get more than 30, it is a historical result, but out of rigor, Yoshida Kashi still said: "If you can get more than 30, you will be given 6...... No, give you 7%."
"The revenue sharing includes advertising commissions and peripheral income, and you have a share of all the money you earn from this TV series."
Yoshida closed his pen cap: "I don't like to bargain, this is the best I can give, I know that other TV stations should contact you during this time, but I believe that it will not be more free and ......lucrative than this contract."
"You can think about it for a while, but I can't wait too long for you, I'll give you ......."
"How long is the contract?" Kei Fujiwara asked, "How long will it be before I can't write scripts for other companies?"
"Five years."
"It's too long, two years."
Yoshida looked at Kei Fujiwara and thought for a moment, "Yes. How long do you have to think about it?"
Fujiwara Kei said, "Don't think about it, you can let the legal counsel draw up the contract now. But I'm going to take the contract back and read it before I sign it."
Yoshida Kashi was stunned for a moment, he thought that after listening to his conditions, Kei Fujiwara would either go back and think about it for a long time, or he would go to other production companies to bargain and shop around, but he didn't expect to agree so simply.
It's really decisive, it's a big thing...... Yoshida Kashi said in his heart.
In fact, Kei Fujiwara almost understands the market, and the condition given to him by Yoshida Kashi is indeed very lucrative in the industry. Although if you take the conditions given by Yoshida Kashi and then bargain with other TV stations, you may not be able to get a better contract, but Long Wangshu's mentality is unacceptable, and when he enters a new company, he is definitely not as handy as he is to cooperate with Yui Mizuhara.
Yoshida asked his secretary to inform the legal department to get the contract, and during this time, he chatted with Kei Fujiwara over tea and asked about what happened at the New Joy Hotel on the day of the Naoki Awards.
Kei Fujiwara smiled and talked with Kashi Yoshida until the legal department brought the contract that had been drafted into the office and handed it to Kei Fujiwara.
Yoshida stood up and stretched out his hand, "Fujiwara-sensei, I hope you can enjoy your stay in Fukuyamadai."
"Definitely, thank you, Mr. Yoshida."
In the evening, after leaving Fukuyamadai, Kei Fujiwara sat in the car and directly dialed Kazuhiko Itagaki from the car phone.
"Fujiwara-kun, what's the matter?"
"That's right...... I have a contract, and I would like to ask you to help me find a lawyer who is proficient in copyright to help me look at it."
"Well, okay, our in-house counsel is very ...... Copyright contracts? What kind of contract? Is there a contract for the new work?"
"Well, yes."
Itagaki Kazuhiko on the other end of the phone was instantly struck by lightning: "Fujiwara-kun, what happened? Aren't you going to collaborate with me on your new work?"