Chapter 68

In the small conference room of the southern daily echo, Arthur sat at the top of the table, and Paul, the housekeeper, stood behind him, listening carefully to the detailed negotiation process of James, Jerry, the editor in chief of the newspaper and Tom, the head of the publishing house.

"According to the agreement, boss, you reserve the right to publish books, including print and electronic editions, radio programs, stage programs, and the author's original sequels.

What you need to promise is that you own the exclusive copyright of this book. During the validity period of the license, you promise not to transfer the rights granted to the other party to any other person or entity. Meanwhile, all the contents of the book, to the knowledge of the author, do not infringe the copyright, trademark right, contract or all other rights of others, nor damage or expose the privacy of others 。。。”

After listening to his rights and obligations in the agreement, Arthur nodded. These contents are the basic conditions, and there is no objection. Lawyer James continued: "however, the reason why Du TV station bought the film and television copyright of Boleyn manor at such a generous price this time also has additional conditions, that is, I hope the boss you promise to make the film in them Keep making stage shows or writing sequels for five years after the show or seven years after you exercise the right. "

"It's not a big problem to keep the copyright of stage programs for them, and I don't normally sell such rights. But writing sequels is different. It's a big business! "

When Arthur heard the other party's conditions, he couldn't help smiling and shaking his head. Now that he knew that he would sell the film and television copyright of Boleyn manor, Arthur would not be so stupid as to buy and sell one hammer. A novel that could end naturally would be torn in two by him. He had written online for so many years. He had no other skills, such as chapter breaking and water plot. He was still very good at it.

Two sales of a book, the text and sequel are sold separately, so as to maximize the interests!

"This is also a focal point of disagreement in the negotiation. When they have already discussed the right to adapt the first book, they must strive for the right to adapt your original sequel. After all, when the ratings of the TV series they made were very high, and then the author wrote a best-selling sequel, but they couldn't touch it at this time. No matter who they changed to, it was extremely frustrating and unacceptable. "

Tom, the person in charge of the publishing house, naturally understood the ideas of his young boss. However, if he did not make any concession in this matter, Du Li TV station would never agree with it. You know, the silent lamb had a very influential and real lawsuit because of this.

"Since they insist on it, they should offer me the conditions to impress me. If they don't want to pay more and want to get the right to adapt the sequel, there is no way. We can sell the sequel to other people. Of course, we can put it on hold. When I write a sequel, if they are willing to buy it, they have priority. At the same time, when we accept any one of them, they will have the priority We can give them 10 days to consider whether they are willing to raise the cost to accept the offer before they make a higher offer

Arthur said with a smile, the corners of his mouth rising, and a sly light in his eyes.

Whether it is the housekeeper Paul or the other three people are a bright eye, for their boss's shrewdness has a new understanding.

"In this way, James, after meeting them for a while, you insist that the other party must first exercise the adaptation right of the first book, pay the price for the copyright, and then negotiate the agency right for the sequel."

Arthur's eyes narrowed into crescent and looked at lawyer James. Obviously, Arthur didn't want the deal to blow up. But this method is very fair, I believe, the other party should also agree to this point.

"All right, Lord. I know what to do. " James is also a bright eyes, the corner of his mouth up, smile response.

After explaining this matter, Arthur did not end the small meeting. Instead, he turned his eyes to Tom of the publishing house and said with a smile: "Tom, some time later, people from Langdon house will come to talk with me about the publishing rights of my other online novel. At that time, you will contact each other on behalf of me."

"Boss, you wrote another novel?"

Hearing Arthur's words, the four people present were shocked again. Especially when they heard of Langdon house, Tom and Jerry were shocked. As professionals in the publishing industry, they naturally understood the meaning of Random House. They never thought that another novel written by their boss that they did not know was valued by Random House and sent for cooperation.

"Yes, I was a bit bored some time ago. I wrote a novel with my friends on the official forum of twilight. I didn't expect that it would become popular all of a sudden."

"God, boss, you wrote Gray's fifty shadows? It's unbelievable... No, I don't mean anything else. I mean, it's crazy. Everyone's looking for you, guessing your identity, and I didn't expect

With a bright smile on Arthur's face, he looked at Tom who was shocked and surprised, as well as Paul and James, the housekeeper who was not clear about it and James, while Jerry, the editor in chief of the newspaper, looked at him with eyes shining and said, "boss, I think this is an explosive news. Can you do an exclusive interview if you can? This will make our newspaper sales soar"Ha ha, don't worry. I'll give you an exclusive interview after the cooperation with Langdon library is settled. Seriously, when I wrote it, I just thought it was fun, and even brought some bad taste. I didn't expect that it would be so popular and liked by everyone." Arthur said with a light 13.

"It's not only popularity, but it's driving readers crazy. Boss, you have your own publishing house. Why don't you inform me and choose Langdon's? Can't you trust your own publishing house?"

Tom exclaimed at the same time, the face of resentment, so that the presence of several people are uncomfortable some speechless. When hearing Tom's words, Arthur hit a cold cicada in his heart, he was very embarrassed and asked with a smile: "have you also sent me private messages on the Internet?"

"Of course I did!" Tom's eyes were more sorrowful.

"Cough, I really didn't see it, but you can rest assured that I contacted Langdon house and I was just going to give them the North American publishing right of Gray's fifty shadows. After all, in terms of scale, their advantages are very obvious. I will definitely give the English version of Europe to Bolin publishing house."

"Great, boss, it's definitely a wise decision!" Tom's face was full of ecstasy. "Boss, don't worry, the publishing house will go all out to promote Gray's fifty shadows. It's sure to become one of the best-selling novels

Looking at Tom's jubilant appearance, excited chattering, the housekeeper Paul and the lawyer James looked at each other. Only they did not know what was going on. James reached out and pulled Jerry, who was also full of joy around him, and whispered, "Jerry, is Lord's novel famous?"

"It's not just famous, it's just a frenzy on the Internet..."

"Is it? I'll go and read it later. "

"Cough, cough..."

Jerry's face turned red and he looked at James, who was serious. He didn't know what to say. He coughed like he was stuck in his neck.

I really can't introduce it. After all, it's a book that can only be discussed in a small circle of readers......

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