I Am a Nobleman in England

In the small conference room of the "Southern Daily Echo" newspaper, Arthur sat at the head, and the butler Paul stood behind him, listening carefully to the details of lawyer James, newspaper editor-in-chief Jerry, and publisher director Tom. Negotiation process.

"According to the agreement, the rights reserved by you, boss, include the publishing rights of books, including print and electronic versions, radio programs, stage programs, and the author's original sequel rights.

What you need to promise is that you own the exclusive copyright of this book. During the validity period of the authorization, you promise not to transfer the rights granted to the other party to any other person or entity, and at the same time, all the content in the book is within the scope of the author's knowledge There is no content that infringes the copyright, trademark right, contract or all other rights of others, nor does it damage or expose the privacy of others. . . "

After listening to his own rights and performance 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 Li TV bought it at such a generous price this time The film and television copyright of "Boleyn Manor" also has additional conditions, that is, I hope that the boss will promise to retain the right to produce stage programs or write sequels within five years after the film and television works they produced are released or within seven years after you exercise the rights Behavior."

"It's not a big deal for them to keep rights to stage shows and stuff like that, and I don't usually sell those rights. But writing a sequel, it's big business!"

When Arthur heard the other party's conditions, he couldn't help but smiled and shook his head and said, since he already knew that he was going to sell the film and television copyright of "Boleyn Manor", Arthur would not be stupid to just make a one-shot deal. , Naturally, he will break it in half. He has written web articles for so many years, and he has no other skills. He is still very good at breaking chapters and watery plots.

One book sells two, the main text and the sequel are sold separately, so as to maximize profits!

"This is also a focal difference in the negotiation. When the adaptation rights of the first book have been negotiated, they must fight for the adaptation rights of your original sequel. After all, if the ratings of the TV series they made are very high, Then the author wrote a best-selling sequel, but they couldn't touch it at this time, and it was very frustrating and unacceptable for whoever it was."

Tom, the person in charge of the publishing house, naturally understands the thoughts of his young boss. However, if he does not make concessions on this matter, the independent TV station will never agree. There was a serious and substantial lawsuit.

"Since they insist, then come up with conditions that impress me. If they don't want to pay more and want to get the right to adapt the sequel, then there is no way. We can sell the sequel to others. Of course, we It can also be put on hold for a while, and when I write the sequel, if they are willing to buy, then they have priority, and at the same time, before we accept any offer that is higher than theirs, we can give them ten days to consider their wish Unwilling to raise costs to accept this offer.”

The corners of Arthur's mouth were raised, with a sly gleam in his eyes, and he said with a smile.

Whether it was the housekeeper Paul or the other three, their eyes lit up, and they had a new understanding of their boss's shrewdness.

"In this way, James, after meeting with them in a while, you insist that the other party must first exercise the adaptation rights of the first book and pay the price for the purchase of the copyright before negotiating the agency rights for the sequel."

Arthur's eyes were crescent-shaped with a smile, and he looked at the lawyer James. Obviously, Arthur didn't want the final deal to be blown. And this way of his is still very fair, I believe that the other party should also agree to him.

"Okay, Lord. I know what to do." James also responded with his eyes lit up and a smile raised at the corners of his mouth.

After explaining this matter, Arthur did not end the small meeting, but turned his eyes to Tom of the publishing house and said with a smile: "Tom,

After a while, people from Random House Publishing House will come to discuss with me about the publishing rights of another online novel of mine. When the time comes, you will contact the other party on my behalf. "

"Boss, have you written another novel?"

Hearing Arthur's words, the four present were astonished again, especially when they heard about Random House, Tom and Jerry looked shocked. As people in the publishing industry, they naturally understood what Random House represented. They also didn't expect that another novel written by their boss that they didn't know was valued by Random House and sent someone to seek cooperation.

"Yeah, I was a little bored some time ago, so I wrote a fan fiction on the official website forum of "Twilight", and I didn't expect it to become popular all of a sudden..."

"God boss, you wrote Fifty Shades of Grey? It's unbelievable... no, I don't mean anything, I mean, it's crazy, everyone is looking for you , Guessing your identity, I didn't expect..."

Arthur looked at the shocked Tom with a bright smile on his face, as well as the unknown housekeeper Paul and lawyer James, while the equally excited newspaper editor-in-chief Jerry looked at him with bright eyes and said: "Boss , I think this is a breaking news, if possible, can you do an exclusive interview? This will make our newspaper sales skyrocket!"

"Hehe, don't worry, I will give you an exclusive interview opportunity after the cooperation with Random House is settled. To be honest, when I wrote it, I just thought it was fun, and even brought some evil tastes into it. I didn't expect, I really didn't expect that it would be so popular and liked by everyone." Arthur said lightly, pretending to be 13.

"It's more than popular, it just drives readers crazy. Boss, you have your own publishing house. Why didn't you inform me and choose Random House instead? Could it be that you still can't trust your own publishing house?"

While Tom was amazed, the resentful look on his face made everyone present feel uncomfortable and speechless. And when he heard Tom's words, Arthur felt a chill in his heart, and asked with a very embarrassed smile: "You also sent me a private message online?"

"Of course I sent it!" Tom's eyes became more resentful.

"Ahem, I really didn't see it, but don't worry, I contacted Random House, just to hand over the North American publishing rights of "Fifty Shades of Gray" to them. After all, in terms of scale, they have the advantage It is very obvious that I will definitely hand over the English version on the European side to Boleyn Press."

"It's great, boss, this is definitely a wise decision!" Tom's face was full of ecstasy, "Boss, don't worry, the publishing house will definitely go all out to promote "Fifty Shades of Grey", it will definitely have Hope to be one of the best-selling novels  …”

Seeing Tom's joyful appearance and chattering excitedly, the housekeeper Paul and the lawyer James looked at each other in dismay. Only the two of them didn't know what was going on. James stretched out his hand and tugged Jerry who was also beaming beside him and asked in a low voice: "Jerry Ray, is that novel by Lord famous?"

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

"Is that so? I'll find out what the novel is about and read it later."

"Cough cough cough..."

Jerry's face was flushed, looking at James with a serious face, he didn't know what to say, he could only cough like he was stuck in the neck.

There is really no way to introduce it, after all, it is a taboo book that can only be understood but not described in words, and can only be discussed in a small circle of fellow readers. . . . . .