Forty-seven is negotiation, not coercion
Although Peng Min hung up the phone after saying that.??
?But thanks to her, Jiang Shuiyuan only took another half an hour to fall asleep. The next morning, Jiang Shuiyuan felt sleepy when he got up and his eyes couldn't open. He shook his head in annoyance: It's such a young man!
That’s right, such irregular routines and routines will really die young. This is a lesson learned from Jiang Shuiyuan’s personal experience.
In the past year and a half, Jiang Shuiyuan has never given up exploring the rules of bracelets. Through the analysis and comparison of various data on daily life, referring to newspapers and books such as health care and aging prevention, he also found some empirical practices to extend his life, such as moderate exercise, reasonable diet, and regular work and rest. In addition, he also found that whenever he wins a prize in the competition, his aging degree will slow down a few beats. I don’t know whether it is a coincidence or an inevitable rule, but it still needs further verification.
When school was over in the afternoon, Jiang Shuiyuan received a call from Peng Min, saying that she had arrived at the school gate. Jiang Shuiyuan hurried over with her young companion Wu Zichen. When Peng Min met, he gave Jiang Shuiyuan a big hug: "Thank you, Mr. Jiang!"
Jiang Shuiyuan was a little confused: Why do you thank me? You helped me publish a book, and I would like to thank you!
"Thank you for writing a very wonderful novel for us!" Peng Min continued, "Although I have read many of your works before and have a very intuitive understanding of your talent and writing style, I didn't expect that your strength is far beyond my imagination. Your novel not only surprised me, but also made me feel that I had been moved by a long time ago. I remember that when I first offered a price of 2.5 yuan per word, there were many opposition voices in the company, thinking that I was generous to the company and had a personal favor. Now it seems that it is definitely worth the money!"
Jiang Shuiyuan could imagine the great pressure Peng Min had suffered in the company before and the relief after reading the novel. He smiled and said, "You treat me as a national hero, and I should repay him with a national hero."
Wu Zichen didn't have so much concern and said directly: "I'm afraid that Manager Peng didn't have much hope before, so when he actually saw our boss's work, he would feel doubled his surprise?"
Peng Min did not hide it: "It cannot be said that he didn't have much hope. After all, I have read all the articles written by Mr. Jiang in the magazine "Gengyun". I just had hopes that were not as great as the surprise now, and I secretly prepared for failure. After all, no one could have high quality requirements for a middle school student to complete an 80,000-word work within 40 days. I even expected that I would receive a junior high school student's composition selection!"
"As the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment; the greater the disappointment, the greater the surprise!"
"That's right!" Peng Min agreed with Wu Zichen's point of view. "When I saw Mr. Jiang's work called "Love Letter", my heart had already sunk to the bottom, because I felt that high school students could not control such a simple and heavy topic at all, and they would definitely backfire in the end. After reading the first three thousand words, I regained my original confidence and felt that as long as I continued to write like this, I could explain to the company. When I saw half of it, I felt that Mr. Jiang's writing skills and talent were not inferior to any writer I had ever seen. When I read the last line, tears couldn't help but flow out of my eyes. I realized that this was a rare masterpiece, so I didn't bother to consider anything else, and immediately called Mr. Jiang and told him how I felt!"
Wu Zichen said: "It would be great that Manager Peng could realize that this is a rare masterpiece. In this way, we don't have to worry about the conditions for the transfer of novel copyrights."
"Discuss on the conditions for the transfer of novel copyright?" Peng Min looked at Jiang Shuiyuan in surprise, "Mr. Jiang, didn't we agreed to make an appointment with you for a manuscript at a price of 2.5 yuan per word? Why, you want to break the contract?"
Wu Zichen hurriedly said, "No! No! We are not going to break the contract, but we just want to sign a supplementary agreement to more strictly define the scope of copyright transfer. Our opinion is that your company will only obtain the right to present, copy and exercise of the work at a price of 2.5 yuan per word. In addition, we will retain the right to sign, modify, perform, broadcast, filming, adaptation, translation rights, etc. of the work and will not be included in the transfer of copyright."
"You are planning to adapt the novel into a film and television drama?"
"Why not? Don't you think this novel is suitable for making a movie?" Wu Zichen asked back.
Peng Min thought for a moment and replied, "What if I don't agree?"
"Then you will get what you want and get a 80,000-word essay selection for junior high school students!"
Peng Min's face changed slightly: "Are you considered a threat?"
"This is obviously a negotiation, how can it be considered a threat?" Wu Zichen said with a smile, "Manager Peng, don't be angry, we can settle the score calmly. Our boss's novel, with his photos, as long as the promotion is done properly, sell 100,000 yuan through normal channels, and 200,000 copies should be fine, right?"
Peng Min did not deny this: "What about it?"
"In other words, even if our boss signs a minimum of eight points of contract manuscript remuneration with the publishing house and retains all copyrights, this novel is conservatively estimated to earn more than 200,000 yuan. This is comparable to the manuscript remuneration given by your Jinyi apparel, right?"
Peng Min opened his mouth and seemed to want to refute, but Wu Zichen did not give her the opportunity to speak: "Authentic, you Jinyi Clothing can save countless intermediate links, and sell novels nationwide to the greatest extent, creating greater influence. But Manager Peng, don't forget, how many clothes do you Jinyi Clothing sell each season? Why do you have to be more than 10,000 pieces? If you give a book for every piece of clothing you sell, it means that our boss has at least reduced the royalty of 80,000 books. How much does it cost?"
"You are just losing a few points of manuscript fees, and the remaining typesetting fees, printing fees, binding fees, paper fees, editing fees, etc. are all paid by our company. According to your calculations, wouldn't our company pay more?"
Wu Zichen said lightly: "We call the part of your company's compensation an advertising fee!"
Peng Min hesitated for a long time before nodding: "We can just put the form, copy and exercise the rights, but we also need a supplementary clause, that is, if the novel is adapted from the film and television, Jinyi Clothing will become a film and television clothing sponsor, and the company name will also appear on the list of thanks."
Jiang Shuiyuan said: "That's of course! If it weren't for your appointment by Manager Peng, I would never have written such a long novel. In a sense, you directly contributed to the birth of this novel, and of course it would appear on the list of thanks!"
"You should thank our company, not me," Peng Min corrected: "But as an executor, I am still very happy that I can promote the publication of this masterpiece. When I go back later, I will ask the legal department of the company to formulate a contract based on the results of our discussion. Then we will sign the contract at the ceremony. What does Mr. Jiang think?"
Jiang Shuiyuan naturally had no objection. However, Wu Zichen raised a question: "Style? What style?"
After listening to Peng Min's introduction, Wu Zichen touched his chin and said slowly: "Manager Peng, since you want to do it, why don't you hold another signing event?"
"Sales signing event?" Peng Min looked obviously hesitant, "In fact, there are not many copies of this book printed..."
Chapter completed!