Chapter 280 Wen Leyu: Give it to me, give it to me, all of it

Teacher Ke can joke with Wen Leyu, but when she talks to Li Ye, she is much more serious.

Li Ye: "Wu Jinyuan definitely didn't come here for me. She is the deputy general manager of Nanyang Wu Culture Communication Group. She must have taken a fancy to the huge film and television market in the mainland.

But she had seen me in Hong Kong Island, and I guess she already suspected that I had a relationship with the author of A Song of Ice and Fire. "

Teacher Ke: "So she just suspected it? You didn't reveal anything to her?"

Li Ye: "No, I didn't say a word to her."

Teacher Ke: "That's fine. Just deny it. No one can take your things away."

Li Ye smiled and said, "This book is not just mine. It was written by me, Wen Leyu, and Teacher Ke. In the future, if someone says that I am selfish and disregarding the overall situation, Teacher Ke, you... Hehe."

"Hmm, are you trying to drag me down with you?"

Teacher Ke laughed and said, "This money is all yours. If you really feel bad about it, just pay me the manuscript fee according to the national standard of 10 yuan per thousand words."

In 1983, there was indeed a national standard for translation royalties, which was 7 to 10 yuan per thousand words. For ordinary people, it was a very good supplementary income, but for someone at Mr. Ke's level, it was almost like an insult.

Li Ye shook his head seriously and said, "Teacher Ke, your approach is wrong. If you have paid, you should be rewarded. Now many writers cannot get their share of the profits. You should set an example."

“Hahahahaha~, set an example yourself.” Teacher Ke laughed heartily for a long time before saying, “Then let Xiaoyu keep it for me first! I won’t get involved in your affairs.”

Wen Leyu was behind Teacher Ke, winking at Li Ye and making gestures of "give it to me, give it to me, all to me".

She knew that her mother kept her word, and now Li Ye quickly agreed. From now on, millions or tens of millions of dollars would be under her control.

Teacher Ke couldn't see Wen Leyu's expression, so he asked again, "What do you mean by the author of the text not being able to get his own income?"

Li Ye said, "It's like this. Wu Jinyuan has discussed the copyright issue of "Hometown Lonely Army" with the school, but the author and participants of "Hometown Lonely Army" are still at home and have not come to Beijing! We in the mainland have almost no awareness of copyright protection."

Teacher Ke pondered for a moment and said, "I will pay attention to this problem, but it cannot be solved in a day or two."

Li Ye also knew that this was the truth. Nowadays, the sense of individual is not so strong in the mainland. When you are alive, you are a member of the unit, and when you die, you are a ghost of the unit. Many things cannot be explained clearly.

But Wen Leyu immediately said, "Mom, what if someone else likes Li Ye's "North Wind Flying"? That book is also very popular in Nanyang."

Teacher Ke smiled and said to Wen Leyu, "Go to Mom's study and get the yellow envelope from the second drawer of the desk."

Wen Leyu went to get it in slippers.

Teacher Ke handed it to Li Ye and said, "Your donation of 5,000 US dollars has a note, which is the overseas royalties for "North Wind Flying", so don't worry."

. . . . . .

The next day, when Li Ye arrived at the school, he met Li Huaisheng, Yang Yumin and Sun Xianjin.

They all received telegrams from the school and rushed here overnight.

Yang Yumin took out a manuscript and handed it to Li Ye: "Li Ye, take a look at the manuscript I finished during the summer vacation. How long do you think it will take to finish "Hometown Lonely Army"? Can twenty chapters do it?"

Li Ye did not read the manuscript, but asked: "Why are you in such a hurry to end it? We have always been slow and meticulous in our work. You should know that this ending is particularly important and cannot leave any flaws or regrets."

Yang Yumin nodded and said, "I know that, but the school is pushing us hard. An overseas film and television company has taken a fancy to our book and wants to cooperate with mainland China to film it. How can we film it without an ending?"

Li Ye thought for a moment and said, "Then how should the cost of this cooperation be distributed? Should it go to the school, the literary club, or the individual?"

Li Huaisheng and Yang Yumin were both stunned for a moment, then looked around and whispered to Li Ye: "Don't talk nonsense, we can try our best to get some subsidies, but don't say anything like it belongs to individuals, you are an activist now!"

"All right then!"

Yang Yumin is the main writer of "The Lone Soldier Looking Back to Hometown", and Li Huaisheng is the person in charge of the creative period of "The Lone Soldier Looking Back to Hometown". Since the two of them are not competing for it, it doesn't matter who provides the idea, Li Ye.

At half past nine in the morning, the school teacher notified several members of the Lone Army Literary Society to come for a meeting.

When Li Ye and others arrived at the venue, many people had already arrived, and more people followed. Li Ye even saw a few familiar actors.

Li Ye whispered, "Is it a big event today?"

Yang Yumin nodded: "It's a big scene, let Lao Li talk later, we just watch."

At ten o'clock, Li Ye saw Wu Jinyuan.

She sat on the podium of the conference hall, right next to the C position, and was obviously valued by several mainland departments.

"Everyone is here. Today we will hold a simple preparatory meeting. In order to meet the needs of the general audience for film and television cultural programs, we have decided to cooperate with the Nanyang Wu Culture Communication Group to launch the filming plan of "Hometown Lonely Soldier" and "North Wind Flying".

This cooperative filming is very important and has profound significance. It can also bring much-needed foreign exchange and funds to our construction. I hope everyone will carry forward the spirit of sacrificing their own family for the sake of everyone, and go all out in the coming days to contribute their own strength to the common goal."

“Pah pah pah pah~”

The person on the podium was very talented and he quickly stirred the emotions of the people below and won a lot of applause.

Li Ye glanced at Li Huaisheng and Yang Yumin beside him, and felt that they were also honored to be able to join this "international cooperation".

But Li Ye’s feelings are hard to describe.

Li Ye does not mean to despise "dedication", because in the past period of time, it was precisely because of the "dedication" of a generation that flower planting has come to where it is today.

At that time, flower growers did not have enough machinery, and it was difficult to achieve large-scale industrial construction.

Thus, the world's only phenomenon of national mobilization emerged, with hundreds of millions of people using their tiny manpower to replace machines and ensure the construction of basic industries.

Later, experts conducted research and found that if it were not for the dedication of that generation, the industrialization of flower-growing countries would have certainly died, and the full-industry chain industry with a complete range of categories in later generations would not have had any chance to develop.

But at some point, the word "dedication" becomes a bit of an anachronism.

For example, Wu Jinyuan on the stage is a businessman, and part of the results of the contributions of Li Ye and others will flow into her pocket.

This is just like how business owners in later generations like to talk about the "corporate spirit of dedication". There is a saying about contributing to the country. What's the point of giving you a luxury car, living in a luxury house, and marrying a beautiful wife as a result of your contribution?

The most annoying thing is that "the company has trained you, you have to be grateful". I go to work without doing any work and just get paid. Are you willing to train me?

It's all about exchange of interests, who is PUA?

"Everyone should understand the situation. If you have any opinions, please raise them as soon as possible and do not hinder the progress of this important cooperation."

"We have no objection, we promise to play every role well."

"We have no problem with that. We have already started designing props and costumes. They will definitely conform to historical circumstances and be aesthetically pleasing."

Li Ye: “.”

It's only been a few days, and you've already started casting? Is this what you call "international speed"?

"What about the Lone Army Literary Society? Can you ensure that the novel will be completed as soon as possible?"

Li Huaisheng was about to stand up when Li Ye held his shoulders.

Li Ye raised his hand first, then said, "I'm sorry, I want to report a problem. The copyright of "North Wind Flying" is not in our hands, so if we want to cooperate in filming, we have to seek the consent of the copyright owner."

"Don't worry about that," Wang Jiyuan said with a smile on the stage, "You are Li Ye, right? We have already contacted Blue Ocean Publishing House, and they said that they only purchased the copyright of your text and comics at the time, and there is no conflict with the film and television copyright.

Of course, we will strive for a suitable copyright fee for you and absolutely guarantee your personal interests.

"Speaking of this, I've really learned a lot, little classmate. I've never heard of a novel being sold three times!"

The fifty or sixty people in the conference room all looked at Li Ye, many with envy and passion.

My goodness, this student is so young, but her daughter is married to three men.

You sold the text copyright once, the comics copyright once, and now you’re selling the film and television copyright again. You’re planning to make it big!

Li Ye exhaled and said, "I have already sold the film and television rights of "North Wind Flying" to Hong Kong Island's Talang Literature Publishing House, so I have no right to decide whether this novel will participate in this cooperation."

Wang Jiyuan was surprised and asked, "You sold the film and television copyright to Hong Kong Island?"

Li Ye said: "Yes."

Wang Jiyuan said unhappily: "How can you sell the copyright to overseas so easily? You only care about your own interests and damage it."

“Ahem~”

Li Ye coughed and took out the envelope that Teacher Ke handed to him.

He didn't want to discuss the inviolability of personal property with Wang Jiyuan in such an occasion, and was too lazy to even grind his teeth.

“That’s why I sold the rights to Hong Kong Island.”

Li Ye handed the envelope to Director Xiao of the school.

Director Xiao glanced at Li Ye first, then opened the envelope.

Then, he asked in surprise: "Student Li Ye, you actually donated 5,000 US dollars?"

Li Ye said shyly: "Yes, I heard that you urgently needed some foreign exchange, so I hurriedly sold the copyright. Although I sold it at a low price, it also solved the urgent problem, right?"

At that time, Li Ye's five thousand dollars did solve an urgent problem in the education system, otherwise Teacher Ke would not have asked for money from his future son-in-law, so what Li Ye said was true.

Director Xiao couldn't help but laugh: "Five thousand dollars is too cheap, you think it's too cheap? How much more do you want to sell it for?"

Li Ye turned to look at Wu Jinyuan and said with a smile: "Ms. Wu is an insider in the industry. She knows best how much it should be sold for!"

At this moment, everyone looked at Wu Jinyuan.

Wu Jinyuan smiled and nodded slowly: "It is indeed sold at a low price, a lot cheaper."

Director Xiao returned the donation certificate to Li Ye and sat back with a smile.

[We have to renegotiate the terms of cooperation. Do you think you can fool me with just a few trivial things? No way.]

. . . . . .

After coming out of the meeting room, Li Ye was stopped by Wu Jinyuan.

"Mr. Li, can we chat for five minutes?"

"Of course, even ten minutes is fine!"

Li Ye agreed very casually and walked aside with Wu Jinyuan.

He thought he had ruined Wu Jinyuan's good fortune and made her spend more money.

But Wu Jinyuan said: "Mr. Li, let me first explain to you that I was only planning to cooperate in the filming of "Hometown Lonely Army".

But the TV station thought that the backgrounds of the two novels were highly similar, so if we filmed them together, we could save on props, costumes, locations, etc. Of course, I would also need to pay more foreign exchange."

Li Ye looked into Wu Jinyuan's eyes, trying to tell whether she was telling the truth or lying.

Wu Jinyuan's expression was flowing, and she suddenly smiled and said, "Don't doubt me, because you know what kind of work I really want, so I dare not lie to you."

The value of "The North Wind" is not on the same level as "A Song of Ice and Fire", so what Wu Jinyuan said makes sense.

However, Li Ye looked at Wu Jinyuan for a few seconds and smiled gently: "Sorry, I don't know what you are talking about."

"Really? Hehe~"

“Hehe~”

"Would you like to have dinner together sometime?"

"Sorry, my girlfriend is waiting for me to come home for dinner."

“.”

“She’s beautiful!”

“.”

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