Hiring a lawyer like Zheng Zhihe to fight the lawsuit is really awesome!
Lawyer Zheng was quick and experienced, so he didn't have to go to court repeatedly to add evidence. He successfully filed the case quickly. So as soon as late July arrived, the court summons was delivered to the editorial office of "Aige".
Han Qin was late, but Zou Weijun was not angry.
Han Qin didn't answer Zou Weijun's call and refused to communicate, but Zou Weijun was not angry.
Han Qin felt that Zou Weijun was soft.
She mistakenly thought Zou Weijun's upbringing meant he was easy to bully, but she didn't expect Zou Weijun to be so tough and directly sue "Aige".
Demand that the magazine apologize and restore the reputation of the new author "Fish Against the Current"!
How could the court file a case?
Although the termination statement published in "Aige" blurred the key words, it was not wrong.
The magazine editor failed to ask "Ni Liu De Yu" for the manuscript of "Youth Idol", and Ni Liu De Yu chose to sign a contract with Rongcheng Publishing Group. These are all facts!
The court summons sent to the editorial office was not very harmful to Han Qin, but extremely insulting. Especially after being called in for questioning by the editor-in-chief, Han Qin's face was filled with gloom.
Han Qin dealt with the matter in front of her boss, saying that it was the Rongcheng Publishing Group that was causing trouble.
"'Teenage Idol' is so popular right now, and it all started in Chengdu. I just want to terminate my contract with Ni Liu De Yu, so why would I bother promoting her?"
"Teenage Idol" is the most popular show in Chengdu.
The influence of Chengdu's print media radiates throughout Sichuan Province and even to neighboring Chongqing.
Han Qin was not so kind as to help promote "Teenage Idol" and she did not ask anyone to spread those bad reviews.
Of course, she was indeed planning to do so, but that was her plan after "Teen Idol" was actually released. Han Qin had previously bet on the possibility that after the termination statement was published, Rongcheng Publishing Group would directly abandon the "Teen Idol" project.
After all, he is a new author and his reputation has been ruined before he officially published a book. Why should Rongcheng Publishing Group take the risk?
More importantly, "Aige" chose to terminate the contract, and the popularity accumulated by "Teenage Idol" in the early stage was cut off. Rongcheng Publishing Group did not have any outstanding youth literature magazines, so it could not take over even if it wanted to.
The readers belong to "Aige". When "Aige" is no longer serialized, "Teenage Idol" has become stagnant.
No matter how good a book is, if there is no follow-up and no discussion, its popularity will gradually decline.
As for the "fish swimming against the current", she terminated her contract with Egger and gave up her plan to publish a book. In the future, which magazine in the industry will not consider her "criminal record" when submitting articles to it?
It is also possible to submit articles under a different pen name.
However, it would be fine if she didn't become successful after changing her pen name. As long as she became famous, her true identity would be impossible to hide in the industry, so Han Qin would naturally have other plans.
Han Qin had a good idea.
If the editor who helped Wen Ying plan and publish "Teenage Idol" was not Zou Weijun, Han Qin's plan might have really succeeded.
After all, a newcomer whose market value is not yet apparent is not worth the publishing group spending so much effort to maintain.
But the person Han Qin met happened to be Zou Weijun.
Zou Weijun's gentleness is the result of family education, and his persistence and seriousness are also deeply influenced by his family.
This kind of personality is a double-edged sword. After being betrayed by her husband, Zou Weijun suffered great harm and even suffered from depression.
But when Zou Weijun applied this kind of character to his career, his persistence and seriousness became the driving force of his career!
To be frank, Zou Weijun would not insist on not apologizing for the scale of "Hush, Little Secret".
If Zou Weijun hadn't taken it so seriously, he wouldn't have reported Song Foxiang for sexual harassment.
Even if Zou Weijun doesn't know Wen Ying, and Wen Ying is not Xie Qian's classmate or friend, as long as Zou Weijun signed Wen Ying's book, and Wen Ying's book does not contain any principled errors such as "plagiarism", Zou Weijun will fight to the end for Wen Ying's reputation!
Han Qin underestimated Zou Weijun, which led to the magazine receiving this subpoena.
The editor-in-chief's question also brought up Han Qin's accumulated resentment. "How shameless of the Rongcheng Publishing Group! They're just exploiting this issue. I don't know who is so shameless as to ride on the popularity of our magazine to hype it up. First, they released bad reviews, then hired people to give good reviews, letting many readers who had never heard of 'Teenage Idol' know about it. Now they're suing our magazine. Are they trying to use the lawsuit to continue the hype? Doesn't this routine sound familiar to you?"
It's quite familiar.
This is how the best-selling book "Hush, Little Secret" became popular in the first half of the year.
First, it used a shocking slogan to attract attention. The slogan was obviously intentional. Before "Hush, Little Secret", all the popular science books were low-key and honest, but "Hush, Little Secret" was the only one that took a different approach.
If it was any other popular science book, it would be fine, but it has to be about adolescent physical hygiene... There are really not many publishing houses that can break this low point. Everyone has to save face.
However, the honest people with dignity had no meat to eat, and the shameless Rongcheng Publishing Group produced the most popular popular science book in the first half of the year, "Hush, Little Secret".
Han Qin is right. If the Chengdu Publishing Group has this style of doing things, and has tasted the sweetness of the success of "Hush, Little Secret", they might want to replicate the successful routine with the book "Teenage Idol"?
Chengdu Publishing Group is not the only one that has taken control of the print media market.
The Chengdu Publishing Group launched an attack like a wolf and a tiger. "Aige" is not a wild child without parents that jumped out of a crack in the rock, and the Shandong Publishing Group to which the magazine belongs is also not a vegetarian rabbit.
The editor-in-chief looked at the court summons with a frown and asked Han Qin to handle it herself.
"You must be careful with what you say from now on. Don't let anyone catch you. You can handle this matter later."
A mere court summons wouldn't scare the magazine.
Everyone has a large family and a lot of wealth. They can hire a lawyer in Chengdu, so can't Aige afford one?
It is impossible for a magazine to apologize to a new author immediately after receiving a subpoena. The inconsistent words and phrases will make it lose credibility in front of readers... This behavior is commonly known as shooting oneself in the face, and the magazine must not do that.
Han Qin got permission from her superiors and first consulted a lawyer friend.
My lawyer friend thinks this is a small case.
"This kind of lawsuit is difficult to win. The magazine has the right to terminate the contract. If the author sues you for defamation, you can sue the author for breach of contract. I remember that you have priority publishing rights for novels serialized in the magazine, right? As long as you haven't officially issued a letter announcing the abandonment of the publication of 'Young Idol', the author signed a contract with a Chengdu publishing house without the magazine, so it can be said that she has breached the contract."
As the party being prosecuted, the best approach is not to follow the other party's pace and try to prove your innocence, but to take the initiative to attack and take the initiative.
Han Qin's lawyer friend and Zheng Zhihe have different working styles. Zheng Zhihe hides his aggressiveness deeply, while this lawyer friend does not hide it at all.
The idea is a good one, but by doing this, Han Qin always feels that she is cooperating with Zou Weijun in hype, allowing Zou Weijun to take advantage of her for nothing.
Han Qin was just hesitating when the police came to the editorial office again after they received a court summons.
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