"Really? Are you sure?"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang didn't expect that a kid like Du Chen would understand copyright.
"Yes, I'm sure! I own all the copyrights to the stories in this collection. Whatever you do from now on has nothing to do with me!"
Du Chen answered Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang's question with great certainty.
"Do you understand what full copyright is?"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang asked Du Chen, and even Du Chen's parents and Du Bin next to them pricked up their ears to listen to the conversation between the two.
"I understand, Chief Editor. This includes the copyright for adaptation, film, television, animation, and so on..."
"Then you still want to sell it?"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang asked seriously.
"Sell it! My family is poor, so I need to improve our living conditions."
Du Chen just made it up.
"Okay then, let me ask you about the rest of the manuscript."
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang still did not give a definite answer.
"The rest of the manuscripts will depend on your sincerity. Let's not go by word count, uncle. Let's just give a straight price per article."
Du Chen continued to argue.
"How about eighty?"
"How about 20,000?"
Du Chen didn't buy it and immediately changed the subject.
"Haha, you're quite smart, kid! Okay, let's do the 20,000 you said! But the remaining manuscripts still need to be submitted to our magazine, including the next collection."
"Uncle, we don't know when the next collection will be released. How about this, under the same conditions, you have priority! How about it?"
"Well, you won't suffer any loss at all!"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang thought about it for a while and finally agreed with Du Chen's opinion.
Although the price was significantly lower than the initial offer, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang still agreed to Du Chen's terms. This was not only due to Du Chen's remaining manuscripts, but also primarily due to the full copyright.
If they have full copyright, it will be much easier for them to operate the magazine in the future. They won't need Du Chen's opinion on reprinting the book. If the book doesn't sell well, they won't lose money, just 20,000 yuan. If the book becomes popular, the magazine will make money.
"Shall we sign the contract then?"
This time, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang asked Du Chen's parents who were standing beside him.
"Uncle, wait a minute..."
Du Chen interrupted Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang.
"Anything else?"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang looked at Du Chen strangely.
"Uncle, we haven't talked about my brother's illustrations yet!"
Du Chen reminded.
"Let me ask, how many illustrations are you planning to make for this collection?"
"I counted, this collection has around twenty stories?"
"Yeah, that's right."
"A story should have at least one or two illustrations, right? So let's count it as twenty-five, what do you think, uncle?"
"Okay, that's about the right number."
"So how much do you think is appropriate?"
Du Chen asked Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang directly.
"I remember I wrote back and quoted a price. It was thirty-one illustrations!"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang had also done his homework, so he quoted the same price as the last reply.
"Uncle, can you add some more?"
"Student Du Chen, this price is not low. Our magazine also has an art department. In fact, we can use illustrations drawn by our own people."
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang refused to raise the price and gave a reason.
After hearing what Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang said, Du Bin became a little nervous. He wanted to agree right away, but his reason told him to let his younger brother Du Chen go and talk first.
"Uncle, why don't you use the art department's drawings? I don't think it's appropriate. I wrote the story, and I already had the pictures in my head when I wrote it."
"Besides, Du Bin is my biological brother, so we can communicate better. I can ask him to draw the picture in my mind until he gets the feeling I want. I don't think your art department can do this!"
Du Bin was a little confused. When had his brother Du Chen ever told him about the picture in his mind? Hadn't he just let him draw whatever he wanted? This was nonsense, but Du Bin wisely kept silent.
After hearing Du Chen's words, Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang was obviously silent for a moment. Indeed, the editors of the magazine had discussed it for a long time and asked the art department to draw a few illustrations, but none of them were as impressive as the ones drawn by Du Bin!
"So, what do you think is a reasonable price for an illustration?"
"eighty!"
Du Chen asked for a huge sum of money!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Uncle, don't worry, we can just raise the price and pay it back!"
Du Chen spoke calmly.
For Du Chen, the biggest change brought about by rebirth is his mentality. He has become more relaxed and confident.
In his previous life, Du Chen wasn't so open-minded. First, to do business, you have to be good at talking and saying nice things. Second, if you have no money or power, you will naturally feel inferior when you meet rich and powerful people.
The biggest change in Du Chen now is his mentality. Apart from birth, old age, sickness and death, other things are not a big deal in his eyes. What rebirth brings to Du Chen is confidence!
"Fifty-one illustrations!"
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang laughed at Du Chen's shameless words, and then gave Du Chen a price, which was not bad, an increase of twenty yuan per illustration.
"make a deal!"
Du Chen immediately agreed with a smile.
Du Chen's price in mind was fifty, so when he heard the other party quote fifty, he immediately agreed.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yang saw that Du Chen immediately agreed to his offer, not knowing that Du Chen's original price in mind was fifty. However, things had come to this point, and as a man of action, he kept his word, so he didn't hesitate and just let fifty be.
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