"Hey, I'm Jiang Shan from the Canglan Opera Association. I'm very pleased that your recent stage play has received such high praise!"
Li Tian didn't recognize this Jiang Shan at all, and said, "Thank you for the compliment!"
"That's right, as you can probably see, many audience members are eagerly awaiting this stage play, so I hope it can be performed all over the Canglan land!..."
"Okay, please continue!"
Li Tian immediately understood what was going on from that official tone; they were just here to reap the benefits.
In the past, he really had no way to deal with these guys, but now, how could he possibly reap the benefits?
"What I mean is, to meet the needs of a wider audience, I hope you can contribute the script for this stage play! This way, more audiences can appreciate the charm of this play!"
"Yes, you're right, but how are the copyright fees calculated?"
"Copyright fees?"
Jiang Shan was completely dumbfounded. This was something he hadn't expected. When did traditional opera start requiring copyright fees?
"That's right! This drama is something I created with great effort, it's not something left by our ancestors, so isn't it only right to collect copyright fees?"
Li Tian sneered, "You're dreaming if you think you can get something for nothing here!"
"Li Tian, I have to say something to you. How can you have no sense of the bigger picture? You need to know that you are promoting Canglan culture, how can you talk about money? This is an insult to art!"
"President Jiang, I don't like hearing that. All my work these past few days can't have gone to waste, can it? These songs all have copyright fees, so why don't they have any for opera?"
Jiang Shan was stumped by Li Tian's question. It was true that songs had copyright fees, but there was no precedent for this in traditional opera.
And this Li Tian is so clueless, just like Guo Gang, all he cares about is money, money, money.
"I'm saying your stage play wasn't approved by the China Quyi Artists Association, right? Don't you know that in Canglan, operas that haven't been approved by the China Quyi Artists Association can't be shown to the audience?"
Li Tian remembered that there was indeed such a rule in Canglan: without the approval of the Quyi Association, it was impossible to perform for the audience.
However, not many people follow this rule. Everyone is singing operas that have been passed down for hundreds of years. Do they still need to be approved?
But this stage play of mine is different; it's not something left by our ancestors, but something I copied from Earth.
The Earth hasn't even given you any trouble, and you're already trying to extort money from me?
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