The headquarters of China Literature is a five-story office building, a bit like the one Xia Yu owns in Xintiandi. Both are short and small, but the other's five floors are crammed with employees, while only one and a half floors of his five floors are used for offices. The remaining half floor is empty, one floor is used for business, and two floors are used as garages.
Once the eighty parking spaces on the second and third floors are filled, Xia Yu will have to consider moving the headquarters, and then vacate the fourth and fifth floors to turn them into museums.
After finding a place to park the car, Xia Yu and his three companions went straight to the lobby on the first floor of the office building and explained their purpose to the front desk.
"Sir, please wait a moment. The head of the Copyright Management Department will be here to pick you up shortly."
Only one supervisor?
Given Xia Yu’s current status, even if the CEO doesn’t have to come to greet him personally, at least the president or vice president should come!
This is the logic, but no one knows who Xia Yu is. Xia's Film is just a new company that has been established for more than a month and has never produced or produced any influential work.
Besides, it was just a small business deal, so it was quite a courtesy for the department head to come and receive us, considering that they were a large entertainment group under Penguin.
Alas, no matter what, the system was released too late, otherwise there would be no Penguin. He would have acquired Qidian in 2014.
"Hello, Mr. Xia, Ms. Yin, and Ms. Ding. I'm Wang Xinhu, the Copyright Management Manager at Yuewen."
Soon, a middle-aged man with slightly sparse hair and a more energetic look came down the elevator.
"Hello, Manager Wang, I'm very happy to be here at Yuewen. I'm one of your loyal readers. I've been a high-profile reader for 14 years. I never thought I'd be able to discuss cooperation with Yuewen one day."
Xia Yu and Wang Xinhu shook hands and started to get close to each other skillfully.
"That's such a coincidence. How about I take you on a tour of our group first?"
"I'd love to hear that, please!"
"please!"
There is no need to rush into business talks. The opportunity to visit China Literature is rare. After all, those failed writers cannot come here. Those who can come are the big names who can challenge China Literature and negotiate contracts. They are not even qualified for Lv5 long-term contracts.
Starting from the first floor and walking around each floor, many male employees couldn't help but take a second look at this combination of handsome men and beautiful women.
When did their company have such a beautiful girl?
The sharp-eyed ones have already recognized Wang Xinhu, knowing that he is the big boss in charge of copyright, and he must have come with them to discuss cooperation.
As expected, an Internet entertainment company like theirs can’t have any beautiful women. Maybe they are actors!
Xia Yu took an overall look and found that the atmosphere here was quite different from that of his company. It should be the difference between an Internet company and a traditional catering company.
Unfortunately, the Internet boom has passed, and only the fight between giants remains. It is impossible for him to work in the Internet, but he can seize the Internet+ market through the technology industry.
Their thoughts diverged and they came to the China Literature editorial department. Xia Yu knew more than a dozen editors-in-chief of the men's channel sitting there, but he just couldn't match them up.
"Biscuit, come here!"
Wang Xinhu shouted to a corner of the editorial office, and a man stood up.
Biscuit is the editor-in-chief of the military category of Qidian.com. Because the military category is smaller than the sports category next door, the editor-in-chief is in charge of both Qidian.com and Qidian.com, and he has only one responsible editor under him.
He must be familiar with the successful book "Spy Shadows of the Republic of China", so Wang Xinhu would call him when discussing copyright.
Without much greeting, the group went directly to the conference room next door to start negotiations on film and television copyrights.
Logically speaking, Penguin has its own film company, so wouldn't Yuewen be able to maximize profits by filming its own novels?
That being said, Penguin is a huge company with so many works by great artists that it is hard to film them all. Selling some copyrights that are not of high value is the real way to maximize profits.
In the eyes of the upper class, "The Spy of the Republic of China" at that time was a copyright of low value, but after all, it was their own child, so it had to be sold at a good price.
The two sides engaged in a tug-of-war over price.
There is no doubt about Xia Yu's bargaining ability, but he wanted to train his senior, so he gave up the main attacking position and took on the supporting role, controlling the progress of the negotiations.
Wang Xinhu originally thought that he would be able to make a fortune by encountering a film and television company that was founded by a rich second-generation on a whim, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult to deal with, especially this Xia Yu, who was mature and shrewd beyond his age. He had originally had the upper hand, but with just a few words from Xia Yu, his advantage was gone.
"Boss Xia, two million is the most important amount. Even though this book isn't considered a masterpiece yet, it's a rare military masterpiece in recent years. If our group invests a little bit of resources in promoting it, it's sure to be a hit."
Perhaps realizing that Xia Yu was the real decision maker, Wang Xinhu stopped arguing with Yin Suya and turned his firepower directly on him.
"Yes, Mr. Xia, all the data in this book are good. As long as we devote a certain amount of resources, it will definitely succeed."
Biscuit also helped and said that he must say good things about the books in his category.
"Manager Wang, Editor-in-Chief Biscuit, I believe in your operational capabilities, but I'm also a long-time Qidian user. Operations are always the icing on the cake, and everything depends on the quality of the story itself."
"One million and eight hundred thousand!"
Wang Xinhu made a concession, because an old bookworm like Xia Yu is the hardest to fool!
"One million and a half, and we can sign the contract now. As our company's first project, filming will begin in the second half of the year, and it will be broadcast on satellite TV early next year, which will in turn drive the book's online sales."
"Okay, that's the price!"
Xia Yu calculated the price just right, and Wang Xinhu finally agreed.
Both sides brought lawyers and drafted a standard contract. Xia Yu's lawyer reviewed it and confirmed that there were no other problems. Both parties signed and stamped the contract, completing the copyright transaction.
The editor-in-chief has already confirmed the author's intention, and Yuewen is fully responsible, so there is no need to ask further.
"That's it for today. When the TV series starts filming, I'll treat Manager Wang and Biscuits to a meal."
"Of course, of course, we will go there when the time comes."
The contract stipulated that Xia Yu only purchased the film and television copyright for 8 years, which means that if the project is not established or filming starts within 8 years, the copyright will be automatically reclaimed.
In addition, time constraints are also a major trend in current film and television copyright transactions, because people are also afraid that you will hoard copyrights at low prices, just like hoarding land without building houses.
Xia Yu couldn't do such a thing. He was not a reborn person. He knew what copyright was valuable and bought it and kept it. He would definitely shoot it after buying it, and he would shoot it well to earn a good reputation.
The film and television industry is the future publicity channel of the group. Its image must be positive and its scale cannot be too small, otherwise it will not be able to keep up with the development pace of the parent company.
After leaving Yuewen, Xia Yu and his colleagues went straight back to the company and busied themselves with finding screenwriters and establishing TV drama projects.
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