Chapter 53 The Right to Adapt
The two platforms are OK, but they are young, no matter what platform they are, they will be somewhat contemptuous.
Wang Er continued: "I signed this contract. Is there any guarantee effect? Unless you add another one, my work can only be handed over to "Children's Age" and "Fairy Tale King", and the entity can only be handed over to your publishing house."
But after writing it, will Wang Er sign?
So now there is only one clause on the contract. The two units have excellent signing rights. How much guarantee can this be? Wang Er doesn't want to change jobs, otherwise it will be difficult to negotiate with those units who sent private messages in the backend. However, there will be a publishing house that will give Wang Er 13% royalties soon. It is not a work, but all works.
There is nothing else, there is potential.
Although Wang Er's reputation is far less than Cheng Tianpeng, nor is he as good as Zheng Dongying and others.
But these works have shown great potential, and they are written one after another, and each works are not bad!
"Uncle Li, Uncle Wang, Uncle Ji, I asked for simplicity. It was just a "Little Prince". I wrote it. I liked it very much and didn't have many words, so I asked for a royalty increase, and the rest were the same. In fact, what is important for our cooperation is a kind of trust, not these contracts."
Is the contract not important?
Wang Er understood their feelings. The publisher was worried that Wang Er would continue to request a hike in the future. It has nothing to do with the magazine at the moment, but if the hike in the publisher's royalties, he would inevitably make more demands to the magazine in the future. The three of them joined forces together.
However, Wang Er is the initiative in cooperation between the three parties, so naturally he doesn't like the two platforms to restrain themselves by contracting each other.
There is only one new contract at present. As long as you agree, will there be a second and third contract?
Human desires are endless, otherwise how could "The Story of Fisherman and Goldfish" come from?
Wang Er said it more tactfully, and the outline of the words is a bit bad. Don’t force me, it’s so tight. I can really change jobs. And Wang Er said a heavier sentence: "I believe in sincerity. My family is also a reasonable person, but it doesn’t mean I won’t hire an agent."
Wang Er couldn't afford to hire an agent, and the three of them didn't know, so they thought about the consequences of Wang Er's recruiting an agent.
That must be more serious. Not only will you face a lot of trouble, but you will also be forced to agree to some "unreasonable" requests, especially Wang Jimin and Ji Zhenru, who were both worried on the spot.
"That's it," Li Changhua tore off the contract on the spot, otherwise what should I do? Anyway, the author will not sign it. If you persuade him, it will not persuade him, but force him. If he doesn't do it well, he will have a stumble on the spot. After tearing off the contract, he said again: "Since I'm here, I'll sign these three books together."
The three books are "The Little Prince", "The Adventures of Pinocchio", and "Nils' Travel to the Goose".
However, after signing the contract, all three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Wang Er said forcefully that the little prince must raise the royalties, there is only one book, and the other two books are still in the previous conditions.
In their opinion, "Nils' Travels on the Goose" has not been finished yet, and the value is a bit hard to say. The value of Pinocchio is above the Little Prince. Not only them, but Wang Er also thinks so, but the result is...
Another thing needs to be discussed, the right to adapt.
First of all, the adaptation rights of the comics. The magazine found a studio for Wang Er. Most of the comics adapted by Cheng Tianpeng's works were made by them. However, they asked for a high price, and they had to leave a 7% royalty. Don't think they were rude. If the quality was not good, they wouldn't even talk.
The three companies will work together to build it. In addition to that studio, the two units will also select top editors to write texts and promote them. In this way, there is no need to worry about the quality. However, the publisher has provided manpower, material resources and financial resources. Even if the comics are well drawn, the royalties given by the publisher will not exceed 12.5%.
Of course, the publisher does this as a conscience and wants to cooperate for a long time, otherwise the royalties will be lower. The key is that the three companies cooperate. The royalties given by the publisher are OK, but the magazine will continue to take away a part of the commission. With the studio's share, it will spread to Wang Ershu, and there will be not much left.
Wang Er asked: "Uncle Wang, how much royalties do you plan to take away?"
"2.5%, not our net gain, publicity and editing also require some cost."
Wang Er didn't understand much about this, and he asked again: "What's the situation with adapting comics from Cheng Tianpeng's works?"
"He is a long-standing writer. The two sides have worked together for so long, but the studio has also taken away 6% of the royalties. They are not alone, but dozens of top comic workers want to have dinner. As for Cheng Tianpeng himself, he also set up a studio and was responsible for publicity. If he deducts these costs, the actual number of royalties that he actually gets will not exceed 5% of the royalties." Wang Jimin explained patiently.
Ji Zhenru said on the side: "Wang Ping'an, your works are of good quality, and you also donate... neither publishing house nor our magazine will greed for the benefits you deserve."
If you don’t greed, why do you come to my house for various “instructions” as soon as I raise my royalties?
You can't be serious about this. Wang Er was thinking that it was derivative income, and he didn't have to do anything, and he took away three percent, which seemed to be a lot.
But is the system's debt not paid back?
Don’t look at the current share of the product is more reasonable, it will be seriously unreasonable in the future.
At that time, not to mention 1%, even 0.5%, would be a huge sum of money.
"What is his comic royalty?"
"13-14%, the publisher is only responsible for publishing and does not participate in other work." Li Changhua said.
"His studio and promotional expenses will account for 2-3%?" Wang Er said in disbelief that Cheng Tianpeng is the best-selling top fairy tale writer in China. Not only is the original book sold well, but the adapted comics are also sold in a large number. Two or three points will be a huge cost.
"Do you think it's easy to maintain a studio? Besides, it's even more difficult to explain because of marketing costs."
Wang Er still didn't believe it very much. He didn't understand the key, so he had to change his method.
"You guys come with me again."
Come to the room: "You have read the beginning of this goose ride, and now you can read it."
He started writing the original text.
He had searched online before and found that there were Luther in this time and space, as well as several "gospels". Although it was two time and space, the two did not conflict.
When he met the elf, the latter was almost done, so Wang Er did not fight again.
"Uncle Wang, Uncle Li, Uncle Ji, what did you see?"
"Fit for the West..." Li Changhua said.
"Yes, as long as I adapt it slightly, translate it into English, and publish it in the West, it is not at all contrary. This is my original idea. So, I have to translate it myself and translate it by others, and I don't know where to start the adaptation."
"Your English..."
"I have no bad talent in it. With so many books, there will always be one that will sell well in the West. As long as one is fed back to the country, how much sensation will it cause? Let's tell the studio about these situations, either a 6% royalty share, or I will not sign an exclusive adaptation contract with them, or another one."
"This is a bit difficult."
"Uncle Wang, it's hard, don't develop it for the time being."
Wang Er had a saying in his heart that he had to give enough respect to seniors like Cheng Tianpeng and Yang Tianyi. At least they were truly original, but they were "buyed" by themselves.
However, as I buy it locally, a few years later, even if Cheng Tianpeng comes, even if Dumas comes, I will be stunned.
6% cannot be negotiated now, and in two years, there will be many famous studios to negotiate.
The three of them looked at Wang Er in a suspicious manner.
Although I admit that Wang Er is magical enough, he is involved in foreign languages and is in two different fields. Fairy tales are not easy to say. Although Wang Er's family is not in good condition, he is his own mother tongue. Wang Er has learned English in elementary and junior high school, but the English level of a junior high school student can translate a long fairy tale into an English version and the translation level is high enough?
Wang Jimin thought to himself, why don’t you bring Chen Duoduo here? Not only Chen Duoduo, but many people in magazines and publishing houses have good English proficiency. But he thought that if he really brought Chen Duoduo here, Wang Er would really turn aside if he didn’t do it well. English is a major skill, and the price will not be cheap. You can buy it now, but if you buy it now, it is equivalent to paying huge interest in advance!
How much can the magazine give him a royalty fee?
Unless you want to be a deadbeat as Xian'er said, and you don't know what the debts of the system will end up, it will definitely not be a good idea.
The author insisted on doing this, and the three of them had no choice. Wang Jimin took out a stack of contracts: "This is an audio negotiation contract."
Wang Er opened it and looked at it. Some of them cost several thousand yuan and some of them cost hundreds of yuan, but this is a radio station, which is hard to say. Besides, in recent years, the radio stations themselves have not had a good life.
"It doesn't matter if the audio is yours. You will negotiate with them for me, settle once in the first quarter, and then deduct your agency fees and then call me the remaining amount."
Li Changmin asked: "Wang Ping'an, do you want to develop e-books?"
“E-book?”
Wang Er thought about it and found that some software in this time and space are advanced, such as Weibo, but the hardware seems to be. He has seen tablets and palm readers, but these palm readers are not only expensive, heavy, and the standby time is relatively short, so they are not very popular.
The mobile phone can surf the Internet, but the screen is small and the traffic fee is unbearable.
Can children read fairy tales on the computer just like adults reading online articles?
Therefore, the development value is not high, and it is not cost-effective to negotiate. Or, like comics, publishers and magazines are kind-hearted, and the three companies work together to build it. If you don’t talk about it, you will suffer a big loss. If you talk about it, you will be somewhat suspicious of lack of greed.
"Uncle Li, this one is like a toy. It will be developed in two or three years. Besides, I am still young and publish one book after another, and my reputation will only increase."
The confusion of self-confidence is coming again.
There was no further talk, so Li Changhua had to change the topic and ease the atmosphere.
"You solved it when you went to school?"
Wang Jimin and Ji Zhenru raised their headphones, investigated Wang Er, and called the magazine three times unless Wang Er found someone to write for him.
But this is impossible. First of all, Wang Er's family situation does not allow him to ask someone to write for him.
The main thing to make a profit when ghostwriting is to become famous. Wang Er prohibits everyone from using his age to promote it. The profit is donated 90% of the manuscript fee. If someone asks to write for him, what is the profit?
They saw Wang Er play novels in front of them. Wang Jimin and Ji Zhenru didn't know that this "Little Prince" that alarmed the two platforms was produced by Wang Er in front of Lei and Zou.
Everyone likes the prodigy in the country, and the one they fear the most is the "fake prodigy". Moreover, they know Wang Er's situation better than Li and Wang, including their actual age, which is much younger than Li Changhua and the others imagined.
After watching "The Little Prince" for a day, I saw the situation of the Wang family again, and finally confirmed it. Then several departments called Xu City. A child who can't even go to school if he can't even go to school. If the outside world knows, who would be mocking? On the phone, if someone didn't have a good cultivation, he would want to scold his mother. If Wang Er was not wronged, the matter could be solved.
Wang Jimin didn't know how to solve it, but he knew it must have been solved. Wang Er said it on Weibo.
Chapter completed!