Xue Ling smiled slightly and pointed out the problem.
"With a platform, you can create with peace of mind and leave all publicity and profit-making matters to the platform. You stay on the platform, and the platform gives you opportunities. To a certain extent, it is actually mutually beneficial between you.
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Cheng Huanchong curled his lips helplessly: "...Yes. However, the platform cannot blindly think that we are just little ants working for them! Ants may live in vain, but we are human beings, and humans have ambition and backbone!"
"Of course." Xue Ling said: "If you serve the platform, you will naturally be bound by the platform. But the legal relationship between you must be an equal and reciprocal cooperative relationship, not a enslavement contract where you signed a contract of sale."
"That's why I'm so angry!" Cheng Huanchong snorted angrily: "Whether or not to participate in the fan meeting should be my own decision, right? I don't want to take photos and interact with fans. This should also be my freedom! Why are you doing this?
Do I have to listen to them? They say they must do it, so I have to do it? I am a cartoonist, not a star who makes money through traffic exposure! I really hate the marketing! Ignore the real creation
Meaning, everything should be aligned with interests! The direction of culture should not be all-round profit-oriented, otherwise where will the essence of cultural spirit come from? Sooner or later, we will be beaten to death by the big stick of market interests!"
Xue Ling listened calmly and raised his eyebrows and asked: "Is this clearly stated in the contract? If you have already signed it, then we must have the spirit of the contract and we will abide by it. But if not, then it is a different matter.
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"No!" Cheng Huanchong shook his head: "Not a word! It only said that I would cooperate with some publicity activities organized by the platform, and it did not specifically require me to do what I must do."
Xue Ling nodded in understanding: "So, the contract should be ambiguous and not clearly stipulated."
"No." Cheng Huanchong explained: "When I signed a contract, I was very careful. I remembered clearly what I shouldn't do and what I could and couldn't do. Just now they said I was breaking the contract, so I told them directly to find a lawyer and talk to them.
talk."
"They don't dare?"
They carried me away."
"Yes!" Cheng Huanchong said excitedly: "At first they didn't say there would be an afternoon session at all, they only said a book signing. The editor just tried his best to explain to me that the organizer's fancying of my appearance would be a big bonus, and he said that as long as
If the publicity is in place, you won’t have to worry about making no money in the future. You even dare to threaten me and say, do you still want the royalties? Why don’t you feel aggrieved when someone else’s hand is short? That’s too much! Is this a question of whether to be aggrieved or not? What the hell if I am?
If I persisted in creating for such a small amount of royalties, I would have starved to death. When I first started updating, I didn’t even get a few hundred a month!”
Xue Ling frowned slightly: "Tell them, you don't need such a small amount of royalties, and you don't need to rely on your appearance to win over fans. Well-drawn works and good sales are your eternal strength, not flashy things.
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"I said it, I just said it." Cheng Huanchong said angrily: "If I relied on my face to make a living, why would I have gone there? I could have found a brokerage company to debut when I was sixteen or seventeen years old, so why did I have to suffer in the same job?
After three years of hellish high school studies! The reason why I worked so hard and kept concealing my true good looks was because I didn’t want to be too high-profile, and secondly, I wanted to prove to my peers that I could rely on myself.
The paintbrush relies on my strength to attract fans, not my face!"
"That's right."
Unsightly, the traces of time have climbed up the face, and the appearance has faded but the love has faded. If you only rely on appearance, you can only survive for ten or twenty years. What about twenty years later? What will you rely on then? People who rely on strength will never fail.
Will be abandoned by this society."
"However, most people still judge people by their appearance." Cheng Huanchong chuckled and patted his handsome face: "So, I want to add strength to appearance and become a 100% capable academic!"
Xue Ling laughed and pinched his cheek.
"Okay, stop being so pretty. A talented cartoonist, an idol school master, what are you going to do next? I just analyzed it with you, do you have any ideas in mind?"
"Yes." Cheng Huanchong replied: "You can contact Lawyer He for me later and ask her to help me meet them for a while. First, I must scare them to prevent them from treating me like a soft persimmon. Second, the signature will be signed early tomorrow morning.
I will go to the sales meeting as scheduled, but as for the fan interaction meeting tomorrow afternoon - that is impossible."
"Okay." Xue Ling nodded approvingly: "Since you have your own idea, then do what you want."
Then, she took out her mobile phone and dialed Lawyer He.
Lawyer He is now a Taishan Beidou-level figure in the legal circles of the Imperial Capital. There are two large law firms in the Imperial Capital.
Nowadays, except for some very difficult or representative cases where she personally takes action, she usually stays behind the scenes and acts as the boss to give advice.
Xue Ling exchanged a few words with her and quickly got to the point.
"You can just send one or two more capable assistants over. There's no need to come over in person."
Lawyer He insisted on taking action personally and then hung up the phone.
Xue Ling smiled slightly and put away the phone.
"Lawyer He said that your previous contracts were all for her, and it would be better for her to follow up in person now. She has already left for Xinyuan. We will get home in a while. You go and find the contract and show it to her. What happens next?
, just leave it all to her."
"Okay." Cheng Huanchong said, "What kind of lawyer can come forward and be able to frighten them all at once?"
Xue Ling said warmly: "The key is for you to cooperate with her and have a tacit understanding. Don't worry, she has the ability to protect your interests. Of course, your millions of fans are also your strength and right to speak."
"Thank you, Mom!" Cheng Huanchong hugged Xue Ling and kissed her cheek, "You are the best mother in the world!"
Xue Ling was dumbfounded: "Am I really that old?"
"No!" Cheng Huanchong immediately laughed and changed his words: "You are the best mother in the world, the most beautiful mother!"
Xue Ling smiled fondly and imitated his tone.
"I have never paid attention to appearance. I only pursue being a strong mother. No matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, just tell your parents that we will definitely help. When you grow up and have the ability to be independent, you can also handle it.
You are capable of troubles and difficulties, but you are young after all, and your experience and connections are not as good as those of your parents, so try to discuss it with us. We respect your own decisions and solutions, and are happy to help you solve your problems."