Hiring a lawyer like Zheng Zhihe to litigate the case is really awesome!
Attorney Zheng acted quickly and had rich experience. He did not have to go to the court to supplement evidence, and the case was successfully filed quickly. Therefore, as soon as he arrived in late July, the court summons was sent to the editorial department of EGGER.
Han Qin was late, but Zou Weijun was not angry.
Han Qin did not answer Zou Weijun's calls and refused to communicate, but Zou Weijun was not angry.
Han Qin felt that Zou Weijun was soft.
She mistook Zou Weijun's upbringing as being easy to bully. She didn't expect that Zou Weijun would be so stubborn and directly sued "Eige".
Demand an apology from the magazine and restore the reputation of the new author as a "fish against the current"!
How could the court file a case?
Although the termination statement published in EGGER blurred the key words, it was correct.
The magazine editor asked "Fish Against the Current" for the manuscript behind "Young Idol" but failed. Fish against the current chose to sign a contract with Chengdu Publishing Group. These are all facts!
The court summons was sent to the editorial department, which was not very harmful but extremely insulting to Han Qin. Especially after being called for questioning by the editor-in-chief, Han Qin's face was filled with dark clouds.
Han Qin responded in front of her boss, saying that the Rongcheng Publishing Group was causing trouble.
"The popularity of "Teen Idol" is so high now, and the commotion started in Chengdu. I just want to terminate the contract with the fish in the countercurrent, so why would I spend all my energy promoting it for her?"
"Youth Idol" is the most popular in Chengdu.
The influence of Rongcheng's print media radiates throughout Sichuan Province, even to neighboring Chongqing.
Han Qin is not so kind as to help promote "Teen Idol". She did not ask anyone to let go of those bad comments.
Of course, she was indeed planning to do this, but that was her plan after "Teen Idol" was actually launched. Han Qin had previously bet on the possibility that the Chengdu Publishing Group would directly abandon the "Teen Idol" project after the termination statement was published.
After all, he is a new author, and his reputation has been ruined before he has officially published a book. Why should Rongcheng Publishing Group take the gamble?
What's more important is that "Eige" chose to terminate the contract, and the popularity that "Youth Idol" had accumulated in the early stage was lost. Rongcheng Publishing Group did not have a good youth literature magazine, and it couldn't pick up one even if it wanted to.
The readers are "Egg", "Egg" is no longer serialized, and "Teenage Idol" has become a backwater.
No matter how good a book it is, if there is no follow-up and discussion, its popularity will gradually decrease.
As for "Fish Against the Current", her contract with Egger has been terminated, and her plans to publish a book are gone. Which magazine in the industry will not consider her "criminal record" when submitting articles in the future?
It is also possible to submit under a different pen name.
But after changing her pen name, it was just that she didn't write well. As long as she wrote about her reputation, her true identity could not be hidden in the industry. Naturally, Han Qin had other plans.
Han Qin thought very well.
If the editor who helped Wen Ying plan the publication of "Youth Idol" was not Zou Weijun, Han Qin's plan might really succeed.
After all, a newcomer who has no market value is not worthy of the publishing group spending so much effort to maintain it.
But the person Han Qin met was Zou Weijun.
Zou Weijun's gentleness is a result of family upbringing, and Zou Weijun's persistence and sincerity are also deeply influenced by his family.
Such a character is a double-edged sword, which caused Zou Weijun to be greatly hurt after being betrayed by her husband, and even suffered from depression.
But when Zou Weijun used this character in his career, his persistence and sincerity became a boost to his career!
Without being serious, Zou Weijun would not insist on not apologizing for the standards of "Hush, Little Secret".
If he didn't take it seriously, Zou Weijun would not report Song Foxiang for sexual harassment.
Even if Zou Weijun doesn't know Wen Ying, and Wen Ying is not Xie Qian's classmate or friend, as long as Zou Weijun signs Wen Ying's book, and Wen Ying's book does not contain "plagiarism" or other principled errors, Zou Weijun will fight for Wen Ying's reputation to the end.
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Han Qin underestimated Zou Weijun and allowed the magazine to receive this subpoena.
The editor-in-chief's inquiry also aroused the dissatisfaction Han Qin had accumulated during this period: "Rongcheng Publishing Group is quite shameless. They just used the topic to play on it. I don't know who is so shameless. They took advantage of the popularity of our magazine and released evil things first."
Reviews, and asked people to give good reviews, so that many readers who have never heard of "Teen Idol" know about this book, and now they have sued our magazine. They want to continue to hype through the lawsuit. Do you think this is a trick?
Quite familiar?"
It's quite familiar.
This is how the best-selling book "Hush, Little Secret" in the first half of the year became popular.
First, it created a shocking slogan to attract attention. The slogan was obviously intentional. Before "Hush, Little Secret", there were no popular science books that were low-key and honest. Only "Hush, Little Secret" went off the beaten track.
If it were other popular science books, that would be fine, but it was about adolescent physiological hygiene... There are really not many publishers that can break through this lower limit, and everyone is ashamed.
However, shameless honest people have no meat to eat. The shameless Chengdu Publishing Group produced the most popular popular science book in the first half of the year, "Hush, Little Secret".
Han Qin is right. If Rongcheng Publishing Group behaves in this way and enjoys the success of "Hush, Little Secret", it might want to copy its successful formula in the book "Teenage Idol"?
It is not only the Rongcheng Publishing Group that has taken control of the print media position.
The Chengdu Publishing Group launched an attack like a wolf and a tiger. "Eige" was not a wild child without a father or mother that jumped out of the cracks in the rocks. The Lu Province Publishing Group to which the magazine is affiliated is also not a vegetarian rabbit.
The chief editor looked at the court summons, frowned, and asked Han Qin to handle it by himself.
"You have to be careful about what you say in the future, so as not to be caught in a loophole. It's up to you to figure out what to do next."
A mere court summons will not scare the magazine.
Everyone has a big family and a big business. If Chengdu can hire a lawyer, can "Eige" not afford one?
It is impossible for a magazine to immediately apologize to a new author after receiving a subpoena. If the words are not consistent, it will lose credibility in front of readers... This kind of behavior is commonly known as self-defeating, and magazines must not do it.
Han Qin obtained permission from her superiors and first consulted her lawyer friends.
My lawyer friend thinks this is a small lawsuit.
"This kind of lawsuit is difficult to fight. The magazine has the right to choose to terminate the contract. If the author sues you for defamation, you can sue the author for breach of contract. I remember that you have priority in publishing novels serialized in magazines, right? As long as you don't formally
She issued a letter stating that she gave up the publication of "Teenage Idol", and the author signed a contract with a publishing house in Chengdu over the magazine. It can be said that she breached the contract."
As the party being sued, the best way is not to follow the opponent's lead and prove that you are not guilty, but to take the initiative to attack and turn against the client.
Han Qin's lawyer friend and Zheng Zhihe have different working styles. Zheng Zhihe's aggression is deeply hidden, but this lawyer friend does not hide it.
The method was a good one, but by doing it this way, Han Qin always felt that she was cooperating with Zou Weijun's hype and letting Zou Weijun take advantage in vain.
Han Qin was hesitating. After the editorial department received a court summons, the police came to visit again.
