This is the second time Barry has come to China. The excitement he felt when he saw the Great Wall last time is still vivid in his mind. However, this time he will not have the chance to visit. If he does not get Leesin's second book about "Harry Potter"
For this series of manuscripts, not only the company could not forgive him, but all the British teenagers would nail him to the pillar of shame...
With such huge pressure, Bali came to the capital. However, the moment he stepped into Hanhai Culture Media again, Bali was in despair. .
Not even there!
Actually went to make a movie!
Damn it, a DJ!
Barry felt his blood pressure rising and his ears were ringing. After a while, he asked: "Then, when will Leesin come back?"
"I'm not sure about this, anyway..."
Zhou smiled and said: "It will take three months at the latest!"
Three months?
Barry's eyes were rounded and his face was full of despair, "What about "Harry Potter"? Madam, do you know? "Harry Potter" is now a phenomenal literary work in the UK, with the whole country
Teenagers have fallen in love with the characters in the book. I came to China this time just to sign the second work in the "Harry Potter" series. This is what Bloomsbury Publishing has previously done with us.
As mentioned in Leesin's contract, as long as Linsin writes the second volume, it will be exclusively published by Bloomsbury Publishing..."
"Well, I know that, but the point is, our boss may not have written the second part of Harry Potter yet."
Everyone around her was laughing, but she was also a little surprised by Barry's description.
She had not read "Harry Potter", but she only knew that her boss had written this novel not long ago and published it in the UK.
But she didn't expect that this novel would be so popular in the UK. Less than two months later, it was already being reprinted for the third time.
This is a very successful example of a work. Judging from its popularity, it seems to be no less popular than "Looking for Qin", or even more so.
When he thought of this, Zhou felt a little excited.
You know, the full copyright operation of "Qin Qin Ji" was quite successful. Film, television, animation, and games all exploded, making a lot of money for China Film Group.
If Hanhai can run the novel "Harry Potter" well, then the Qian landscape will really be infinite!
So, after discussing with Barry for a while, Zhou Ba called Li Qing, who was filming in Ning Province in the northwest, in front of Barry.
The call was answered by Xue Yan, who said that Li Qing was filming.
So Zhou and Barry waited for a while.
More than ten minutes later, Zhou called again. Soon, Li Qing's voice came over the phone: "What's wrong, sister?"
"Bloomsbury's editor-in-chief Barry is at it again."
Zhou explained: "'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' was a hit in the UK, and they wanted to get the manuscript for the second part."
On the phone, Li Qing said, "Wait a moment, I'm busy filming now and can't write a script."
Zhou narrated the original story to Barry, who suddenly became furious and gesticulated: "Can I talk to Leesin?"
After answering the phone, Barry said excitedly: "Oh, dear Leesin, I miss you very much..."
"Tell me the important point." Li Qing said.
Barry quickly said: "You really don't have a manuscript for the second part? Really, we really need the next manuscript of "Harry Potter" at the moment, you know? In the past few days, we at Blue
Hundreds of readers protest every day in front of Msbury Publishing House, and countless calls are made to the publishing house every day to urge manuscripts. We are under great pressure, leesin, maybe you can squeeze out a little time and write
A few chapters of Harry Potter, please..."
Barry's pleading tone made Li Qing hesitate, but he still shook his head: "Barry, I'm really busy right now."
"Perhaps, we can renegotiate the tax rate sharing." Barry suddenly said.
Li Qing was startled, and then asked in surprise: "How much can you give me?"
"18%, is that okay?" Bally said hopefully.
The previous contract signed between the two parties was 15%, and this tax rate is already second to none among Chinese households.
Now it has skyrocketed by 3%...
The 18% tax rate alone is comparable to that of top-tier British writers.
Obviously, Barry has regarded Li Qing as the most needed and top first-class writer resource in the publishing industry.
Li Qing was not surprised that "Harry Potter" would cause a sensation in the UK, because in his impression, this day would come sooner or later.
However, what he didn't expect was that this day would come so quickly.
"If it's 20%, I will consider immediately making time to write the second part of "Harry Potter"." Li Qing said.
When Barry heard this, he immediately shouted: "Oh my god, 20%! Leesin, don't you know that even the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature may not get such a tax rate."
"I won't force it because I haven't had time to write a book recently."
Li Qing smiled and said: "You can also wait. Maybe in half a year, I will have time."
Half a year later...
Barry swallowed and said in a trembling voice: "Leesin, you are such an unreasonable guy."
"I am an artist, and being a writer is just my part-time job." Li Qing said with a smile.
"you……"
Barry was speechless: "ok, ok, I promise, I promise you everything!"
If the 20% royalty rate spread to the British publishing industry, it would probably cause a huge sensation.
However, Barry didn't feel too distressed.
Because in the previous contract, the translation copyright for all text languages of the "Harry Potter" series belonged to Bloomsbury.
Of course, this is not hegemony.
Because every time a language version is published, Li Qing will also receive a 20% tax rate.
The reason why Bally agreed to such an unreasonable tax rate requirement of 20% is because publishing houses in the United States, Italy, Germany, Japan and other countries have recently noticed the popularity of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the UK.
After that, they have begun to actively approach Bloomsbury Publishing House to discuss cooperation projects on "Harry Potter".
Even a publishing house in Taiwan, China, actually contacted them.
What does this portend?
It indicates that the magical novel "Harry Potter" will have the opportunity to become popular all over the world.
And their Bloomsbury Publishing House, in this case, even if they sacrifice the 5% tax rate, it is completely worth it!
Moreover, such a super IP will inevitably lead to frantic grabs from world-renowned film producers.
At that time, another wave of publishing will come.
Of course, in addition to text publishing, other aspects of the "Harry Potter" novel, such as character copyright, game copyright, film and television copyright, etc., have nothing to do with Bloomsbury Publishing.
So even though they knew it was a super IP, Bloomsbury could only covet it.
Every time he thinks of this, Barry is filled with emotion.
Leesin is not only a writer, but also a calculating businessman——
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