Hu Shuo had just approved the other party's friend application, and a message was immediately sent over.
Xiao Yi: Hello, are you Hu Zuozuo?
Xiao Yi: I am Xiao Yi, the editor-in-chief of Sleep With You Story Network every day, and I would like to talk to you about signing a contract with the website.
The other party did not delay and explained his purpose straight to the point.
However, Hu Shuo was a little confused. He remembered that when he published his work, he seemed to have signed an electronic agreement with the website. Otherwise, the work would not be published for a fee.
"Hasn't my work been signed with your website?" Hu Shuo asked.
Xiao Yi: That is just a sharing agreement between the work and the website. Now the website wants to establish a cooperative relationship with you. In other words, after signing you to our website, you will be the contracted author of our website. When the time comes, your
When your works are sold for a fee, you can enjoy a 37% subscription share. The website gets 30% and you get 70%.
"Well"
Seeing the other party's response, Hu Shuo was slightly startled. Judging from Xiao Yi's answer, this seemed to be a very beneficial thing to him, but Hu Shuo knew one thing very well. There is no such thing as a free lunch in the world, let alone a website.
You may benefit yourself for no reason.
"So, what are the signing conditions?"
Hu Shuo asked again.
Xiao Yi: This is the contract signed by the author. You can take a look at it first and then give me a reply.
After Xiaoyi sent the message, another document was sent immediately afterwards.
"OK."
Hu Shuo replied, and then opened the document, which was about seven or eight pages long and listed in detail the rights and obligations of both parties.
Hu Shuo read each item carefully and frowned more and more. When looking at a contract, you can actually look at it from two aspects. One is what you get, and the other is what you need to pay.
If the two are almost equal, you can sign a contract.
In the contract sent by Xiao Yi, the most intuitive benefit Hu Shuo can get is that the subscription income of several stories under his name has changed from 55 to 37, and the reward income has also changed from 55 to 37.
In addition to Panax notoginseng, there is also the free promotion promised by the website, but this thing is relatively empty, and there is no clear regulation.
What Hu Shuo needs to pay is a five-year contract, which means that he is not allowed to publish story works on other platforms within five years. In addition, the copyright of all stories under his name is jointly owned by the author and the website, and the website owner
Responsible for operation and promotion, and the profits generated will be split 50-50 by both parties.
The five-year contract is not a big problem. After all, Sleeping with You Every Day is a high-quality story platform. If Hu Shuo continues to write stories, there will be no problem publishing them here, but the copyright of all stories in his name will become jointly owned by both parties, and will be owned by the website
Hu Shuo cannot accept this condition as he takes the lead in operations and promotion.
The stories he writes all have the potential to become popular. For example, "Snow White" was a "big IP" popular with everyone in another time and space, and its derivative value has been immeasurable.
In fact, Hu Shuo has already thought about waiting for "Snow White" to become a real hit before developing it in depth, such as audio stories, animations, movies, children's dramas, etc.
There is even a bigger idea deep in his heart, which is to create a real "animation dream factory", and the core of this idea is the content. Therefore, he naturally wants to hold the copyright of the story in his own hands.
of.
After careful consideration, Hu Shuo replied directly to Xiao Yi: "I think the current cooperation model is very good, but this contract may not be suitable for me."
Xiao Yi: It means you don’t want to sign???
Xiao Yi quickly replied, followed by a surprised expression. In his opinion, Hu Shuo seemed to have no reason to refuse. After all, every author who writes stories aspires to be a contracted author who sleeps with you every day. In this way
Not only can you get a higher subscription share, but you can also get key promotions from the website. For an author, the advantages definitely outweigh the disadvantages.
"I still hope that the copyright of the story will remain in my own hands." Hu Shuo did not hide the reason why he was unwilling to sign the contract.
Xiao Yi: Well, that's really a pity. You may have missed an opportunity to become famous.
Xiao Yi: The website will definitely give priority to recommending works by contracted authors. You should understand what I mean.
Xiao Yi sent two messages in succession, and the second message was to knock Hu Shuo, telling him in a subtle way that if he didn't sign a contract with the website, his work would not be promoted in the future.
Hu Shuo smiled slightly. The achievements of several stories such as "Snow White" and "Cinderella" in recent days have proved that they are still very marketable here. Since the works can be recognized by readers, Hu Shuo will also be happy in his heart.
Now that I am confident, I don’t have to worry about their sales. If possible, I will change the platform for publishing. After all, we are not the only story website that sleeps with you every day.
"Well, thank you for the invitation."
Hu Shuo replied politely.
However, there was no news from Xiao Yi.
at the same moment.
Ruihua Building, 12th floor.
This entire floor belongs to the Sleeping with You Story Network every day.
In the editorial department, Yi Xiaohan left her desk and knocked on the door of the deputy editor's office.
"Boss, Hu Zuozuo rejected our invitation to sign a contract."
Sitting behind the desk is a middle-aged man wearing casual clothes. In fact, saying he is middle-aged is a bit unfair to him. This man looks about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. According to the age structure of today's society,
He shouldn't be considered middle-aged yet.
This person's name is Zhang Wanqi, and he is the deputy editor-in-chief of Tiantian Sleep with You Story Network. He is in charge of author signings and the promotion and operation of works on the website and app.
"Hu Zuozuo?"
Zhang Wanqi frowned slightly and reacted for a while before remembering who the pen name was: "The one who wrote "Snow White" and "Cinderella"?"
"Well, that's him."
Yi Xiaohan nodded.
"Why did you refuse to sign the contract? What's the reason?" Zhang Wanqi asked while tapping his fingers on the table.
"I said I wanted to keep the copyright in my own hands." Yi Xiaohan responded truthfully.
"That's it"
Zhang Wanqi kept tapping his fingers rhythmically on the desk, but he said nothing and fell into deep thought.
After a while, he asked again: "Is he a new author or an old author?"
"It should be a newcomer. The accounts on Huaxia Original Online were all just registered today, and it shows only a few works published on our website." Yi Xiaohan analyzed.
Zhang Wanqi nodded slightly: "Newcomer?"
“A newcomer dares to negotiate terms with our website?”
A stern look flashed in Zhang Wanqi's eyes: "Let's beat him first. If he is still so self-righteous, then take his two stories off the new book list!"
"I know, boss."
Yi Xiaohan nodded, turned and left the office.
Zhang Wanqi, on the other hand, dragged the mouse and looked at the new book bestseller list on the website. Currently, "Snow White", "Cinderella" and "Sleeping Beauty" are all on the list.
"Snow White" has reached its highest ranking of 11th, "Cinderella" has ranked 13th, and "Sleeping Beauty" has just entered the list and ranked 27th.
It is extremely rare for three stories by one author to appear on the new book bestseller list at the same time. At least in Zhang Wanqi's memory, this situation has never occurred more than ten times, and those are all great authors.
When a story collection is released, only a few outstanding stories among them may be on the list at the same time.
However, now, for the first time, three stories by a newcomer are on the best-seller list at the same time.
"No wonder this kid is so arrogant, he actually has some abilities."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhang Wanqi's mouth. He has been in the industry for more than ten years. What kind of talented author has he not encountered? But even the great master who later became famous did not dare to refuse the website's invitation to sign a contract when he was a newcomer. Of course, there must have been authors who refused.
There are precedents for signing contracts, and there are many of them, but the final results are quite miserable.
As an author, no matter how excellent your work is, it will be in vain without a platform to display it.
What's more, many authors think that their works are very good, but in fact, they are not really that good. Therefore, once they lose high-quality platform promotion, they will not be able to make any splash.
Over the years, there have been many authors who have left Tiantian Sleeping with You, but it can be said that only a handful of them have succeeded on other platforms in the end. A large number of authors have returned to their old employer in disgrace after struggling for a long time. After all, Tiantian Sleep
Yousleep is the industry leader in storytelling websites and has the largest readership, so they can make more money here.
It is for this reason that Zhang Wanqi is so confident that he doesn't care at all if a new author leaves, even if he has good results in front of him.