As soon as the news of the new book "Pride and Prejudice" came out, the rumors were naturally disproven.
Many people who had previously posted condolences silently deleted their posts, as if such a thing had never happened.
In fact, even so, I am afraid that in some people's minds, a writer named Su Ai is dead.
Because they usually don't pay attention to the literary circle or writers like Su Ai. They just see someone posting condolences on WeChat Moments or WeChat. They take a casual look at it and leave an impression, but they don't see any refutation of the rumors.
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Liu Nan of "Lingfeng Evening News" was slightly surprised when she saw the news about the new book, but she was not too nervous about the accusations she was about to face.
Just like what he told the editor-in-chief of the newspaper before, he did not fabricate evidence. The whole article was just vague and reasonable speculation. Even if someone wanted to sue them, it would be difficult.
But after a while, he may not be so leisurely anymore, because he completely underestimated his determination to harvest literature, and also underestimated the power of the writer Su Ai.
Even if this lawsuit won't be won for a while, as long as you make up your mind to run "Lingfeng Evening News", you will always have a chance to defeat them.
Speaking of which, the law firm that cooperated with Zhang Zhong's company has made a lot of money during this period, because the company has filed lawsuits against at least five units or individuals this year alone.
This time, led by Chen Qing, Harvest Literature Network finally entrusted Jiayu Law Firm to initiate a lawsuit against "Lingfeng Evening News".
In fact, litigating a lawsuit is very inefficient and costly, both for both parties.
So under normal circumstances, if you can keep it private, keep it private.
But Zhang Zhong doesn't care about the costs of litigation at all. They can afford it and are willing to spend it.
The reason for this is also to send a signal to others - you'd better not mess with me.
Because of endless lawsuits, Lin Lan's life has almost plunged into darkness recently. All the money she has saved in the past few years is almost consumed by lawsuits.
And she can't give up yet. Once she gives up, she will face huge compensation.
In fact, now that things have developed, Lin Lan has already regretted it. If she knew that the other party was so entangled, she would have settled the matter privately.
What kind of reputation and face are nothing worth mentioning in front of real money.
The legal fees she paid would have been enough to compensate or settle the matter privately.
But now after paying so much legal fees, she is like a horse running against the wall, with no way back.
This is a typical sunk cost effect. The more you invest, the harder it is to give up. She always feels that if she persists for a while, the matter will be over.
The initial paralysis of complacency caused her to fail to stop her losses in time, which was the biggest mistake she made.
Wu Fei was in the same situation as him.
However, Wu Fei was obviously smarter. He knew how to stop losses in time. When the lawsuit lasted for more than a month, Wu Fei proposed to go private.
At first he was willing to pay a certain amount of compensation to Zhang Zhong, but did not agree to make a public apology.
Faced with such private conditions, it was certainly impossible for Zhang Zhong to agree, so the lawsuit has not stopped.
After more than two months passed, Wu Fei's mentality changed again. In addition to being willing to pay compensation, he also agreed to publicly apologize and withdraw the false list he had previously published.
"You must be merciful and merciful. I hope Zhang Zhong will seriously consider my proposal."
These were Wu Fei's original words at that time.
Chen Qing conveyed this sentence to Zhang Zhong, but received no concession from Zhang Zhong.
Zhang Zhong’s demands are very simple. The compensation should be in accordance with their requirements, and an apology and revocation of the list are also necessary.
The two sides did not reach an agreement on compensation. At the beginning, Zhang Zhong demanded compensation of one percent of 30 billion, which was 300 million.
Of course Wu Fei couldn't afford such a large amount of money.
In the end, after mediation and negotiation, Zhang Zhong took numerous steps back and finally demanded that the compensation should not be less than 20 million.
But Wu Fei only agreed to compensate five million, leaving a difference of fifteen million.
In this way, the lawsuit continued until June, but there was still no result.
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In mid-June, just when Wu Fei was struggling with the lawsuit, Chen Qing happily acquired Jiayu Law Firm and developed the firm into the company's legal department, specializing in helping the company handle legal aspects.
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This matter received Zhang’s nod.
The company really needs a legal department. In the future, the company will have more and more IPs, and the number of legal affairs involving intellectual property rights will also continue to increase.
Now the company's IP is not only the work of Zhang Zhong, but also the works of other authors under the company, such as Qin Zhao and Zhao Re.
And in addition to these two writers who developed in the early stage, many well-known writers have also been recruited.
Feng He and Lin Tao from the science fiction world, as well as Cai Yi, the suspense writer who recently made his mark in "Zero Zero One".
In addition to those who are already famous, the company has also signed some potential investors, all of whom are newcomers who have performed well in previous essay submissions.
Of course, the company's biggest move in the past six months has been the signing of Yu Dongyu.
Yu Dongyu didn't have a writer's agent before. Apart from a few assistants around him, it can be said that he did all the publishing matters himself and negotiated with the publishing agency.
Since the in-depth cooperation with "Zero Zero One", Yu Dongyu saw hope that he could go further, so at the beginning of this year he decisively accepted Chen Qing's invitation and signed a writer's agent contract.
It is not difficult for Chen Qing to sign a writer.
Not to mention anything else, just the "Zero One" magazine can make many writers surrender, not to mention Zhang Zhong's leading role.
Currently, the company's IP development is centered around Zhang Zhong, and is handed over to other film and television companies.
But within two years, the company's film and television industry will begin to take shape, and IP development will be able to be put on a new platform. By then, a complete and huge industrial chain will be launched, and other writers in the company will also benefit.
When persuading Yu Dongyu at that time, Chen Qing promised him that within three years he would create a series of IP development plans for his new "Thousand Doors" series, and the investment amount could even be written in the contract.
Yu Dongyu was also moved by this promise, so he signed the contract with Chen Qing so readily.
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Yu Jin was cleaning the studio when he heard footsteps coming from the door. He looked up and saw a little girl jumping in.
This little girl was no stranger to him. He had seen her once before during the National Day, and that time she was accompanied by Dean Wu and Zhang Zhong.
Moreover, although the girl in Dean Wu's new painting "Peng Peng" did not show her full face last time, Yu Jin still recognized that it was this little girl in the painting.
She should be Zhang Zhong's daughter.
As expected, after Pengpeng came in, Dean Wu and Zhang Zhong also came in chatting and laughing.