Seeing Sima Ling suddenly approaching, Gu Long, Shangguan Ding and Gao Yong looked a little embarrassed.
Shi Zhijian didn't care about the appearance and continued to eat steamed buns.
Sima Ling, Wo Longsheng and Zhuge Qingyun sat down opposite Gu Long and the others.
Wo Longsheng is in charge of ordering food.
Sima Ling glanced at Shi Zhijian and said: "Mr. Shi, I offended you a little yesterday, please forgive me!" After saying that, he hugged Shi Zhijian's fists in a very arrogant manner.
Shi Zhijian hurriedly put down the buns he was holding in his hands, clasped his fists and said, "You're welcome! You're welcome! These buns are fresh, can you eat one?"
Sima Ling was not polite, he really pinched a bun and ate it, and said to Shi Zhijian: "Those of us who make a living by selling calligraphy have no ability, and we often let others shake us! We went back to sleep last night
As soon as I woke up, I understood that if the manuscript fees and copyright fees did not increase, we would be writers for others for the rest of our lives!"
"Yes, our royalties seem to be a lot now. In fact, most of them are deliberately hyped by publishers in order to attract more writers to invest in their companies and sign contracts with them. In fact, the royalties that really make money are
Most of it was robbed by those black-hearted publishers!" Wo Longsheng said at the side.
"For example, for my last novel "The Golden Pen Touches the Dragon", I only received 40,000 yuan in copyright fees! But those publishers sold the copyright of my book to a TV station and made a full 200,000 yuan!"
Shi Zhijian bit into the bun and smiled: "The price he gave is low, you don't have to sell it!"
"Mr. Shi, you are not in the literary world, so there are some things that you don't know very well." Sima Ling tore open the bun, threw it into his mouth, and said.
"Now the publishing industry in Baodao is basically monopolized by the four major publishing houses. Crown, Yuanjing, Yuanliu and Lianjing. They control most of the writers in our martial arts world. If we don't sell the copyright to them, and
If they sign a contract with a publishing house, they can only deal with some small publishing houses."
"Those small publishing houses are not strong enough. They basically live off the crumbs of the four major publishing houses. How dare we offend them. Even if we sign a contract with them, the manuscript fee is the lowest. Even if we have the copyright, it is not easy to sell it.
Unless you go to Hong Kong like Lao Xiong, you can cooperate with the film company there and sell the copyright directly!"
Shi Zhijian looked at Gu Long, who nodded towards him.
Only then did Shi Zhijian understand why Gu Long took the initiative to go to Hong Kong and was willing to write novels for "Ming Pao". One of the reasons was to make money, and one of the reasons was to avoid the exploitation and oppression of the four major newspapers.
"Old Xiong is lucky and can come and go freely on both sides, but other writers are not so lucky!" Sima Ling's tone was full of emotion.
Shi Zhijian took a sip of tea and cleared his throat: "I'm sorry everyone, I know some of your situation now, but I'm curious, what's the use of telling me this?"
Sima Ling looked at Wo Longsheng, and Wo Longsheng looked at Zhuge Qingyun.
Zhuge Qingyun looked directly at Gu Long, "Old Xiong, we fought back and forth in the literary world, and it was all a battle of spirits! Now we are all in the same boat, you see..."
Gu Long understood, and said to Shi Zhijian very loyally: "Ajian, I was bragging a lot yesterday, saying that you own Jiahe Film Company and plan to shoot many martial arts films in the future. You also bought my "Fragrant Sword Rain"
""Chu Liuxiang" and many other novel copyrights, so they also hope to ask you to help..."
Only then did Shi Zhijian finally understand. No wonder Sima Ling and the others had strange looks in their eyes when they saw him. It turned out that they regarded him as the "God of Wealth".
"Dear heroes, to be honest, I am indeed very interested in the copyright of your novels, but I am not a billionaire and can buy the copyrights of all of your novels!" Shi Zhijian said as he thought.
"The copyrights I bought can basically be made into movies. The ones like Old Bear can basically be put on the big screen."
After saying that, Shi Zhijian looked at Sima Ling: "Mr. Wu, I have read your novels, such as "The Sword King and the Sword Queen" and "The Slender Hand Controls the Dragon", they are all excellent!"
Shi Zhijian gave Sima Ling a thumbs up: "But it is difficult to adapt it into a movie. If it is adapted into a TV series, you might want to watch it."
In fact, Shi Zhijian had never seen any movie or TV series adapted from Sima Ling's martial arts novels in his last life.
"So for most of your novels, even if the copyright is sold, the target is still the publisher, and the paper media route is used, rather than making a movie!"
After Shi Zhijian finished speaking, Sima Ling's face turned ugly.
You must know that he has become famous in a small way, and he is one of the best in the Baodao martial arts world. When Gu Long was not popular yet, he was already famous all over the country.
But now Shi Zhijian directly points it out, saying that his novel can only be printed into a book, but cannot be made into a movie. How can this make him feel so embarrassed?
In fact, Zhuge Qingyun is equally embarrassed, because his novels are basically difficult to make into TV or movies.
In comparison, Gu Long and Wo Longsheng are the big guys. They have arranged all the TV and movies, and they are both well-received and well-received!
"Mr. Shi, I respect you so much, that's why I sat down and talked with you so sincerely!" Sima Ling endured his anger and said, "According to your words, won't I and others have to suffer from those publishers in our lives?
Exploitation and oppression?”
Zhuge Qingyun responded: "Yes, didn't you just say what you said just means you didn't say it, let us continue to cooperate with the four major publishers?"
Shi Zhijian smiled, took out a cigarette and bit it on his mouth, took out a lighter and lit it, took a puff, exhaled a puff of smoke, then raised his head and said slowly: "When did I tell you to continue to cooperate with those publishers?
?Since you know that their hearts are black, then stay away!"
Sima Ling and others looked at each other, not understanding what Shi Zhijian meant.
Shi Zhijian smiled slightly and blew out a puff of smoke at everyone: "Aren't you very rich? Each of you has a royalties of over 10,000 yuan! Then organize and set up a publishing company of your own! By then, all of you will be the boss and you will exploit everyone.
What the hell?!"
Sima Ling and others were completely stunned.
Even Gu Long stared at Shi Zhijian in disbelief.
Set up a publishing company of their own?!
Is this possible?
Seemingly understanding their thoughts, Shi Zhijian held a cigarette between his fingers, flicked the ashes in the ashtray, leaned back in his chair and said: "Nothing is impossible in this world! Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing!"
"Of course, if you are worried about not getting it right, I can help you! Our Shinhwa Company strives to build entertainment brands. In addition to cooperating with Jiahe Films, we also cooperate with Shueisha in Japan - we can even handle movies and comics.
Not to mention your martial arts novels! How about you, think about it?!"
After saying that, Shi Zhijian smiled slightly, pointed the cigarette at Sima Ling and others, and said in a seductive tone: "Join Shinhwa and I'll give you a miracle!"
