Chapter 68: Get the Contract
Liu Jingchen used the laptop she brought with her to revise the terms Zhang Yu asked for, and then printed out the documents in the business studio of the Music Leisure Bar. Finally, both parties signed their names. The contract is finally finalized!
Zhang Yu authorized the physical distribution rights of Xiaoao Jianghu to Vertex Company for a period of ten years. The two parties use the mode of cooperation as a sharing model, and the sharing ratio is 50 to 50 percent.
The up-front cost of entity issuance shall be fully paid by Apex Company. If there is an issuance risk, both parties shall voluntarily bear 50% of the issuance cost.
If the sales volume of the works exceeds 500,000 sets, the distribution ratio will be changed, Zhang Yu is five or five, and the vertex company is four or five. If the work sells more than 800,000 sets, the share ratio will be changed, Zhang Yuliu, Vertex Company four. At the same time, Zhang Yu himself promised to complete the rest of the content of the Xiaoao Jianghu novel within two months, without delaying the release of the physical book.
At the same time, the two parties signed an electronic copyright agreement for Xiaoao Jianghu Network, and Zhang Yu authorized Apex Novel Network to exclusively distribute Xiaoao Jianghu Network electronic version. However, the distribution limit is that 180 days after the physical version is released, the top novel network will put the remaining content of Xiaoao Jianghuyu on the shelves for sale.
Of course, the main reason for this is to not affect the final sales of physical books. However, even if Zhang Yu's book was not on the shelves, Apex Novel immediately gave Zhang Yu's novel A-level contract conditions, and at the same time activated the bank card account for the gift exchange, which means that Zhang Yu could officially get gift income from Apex Novel.
Zhang Yu also asked the author to change the author's ID from roaring octopus to octopus and strive to have the same ID as Feilongwang.
Tang Jun checked the author's backstage. Although there was already an author named Octopus before, his works were not contracted with the website. He only published a book on the platform, and he has never been on the account since then. And that book has also been blocked because the number of words is not enough. This situation fully complied with Zhang Yu's requirements for changing the ID, so he signed the ID change agreement in writing, and both parties also signed it.
Zhang Yu, Tang Jun, and Liu Jingchen were busy until after two o'clock. The agreement was concluded, and both parties were satisfied.
Zhang Yu looked up at the time and said, "It's already two o'clock! Those two rest early in the evening. I'll go back!"
Tang Jun said: "Mr. Zhang, don't rush back. There is one more thing, our company is actually very interested in the film and television adaptation rights of Xiaoao Jianghu. The company is willing to offer one million to buy out all film and television adaptations within ten years. Right. I don't know if Mr. Zhang is interested in selling the entrusted adaptation rights of 'Swordsman'."
Zhang Yu thought about it for a while, and said that the price of the other party's purchase of the film and television adaptation rights is not low. He also knows that things like film and television adaptation rights generally cannot be sold for too high prices, not to mention that he is still a newcomer, and one million is almost a sky-high price.
Zhang Yu himself has to say that he doesn't care about the TV adaptation rights of "Swordsman".
Because when "Swordsman" was on Earth, there was basically nothing good-looking and impressive. Either it is scripted, or it is extremely exaggerated, and there is nothing remarkable about it.
Zhang Yu felt that the main problem was that Jin Lao's original version of Xiaoao Jianghu was almost impeccable in terms of plot. Almost all the wonderful plots that can be squeezed have been squeezed out, leaving no room for adaptation for later adaptors.
After the novel is televised, it must be changed to distinguish it from the original version, thereby increasing its appeal. This instead increased the difficulty of adapting "Swordsman". Therefore, the TV series version of Xiaoao Jianghu is basically a bit superfluous after the adaptation, nondescript, and almost none of them are good-looking.
The only adaptation of The Swordsman is better, including several of the films. It seems that Xu Guanjie and Tong's version of Xiaoao Jianghu, or just Jet Li and Brigitte Lin's version of Dongfang Invincible.
These works,
It is not so much to say that it is Xiaoao Jianghu, in fact, it is just under the banner of Xiaoao Jianghu.
It should be said that it is the legendary version of Xiaoao Jianghu, which is more appropriate. In the middle of the plot, the main plot is hardly used, and most of them use some side-by-side plots.
As the screenwriter of the adaptation of the film version, Gao Ming has written some of the original marginal characters and plots to life. The most representative of them is the Dongfang Invincible played by Lin Qingxia. As soon as the movie was released, the character of Dongfang Invincible was almost recreated. It is one of the iconic representatives of all martial arts novels who turned the villain into a decent one.
Zhang Yu judged based on his past experiences on Earth, that the film Xiaoao Jianghu is only suitable for movies, not TV.
To say that it is possible to sell the TV adaptation rights to Vertex. But ten years of full authorization of TV is really a bit too long.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yu said, "To say that you have come up with a million dollars to obtain the rights to film and television adaptations is not too low for a newcomer like me. But I think it is mainly a ten-year period, one is too long, and two It's that the rights to all film and television adaptation rights are too large. Personally, I only want to sell the adaptation rights of TV dramas, and it is only a one-time authorization, and there is no time limit and full authorization. I don't want to sell the adaptation rights of movies. "
Hearing this, Tang Jun frowned and said, "One authorization! It's just the right to adapt the TV series. The price of one million seems to be..."
Zhang Yudao: "I know too! Just for the adaptation rights of the TV series, one million is really high and exaggerated for a newcomer like me. In fact, the two sides are cooperating, and the price is still negotiable! But my bottom line is not Changed. There is only the right to adapt the TV series, and there is only one-time authorization. You can go back and think about it! When you have a decision, call me again."
Tang Jun saw that the other party bit the condition very hard, and there was no other way at this time, so he could only nod his head and watch Zhang Yu leave.
Seeing that Zhang Yu had left the music lounge, Liu Jingchen turned to Tang Jun and said, "Boss, although this Zhang Yu is young, he is very assertive! Are we going to call the vice president now?"
Tang Jun shook his head and said, "It's too late now! Tomorrow."
Liu Jingchen said: "Then do you think the vice president can buy the adaptation rights of his TV series? It's just a one-time authorization."
Tang Jun said: "That's hard to say! But if I were the vice president, in this situation, I can only delay it and see how the response of Xiaoao Jianghu after it was put on the market. If the sales can really reach 500,000 It’s still profitable to buy the copyright of a TV series.”
Liu Jingchen said, "Then how much money does the boss think is good?"
Tang Jun pondered for a while and said, "If it's just a TV series, the maximum one-time authorization is between 300,000 and 500,000!"
Liu Jingchen said, "Then do you think he can sell it?"
Tang Jun said: "Then I don't know! This kid seems to belong to the type of author that is difficult to deal with. Everything is estimated to be invalid on him."
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