When Arthur received a call from Jerry Fuller, the head of the Southern Daily Echo, he was shopping for a laptop in a shopping mall. The desktop at home was a bit old. For a person who has been using computers for many years, an old computer is undoubtedly a worry-free thing in all aspects, so changing to a laptop with a higher configuration is something Arthur had wanted to do for a long time.

At the payment stall of the housekeeper Paul, Arthur had learned from the phone that someone from the British TV station contacted the newspaper to purchase the right to adapt the novel "Boling Manor".

Finally waited!

This is the inner sigh of Arthur's confident smile after learning the news. Isn't he the first choice to gather together to publish novels just to attract the idea of ​​some film and television production companies or TV stations?

No matter how elegant the literature is, it is still a reward. Writers must make a living, but they cannot live by love and cold water alone. Looking at the world, behind the glorious title of writers, their living conditions and ways of making a living are very different. Some people have entered the ranks of rich people with bestsellers, some have paid their wages to create with peace of mind, some are running around for life, and some are living in a difficult situation.

You should know that as a novice writer, it is so difficult to make a name for itself in the UK country. Without some means, even if the book is published, it is likely to fail. The reason why he chose to write novels was that Arthur won both fame and fortune.

Using the popular influence of film and television dramas to promote the hot sale of books, this is the path Arthur decided to take from the beginning. As for why he was confident in selling the film and television copyright of a novel, it was completely a test of Arthur's historical inertia. Although this idea is idealistic, it does not prevent Arthur from trying. Anyway, even if the film and television copyright is not sold at that time, he can still rely on newspaper serialization and gain some popularity, but the novel will not be famous.

Whether it is waiting for the rabbit to hit the great fortune, or the mysterious historical inertia that should have been so mysterious, it finally ushered in an opportunity for Arthur.

Taking the newly purchased Apple laptop, Arthur, led by the butler Paul, arrived at the location of the Southern Daily Echo newspaper in downtown Southampton, a five-story building with a sense of history on the street.

To be honest, one day the newspaper can't be opened anymore, and this building can be sold for a good price. This is the subconscious thought that Arthur had when he saw the building with brown walls.

The new Earl boss came to the newspaper. As the head of the newspaper, Jerry Fuller naturally would not neglect. He personally welcomed Arthur and accompanied Arthur to visit each department in the newspaper building.

During the process, Arthur also saw that many tables were empty in the office area, and he could also feel the somewhat hidden and complex gazes of the newspaper employees. He knew that the layoff knife he waved had caused the entire newspaper to experience a bloody storm. Treating his new boss, this group of employees who were a little frightened were naturally full of complex attitudes.

“You are very productive.”

When he walked into the editor-in-chief's office, Arthur sat down and said to Jerry Fuller with a little teasing.

Jerry Fuller, with a wry smile on his face, poured a cup of black tea for the young Earl boss, and said helplessly: "Leasing employees is an imperative decision. To be honest, everyone understands that your decision is correct, but it is really overwhelming to bear it. However, it is estimated that if the income is increased and expenditure is successfully completed, the newspaper can save at least 1 million pounds a year, greatly reducing the loss.

In the past two years, in order to cut costs, various news organizations have been merged, employees have been fired, and more physical offices have been closed. Over time, the pages of many local newspapers have almost reached the point where they are filled with only a few junior journalists, meaning they inevitably rely on press releases and materials provided by the authorities.

This also means the reduction of independent reviews, which are related to people's interests and are worthy of attention. It turns out that local newspapers can conduct investigations, indicating that justice has been fulfilled, but the business model no longer exists. Ironically, the reduction of independent reviews has played a key role in reducing local government costs."

Hearing some helplessness, a hint of complaint, more of helpless words, Arthur just smiled. He understood the trend of print media withdrawing from the stage of history. With the mobile Internet, who would read newspapers?

I have seen some reports from Britain and the United States that they like to read and are willing to read newspapers when taking the subway. They will never be like people from a certain country. They hold a mobile phone and brush it by many media. They also lament how much the people of other countries love to study.

However, the truth is that they have no choice, why don’t they read books? There is no signal in the subway anyway... Yes, there is no signal. Take the London Metro for example. It is the oldest subway in the world. It was opened as early as 1863. Of course, there was no such thing as a mobile phone at that time.

It's a bit far-reaching. In Arthur's opinion, the paper media has no future. Therefore, as a boss, you must first ensure that you will not lose money. It is not possible to not increase revenue and reduce expenditure. As for retaining the newspaper, it is to retain the basics and lay the foundation for the future transformation into the Internet electronic version.

But this requires funds and time. Now is not the time for newspaper changes. Therefore, Arthur did not continue to spend more energy on newspaper issues. Instead, he asked: "When will people be sent over to Du Li TV station?"

"When I received the call, the other party said that he had set out to Southampton and hoped that the newspaper could contact the boss as soon as possible. They seemed to be determined to win "Boling Manor". The conditions were very generous, with 750,000 pounds. The price was indeed full of sincerity." Jerry expressed his opinion.

Paul, the housekeeper who was following Arthur, also had his eyes lit up when he heard the price. He looked at the young count with a hint of admiration and relief.

Although he had known the price on the phone, Arthur was still a little excited when he heard it here. To be honest, he really didn't expect that it would be hard for the other party to offer such a sincere price.

"Jerry, I don't know much about selling the right to adapt novels, films and TV series. Can you explain it to me?" Since I don't understand, I naturally have to ask clearly, so that there will be no jokes in the next meeting negotiations.

"Okay boss." Jerry nodded and said: "Generally speaking, after the other party pays the purchase fee, you should permanently grant and transfer the other party the right to adapt the book based on the book, including movies, TV, videos or DVDs, Internet products, and some affiliated rights.

Including but not limited to, re-production, sequels, TV series, and commercialization and bundling rights. You must also grant the other party the right to utilize and distribute products made on all media platforms forever.

Boss, you need to note that among all these additional rights, the right to shoot sequels is particularly important. If in the agreement, you do not reserve the right to write sequels for the other party, and after paying the purchase fee, the other party has the right to use the characters of the first book in their original series of movies or TV series, but cannot use the characters or stories from your original sequel.

This is very important. Imagine that when the other party makes a very popular movie, then you write a best-selling sequel, but the other party can't touch it at this time. This is undoubtedly a very frustrating thing. Therefore, when the other party negotiates with you about the adaptation rights of the first book, they will definitely fight for the adaptation rights of your original sequel.

The fairest and most appropriate way is to insist that the other party must first exercise the adaptation rights of the first book, pay the price of purchasing the copyright, and then negotiate the agency rights of the sequel, so that you will take the initiative.

As for the price, one is a huge fixed fee, which is calculated separately by big screen movies, TV movies, mini dramas, etc. The other is that the quotation and budget are bound together. According to convention, the purchase price will be about 2.5% of the final budget.

If it is a movie, in addition to the purchase price, a certain proportion of the movie profit is generally paid to the author. This is also a convention. This price is generally 5 to 10% of the total net profit after the movie is released.

However, the concept of net profit is actually very vague. It can use different economic formulas to get different results, or simply depends on someone who defines this "net profit". In short, people always sue each other because of this match!

So, if it involves movies, you may need many days to discuss with the other party how to determine the net profit."
Chapter completed!