In the small conference room of the Southern Daily Echo newspaper, Arthur sat in the first seat, and the housekeeper Paul stood behind him, listening carefully to the detailed negotiation process of lawyer James, newspaper editor Jerry, and publisher head Tom.

“Under the agreement, the Boss you reserve the rights to publish books, including printed and electronic versions, radio programs, stage programs, and original sequels from the author.

What you need to promise is that you own the exclusive copyright of this book. During the validity period of the authorization, you promise not to transfer the rights granted to the other party to any other person or entity. At the same time, all content in the book, to the extent known to the author, does not infringe on the copyright, trademark rights, contracts or all other rights of others, nor does it damage or expose others' privacy..."

After listening to his rights and fulfilling obligations in the agreement, Arthur nodded. These contents are basic conditions and there is no objection. Lawyer James continued: "However, the reason why Du Li TV bought the film and television copyright of "Boling Manor" at such a generous price this time is also an additional condition. That is, I hope that the boss, you promise to retain the act of producing stage programs or writing sequels within five years after the release of the film and television works they produced or seven years after the exercise of your rights."

"Reserving the copyright of the stage program for them is not a big deal, and I generally don't sell such rights. But writing sequels is different, it's a big business!"

When Arthur heard the other party's conditions, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said, since he already knew that he would sell the film and television copyright of "Bolin Manor", Arthur would naturally not be foolish and just do a one-time deal. He would naturally break the novel that could end a book by himself. He has written online articles for so many years, but he has no other skills, and he is still very good at out-of-text and plots.

Sell ​​two books and sell them separately, so that benefits can be maximized!

"This is also a focus of the negotiations. When the right to adapt the first book has been negotiated, they must fight for the right to adapt the original sequel. After all, when the TV series they filmed is very high, the author then wrote a best-selling sequel, but at this time they can't touch it. No matter who it was, it would be extremely frustrating and unacceptable."

Tom, the head of the publisher, naturally understood the idea of ​​his young boss, but if he did not make concessions on this matter, DuLi TV would never agree. You should know that "The Silence of the Lambs" had a huge and tangible lawsuit because of this matter.

"Since they insist, let's take the conditions that impress me. If they don't want to pay more and want to get the sequel adaptation rights, there is no way. We can sell the sequel to others. Of course, we can also put it aside temporarily. When I write the sequel, if they are willing to buy it, then they have priority. At the same time, before we accept any offer that is higher than their bid, we can give them ten days to consider whether they are willing to increase the cost and accept the offer."

Arthur said with a smile as he raised his lips, a sly light flashed in his eyes.

Both the housekeeper Paul and the other three had their eyes lit up, and they had a new understanding of their boss's shrewdness.

"In this way, James, after meeting them for a while, you insist that the other party must first exercise the adaptation rights of the first book, pay the price for purchasing the copyright, and then negotiate the agency rights of the sequel."

Arthur's eyes narrowed into crescent shapes, looking at lawyer James, obviously, Arthur didn't want the final deal to blow up. And his approach was still fair, and I believe that the other party should agree to him.

"Okay, lord. I know what to do." James also lit up his eyes, and he responded with a smile on his lips.

After explaining this, Arthur did not end the meeting, but instead looked at Tom, who was in the publishing house, smiled and said, "Tom, in a while, the people from Random House Press will come to discuss with me about the copyright of my other online novel. At that time, you will contact the other party on behalf of me."

"Boss, have you written another novel?"

When they heard Arthur's words, the four people present were shocked again, especially when they heard Random House, Tom and Jerry looked shocked. As publishing industry insiders, they naturally understood the meaning of Random House. They never thought that another novel they had written by their boss that they didn't know was valued by Random House and sent someone to seek cooperation.

"Yes, I was a little bored some time ago, so I wrote a fan novel on the official forum of "Twilight" and I didn't expect it to become popular all of a sudden..."

"God, boss, did you write "Fifty Shadows of Gray"? It's incredible... No, I don't mean anything else, I mean, this is simply crazy, everyone is looking for you, guessing your identity, but I didn't expect..."

Arthur looked at Tom with a bright smile on his face, as well as the unknown butler Paul and lawyer James, while Jerry, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper, looked at him with his eyes shining, saying, "Boss, I think this is explosive news. If possible, can you do an exclusive interview? This will increase the sales of our newspapers!"

"Haha, don't worry, after the cooperation with Random House is negotiated, I will give you an opportunity to interview. To be honest, when I first wrote, I just thought it was fun and even brought some bad fun in it. I didn't expect that I would be so popular and liked by everyone." Arthur said in a light dress.

"It's not just about being popular, it's just about making readers crazy. Boss, you have a publishing house yourself, why don't you notify me and choose Random House? Can you still trust your own publishing house?"

While Tom was amazed, the resentful expression on his face made the people present feel uncomfortable and speechless. When Arthur heard Tom's words, he asked with a very awkward smile: "Have you sent me a private message online?"

"Of course I've posted it!" Tom's eyes became even more resentful.

"Ahem, I really didn't see it, but don't worry, I contacted Random House and was just going to hand over the North American publication rights of "Grey's Fifty Shadows" to them. After all, in terms of scale, their advantages are very obvious. I will definitely hand over the English version of Europe to Bolin Publishing House."

"Great, boss, this is definitely a wise decision!" Tom's face was full of ecstasy, "Boss, don't worry, the publisher will definitely go all out to promote "Fifty Shadows of Gray", and it definitely has the hope of becoming one of the best-selling novels..."

Looking at Tom's joyful look and chattering excitedly, the housekeeper Paul and lawyer James looked at each other, but they were the only ones who didn't know what was going on. James reached out and pulled Jerry, who was also full of joy, and asked in a low voice: "Jerry, is the novel written by Lord very famous?"

"It's not just about being famous, it's just a frenzy on the Internet..."

"Is that true? I'll find and read what the novel is written later."

"Ahem cough cough..."

Jerry's old face turned red, looking at James with a serious and serious look on his face, he didn't know what to say, but he could only cough like he was stuck in his neck.
Chapter completed!