Chapter 284 Apologize and beg for mercy
Thanks to the copyright protection in this world, the annual income of more than 20 million yuan can only rank about 20. The top writer's rich list is not the highest-selling work "The Best World", which is the best-selling work this year, but another writer Xuanchen.
Xuanchen's revenue this year reached an appalling 91 million yuan, and his pure royalty income was only 15 million yuan, and the rest were obtained from the development of additional copyrights.
His work "Broken Void" can be regarded as a model of full copyright development. The mobile game of the same name has flowed tens of millions every day. The TV series of the same name is not only popular on TV stations, but also on-demand volume on the Internet exceeds 20 billion people, and even the movie of the same name is ready to be released during the Spring Festival!
Comics, animations, and audiobooks are also very popular. He is the kind of person who writes a hot book and develops the value of this book to the fullest.
The income between writers is also pyramid-shaped. Zhang Chu is now a person at the top of the pyramid. Although he is so far behind the number one, he is much better than those writers who cannot make money on the foundation of the pyramid!
This year is only the first year. Zhang Chu knows that if his book "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is not wrong, he will have a chance to reach the top position in the future with the promotion of the entire series of books.
He took two trophies from the venue and took a taxi home. The annual meeting was quite rewarding. At least he met some writers and his circle of friends expanded.
The driver stared at Zhang Chu and the trophy for a few more times, hesitating whether to ask this little star to sign, what if this handsome guy becomes popular in the future!
But then he thought about it, the handsome guy in the entertainment industry who had to take a taxi after winning the award would probably not be popular, and he didn't even have a special car or a driver. How could he know that he was not a little actor in the entertainment industry at all.
The road was empty at night, and the taxi rushed all the way and took Zhang Chu back to the outside of the community next to Yan University campus. The cold wind blew on his body and shivered.
Except for the security guards who occasionally patrol, the community is empty, and every household turns on the lights.
Zhang Chu had just opened the door, and Matcha suddenly rushed out, scaring him!
"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll get you something to eat right away."
Matcha was probably hungry, and the cat food in the automatic feeder had been eaten. Zhang Chu quickly went to open the new packaging.
Raising a cat means raising an ancestor!
After seeing the food, the hungry matcha quickly rushed over. Zhang Chu had time to check his WeChat and QQ messages. There were too many people congratulating him, so he could only reply one by one to thank him for going over.
This is a matter of etiquette. Those who can add WeChat and QQ are friends or classmates, and they cannot let others' kindness fail.
It was very tiring to reply. Even if it was just a few words and a grinning expression, it was time-consuming. Zhang Chu was already numb and had no idea who he was replying to.
However, the most troublesome thing is that after he replied to thank you, those friends, relatives and classmates replied, and the red dots on the chat box were not completely eliminated!
At this time, Zhou Kang called again, forcing him to stop what he was doing, and hoped that those friends would not think about it.
"Two awards, congratulations!" Zhou Kang's voice sounded very excited. They had been established for so long, but they didn't say that they won the award last year, and there were not even people who went to the New Year's Eve.
It's so embarrassing to say it.
Zhang Chu was also a little happy and responded: "Tongxi Tongxi. Uncle Zhou, what are you doing when you call me?"
"Mr. Wu said he wanted to hold a celebration banquet for you. I, the pioneer, will ask you for your opinion."
"Forget it, I'll hold a celebration banquet when I get the most popular writer of the year. I've been very tired in the past few days. Isn't "Ghost Blows Out the Light" going to be released? Where can I still have time to do this?"
Zhou Kang walked around his living room, "I'll reply to him later. This celebration banquet may be held after the sales of "Ghost Blows Out the Light". There is another thing that needs to be told here."
Zhang Chu asked in confusion: "What's the matter? Tell me."
"Do you still remember East China Metropolis Daily? They contacted the company and wanted to apologize and beg for mercy, but didn't want to go to court."
How could I forget the things that were so popular some time ago?
That big blasphemy almost made Zhang Chu breathless. Although the East China Metropolis Daily was punished by the Press and Publication Bureau, the court's appeal was not revoked.
After hearing Zhou Kang's words, Zhang Chu snorted, "It would be too simple to just apologize verbally. They must be asked to post and apologize to me on the front page headlines and forward it on the official Weibo account of Weibo. It doesn't matter whether the money is compensated or not, but everyone must know anyway."
For a news newspaper, losing authenticity is the biggest blow. If you apologize on the report, you will admit that you have fabricated the news, although this is already a well-known fact.
Zhou Kang said with a smile: "They probably won't agree. They just want to settle it privately because they don't want to report and apologize. The middleman said they are willing to pay 2 million yuan to give you reputation and mental damage. You just need to cancel the lawsuit and let time downplay this matter."
"Well, did they read the news of the writers' annual meeting tonight?"
Zhang Chu was a little amused. For an ordinary person, 2 million yuan is indeed a lot.
But his income exceeded 24 million yuan in half a year. For a writer who is just starting out in his career, the news that ghost blows the light to induce readers to rob the tomb is enough to destroy his entire writer's career!
Even if such false news is compensated 20 million, it is not too much. The IP value of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is worth tens of billions. If this false news is banned, Zhang Chu's tears will flow like a river.
He didn't care how much compensation was, he just wanted to seek justice for himself. Now all kinds of evidence are complete, and he can win the lawsuit no matter where he fights it.
Don’t think about closing the case if you don’t show any real attitude!
Zhou Kang heard Zhang Chu’s implication, “They came to him in the afternoon. They probably didn’t know your annual income. I will tell you what you mean.”
"Well, let them show sincerity. This is not something that can be done by losing money. I can't accept any share. They have to take out the entire front page, and it won't be overdue!"
Now, Zhang Chu doesn’t care about interests, just wants to make his own thoughts clear.
Even if the Press and Publication Bureau and the other media have made their innocence clear, if the initiator does not express his opinion, he will fight to the death to see whose credibility will be trampled under his feet.
If you can’t do whatever you want after rebirth, what’s the point of rebirth?
Chapter completed!