Color Collection System

Chapter 16
Zhuge Caijing: Teacher Zhang, I have good news for you!

Zhang Rilong: Has the copyright been sold?

Zhuge Caijing: Your guess is really accurate!

Zhang Rilong: You don’t need to guess about this, it’s just this matter. I’ve waited more than ten days and feel that it’s almost done.

Zhuge Caijing discovered that this young man was that kind of straight man.

This is also easier to get along with. Those who are too gloomy are too difficult to deal with. They can't shout at all, and even typed communication is like gold.

Zhuge Caijing: Then I will send the file directly, because Mr. Zhang has entrusted us with full authority to handle copyright matters before, so this time the progress is very fast.

Zhang Rilong didn't talk nonsense, and quickly read the documents after the other party sent them over.

Nothing else matters, the final income aspect is the key.

The other party gave three prices, and each price corresponds to different requirements.

The first is a one-time full clearance, with an asking price of 284514 yuan.

After taking the money, you don't have to worry about anything, except for writing the author's name according to the minimum rules, you don't need to worry about anything else, and you can't control it.

The second type has follow-up cooperation, and the asking price is 710317 yuan.

After requesting the purchase of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Zhang Rilong must provide follow-up services. For example, when the purchaser needs to modify or polish the script, Zhang Rilong must modify the work as required.

Including but not limited to the gender, character design, plot dialogue, background, etc. of the male and female protagonists that have been written.

The number of times stipulated in the contract is two times. If you ask for modification later, you must pay extra and have the right to refuse.

Zhang Rilong looked at the second article, and the price was more than double that of the first one, but unless he was particularly short of money, no author with a little fan would accept this job.

The third type is also adapted into a script, and the asking price is 410325. You don’t need to modify it, but after it is sold, this work has nothing to do with you, and others can modify it as they want.

After reading the three quotations, Zhang Rilong contacted Zhuge Caijing, and the two still communicated by typing on their mobile phones.

The technology of this era supports voice and video conversations, but text conversations are still the mainstream.

Zhang Rilong: I have read the contract, and I have a question.

Zhuge Caijing: It’s about the three contracts. Most of our authors choose the first one, and the other two are just backup options. If it’s a well-known author, there will be a better contract than this one.

Zhang Rilong: No, I'm just curious about how the single digits after each word count are calculated?I thought it was all rounded up.

Zhuge Caijing: This is the income that ends up in your account, because many authors don’t know how to pay taxes and other things. After deducting our company’s commission and various related expenses, this is the money that ends up in your account, not a cent will be less.

Zhang Rilong: After-tax income?

Zhuge Caijing: It is more comprehensive than after-tax income, including the payment of some social welfare.

In this era, as long as there is a large amount of income, taxes must be paid, and it is more complicated than ordinary wage taxes.

If the tax is less than the threshold, there is no need to pay tax.

Zhang Rilong didn't know what his tax rate was, and after looking at the three sums of money, he made a decisive decision.

Zhang Rilong: I choose the second option. I really need money at the moment.

Zhuge Caijing: Are you sure?If it is the second option, our cooperation with film and television companies will be more harmonious, but as far as I know, many authors do not choose this option.

Zhang Rilong: Definitely. In addition, if I modify the request after they make the request and they disagree, what should I do next?
Zhuge Caijing: Don’t worry about this, our company will come forward to solve it. Our company is an expert in identifying whether it is plagiarism, hydrology, perfunctory, etc. The evidence produced is more convincing than the groundless accusations made by film and television companies.

Zhang Rilong remembered that the main force of the current novel company is still a large number of writing robots, but some distinctive human writers are equivalent to delicacies, and they must be served with side dishes.

If a writer is labeled mechanically, readers will be lost very quickly.

Imagination is the wealth of this era. Even though there are many beautiful pictures and color pictures generated with one click on the market, the mainstream people still prefer to see works created by humans, rather than fake pictures generated by machines with one click.

After talking about the sale of "A Chinese Ghost Story", Zhang Rilong asked about other things.

Zhang Rilong: Does nobody want the ugly fox?

Zhuge Caijing: This one cannot be sold at a high price. Your "Ying Ning" is good. If you are willing to sell it together, I think it should be able to sell for a good price.

Zhang Rilong: Well, "Longzhong Tales" is almost finished. I don't have any other thoughts in my mind now, and I need to rest for a while.

Zhuge Caijing: It will be over in just over ten days... You are too fast, our company is preparing to promote you as a new author.

Zhang Rilong: I've run out of ink in my stomach, and now I can't write any more stories even if I sit in front of the computer for hours.

Zhuge Caijing: I need to calm down.

Zhang Rilong: Okay, then I'll go to the bathroom.

I ate half a watermelon just now, and now I feel like peeing.

If she wants to calm down, she can calm down, anyway, there is nothing in my stomach.

Zhang Rilong went to the bathroom to pee, he had already finished copying Liaozhai, and he had no novels to copy in his memory. Now that he can sell a few short stories and earn hundreds of thousands of dollars, there is no need to write novels.

Zhang Rilong thought that Zhuge Caijing would have to calm down for a while, but he didn't expect that the other party sent a mobile phone message before he finished urinating.

Zhuge Caijing: I have read your Zhao Yun diary. After you wrote Longzhong Zhiyi, I reviewed and read it myself every time. I found that your writing style is very special and you are very good at writing in different styles.

Zhang Rilong: I just write whatever I think of, but I can’t think of it now. I want to take a break now.

Zhuge Caijing: Then when are you going to publish a new book?What kind of genre is the new book going to write, whether it is a classic ghost or another genre, there is a lack of novels with the concept of heroes on the market.

Zhang Rilong: In a few years.

Zhuge Caijing saw the words sent by the other party, and could feel the familiar perfunctory feeling through the mobile phone and wireless network.

Zhuge Caijing: I'll go to your house to find you, and we'll have a face-to-face talk.

Why arrange editors nearby, for this kind of thing.

Zhang Rilong was nervous for a while. He hadn't done anything wrong, but he just didn't want this kind of work leader to come to his house to find him.

Just like an elementary school teacher asking for a home visit, although I am a psychological adult now, I still don't want to do some things.

Even adults don't want to be led to their own home.

Privacy!
"People in this era don't respect privacy at all!" Zhang Rilong muttered, and quickly typed a reply.

Zhang Rilong: I will treat you to dinner tomorrow. Let’s talk about this matter again. It’s not that I don’t want to write, but I can’t write anymore.

He is not afraid of meeting and talking to people, but he just doesn't want others to come to his house.

(End of this chapter)