Chapter 129 The Immortal Sword Publishing Contract(4K)(1/2)
The plane landed smoothly at Kyoto Airport. Lai Jingming took the lead and led Gu Zhinan out of the airport.
"Go to the Poetry Association?"
Lai Jingming asked, it's almost night now, and the only reason to go to Jingying Film Theater at this time is to watch a movie. What's more, Gu Zhinan just said that the two of them will go to China Central Television with the president of the Poetry Association tomorrow.
Gu Zhinan nodded. When he got off the plane, Du Guangyu called and asked someone to pick him up. The two of them waited quietly in the waiting area outside the airport.
Waited for more than 20 minutes.
A domineering big red G stopped in front of the two of them, and a girl with a ponytail jumped out of the car.
She raised her head and looked at Gu Zhinan with unkind eyes. She glanced at the fat man next to Gu Zhinan. This man wrote a novel and updated it every three days!
So angry!
Gu Zhinan was naturally stunned by the car driven by Du Xiaoyan. Lai Jingming didn't know Du Xiaoyan, but looked at the big G in front of him in surprise.
"What are you looking at? Get in the car!"
Du Xiaoyan waved his hand, as if the more he looked at Gu Zhinan, the more displeased he became.
Gu Zhinan touched his nose, asked Lai Jingming to get in the car, and sat in the passenger seat.
"I didn't expect you to drive quite a domineering car despite your age."
Du Xiaoyan raised his head, with a hint of arrogance on his face.
"That's natural! I took the driver's license test as soon as I became an adult, okay? Unlike some people, I'll be honest, I didn't even take the driver's license test before buying a car!"
"..."
You are really good at chatting, little sister!
"Grandpa said that you are not here to compose poetry this time, but to write songs?" Du Xiaoyan took advantage of the traffic light and turned his head, staring at Gu Zhinan with his bright eyes, as if examining "Is that Xia Ange good-looking?"
Gu Zhinan didn't know why Du Xiaoyan asked this, so he answered almost without hesitation.
"It's beautiful."
"Is that why you wrote songs for her?"
"What does it have to do with me writing a song for her?"
"Oh, that's it. Sure enough, all the courtesy is just for sex. It's okay, Gu Zhinan. Grandpa always says that you are different from others."
"???"
Gu Zhinan felt that everything Du Xiaoyan said was thorny!
He was speechless and simply pretended to sleep.
Lai Jingming heard something different from behind, and couldn't help but feel sad. He didn't even let the little girl go!
When Du Xiaoyan saw Gu Zhinan's appearance, he was so angry that he stepped on the accelerator. Lai Jingming behind him was so frightened that he fastened his seat belt and grabbed the handle. He didn't dare to speak. Everyone was unfamiliar with it. What if?
It won’t be fun anymore if you piss me off!
More than 40 minutes later, Big G stopped at a hotel not far from the Poetry Association. He arrived early, and Du Xiaoyan stepped on the accelerator quite a bit along the way!
After the car parked, Lai Jingming got out of the car first, fearing that Du Xiaoyan would continue to race. He saw this little girl passing many cars along the way. There was a drainage channel at that corner and she was probably going to rush into it too.
Got it!
Gu Zhinan closed his eyes and rested but didn't feel much. He just felt a lot of pushing on his back. After getting out of the car, Du Xiaoyan glared at Gu Zhinan and walked into the hotel first, swaying his ponytail.
"Follow up!"
A shout came from the front, and Gu Zhinan and Lai Jingming followed all the way to the third floor. In a private room, Du Xiaoyan opened the door and went in. Gu Zhinan also followed.
Du Guangyu, Chairman Plenary and Chairman Li were all there, and there was another person he didn't expect to show up, Hong An, the wine jar editor of the Ministry of Education of China! Plus there was the person he was most afraid of seeing now, a man in professional attire.
Royal Sister Cheng Mengxi!!!
"Mr. Du, Chairman Plenary, Chairman Li, Mr. Hong, and Editor-in-Chief Cheng, good evening!"
"Zhinan, come and sit here!" Du Guangyu expressed the most enthusiasm.
"Hey! Mr. Gu is here, please take a seat?"
Cheng Mengxi smiled half-heartedly, and her gold-framed glasses were a bit dazzling under the light. Gu Zhinan swallowed and sat next to her at Du Guangyu's greeting. Lai Jingming also sat in another seat.
"Why is the editor-in-chief here?"
"Why, Mr. Gu, don't you like people here? Then I'll go?"
"..."
Be careful what you say and do.
Gu Zhinan ate the food in a muffled voice.
"Zhinan, after dinner, come with us to the Poetry Association to submit information and join the association? I will go to China Central Television with you tomorrow."
Du Guangyu chuckled, this was his purpose tonight, to trick Gu Zhinan into joining the Poetry Association.
"Ah?" Gu Zhinan raised his head, a little confused. Du Guangyu didn't mention it and he had forgotten it. He could only nod at the moment. It was just a meeting. He could accept it.
Seeing Gu Zhinan nodding, the three presidents clinked glasses with Gu Zhinan directly. Gu Zhinan twitched the corner of his mouth when he saw Lai Jingming who had been drinking with Hong Anmin for some time.
This damn fat guy will never starve to death no matter where he goes!
During the whole meal, Cheng Mengxi just looked at him indifferently and did not speak to him. She just whispered to Du Xiaoyan, and sometimes discussed the plot of the fairy sword. What surprised Gu Zhinan was,
Half of Cheng Mengxi's guesses about the plot were almost correct, with a slight deviation. As expected of a chief editor, his thinking ability is amazing.
Although she had read the detailed outline, some of it was summarized in just a few words, but she actually guessed some details.
Gu Zhinan even wanted to give her a pen. How many days would it take for her to write?
After the dinner was over, Cheng Mengxi hadn't left. Hong An and Lai Jingming had already put their arms around each other. The two of them looked like two brothers. Gu Zhinan was a little speechless. This old man really couldn't drink. This wine was really not good.
It was said that he was joining the club, but in fact, Du Guangyu had prepared everything and was just waiting for him to get hooked. In addition to handing over his ID card to a girl to take a photocopy, he just signed his name.
By the time the ID card was given to him, he had already become a part of it.
The three presidents looked at Gu Zhinan with great amusement and pulled him to discuss poetry. Du Xiaoyan rolled his eyes at the side. Finally, Cheng Mengxi came out and said that he still had something to do with Gu Zhinan, so the three presidents gave up.
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Cheng Mengxi took Gu Zhinan away, along with Hong An and Lai Jingming. Du Guangyu said that he would ask Du Xiaoyan to pick him up and go to China Central Television with him tomorrow. Du Xiaoyan's little face was bulging with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
, this old man is not easy to mess with either!
Cheng Mengxi took Gu Zhinan to a coffee shop and ordered four cups of coffee before speaking.
"It doesn't matter if you came to Kyoto at the right time, otherwise you would still have to pay a visit later. Do you know Mr. Hong An?"
Gu Zhinan nodded and looked at Hong An. He had already picked up the coffee and took a sip. Then his wrinkled face became more obvious, but he was obviously sober from the drink.
"I'm here to discuss the publication of Legend of Sword and Fairy." Mr. Hong An said with a smile, "I'm here on behalf of Huaguo Publishing House because I know you."
"oh!"
Gu Zhinan suddenly realized, no wonder Cheng Mengxi would be here tonight, and so would Mr. Hong An, but Gu Zhinan didn't expect that Cheng Mengxi actually found Huaguo Publishing House!
Cheng Mengxi didn't waste any time and directly showed Gu Zhinan the terms they had discussed before. Gu Zhinan took them and read them carefully. After all, this was related to the publishing fee, so he couldn't be careless!
Sharing 60% of the publishing fees with the Chinese website, Huaguo Publishing House takes 40%. In addition, the Huaguo Publishing House also takes away the IP adaptation rights, and then enjoys a share of the IP adaptation rights with the Chinese website. This
The contract can be said to be relatively good for some authors, but Gu Zhinan has now opened a company. If he has the ability to handle the TV series of Fairy Sword later, he will definitely leave it to Lai Jingming, so this is not consistent, and he has himself in mind
abacus.
After spending ten minutes reading it carefully, Gu Zhinan raised his head and said to the old man.
"I want to change this contract."
"Oh?" Hong An didn't expect that such a contract could not satisfy Gu Zhinan. He thought that Gu Zhinan's ambition was a bit too big, and he was immediately interested. Cheng Mengxi also felt that the contract was very preferential. This was her negotiation.
The result is within a few days, and Huaguo Publishing House is an authoritative publishing house in Huaguo.
Gu Zhinan smiled and said seriously.
"I want to change it so that China.com and I will each get 25% of the publishing fees, Huaguo Publishing House will get 30% of the publishing fees, and the remaining 20% of the publishing fees will be set up as a public welfare fund.
Donate it, and I will not sell the IP adaptation rights, I will keep them myself."
As soon as Gu Zhinan said this, the three people present looked at him with a hint of disbelief in their eyes.
"Aren't you kidding?"
Cheng Mengxi suspected that she was afraid that Gu Zhinan's joking personality would be used like this.
"I'm serious." Gu Zhinan repeated.
"What do you think, Mr. Hong?"
Hong An narrowed his eyes and looked at Gu Zhinan. The last time he saw her, he didn't expect Gu Zhinan to have such a heart.
"Huaguo Publishing House is affiliated to the Ministry of Education of China. Since I have been sent here, I can make decisions. I can agree with your point of view, but why do you want IP adaptation rights? Do you want to adapt TV series yourself?"
Smart, old man!
Gu Zhinan just nodded.
To be continued...