When Arthur received a call from Jerry Fuller, the person in charge 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 a long time, the old computers are undoubtedly disturbing in all aspects. Therefore, it is Arthur''s long-standing intention to change a laptop with high configuration.


    When Paul, the housekeeper, paid for the film, Arthur had learned from the phone that someone from Du TV had contacted the newspaper office to buy the film and television adaptation right of the novel Boleyn manor.


    At last!


    This is Arthur''s self-confidence smile after hearing the news. He did not take the lead in choosing to publish novels in volumes. Isn''t it to arouse the ideas of some film and television production companies or TV stations?


    No matter how elegant literature is, it is also necessary to pay for it. To make a living, writers should not only rely on love and cold water. Looking around the world, behind the bright title of writers, their living conditions and means of living are very different. Some people become rich with best-selling books, some create with salary, some run around for life, and others live in distress.


    You know, as a novice writer, it is very difficult to make an appearance in Britain. Even if the book is published, it is likely to hit the streets. Arthur chose to write novels for fame and wealth.


    It is Arthur''s decision from the beginning to promote the hot sale of books with the hot influence of movies and TV plays. As for why he is confident that he can sell the film and television copyright of novels, it is a test of historical inertia. Although this idea is idealistic, it does not hinder Arthur''s attempt. In any case, even if he has not sold the film and television copyright, he can do it The publication of the novel will not be without fame if it relies on newspaper serialization and publicity.


    Whether it is waiting for a rabbit to hit the big luck, or there are really mysterious and mysterious things in the world, the historical inertia that should have been so, finally ushered in the opportunity for Arthur.


    With his new Apple laptop, Arthur was led by butler Paul to a five story historic building in downtown Southampton, where the Southern Daily Echo newspaper is located.


    To tell you the truth, one day the newspaper can''t go on, and this building can also sell for a good price. This is Arthur''s subconscious thought when he saw the building with the brown walls.


    The new count''s boss came to the newspaper office, and Jerry Fuller, who was in charge of the newspaper office, naturally did not neglect it. He personally welcomed him and accompanied Arthur to inspect every department in the newspaper office building.


    In the process, Arthur also saw that many desks were vacant in the office area, and he could feel the hidden and complicated eyes of the staff of the newspaper office. He knew that the whole newspaper was going through a bloody storm with his big knife of layoff. Naturally, these frightened employees were full of complex attitudes towards him.


    "You are very efficient."


    Entering the editor in chief''s office, Arthur sat down and said to Jerry fuller with a slight irony.


    However, Jerry fuller poured a cup of black tea to the young count boss with a wry smile, and said helplessly: "layoff is an imperative decision. To be honest, boss, your decision is correct, but it really falls on your own head, and it is unbearable. However, after estimation, if we successfully complete the income increase and reduce expenditure, the newspaper office can at least do so every year A million pounds was saved and the loss was greatly reduced.


    In the past two years, in order to cut costs, branches of news organizations have been merged, employees have been laid off, and more and more physical offices have been closed. Over time, the pages of many local newspapers have almost reached the point where only a few junior journalists fill in, which means that they inevitably rely on press releases and materials provided by the authorities.


    This also means the reduction of Du legislative review, which concerns people''s interests and is worthy of attention. It turns out that local newspapers can carry out investigations to show that justice has been done, but the business model no longer exists. Ironically, the decline in independent censorship has played a key role in reducing local government costs. "


    Hearing some helplessness, a trace of complaint and more helpless words, Arthur just laughed. He understood the trend of paper media leaving the stage of history. With the mobile Internet, who would read newspapers.


    In the past, I saw some reports in Britain and the United States that they liked reading and were willing to read newspapers and books when taking the subway. They would never hold a mobile phone brush in their hands like some people in a certain country. They were also used by many media to denounce mobile party members. In this regard, they lamented how much people in other countries love to learn.


    However, the truth is, they have no choice, why not read, anyway, there is no signal in the subway... Yes, there is no signal. Take the London underground as an example. It is the oldest subway in the world. It was opened as early as 1863. Of course, there was no mobile phone at that time.


    Anyway, in Arthur''s opinion, the paper media has no future. Therefore, as a boss, he must first ensure that he will not lose money. It is impossible not to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. As for retaining the newspaper office, it is to retain the basic disk and lay the foundation for the future transformation to the Internet electronic version.


    But it needs money and time. It''s not the time for the newspaper to change. Therefore, Arthur did not continue to spend more energy on the issue of the newspaper. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "when will Du Li TV station send someone over?""When I got the call, the other party said that he had already left for Southampton and hoped that the newspaper could contact the boss as soon as possible. They seemed to be determined to get hold of Bollinger manor. The offer was very generous, 750000 pounds. This price is really sincere." Jerry said what he thought.


    When Paul, the housekeeper beside Arthur, heard the price, his eyes brightened, and his gaze towards the young count showed more admiration and satisfaction.


    Although he had known the price on the phone, Arthur was still a little excited. To tell the truth, he didn''t expect that the other party could offer such a sincere price. It''s really hard to let people down.


    "Jerry, I don''t know much about the sale of the film and television adaptation rights of novels. Can you explain it to me?" Since you don''t understand, naturally ask clearly, so that in the next meeting and negotiation, you won''t make any jokes.


    "Good boss." Jerry nodded and said, "generally speaking, after the other party has paid for the purchase, you should permanently grant and transfer to the other party the right to adapt the book, including movies, TV, video or DVD, Internet products, and some ancillary rights.


    This includes, but is not limited to, the right to remake, make sequels, TV series, and merchandising and bundling rights. You must also grant the other party the permanent right to use and distribute products based on this book on all media platforms.


    Boss, you need to note that among all these additional rights, the right to make sequels is particularly important. If you do not reserve the right to write a sequel for the other party in the agreement, 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 in your original sequel.


    This is very important. Imagine that when the other party''s film is very popular, and then you write a best-selling sequel, but the other party can''t touch it at this time, it is undoubtedly a very frustrating thing. Therefore, when the other party and you have discussed the right to adapt the first book, they will fight for the right to adapt your original sequel.


    The fairest and most appropriate way is for the boss to insist that the other party must first exercise the adaptation right of the first book, pay the price for the copyright purchase, and then negotiate the agency right for the sequel. In this way, you will have the initiative.


    As for the price, one is a huge fixed fee, which is divided into big screen movies, TV movies and mini dramas. The other is that the quotation is tied to the budget, and according to the Convention, the purchase price will be 2.5% of the final budget.


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


    However, the concept of net profit is very vague. It can use different formulas in economics to get different results, or simply depend on someone defining the "net profit". In short, people are always suing each other for this lawsuit!


    So, if it comes to movies, boss, you may need many days to discuss with the other party how to determine the net profit. "


    "Tut, it''s really troublesome. It seems that James and Tom need to be informed to come and help me negotiate." Arthur didn''t expect that there were so many problems to deal with. It seems that professional matters should be handed over to professional people to get twice the result with half the effort.


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