Chapter 25

After Wang Jian hung up, he sat on the sofa and thought about what to do next.

Selling advertising rights is sure to bring money.

But you have to sign a contract.

And sign a contract, it is best to have lawyers and other professionals to participate.

However, I don't know the level of lawyers and whether the fees are expensive.

Besides, there are so many lawyers in the United States. Who knows which lawyers are good at copyright?

Wang Jian looked up at the time.

It's half past one in the afternoon.

It's too late today. I'll go to the law firm tomorrow and ask about the advertising authorization of the novel.

As he thought, he put on his clothes and prepared to work in the community.

Today, except that Lily has to accompany gene and her parents, she has changed a person to be a check-in officer.

All the people were still lazy until the end of the labor.

When Wang Jian returned home, it was already seven o'clock in the evening.

He ate something casually, and then began to sort out the arcane throne in his mind.

This novel is much longer than I am the great mage.

The total length of the great mage is no more than 400000 words, while the first volume of Arcane is only 300000 words.

Wang Jian was sorting it out when he suddenly found that it was wrong.

This story

Well

It's so slow!

He picked up the "I am the great mage" on hand and compared it with the manuscript of "Arcane throne", which confirmed this point even more.

The great mage is cool when you come up and invincible when you go out.

Although they are a little stiff, they are very friendly to new readers.

However, arcane throne first introduces the world outlook of the whole book with various classical music in the real world and few magic theories.

Although it also uses classical music as a weapon to break into the upper class.

But

There are too few audiences for classical music.

Pop music might be better.

But if it's pop music

In his mind, Wang Jian thought of a hidden magician with a gentlemanly demeanor, singing "beat it" on the stage.

Then, the audience including many medieval European nobles and church members were moved

Anyway, he has a toothache.

If you don't change it, will this attract readers?

You know, most readers who know themselves because I'm the great mage don't have so much patience.

They only pursue novelty and freshness.

Gorgeous magic, magical ability and super cool face slapping plot.

Wang Jian scratched his hair hard and had a headache.

What about deleting the first part altogether?

After careful study, he shook his head again.

The original author of this book, the structure design is very exquisite.

If you delete it completely, then the following story will not be able to start.

After struggling for nearly two hours, Wang Jian still didn't find a suitable way to revise it.

He lay in bed, trying to think, but still fell asleep.

This sleep, sleep directly to the morning.

When the early morning sun came into the house, it was more than 8 o'clock in the morning.

After Wang Jian got up and ate something casually, he hesitated about whether to continue the adaptation of arcane throne.

Then, I decided to find a law firm to consult about advertising authorization.

Because I had little contact with this aspect, I asked several prisoners when I was working in the community yesterday.

They unanimously recommended a small law firm in Brooklyn.

A law firm popular with all kinds of criminals?

As Wang Jian thought, he stepped into the law firm in a low office building.

After consulting about the fee standard, he chose a young lawyer with relatively low fee.

It's not that he's stingy with lawyers' fees.

The main thing is that the lawyers with higher fees in this law firm are better at exonerating criminals.

The only one who is very familiar with copyright is this new young man who is also a part-time copyright agent.

After paying $20 an hour for consultation, Wang Jian walked into a narrow office.

I saw a young white man with black hair sitting on his back, looking at Wang Jian with a serious face.

"Hello, I'm Tom sols, a lawyer and part-time copyright agent. Do you want to ask about copyright?"

"Well, yes." It's called "Master Wang gradually wrote a novel," I'm meditating. At present, Hongmeng advertising company wants the advertising authorization of this novel. I don't know how much the authorization fee should be charged and how to sign a contract. ""I am the great mage" is yours? Are you Wang Tom asked in surprise.

This is,

meet fans?

Wang Jian nodded a little joyfully, feeling that the fans would be kind to the author.

Tom bit his back teeth and looked at the Asian boy in front of him.

This is the man who lost his job in a publishing house.

But immediately, I think of my present identity.

He took a few deep breaths. Under Wang Jian's curious eyes, he took out the latest New York bestseller list.

Then point out "I am a great mage" on the list to Wang Jian.

"I'm the Archmage is now in 15th place."

Wang Jian glanced at the newspaper and nodded. Then he listened to the young man named Tom across the street and said, "the seventh ranked book has been in this position for ten consecutive weeks."

"Its TV adaptation rights have been sold to CBS for $700000, a 10-year time limit. Within ten years, whether CBS is shooting or not, the copyright of its TV series will be returned to the original author. "

"And your" I'm a wizard "ranks 15th, and what the other party wants is advertising authorization, so according to the hidden rules of the industry."

"That is to say, every time the bestseller list drops by one place, the copyright grant price will decrease by 20000. The advertising price is half of the price of TV series. Then, in ten years, the advertising authorization price of "I am the wizard" is 270000 dollars. "

"For advertisements authorized according to the popularity, as the popularity decreases, the authorization fee also decreases."

"In the same way, the higher the popularity, the higher the authorization fee that year."

"So, according to the industry formula, your first year of authorization has to be," Tom pressed for a while with his calculator, and then said, "ninety thousand dollars."

"How much?" Wang Jian asked in surprise.

"Ninety thousand dollars." Tom replied again.

After pondering for a moment, Wang Jian handed Tom a $20 bill and said, "can I make a phone call here?"

Tom took the dollar and made an invitation.

Wang Jian dialed the number of lin'en.

"Hello, this is Wang Jian, the author of I am the great mage. Are you Lynn, please? "

"I am." The voice on the other end of the phone was full of surprise and said, "are you coming to our company for negotiation?"

"I just want to ask, how long does your authorization take and how much does it cost?" Wang Jian asked bluntly.

"Well, our current offer is $60000 for a one-year license."

"Oh, I'll think about it." Wang Jian replied.

Then he hung up.

Tom looked at Wang Jian in doubt.

Wang Jian also looked up at Tom and asked, "if you represent a copyright grant, how much is your commission?"

"Well," thought Tom, "it depends. Like your "I am the great mage."

"If I talk about the licensing fee of 90000, I only need to draw 1% commission. If it exceeds 90000, I will increase the Commission by 5% for every 10000 yuan increase. "

Wang Jian looked at each other, calculating silently in his heart.

Then he said to Tom, "well, what if I authorize you to talk? How much shall I pay? "

Tom's eyes suddenly widened. "You don't need to spend money. Our novel copyright agents only earn commission."

Wang Jian knocked on Tom's desk and said, "I'm talking about lawyer's fees."

Tom came back to himself and said, "five percent commission for business contracts."

"Well, let's make a bet." Wang Jian said, "I authorize you to talk about it."

"It's over ninety thousand dollars. I'll pay you not only the lawyer's fees, but also the Commission of the copyright agent."

"Within $90000, you get nothing, including legal fees. Do you agree? " Wang Jian said.

"Er..." Tom pondered for a moment, patted the table for the last time and said, "yes. That's a deal. "