Chapter 184: Copyright

Chapter 184

With funds in place, paperwork complete, and Song family connections, registering a company was no big deal. The only thing troubling Song Shuling now was that Bai Yinyue had come knocking, demanding to invest.

Seeing this "love rival" of her brother's, Song Shuling was on high alert.

Don't think I can't see what you're trying to do with my sister-in-law! You want to invest too? What are you up to! Are you going to try and take advantage of my sister-in-law later?!

It was all because of Grandma. The other day when she was having tea with Bai's grandma, she let slip about Song Shuling starting an entertainment company. Bai's grandma passed along the news as idle chatter to Bai Yinyue. As perceptive as Bai Yinyue was, putting together recent events, she immediately guessed that this move by Song Shuling was for Zhong Ruanxing.

So she had shown up with money in hand!

Song Shuling didn't care about the money at all! If she needed investors, she could just ask her own grandma! But Bai Yinyue's attitude of “if you don't agree, I'll just go to your sister-in-law” really troubled her!

Bai Yinyue also knew what the little sister across from her was thinking. Holding her coffee cup, she laughed out loud and teased, “Don't worry, I just sincerely want to invest. I won't do anything to your sister-in-law.”

Song Jinxing looked at her doubtfully.

Really? I don't believe you.

Bai Yinyue patiently advised, “I'll just be an investor, no decision-making power. You'll still be the boss, I'll just work for you. How about it?”

Song Shuling: “Really?”

Bai Yinyue: “Really!”

Considering that the Song family had previously rejected the Bai family's marriage proposal, and Bai Yinyue had also been emotionally hurt by “Big Brother,” if Song Shuling rejected her again now, it would seem a little too ungracious. And to be fair, Elder Sister Bai had spoken up for sister-in-law quite a bit on that variety show, so consider this her repaying the favor to sister-in-law!

After much struggle, Song Shuling finally made up her mind: “Fine! I'll give you a share!”

Bai Yinyue smiled and reached out her hand to her: “Then Boss Song, it's a deal. When do we sign the contract?”

Soon after, an entertainment agency called Tianyao Entertainment was registered in the capital city.

Seeing the two beautiful young ladies, the professor who had spent his whole life in academic research seemed a bit stiff.

Song Jinxing reached out to shake his hand first, introducing herself: “I contacted you before. My surname is Zhong.”

Professor Chen shook her hand awkwardly. After mutual introductions, Song Shuling got right to the point, taking out a contract prepared in advance: “Professor Chen, you should already know why we’re here. This is a copyright purchase contract. Please take a look. For ‘A Letter For You’, we have absolutely put forward our utmost sincerity.”

In the past few days, Professor Chen had also learned about the film and TV rights field through the younger generation in his family and students, and found out that his original work was being plagiarized and about to be made into a TV series without his consent. He was angry of course, but for him, his academic career was more important. ‘A Letter For You’ was just a hobby and creative work, not something he would go to great lengths to fight for. He didn’t even understand all this talk about color pallets and trope fusion that he was hearing.

But now these two had stepped up, taking the initiative to turn “A Letter For You” into a screen adaptation before “The Female Lead”, and previously he had worried it was a scam. After all, nowadays there were lots of telecom frauds targeting middle-aged people like him!

But upon seeing the people before him now, he knew they weren't scammers.

They were too beautiful. Looking like this, they could do anything successfully, how could they possibly resort to scamming?

It could only be said, the author of “A Letter For You” still had such a simple outlook on the world. Beautiful scammers like this definitely existed as well.

After looking over the contract Song Shuling handed over, Professor Chen paled in shock. “You want to pay 5 million to buy the adaptation rights for my book? It's worth 5 million?”

Song Shuling said, “Of course. We are using ‘The Female Lead’ as a benchmark. ‘The Female Lead’ sold its rights for 3 million, and we believe the value of ‘A Letter For You’ far exceeds it, so 5 million is an appropriate price.”

Professor Chen pushed up his glasses with a trembling hand: “I haven't earned that much teaching for 10 years.”

Song Jinxing spoke up: “The academic value of your work cannot be measured by its price.”

Professor Chen was comforted by her words and looked at her gratefully. He hadn't come unprepared either. Before coming, he had also gotten students to help check on this celebrity called Zhong Ruanxing, so he naturally also knew about the sensational matter from before.

What an upright person who wasn't afraid of power!

Matching the cold, stern face in the videos he had seen to the well-mannered, courteous person before him now, Professor Chen nodded to himself. From his breast pocket, he took out a pen and signed his name stroke by stroke at the end of the contract.

“I'm entrusting 'A Letter For You' to you, I can rest assured. And thank you very much, for allowing the world I created in writing to be visualized through the film and TV medium. In the future, I will tell my students that it is my work.”

“It’s been a pleasure cooperating with you, Professor Chen.”