The address of the website company is easy to find, but the author is not so easy to find.
After all, the website must protect the privacy of the author. Even if they are so familiar with the person in private that they meet and have three meals together every day, they cannot just tell an outsider where the other person lives.
Including the author's information and appearance, the website will not leak it to the outside world unless it is exposed by the other party himself.
So Ye Shuang hit a snag. She waited in front of someone's house for a long time and still didn't get anyone to let go.
"Can't you really be accommodating?! I'll just find a laughing prince..." Ye Shuang sighed. If she had known that the process was so troublesome, she should have gone directly to the big boss to discuss it.
Each position has different areas and different levels of authority. For example, the boss of the company can speak at will, but the editor is different. Some only contact the author, some are responsible for signing contracts, and some are responsible for cooperation around the novel...
Ye Shuang came over and said she was looking for the boss, but he was not there, so she looked for the editor instead. The girl at the front desk probably thought she was a newly signed author under an editor, so she took her to the editing team. When someone came out from the editing team, she asked, and she was talking about cooperation. So I went to the Industry Cooperation Department. I heard that they were not here mainly to buy the copyright of existing novels but wanted to cooperate directly with the author. Then I went to the Contract Department. The Contract Department said they didn’t have the kind of contract template that Ye Shuang wanted. , if you want to consult, it is best to go to the legal department. The legal department said that we only care about the appeal and not care about it...
Ye Shuang just walked around the other company's company, but couldn't find anyone to talk to about author cooperation.
It's Ye Shuang's fault for being too whimsical. The multi-author captive plan she proposed was not part of the other company's existing business expansion. There were no ready-made regulations for any department to apply. Of course, she could only push people to the department she thought would be a good fit.
When Ye Shuang came back from his detour, he realized that the signing of the contract with the author could not be completed in the short term. He immediately abandoned the complete plan and asked to discuss the script with Xiao Zhuhou - at the very least, he must first obtain the film and television adaptation rights for the Southern and Northern Dynasties book. Come down.
"Film and TV adaptation?! Then you go to the Industry Cooperation Department... Huh?! Are you going out to eat?!" The girl at the front desk asked in surprise, then regretfully showed her hands to Ye Shuang: "Why don't you come back next time?! I remember that the editor of the cooperation department seemed to have to do other things in the afternoon, and she might not come back after dinner."
Then again and again, there was an incident where Ye Shuanglai was here trying to make people laugh at the prince's address.
The younger sister was also so thirsty that she was too embarrassed to even pour water. She just dealt with Ye Shuang here. It was easy to talk about things with the company in the past. Most of them were contacted online. How could it be like this? Why bother to come directly to your door? !
So the little girl also looked like she was about to cry: "I really don't know the address of Xiaozhuhou. Some authors who live in the Magic City do come to the company to sit down when they have time, but they won't invite me to their homes... You If you want to buy the copyright of a novel, go to the cooperation department; if you want to find someone, go to the editor... "Stop pestering me."
Ye Shuang sighed and secretly said, "The laughing princes are responsible for editing..."
"He, he's sick today. He's at home on leave." If the younger sister had the addresses of these people, she would have wanted to go and find them out for Ye Shuang herself. Anyone could do it. She couldn't handle it on her own anyway. . Seeing that Ye Shuang was about to open his mouth again, the little girl almost jumped out of fright and quickly added: "But I can deduct the number for you, and you should be able to contact him online."
Still not working, how can asking questions online be as shocking as face to face? ! When the time comes, someone will just say "I'll get back to you when I get a reply", and Ye Shuang will have to wait blindly.
While he was scratching his head, Luo Mingxin called and teased Brother Shuang: "Ye Shuang, you..."
"King Luo Tian!!!" Ye Shuang suddenly had an idea and finally thought of another way: "I remember you bought an adaptation of the novel Laughing Lords, right?!"
"Ms. Ye?!" Luo Mingxin was also shocked. Why was the phone used by another person again? !
I don't know what these two people are doing. If a person disappears, he disappears completely. Unless you send an email online, you can't even call the person on the phone.
After calming down, Luo Mingxin knew Shuangmei after all, so he was not too surprised: "Did your partner tell you this?!"
He only asked his assistant to reveal to Brother Shuang that he bought the copyright of "Song Song", so inferring it, it is not surprising that Brother Shuang told Brother Shuang about this: "I did buy the novel Laughing Princes" We have the rights to film and television adaptation, and the script is ready, are you interested in taking on a different role?!"
"Not interested!" Ye Shuang waved her hand and said goodbye to the girl at the front desk who breathed a sigh of relief as if she had escaped. Then she walked out of the door with the disappointed Ye Xiaodi and asked as she walked: "I just want to ask you. Do you have Prince Xiao’s address or cell phone? I would also like to discuss cooperation with him.”
"Cooperation?!" Luo Mingxin pondered for a long time: "I remember that your job should be headhunting, right? Is there someone who wants to open a website and poach the princes to take the lead?!"
Although Xiao Zhuhou can be considered a great writer, there is still a difference between gods. Just like film and television works, some people's works are well-received but not well-received, and some people's works are well-received but not well-received.
The Laughing Princes is one of those that is well-received but not popular. This person focuses on historical stories and creates timeline-style creations. Sometimes there is a single protagonist and sometimes there are multiple protagonists. The most important thing is that the protagonist is not reborn, does not travel through space, has no plug-ins, and has no cheats. … To put it bluntly, it’s the kind of story that doesn’t give readers a sense of involvement, and makes it even less enjoyable.
In addition, he writes novels slowly, so if peripheral income is not included, the average income from online subscriptions alone is only about 100,000 per year, which is incomparable to the millions of great gods. Therefore, if a new website really wants to recruit a website writer, a famous person like Xiao Zhuhou is obviously not suitable. At most, he can be used to flaunt the quality of the website, but it cannot bring significant traffic at all.
Ye Shuang also laughed after hearing Luo Mingxin's words: "How dare I poach people in front of other people's companies?! I'm here to hunt screenwriters."
"Screenwriter?!" Luo Mingxin was curious: "What's there to dig about? I remember that the order you cheated in Jinghu City seemed to be for 50,000 yuan."
Why does everyone think it’s not profitable to poach screenwriters? ! Ye Shuang was also curious: "What I'm talking about is the dividend system. According to domestic industry prices, screenwriters are not paid based on royalties but based on dividends. Depending on the screenwriter's level and subject matter, a script can get 5% to 10% of the total investment. %, of which 1% is my dividend. For example, if I invest 10 million in a movie, I can draw 100,000... Of course, it’s hard to say for sitcoms, it mainly depends on the type and quality of the script."
Foreign screenwriters actually take more, about 7% to 15%. There are still fewer domestic screenwriters on the profit-sharing system, and most of them get cash. Even with cash, the final balance of about 0% is usually not available.
Ye Shuang is the intermediary signer, and it is naturally her business to recover remuneration. This not only ensures the interests of the screenwriters but also allows her to share the dividends. For Tianmo Media, it solves their most troublesome script problem, which is a win-win situation... Why wouldn't she do such a lucrative thing? !
Suppose she recruits five long-term screenwriters, and these five people sign a contract for five years for the first time. As long as these five people combined can produce one movie script every year, Ye Shuang will be sitting at home and getting tens or even hundreds of thousands a year for nothing. Not to mention other small investments or TV drama scripts.
Because she is not an intermediary in Han Chu's talent pool, she only needs to give a small part of the money to Han Chu.
Of course, in five years' time, it's okay if everyone doesn't want her as an intermediary but directly cooperates with the media company, but it will be their own business to pursue the dividends at that time, and Ye Shuang will not be responsible.
Judging from the current situation where domestic screenwriters cannot guarantee remuneration, there shouldn't be many people who would leave Ye Shuang to work alone.
"Only a few hundred thousand." Considering Luo Mingxin's remuneration as an actor, he naturally looked down upon this kind of price, but Luo Mingxin also knew that this was considered a generous salary for a new screenwriter, not to mention that Ye Shuang's profession was equal to She can kill them or bury them. As long as there are no personal safety problems for the talents signed out, she does not need to supervise all the work. She only needs to sit back and wait for the results: "If you want to find Xiao Zhuhou, it is easy. He is a graduate student in the history department of Hatching University. , the name is Zhu Houde, the mobile phone... I don’t remember clearly, I have to ask the assistant, if there is any, I will send it to you later. "
After hanging up the phone, Luo Mingxin asked his assistant to find Xiao Zhuhou's phone number while wondering: "Strange, who did she find a screenwriter for?! I forgot to ask." But forget it, it's none of his business anyway.
After a while, Ye Shuang received Xiao Zhuhou’s mobile phone number as expected.
After the call was made, the man on the other side answered the phone with a very steady-sounding male voice, but he seemed a bit bad at words. Basically, Ye Shuang said three to five sentences before the other party simply replied with a few words.
After explaining the general situation, the other party was also free, so the two agreed to talk again near the school in an hour.
Ye Shuang hung up the phone and grabbed Ye Xiaodi and found a shop for lunch. After dinner, she hired a taxi and went straight to hatch the eggs. When she got there, Ye Shuang began to regret it. This prestigious university was indeed different from the third-rate university she graduated from. Outside the school, University Avenue runs straight through to the square. There is a whole street of food to choose from, as well as several authentic delicacies from various countries.
"How about... another meal?!" Ye Shuang asked Xiaodi Ye for his opinion.
"... Please let me go!" Ye Xiaodi has a stomach full of food that he hasn't digested yet. Now he can't eat even if he covets it. Especially after he is full and smells the food, he just feels like vomiting.
Ye Shuang regretted: "Forget it, we'll go back after we finish eating after negotiating the contract."
After sending a text message to inquire, Xiao Zhuhou happened to be on Daxue Road, so Ye Shuang grabbed Ye Xiaodi and searched for it according to the address on the text message. After a while, he saw an open-air table and chairs. (To be continued)