Chapter 320: Negotiate contract

To be honest, this news surprised Liu Huaxing. He actually has no confidence in his book. Although it is very novel in terms of plot, it is an idea brought back ten years later, but his writing and narrative methods are very ordinary, so it is quite unexpected to be published, let alone Said it was taken by a certain director.
However, he is not afraid of reading files, let alone the director, even if the president of the United States comes to him, he will not panic. What's more, at this juncture, the matter came just right. If they can be negotiated, the final copyright fee should be able to fill the debt his dad owed outside.
But it is not surprising that some people hope to adapt his story. This kind of time-traveling story will be very popular in the next few years. The originality of Liu Huaxing’s story may be a bit clichéd ten years later, but today it can be said to be refreshing, and the ending of the story is also very literary and artistic. It is not surprising that a director would like it.
Inferring from the movie's release time in the future, the time to pick the script also happens to be in these two years.
Of course, Liu Huaxing still has to tell his parents and Yang Xiaoxiao about this.
"Director?" Yang Xiaoxiao's eyes widened after hearing Liu Huaxing's explanation of the situation at noon that day. "My star's book is not only published, but also adapted into a movie? This is really amazing."
"Then you still don't kiss your amazing boyfriend?" Liu Huaxing teased, and Yang Xiaoxiao smiled, came over and gave him a hard kiss, then touched his head and smiled: "Happy Huh? What a silly star..."
After speaking, Yang Xiaoxiao curiously said: "Then when are you going to talk to them?"
"This Saturday, do you want to go with me?" Liu Huaxing asked curiously.
"Um..." Yang Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said, "Actually, I don't really want to go, but I don't want to be separated from you."
"Let's do this." Liu Huaxing smiled, "Wait for me at home, and I will go to your house to find you after I have finished talking with them."
"Emmmm..." Yang Xiaoxiao frowned slightly, her red lips tightened in contemplation, and she replied for a while, "Well, then, but can't you leave me alone for too long?"
"No, I'll make an appointment with them at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning. I will choose a place closer to our home, and it shouldn’t be long. After the talk, I’ll buy a good breakfast and visit your home. You, it should be before ten o'clock." Liu Huaxing said, touching Yang Xiaoxiao's little head, "Then we will have breakfast together and tell you the result by the way."
"Then, do you want to go to the hotel this weekend?" Yang Xiaoxiao asked, blinking her pretty eyes.
"Want to do it again?" Liu Huaxing teased, holding up her chin slightly, and Yang Xiaoxiao muttered with a pursed mouth: "Because I don't have a lot of fun at noon, I can only barely eat a fast food... I want to be crazy with you for hours."
With that said, Yang Xiaoxiao asked curiously: "Don't you want me? I thought that boys are in greater demand."
"Of course I think, I'm just pretending to be serious, don't take it seriously. There is something undesirable for such a beautiful girlfriend?" Liu Huaxing said with a smile, scraping Yang Xiaoxiao's nose. Yang Xiaoxiao squinted at him with an angry look, and then lay down in his arms: "I'll take a nap? Don't push me, if I want it, skip class in the afternoon and drag you to the hotel."
"Yes, little ancestor." Liu Huaxing kissed on the back of her head, and honestly hugged Yang Xiaoxiao to take a nap.
Recently, the pressure of studying has gradually increased, and Liu Huaxing has been very busy every day, and has less and less time to deal with chores.
On Saturday, Liu Huaxing met with the agent of the entertainment company at the appointed place.
The place they agreed was a newly opened coffee shop not far behind Yang Xiaoxiao's house. This time was just during breakfast, and there were not many guests inside. It was more suitable for people who like quiet or want to do business.
When he came to the designated table, Liu Huaxing saw a middle-aged woman wearing a red beret and sunglasses. Sitting next to him was a young woman wearing a black suit and short skirt. She should be the director and agent. . Liu Huaxing took the opportunity to look at the middle-aged woman. She was about fifty years old and thin, but she had a good spirit, and the color scheme on her body looked very artistic, otherwise she would not be in the high temperature of nearly 40 degrees. Also wearing a hat. And she had a book of him beside her.
He wondered that this should be the director who fancyed his novel. As for the agent next to him, he was about twenty-four or five, with average facial features and not very fair complexion, and might be slightly darker than the average yellow person. She didn't wear any makeup on her face, she was pretty simple. But when she stood up, Liu Huaxing found that her figure was quite proud...
Seeing Liu Huaxing approaching and preparing to sit down opposite the two of them, the agent stood up and laughed, but said something that made Liu Huaxing stunned on the spot: "Sorry, there are people here."
Liu Huaxing was stunned and realized that she might not have thought that he would be the author, so she smiled and said, "Didn’t you let me come over? You said on the phone that you were very sincere, but when I came, you again Drive me away."
Now it was the turn of the other two to be surprised. They looked at Liu Huaxing dumbly and asked, "Are you a fish?"
Liu Huaxing nodded. At that time, the two people exchanged their sights, obviously not believing it.
"But..." the director said incredulously, "Your writing, the emotions, and behaviors expressed in it are all so mature, with the taste of an adult. It's not like an eighteen-year-old at all. What your children can have."
With that said, the director opened his book and turned it over: "The male and female protagonists in your work are all in their early twenties, and finally when the male protagonist found that there was no way to change the heroine’s destiny, he resolutely chose not to change the world. Under the premise of going to death with her...this kind of plot is not like a child of your age can think of."
"Maybe... I have experienced more." Liu Huaxing smiled bitterly, and the director squinted at him and shook his head: "I don't believe it. Generally, the plot that a child of your age can come up with should be to save the world..."
"It's true, you can ask the publisher." Liu Huaxing replied with a smile, "Do you need me to contact you?"
"Oh, no, no, no." The director smiled, "I don't mean to believe that you wrote this book, I just don't understand why you have this kind of thinking that is beyond your age."
Liu Huaxing thought for a while and replied: "I have a girl I love deeply. Although we are only 18 years old, we have known each other for five years and we have been dating for two years. I often imagine our future life with her. Thinking of places far and far away, thinking of us getting married and having children, thinking of our children and grandchildren, thinking of living together...maybe because of this?"
"Oh—" the director held up his hands and smiled, "young and hot love, it feels so good, right?"
Liu Huaxing nodded, and the two introduced themselves to him. The agent shook hands with him and said, "Hello, this is director Ye Hongmei, and I am her agent Xu Ying. Just like before. Yes, our purpose is to adapt your work, but... we didn’t expect our author to be so young. Please forgive us for our rudeness."
Then, the two sides started negotiations. The other party probably thought he was a child and was afraid that he would not understand them, so they explained their intentions to him straightforwardly, and then showed him some works of Ye Hongmei and a sample of the contract.
To put it simply, the other party intends to adapt his work. Adapting his work into a script suitable for filming will involve a lot of moves, because some psychological changes cannot be shown on the screen, but the main plot will remain unchanged. . In this regard, Liu Huaxing is completely acceptable. After all, he had no confidence in his writing and narrative techniques.
As for Ye Hongmei's works... To be honest, Liu Huaxing has never seen any of them. They are more literary and realistic types, not suitable for young people.
Therefore, he next looked at the contract. In fact, it depends on the copyright fee. There are two ways to pay for the fee: one is to pay a fixed copyright fee. After that, the performance of the movie will be irrelevant to him whether it is good or bad. If you take this copyright fee, you are done. ; The other is to share the copyright fee according to the actual box office of the movie.
Liu Huaxing definitely chose the first one. With a fixed copyright fee, he is not a gambler and he is not greedy.
The key is that it will take a long time to wait for the box office to come out. First of all, it will take a few months to adapt the script, then the casting sponsorship, and then the filming location must be determined. It takes about a year for the film to be shot, and then it has to be reported for review. After the review, the film is allowed to be released. Finally, the box office is counted after being released for three months.
In other words, it will take two years to get the money.
What's more, he is not particularly optimistic about the box office. He can only get about 2% from the box office share, but he can get 200,000 yuan for copyright directly, and about 160,000 after tax. In exchange for the box office share, because nearly half of the box office has to be paid to the theater, the remaining half is for the crew, so it takes nearly 100 million box office to get the same money. With a box office of over 100 million yuan, it is not easy for Ye Hongmei, a director who is also not very famous.
After all, it is an adaptation and an author who is not well-known, and the box office share can only get 2%. If it is a script written by the director himself, or a well-known screenwriter, the share may be as high as about 10% to 30%. At this time, the box office share will be more cost-effective. For an author like him who is not well-known yet, it would be nice to just charge a fixed copyright fee.
Therefore, Liu Huaxing chose to sign the former contract, that is, the entertainment company will pay a fee to buy the right to adapt his work. Of course, after that, the other party will ask him about some details, such as whether there is an actor he likes, and he hopes that an actor will play a role in his work. These crews can be negotiated.
Liu Huaxing also knows that this is the easiest stage of unspoken rules, but he is not interested. The entertainment industry is too messy, and he will never get involved.
However, writing a script is indeed a good route. He can make money easily with his own future ideas, without having to get involved in the entertainment industry himself, and he doesn't take much time. Although fame takes time to accumulate, it can be used as a sideline beyond the main tasks of his university. Maybe ten years later, his accumulated reputation will make him a well-known screenwriter?
After the contract was negotiated immediately, Liu Huaxing chose to sign with them. After the process is over and taxes are paid, the money will be transferred to his bank card, which takes about a week. After tax, they can get one hundred and sixty thousand yuan, which just fills the gap in their family's economy.
However, after calculating the money, 50,000 of it will be returned to Yang Xiaoxiao’s family and Hao Qian, and the remaining 100,000 is just used to repay the interest of the usury, which may give him 20,000 to 30,000, but the rest The money is definitely not enough for him to pay the down payment for a house after graduating from high school. But he agreed to Yang Chengzhi, and he had to find a way to do it.
At present, there is no need to reach the sky in one step. Now that he has filled this gap, he is very satisfied. The key is to go back and share the good news with his family and Yang Xiaoxiao. He still has a year to settle the down payment, and there is nothing to worry about. After all, he can't be fat with one bite. To be sure, writing a book will always accompany him in his life.
After talking about the contract, it was exactly 9:30, Liu Huaxing came to the Minsheng Breakfast Shop to buy breakfast and came to Yang Xiaoxiao's house.
"Stars..." When the door opened, Yang Xiaoxiao was obviously sleepy and still hadn't gotten up.
"Hey, you little strawberry." Liu Huaxing poked the little girl's forehead a little bit irritably, "You really slept till now? Get up early, it's almost ten o'clock!"
"Hey... I'll be hungry when I get up early." Yang Xiaoxiao hugged his waist and coquettishly, her lazy appearance is also so beautiful.
Liu Huaxing put the breakfast aside, looked around and asked curiously: "Where's Auntie? Are you alone at home today?"
"Yeah... My mother went to send warmth to other widows and lonely old people on behalf of the community." Yang Xiaoxiao nodded and muttered, then raised her head and looked at him with a smirk. Oh?"
"Isn't it two hours before noon?! Go brush your teeth!" Liu Huaxing reprimanded, patted her ass.
"You are fierce..." Yang Xiaoxiao muttered with a pouting mouth, rubbing the spotted area on his butt.
At this moment, Yang Xiaoxiao was wearing a loose T-shirt with only underwear underneath, so it was quite fleshy, especially elastic. Liu Huaxing recalled the feel for a while.
"How was the talk? The result?" Yang Xiaoxiao muttered slurredly while brushing his teeth in the bathroom.
"Two hundred thousand." Liu Huaxing simply replied, putting breakfast on the table one by one.
"Isn't it possible to pay off Uncle's debt?" Yang Xiaoxiao asked with some delight, poking out her little head from the bathroom.
"Yeah, there can be a little more." Liu Huaxing sighed, "This is a good thing. But the down payment for the house has not been settled. This year, I have to use my brains to make extra money. "
"But it's a third year in high school? I'm getting busier and busier. How can I have so much time." Yang Xiaoxiao twisted the towel and wiped her face. Liu Huaxing smiled bitterly: "Yes...but there is always a way Yes, don't worry."
"Hey." Yang Xiaoxiao looked at him with a smirk, Liu Huaxing put up her chin and asked: "What are you stupid about?"
"I'm happy to see you..." Yang Xiaoxiao pouted and said, Liu Huaxing tasted the little strawberry before Yang Xiaoxiao continued: "Don't worry, my dad can understand you about the house down payment, even if it is true. He didn’t do it, and he won’t break us up. Otherwise, he won’t lend money to uncle this time.

"I know..." Liu Huaxing said, stroking her cheek, "but we still have to do what we are talking about."
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