It was the internet age now, so contracts and whatnot could be sent online.
In the future, if he wanted to change the copyrights of novels, animations, television shows, and movies, he had to make it clear. This directly affected profits and copyrights.
Since the lawyer had received the money, he naturally had to help Li Mu change the contract to cover all aspects.
So Li Mu said to a pen," My lawyer requested that the contract must be changed like this. Otherwise, I can't sign the contract."”
Lawyer? Even though A Pen was used to seeing manga artists, this was the first time he had seen an artist with a lawyer. In fact, this was also Li Mu's first time hiring a lawyer. In the past, when he signed contracts on Earth, he was very passive. Basically, it was just the rise and fall of his salary. It was impossible to change other conditions.
But this time, Li Mu wouldn't give in, because this was Journey to the West, a story of all kinds of cross-border stories.
A pen could not make the decision, so he could only go to the boss. However, he really hoped to sign it, because Journey to the West would definitely be popular and would definitely be able to drive 2% of the sales.
Ding Dang Animation was just an insignificant company under Xiaoxiang Entertainment. The comics were just entertainment scraps.
This kind of precedent obviously couldn't be set. Every contract was made by a company, and it had never been said that a small manga artist could change the contract.
"Even if he has great potential, he's not suitable to work under our company.”The person who spoke was the manager sent by Xiaoxiang Entertainment to Dingdang Animation Magazine. He didn't know anything about comics, but he knew how to sell magazines.
"But Journey to the West really has potential.”
"Little Chen, there are many comics with potential. Do you want us to change the contract for every one of them?”"This is a precedent that must not be set," the manager said, patting his beer belly.”
Seeing the director's attitude, One Pen knew that their magazine agency was about to brush past an excellent work that could change the world of manga. Although he was unwilling, he was just a part-time worker and could not change anything.
A Pen could only look for Li Mu, hoping that he could change and make concessions.
However, Li Mu was not short of money now. He was prepared to donate all the income from Journey to the West, so he would not give in.
Therefore, it was a pity that this cooperation ended without a conclusion.
Li Mu thought to himself that since they were so guilty, there was indeed something fishy about the contract. If they really signed it according to this contract, he would definitely be the one who suffered when they went to court for the copyright.
The older the ginger, the spicier. Although Li Mu had lived for 25 years on Earth, he didn't have Zhang Taiting's achievements. Zhang Taiting started from scratch. He made his first fortune by selling pirated discs. Then he began to invest in industries, starting from the sale of discs. Later, he opened his own electronic parts factory.
Zhang Taiting's current company was Manfan Electronic Group. Its main business was hard disk storage, as well as other small businesses.
The lawyer Zhang Taiting hired was also very reliable. He was indeed a professional.
However, just because they didn't sign a contract didn't mean that there weren't other discerning people. Another small company," Wandering with Rice," found Li Mu. This was a small magazine agency that only sold in the capital. It had only been opened for five years and could be said to be on the edge of the edge.
However," Wandering with Rice " was very enthusiastic. The boss contacted Li Mu personally. He didn't mention the contract, but only asked which city Li Mu was in. He was willing to fly over personally to talk to Li Mu face to face, showing his sincerity.
However, Li Mu told him directly that he had very high requirements for the contract. He had to follow his contract. Otherwise, it would be a wasted trip.
Gao Feng, the boss of " Wandering with Rice ", asked Li Mu to send the contract over first. He would consider it.
Gao Feng was a fan of comics, so he sold his family's three houses in the capital and started his own business. Anyway, his parents had already passed away. He was all alone and only had a love for comics.
In the past few years, it could be said that he had been spending money to run the magazine, but even so, his magazine agency had only been transporting Japanese comics to barely maintain the magazine's operations.
He had always wanted to sign a contract with a mangaka, but when they saw that this was a small company that could go bankrupt at any time, they were unwilling to serialize their works.
In fact, Gao Feng was not very confident this time. He did not expect that he would be willing to negotiate without asking for help. Moreover, the contract he sent was not asking for a lot. It was a detailed division of the copyright issue. As for the price per page, it was very suitable.
"Sign, I'll sign." Almost without any hesitation, Gao Feng couldn't wait to send the signed contract over for Li Mu to sign.
He didn't expect the efficiency of a small magazine agency to be so high. However, if Li Mu knew that this magazine agency was so small that there were only three employees including the boss, he would probably feel like he had jumped into a pit.
" Ah ah--" Gao Feng was really too excited that day. The two employees were scared out of their wits. If the boss went crazy, they would not be able to get their salary.
"It's signed, it's signed!" Gao Feng had never felt so excited before, not even when he decided to sell his three houses to start a business.
Most of the employees who could persist in this small workshop were also because of their love for comics. When they heard that Journey to the West was going to be serialized in their magazine, they were first dumbfounded. After confirming it again and again, the three of them hugged each other happily.
The three men did not mind each other's sweat. They were all as happy as children who weighed 200 pounds.
"Go and invite people to the various animation groups and animation websites to post advertisements so that everyone can start moving. I want everyone to know that we have Journey to the West.”
"Understood. I'll start designing now.”
The three of them immediately got busy, and Gao Feng had to go to the printing shop to ask if they could print a few more sets.
But the readers were puzzled. Wasn't it Ding Dang Animation? What the hell was " Wandering with Rice "? He had never heard of it before. He couldn't even find it at the newsstand.
The readers left comments to ask the author what had happened. Why was it a magazine that he had never heard of? Could it be that Goomi's Roaming competed viciously and snatched the magazine from Dingdang Animation at a high price?
In short, the comment section was filled with all kinds of unbelievable comments. There were conspiracy theories, friends and family theories, and also people who didn't understand manga. In any case, everyone just didn't understand why the big magazines didn't submit but instead submitted to the small magazines. Wasn't this throwing pearls before swine?
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