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Chapter 55 Sorry to bother you

Random House.

Editor-in-Chief's Office.

"I think we can talk about publishing first."

Adam declined Jack Cerf's request for a draft and cut to the chase.

After all, only requesting manuscripts, not publishing, would be a hooligan.

Although he owns the original manuscript, in the face of the capital represented by Random House, he is not shy to try to figure out the other party with the greatest malice.

In the previous life, the genuine version could not be pirated, and the genuine version could not be imitated.

And here is the United States, where the power of capital is infinite.

If the interest is big enough, copyright protection is just a joke.

How is copyright protection implemented?

File a lawsuit!

If you have no money and no power, in the face of the other party's luxurious lawyers, the other party can cite any legal provisions that are not or not, and you can be dragged into the lawsuit, making you unable to express your suffering.

In this process, the biggest possibility is that you have no money to continue to hire a lawyer to sue.

And even if you succeed in the long prosecution career, the biggest beneficiary will not be you, but the lawyers of both parties.

Because they all get a percentage, the more lawsuits they fight, the more they ask for.

It is even possible that you lose the case, even if you are God, speaking the truth that everyone knows.

Otherwise, there would not be so many big criminals in American TV series, who walked out of the court so arrogantly, and in front of countless media, serious nonsense, let the good popularity explode but helpless.

Pizza Hut New York, understand?

You must know that almost all judges in the United States have changed careers from professional lawyers, and most of their relatives and friends are lawyers. Naturally, they maintain the interests of the lawyer class consciously or unintentionally.

For lawyers, it is best to file a lawsuit when there is nothing to do, and a small lawsuit becomes a big one.

Otherwise, a very clear thing, why the judge let the lawyers talk nonsense, adjourn the court at every turn, and then procrastinate again and again, for several years and decades.

Lawyers and doctors who control life and death can also be called representatives of the middle class. Like medical schools, law schools can only be admitted to undergraduates at the beginning. Do you think it is a joke?

It's never stupidity that covers your eyes, it's profit!

So to be cautious, Adam handed only the contents of the first thirty chapters.

You must know that in the previous life, the Lord of Mysteries was published at a certain point where he paid attention to the 'Golden Three Chapters', which means that the first three chapters must quickly grab readers.

Now Adam has given the first thirty chapters, which is enough for the other party to judge the quality of the Lord of Mysteries.

"Ha ha."

Jack Cerf smiled: "Of course."

The Lord of Mysteries has a grand world view, which can be fully expanded into a huge fantasy universe.

Although there is no concept of the movie universe, the Lord of the Rings has not yet had the success of the trilogy plus the first trilogy, and Harry Potter, who is crazy about gold, has no shadow, but it does not mean that the American people do not know the similar huge The value of fantasy universes.

Because they have Star Wars!

This series of movies, which Adam couldn't watch in his previous life, has almost become a phenomenon-level symbol representing American culture, and countless Americans are madly obsessed with it.

In The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon and the others are the most typical representatives.

Lightsaber Fluorescent Lights from the [-]nd grade.

In order to watch the latest midnight movie, not only is he willing to line up all night, but he even ties a urine bag to his pants in order not to leave.

One is to occupy a stable position, and the other is to keep warm, killing two birds with one stone...

When Sheldon and Leonard were invited to give speeches at other universities and passed by the manor of the father of Star Wars on the way, they chose to visit first without hesitation. For this reason, Sheldon was chased and electrocuted by security guards.

In this way, this experience was also regarded as a wonderful journey by them, and Howard and Rajesh, who did not go, were quite jealous.

The Lord of Mysteries is naturally not the same type as Star Wars, but the huge world view that can be vaguely revealed still makes Jack Cerf very shocked.

This is a work that combines the fantastic atmosphere of Lord of the Rings, the mystery of Cthulhu, the suspense of Sherlock Holmes, the unknown and mysterious elements of the East, and the perfect fusion of many elements.

The group portrait structure is also very brilliant, which is very suitable for the adaptation of film and television dramas.

This might be a great treasure.

Jack Cerf was secretly happy in his heart, but his face remained calm: "So, what do you think about buying out the copyright for a fixed price of $1? Few newcomers can get this price."

"Sorry to interrupt."

Adam picked up the manuscript, got up and nodded and smiled.

With that said, he turned around and walked outside.

"..."

The corners of Jack Cerf's mouth twitched, and he quickly got up and held Adam: "Mr. Duncan, is there any question we can discuss?"

"Ha ha."

Adam smiled and said, "Mr. Cerf doesn't mean to have a good discussion. In this way, Mr. Cerf can think about it. I have something to do with HarperCollins Publishing House later. Let's make an appointment?"

As New York is one of the best metropolises, Random House is not the only publisher, HarperCollins is also one of the best big companies.

This is still a large publishing house, and there are countless small and medium-sized publishing houses.

The other party bought it out, and it was only [-] knives. Adam didn't want to talk to the other party.

He is not a fat tiger, how can he tolerate the bullying of the other party, Chi Guoguo.

"Mr. Duncan, you misunderstood."

Jack Cerf didn't change his smile and said: "This price is really friendly for newcomers... Of course, if Mr. Duncan has any objection, it can be negotiated. The bids are actually pretty much the same.”

"Don't mention the buyout."

When Adam heard the words, he nodded secretly in his heart. Capitalists are indeed the same, and HarperCollins can't be so good. He looks like this is just a better negotiation.

Besides, there is a reason why he chose Random House as his first stop.

Random House is one of the largest publishing houses with strong publicity and sales channels, and more than half of the books on the bestseller list are published by Random House.

Harper Collins is also very powerful. The types of books that can be released are more serious and more famous. Big companies have big company diseases, and their internal rigidity is severe. It is a common phenomenon that the eyes grow on the top of the head. category of novels.

Of course, if the other party is too much, Adam would rather not publish.

Not eating steamed buns and fighting for steam, the masterpiece of the great god that he admired most in his previous life, even in a parallel universe, he would not be willing to sell it cheap anyway.

"The price can be negotiated, and you are satisfied..."

Jack Cerf doesn't give up, what he wants most is full copyright, which is the current popular IP operation in Asia.

The funny thing is that the IP of the United States and the IP that Donggu later advocated are completely different.

Adam was unmoved.

If you want to buy out the full copyright at a low price, you want to eat the fart!

Because no matter what the 'high price' offered by the other party, in Adam's view, it is a low price.

The psychological expectations of the two are not of the same order of magnitude. What is there to talk about?

　Ps: Thanks for the reward from Frozen Moon!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)