Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 618 Legal Department

As soon as the news of the new book "Pride and Prejudice" came out, the rumors were of course self-defeating.

Many people who had posted mourning posts before also silently deleted the posts, as if such a thing had never happened.

In fact, even so, I am afraid that in the impression of some people, a writer named Su Ai is dead.

Because they usually don't pay attention to the literary circle or writers like Su Ai, they just see someone posting a mourning post on Moments or Weibo, and they take a casual look to leave an impression, but they don't see the rumors news.

Liu Nan of "Lingfeng Evening News" was slightly surprised when he saw the news of the new book, but he was not very nervous about the imminent prosecution.

Just like what he told the editor of the newspaper before, he didn't fabricate any evidence, and the full text was just a vague and reasonable speculation. Even if people wanted to sue them, it would be very difficult.

But after a while, he may not be so leisurely, because he completely underestimated his determination to harvest literature, and also underestimated the power of writer Su Ai.

Even if this lawsuit cannot be won for a while, as long as you make up your mind to engage in "Ling Feng Evening News", there is always a chance to defeat them.

Speaking of which, the law firm that cooperates with Zhang Zhong and his company has made a lot of money during this period, because the company has filed lawsuits against at least five units or individuals this year alone.

This time led by Chen Qing, Harvest Literature Network finally entrusted Jiayu Law Firm to initiate a lawsuit against "Lingfeng Evening News".

In fact, litigation is a very inefficient and costly matter, both for both parties to the lawsuit.

So under normal circumstances, you can keep it private.

But Zhang Zhong didn't care about the various costs of the lawsuit at all, they could afford it and were willing to spend it.

The reason for this is also to send a signal to other people-you better not mess with me.

Because of the endless lawsuits, Lin Lan's life has almost fallen into darkness recently, and the money she has saved in the past few years is almost consumed by the lawsuits.

And she can't give up yet, once she gives up, she will face huge compensation.

In fact, Lin Lan has already regretted the matter so far. If she knew that the other party was so entangled, she should have settled the matter in private.

What kind of reputation and face, in front of real money, are all worthless.

The lawyer's fees she paid were already enough to compensate or private.

But now after paying so much legal fees, she is already like a horse running against the wall, and there is no turning back.

This is a typical sunk cost effect, the more you invest, the less you can give up.She always felt that if she persisted for a while, the matter would be over.

The self-paralysis in the early stage caused her not to stop the loss in time, which was the biggest mistake she made.

Wu Fei is also in the same situation as him.

However, Wu Fei is obviously smarter. He knows how to stop the loss in time. When the lawsuit has been going on for more than a month, Wu Fei has proposed to be private.

At first he was willing to compensate Zhang Zhong a certain amount, but he did not agree to make a public apology.

Faced with such a private condition, Zhang Zhong's side certainly couldn't agree, so the lawsuit still hasn't stopped.

After more than two months passed, Wu Fei's mentality changed again. In addition to being willing to pay compensation, he also agreed to apologize publicly and withdraw the false list released earlier.

"Forgive others and forgive others. I hope Zhang Zhong can seriously consider my proposal."

These were Wu Fei's original words at the time.

Chen Qing conveyed this sentence to Zhang Zhong, but Zhang Zhong did not back down.

Zhang Zhong's request is very simple, the compensation will be paid according to their demands, and an apology and cancellation of the list are also necessary.

The two sides did not agree on the compensation. At the beginning, Zhang Zhong demanded one percent of 300 billion in compensation, which is [-] million.

Of course, Wu Fei couldn't afford so much money.

In the end, after mediation and negotiation, Zhang Zhong took countless steps back, and finally demanded a compensation of no less than 2000 million.

But Wu Fei only agreed to pay 500 million in compensation, with a difference of 500 million.

In this way, the lawsuit continued until June without a result.

……

In mid-June, when Wu Fei was struggling with lawsuits, Chen Qing happily bought Jiayu Law Firm with a big wave of his hand, and developed the firm into the company's legal department, specializing in helping the company with legal matters. affairs.

This matter got Zhang's attention.

The company really needs a legal department. In the future, the company will have more and more IPs, and the number of legal affairs related to intellectual property will also continue to increase.

Now the company's ip is not only the works of Zhang Zhong alone, but also the works of other authors under the company, such as Qin Zhao, such as Zhao Re.

Besides these two writers who developed in the early stage, many well-known writers were also recruited.

Feng He and Lin Tao in the science fiction world, and Cai Yi, a suspense writer who has recently emerged in "Zero and One".

In addition to the famous ones, the company also signed some potential stocks, all of which were newcomers who performed well in the previous essay competition.

Of course, in the past six months, the company's biggest move was to sign Yu Dongyu.

Yu Dongyu didn't have a writer's agent before. Except for a few assistants around him, it can be said that he personally negotiated with publishing organizations on publishing matters.

Since the in-depth cooperation with "Zero Zero One", Yu Dongyu has seen the hope that he can go further, so at the beginning of this year he decisively accepted Chen Qing's invitation and signed the writer's agent contract.

It is not difficult for Chen Qing to sign a writer.

Among other things, the "Zero Zero One" magazine alone can make many writers surrender, not to mention Zhang Zhong's leading role.

For the time being, the company's ip development is all centered around Zhang Zhong, and it's all handed over to other film and television companies.

But within two years, the company's film and television industry will begin to take shape, and the development of IP will be able to enter another platform. By then, a complete and huge industrial chain will be rolled out, and other writers in the company will also benefit.

When persuading Yu Dongyu at that time, Chen Qing promised him that within three years, he would create a series of IP development plans for his new work "Thousand Doors" series, and even write the investment amount in the contract.

Yu Dongyu was also moved by this promise, that's why he signed the contract with Chen Qing so readily.

……

Yu Jin was cleaning the studio when he heard footsteps coming from the door. He looked up and saw a little girl bouncing in.

He is no stranger to this little girl, he had seen it once before during the National Day, and that time she was accompanied by Dean Wu and Zhang Zhong.

And last time Dean Wu's new painting "Pengpeng" did not show the full face of the girl on it, but Yu Jin still recognized the little girl in the painting.

She should be Zhang Chong's daughter.

Sure enough, after Pengpeng came in, Dean Wu and Zhang Zhong also came in with a smile.

(End of this chapter)