The Great Writers of Hogwarts

Chapter 21 If there is a counterfeit, the infringement must be investigated!
It wasn't just Xenophilius who was eager to sign a contract, but Vernon Dursley as well.

He wasn't worried that Dudley's portrait wouldn't be sold, but he thought that if Harry Potter, an unlucky money-loser, missed this opportunity to sell it, there would be no such shop in this village.

Because of this, it can be said that the two parties hit it off, and both wanted to confirm the contract as soon as possible.

At this time, Andre directly took the pen and paper, and began to draft the agreement in a hurry.

Although he was not a legal affairs officer in his previous life, as the core backbone of the business department, he often checked with the legal affairs department with various authorization agreements.

He has done this kind of thing a lot, and he is familiar with most of the content related to authorization, so he naturally knows how to write various rules and regulations.

Anyway, the Dursleys don't know anything about portrait licensing and derivative development, and they only care about protecting Dudley's related rights and interests, and don't care about Harry Potter, so Andre is also welcome.

Brushing and brushing, Andre wrote down a line of treaties on the paper.

The part about Dudley is quite loose, there are almost no restrictions, but it is only symbolically written that Dudley will take a portrait every year and will pay the Dursleys.

Other than that, they were all protective clauses for Dudley, which guaranteed that Dudley's portrait would not be used in other places, and would not restrict Dudley from accepting other endorsements—if Dudley could really receive it.

For Harry Potter, the regulations in this regard are much stricter.

Andre not only wrote that he would use Harry Potter's portrait on the cover of "The Quibbler", but also added various additional terms.

"The Quibbler has the right to use Harry Potter portraits for packaging and publicity including but not limited to newspapers, advertisements, videos, audios and even various physical derivative products.

This licensing agreement is an exclusive license. In any country and region in the world, only "Quieker" has this license, and the rest are infringements.If a lawsuit arises as a result, the guardian of Harry Potter is responsible for providing corresponding evidence. "

"..."

However, considering that Harry Potter will enter Hogwarts in a year, he will definitely know his status in the wizarding world at that time, and he will naturally know how much benefit "The Quibbler" has taken.

That's why Andre didn't frantically add ten years, 20 years or even permanent authorization to the term of Harry Potter's subsidiary contract, but only wrote a term of three years.

"The contract is limited to three years. After the contract is terminated, "The Quibbler" has the priority to renew the contract with the same conditions."

Three years, in Andre's opinion, is enough.

With such resources and these works in mind, if "The Quibbler" can't be made into the entertainment hegemony of the magic world in three years, Harry Potter's influence in the magic world is still needed, or under the same conditions If I can't sign Harry Potter, then my years of working in the pan-entertainment industry in my previous life are really useless.

After drawing up the contract, Andre put the contract text on the table.

Vernon Dursley raised his eyebrows and looked at Xenophilius, as if confirming whether the contract proposed by Andre counted.

After Xenophilius nodded, Vernon Dursley showed a hint of surprise in his eyes, and then picked up the contract text and browsed it carefully.

He originally thought that a brat like Andre must be unreliable in doing things, but after carefully reading the contract in front of him, Vernon Dursley showed a satisfied expression.

After all, he is also the sales director of the department, and has signed many contracts. Although he doesn't know anything about the specific terms of this kind of authorization contract, he can still tell who is beneficial to the contract.

From Vernon Dursley's point of view, Dudley, who he cared about the most, was basically not subject to any constraints. He only needed to provide a portrait every year to get a lot of money, and he was guaranteed to be put on the cover of "The Quibbler" and Dudley is not restricted from accepting other endorsements.

This is already the perfect contract.

As for the strict Harry Potter treaties?
In the eyes of a department head like Vernon Dursley, shouldn't this be taken for granted?

If Dudley looked like the best employee in the company or even the management reserve, then Harry seemed to him the worst performer.

It was only natural that Dudley got a lucrative contract, but Harry Potter should naturally be squeezed out of every penny of value, and Vernon Dursley was afraid that "The Quibbler" would dislike him!

Vernon Dursley took one last look at Harry Potter's three-year contract and sighed regretfully.

"Three years, is it only three years?"

"Well, although I know that you will definitely not let him eat and drink for free all the time, it would be nice if the time limit was for a lifetime."

This is also Vernon Dursley's only regret about this contract.

When Andre and Xenophilius heard his words, the corners of their mouths twitched.

If other colleagues in the magic world were allowed to appear here, see the content of this contract, and hear Vernon Dursley's words, I'm afraid they will go crazy right away!

Fortunately, Vernon Dursley didn't struggle with the Harry Potter contract for too long, he couldn't wait to make Dudley a star on the cover of the magazine.

Soon, after the draft contract was confirmed, Andre copied another copy by hand.

"Two copies, each party keeps one copy, now you can sign it."

Both Xenophilius and Vernon Dursley signed at the signature of the contract.

Then, Xenophilius took out the seal of "The Quibbler", his hands were trembling, and he stamped it down forcefully.

Vernon Dursley also took out his private seal and stamped it on the contract seal.

The two then followed Andre's request and stamped the riding seal.

In this way, whoever comes here has to admit the legal formality of this contract.

After this step was completed, both parties heaved a sigh of relief, as if letting go of a boulder in their hearts.

Vernon Dursley shook hands with Xenophilius excitedly, as if Xenophilius was his old friend for many years, and he wanted to keep Xenophilius for dinner.

Xenophilius was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he quickly shied away and said that there were still many things to do, and he had to take photos of the two children first.

As soon as she heard about the photo shoot, Mrs. Dursley also wanted to put some makeup on Dudley, put some blush on it, do some hairdos and so on.

There was a chill in Andre's heart. If she really made her act like that, neither Xenophilius nor Andre himself would be able to hold back their expressions completely.

So Andre said quickly.

"No, no, no need."

"Dudley is like an angel, do angels need makeup?"

"According to me, the most natural state is Dudley's most charming state. He even needs to stand there to be a beautiful landscape."

This statement convinced the Dursleys deeply, and only Harry Potter laughed so hard that his ribs almost broke.

It was the first time in his life that Dudley had been described in such exaggerated terms.

Soon, Andre took Xenophilius' camera and took a picture of Dudley in a serious manner.

"After we go back and develop the negatives, we will send you a copy."

"God, I bet it's going to be a stunning burst of beautiful pictures, a kid like Dudley is such a peace of mind, you don't have to mess with anything to get a good picture."

While admiring, Andre looked at Harry Potter with a sad face.

"But he, this Mister Harry Potter, well, I reckon it'll take a while.

The lighting, the poses, etc. had to be worked out, otherwise it would be difficult to bring out Dudley. "

"Is there a room upstairs? I have to take him in and fiddle with it. You chat slowly down there. We estimate it will take a while to come out.

Don't bother us during this time. "

Vernon Dursley suddenly became nervous, afraid that Harry Potter would screw up all this.

He gave Harry Potter a warning look, and then told Andre to take Harry Potter upstairs to Dudley's old room.

……

In Dudley's old room, Harry Potter finally couldn't hold back his expression, panting heavily.

"Are you serious? Do you think Dudley looks... like an angel?"

Andre showed a mysterious smile.

"Harry Potter, don't think too much about it."

"Trust me, things will get better soon for you.

I can't tell you too much right now, but one day I'm afraid we'll see each other every day. "

"Okay, take this and take a photo with me."

Harry Potter froze for a moment, and took a piece of paper from Andre.

"what is this?"

He looked down and saw a line of big characters written on the paper.

"My portrait and name are only used for the promotion of "The Quibbler"—"

"If there is a counterfeit, the infringement will be investigated!"

(End of this chapter)