1980 My Literary Era.

Chapter 828 You are a role model for me to learn from
When talking about business, Lin Weimin said nothing, but first handed Zheng Yuanjie a document bag.

After Zheng Yuanjie opened it, he took a look, his face suddenly changed, and he looked at Lin Weimin with a bit of anger.

"Teacher Lin, I respect the Chinese Literature Society and you very much. What do you mean?"

He took out the document from his document bag, held it up and asked Lin Weimin.

Lin Weimin took a leisurely sip of coffee, looked calm, and then said, "Don't get excited yet."

Zheng Yuanjie looked at Lin Weimin and realized that he had lost his composure, but he glanced at the document again and couldn't help but feel angry.

The document Lin Weimin handed to Zheng Yuanjie was none other than the registered trademark of the fairy tale character "Shuke" he created.

"Shuke" is a character in the novel "The Adventures of Shuke and Beta" written by Zheng Yuanjie in 1987. It has been around for nearly ten years and is very well-known in the field of domestic children's literature.

Zheng Yuanjie is a writer who pays great attention to his own rights. In the mid-80s, he discovered that pirated books about his works were circulating in the market, and he actively participated in the campaign against pirated books.

Later, in 2000, Zheng Yuanjie discovered that the trademarks of many of his classic fairy tale characters had been registered by many companies. He then embarked on a 20-year arduous road to safeguarding his rights, in which most of his rights safeguarding actions failed. end.

Protecting one's own legitimate rights and interests is indeed not an easy task in China, and the cost is very high.

At this time, Zheng Yuanjie had not yet realized the importance of trademarks, but his many years of anti-piracy experience had sharpened his legal awareness. This exposed a blind spot that he had always ignored, so after seeing this trademark document, That's why Zheng Yuanjie's reaction was so intense.

"How do you feel after seeing this document?" Lin Weimin asked lightly.

Zheng Yuanjie's face still showed a bit of anger, "This is a bit excessive."

Lin Weimin didn't care about his harsh tone and said, "I just had this trademark registered. It can be said to be effortless. You should know what this means, right?"

Realizing the kindness in Lin Weimin's tone, Zheng Yuanjie's anger dissipated somewhat. He looked at the document in his hand and nodded heavily.

"I never thought of this before. If this happens, we will inevitably have to file a lawsuit in the future."

Lin Weimin listened to Zheng Yuanjie's words, but gently shook his head. He did not realize the seriousness of the matter.

“The trademark document you are seeing now is not for literature-related products, but for a rat poison product, which successfully circumvents the protection of intellectual property rights under trademark and copyright laws.

In other words, if you sue us now, there is more than a [-]% chance that the court will not support your appeal. "

Hearing this, Zheng Yuanjie's face suddenly turned ugly.

Lin Weimin continued: "Look through the back."

Zheng Yuanjie turned over it as he said and saw another trademark document.

"This is the 'Pipilu' animal artificial insemination trademark applied for registration by a company in Fuzhou. If you don't believe it, you can try to file a lawsuit with them and see if you can win."

Pipiru is a classic character in another fairy tale work by Zheng Yuanjie. Its influence is no less than that of "Shuke". Moreover, the name is very literal. The probability of registering it unintentionally or mixing up the names is not impossible, but it is too low. , it is basically certain that this company was registered maliciously.

Zheng Yuanjie finally understood Lin Weimin's purpose, and asked, "What good ideas do you have?"

Lin Weimin smiled, but it was actually very simple, "Just spend a lot of money to register the trademarks of all the classic characters in your works."

Hearing this "stupid method", Zheng Yuanjie was speechless. He wanted to retort, but after thinking for a long time, he found that this was probably the safest and simplest method.

He was silent for a while and asked: "It takes a lot of effort to do this."

"Indeed. It's time-consuming, laborious, and expensive, but it's effective. If you are willing, our Chinese Literature Society is willing to do it for you."

Lin Weimin is demonstrating the advantages and sincerity of the Chinese Literature Society and the benefits of having a big tree at his back.

Zheng Yuanjie no longer had the decisiveness to refuse Li Xinshi. He hesitated for a long time and asked, "What can you give me?"

"fair!"

Lin Weimin only uttered these two words, but Zheng Yuanjie's pupils shrank sharply.

"On behalf of the Chinese Literature Society, I would like to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with you. From now on, the Chinese Literature Society will be responsible for the text publishing of all your published and future works, and the remuneration will be calculated based on royalties. Our Chinese Literature Society's role in the field of literature is Impact You should know that if your work is published by us, the sales volume will definitely be much higher than it is now.

You should also know that our Chinese Literature Society treats writers better than what you are enjoying now.

In addition, the various copyrights of your works will also be represented by the Chinese Literature Society. We will put the copyright development of your works in the first order. Comics, animations, movies, TV, toys... all copyright development will be given to you. A guaranteed contract, if the profit sharing exceeds the guaranteed, then the share will be implemented.

Moreover, these copyrighted developments will first seek your consent.If you don't agree, we will not easily carry out copyright development and respect your rights as the original creator to the greatest extent.

The most important thing is that our Chinese language society will do our best to protect your legitimate rights and interests, no matter in terms of copyright protection.After all, safeguarding your rights is to safeguard our own rights. "

Having said this, Lin Weimin took a sip of coffee unhurriedly.

With the trademark first, Zheng Yuanjie's mind has been shaken. Although Lin Weimin did not list all the specific conditions, the vague conditions just mentioned are enough to show his sincerity.Lin Weimin mentioned the treatment of writers by the Chinese Literature Society. On this point, the Chinese Literature Society is indeed well-known in the domestic literary circle.

Zheng Yuanjie is certain that there is no other publishing house in China that treats writers so well.

He struggled internally for a moment and asked: "My works are all serialized in "The Fairy Tale King"."

"We will invest in the acquisition of "Fairy Tale King", and the price must be consistent with the brand value of "Fairy Tale King". However, if Shanxi insists on disagreeing, I hope you can come to our side."

Lin Weimin has made ugly remarks before, and this is not the first time that the Chinese Literature Society has done this kind of thing.

A few years ago, the Chinese Literature Society spent 100 million to buy all the intellectual copyrights of the discontinued "Picture Book King" from Ningxia People's Publishing House. It was ridiculed by many people at the time, and the commotion was well known in the domestic cultural circles.

Nowadays, those who ridiculed the Chinese Literature Society have already shut their mouths amidst the rapid development of the new "King of Painting".

With the previous successful case of "The King of Painting", Lin Weimin's words were fully convincing. Zheng Yuanjie opened his lips slightly and wanted to say a few words, but found that Lin Weimin had already prepared what he wanted to say, and he could hardly find any reason to say it. reject.

Zheng Yuanjie remained silent. Since he founded "The King of Fairy Tales" in 1985, he has been working alone. Now that he is suddenly about to be co-opted, he has an instinctive sense of resistance in his heart.

Lin Weimin easily saw through his inner thoughts and said: "If you cooperate with us, there will be no restrictions on you. On the contrary, you will have greater freedom than before, because the Chinese society will require your consent. , do all your mundane duties. And what we value is the copyright development value of your works. I think you should also understand that it is difficult to truly develop the value of these works just by relying on your own words."

In later generations, Zheng Yuanjie spent 20 years building up his own brand value. This was the basis for his son Zheng Yaqi's success in opening a company to operate the copyright of his works after 2004.

Now, Zheng Yuanjie is still working alone and does not realize the true value of copyright.

"You should know this little girl Yuxiu. She just wrote a book called "Flower Season and Rainy Season". From this book alone, her income is probably more than your years of writing combined."

Lin Weimin said this lightly, and Zheng Yuanjie's brows moved unconsciously.

The novel "Flower Season and Rainy Season" is extremely popular, and the adaptations of radio series, comics, and TV series are also very popular. Zheng Yuanjie naturally knows this novel.

Zheng Yuanjie also heard about the huge income that Yuxiu gained from this.

But hearing the news from Lin Weimin still shocked him.

Zheng Yuanjie has been writing for 1978 years since he published his first article in 18. In the first seven years, his income was not much higher than that of ordinary working-class people.

The standard remuneration standard is 2 yuan per thousand words. He can only earn 10 yuan for writing 200 words a month.

This situation did not improve until he founded "The Fairy Tale King" in 85. As the sales of "The Fairy Tale King" continued to increase, his income increased day by day.

After entering the 90s, his works could easily reach sales of one million copies every year, which led to his annual income of one million.

Yuxiu's "Flower Season and Rainy Season" brought her as an author nearly [-] million yuan in income under the operation of the Chinese Literature Society.

Not to mention more than him, even if it is the same as his income over the years, it is difficult for Zheng Yuanjie to accept.

One book, just one book, is worth Zheng Yuanjie's nearly 20 years of hard work.

Once obsessions arise in people's hearts, they cannot be easily eliminated.

When Li Xinlai negotiated with Zheng Yuanjie before, he started talking about money and even used Yuxiu as an example, but with little success. The most critical problem was that he did not shake Zheng Yuanjie's ideas.

In Zheng Yuanjie's eyes, he can live a prosperous life by working alone, and there is no need to talk about cooperation with others.

As soon as Lin Weimin came up, he used trademarks to shake his confidence in working alone, making him understand that his personal ability alone could not completely solve the troubles he might encounter, and also let him see the potential of relying on a big tree. benefit.

Therefore, when it comes to the practical issue of income, Zheng Yuanjie will no longer be as calm as before.

"If I cooperate with the Chinese Literature Society, can my income reach Yuxiu's level?" Zheng Yuanjie asked a question.

Lin Weimin chuckled, "You look down on yourself too much. Yuxiu only has one novel, and she has almost developed the copyright now. Her income will only become less and less in the future. But you are different. In the Chinese literary world, There are very few writers like you who keep writing. The number of your works and your popularity determine that your income ceiling will be much higher than Yuxiu."

When he said this, the expression on his face became serious. He looked into Zheng Yuanjie's eyes and said solemnly: "I hope that I can train you to become the first billionaire in the Chinese literary world."

Zheng Yuanjie's face looked a little moved, but then he thought about it and didn't know why, but his expression turned a little strange.

Lin Weimin reacted at this time and added: "Except me."

Hearing this, Zheng Yuanjie couldn't help laughing, and Lin Weimin also had a smile on his face.

In the Chinese literary world, there is no writer like Lin Weimin who can ensure the best-selling of his works and achieve success in both awards and copyright adaptation at the same time.

"You are a role model for me to learn from!" Zheng Yuanjie said.

(End of this chapter)