Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 506 Contract of Sale

"New deputy editor? New contract?"

Lin Qingshan was a little confused and asked, "The Dao Gui is still being serialized... What new contract do you want to sign..."

Generally speaking, the comics industry will only re-sign contracts when the cartoonist decides to serialize a new work.

Now "The Tao of Strange Things" is still being serialized. What kind of new contract is going to be signed with Lin Qingshan?

"It's about a new contract for follow-up cooperation with the teachers."

At this time, Ito Ayumi whispered, "As mentioned before, the new management wants to make some changes, and the new contract proposed recently is..."

“I hope to sign a contract with a famous cartoonist himself, not just his work.”

"Sign a contract with a famous cartoonist himself?"

Lin Qingshan immediately realized some of the meaning, but became even more confused and asked curiously.

"Well, it means signing a long-term contract. The decision on the sale of the copyright of the cartoonist's work...will be fully authorized to our comic world."

Ayumi Ito said somewhat uneasily, "And the content of the teacher's new contract that I know in advance is... a 50-year contract. During these 50 years, the teacher's comic works will belong to the company."

Fifty years?
Do all the works in the past fifty years belong to the comics industry?
Is he crazy or is the comic world crazy?

They actually gave this kind of contract. Are they planning to make Lin Qingshan their slave worker?

Even someone as mentally unstable as Lin Qingshan felt speechless at this moment.

In fact, what Ito Ayumi didn't say was that although the comics industry gave such a new contract, they still thought they had given quite high treatment accordingly.

For example, the original cartoonist's drawings are actually not worth much, only a few hundred to a few thousand yuan.

So the amount of money cartoonists earn from their writing is not that much. For truly first-rate cartoonists, the most important thing is the copyright fees from sales.

However, the new deputy editor-in-chief of the comic world slapped his head and offered Lin Qingshan a new contract, which said that although we have deprived you of the right to decide the ownership and copyright of your works.

But we gave you 20,000 yuan for each drawing!

How about it, the new contract benefits are good, right?

For a weekly magazine like Daoguiyixian, with 60 to 80 drawings per month, you can get more than one million in royalties!
However, Lin Qingshan is no longer the rookie cartoonist he used to be. More than one million a month is nothing to him now.

There is no way there could be more copyrights than his works.

Moreover, the saying in the comics industry is to sign people but not their works, but the reality is that both people and works are signed.

And it's not just the comic works, there are also those animation works with Lin Qingshan as the original author... According to this meaning, they should also belong to them.

In fact, Lin Qingshan was not wrong. The new deputy editor-in-chief of the comic world, Benya Rothschild, really thought so.

However, he felt that this was already a very good treatment for Lin Qingshan. At least... he was giving Lin Qingshan a share of the profits from the sale of the copyright!
Isn’t this a huge profit for Lin Qingshan?

I advise you not to be ungrateful and sign this new contract.

And after all, you are a new cartoonist discovered by the comics industry. In other words, all your current achievements come from the comics industry.

Without the discovery of the comics world, how could you have become the uncrowned king among the new generation of cartoonists?

So he was very confident that Lin Qingshan would not be so ungrateful and would sign the new contract obediently.

Lin Qingshan didn't know the mysterious confidence of the new deputy editor-in-chief, but he still wanted to see what the other party was planning.

Suddenly, he thought of Yang Dahai again and asked on the other end of the phone, "Where's Editor-in-Chief Yang? Does he have any objections?"

"Recently... the editor-in-chief is said to be on a business trip."

Ayumi Ito hesitated for a moment and said.

Editor-in-chief...going on a business trip?

Lin Qingshan suddenly wondered if something had happened to Yang Dahai.

"Teacher, when are you free?"

Ito Ayumi waited for a long time, but still asked hesitantly, "The deputy editor-in-chief plans to personally bring the legal department to your house to discuss the new contract with you."

"Emmmm... Weekend."

Lin Qingshan thought for a moment and said, "I'm usually free on Sundays. Let's get together again in the evening."

"Okay... I'll tell the deputy editor-in-chief."

Ayumi Ito hung up the phone and said.

Not long after, Lin Qingshan received a reply from Ito Ayumi.

Deputy Editor Benja Rothschild will be visiting this Sunday at noon to discuss signing a new contract.

Since Ito Ayumi sent the message using a software, she also said a few more words to Lin Qingshan.

Ayumi Ito: Teacher, I think you should read this new contract carefully.

Ayumi Ito: The new deputy editor-in-chief was parachuted in from above. He looks very approachable, but in fact, he is difficult to get along with.

Ito Ayumi: In fact, the cancellation of "Protoss" was said to be at the behest of this deputy editor-in-chief...

Ito Ayumi sent three private messages in a row, which made Lin Qingshan immediately feel that Ito Ayumi also seemed to dislike the new deputy editor-in-chief.

And the name… Rothschild, the Rothschild of squids?

Gu Qianli also said last time that it seemed that the Rothschild family had acquired a lot of shares in the comics industry in recent years.

And this name basically indicates that the new deputy editor-in-chief comes from this prominent squid merchant family.

As for the squid merchants, Lin Qingshan became a little wary.

Squids are well-known for their business attributes, which are almost synonymous with greed and snobbery.

Perhaps the phrase used to describe businessmen is more suitable for squids.

That is--

When the profit reaches 10%, they will be ready to move.

When the profit reaches 50%, they will take risks.

When profits reach 100%, they dare to trample all laws in the world.

When the profit hit 300%, they dared to risk hanging.

……

Squid has proved that this sentence is absolutely correct to describe "them", and in a sense it also whitewashed a certain shampooer.

Lin Qingshan is relatively objective. He will not directly choose to refuse contact because of stereotypes.

He still planned to talk to the new deputy editor-in-chief from Squid.

In the evening, Lin Qingshan prepared a table of sumptuous home-cooked meals as usual, waiting for Gu Qianli to come home from get off work.

As soon as Gu Qianli returned home, she saw that Lin Qingshan had prepared a table of home-cooked meals for her as usual, and her heart immediately warmed.

She looked at the home-cooked dishes on the table. They were common chicken soup, braised fish, steamed fish and stir-fried Chinese cabbage, but they looked delicious, warm and tasty.

The braised pork was tender and tasty, and the delicious sauce was mouth-watering. The steamed fish kept its original flavor, with tender meat and delicious taste.

The stir-fried vegetables are juicy green, crisp and fragrant. The soup is rich and mellow, steaming hot, and you can feel the warmth with just one sip.

"you are back."

Lin Qingshan took the initiative to help her scoop soup and serve rice.

"Well...I'm so tired after a day's work."

Gu Qianli sat down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile.

Then Lin Qingshan mentioned what Ito Ayumi said today, and Gu Qianli immediately frowned.

"Benya Rothschild?"

She frowned and said, "I know this person. His father is the current CEO of his family, and his brother is also a well-known investor."

As expected, he is the descendant of a businessman with an extraordinary family background?

There was nothing unexpected about Lin Qingshan.

He also talked about some of the contents of the new contract mentioned by Ito Ayumi. When he said that the comic industry wanted to sign him to a 50-year contract and hoped to get the copyright ownership and decision-making power...

"Are they crazy? What are they thinking?"

Gu Qianli said dissatisfiedly, "How can such a copyright contract be signed?"

Moreover, this is a fifty-year contract. How many fifty years can a person have in his life? Lin Qingshan is already in his thirties this year.

If I sign this contract, won’t I have to work in the comics industry for the rest of my life?
Moreover, the ownership of copyright and the right to decide on the sale of copyright are really too outrageous. Does this mean that even if Lin Qingshan is the original author of an animation in the future, the copyright of his work will still belong to the comic industry?
Let’s just say, don’t go too far.

"Squid is like this...but the comic world is indeed my mentor."

Lin Qingshan said, "We can talk about it, but if it's too much, I definitely won't sign it."

"I'll take a weekend off and call our professional legal department at Station C to see what they plan to do."

Gu Qianli also planned to follow Lin Qingshan to see what the new contract mentioned by the new deputy editor-in-chief of the comic world was like.

"Okay, no problem."

Lin Qingshan nodded.

……

And soon, it was the agreed time on Sunday.

Station C's professional legal team appeared in Lin Qingshan and Gu Qianli's villa early in the morning.

This was considered extra overtime, and there was a generous bonus and overtime pay. Lin Qingshan even prepared a sumptuous breakfast to treat them.

This made them a little flattered.

At noon, the doorbell outside the villa rang.

Lin Qingshan and Gu Qianli immediately walked slowly to the door and opened it.

Then the first person they saw was a young businessman with blond hair and blue eyes.

The first thing Lin Qingshan noticed was that the young businessman had a pair of sharp and deep eyes, as if he could see through other people's intentions at a glance.

But his eyes always flashed with a desire for money and benefits, like a hunter locking onto his prey, calm and calculating. There was often a barely perceptible sly smile between his brows, as if he was always secretly calculating something.

His blond eyebrows matched his blonde hair, making him look particularly shrewd.

The young businessman wore expensive suits, always chose the most luxurious brands for his ties, and his shirt cuffs were inlaid with precious diamonds.

"Hello, Teacher Aoyama."

When he saw Lin Qingshan, he extended his hand enthusiastically and said in fluent Chinese, "I'm the new deputy editor-in-chief of Manjie, Luo Ya. Please give me your guidance."

"Luo Ya? You..."

Lin Qingshan was stunned and was about to say something.

"I once studied Chinese at Jingfen University and I really like the culture of the Republic, so I named myself Luoya."

Benya Rothschild looked very kind and enthusiastic.

However, Lin Qingshan always felt that his every move revealed a pursuit of success and worship of wealth.

And his smile always has a hint of excessive enthusiasm, making people feel that it is not so sincere, but more like a mask carefully designed for a certain purpose.

"Hello, I'm Lin Qingshan, and this is my fiancée."

Lin Qingshan didn't know what to say, so he just returned the gift and introduced himself.

"Hello, Mr. Gu. Actually, I'd like to cooperate with Station C during this period of time."

Benya Rothschild said to Gu Qianli with a smile again.

"Hello."

Gu Qianli’s performance cannot be said to be unenthusiastic, it can only be said to be rather cold.

Benya Rothschild's eyes just flickered for a moment, and then he walked in with a smile, accompanied by the comics legal team and... Lin Qingshan's editor Ayumi Ito.

After some polite exchanges, Benya Rothschild finally got down to business with Lin Qingshan.

"Because of the achievements that Mr. Aoyama has made during this period of time and the huge commercial value he has brought."

He smiled at Lin Qingshan and said, "So we plan to sign a new contract with you, teacher. What do you think?"

The legal team of Manjie Company immediately took out a very formal but somewhat heavy contract and placed it in front of Lin Qingshan.

But Gu Qianli didn't say anything, picked up the contract and looked at it with Lin Qingshan.

The content of the new contract...seems very harsh.

Except that, as she had guessed at the beginning, it was a fifty-year contract to sell herself, signing both the person and the work.

In addition, they must accept the contractual constraints of the comics industry and cannot suspend publication or stop updating at will.

Once signed, the contract will have mandatory legal effect. Lin Qingshan will be in breach of contract at that time, and the penalty for a breach of contract will be as high as 100 million!
Then there is the issue of copyright ownership, which belongs to the comics industry. At that time, Lin Qingshan will only be a "comics assistant" hired by the comics industry to assist in creation.

Even the terms have been added to cover works other than comics.

When collaborating with others to produce other types of works under the pen name "Qingshan", all copyrights belonging to the pen name belong to Manjie.

Of course, this contract is not simply an exorbitant amount of money. It also mentions the treatment to be given to Lin Qingshan.

In addition to the monthly drawing fees of at least one million, the copyright share has actually been increased, and any new work can be serialized unconditionally.

There is no need for the editor-in-chief or Ayumi Ito to review the contents of the first three chapters of the manuscript as before.

But these can be said to be dispensable to Lin Qingshan now.

Finally, Gu Qianli saw a requirement, which was that he needed to create three comics according to the requirements of the comics industry.

This weird request is just pure weirdness.

At this time, Benya Rothschild smiled and said to Lin Qingshan, "Actually, Mr. Qingshan, I have always liked your works, especially "Chainsaw Man" and "EVA".

"Teacher Aoyama, you must be a devout believer in the Holy Lord. As the chosen people of God favored by the Holy Lord, we Squids like comics like Chainsaw Man the most."

(End of this chapter)