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Chapter 282 Negotiations
Ten o'clock in the morning.

School office building conference room.

All three parties have arrived.

On Qin Feng's side are himself, Sister Min, Lin Yang, teacher Wang Jianxin and his assistant from Yinghua Law Firm, and teacher Jia Xiaolin and his assistant from Tianzheng Law Firm.

And Principal Li, when Qin Feng asked him to borrow the conference room, he told him about it.

Hearing that Qin Feng was going to give the bookmarks to these two super publishers, Lao Li's eyes lit up like a pair of searchlights.

It is too important for a university to have a good relationship with these big publishers, and Lao Li will naturally not miss this opportunity, so he also came here, under the pretense of helping him suppress the scene!
Three people came from Huaxia Publishing Company, namely Business Manager Han Liang, Senior Editor Li Weiwei, and Legal Affairs Zhang Zhen.

Four people from British Baysun came, including Joey, the manager in charge of Chinese affairs, James, the senior editor, Stephen, the lawyer, and a translator.

After a hustle and bustle and mutual introductions, we got down to business.

As the author of the novel, Qin Feng is undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention, and everyone is waiting for him to start.

Qin Feng sorted out his thoughts and said loudly:
"Welcome everyone to Gongshang University, especially Beishen Publishing Company, welcome to China"

"clap clap"

applause.

Lao Li glanced at Qin Feng appreciatively, you are quite sensible!Don't forget about school.

Qin Feng continued:

"Thank you to the two publishing companies for your interest in "Harry Potter". Next, let's talk about this book and some of my thoughts on the publishing contract. If you have different opinions, we can discuss it later."

After finishing speaking, he paused for a while, waiting for the translator of Beishen Company to translate this passage to several foreign devils.

After the translation was over, he continued what he said just now.

""Harry Potter" is a western fantasy novel with a total of 22 words and seventeen chapters"

There was another pause, then continued.

……

Next, Qin Feng briefly introduced the content of the novel, and also talked about the sales prospect of the book.

When he said that this book must be a bestseller all over the world, some people at the scene believed it, some people didn't believe it, and there were all kinds of expressions.

The British Bessen and his team quite agree with his statement.

This book can be said to be the most outstanding western fantasy novel at present, and there is no rival in the market for similar novels.

The European and American markets for magic novels are not small, and teenagers are the main consumers. This determines the market prospect of this novel, and it should be no problem to sell well in Europe and the United States.

The Huaxia company and his team did not believe Qin Feng's words.

They thought the book might be a bestseller, but it might be a bit of an exaggeration to say it was a bestseller all over the world!
This is normal. There are very few Western fantasy novels in the Chinese book market. It can be said that there are only a few books, and they are only circulated in a small range and have no reference value.So it is difficult for everyone to make an accurate assessment of the market prospects of "Harry Potter".

However, due to Qin Feng's star status, a large number of fans, and the quality of the novels is really good, Huaxia Company is still very optimistic about sales, which is why they are here today.

As for everyone else, ideas are irrelevant.

The different performances of the two publishing companies were completely within Qin Feng's expectations.

After he finished speaking, there was a sound of discussion in the conference room. Qin Feng did not participate, but took a sip of water and waited for the scene to quiet down.

After a short pause, the discussion became much quieter, and Qin Feng immediately continued.

He told the two companies that this is only the first part of the "Harry Potter" series, and there will be six more after that, each of which is more exciting than the other. The entire series is about 300 million words.

Moreover, the six follow-up works have already been conceived maturely, and they only need to be translated into text and released one after another in the next few years.

Hearing this, the two publishing companies were very surprised, and of course even more excited.

They didn't expect "Harry Potter" to be such a huge series of novels, and Qin Feng had already prepared the entire series.

As publishers, they understand the benefits too well. As long as the first one is a hit, the success of the subsequent ones will be a matter of course. They just need to lie down and count the money.

After thinking about this joint, the eyes of the two companies' personnel turned red, and everyone was determined to win.

The rest of the people were also surprised when they heard the news, it was too generous!
……

After some shock and discussion, Qin Feng talked about the most important publishing contract.

He clearly told the two companies that the publishing contract only authorized them to publish literary novels, and all other rights, such as film adaptation rights, comic adaptation rights, and electronic reading copyrights, were reserved for themselves.

There was another commotion at the scene, and both companies had objections to this.

The Brits wanted more, especially the film adaptation rights, which was one of the important goals of their trip.

Huaxia Company didn't insist too much. Of course, they also want to get more rights, but if they don't get them, it won't affect the signing of the contract.

Regarding the objections of the two companies, Qin Feng resolutely refused, and he said firmly:

"Except for the authorization of the text version, the rest of the rights of the novel will not be authorized or transferred. If you can't accept it, then there is no need to discuss it."

Seeing his firm attitude, and considering the huge benefits that this novel may bring, the two companies can only accept this clause.

Some people at the scene did not understand why he insisted on retaining these rights.

Only Lin Yang understands the reason, but he thinks Qin Feng is dreaming of Spring and Autumn.

To actually want to become a billionaire by pointing to a series of novels, isn't this a dream?
The two companies accepted this clause, and Qin Feng felt a lot more relaxed. He was afraid that the talks would collapse here, and the current result is undoubtedly the best.

He will definitely not explain to the other party how precious these reserved rights will be. Of course, the other party may not believe him if he tells it.

The biggest problem is solved, and the next step is the issue of the place where the novel is published.

According to Qin Feng's intention, the Chinese version is authorized to Huaxia Publishing Company, and they will publish and distribute it around the world.

Versions in other languages ​​are licensed to Berserk and distributed globally.

However, there are many overlaps in the publishing business of the two companies. Huaxia also publishes foreign language books, but their overseas distribution channels are far behind.

Beishen also has a Chinese publishing business, and their distribution channels in China are far behind China.

This requires the two companies to coordinate, so after Qin Feng raised this issue, he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and began to discuss the contract with the lawyer.

The two publishing companies launched a war of words, competing for their own interests.

The two sides refused to give in to each other, their faces were red and their ears were red, and they almost went to war directly. The meeting room became very lively.

……

Two and 10 minutes later, the two companies reached an agreement.

As Qin Feng imagined, Huaxia Company gave up the right to publish the foreign language version, and Beishen Company gave up the right to publish the Chinese version.

There are no restrictions on the distribution area, and it is a global distribution.

Moreover, they agreed not to set up obstacles to the other party's sales within their respective spheres of influence, and to compete in a fair and friendly environment.

Of course, this result is what Qin Feng is most willing to see.

Then Qin Feng agreed with them on the publication date of the novel.

From the date of signing the contract, no longer than three months, the novel must be marketed.

If this time is exceeded, Qin Feng has the right to cancel the contract and demand compensation from the breaching party.

At the same time, Qin Feng asked the publishing company to cooperate with him in publicity, and he would also cooperate with the publishing company's publicity activities.

The two companies have no objection to the date of publication. This is a regular clause in the publishing contract and there is nothing to say.

But they don't quite understand how to cooperate with the publicity, and they don't know how Qin Feng plans to publicize.

Could it be that he has some unknown tricks?

(End of this chapter)