Actor: Thank you.

"Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

One of the two heroes in Chinese tomb-robbing novels.

At this time, the author of this book was sitting in front of Zhang Yuan.

Unlike Tianxia Bachang, who has a bold and outspoken appearance of someone from Northeast China and Inner Mongolia, Nanpai Sanshu is relatively introverted.

Especially after meeting Zhang Yuan, my popular young actor, he seemed a little embarrassed and spoke very little.

He has been a stutterer since childhood and even had autistic tendencies at one point.

The situation did not improve until I came to Yuhang to attend university.

I went to a very ordinary university.

After graduation, I have worked in various fields, from a graphic designer in an advertising company, to a programmer, and then to an employee in a foreign trade company.

Like Haiyan, the author of "Nirvana in Fire", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" is also a masterpiece written by an employee who was slacking off.

After accidentally discovering and becoming fascinated with "Ghost Blows Out the Light" while browsing the Tianya Forum, Nanpai Sanshu started his writing career for the first time.

Thanks to the loneliness and silence he experienced when he stuttered in his early years, when he only had books as his companions, he accumulated a wealth of writing experience.

This is why the fan work "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" became so popular.

The source of this writer's writing, of course, is his love for "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

In 06, the foreign trade company where he worked was doing very badly, which gave him a lot of free time to create.

And the original character design of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles".

Wu Xie and his Third Uncle actually originated from his life.

Nanpai Sanshu's uncle ran an antique shop, and his knowledge of antiques came from there.

The Pisces Jade Pendant, an important setting in the book, was a famous urban legend on the Tianya Forum at that time.

That is, the human replication incident of the Lop Nur Pisces jade pendant.

Tianya Forum, the source of online "storytelling", was a gathering place for supernatural things in the early years. Any post could be made to sound fantastic, and even be taken as true by many ignorant people.

Different from Tianxia Bachang’s personal experience of the mining exploration team, Nanpai Sanshu’s writing emphasizes the word “accumulation”. He puts whatever he sees into the book and writes whatever he thinks of.

So compared to "Ghost Blows Out the Light", the structure of "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" is looser and there are more holes that cannot be filled.

But the old otaku played by Nanpai Sanshu is rather introverted and reserved, so he used a lot of pleasing methods, such as the CP feeling between Wu Xie and Zhang Qiling.

Zhang Yuan also knew that his uncle had not yet regarded "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" and writing as a career.

After he became a little famous with "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", a publisher immediately approached him.

In addition to wanting to publish "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" as a physical book, I also want to invite Nanpai Sanshu to start a new project.

This is how the book "Yellow River Ghost Coffin" came into being.

In order to make money, Uncle San sold the copyright of "Yellow River Ghost Coffin" to the publisher.

He only wrote the beginning of about 10 words and then handed the rest over to the ghostwriter hired by the publisher.

The publisher sold the book at a high price under the banner of Nanpai Sanshu's works.

So at this stage, Uncle San still wanted to make quick money.

Therefore, Zhang Yuan used the same tactics he used against Tianxia Bachang.

If I don’t buy “Grave Robbers’ Chronicles”, I can also buy “Ghost Blows Out the Light”.

Anyway, I only have this little money, so I can buy the adaptation rights of any tomb-robbing novel.

Anyway, he didn't know that he had already obtained the copyright of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Scare him first.

Uncle San was originally hesitant, but his heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

After all, my own book was published late, and was originally a fan work, so it has no advantage compared to "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

In addition, the content of my own stories are all made up on the spot, and I write whatever comes to my mind.

What if one day I can’t continue writing and it ends badly, will no one buy it?
After thinking about it comprehensively, he felt guilty.

And never feel guilty during negotiations!

Even if it is true, you have to deceive yourself that it is not false.

Because if you feel weak, you will have no confidence.

Without confidence, you have no right to negotiate.

In addition, Zhang Yuan also made the same promise, saying that if there was a chance, he would play Wu Xie and let Fan Bingbing play Aning.

I have to say that Fan Xiaopang is the best, she is almost a goddess in every aspect.

When talking about her, most men's eyes light up.

Finally, I treated him to a meal, asked him to accompany me to visit Yuhang, and we had an in-depth chat for a few days.

Zhang Yuan bought all the film and television adaptation rights under the "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" IP for 200 million yuan, including the series of works he will launch later.

Zhang Yuan also proposed a plan of 100 million plus 10% profit share, but was rejected by the other party.

He thought that it would take an unknown amount of time for the film to be made, and he might not even get the share of the profits.

Cash is still more convenient!

This is the difference between the two authors' ways of thinking.

Or rather than saying that the way of thinking is different, it is more like the reference objects are different.

Tianxia Bachang lives in Tianjin, while Nanpai Sanshu lives in Yuhang.

In 06, the housing price in Tianjin was only about half of that in Yuhang!
The unit price of the best new real estate in Yuhang has reached over 20000 yuan.

Of course, it is a top-notch property with an excellent location and a view of West Lake from afar.

Tianxia Bachang has a house in Tianjin, and although my uncle went to university in Yuhang and stayed there to work, he is from Jiaxing.

It’s the place that’s famous for its meat dumplings.

So the reason he wanted cash was actually because he wanted to buy a house in Yuhang.

He not only wants to buy one house, but also wants to invest after seeing that the housing prices in Yuhang have risen sharply in recent years.

From this point of view, his choice was not wrong.

After dealing with this person, Zhang Yuan came to the last stop of this copyright search.

"Hello there!"

"Can you sign your name for me?"

“Can I take a picture with you?”

"what!!!"

"I like you so much!"

Zhang Yuan took a train to JH City, also in Zhejiang Province, less than 200 kilometers away from Yuhang.

It’s the place where ham is produced.

He came to a coffee shop near Zhejiang Normal University Xingzhi College and made an appointment to meet a female student of medium build and average looks.

When he saw Zhang Yuan, he was extremely enthusiastic and excited.

When taking photos, I held him close, wishing I could hug him and take a bite of him.

Zhang Yuan responded calmly and met all her "fan-oriented" requests before sitting down.

"Ms. Wu, I've heard a lot about you."

This person's name is Wu Xuelan.

I am a junior majoring in Chinese language at the nearby Xingzhi College.

This school is called Zhejiang Normal University Xingzhi College, but it actually has little to do with Zhejiang Normal University.

Just like the School of Journalism and Communication of Fudan University has nothing to do with Fudan University. It is just a sign to recruit students, and students can use this name to fool people after graduation.

See, there is a commonality.

Few well-known novelists graduated from top universities.

Either they go to a sleazy school or they are just slacking off at work.

As expected, the masters are among the people.

Most people may not be familiar with this name.

But her online name is Liulianzi. In the third quarter of this year, she began serializing an "original" novel called "The Legend of Zhen Huan" on Jinjiang.

Why are the word original put in quotation marks?

Because after "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was updated with less than 40 words, it was collectively reported for plagiarism by a large number of authors on the website!
After sorting out, book lovers found that this author plagiarized more than 20 novels including "The Lonely Empty Courtyard in Spring" and "The Pearl Lady".

It would be fine if she just copied the female version, she even copied some of the text from "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

Moreover, this person caught another great female celebrity, Fei Wo Si Cun, and started to pull her out.

In addition to "The Lonely Empty Courtyard in Spring", the main plot of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was revealed to be directly plagiarized from Fei Wo Sicun's "Cold Moon Like Frost".

After this incident, Jinjiang was shaken.

After verification, Liulianzi was required to make modifications and apologize within three days.

This is the conclusion of the website platform.

So how did this person do it?
Hard steel!

Not only did he not admit that he plagiarized, he also mobilized his fans to attack Fei Wo Si Cun's comment section and forum...

This person's thinking pattern and behavior style are actually very similar to Yu Zheng and Guo Xiaosi.

They are the type who are not ashamed of it, but proud of it, and are good at hype.

Zhang Yuan remembered that when "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was being filmed in her previous life, director Zheng Xiaolong invited her to join the crew.

The leading actors even carefully shot a short video to congratulate her on her birthday.

It was such a joyful time.

But when Zheng Xiaolong's wife Wang Xiaoping, the screenwriter of the TV series, won an award for this, she started to make all kinds of sarcastic remarks and curses on the Internet.

What he meant was that the award should be given to himself. Why should it be given to Wang Xiaoping? What level is Wang Xiaoping?

He comes from a family of scholars, and both his parents are scientists.

She herself graduated from the Chinese Department of Peking University.

Who are you to blame for trying to scam others?

Half of the credit for the huge success of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" goes to Zheng Xiaolong and his wife.

As the original author, Liu Lianzi did publish a script, but it was quickly rejected by Zheng Xiaolong and his wife because script writing has certain rules and her manuscript was basically unusable.

But even though her script was not used, she was still given the title of screenwriter.

But this guy is still making trouble with others.

Anyway, because of this matter, Liu Lianzi was very dissatisfied, thinking to herself, without you and Zheng Xiaolong and your wife, how could I still eat hairy pigs?

So he wrote another long novel about palace fighting.

Read the error-free version at 69shuba! 6=9+shu_ba is the first to publish this novel.

This time after selling the copyright, he asked to be deeply involved in the script writing.

She wants to prove herself through this play.

However, this drama is the famous "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace"... and everyone has seen it.

It wouldn’t be possible without Zheng Xiaolong and Wang Xiaoping!

But the market is the market. This person, like Yu Zheng and Guo Xiaosi, made his fortune by plagiarizing, but he not only made a fortune, but also achieved success and fame.

Zhang Yuan is a broad-minded person, and the character of his partners is not important to him.

After all, Yu Zheng did cooperate.

Just make money.

"I really like your performance as Yang Guo!" he said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you."

Zhang Yuan chatted with the other party in a relaxed and comfortable manner, telling him a lot of stories he had seen on the set, as well as the celebrity gossip that ordinary people love to hear.

It sounds beautiful to this person.

"Okay, now that we are familiar with each other, let's talk about business." Zhang Yuan started the conversation.

"I am very interested in your "The Legend of Zhen Huan"."

"I am interested in purchasing the film and television adaptation rights for this book."

"Oh, really?" The man's expression was filled with surprise.

When Zhang Yuan contacted her, he only said that he liked her books but did not tell her his purpose.

Just to catch her off guard.

"I'd like to find an opportunity to bring your work to the big screen."

"What do you think about this?"

Still thinking so?

Of course I really want to!

But since he has a similar personality to Yu Zheng and Guo Xiaosi, he is definitely not a good person.

After the excitement, as soon as he came to his senses, he immediately put forward a lot of conditions with great confidence.

Participate in screenwriting, casting, and even filming and performance.

She also wants to play a major role on the scene!
Greed for fame and profit are always tied together.

This person wants to show his face and become famous, so naturally he won't easily give in on the copyright price.

Zhang Yuan encountered the most ambitious offer in these days.

"500 million!"

Although he was cursing in his heart, his face remained expressionless.

500 million is enough to ask Zhao Decai to buy the lives of your entire family!
The lion opened his mouth and waited for me to bargain.

He knew what the other party meant.

He is really thick-skinned.

"50. This is the price I offered." Zhang Yuan replied calmly.

"Ah, this is too little. I don't think it's worthy of my work."

"Didn't you say you liked my book very much?"

"You think it's worth that much?"

This person is smart enough to throw the question to Zhang Yuan.

But he didn't buy it and didn't even bother to answer her questions.

But he said it to himself.

"From what I understand, your book isn't doing well right now."

“It is possible that the website will remove it at any time.”

If you ask for too much, I will show you my true colors!
"With so many complaints from authors and readers, you must be under a lot of pressure, right?"

"False accusation!" The man immediately became excited: "It's all false accusation."

"I didn't plagiarize."

"They are all novels of the same genre, so it's normal to have similarities."

This is how Guo Xiaosi explained his "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" and how Yu Zheng explained his "Palace Locks and Chains".

Are you guys talking about words?

"I don't care about that." Zhang Yuan expressed his attitude.

“But the question is, how long can your book last with so much negativity out there right now?”

"How long can you hold on?"

"You should know how serious a charge plagiarism is for a novel author."

"To be honest, I also read Fei Wo Si Cun's Cold Moon Like Frost."

"The writing style and story structure are better than yours."

"So, I don't necessarily need your book." Zhang Yuan immediately started to think in his mind.

"One more thing." He said lightly.

"You are clearly at a disadvantage in public opinion now."

"So, you really need a banner of counterattack to prove the legitimacy of yourself and your novel."

"And this banner can be used to sell the film and television adaptation rights of your work earlier than those authors who accuse you of plagiarism."

Even though she is now organizing her fans to attack the opponent, she is still in a head-on confrontation with the website.

But the matter was not resolved, and no matter how confident she was, she could not be sure whether she would win or lose in this incident.

She was worried and anxious.

Just as Zhang Yuan said, she was eager to prove herself.

This is what Zhang Yuan liked about her.

In such a crisis, when she is being attacked by the entire network, she needs a good move to boost morale.

"Then can I tell others that you bought the copyright of my novel?" He changed his attitude and asked in a low voice.

It was obvious that she was moved.

"No, you can't mention my name. I'll include that in the confidentiality clause of the contract."

I won't let you use me as a gun!

“But you could say it’s because a famous actor bought the script and is looking for a famous director to adapt it.”

When the other party looked conflicted, he added.

"As long as you don't mention names, appearances, films, or other statements that clearly point to personal identities, you can use them."

"Please choose your words carefully."

Liu Lianzi rolled his eyes, then nodded vigorously: "Okay!"

In this way, he won the copyright of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" without any bloodshed.

I finally got home and rested, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at the four copyright agreements in front of me.

"Nirvana in Fire", "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", "Empresses in the Palace".

If we had acted a year or even half a year later, it probably wouldn't have been so smooth.

There will definitely be many more strong competitors.

Now these novels have either not been completed or have just been started. They are still young seedlings and it is a good time to promote them.

With these four copyrights in hand, he will have plenty of time to play with.

Now he has almost spent all the cash he had.

"Luckily, that movie 'Only Billions' is coming out soon, which should help me recover some of my losses."

In fact, there was another novel copyright that interested him, which he had not yet had the chance to visit.

I'll just have to wait until I have money.

He had registered a new company before acquiring these copyrights, and signed contracts with these people in the name of the company.

This will make it easier to manage and handle related matters later.

After finishing everything here and locking the contract in the safe, he boarded a plane to Guangdong Province.

I still have to participate in the offline activities of Duowan Games... (End of this chapter)