I Alone Am Immortal: My Rebirth and Leisurely Cultivation

Chapter 41 I Don't Want You to Think
"Yes, that's me. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Li Yan gave a brief reply, and then the other side immediately said:

"Here's the thing, we want to buy the copyright to 'Chasing the Light' and use your song as an insert song for a TV series. How about a one-time buyout of 20,000 yuan? That's already a high price in the industry."

Before he could speak, the other person spoke in a mature and serious tone, like someone who had been through it all, lecturing him:

"According to our investigation, you're still a student, right? Twenty thousand yuan is enough for you to live on for a long time. I'll send you the electronic contract in a bit, you can sign it."

Li Yan clicked his tongue. Are all people in that circle like this? Very well, it fits his stereotypes perfectly.

The "Chasing the Light" video was already released on the platform and happened to coincide with a small wave of short video popularity and graduation season.

It already has a considerable number of plays on several mainstream music platforms.

He wasn't surprised that the Summer Solstice production team approached him, but they immediately tried to trick him into selling the rights?

Your heart is so dirty.

Are you trying to bully him because he's young and easy to take advantage of?

Li Yan was too lazy to mock him; he still wanted to make money off that bastard.

He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would drive people away with his insults, but he still had to earn the money he was supposed to make.

After all, my impression of it was that it was a TV series aimed at fans, just a way to make money off them.

A bad movie doesn't necessarily produce a hit song, but it's guaranteed to be bad.

Since I'm going to get cut anyway, why not take a little for myself?
"We can authorize you to use the songs in TV dramas, but not the copyrights."

Upon hearing this, there was a pause on the other end. They hadn't expected Li Yan to be so easily intimidated, so they didn't press the matter further.

"I'm talking about the rights to use the TV series. Give me an email address and I'll send you the contract."

"Ah."

After hanging up the phone, Li Yan opened his email and received a large attachment filled with dense text that made his head spin.

"You should probably consult a professional."

As Li Yan was thinking this, the door suddenly opened, and Jiang Yingzhu pulled Mei Mengqian, who was half-pushed and half-willing, into the room.

"Hey, Li Yan, how about you and..." Jiang Yingzhu suddenly stopped speaking and glanced at his computer.

"What is this, a contract? Li Yan, don't mess around with this, or I'll tell Aunt Fang."

"What am I messing around with? Someone wants to buy the rights to use the TV series 'Chasing the Light'; here's the contract."

Li Yan rolled his eyes and explained what had just happened.

"Really? Is this a scam? Can you even understand this thing? Maybe I should ask Lao Deng to take a look for you," Jiang Yingzhu said.

"I'm going to hire a professional lawyer."

As soon as Li Yan finished speaking, Mei Mengqian raised her hand like a student attending a class.

"I'll help you. My mom has a close friend who's a law professor at a political science and law university."

"Isn't this too much trouble?" Li Yan felt it was like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

"No, email it to me, I'll tell my mom."

Mei Mengqian walked up, clicked the mouse a few times without saying a word, and sent it to her own email.

As she bent over, her long black hair fell naturally, like a beaded curtain partially obscuring her fair and beautiful face.

After watching her finish, Li Yan didn't stand on ceremony anymore. Instead, he felt that she had become much more cheerful during their time together.

They would never have been so bold as to run up to me and grab my mouse to start operating it.

Seeing that the matter was being handled by professionals, Jiang Yingzhu stopped worrying about it and said with a smile:
"You made money, huh? Not bad, not bad. How much?"

Li Yan made a hand gesture.

"two hundred."

"Twenty thousand."

"Hey~ You big spender, let's go out for dinner tonight!"

Jiang Yingzhu was a little shocked. Unlike scholarships, this was legitimate money. To hide her emotions, she put her arm around Mei Mengqian's shoulder and said...
"Mengmeng, let's eat him out of house and home, squeeze him dry. Men with money turn bad."

Mei Mengqian blushed and nodded, thinking to herself, "What kind of outrageous things is Zhuzhu saying?"

However, I still admire Li Yan for being able to earn so much money. She's invested in quite a few projects, but the biggest ones she's ever made only a hundred or so yuan.

"Hey, hey, don't generalize!"

"Tch, who cares about you!"

The two discussed tomorrow's classes again before leaving.

Li Yan then opened the Shenzhou Copyright Registration website, seemingly lost in thought.

If he adds the 20,000 he received from this authorization, he now has 60,000.

I used a lot of medicinal herbs when I was practicing the Yi Jin Jing a while ago, and the cost increased as I progressed.

However, one good thing about the system is that I didn't buy counterfeit medicine.

Although the gains are also significant, Li Neng can now break steel pipes with his bare hands and has also slightly altered his physique to some extent.

But the money to keep receiving goods is almost gone!
At least for this period of time, he has not been practicing the Yi Jin Jing to strengthen his body.

The novel's royalties won't be paid for another few days, but Li Yan estimates it will be around ten to twenty thousand yuan.

There will definitely be more next month, but that's a long way off.

This experience of selling song licenses gave him a bit of inspiration.

It's too difficult to profit from the entertainment industry. Even if you buy out the copyright, you can't sell it for a sky-high price if you're not famous.

Li Yan doesn't plan to get involved; he can take his time and exploit it.

He thought of a song; if the plan succeeded, he might be able to get a sky-high licensing fee.

With that in mind, Li Yan opened the editor and first entered the song title—"Sweet Honey and Snow".

An advertisement jingle for a milk tea shop became a phenomenal hit in 21.

Li Yan doesn't have the ability to reach the level of later generations right now, so let's let Old Li play some songs and do some activities first, just in case he gets noticed.

When it comes to fishing, whether the fish bite or not depends on luck, but if you don't even bait the area, what's the point?

Anyway, he's just sitting around doing nothing!

With that in mind, Li Yan used music production software to finish the song, registered the copyright, and then directly edited it and sent it to Lao Li.

Old Li, you'd better live up to expectations! Maybe if you become a senior executive at Snow King, my future freedom to drink milk tea will depend on you!

Old Li was clearly not busy; he replied immediately upon receiving the message.

"What the hell is this?"

"Play the advertising jingle in your stores, and while you're at it, revise the karaoke discount program to increase brand awareness."

Upon hearing about the discount, Old Li hesitated for a moment, then heard Li Yan say:
"Old Li, you don't want your milk tea shop to have a bad business, do you? After all, there are quite a few competitors around."

"Alright, I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll settle the score with you!" Old Li finally adopted the suggestion, after all, his ancestors were good at accepting advice.

"Hmm, how's the new phone? Do you know how to use it? If not, go to a Xiaomi store and ask them to help you."

"I know how to use it, but it's too thin and looks fragile."

Li Yan thought to himself that it would take several more years to develop a device that could withstand a fall. In this day and age, smartphones are still developing, and some even have removable batteries that can be charged.

"Buy a thicker protective case."

"I bought it, I bought it. Don't buy these useless things in the future. My old machine can still be used."

Li Yan was too lazy to pay attention to those words, and just gave a few perfunctory replies, something he was used to in his previous life.

My parents can't stand being treated well by others, even by their own son.

Sometimes when I buy something, I say I don't want it and return it before I even open the package.

Anyway, it's their business whether they buy it or not.

I don't want you to feel, I want me to feel.

To be honest, sometimes it feels like revenge on my parents when I was a child, when I clearly said I wouldn't eat a certain dish, but they insisted on making it, and then asked me why I wouldn't eat it.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yan turned around and began to study magic.

He was thinking about how to use his spiritual power to connect with the other person via the internet.
And, the person on the phone just now obviously gave him information, while he knew nothing about it.

How can this be allowed? Can cultivators be bullied by ordinary people?
Open the box, right?
Do you know what cyberbullying is? It's punching your head through the internet cable!
(End of this chapter)