"Ahhh!"
Su Mu just got home and sneezed.
"Someone must be scolding me!"
Su Mu muttered for a while. The two beautiful waitresses had prepared dinner and were waiting for him to come back.
Su Mu was not polite and sat in the living room to enjoy a delicious dinner.
Over the next few days, Su Mu didn't go anywhere. He stayed in his mansion typing and paying attention to readers' feedback. His recent subscription results had been steadily increasing, especially flowers, which had directly made it onto the flower list, which made Su Mu very happy.
"I can't help it! My readers are just so picky!"
"They are just so awesome!"
"Flowers and review votes come one after another. It seems that this book is really going to be a hit."
…
On Monday morning, Su Mu got up early, ran 10 kilometers in the gym, and had a hearty breakfast. Then, Su Mu received a call from the bank.
"Mr. Xia, I'm Liu Hedong. The leadership of the head office has officially approved the handling of the branch last week."
"Yeah!" Su Mu responded indifferently.
"I have failed to manage properly. I will be demoted for one year and will be temporarily placed on the job for observation for six months. All performance wages will be deducted. All branch employees will be disqualified from the team evaluation!"
"Go on..." Su Mu was standing in the fitting room, and the maid was helping Su Mu try on a suit.
"The counter staff violated the company's rules and regulations, had a bad service attitude, and acted insincerely. They will be fired. At the same time, starting this month, we will conduct systematic training for everyone from the president to the grassroots counter staff. We can't let one bad apple spoil the whole barrel."
"The conduct issues of an individual cannot be attributed to the fault of ordinary branch employees. Liu Hedong, as the top leader, you have management responsibilities, and you cannot escape this. If you receive any complaints about the counter service attitude in the second half of the year, you as the president can go home." Su Mu's tone was calm, but the power of each word made President Liu on the other end of the phone sweat profusely with nervousness.
"Mr. Xia, don't worry. If similar problems arise, I will immediately resign!" Liu Hedong gritted his teeth and made up his mind!
Whoever makes life difficult for me, I will never make it easy for him!
After hanging up the phone, Su Mu straightened his clothes and a message popped up on WeChat.
"White Horse Box of Lido Hotel, 9:30 am!" Editor-in-charge Green Bean sent a message.
"receive!"
When it comes to meeting guests, Su Mu's principle is to arrive ten minutes early. He hates being late.
Drove the Maybach to the Lido Hotel.
This is a mid- to high-end private club, a great place for business meetings.
When the Maybach appeared at the door of the Lido Hotel, the doormen immediately became extremely cautious, and some of them hurriedly followed and were ready to wait.
After the car was stable, the doorman diligently helped Su Mu open the door.
Su Mu got out of the car wearing a dark business suit, handed the key to the doorman, straightened the hem of his clothes, and the door of the club opened automatically.
"Welcome to the Lido Club!"
"Welcome to the Lido Club!"
…
The two receptionists smiled sweetly, and one of them asked, "Sir, do you have a reservation in advance?"
"White Horse Hall." Su Mu buttoned the first button of his shirt and walked straight forward.
When the receptionist saw Su Mu driving a luxury car, she naturally did not dare to underestimate him.
Besides, the man was young, handsome, and rich, and his face was full of flattering intent.
"Sir, please come this way." The receptionist smiled frequently, showing her pretty face and proud figure, hoping to attract Su Mu's attention.
Soon they arrived at the box, Su Mu nodded and said, "Thank you very much."
"You're welcome, sir. If you need any service, just call me anytime." The receptionist tried her best to show her best side and did not miss any opportunity.
The box was still empty and Su Mu was the first to arrive.
Su Mu took out his cell phone, it was nine twenty!
Not long after, there was a noise outside.
The door opened.
The editor-in-charge, Ludou, was a lovely girl who walked in with a middle-aged, slightly plump man.
Green Bean had met Su Mu several times, and hurriedly introduced him, "Minister Zhou, this is Su Mu, the author of the work "How the Richest Man Was Born"."
Su Mu stood up, took the initiative to extend his hand, and said: "Minister Zhou, good morning!"
"Nice to meet you!" Minister Zhou also smiled kindly.
The three of them sat down and the editor arranged tea and water, which was soon available.
Minister Zhou got straight to the point and said, "Mr. Xia, to be honest, our company is very satisfied with your work and thinks that this novel is very suitable for adaptation into a development game. Therefore, we invite you to come over to discuss this in your busy schedule. Today, we are also fortunate to have your editor, Ms. Green Bean, to assist you."
Su Mu was also very happy. Minister Zhou spoke in a steady and appropriate manner, which made him feel at ease.
Editor-in-charge Chu Yao hurriedly said, "Su Mu, although Director Zhou is the director of the Copyright Department, he was previously responsible for game planning. He has a lot of experience in game adaptation, and he is also one of the founders of the game company."
"Minister Zhou, I'm glad that your company has taken a fancy to my work. In fact, I'm very concerned about the degree of restoration of the game to the original work, rather than using the name of a novel but actually having the core of the game be something else." Su Mu said very bluntly. After all, Ma Po Cang Qiong was the best example.
"That won't happen, Mr. Xia, don't worry. When it comes to game production, we are a professional team. Since we value your novel, we will naturally seek to highly restore the original! Let readers who like your novel find the joy in the novel in the game." Minister Zhou suddenly realized that the author of the novel in front of him had a very deep understanding of copyright.
It seems that it is not so easy to fool.
Minister Zhou opened his bag, took out a stack of documents, pushed them in front of Su Mu, and said, "Mr. Xia, this is the specific copyright authorization agreement. If you have no objection, let's sign it."
Su Mu was stunned. This game company was very well prepared.
Su Mu opened the contract and frowned when he saw the authorization period: "Minister Zhou, do you want to buy out my work permanently or buy it out in a lump sum?"
Minister Zhou said calmly: "That's right! After all, it's just a novel. For the long-term benefit of game development, we naturally hope to buy it out permanently, so we will pay you a one-time licensing fee of 4 million!"
"4 million?" Su Mu narrowed his eyes. The previous amount he mentioned was 5 million yuan.
"That's right! As far as we know, your novel royalties are only 20,000 yuan a month. Receiving 4 million yuan at one time is an astronomical figure! IP adaptation is a great opportunity for you. It's a win-win opportunity." Minister Zhou suddenly put on a condescending face, as if he was rewarding Su Mu.
"Mr. Xia, it's your honor to have your novel picked by us! With the current market situation, there are so many authors who are eager to have their works adapted by us for free, but we are too lazy to bother with them!" Minister Zhou said lightly, his condescending attitude obvious.