When I was in Reply 1988

Chapter 234 Windfall
Lu Feng smiled bitterly and said, "We only have the broadcasting rights and movie box office dividends. We have a cooperative relationship with Lee Chang-dong's company. The text copyright is still in the hands of Lee Ren-yong, so you have found the wrong person."

Hearing this, everyone on the field seemed a little surprised.

This was the most generous head of the film and television department they had ever seen, who actually gave all the money he earned to others.

In addition to film and television broadcasting rights and box office revenue sharing, there are many other ways to make money.

Can you not be generous?
If I hadn't been generous in the first place, it would have been impossible to recruit them.

Lu Feng signaled them to stay calm and called Li Renyong's home.

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When Li Renyong returned home from Paula's house, he was always thinking about which movie to write next?
Now that I have money, I can make some big movies.

Just then, the phone in the living room rang.

Li Renyong picked up the phone and said, "Hello? This is Huili's house."

Lu Feng smiled and said, "Ayong, do you have time now?"

While thinking about the new script, Li Renyong said, "Leader, if you have something to ask, just tell me directly. What can a student like me do?"

Lu Feng laughed and said, "I want to give you a gift. Ayong, when do you think you can come to the TV station?"

Gift?

Could it be that the movie "Love Letter" won the award?

That's a good feeling.

Huili has been collecting trophies for herself, and is said to be planning to fill up the entire wall of her living room with them.

"Next weekend, as you know, high school students are very busy, and we will have evening self-study soon."

"Okay, see you next weekend then."

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The week passed quickly.

Saturday afternoon.

Lu Feng's office.

Sitting next to him were Lee Chang-dong, Ma Il-sung and others.

Zheng Nanzhu also came, but the look in her eyes when she looked at Li Renyong was no longer as gentle as before.

Seems to have forgotten.

Li Renyong really didn't expect that Lu Feng's gift was to ask him to publish a book.

"I've never written a literary work, so I don't know if it'll work. By the way, how do we divide the copyright revenue?"

Lu Feng smiled and said, "You can give it a try. Everyone trusts you. The copyright is yours, and all the income belongs to you."

It is said that writing books in Japan is quite profitable, but I wonder what it is like to write books in Korea?
But the only thing that is certain is that if "Love Letter" is adapted into a novel, it will definitely sell.

Li Renyong took the script of Love Letter from the table next to him and said, "Is it okay if I change this?"

The person from the Children's Book Publishing House took it and looked through it carefully, spending a long time.

"It's pretty good, but it's still too simple. It could use some more details and words. These few pages can't support a novel. If you can't write, you can leave it to us without any worries."

The Children's Book Publishing House is also a relatively large publishing house. They have their own staff and editors, and are very optimistic about this adaptation project.

I am quite confident whether I can sell it.

If the movie is so popular, maybe the book can be popular too.

Moreover, since they are in this line of work, they don't find it difficult to polish and revise manuscripts.

Hearing this, Li Renyong was also very satisfied.

He can write the script, after all, it only has a few words.

But he really can't write novels.

"Thank you for your help, but after the manuscript is finished, I need to take a final look at it."

"Okay, as for the royalties, for adapted works, we usually give about 10%. How about giving Teacher Li 12% directly?"

Li Renyong didn't know much about novels, so he didn't know how much money 12% could make. Li Changdong and his friends were also in the film industry, so they didn't know much either.

With so many people here, at least the publishing house won’t let itself down.

If he got cheated, Lu Feng would not look good.

Just when Li Renyong was about to agree, Zheng Nanzhu said calmly: "I heard that Mr. Jin Junmian's royalties are 15%, and his fame is not as high as Mr. Li Renyong's."

Good guy, now he doesn’t call him Ayong anymore, he just calls him Teacher Li Renyong.

Li Renyong always felt that their relationship had become more and more distant since that day in the living room when they were drunk all night.

Ding Zhenyu smiled and said, "Teacher Jin Junmian's work is a first release, so the royalties are naturally higher. Teacher Li's is an adaptation, so they can't be generalized."

Having worked as an editor for so many years, the prices he gives are generally the default prices in the industry.

Neither high nor low.

"Teacher Li is very famous. You can use the popularity of the movie Love Letter to promote Teacher Li's first book. I think this is better. Only 12% is too little."

Zheng Nanzhu argued with reason. As they were in the same team, Lee Chang-dong and Ma Il-sung refused to speak, so she had to step forward.

Li Renyong couldn't get a word in either, as he had no idea what was going on. He just silently calculated in his mind how much money he would get in the end.

For example, if a book sells for 10,000 won, multiplying the price by 15 percent would be 1,500 won.

If one million copies are published, that would be fifteen million.

Finally, the children's book publisher decided to pay 16 percent of the price and publish 50,000 copies first to see how it goes.

After Li Renyong calculated the money, Zheng Nanzhu also helped him determine the terms.

After Jiang Fanji sent the people from the Children's Book Publishing House away, Lu Feng joked, "Thanks to Nanzhu, Ayong made another fortune."

"Mainly I have to thank Sister Nanzhu."

Lee Chang-dong then said, "Ah Yong, have you finished writing your next movie?"

Li Renyong has no idea about his next film.

"I don't know yet. I'll try to get Nanzhu to be the female lead in the next movie."

Zheng Nanzhu stood up and said, "No, I have already promised another director to act in his TV series."

After saying that, he slowly walked out of the office.

Li Renyong was a little stunned.

I don’t know why, but I feel a little lost.

No one else asked what happened.

On Valentine's Day, Li Renyong was photographed taking Paula to the movies.

Almost everyone in the circle knows that Li Renyong and Zheng Nanzhu have no relationship.

However, some tabloids always speculate why they broke up.

After the matter was settled, several people came to Li Changdong's office.

Coming here, everyone felt a little more relaxed.

Li Renyong looked around and found that the environment was still the same as before and had not changed.

"Let's split the royalties from the novel Love Letter equally among the four of us."

Lee Chang-dong was surprised and said, "Eh? Do you need to share it with us? It's normal to share it with Nam-joo. After all, she helped you get the royalties."

"We are a team, so we must share the profits together."

Li Renyong is not a person who likes to eat alone, and the royalties this time are windfall in itself.

To put it simply, it’s just the money in the past.

In a broader sense, it is related to whether their team is united.

Today is the second chapter.

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