After rebirth, I became a great master

Chapter 382 Capture
night.

Zhou Haoran had just taken a shower and was sitting shirtless on a makeshift bed on the floor, with the electric fan blowing on him.

I'm on the phone with Jiang Xiong, who's in London.

this is a good news.

"As per your request, the copyright for Harry Potter has been basically finalized!"

Jiang Xiong's voice was unsteady.

This is a newly launched service in the domestic telecommunications industry, allowing mobile phones to have international roaming services and make overseas calls.

Zhou Haoran turned off the electric fan; the noise was too loud. He asked, "How many years?"

Jiang Xiong laughed and said, "15 years!"

"it is good!"

Zhou Haoran was very happy, as this was the clause he valued most.

Jiang Xiong continued, "There are also additional clauses. If the sales of the Harry Potter series in China exceed 12 copies, the contract can be automatically renewed for another year. As long as the sales are guaranteed, it can be renewed indefinitely."

Zhou Haoran said excitedly, "Old Jiang, you've worked hard! You've closed a big deal!"

"The signing fee is too high, it's £1!"

"This is all small change!"

"The royalty rate is 8%, which is considered high in China."

"is acceptable."

Zhou Haoran thought to himself that securing this book series with an 8% royalty was an absolute steal. Foreign publishers typically offered 15% royalties. Ten years from now, the domestic publishing industry would need 12%-15% royalties.

Jiang Xiong said, "There are many other related clauses, including printing at least 5 copies every year, allocating 3% of the annual sales revenue to marketing... Oh right, there are also brand agency rights for related derivative copyrights."

"what?"

Zhou Haoran didn't quite understand.

Jiang Xiong said helplessly, "I don't really understand this either. It's the 'Harry Potter' brand. Anyone who wants to use the name or image of 'Harry Potter' on clothes, magazines, posters, or pencil cases is infringing on copyright."

Zhou Haoran's eyes lit up. "You've secured the distribution rights for the derivative brand?"

Jiang Xiong said bitterly, "What am I supposed to do? This is what they asked of us. They want us to protect their brand. If there's any infringement, we have to act as their representative to fight for their legal rights."

"This is a good thing!"

Zhou Haoran never expected there to be such an unexpected bonus clause.

"A good thing?" Jiang Xiong didn't think so. "With such serious piracy and so many infringements in China, asking us to help them protect their brand rights... isn't that a thankless task?"

Zhou Haoran asked, "Isn't there an agency fee?"

Jiang Xiong said, "Yes, 25%."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "That's right! It's only right to do things for money!"

Having acquired the derivative rights, Zhongbo Bookstore is essentially the sole distributor of the Harry Potter series in China.

That's really impressive!

This means that even if Warner Bros. makes a big Harry Potter movie in the future and wants to operate it in China, it will have to cooperate with Zhongbo Bookstore to negotiate the revenue sharing ratio of derivative products outside the movie.

With piracy so rampant in China, the profits might not be very high.

It is of great significance.

Zhongbo Bookstore thus established a cooperative relationship with Warner.

With this relationship, Zhongbo Bookstore has greater credibility when signing book copyright agreements abroad.

Jiang Xiong remarked with emotion, "This trip to the UK has broadened my horizons. Foreigners have book brokers, and the kind of fraudulent and deceptive practices that exist in China, where authors are tricked into signing contracts, are practically nonexistent."

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "Anyway, it's fine as long as it's signed. We've got experience with this."

"Ah."

"How's that Wei Jie?"

"can."

Jiang Xiong doesn't speak English, so Wei Jie has to fill in for him.

Zhou Haoran said, "Then let's appoint him as the deputy general manager and have him continue to sign the book 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad.' Once you're done, you can go back to China."

Jiang Xiong breathed a sigh of relief. "I've wanted to go back for a long time. The food in England is inedible."

After finishing the call, I quickly turned on the fan.

Qiao Suiqing finished taking a shower.

She was wrapped in a large white bath towel, sitting on a chair drying her hair. Her skin was as smooth and fair as ice and snow, and she looked so delicate that you just wanted to hold her in your arms and be intimate with her.

Unfortunately, it was too hot.

If I pick them up and they start fussing, all that sweating from the bath will have been for nothing.

"Qingmei, when are we moving?" Zhou Haoran didn't want to live in this small apartment without air conditioning anymore. The welfare housing had air conditioning. "It seems like a lot of people from my workplace have moved there."

Qiao Suiqing listened to his suggestion, "How about the end of the month?"

Zhou Haoran said, "How about this weekend?"

“Well, then…” Qiao Suiqing paused, looking at him cautiously, “When we move, do we need our parents to come over?”

Zhou Haoran was also confused and asked in a daze, "Do we need them to be there?"

Qiao Suiqing bit her lip lightly, unsure of what to say, "The welfare housing is our new home. After we move... we'll officially be living together. Shouldn't both families witness this?"

Zhou Haoran nodded. "If it's necessary, then let them come over this weekend. We don't have much stuff to move. If both families come over, we can have a meal together and celebrate the housewarming."

"Ok."

Qiao Suiqing gave him a beautiful smile.

The male lead outside, the female lead inside.

In this kind of situation, she would have to contact both sets of parents.

Zhou Haoran then asked, "Sister Qingmei, how's our big villa coming along?"

"Sister Yang is helping me tidy up."

Qiao Suiqing was naturally extremely satisfied with that dream mansion. However, the mansion wasn't move-in ready; it only included renovations and some basic furniture and appliances. Clothes, bedding, slippers, pots and pans, etc., were not provided and needed to be purchased separately.

"Sister Yang..." Zhou Haoran hadn't seen her for several months and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Qingmei, how is Bai Panyang doing lately?"

"Same as always, what's wrong?"

Qiao Suiqing found it strange.

Zhou Haoran chuckled and asked, "Did she regret it?"

Qiao Suiqing asked, "What are you regretting?"

Zhou Haoran said smugly, "I had my eye on her before, and I even went to her room. I almost slept with her and won her over. But she absolutely refused and got angry with me. Now look at our big villa, she regrets it, doesn't she?"

Qiao Suiqing rolled her eyes. "Stop making things up about people."

"Ask her what she thinks later."

"what?"

"If she still wants to be with me, I'll give her a chance."

Zhou Haoran laughed heartily.

"Screw you!"

Qiao Suiqing stretched out her fair little feet and pinched his arm with her toes.

Zhou Haoran then followed her snow-white and straight thighs upwards, peering into the bath towel. "Oh my, not a blade of grass grows here! No, Sister Qingmei, we need to nip it in the bud, otherwise it'll just spring up again!"

"what!!!"

Qiao Suiqing was a little frantic, and in her embarrassment and anger, she rushed over and covered his mouth.

……

This morning.

Zhou Haoran went to his workplace to report to Fan Fu, the deputy director in charge of logistics.

Director Fan was getting a little anxious. "Haoran, give me a definite answer. When will it be ready? Why hasn't even one expert come to our unit to investigate? Without investigation, how can we make a good Red Star Card?"

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "I've explained the situation of our unit to the experts. They're currently developing products."

How much longer?

Fan Fu felt that this young man was too young and he was unsure of his abilities.

"October, I guess."

Zhou Haoran had already made arrangements.

The Fudan University campus card should be finalized by September.

Once this is settled, the Red Star Card can be activated.

Just change its appearance, change its shell and its name.

Red Star Card has fewer functions, less data volume, and lower computing power requirements, so it can be operated more stably and efficiently.

"Is October really going to work?" Fan Fu sighed, speaking earnestly, "Haoran, this is the most important project for Hongxing TV this year, and the station has allocated a basic budget of 5 million yuan!"

Zhou Haoran paused for a moment and said, "I estimate that in September, experts and engineering teams will come to the unit to install some equipment."

"Oh, I see..." Fan Fu drawled, then chuckled and said, "By the way, I heard you recently did a show that broke viewership records?"

Zhou Haoran laughed and said, "I was lucky."

“This isn’t just luck.” Fan Fu shook his head, looking admiring. “Why doesn’t luck favor others? You have to have talent. Haoran, you have a real talent for media!”

Zhou Haoran smiled and said, "Thank you for the compliment, boss."

"Since you're so good at making shows, then put more effort into that." Fan Fu put on a smiling tiger look. "Haoran, which company is it that took the order to make Red Star cards for us? Give me their contact information, and I'll contact them. I won't trouble you to run around."

"I'm not entirely sure about the specifics either."

Zhou Haoran declined.

"Ok?"

Fan Fu's expression darkened slightly.

"Director Fan, I'll ask them for you later. One of their experts is an alumnus of my school, that's how I know them. I'll ask them later!"

Zhou Haoran brushed it off.

The Red Star Card project is a major undertaking, personally overseen by Shan Wendong, the head of Red Star TV.

However, Master Shan is usually too busy.

I don't have time to listen to Zhou Haoran's report.

That's why Deputy Director Fan Fu was put in charge of the review.

In fact, this was a project overseen by Director Shan Wendong and executed by Zhou Haoran, with a basic budget of 500 million yuan.

Fan Fu was just a middleman; there was no real profit in it.

He was naturally unwilling to accept this.

Only by bypassing Zhou Haoran and directly connecting with the developers of Red Star Card could they have a chance to infiltrate the area.

Zhou Haoran was actually happy to see it happen.

Surely he can't personally represent Hongxingtai to negotiate and sign a contract with Zhongbo Software, can he?
The connection is too strong!
It would be best to have Deputy Director Fan Fu come forward so that he can extricate himself from the situation.

But there's no rush.

We can't let this Deputy Director Fan think he's a pushover, that he can just do whatever he wants... He wants to deal directly with the developers, so please come up with some terms in exchange!

After leaving Deputy Director Fan's office, Zhou Haoran went directly to Deputy Director Zhan's office.

"Haoran?" Zhan Yushan's expression was serious, but when he saw him, he smiled and waved, "I have two boxes of coffee here, from abroad, civet coffee... It sounds intimidating, come and take them."

Zhou Haoran didn't stand on ceremony, took the two boxes of coffee, and said with a smile, "Boss, this coffee may be rubbish, but it tastes good!"

"Take it! Take it!"

Zhan Yushan usually drinks tea and has no interest in coffee.

Zhou Haoran sat down in the chair opposite his desk and asked in a low voice, "You've heard about the booth and my program, which is number one in ratings, right?"

(End of this chapter)