Chapter 519 Just a Moment
August 7th, early morning.

When Li Luo woke up from his deep sleep, he turned his head left and right to look at the scene around him and suddenly fell into a trance.

Yan Zhusheng is sleeping on the left side.

Her sleeping position was the most stable, she lay flat on her back obediently with her hands crossed on her belly. Her profile, which had originally been expressionless like an iceberg, now looked softer.

One can't help but want to reach out and pinch it, as if they were pinching a ball of snow.

On the right is Yingchanxi.

She was not very peaceful when she slept, so Li Luo and Xu Youyu had to sit between them to prevent them from grabbing the quilt while she was asleep.

When Ying Chanxi was sleeping, her cheeks were slightly puffed up, which made her look very cute, making people want to take a bite of her. Her fair and tender face looked like a freshly peeled boiled egg.

Xu Youyu, who was lying on the other side, was sleeping soundly, half hugging Ying Chanxi, with a little drool at the corner of his mouth.

After Li Luo woke up, he lingered on the bed for a while, sat up straight, leaned his back against the headboard, quietly admired the delicate sleeping faces of the three girls for a while, and reached out to wipe the corner of Xu Youyu's mouth.

It felt like it was a bit redundant to book a room for Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng... In the next few days, Li Luo was very doubtful whether anyone would sleep in their room.

Thinking of this, Li Luo couldn't help laughing.

Then he got out of the quilt, stood up on the bed, jumped lightly, flipped over Yan Zhusheng's body, landed on the edge of the bed, and accurately found his slippers.

Without waking up the three of them, Li Luo simply washed up in the bathroom, changed his clothes, picked up his cell phone and left the room.

It is really hot in Yuzhong City in July.

Generally speaking, it is more recommended to come here in spring and autumn.

I don’t know if the people planning the event at Wenyue Group have had a brain meltdown or what, or maybe they understand the personalities of online writers very well and know that even if they go to a new place, they will be so lazy that they only go out when foraging for food.

You can even just order takeout and not leave the hotel during the entire salon event.

Fortunately, Li Luo is still young and is not very afraid of heat. He even enjoys the feeling of his body being warm.

He walked out of the hotel gate, ran slowly around the hotel a few times, and when his forehead was slightly sweaty, he went to the dining area on the second floor to have breakfast.

A few authors who arrived a day early like him took the initiative to greet Li Luo after seeing him.

Generally speaking, the sale of copyright of a work will not be announced immediately unless there is a need for publicity.

But for the authors who can participate in the salon activities, to put it simply, they are well-known figures in the LV5 and can basically be regarded as reserve great gods.

Based on everyone's sources of information, we can basically hear something more or less.

This naturally includes the sale of the copyright of "Little Joy".

Combined with the fact that "Little Joy" had previously participated in a realistic essay contest, the above news is most likely true.

After all, from the salon event last year to this year, Qidian has only opened its reality channel for a year, and there are only a few excellent books including "Little Joy".

Among them, due to the continuous traffic of "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" and the continuous tilt of the essay collection traffic, although "Little Joy" itself does not quite meet the tastes of readers in the popular track of online literature, it has achieved good results because of its good content.

From being a barely-excellent product when it was on the shelves for just one month, to having an average subscription of 6000 when it was completed, and then two months after completion, relying on the continuous support of the essay-writing traffic, it has remained at the top of the reality channel's monthly ticket rankings, and the average subscription has increased from 6000 to 9000.

Judging from this, if we wait for a while, "Little Joy" will probably exceed 10,000 subscriptions.

This is also the first book of Qidian Reality Channel to reach 10,000 subscriptions.

Thanks to the fact that "Little Joy" has only 80 words in total, concise content, complete plot, and constant small hooks in the plot, it can maintain its growth.

Li Luo wrote online articles in his previous life and was very clear about the macro reader trends in the market.

To put it simply, a large number of readers follow the trend and public opinion to determine the quality of a book.

No book can withstand deliberate criticism.

As for shortcomings, if you look for them you will always find them.

But when a book is very popular and has various achievements to back it up, readers who like it can ignore these minor shortcomings and praise the book to the sky.

But when the author writes something very controversial, he will instantly be trampled into the quagmire by the same group of people.

What were once minor shortcomings immediately became unbearable major flaws and were clearly listed as if they were the ten unforgivable sins.

Li Luo was eating breakfast while browsing the comment section on his phone and taking a look at the situation of "Little Joy".

The reviews from readers are quite good.

Especially after Li Luo improved the content setting and avoided some of the things that made him arrogant, there were fewer poisonous points in the plot.

From the reader's perspective, this book is quite good except that it is not good enough as an online novel.

If this were placed on other channels, even in the urban category, it would probably be overwhelmed by other books.

However, in the reality channel, the readers who click in to take a look are those who have some basic reading needs.

This can actually help Li Luo screen out some good audiences.

While Li Luo was thinking about these things, several other familiar author friends came to the table.

As everyone chatted, they talked about the great players and platinum candidates at the end of this year.

There are many candidates for the great god, and there are two who are having dinner here who are quite promising.

As for the platinum, there is no doubt that Li Luo has a share.

An author who specializes in channel distribution at the table said with some emotion: "Ranshen's channels are more powerful than the main site. You can understand what I mean. Even if we don't have the copyright of "Little Joy", I think we can still fight for the platinum contract."

Li Luo did not participate in this topic.

The signing of the Dashen and Platinum contracts themselves contain confidentiality clauses, and they need to cooperate with Qidian in publicity and cannot actively disclose the signing circumstances in private.

So even if you know you can sign a platinum contract, you can't say it out loud in front of outsiders.

After finishing breakfast, Li Luo stood up to say goodbye, and then received a call from Lawyer Tian.

The other party said that they had just arrived at the airport, and when the plane landed, it should be around noon.

Li Luo made an appointment with him for lunch, and then received a message from the editor-in-chief, scheduling a meeting in the afternoon.

When he took the elevator back to the room on the 6th floor, the three girls were still sleeping soundly.

It's true that I was busy for too long last night, so I can understand why I couldn't sleep until now.

Li Luo recalled the scene of playing flying chess last night, and his eyes fell on the bed involuntarily, as if he could see the smooth and white thighs of the three girls through the quilt.

Then she turned her head to look at the chair next to her, on which were still the black and white stockings and cotton tights that had been taken off.

This kind of thing is really a test for a young man full of vigor and vitality.

If he wasn't mentally older and could control himself, who knows how many mistakes he would have made. I can only hope that time will pass faster in the days ahead.

Li Luo is under very little academic pressure now, as he has obtained full marks in three minor subjects through the elective examination.

With continuous efforts, the gap between him and Ying Chanxi in the three main subjects of Chinese, mathematics and English was narrowed to less than 5 points.

Maybe if he performs exceptionally well one day, he will have the chance to win the top spot in the grade.

Under such circumstances, both Peking University and Tsinghua University have a good chance of getting into, not to mention Qianjiang University.

He has a memory palace, so even if he doesn't learn anything from now on, he will have a good chance of passing the college entrance examination next year.

Thinking about this, Li Luo sat down at his desk, opened his laptop, and planned to do some typing before noon.

In order to avoid waking up the girls in bed, he did not use the mechanical keyboard that Xu Youyu gave him, but directly used the keyboard that came with the laptop to type.

It wasn't until about 9:30 in the morning that some movement was heard from the bed.

Li Luo turned his head and found that it was Yan Zhusheng who woke up.

She rubbed her eyes and sat up straight. She looked around and found that Li Luo was not there. She quickly looked around and found Li Luo in front of the desk.

Yan Zhusheng lifted the quilt and got out of bed, then walked to Li Luo in slippers. He took a step with his left leg and sat on Li Luo, hugging him tightly. He rubbed his head on Li Luo's shoulder, like a kitten that just woke up, very clingy.

"I'm typing." Li Luo put his arm around her waist, patted her butt and said with a smile.

"Just for a while." Yan Zhusheng rubbed upwards again, closed his eyes and hugged Li Luo, enjoying the warmth of the moment.

Only after she had hugged him enough did Yan Zhusheng get off Li Luo and go to the bathroom to wash up.

After coming out of the bathroom, she sat obediently on the empty chair next to the desk and watched Li Luo type.

"I can't write if you stare at me like that."

"Then show me the manuscript."

"…I sent it to you."

Now Yan Zhusheng has developed a habit.

Every time I collect a wave of Li Luo’s saved manuscripts and then harvest them together.

Then the normal daily updates can be regarded as a review of previous content, which is equivalent to reading it for the second time.

Although the learning effect is far less good than that of "The Literary Era", familiar scenes and content can often be seen in the book, so Yan Zhusheng still likes reading it very much.

For example, the book often contains ambiguous scenes of the protagonists Li Yang and Mo Qinghan playing the piano.

Yan Zhusheng always feels a sense of déjà vu.

Readers were arguing in the comment section about which female lead was the best, but they probably never imagined that the prototypes of the three female leads had always been around Li Luo in real life.

"Lawyer Tian will come over at noon." Seeing the time approaching eleven o'clock, Li Luo turned his head to look at the two people who were still sleeping soundly on the bed, and then instructed Yan Zhusheng, "I have to go to discuss the contract in the afternoon, so I can't accompany you."

"I will go to dinner with Lawyer Tian in a while to discuss the direction of contract negotiations."

"Wake them up later, and go eat with your uncle and aunt first. You can go shopping nearby in the afternoon."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded obediently. Knowing that Li Luo had important things to do, he didn't intend to bother him.

So after receiving the news that Lawyer Tian's plane had landed, Li Luo waited for more than half an hour, then got up, packed up, and went downstairs to have dinner with Lawyer Tian.

……

"The biggest difference between a great author's contract and that of an ordinary author is that the profit-sharing ratio has changed from 50-50 to 30-70."

“Authors can get 70% of the subscription revenue.”

At noon, Lawyer Tian was chatting with Li Luo at the dinner table.

"Besides that, since it is no longer a standard contract, some minor adjustments can be made to other contract terms."

"For example, the copyright you mentioned earlier, or the resource allocation related to the essay competition that was added later."

"But some clauses look good, but they are essentially empty promises. The more general and abstract they are, the less binding effect they have."

At this point, Lawyer Tian paused and added, "So you have to think clearly about your specific needs first. Once the direction of the negotiation is clear, both sides will feel much more relaxed."

"I don't have any extra demands." Li Luo thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Just continue to strengthen the terms regarding copyright."

At this point, Li Luo paused to think, and after some consideration, he added, "Do you think there is a chance to make the copyright independent?"

"Hmm?" Lawyer Tian didn't quite understand what he meant. "What do you mean by independence?"

"That is to say..." Li Luo touched his chin and thought for a moment, "Let me give you an example. For example, if I sign the platinum contract for my book "Little Joy", if I have similar works in the future, can I manage the copyright myself and no longer share the profits with Qidian?"

When Lawyer Tian heard this, he fell silent: "Of course it is feasible in theory, but you signed a platinum contract with Qidian, which means cooperation. What you want is the other party's copyright sales channels and platform traffic environment."

"Once you hold the copyright in your own hands, it means you give up this convenience."

"What's the point of the platinum contract then?"

What Lawyer Tian said makes sense.

But Li Luo’s idea is also very simple.

He now has connections with Ying Zhicheng. Previously, "Little Joy" was backed by Qidian and got the endorsement of the essay contest and official background, which allowed Ying Zhicheng to convince the board of directors to pass the proposal to acquire the copyright of "Little Joy".

But if the subsequent TV adaptation of "Little Joy" is successful and becomes very popular after it is broadcast, it will be very easy for Li Luo to sell his other novels or scripts.

There is no need for Qidian to provide additional help at all.

"Then let me change my perspective." Li Luo pondered for a moment and said to Attorney Tian, ​​"I hope the platinum contract can have more clauses. During the contract period, I have the right to choose to let Qidian operate the copyright, or I can operate it myself."

Lawyer Tian understood Li Luo's idea and nodded gently: "We can discuss these. Let's see what they say in the afternoon."

"Then I'll have to trouble Lawyer Tian." Li Luo said with a smile.

His choice was actually very simple. If it was a short story like "Little Joy" and was suitable for adaptation into a TV series, he would not need to cooperate with Qidian at all and could directly use Ying Zhicheng's connections.

Most of the time, online writers are unable to sell their copyrights because they lack the personal connections, so they can only rely on website platforms to sell their copyrights.

But Li Luo is obviously different.

However, if I finish writing "I'm Really Not a Celebrity" and start another long online novel, I will most likely still have to rely on the platform to operate it.

So there is no need to completely block some roads.

(End of this chapter)