Volume 1: The Starting Chapter 063: Mutual Conditions

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  "Xu Yunjin, I never said I'd sell the script to you, did I?" Sun Zesheng said calmly.

  Xu Yunjin's beautiful eyes shot out a cold light, as if she wanted to torture Sun Zesheng slowly. "Sun Zesheng, you wouldn't dare try to raise the price on me, would you? Let me tell you, my patience is limited. Don't test my temper."

  Her tone was extremely unpleasant. She had a terrible day, and her anger was pent up inside. To exaggerate a bit, she was so furious that she could have killed Sun Zesheng with one blow.

  Sun Zesheng waved his hand, "Don't get excited, listen to me finish speaking. I'm not going to raise the price, but rather make my conditions clear."

  Xu Yun crossed her arms in front of her chest with a huff, "Alright, you talk, I'm listening."

  "The first item, of course, is the price we originally agreed on, if you only want the idea..."

  Before Sun Zesheng could finish speaking, Xu Yunjin interrupted him, "I want a complete script, what's the use of just that rough idea?"

  "Alright, you want a complete script, or we go with the price we originally agreed on, 500,000 yuan, not one cent less. This is the first condition."

  Article 2: This script can be used by you, but it is limited to your use only and cannot be transferred to others.

  Article 3: I want to reserve the right to re-sell the script, of course, I will give you a ten-year exclusive period, during which I will not transfer it to any other person.

  Article 4, I also reserve the right to adapt this script into a TV series and other profitable forms. In other words, this script can only be used for filming movies, micro-movies, etc., and cannot be adapted into TV dramas, plays, operas, stage plays, games, etc.

  "Moreover, these rights will not be exclusive for a period of ten years."

  Sun Zesheng's logic was clear and his reasoning was straightforward as he stated his conditions one by one.

  If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, Xu Yunjin and Yin Xian'er would have found it hard to believe that these words came from the mouth of a university student.

  Xu Yunjin still didn't understand the huge commercial value contained in this script, and she also didn't have a clear and definite idea about her future development path. She just wanted to get the script as soon as possible, make a movie, and strive for one of the two quotas, so that she could take a solid step on the road to becoming a famous director.

  In addition, as a student in the directing department of Beijing Film Academy, she has heard about many things in the entertainment and literary circles, even if she is not very clear about them.

  Many playwrights and authors, when transferring their work rights to others, do basically the same thing as Sun Zesheng, trying their best to fight for more benefits for themselves. The basic requirements are not much different from the conditions listed by Sun Zesheng.

  "Alright, I agree to the several conditions you mentioned. But I also have a condition: if you come up with other scripts in the future, under the same conditions, you must sell them to me. If you agree, we can sign the contract."

  Xu Yunjin wasn't completely lacking in business acumen. This was her third meeting with Sun Zesheng, and he had always presented himself as mature and steady in front of her. Today's requested terms were also so clear and explicit that her intuition told her that Sun Zesheng wouldn't just fire a single shot in the film script domain and then be done with it; there should be other works as well.

  There are those in the screenwriting world who make a big splash with one work, but then disappear like a fleeting flower. On the other hand, there are also writers who produce multiple masterpieces that leave a lasting impression, such as the late Mr. Lao She and Mr. Cao Yu.

  Xu Yunjin is very clear about what a high-quality script means to a director, and she certainly wants to grasp it tightly in her hands.

  As for Sun Zesheng's future performance being a meteor or a star, it is not within her consideration, anyway, it is just a matter of writing a few more words in the contract.

  If Sun Zezong is a fixed star, then it's all good; if he's just a shooting star, that's okay too.

  They agreed that under the same conditions, Sun Zesheng must sell the script to her. If she didn't want it at the time, she just needed to offer a lower condition than other competitors. If there were no other competitors and she really didn't want Sun Zesheng's script, then she would buy the script at the price of waste paper. There was always a way to make Sun Zesheng give up.

  Sun Zesheng thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Xu Yunjin's additional conditions.

  Xu Yunjin's family was wealthy, which was a certainty. Selling the script to her would not be a loss for him. Moreover, Xu Yunjin had one point that made him appreciate her: although she already knew the entire storyline and plot, she still insisted on paying for it. Even if she tried to negotiate a lower price, she never thought of getting something for nothing.

  This is indeed a rare and precious thing.

  If Xu Yunjin can maintain this kind of temperament, it will be a relief for Sun Zesheng to cooperate with her in the long run. There will be fewer unnecessary disputes between them.

  He didn't expect to make a fortune from the script, he just wanted to get a stable and not too eye-catching cash flow, Xu Yunjin as a partner is undoubtedly a very good choice.

  Sun Zesheng took out paper and pen, wrote two identical agreements by hand, and then asked Yin Xian'er to be a witness. The three of them signed their names on the agreement respectively.

  Afterwards, Xu Yunjin unambiguously transferred 500,000 Huaxia coins to Sun Zesheng's personal account. In return, Sun Zesheng handed over a previously prepared USB drive to Xu Yunjin, which contained the movie script that he had already copied onto it.

  Watching Sun Zesheng and Xu Yunjin complete the transaction, Yin Xian'er's expression became increasingly complex. Today, whether it was Xu Yunjin or Sun Zesheng, both had given her a considerable shock.

  Although she is a rich girl, Yin's enterprise has assets of hundreds of millions of yuan, but Yin's enterprise has been in a precarious and embarrassing situation for many years, especially after the incident at Yanjing Branch.

  Although she has bodyguards following her all the time, it's not an easy task to get her to take out 500,000.

  Besides, spending 500,000 to buy a movie script is almost beyond her imagination. How can a movie script be worth so much money? I guess only scripts that can bring in hundreds of millions of box office revenue can sell for such a high price.

  Sun Zesheng, where did he get the nerve from? Not only did he sell a movie script for 500,000 yuan, such an astronomical price, but also demanded so many conditions?

  Xu Yunjin's wealth might be even stronger than she imagined, if it were her, she would absolutely not spend 500,000 to buy a script.

  But Sun Zesheng gave her a feeling that made her feel more and more incomprehensible. He made a small invention, and even Lianlian Investment Co., Ltd. thought it was good and bought it out. Her father thus determined that Sun Zesheng had great potential, abandoned the family business, and ran errands for Sun Zesheng. Today, Xu Yunjin came to find Sun Zesheng to buy a script.

  When did Sun Zesheng have so many and such good talents, why was his performance so mature, and what made him so different from the wooden boy she had impressed?

  PS: In this chapter, Xu Yunjin requires the right of first refusal under equal conditions, not the power to buy at a low price in any situation. Please take a closer look. Thank you.

  In addition, Sun Zesheng appreciates Xu Yunjin, just like I appreciate all the readers who read the genuine version. I cannot appreciate the readers who read pirated versions.

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