Chapter 348: No Ticket Price This Time
At noon that day, Su Xing saw this message when he was browsing private messages on Weibo.
Forbidden City - Lao Feng V: "Hello, Wake Up Painter, I am an editor at the Forbidden City Publishing House. My last name is Feng. We are very interested in the series of paintings "Cultural Relics Migration to the South" on your Weibo. We want to publish a booklet. Can we talk about the copyright issues? Here are my contact numbers and QQ."
Su Xing was stunned. She clicked on the other party’s homepage and checked the certification introduction. It turned out that he was an editor of the Forbidden City Publishing House.
The sponsor of Forbidden City Publishing House is the Palace Museum.
The Palace Museum wants the copyright of her series of paintings called “Migration of Cultural Relics to the South”?
She added “Forbidden City-Lao Feng” on QQ.
After about half an hour, the other party accepted Su Xing's friend request.
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "Hello, Painter, nice to meet you (expression: handshake)."
Can you not wake up: "Hello (expression: handshake)"
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "Excuse me, is it convenient for you to talk about copyright issues now?"
Su Xing looked at the time. It was now past one in the afternoon.
She made an appointment with her roommate to go to the study room to review as she had a very important exam tomorrow.
Negotiating a contract is not something that can be made clear in just a few words. Negotiating it online, with both sides talking back and forth, is not very convenient.
She thought for a while before replying.
Is it okay to not wake up: "I'm in the capital, can we arrange a time to talk?"
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "Of course it would be better to have a face-to-face meeting."
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "I'm free these few days, when would it be convenient for you?"
Is it okay not to wake up: "Is it okay tomorrow?"
She finished her exams in the morning and could spare some time in the afternoon.
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "Of course, which district are you in? I can come over."
Can't wake up: "I'd better go to find you."
She was at school, and it wasn't very convenient to talk about things. If the other party came over, they would have to find a cafe or something to talk. It would be better for her to go directly to their publishing house.
Forbidden City - Lao Feng: "That's fine!"
He sent Su Xing an address.
The two of them ended their conversation temporarily.
The girls in dormitory 306 have already changed their clothes and are preparing to go to self-study.
Su Xing put on his down jacket, carried his schoolbag and computer, and went out with his roommates.
After finishing the exam the next morning, Su Xing had lunch and rested for a while, then went to the Forbidden City Publishing House.
The Forbidden City Publishing House is located within the Forbidden City.
Su Xing arrived near No. 4 Jingshan Front Street and called Mr. Feng.
The other party asked Su Xing to wait for a moment and he would come to pick her up.
When they met, both sides were stunned.
Old Feng is not very old. He is about thirty years old, with a round face and slanted eyes, and looks very easy-going.
When he saw Su Xing, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect that the painter woke up to be such a young and beautiful girl!
In fact, when he read the comments section of her Weibo, he saw some netizens speculating that she was a student of Peking University. However, after all, it was just netizens' speculation and he did not completely believe it. Now it seems that she should really be a student, but he does not know whether she is really from Peking University.
"Hello, I'm Su Xing." Su Xing took the initiative to extend his hand to the other party.
"Hello, hello, I'm Feng Di."
The two shook hands politely.
Feng Di said, "Let's go in and talk."
Su Xing responded: "Okay."
She followed in Feng Di's footsteps.
This time she entered the Forbidden City for free and followed Feng Di through the staff passage, which felt quite magical.
Feng Di took Su Xing to his office.
"Please sit down, what would you like to drink?"
"Thank you, plain water will do."
Feng Di poured a glass of water for Su Xing.
The two sat down and chatted.
"I didn't expect Miss Su to be so young. Is she still in school?"
Su Xing said: "Yes."
Feng Dila asked casually, "Which school do you go to? What year are you in?"
"Kyoto University, freshman."
It really is from Kyoto University!
Feng Di exclaimed: "You are only a freshman! You have so many talented people in Beijing University, it's amazing! What's Su's major?"
Su Xing said: "I am from the Cultural and Museum College, and I studied cultural relic protection technology."
Feng Di's eyes widened when he heard that. He uttered an "Ah!" and said, "Then we are half colleagues! After you graduate, you can consider working in the Forbidden City!"
Su Xing smiled and said, "It's still early for me to graduate."
Feng Di said: "No wonder Miss Su was able to paint the series of paintings titled "The Migration of Cultural Relics to the South"..."
He paused, and finally got to the point. "It's like this. A few years ago, we held an event called 'Revisiting the Route of the Forbidden City's Cultural Relics Migration to the South'. Now we want to make a documentary based on some of the materials from that time. After we saw the series of paintings on your Weibo, we thought we could publish a book to go with the documentary, so we wanted to talk to you about the copyright of those paintings."
Su Xing said: "The series of paintings on my Weibo should not be enough to publish a picture album, right?"
Although her series of paintings titled "Migration of Cultural Relics to the South" has tried its best to restore the history of the time and also painted some important details, the accompanying textual supplementary information is also relatively complete.
But in order to make it easier to upload to Weibo, she simplified both the drawings and text materials.
After all, the information dissemination on Weibo is relatively fragmented, and most netizens do not have the patience to read too long content.
Feng Di said: "Yes, the series of paintings on your Weibo has a relatively complete story and all the important details are preserved, but it is still too concise as a companion reading material for the documentary, so we plan to use your pictures, along with the textual historical materials we have expanded and sorted out, and compile them into a book together."
Su Xing understood. To put it simply, the Palace Museum wanted to publish a book about "The Migration of Cultural Relics to the South", and they wanted her series of paintings to illustrate the book.
Su Xing nodded to indicate that it was okay.
Next, the two began to discuss cooperation methods and prices.
Feng Di proposed to buy out the copyright of the series of paintings, but Su Xing refused.
She only agreed to license the copyright for the book illustrations.
No matter what the plan is, she will not consider buying out the contract with any party.
Feng Di saw that although the girl in front of him was young, she had her own ideas and principles.
He didn't insist on a buyout.
As for the authorization price, he quoted a price of 60,000.
Su Xing hesitated for a moment and said, "Sixty thousand for a complete set of pictures, this price is not high..."
Feng Di knew the price was not high. Nowadays, when illustrators draw book illustrations, the price of one picture can range from a few hundred yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, depending on the fame of the illustrator and the difficulty of the illustration.
Su Xing is now very popular on Weibo and has even published her own album of paintings. The price of a picture she draws now must be quite high.
This series of paintings, "Migration of Cultural Relics to the South", is not a very simple set of paintings, and there are quite a few of them, so it is understandable that she is not satisfied with the price.
Feng Di was mentally prepared for Su Xing to raise the price.
Su Xing suddenly said, "Sixty thousand is not impossible, but I hope my name as the artist can be added to the book."