Chapter 35: Winning the Prize
The royalties of "Detective Conan" will take several months to reach Meng Huo's account, so he is not in a hurry at all.
However, he was not anxious, but Phoenix Company was anxious. A few days later, Alice informed Meng Huo to sign the agreement. She said that the chairman of Phoenix Company was willing to pay for him and then deduct it from the royalties a few months later.
Meng Huo was stunned. The Phoenix Company took care of him. It was fine if the rent was not the same, but he didn't expect that it would be overdrawn in advance for 20 million yuan.
He and Li Qin got into the car sent by the company, and Alice explained the reason to them in the car. In fact, there are several reasons why the company is so straightforward. One is that they are not afraid of the disappearance of royalties, and the other is to protect Meng Huo's secrets.
The increase in shareholders cannot be concealed by those who are interested. If Meng Huo receives royalty investment, many people will doubt the identity of the new shareholder, and early investment will avoid this situation.
Meng Huo was satisfied with such thoughtful arrangements. They came to Phoenix Company. Surprisingly, there were not many people present. Apart from the two who looked like lawyers, there was only one majestic old man.
"This is our Chairman Mr. Xu Jing."
Alice introduced.
Meng Huo and Li Qin hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
"Teacher He Xi and his wife, please sit here."
The old man invited the mother and son to sit opposite each other, while Alice took out the tea leaves and made tea on the side.
"This time the shares are transferred to you from me, and no other shareholders need to come forward." Xu Jing asked the lawyer to put the documents on the table and said calmly: "There are some situations in the company here. I will transfer 5% of the shares to you for 20 million. See if there is any problem."
Meng Huo nodded, picked up the documents and read them. He read them very seriously. Although he didn't understand them all, he also saw that buying 5% of the shares for 20 million yuan will not suffer any loss.
"no problem."
When Meng Huo finished watching, Alice had already served tea for the three of them. She stood aside and smiled, "If there is no problem, you can sign the agreement soon."
Meng Huo looked at Alice strangely. Why did the editor say this? Isn’t she afraid of the chairman? What’s even more strange is that she seems to be very familiar with this office. She was not unfamiliar when she was looking for tea just now. Xu Jing and the two lawyers did not look very surprised.
"Teacher He Xi doesn't need to be surprised."
Xu Jing had been observing Meng Huo, and found the confusion on his face, and said, "Alice is my daughter."
Daughter? Meng Huo was stunned. It turned out that Alice was the daughter of the chairman of Phoenix Company. Why had he never heard Ye Xiong say this? Didn’t Ye Xiong know?
Li Qin was also extremely surprised and looked at Alice: "Sister, are you Mr. Xu's daughter? How could you be an editor?"
Alice smiled slightly.
"I will explain to you when I go back to this matter. Now I will sign the agreement first."
Meng Huo quickly pulled Li Qin, and he felt that it was not suitable to talk about this at this time. Xu Jing's appearance is a typical Chinese, but Alice is more like a Westerner. The two are too different, most of them are not biological father and daughter.
Li Qin immediately discovered this and stopped talking.
"Teacher He Xi is already sixteen years old." Xu Jing picked up the tea and said, "I looked at your identity information and can sign this agreement now."
Meng Huo and Phoenix Company had already left their identity information when they signed the "Detective Conan" contract. Li Qin was present as the guardian at that time, but the actual contractor was still Meng Huo. However, his identity information was actually wrong. The birthday on his ID card was one month earlier than the real birthday.
Meng Huo will not be 16 until October, but the law is over, so he can sign the agreement now, but he doesn't want to sign it himself.
"Mom, come and sign!" Meng Huo turned to Li Qin and said.
This sentence stunned the others.
"No, Xiaohuo, this is your thing!"
Li Qin shook her head quickly, how could she stole the child's things?
"I said mom, isn't yours mine?" Meng Huo joked: "Besides, if you become a noble lady, I can be a rich second generation!"
"Bao, bah, bah, bah, bah, what a rich second generation!" Li Qin's eyebrows stood up. She knew that a rich second generation was a bad word, so she quickly glared at Meng Huo: "Don't learn well, don't learn these messy things from others."
Seeing this scene, Alice secretly laughed. She felt that Sister Qin was good at everything, but sometimes she was too sensitive to her son.
Xu Jing also shook his head.
"Madam, it's better for you to sign it." He said: "This will add a layer of protection, and it will not be easy for others to discover Teacher He Xi."
But this is the reason, but Xu Jing still looked at Meng Huo with a different look. How many young people are willing to give up? Meng Huo gave it to Li Qin without any hesitation. This behavior is commendable.
"Madam, she really gave birth to a good son!"
Since ancient times, mothers have been honored by their sons. This ordinary woman gave birth to such an outstanding child, which is a blessing that many mothers can’t afford.
"You're too much." Li Qin blushed a little when she was said by Xu Jing. The chairman of such a large company said that his son was good, and she felt happy.
In the end, Li Qin signed the agreement. She thought that she had no other children anyway, so she would still teach Meng Huo these things after she kept them.
After completing the procedures, Meng Huo and Phoenix Company were tied together. Xu Jing promised that he would continue to increase his shares as long as he had money, but Meng Huo's comics from now on must be launched by Phoenix Company.
In Meng Huo's opinion, this matter is completely fine. The manuscript fees for serialized comics are actually similar. What really makes money is the single-line book and other copyright benefits. Holding shares will not reduce his cartoonist's income, which is enough.
Moreover, Phoenix Company did not completely restrain him. In addition to cultural products other than comics, Meng Huo was free to make decisions. Xu Jing even gave him an invitation to design an animation. This is an invitation letter from China Central Television. CCTV plans to launch a national-level cartoon and is looking for scripts and creativity. Many well-known authors, cartoonists and publishers have received requests.
"This is an original animation. If you are interested, you can try it." Xu Jing said when saying goodbye to Meng Huo: "CCTV has not found a suitable content script so far. If you can succeed, it will be of great benefit to you and the company."
"There is also the award-winning Newcomer of the Year award, and it will be a award-winning ceremony in a few days..."
There are many awards in the Chinese comics industry, and its organizer is Longteng Company. In previous years, the awards were the best by comic artists adapting novels. At this time, He Xi suddenly won the award, and the purpose of it was self-evident.
Chapter completed!