It's about the same as finding a needle in a haystack.

After thinking for a while, Xu Lin posted the second message: Collaboration alert! I'm currently transforming, and I believe everyone has seen my capabilities. Musicians interested in songwriting can contact me, serious inquiries only!

At the end of the post, there's also Xu Lin's secondary account used for collaboration contacts, which is the account Wu Chengfeng and his team belong to, specially designated as Xu Lin's work account.

Done, posted.

"Is Master planning to transform? Will you still write books in the future?"

"Master, are you debuting?"

"Mr. Xu, debut already! Your singing is amazing, and you've monopolized all the major charts on NetEase Cloud!"

"Strongly support! Mr. Xu, debut right away!"

"Curious about Mr. Xu's looks, are they up to debut standards?"

"Even Wu Bai successfully debuted, and is Eason Chan handsome? Did it affect him becoming a music legend? In my opinion, just judging by Mr. Xu's singing skills alone and his level in lyrics composition, Xu Song has to step back a bit!"

As soon as the post was out, countless comments followed.

Xu Lin picked a few fan comments to reply to.

Question: Will Mr. Xu still write books after transforming?

Answer: Depends, might not write anymore.

Question: Heard that Master is still a university student, is that true?

Answer: Freshman, studying at a 211.

Finance University is actually a 985 within the 211s, exceptionally strong, even stronger than many 985 institutions.

Question: Curious about what Mr. Xu looks like in real life?

Answer: Height 187, appearance and physique meet all your imaginations.

Question: Will Mr. Xu debut?

Answer: Won't debut, staying behind the scenes.

These few simple responses from Xu Lin unexpectedly led to a wave of trending topics shortly after.

Trending Topic 1: Mr. Xu might stop writing books.

Trending Topic 2: Mr. Xu is a freshman studying at a 211.

Trending Topic 3: Mr. Xu is 187.

Xu Lin now really has some fan appeal, with several trending topics ranked in the teens. Those top-tier stars in the entertainment industry have to create various buzz just to trend.

But, these are all matters for later.

"Why don't you get busy, and I'll read a book."

Ning Yuhuan saw Xu Lin quite busy, and didn't want to stay on his lap and bother him.

"Okay."

With Xu Lin's nod, Ning Yuhuan gave Xu Lin a quick peck, then got off his lap and went back downstairs to read.

Meanwhile, Xu Lin opened QQ to check Ranzhi's issues.

He still needs to open his secondary account to respond to Wu Chengfeng's team later. Xu Lin now goes up once every two or three days to deal with issues; he's not someone who chats online regularly.

On Ranzhi's side, it's usually just some trivial, insignificant questions.

But this time, they brought Xu Lin a big one. They said Xu Lin's book has caught the attention of a rights holder, and the website is preparing to negotiate.

Xu Lin: "How much?"

Ranzhi: "Sky-high rights! The info I received, starting at seventy million!"

Ranzhi: "Moreover, your book has strong potential for film and TV adaptation. They mentioned TV series and movies, so the rights value would be very high!"

Ranzhi also mentioned that generally, male-oriented web fiction's copyright involves just comic rights and publishing, which are insignificant and don't bring much money. For example, in publishing, how many readers will buy your physical book? As for audio novel rights, that's even worse, pure trash. Male-oriented TV and film rights mostly involve anime adaptations, but it doesn't bring much money, and the author has to share profits with the website. For instance, a five-million rights deal might net the author a bit over a hundred thousand, so it isn't much.

The rights with the largest value are for film and TV adaptation, particularly TV series and movies, which are the most valuable.

In male-oriented fiction, like "Ghost Blowing Light" and "Tomb Raider," they are very famous, with the most valuable rights; they have TV series and movies, and the derivative value is worth billions probably.

Xu Lin: "After selling the rights, how will I split profits with the website?"

I can't possibly sell for seventy million and receive seventy million before taxes, right?

Ranzhi: "Fifty-fifty split!"

Ranzhi: "Supposing it's sold for seventy million, Mr. Xu can receive thirty-five million before taxes, with a rights tax rate of 20% (just an estimate, I didn't ask for specifics), which is one-fifth, Mr. Xu would get thirty million!"

"Thirty million seems pretty good."

Xu Lin was quite satisfied with this number.

Ranzhi: "However, I mentioned seventy million as a starting point earlier. The final amount is said to be capped at ninety million!"

"It'd be best if you could negotiate it to ninety million!"

Ninety million halved is forty-five million!

Ranzhi: ""

Xu Lin: "After selling the rights, do I still have a share in the subsequent copyright operation value? I've heard that once rights are sold, future copyright profits are unrelated to the author."

Ranzhi: "What we're currently selling is the film and TV adaptation rights. Since Mr. Xu is a prominent figure on our website, of course, you'll have subsequent copyright operation profits! "

Xu Lin: "One more very important point, I'm the original author. Can I have a say in the future adaptation?"

"Doupo" was adapted into a mess, like a pile of shit, and one reason was that the original author had no say. The rights were sold, and it was no longer associated with him other than that book being written by him, bearing his author name.

Ranzhi: "Would Mr. Xu be willing to participate in on-site negotiations for this?"

Xu Lin: "Damn, why didn't you say earlier?"

Ranzhi: ""

The headquarters of the website where Xu Lin writes is in Jiangdu, and the rights negotiation will also be there.

Ranzhi: "Would Mr. Xu be available on Friday? This Friday, our website team plans to discuss rights matters with the rights holders."

"Available!"

For a business worth tens of millions, how could I not be available?

But what should I prepare?

Xu Lin suddenly thought of a question. He's just an eighteen-year-old university student, truly clear-eyed, while the rights holders and the website team will definitely be seasoned pros. Despite what Ranzhi says sounding nice, Xu Lin hasn't forgotten he's just an employee; in business worth tens of millions, he practically has no say. And the rights holders and website team are all capitalists.

What are capitalists? They're definitely ruthless.

"No, I can't go alone. That's like going into the lion's den unarmed!"

Xu Lin thought for a while, and then a flash of inspiration struck him — he thought of Chi Linyue.

Maybach's big sister would definitely hold her ground.

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