The publishing contract from Langchao Reading was ten pages long, containing numerous detailed and comprehensive clauses that basically covered all IP copyright items while stipulating the rights and obligations of both parties, leaving it legally impeccable.
Lu Chen mainly focused on the copyright clauses. Generally, the profit-sharing for this contract was a fifty-fifty split, with the website and the author each taking half of things like subscriptions, tips, and derivative copyrights.
If Lu Chen signed this contract, besides publication, 50% of the copyright revenue for the film, television, gaming, and animation adaptations of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer would belong to Langchao Reading.
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