After rebirth, I still experienced a mess

81 The Little Scoundrel and the Old Rogue

There was no such thing as copyright during this period. The most that could be obtained were royalties and the author's name. Xiao Wei was willing to give up part of his author's name, which was something that those who wanted to pursue fame and fortune would be more than happy to do.

With something sweet to offer, the two cadres will naturally try their best to get the greatest benefit for Xiao Wei.

To show his sincerity, Xiao Wei took out four manuscripts on the spot. They are: Every inch of land is soaked in blood, Chinese civilization, and the voice of patience is boundless.

"Currently, only these four drafts are relatively complete. The others have not yet taken shape."

As he spoke, he marked the two manuscripts "Chinese Civilization" and "Boundless" with "Biyu Filled Songs": "You can fill in the other authors of these two songs at will."

He then pointed to "Mountains and Rivers of Blood" and "Songs and Slowness" and said, "These two songs were written by our county propaganda department. You have to ask for the specific names yourself. You can discuss and decide on the other authors with the county propaganda department."

Well. We can't let the county committee spend money in vain. Putting the name of a county resident on the name is a kind of attitude: as long as you are kind enough, I will definitely be kind too.

Cadre 1: "We heard that the songs were composed by your relatives in the countryside, and you also participated in them. Don't we need to use your names?"

Xiao Wei was very sure: "We are just making a rough draft, just humming it randomly, there is no need to post it. If it is inconvenient for you, you can post it after the revision is completed."

Cadre 2: "That's a good idea. The word 'collate' can include all authors."

Xiao Wei couldn't help but sigh: The writing in this area is really profound and the ambiguity is unique in the history. It has gained benefits and avoided risks, and is absolutely far ahead.

Just four days later, the municipal party committee cadres came to visit for the second time, and this time they brought two clerks with them, ready to work on-site.

It is said that considering the hard work of Xiao Wei and others over the years, the municipal party committee decided to give a one-time subsidy of 3,000 yuan to the authors of the four songs: "According to the national pricing of literary works, the royalties are only a few yuan. But considering your actual difficulties, we pleaded with many parties and finally managed to get this much."

Then the good cop and the bad cop came together to explain how they had struggled to mediate and finally got what they wanted.

Xiao Wei was so angry that she almost cursed: "You knew I borrowed 2,900 yuan, but you gave me 100 yuan more. The interest is high. A prefecture-level city with a population of 6-7 million people cares about my little money. It's so stingy."

His face remained expressionless, and he had to pretend to be extremely happy: "Thank you so much, I borrowed 2,900 foreign debts, which is just enough to pay it off."

Seeing Xiao Wei's silly look, the cadre held back his sneer and said seriously, "The certificate will only be valid after all authors sign it."

Xiao Wei pretended to be confused and asked, "That is to say, if all the people who participated in the creation don't sign on it, they won't get the money, right?"

"You could say that. That's the rule."

Xiao Wei pretended to be regretful: "Forget it. It's hard to get so many people together, let's wait until we are all here. I'll teach the child first."

"It's not impossible for you to sign alone. But are you sure you can represent all the authors and there won't be any disputes in the future?"

Xiao Wei said, "I can't be sure about the future. But I can be sure about the present."

"Okay. Then see if there's anything you want to modify."

Xiao Wei smiled secretly: The contest between the little rascal and the old rogue is really interesting.

Such a big prefecture-level city, are you still afraid that a commoner like me will cheat?

"If I sign, when will I get the money?"

"Sign today and you can give it to me tomorrow."

Xiao Wei read it carefully and pointed out several ambiguous and inaccurate words and sentences, as well as those that needed to be supplemented. They discussed it for more than an hour before finalizing it.

In order to avoid any further complications, the cadres immediately had two clerks copy the final draft, and then both parties signed it.

Xiaowei wrote another receipt, on which she asked the accountant to send the money directly to Haitao's father to pay off the debt.

The cadres expressed their support after reading it: "It is really unsafe for a little girl like you to carry such a large sum of money. It is safer and more efficient to send it directly to the county party committee leaders."

Xiao Wei naturally felt a surge of emotion in his heart: If I don't pay back the money, you will have something to hold against me in the future, and my life will be in danger. I might as well not handle it and still be a poor man. Are you satisfied?

Oh, pity those silver ingots and silver dollars.

No wonder the fortune teller said that I was not destined to be rich. After living my life again, I am still poor.

The cadres thought the girl was really stupid, as she had just lost her job for life, but they still had to lie to her: "If there are drafts in the future, you can continue to cooperate with us, but you will definitely not get such a large subsidy."

"I will feel relieved after paying off my debts. It doesn't matter if it's more or less."

"Reasonable, good."

"At worst, I won't sell it."

Xiao Wei's words almost drove a few people crazy, but it was not the time to explode yet.

Well. I heard that they have two or three more love songs leaked out, I have to find a way to catch this girl.

After paying off the huge debt, Xiao Wei felt relieved again.

You can guess the Municipal Party Committee’s solution to this matter with your toes.

It was true that Xiao Wei owed a debt, and it was also true that he bought grain with the debt. I had investigated everything clearly before I met Xiao Wei.

During this period, even a three-year-old child couldn't be deceived by using such a large sum of money to buy food as gifts.

Giving gifts was just a cover, Xiao Wei was definitely speculating in the market. Fortunately, peanuts and soybeans were still under the control of the county grain depot.

The municipal party committee held a meeting and decided to take advantage of the situation.

Pretending to be unaware of Xiao Wei's intentions, he paid off her debts in the name of subsidies and obtained the copyrights of several songs to prevent her from making trouble all day long.

The main reason is that the dissemination and payment mechanism for literary and artistic works has not yet been perfected. Privately disseminating other people's works does damage the interests of the authors. The authors have the right to be held accountable. This is the most basic principle.

If Xiao Wei's debt is not repaid, she will use the pretext of debt to make money and cause trouble. The out-of-control order in the community's primary and secondary schools is clear evidence of this.

Random plagiarism is considered literary theft, which has been despised by people since ancient times. The government cannot afford to lose face like this.

What's more, those songs are really good, in line with the trend of the times and mainstream values, and should be rewarded heavily.

Secondly, as long as we closely monitor the flow of grain, we will be able to catch speculators and profiteers. Once they are found, we can catch them red-handed.

How could a little girl possibly build such a huge business?

She said that a representative from the county government would go to sign for it, which clearly shows that she had bribed officials to get involved.

Maybe a reselling gang has already formed.

Then we should play the long game and catch the big fish, and catch all the reselling gangs that are colluding with officials and businessmen in one fell swoop.

The county committee will definitely think that Xiao Wei is being used by someone.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be stupid enough to do it so blatantly and borrow a huge sum of money to do it at an engagement party attended by county officials.

Alas. This girl must be doing this for the first time and has very little experience. Does she really think the officials are fools?

They also said that it would be kept in the granary for at least one year. Do you really think that after a year, the authorities will forget about it?

How stupid.

However, those smart officials would never have thought that Xiao Wei had no intention of transferring the grain, let alone reselling it, but was just using the government’s help to preserve it for himself.