Chapter 460 Shanxi Film and Television

The intense casting process finally came to an end, and Xu Yue rushed back to Hengdian to continue filming "The Return of the Crane".

Filming for "The Return of the Crane" won't wrap up until June, and Xu Yue will only be able to join the cast for "Longevity Picture" after that.

However, although the cast for the drama "The Legend of Immortality" is almost finalized, some pre-production work is still underway, and filming is not expected to officially begin until July.

The timing was just right.

During the formation of the production team for "The Legend of Changsheng Tu", Shen Xuewei took some time to look at which of her novels would be adapted into a film or television series next.

She had just finalized things and arranged for Tide Media to submit the materials for project approval when Yun Lin, somehow getting the news, called her.

"Congratulations, Weiwei! After the Longevity Scroll, another one of your novels is getting adapted into a film or television series. Once it's finished, I'll definitely contribute to the viewership."

Shen Xuewei smiled and said, "Okay, thank you for your support. However, I've only just made the decision, and the lead actors haven't been decided yet. Who knows when it will air."

Yun Li was a little puzzled, "But I saw online that the actor for the drama 'In the Old Days, I Had a Crush on You' has already been cast..."

Shen Xuewei sensed something was off. "The book I'm going to adapt into a film isn't about secretly loving someone in the old days; it's about the roses on the wall of the alley..."

"The Roses on the Green Alley Wall" was a work she created during her junior high school years. It was also her last short story, totaling more than 200,000 words.

Later, after joining the Dream Gallery, under the author account "Hua Yunbi", he only created one book, "Dragon Girl's Raising Diary, the CEO is Terrified", and after that, he never updated any more works on this author account.

After both parties reconciled their accounts and confirmed that Shen Xuewei had not sold the copyrights to any of her novels to other film and television companies...

Yun Li sighed, finding it both funny and unbelievable.

"When Shanxi Films buys copyrights, don't they ever check the author's real name first?"

"Weiwei, I won't bother you any longer. You might need to have a good talk with the person you're in contact with over there..."

Yun Li knew how much Shen Xuewei valued the copyright of her novels.

Despite the clear fact that the copyright still belongs to Shen Xuewei, Shanxi Films actually claims that it has purchased the copyright...

Whether it was a scam or a case of acting first and reporting later, this matter is not going to end easily.

After ending their phone call, Shen Xuewei and Yun Li also inquired about the situation of Shanxi Film and Television Company.

This is a medium-sized film and television company that has been established for more than ten years. Last year, the two TV series and one movie it invested in did not perform well. So at the beginning of this year, it spent a lot of money to buy the copyrights of several novels.

They want to rely on big IPs and high traffic to produce several dramas.

Shen Xuewei checked their official plans and found that they intended to adapt the novel "I Secretly Loved You in the Old Days" into a TV series, with the director being their company's go-to director.

Upon seeing this, Shen Xuewei's brows furrowed.

Her novel is only 120,000 words long. If it were to be adapted into a TV series, it would have to be flooded to make it that long.

The novel she plans to film, "The Roses on the Green Alley Wall," is just 250,000 words long, and she only intends to make it into a low-budget TV series of a little over 20 episodes.

Without exception, all the dramas directed by this director are both tedious and long, with the shortest having at least thirty-four episodes...

The thought of the other party drastically altering her novel and injecting as much seawater into it was unbearable for Shen Xuewei.

She found the producer's phone number and called it.

The phone rang a few times before being answered quickly.

Hello, who is this?

Shen Xuewei directly stated her identity and purpose.

"Hello, I am Hua Yunbi, the original author of the novel 'Secretly in Love with You in the Old Days.' The copyright to my novel has never been sold to anyone in your company. Please..."

Before she could finish speaking, the other party impatiently hung up the phone.

Shen Xuewei looked at the phone that had been hung up, took a deep breath, and simply sent someone from Chaoxi Media to negotiate with the other company.

The next day, Shen Zhiwei called her helplessly.

"President Shen, I contacted the people at Shanxi Film and Television, but they insist they weren't scammed, saying the copyright for the novel 'Hua Yunbi' is with them..."

He personally approached the other party, so rather than saying the other party didn't believe him, it would be more accurate to say they were unwilling to admit it.

In addition, the two companies had a falling out a few years ago over investing in a TV series. People from Shanxi Film and Television were unwilling to listen to him at all once they heard that he was from Chaoxi Media...

Shen Xuewei was too lazy to give the other party any face.

"In that case, let's just call them out on a public platform."

If this matter isn't resolved soon, and the other party is about to officially announce the cast, things will only get worse.

Ten minutes later, Tide Media's official Weibo account posted a message and tagged Shanxi Films.

Tide Media: We heard that your company has purchased the film and television adaptation rights to Hua Yunbi's novel "Secretly in Love with You in the Old Days"? Unfortunately, the film and television adaptation rights to this novel were purchased by our company back in 2017. Please cease your infringing activities.

This Weibo post quickly became a trending topic.

Not to be outdone, Shanxi Films also posted bank transfer records and copyright purchase contracts to prove that it had not infringed on any rights and had legitimately acquired the film and television adaptation rights to the novel.

As evidence was released by Shanxi Films, the tide turned completely in Shanxi Films' favor, with many criticizing Chaoxi Media for trying to grab attention.

The harshest criticism came not only from the online trolls hired by Shanxi Films, but also from the male and female leads who were originally cast in the drama.

Although there has been no official announcement yet, the lead actors have already been decided privately.

Tide Media's sudden appearance immediately drew everyone's attention to the drama, foreshadowing its popularity even before filming began.

Hua Yunbi was one of the top-selling female-oriented romance novelists 10 years ago, and her novels still have many readers today.

In particular, her four-part "Domineering CEO" series has sold over a million copies of each physical book.

In today's film and television industry where novels are frequently adapted into movies and TV series, even her earliest works are considered by industry insiders to be promising intellectual property.

In recent years, many film and television companies have contacted Dream Gallery, wanting to buy the film and television adaptation rights to Hua Yunbi's novels.

But the replies were polite but cold, always a rejection.

This time, news broke that Shanxi Films bypassed Zhimeng Bookstore and directly contacted Huayunbi herself to buy the film and television adaptation rights to her novel. Just as everyone was watching or getting ready to act, Chaoxi Media jumped in.

The standoff between the two companies on Weibo attracted a large number of onlookers and industry peers, all wanting to see which side was more in the right.

After the scales tipped in favor of Shanxi Films, Chaoxi Media topped the trending searches for the copyright dispute between the two companies, and posted a list of novels on its official Weibo account.

Tide Media:

The film and television adaptation rights for all the novels on the list have been purchased by our company.

Note: When you scan the poem with the Huayun pen and cursor, all the film and television adaptation rights of these two authors' works (again, all of them) belong to our company.

Even the book whose copyright was stolen before, Shen Xuewei bought back the copyright after she came of age, and it is now registered under the name of Chaoxi Media.