Chapter 75: Common People Like Me
Although Qin Ming's "The Eleventh Finger" is still just a manuscript, it is already very complete, so Meng Bai does not need to make any additional changes.
The two discussed and finally reached a preliminary "verbal agreement": Meng Bai's copyright company Arclight Culture is responsible for helping Qin Ming complete the relevant matters of contacting and publishing, and Qin Ming also needs to authorize Arclight Culture to adapt the entire book into a film and television version and subsequent copyright development.
"If the first book performs well, I think you can make this theme into a series, Mr. Qin." Meng Bai suggested, "They are all unit stories anyway, so each book only needs to have a separate main line."
"Let's see how this book is accepted by readers first." Qin Ming said calmly, "I originally just wanted to do some popular science for the public, and writing books is just a by-product."
Meng Bai smiled and said, "I am very confident in the audience of this theme. In the Internet age, people receive more and more opinions and information, and those "traditional taboos" in the past will eventually be slowly accepted."
"I hope so." Qin Ming sighed deeply, then looked at Meng Bai and smiled, "If it is really made into a series, it should need a name for the series, right? I am a bad namer, does Mr. Meng have any good suggestions?"
Meng Bai said, "The main function of a book title is to summarize the content of the book and attract readers' interest. From this perspective, the two words "Forensic" are enough. So if it were me, it would be better to keep it simple... just call it 'Forensic Qin Ming'."
"This..." Qin Ming hesitated, "Am I a little narcissistic?"
"It's okay. This is actually a standard way of naming suspense and mystery themes. Look, "Sherlock Holmes", "The Kindaichi Case Files", "Detective Poirot", and "Forensic Qin Ming". There is no sense of incongruity, right?" Meng Bai said.
"It doesn't sound rhyming." Qin Ming said, "Okay, let's use the name 'Forensic Qin Ming' as the title of the series."
Meng Bai asked, "If it is adapted into a film or TV series, does Mr. Qin have any suggestions for the selection of the male lead?"
"Haha, the most important saying in our industry is to leave professional matters to professionals. So you can choose the actor's image." Qin Ming smiled and said, "Although the male lead I wrote is also called Qin Ming, it is not completely based on me. As long as the acting is better and the image is more suitable, it will be fine."
"Okay, I understand."
After a moment of silence, Qin Ming tentatively asked, "By the way, Mr. Meng, do you think Liu Ye or Zhu Yawen will be closer to the image of the male lead?"
"...Whether it is suitable or not, the main reason is that their status is too big, I am afraid they will not come to our small web series."
"Oh, in that case, then just do it according to your ideas."
After discussing some issues about content creation with Qin Ming, Meng Bai flew back to Beijing North to find Leshi.com to discuss cooperation on "novel publishing".
In fact, he had thought about publishing a novel with the same name as the web series as early as when "Soul Ferry" was broadcast. It was just that it was his first project, and he was not familiar with many aspects, so he did not have the time and energy to do some additional operations.
Nowadays, when online dramas are in the ascendant, the development forms of online drama IPs in the market are still limited. Publishing novels is a good way to "collect copyrights (collect) rights (cut) and distribute (leek) and vegetables".
So this time, in addition to warming up for the subsequent "Forensic Qin Ming" series, Meng Bai also plans to publish the novel and setting collection of "Soul Ferry", which can be released together with "Pendulum 2".
"For the publishing company, we considered several large domestic publishing groups, and finally felt that Bo Ji Tian Juan was more suitable." In the office of Leshi.com, Liu Jun poured Meng Bai a cup of tea, and then talked about the recent efforts of his side.
"Bo Ji Tian Juan?" Meng Bai asked doubtfully.
Screenwriters and writers seem to have similar work content, but in fact, the nature and scope of their work are very different. At least before this, Meng Bai really didn't pay attention to publishing houses.
Liu Jun explained to him that Boji Tianjuan is a subsidiary of Zhongnan Media Group, and is one of the best in the field of physical literature publishing in China.
"It sounds impressive."
"It is actually quite impressive." Liu Jun said, "Let me put it this way, do you know Mango TV? The status of Mango TV in the national satellite channels is similar to that of Zhongnan Media in the national publishing group."
"Then I understand." Meng Bai suddenly realized, "They are all Internet celebrity models."
"...If you are willing to understand it this way, there is no problem."
Meng Bai thought about it and decided that he should choose a large company like Boji Tianjuan. Apart from other things, their promotion channels alone are far superior to those small companies.
Of course, big companies also have their own shortcomings, such as high profit-sharing requirements and poor bargaining power of copyright holders. However, this is not a big problem for Meng Bai and Leshi.com. After all, their main goal is to cultivate IP and promote popularity, and no one really expects the income from royalties.
The average price of a book is 30 yuan, and the royalties are 8% to 10%, which is equivalent to earning 2.5 yuan for a book. A million sales are only more than 2 million - not to mention that in this day and age, in addition to textbooks and exercise books, there are only a few physical books that can achieve a million sales.
After talking about publishing, Liu Jun was concerned about the filming of "Psychological Crime".
"Psychological Crime" will start filming in the middle of the month. If everything goes well, it will be completed around July. Including post-production, it will be broadcast in September." Meng Bai said.
The biggest advantage of online dramas at present is that they do not need to be reviewed and scheduled. As long as the production is completed, it can be broadcast. Even if the investors and producers have needs, it is no problem to make it a form of shooting and broadcasting like Korean dramas.
"Hey, "Psychological Crime" you are not going to launch a novel of the same name at the same time?" Liu Jun asked.
"No, Brother Liu, do you really think I'm a printer?" Meng Bai sighed and said, "Do you know how many projects I have lined up now?"
"Psychological Crime" is being filmed, the script of "Soul Ferry 2" needs to be improved, the schedules of several leading actors need to be planned and determined, and the script of "The Pretender" needs to be completed as soon as possible. At the same time, the publication of "Pendulum Setting Collection" and "Forensic Qin Ming" must be taken into account.
Meng Bai has even been thinking that if Arclight Films really wants to grow and develop, it is not enough to rely on the "suspense" theme that it is good at. It has to find a way to add other types of projects...
Although there is nothing urgent except the filming of "Psychological Crime", it still occupies most of Meng Bai's energy.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" Liu Jun advised, "Your Arclight Film and Television has only just started to develop. Just take it step by step. There is no need to take such a big step all at once." "
Is this still considered big?" Meng Bai smiled, and then whispered, "In my opinion, it's already very slow now."
His current development seems to be booming, but in the entire industry, it is just a seedling that has just broken through the ground.
In the film and television entertainment industry, only capital can have the right to speak, and Meng Bai and the new Arclight Film and Television are obviously not at this level.
This is why Meng Bai has always hoped to develop faster-as a content creator, he has experienced too much and lost too much of being strongly asked by investors and big names to change his works. He doesn't want to make forced compromises because of this in the future.
To reject capital, either be free of desire or become capital.
Meng Bai considers himself a vulgar person. He wants fame, wealth, and sex. He can't be free of desire, so he can only choose the latter path. It is true
that he is very busy with all these plans and projects, but it is just busy, and it is far from the point where he can't bear it.
Compared with being busy, the lack of sufficient development funds is his biggest problem now. If he could start with 500 million yuan of funding like Xiao Wang, all difficulties would be pushed aside.
However, even if there is no "good father", it does not mean that he can't get money. There are venture capital companies in the market that are waving money around looking for suitable targets. It's
just that Meng Bai has not set his sights on them yet.
Arclight Films is still too small and its valuation is low. These venture capitals can almost buy it directly with a random investment - it's just a description. Meng Bai really wants to sell it, but he can't. After all, the most valuable thing in the company now is himself.
According to Meng Bai's idea, at least until Arclight Films has a few works as a foundation and has passed the novice start-up stage, it will be the time for these venture capitals to invest.
Before that, he needs to accumulate slowly, or there will be a suitable opportunity to "catch" a fortune.
Where can I make a "quick money"?
(End of this chapter)
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