Chapter 69 Ancient Sword
"Mr. Gu, there are some problems with the copyright of [Gu Jian Qi Tan] that you asked me to purchase before." Gu Wei received a call from Zhao Mingcheng.
Since the establishment of the film and television company, Gu Wei has handed over the copyright acquisition matters to Zhao Mingcheng. After all, the film and television company will be fully responsible for the production of film and television dramas in the future.
Gu Wei's studio is responsible for his agency business and some personal matters.
Gu Wei frowned. "What's going on?"
He is still impressed by this TV series which became a hit after its release in 2014.
Many future first-line stars gathered in one TV series. Li He also became a hot traffic star from an 18th-tier flop due to the popularity of this drama.
It later became one of the so-called "four major and three minor" games, and [Gu Jian Qi Tan] made an indelible contribution to this.
"Shanghai Zhulong Information Technology Co., Ltd. doesn't want to simply sell film and television adaptation rights; they want to find film and television companies to collaborate on development.
Besides us, Huanrui Century is also in contact with them," said Manager Zhao.
【Gu Jian Qi Tan】is a single-player role-playing game developed by Zhulong Company in 2010.
At the beginning of 2012, it won the honor of "Top Ten Most Popular Stand-alone Games of 2011" at the domestic game industry annual conference.
Because there was a successful case of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series of games being adapted into film and television, "Gujian Qitan" is also considered a popular IP in the industry.
"How far has the copyright been discussed now?" Gu Wei asked
"We and Huanrui Century are both in communication with Zhulong, and Zhulong is also hesitant. It's simply a matter of price.
Although our company has a history of investing in hit movies, Huanrui is unmatched by us in the field of TV drama production.
It seems that our copyright quotation is higher than Huanrui's, but Huanrui's hardware is better than ours."
Zhao Mingcheng hesitated for a moment and then spoke again.
"Mr. Gu, I think Zhulong will most likely choose Huanrui in the end. If the TV series ends up not being good, they will still lose money no matter how much they give for the copyright. They value the subsequent publicity effect more."
"Okay, I understand. You continue to follow over there, don't give up, and wait for my news." After saying that, Gu Wei hung up the phone.
Gu Wei remembered that the original production companies of "Gu Jian Qi Tan" were Zhulong, Huanrui Century and Light Media.
As early as August 2012, Light Media announced its investment in Huanrui Century, subscribing to 4.5 million shares of Huanrui Century, holding 4.81% of Huanrui Century's equity, and promised to invest huge amounts of money to purchase TV drama projects shot by the company.
It seems that [Gu Jian Qi Tan] is one of the cooperative projects.
After hesitating for a moment, Gu Wei called Wang Changtian of Guangxian Media.
"Hello, Mr. Wang, I'm Gu Wei."
"Gu Wei, how is the filming going? Is everything going well for the crew in Thailand?" Wang Changtian asked enthusiastically after receiving Gu Wei's call.
Wang Changtian is extremely enthusiastic about the movie "Detective Chinatown".
After the domestic launch conference, at a dinner with Gu Wei and others.
He tried his best to win over Gu Wei, Lu Yang and Chen Zhixi, and even asked Gu Wei if he wanted him to invest more. Gu Wei politely declined, using the excuse that he was a new director and lacked confidence, and was afraid that Mr. Wang would lose money if he invested too much.
"Everything went smoothly with the film. After all, with Producer Chen and Senior Brother Lu helping me, it was quite easy for me to be the director.
Thank you for your concern, Mr. Wang." Gu Wei replied with a smile.
The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Gu Wei said
"Mr. Wang, the situation is this: my company and Huanrui Century both have their eyes on the film and television adaptation rights for a game, and we're currently competing for them.
I think it is better to cooperate in development instead of competing. We can make money together and avoid competing with each other and letting others take advantage.
I heard that Guangguang is a partner of Huanrui Century, and you, Mr. Wang, are a shareholder. Don't you want to find an intermediary to mediate? "Gu Wei explained the whole story to Wang Changtian.
"Well, this isn't a small matter for Huanrui. I've heard about it recently. Originally, if Huanrui succeeded in this project, Guangguang would have invested a portion of the money in it.
In that case, I will communicate with Huanrui Century and tell them what you mean.
Wait for my call."
Wang Changtian thought for a moment and said.
"Excuse me, Mr. Wang."
The filming of the movie is proceeding step by step as planned.
The last scene of "A Xiang" was filmed and Zeng Li finished filming.
Although she is nominally the heroine, Zeng Li's role is actually not as many and important as the two major supporting characters, Xiao Yang and Chen He. She only serves as an embellishment and connection in the entire movie.
The crew held a small wrap-up party to send off the heroine, which was of course suggested by Gu Wei.
Originally, Gu Wei discussed with Zeng Li whether he could wait until the film was finished and return to China with the crew. Zeng Li disagreed. She thought that since the film was finished, staying on the crew would easily attract gossip, so it would be better to return to China.
There was no choice but for Gu Wei to agree.
So he discussed with Producer Chen and arranged a small wrap-up party, with just one table and several directors from the crew, including Lu Yang and Chen Zhixi.
While bidding Zeng Li farewell, they also let her get more familiar with these people, especially Producer Chen and Supervisor Lu, to increase her network so that these two can consider her if there are any suitable roles in the future.
After all, Zeng Li doesn't have a big agency to back her up, and she doesn't have many resources, so it's quite difficult for her to get roles.
Bangkok Airport
"Sister Li, after the filming is finished, I will definitely come to see you when I return to Beijing."
Gu Wei said reluctantly
Zeng Li didn't have much sadness, she patted his strong chest gently and said to him with a smile
"I'll wait for you, my door is always open for you." Then he turned and walked into the airport.
Two days later, good news came from Zhao Mingcheng.
Huanrui Century agreed to cooperate with Gu Wei's company Weiming Tianxia to develop the film and television adaptation of "Gu Jian Qi Tan".
The reason is easy to understand.
The first is the face of Guangguang. After all, Guangguang is both a shareholder of Huanrui Century and their important partner.
The second reason is also for risk considerations. After all, "Gu Jian Qi Tan" is a fantasy TV series with a large investment, and the risk is not low. Having one more partner can also share the risk.
The third is to avoid vicious competition that leads to rising copyright fees and increased filming costs.
In this way, the planned TV series will be jointly produced by Huanrui Century, Light Media, Shanghai Zhulong and Weiming Tianxia.
"Mr. Gu, although Huanrui has agreed, the specific investment share is still under negotiation. I don't think they will give up too much.
Furthermore, Huanrui proposed that they should be in charge of the filming of the TV series.”
"I'm going to play the male lead in [Gu Jian Qi Tan], and in exchange I can hand over the main control to them, and we can also make some concessions on the investment share.
Our company has no signed artists, and all other roles, including the female lead, can be given to Huanrui and Guangguang."
“I understand, Mr. Gu.
The conditions we offer are already quite favorable, and I don't think Huanrui will refuse them." Zhao Mingcheng said confidently.
(End of this chapter)
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