Chapter 901: Accidentally Wrote Another Novel
On the day of the public audition for the new drama, Lin Fan arrived at the company early, not because he wanted to save time and quickly select all the actors - after all, the actors who needed Lin Fan to personally review were either the leading actors or important supporting roles in the drama.
For other minor roles, Liang Wen can make the decision directly without bothering Lin Fan.
Lin Fan came so early because of the publication of his new script.
Yang Hongxia was probably the last person in the company to know that the new script was in classical Chinese. Because according to convention, when Lin Fan came up with the new script, Yang Hongxia only had to take care of the funding.
Out of trust in Lin Fan, Yang Hongxia rarely read the script first before deciding whether to start filming. Instead, as soon as Lin Fan got the script, Yang Hongxia started preparing funds.
As for whether this drama is good or not, and whether it can become a hit after its release, those are issues to be considered later: good dramas have their own ways of making money, and bad dramas have their own ways of making their money back.
It has to be admitted that Yang Hongxia has gradually transformed from an independent broker into an excellent capitalist.
Therefore, Yang Hongxia didn't realize something was wrong with Lin Fan's new script until the final moment.
However, Yang Hongxia did not stop the project because of this. Instead, she had already started to think about how to help Lin Fan make amends: "I heard that your new script is a classical Chinese novel?"
Lin Fan was stunned: "Yes, Sister Xia, you just knew about this?"
Lin Fan thought that Yang Hongxia had known about it a long time ago. After all, this matter was no secret in the company. Even Zhou Xiang and the other three had already started translating in the practice room every day with the original book in hand.
Yang Hongxia was both angry and amused: "If I had known earlier, wouldn't I have come to you earlier?"
Not only Lin Fan thought that Yang Hongxia knew about it, but also important members of the company such as Xia Yan, Liang Wen, Zhou Yue, and even all the colleagues in the company thought that Yang Hongxia had known about it for a long time.
But the truth is, Yang Hongxia just found out: "I thought you were going to use the script you gave me before, but who knew you wrote a new one yourself!"
Lin Fan really wanted to say: That was all coincidence, I accidentally drew it during the lottery.
Since he had drawn this script, there was no reason for Lin Fan to hide it. In addition, this play perfectly met Yang Hongxia's three conditions of "group portrait", "ancient idol" and "leading newcomers".
This script was much better than the ones Lin Fan had given to Yang Hongxia before, so Lin Fan took out this play without thinking twice.
It was just that maybe he forgot, or for some other reason, Lin Fan didn't have time to tell Yang Hongxia, which led to such a big mistake.
As a producer, he was actually the last person to know that the script had been changed! Lin Fan was a little embarrassed: "Ah, it was mainly because the inspiration came, and I couldn't control it, so I wrote it."
Yang Hongxia didn't blame Lin Fan, but reminded him: "Since the script, not the novel, has been written, would you like to consider publishing the novel?"
publishing?
Lin Fan had never really thought about this, because the scripts he had produced before could only be considered simple stories, so Lin Fan subconsciously considered making comics - of course, the bigger reason was that he had acquired the painting skills at a relatively early age.
Writing skills, on the other hand, come later.
After Lin Fan acquired writing skills from the system, he no longer had any pressure in life. He even had too much money to spend, so he didn't even think about using this skill to do anything.
If it weren't for the "Journey to the West" comic, Lin Fan would never have thought of writing the original work of this comic.
I never thought that the original work could be published.
"Publishing original works is also an important way to cultivate fans and the market," Yang Hongxia said. "Strictly speaking, the audience of comics is much narrower than that of novels, especially in China. Most of the most popular TV series on the market are adapted from novels."
There was one more thing Yang Hongxia didn't say directly, which was, if she had known that Lin Fan could write novels, why would she have asked him to draw comics?
Not strenuous enough!
What a great novel!
It is simple, time-saving, labor-saving, has a wide audience, and can leave readers ample room for self-imagination. Moreover, when the original author, such as Lin Fan, personally adapts the novel into a film or TV series, the original fans are even more willing to pay for it! Because the original fans are worried that the screenwriter will change the original novel beyond recognition, which is completely non-existent with Lin Fan.
So after much thought, Yang Hongxia felt that publishing the original work was a very good move.
"It's not impossible to publish..."
Lin Fan knew that this novel, like Journey to the West, had the potential to be recreated multiple times. If this novel could be published, it would be the best way to promote the film and television drama he was about to shoot.
At the same time, it also means that Earthling Studio has saved a big IP that can benefit from it for many years.
But deep down, Lin Fan still felt a little resistant.
Because he has too many aliases: singer, songwriter, director, screenwriter, cartoonist, stylist... and so on. Although they are all public aliases, Lin Fan still feels a lot of pressure.
I really don't want to bear the identity of a novel author anymore.
Otherwise, Yang Hongxia and her fans will have another way and excuse to urge themselves to open business.
When I think of a group of people urging me every day: "Fanfan, you haven't released a new song for a long time, when are you going to release a new album?"
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"It doesn't matter if there's no new album, but there has to be a new movie or a new TV series, right?"
"If there is none, then how about a new comic?"
"I don't have time to draw comics, but you can write a novel, right? A short story won't take you that long!"
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Lin Fan couldn't help but shudder! "Sister Xia, you can arrange it. This novel and Journey to the West can both be published." Lin Fan finally suppressed his resistance, "But I must state that the publication of these two novels is purely an exception. It does not mean that my other scripts will also be published as novels in the future.
No, these are the only two. There are no others, not even one!"
Yang Hongxia waved her hand nonchalantly: "Okay, okay, it's an exception. We'll talk about the future later! Then I'll contact the publishing house first to see how to publish these two novels."
Lin Fan handed the matter over and decided to leave it alone: "Okay, I'll go to the interview site to see the situation."
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Yang Hongxia called out to Lin Fan.
"Anything else?"
Yang Hongxia stretched out her hand towards Lin Fan: "Didn't you say two novels? This is only one, where is Journey to the West? Don't say there is none, you just said it yourself, these two have been published, you must have finished writing Journey to the West."
Isn't it just that you want to delay the time a little longer so that you can be lazy for a while?
I don't know you yet?
Lin Fan: ...Damn it, I got myself into trouble! What's wrong with Sister Xia? Why is it getting harder and harder to fool her?
Thanks to Yan Hongxue, Jipin Sofa, Love 008, Chimei Wangliang, Lights Out, Luoyu YY, and Su Kexin for their monthly tickets and rewards!
(End of this chapter)