Chapter 206 Huge Sum of Money
Chu Ge felt that this kind of thing would not be done so quickly. The project had to be evaluated, and it would take several days just to read your book carefully, not to mention the many things that would follow.
But this matter is a bit coincidental.
In fact, Mr. Zhu could have been more efficient at the beginning.
Because he quickly transferred Calvin Choi's film and television company back to his own name, with this as a foundation, he could buy the copyrights himself. He would accept whatever price the other party offered, and it didn't matter if he just left it there to accumulate wealth. He could just consider it as repaying a favor to Chu Ge.
Finally, Zhu Mengmeng, who was still in the hospital at the time, reminded her father: "I don't think they want the money. If they want to sell it and store it in the warehouse, I guess they don't want to sell it. They obviously want to shoot it as soon as possible. Dad, your company can't shoot this."
Old Zhu recalled what Chu Ge meant, and it was indeed like that. He himself had promised that "it would be a shame for me to find a small workshop."
So I gave up the idea of buying it myself and decided to invest instead.
In order to promote the "IP" to his old friend, he also took a look at Chu Ge's book and unexpectedly found that it was much simpler than he had imagined...
The book itself performed very well, that's fine, the key point is that it has become famous outside the circle, and the author and his wife seem to be more famous than the book outside the circle...
Old Zhu was immediately delighted and called an old friend directly: "Old Xie, haven't you been worried about not being able to find a good project to start in the past two years? How about I recommend you an online literary IP?"
"Internet novel IP..." Old Xie knows a lot: "Male or female?"
"…Male channel."
"Those who have made male-oriented IPs in the past two years have lost a lot of money. I think it's better to forget about it... If it's female-oriented, I might consider it..."
"Aren't there some that are very popular... like Qing Na or something?"
"Old Zhu, you don't understand this. That's the ambitious work of their group. It's carefully crafted, and they're willing to invest in it. The quality is extraordinary. And that book is one of the few male-oriented books that focuses on character relationships, rather than upgrading and fighting as the main line. It's much easier to adapt than the average male-oriented book... That's also why female-oriented books are easier to adapt than male-oriented books. Plus, the main audience of TV is still female... What about your male-oriented IP? Why don't you try asking those who make animations? Maybe it'll be more appropriate?"
Old Zhu knew that it was hard to fool practitioners these days. They were all knowledgeable. It was no longer an era where you could just get a recommendation and make a few PPT presentations. But he was more confident and said with a smile, "The one I'm going to recommend to you meets your requirements."
Old Xie was not interested, but he could not save face for his old friend, so he said reluctantly: "Oh? Tell me about it."
"This is a group portrait novel. Although it also has an upgrade main plot, the color is relatively light. It mainly talks about various characters... Oh, and the most popular one is still a heroine-type character."
"Oh?" Old Xie laughed, "Is it as good as you say? Can group dramas be popular in online literature? And you're still writing about heroines in male-oriented novels... Could it be that some nephew wrote a flop book to fool you? What's the highest popularity index? Does the character have double-digit hearts..."
Lao Zhu only used five words to explain everything: "Top eight on the best-selling list!"
"Huh..." Old Xie was stunned for a moment.
This time I really got interested. Everyone knows that group portraits are difficult to write. There are many people who claim to want to write group portraits, but most of them fail miserably. If you can write one of the top few, you must be really good at it.
And there is actually a heroine-type character who is the most popular... As long as Lao Zhu is not exaggerating, it seems that it is worth doing some research.
Lao Zhu added: "And the issue of female viewers you mentioned, actually there are quite a few female viewers who know about this book, and they bring their own traffic. Although it's not much compared to the traffic required for TV, it's still not easy. Ordinary idols may not be more popular than them..."
"Huh? You seem to be making me laugh, Lao Zhu..."
"Look up Love in Early Autumn on the Internet. It's quite popular. The man in the film is the author..."
Old Xie: “???”
He had actually heard of Early Autumn Love... Because his son was a marriage-phobic gamer who would not go on blind dates even when urged, but he was actually willing to go on a blind date recently. When asked, he said that it was because he was touched by the sweetness of Early Autumn Love and was longing for love...
Of course, Lao Zhu was exaggerating when he said that they were more popular than idols, but it was true that they did have a certain amount of traffic. Lao Xie then asked, "After talking for so long, don't tell me that this couple wanted to debut?"
Old Zhu was shocked: "No, no, I'm sure this is not the case."
"You didn't recommend it to me because you really thought it had potential, did you?"
"Why not? I am very optimistic about it. Not only do I recommend it, I also invest in it, at least half of it." Lao Zhu said with a smile: "What do you think? I won't cheat you, right?"
Old Xie really started to take it seriously, and said, "Wait a moment, I'll ask the risk control department to evaluate it."
Mr. Xie's film and television company is well-known in China. It is not a group of people who make decisions at random. Normally, the evaluation process alone would take a long time. Coincidentally, when he asked his subordinates for evaluation, the answer he got was: "Mr. Xie, the other party's copyright department recommended this book to us before, and we have evaluated it."
Old Xie was surprised: "What a coincidence...what's the result?"
"The team gave it an A rating... It's good in every aspect, it meets our needs and plans, and there's no censorship risk. But the main problem is that if we want to make it look good, the investment is too high, and the risk is huge. After researching it, we put it on hold..."
Old Xie nodded slightly. This is a problem that all good male-oriented works cannot avoid. No matter how good your book is, it is useless. The filming is large-scale and has many special effects, which leads to high costs and too much risk. Once you want to control costs, the film will most likely lose its charm and no one will watch it.
So, Lao Zhu really didn't cheat anyone. It was not easy for his team to get an A rating. It was not the work itself that was shelved. And when it comes to "conforming to the plan"... this means that it conforms to the annual shooting plan previously formulated by their company, including costume dramas, fairy tales, group portraits... Isn't this delivered to your door?
Cost issue... Lao Zhu promised to invest half, so the risk is shared... Although Lao Xie doubts that if the budget is like this, Lao Zhu may not be able to pay half of the investment... It doesn't matter, we don't just look for one investor, Lao Zhu is reassured anyway...
Regardless of whether the film is shot or not, according to this kind of evaluation and analysis, it should be valuable to get the copyright first... For the huge filming budget, buying the copyright is just a drizzle.
Thinking of this, Old Xie waved his hand and directly rejected the appraisal department's opinion of shelving it: "Go and ask for the price. We want this copyright. By the way, not just the film and television copyright, as long as the other party does not ask for too much, we will try our best to get the full copyright!"
With a simple decision from the top leader, a proposal that might have been shelved for a lifetime was directly started.
This is the difference between Lao Zhu bringing his investment to ask friends for recommendations and the company's copyright department working hard to promote it. Even if the work itself is excellent, top-down promotion and regular evaluation and review are obviously not the same concept, nor are they the same result...
Inquiry, quotation, bargaining... After two or three rounds of negotiation, the editor's notice came to Chu Ge: "Chu Ge Chu Ge, our current offer is three million for full copyright, five years. The other party agrees, and we need your consent, then this deal will be done!"
This is the author’s right to know and right to veto, and that’s all the power they have. They don’t even have a part in the bargaining process…and this is the result that many authors have collectively fought for.
Three million is just a drop in the bucket for capital, but for the author, it is a huge sum of money...and it will only be sold for five years, so this condition is really possible.
However, Chu Ge was indifferent to the huge sum of 3 million yuan and only made one request: "I must participate in the script adaptation, otherwise I won't sell it."
The editor was very quiet and only replied with three words, which completely destroyed the cute girl's image: "Fuck! Awesome!"
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Note: The directors, screenwriters, and stars that may appear in the film and television are purely fictional. There is no need to find real prototypes. They are indeed purely made up. It’s just that writing is one of the main lines of the male protagonist’s business, so these are inevitable. They don’t account for a large proportion of the plot... There is also no need to match them with Pingzi. Pingzi has never written a group portrait article, nor has he ever dreamed of filming a film and television. He is looking forward to the animation, but it’s a pity that so many books have not been made...
(End of this chapter)
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