Time stood still for a while, Saoirse lay down at the bow of the boat, ignoring how much dust there was on it, Ye Kai also leaned against the side of the boat and put his hand into the lake.

The fish are back, and the daring fish will even swim to Ye Kai's hand.

Reaching out to touch it, Qingyu turned around in an instant and shook the water on Ye Kai's face, Saoirse laughed when she saw this, and walked over and wiped the water droplets on Ye Kai's face with her hand.

In addition to being moved, Ye Kai felt that Saoirse's hands were also cold, and when he grabbed it, he realized that her hands were also wet, and he should have reached out to the lake.

"What are you going to wipe me with water on your hands?"

"Wipe it out for you, haha. ”

Saoirse laughed and jumped away, returned to the bow of the boat, lay down with her hands behind her head, her pale blue eyes blinking at the sky, and the dark clouds came from the north, more and more.

"Hey, it's going to rain. Saoirse reminded.

"There is still an hour ......" Ye Kai wanted to continue to stay here for a while, but after looking at the time, it was almost twelve o'clock, "Okay, find a place to eat, and watch when the rain will stop in the afternoon." ”

Holding the oars, Ye Kai quickly turned the boat around and rowed in the direction of the rented boat.

As soon as he arrived on the shore, Ye Kai received a phone call, it was Cai Zhengming of Han Film and Television, and the two had not been in touch for a long time, why this time?

Is it for the rights to the film and television adaptation of Harry Potter?

As soon as the phone was answered, it was Cai Zhengming's praise: "Mr. Ye, I just finished reading your new book, the plot is simply amazing, I heard that the total sales in the world now add up to five million?"

"Thank you, now it's mainly foreign countries that are making efforts, it's all luck. ”

I don't know how many copies Ye Kai has sold in China, last night Zhou Kaiwen arrived and gave Ye Kai news that the sales volume was good, but Ye Kai didn't know the exact number.

For Ye Kai, it is normal to sell one million copies in Huaxia, and the previous books were bought very well, but now Harry Potter is so popular abroad, many people who don't want to buy books want to know what Ye Kai wrote.

And it was also on the CCTV news, which can also help Huaxia's sales.

Cai Zhengming praised Ye Kai a few more words, and waited until Ye Kai was impatient to end the topic before he got down to business, just as Ye Kai thought, Cai Zhengming really wanted the right to adapt.

Cai Zhengming didn't say it before, and Ye Kai chatted with him.

You can really say it......

Ye Kai asked: "There are very few plots in this book, how are you going to shoot it?"

Cai Zhengming should have had a meeting to plan before calling, saying: "I heard that Harry Potter has a follow-up? We are going to release one season first, twelve episodes." Then wait for the follow-up plot to come out, and then shoot the second season. ”

How do you have to fill the water to shoot twelve episodes?

Do you want to shoot Harry Potter's parents first, or do you want to add something that you love, and can you shoot the feeling you want?

Ye Kai had a headache.

It's not that Ye Kai doesn't take care of his family, but this book is indeed more suitable for foreign directors to shoot, and Chinese directors are not very good at shooting this kind of film with a Western core.

"This is not suitable for being turned into a series, mainly because the plot is relatively compact, and I am going to make it into a movie...... How much would you be willing to invest in making this film?"

If there are hundreds of millions, you can still do it, invite foreign directors, and shoot in Ireland.

After all, Ye Kai wrote this book inspired by the Trinity University Library, so the best place to shoot is Ireland or the United Kingdom.

The companies that have worked with Ye Kai in depth all know Ye Kai's temperament, Cai Zhengming hesitated for a moment, and broke out a price higher than the meeting discussion: "250 million!"

Cai Zhengming seemed to be relieved after saying this price, and his nervous mood recovered a little, and said: "This price is higher than the price we mentioned in the previous meeting, I really like your book."

And I think that it is not necessary that the high investment may impress the foreign market, after all, this is originally a Western magic type, and if the investment is not enough after filming, we will also consider continuing to increase investment......"

Cai Zhengming talked eloquently to Ye Kai, talking about the cultural export of China from Western movies, and seemed to use this film to break out of China and cause cultural export to Western countries.

...... This is originally the big brother of the West! What kind of cultural export has it caused?

And 200 million is too little, right?

Ye Kai doesn't know much about the proportion of domestic investment, but the impression of 200 million Huaxia coins on Ye Kai can only be filmed in the vindictive horse that was complained about, Ye Kai felt that he was going to be sprayed to death.

Ye Kai didn't think much about it and refused directly.

"Brother Cai, this book is really not suitable for filming in China, after all, the environment is very different, if there is a chance, we will cooperate next time. ”

"Brother, we can meet and talk, I'm in Rongcheng now, if we're not satisfied with the price, we can talk again, we're really optimistic that you have a book in hand, and I believe it will be better to adapt it into a screenplay." ”

Looking at him like this, he shouldn't have invested much.

What the Tang people are best at is to be small and big, and they may not have the strength to invest directly in big countries, or maybe it is more likely to invest in multiple parties.

But Ye Kai made up his mind, and Saoirse was also impatient to wait, frowning.

So he said: "Let's wait for the next cooperation, maybe I will write a story or script suitable for domestic shooting, Harry Potter is indeed a big IP, but not everyone is suitable." ”

Many large-scale domestic IPs were abolished after being adapted by film and television, Ye Kai had a good impression of Zhuxian before, but Ye Kai didn't even want to hear this word after the movie came out.

What kind of production company a writer chooses determines the upper limit of the adapted work.

Many web authors don't have a choice, but Ye Kai has it. And he also believes that foreign production companies will not always fail to contact him, and the Harry Potter IP is now a shining gold.

The popularity of the book determines the audience of the story, and the plot for all ages is perfect for adaptation into a movie.

Cai Zhengming could only sigh and say: "Then we have to wait for the next time to cooperate." ”

He also knows that this book is not suitable for domestic adaptation, but looking at this golden egg, who wants to give up? This kind of big IP can make a lot of money by changing it casually.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Kai hurriedly went to get back the deposit for renting the boat, took Saoirse out of the park, and found a place to eat in the hotel outside.

Western restaurants are more suitable for two people to dine, with small tables and a good atmosphere of sitting facing each other.

Most of the hotels with local Chinese cuisine have large round tables, and it is troublesome to eat inside, so I found a small restaurant directly on the street outside Cuihu Park.

The restaurant has three large round tables, in addition to rectangular tables with a single piece of glass and a white tablecloth.

In addition to seeing him clean, the second reason why Ye Kai chose this restaurant was that the menu on the wall said a dish he wanted to eat before.

The main ingredients are lotus leaves and fish, lotus fragrant Dongpo fish.