Chapter 548: Conquered
Caron only felt that his chest was blocked by a wave of anger, and he couldn't go up or down.
Yes, his new work, as the editor said, is not worth anything at all!
Because many times, the so-called film adaptation copyright IP buys not only the quality of a work, but also the traffic.
For example, for those superhero series of comics, does the quality of the content have to be that valuable?
No, what is valuable is the popularity of those works, many people like to watch stories like that, superheroes have become a cultural symbol with a large audience.
That's why the copyright fees for those works are so expensive.
Of course, those works are also excellent, and some superhero stories are indeed well written and very deep, but these are not decisive, and those filmmakers value it most because of its popularity.
But sometimes, a good work may often not have much popularity, and a work of average quality may have a high traffic because of the hot subject matter.
In reality, various uncertainties lead to a lot of deviations in the end.
For example, Cuaron's new "Avatar" is directly denounced by the editor as worthless, while there are some very ordinary works related to superheroes, but they can be sold on sale.
That's the cruelty of reality.
After finishing the call with his current editor, Caron contacted other editors he had worked with.
For Cuarón's new work, these editors have all received samples in the past, so everyone knows what Cuarón is doing.
Like the current editor, some others also thought that Cuarón's new work was not worth much, and some even didn't bother to say a word to him, and when they heard that it was him, they reasoned that they were busy, and then hung up the phone.
This made Cuarón feel very frustrated.
But he finally saw that his new work was almost impossible to be commercially published.
Then the only thing he can do next is to publish it at his own expense!
Although there have been self-published works in history that eventually counterattacked the market and became a model of classic bestsellers, such a thing may only happen once or twice in 100,000 works, and the probability is too low.
Moreover, self-funded publishing requires a lot of investment in the early stage, and once the book does not sell well in the later stage, it will lose money.
So in any case, self-publishing was Caron's last choice when he was desperate, and he wouldn't do it lightly unless he had to.
After thinking about it, Caron finally thought of Chen Feng again.
The young Oriental man, he actually said that he wanted to buy the copyright of his work......
Maybe...... Can you talk more about it?
If your work can't be published in English, why not publish it in the Mandarin-speaking region of the East?
Moreover, the young man named Chen Feng still makes movies, if his works can be made into movies in advance......
Although there is still a big gap between Chinese movies and the trench house, at least this is an opportunity!
Thinking of this, Caron flipped out the business card that Chen Feng gave him.
However, the things on the business card were foreign to Cuarón, he did not know Chinese, and he had never heard of the English translation on it.
“Ping an…… What the hell is this?"
After a moment's thought, Caron got up and went out and knocked on the door of a neighbor next to him.
Living next to Caron is a middle-aged couple who know Chinese, Caron had helped them make portraits before, and they had a good relationship, and both of them had studied abroad and spoke English well, so he decided to take this business card and ask each other.
If...... If Chen Feng and those people are really powerful, then there should be many people who have heard of them...... At the very least, there should be some information available on the web.
Soon, the door opened, and the middle-aged couple saw that it was Cuarón, and immediately warmly invited him into the house.
The portraits that Caron helped them make, they liked it very much, so they have always been very grateful to Caron, everyone came out to play, and it was rare to meet friends who lost their temper, so the relationship was naturally closer.
After entering the room, the two sides exchanged a few words, and then Caron directly took out Chen Feng's business card and asked the other party to help him take a look and check the origin of this business card.
The middle-aged couple was a little confused at first, but after seeing the names on the business cards, both of them were a little shocked.
"Ping An Investment, Chen Feng, Ah ??!!"
Seeing the other party's surprised look, Caron couldn't help but ask curiously, "What? Do you know him? He's really famous?"
"Of course it's famous, if this is true, then this Chen Feng should be the one who participated in the investment and production of "The Wandering Earth"!"
"Well, a very powerful filmmaker, in addition to "The Wandering Earth", he has also participated in many classic movies, "Crazy Stone", "Crazy Racing", "Infernal Affairs", "Shark Beach" or something, each film has made a lot of money, he is now a famous big man in our Chinese film circle!"
After listening to the other party's introduction, Caron was really a little confused at this time.
Although I guessed that Chen Feng would be very rich and knew that he was making movies, I never expected that he would be such a famous figure in the Chinese film industry.
So, if this is all true, Chen Feng said before that he wanted to buy the copyright of his work, is it also true?
Cuarón suddenly felt a glimmer of hope.
Next, with the help of a middle-aged couple, Cuarón successfully found the genuine resources of the two most classic movies, "The Wandering Earth" and "Infernal Affairs", on the Internet.
Although the movie has long been offline in theaters, on some video sites, these genuine movies are still being sold.
Two films, 12 yuan each, the price is actually very cheap.
Caron happily returned to his room, and then began to watch Chen Feng's movie.
He watched "The Wandering Earth" first!
Because this is actually a Chinese sci-fi blockbuster, the theme of sci-fi is quite close to his new work, so he decided to take a look at the level of this work first.
In his impression, Chinese-language movies don't seem to have the ability to make sci-fi blockbusters at all.
However, after more than two hours, Cuarón's eyes were bloodshot and a strange smile appeared on his face.
"The Wandering Earth" ...... Chinese Science Fiction Movie ...... It's so good-looking!!"
There is no doubt that Cuarón was also conquered by the film "The Wandering Earth".
Whether it is the plot creativity or the special effects of the movie, everything is done very well, even if because of the language barrier, he can only have some trouble reading the font and some small English subtitles, but after watching the whole film, he still feels very shocking and incredible.
That's what it is...... Is there a level of Chinese science fiction movies? seems to be ...... It's a lot higher than I expected!