Chapter 127: Movie or Anime
Of course, Song Ge couldn't let this thing use his computer to, and it wouldn't be like a word to spread out! I just chatted with the three of them in detail, and asked them to set up an investigation team and ask them to submit an investigation report within a week.
After sending these people out, Song Ge downloaded "League of Legends" on his computer and found that after trying to play two games, he found ...... Can't attract him at all!
However, this does not prevent him from judging the commercial value of "League of Legends", and believes that it still has great potential in film and television adaptation. With a rough judgment in his heart, Lu Lin asked to buy film and television adaptation rights, so naturally he didn't wait for the so-called investigation report.
Instead, he launched his own relationship and investigated the information about "League of Legends", and learned that the game agency, Penguin, actually acquired the game developer Riot in 2011.
In this case, he directly contacted Penguin and expressed his desire to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "League of Legends", and Penguin's first reaction was naturally overjoyed.
Longlin Pictures wants to buy, that is, Lu Lin wants to buy, Lu Lin is the first commercial film director in China, just need to disclose this news to the media, and it will be on the entertainment headlines immediately!
When Jin Yong was able to sell the film and television adaptation rights of "Smiling Proud Jianghu" to CCTV at a price of one yuan, what he wanted was influence.
As long as Penguin sells the film and television adaptation rights of "League of Legends" to Longlin Pictures, it will not be able to shoot for a while, but the influence is immediate. Soon there will be a lot of non-gamer netizens who will know about the game "League of Legends"!
As a result, the two sides began negotiations on the issue of film and television adaptation rights. Both companies are not short of money, and the biggest difference is the licensing time, which is quite a bit of a difficult posture.
Seeing this, Song Ge decided to deal with it coldly, and after delaying for about a week, the two sides reached an agreement, and Longlin Film and Television Company obtained the film and television adaptation rights of "League of Legends" at a low price, and the authorization time was six years.
After the agreement was signed, Song Ge flew back to the capital from Pengcheng. The next afternoon, the driver drove him to the set in Huairou. watched for a while while for the crew to finish work, and took a car with Lu Lin to a nearby high-end hotel for dinner.
After entering the box, Lu Lin looked at the agreement handed over by Song Ge, paused for a while and said, "Six years, that's enough!" The time for the authorization of film and television adaptation rights, three years is too short, ten years is too long, and six years is a mutually acceptable period.
After sitting down and ordering food, Song Ge took the lead and said: "I said, you don't really plan to finish the filming of "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun", just come here! Two blockbusters a year, isn't it too hard?"
Lu Lin said with a smile: "I'm not yet thirty years old, if I don't fight hard at this time, I'm afraid that when I get old, my body and brain won't be able to keep up with the times!"
In the film and television cultural circle, there is a truth called "one generation serves another", and older directors and writers are not able to grasp the preferences of young people.
Look at the famous directors in the entertainment industry who used to be dominant, how many late seasons are not guaranteed, and they have failed in terms of box office reputation, losing to rising stars who have changed careers from actors.
Song Ge was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's also the same reason, okay, anyway, you are still young, it is a good time to do your career, it is a good thing to be busy! By the way, the adaptation rights have been bought, what are you going to do, find someone to start adapting a movie or a TV series!"
Lu Lin took a sip of the beer in the cup and said slowly, "You let me think about it!"
Song Ge smiled and glared: "Okay, you haven't thought about it yet, let me buy the copyright back first, do you know how much effort it takes during this time?"
Lu Lin hurriedly raised his glass and said, "Come, Brother Song, this time has been hard, I respect you!"
After a drink together, Lu Lin said speechlessly: "The game is filmed, it's similar to anime, and the real person is a pit!"
Song Ge is also an expert in the industry, so he naturally understood what Lu Lin meant, and nodded slightly: "Yes, the image of game and anime characters is relatively fixed in the hearts of players, and if the appearance is too different, it will cause players to rebound!"
Lu Lin said: "Yes, there are only two ways, either completely use digital virtual actors to play, which will be quite costly." Although for gamers, the movie-watching experience is explosively sour, but for non-player audiences, how attractive it is, the pressure to return to the cost is unprecedented!"
When Song Ge heard this, he finally became a little nervous, and said: "I asked Penguin, the number of people online at the same time is less than two million, and the proportion of gamers in the young movie-going crowd is too low, and it will definitely not be possible to return the cost of using digital virtual actors to act in movies, this is not good, the risk is too great!"
In fact, for Lu Lin, it is not possible to lose money. It's just to transfer the money of Longlin Company to the account of the Cayman Company. But the problem is that Longlin Film and Television is losing money on its accounts. There is a way that someone does the business that kills the head, and no one does the loss-making business, which cannot be explained!
"Uh, that's true!" Lu Lin nodded unwillingly, always feeling that it was boring not to make a big movie!
Song Ge said again: "Otherwise, it's still animated, whether it's a big movie or an anime short series, it's easier to get it, at least the player's side won't rebel." ”
Lu Lin laughed, "That's right, hey, it's still early anyway, let's study it slowly!"
Song Ge responded, but said in his heart: "Anyway, if you want to make an all-digital virtual actor movie, I can't agree." "Hou Yi Shooting the Sun" is still easier to return to the basics, and "League of Legends" will immediately release a big movie, this is not a joke, unless it has hundreds of millions of players one day!"
In Lu Lin's heart, he was pondering the "Super Seminary" that he had watched in another time and space. It's good-looking, but the picture quality is a little worse, and if he makes a super realistic and exquisite picture quality, he will definitely be popular with game fans. It's a pity that I can't be on a live-action movie.
Moreover, he originally wanted to use the theme of "League of Legends" to make a Chinese-language action blockbuster! If he didn't use digital virtual actors, the similarity between real actors and characters was a problem. Or use special effects to slightly retouch the film in the later stage, as long as there is a certain degree of similarity between the live actor and the character, the acceptance of gamers will be greatly improved.
It's like if you like a big star very much, if one day you meet someone who is somewhat similar to your idol, and at the same time he can sing your idol's song, will you be very excited?
"Looks like it's okay!" Lu Lin muttered.
Song Ge was stunned for a moment, put down his chopsticks and said, "What's the situation, you have a good idea?"
Lu Lin smiled: "It's just a not very mature idea, you can help me refer to it!"
Song Ge twisted his chin with his index finger in one hand, and the expression on his face was both surprised and surprised: "Idea, it sounds like it's okay, it's a copycat game character, it's worth studying!"