Since the BBC has shown their sincerity, Zhang Chu doesn't mind taking a short break from "Sou Shen Ji" to prepare the plot outline of the second season of "Sherlock".

After all, he is also a person with professional ethics, and if he gets this matter done early, he may be able to help the new book, after all, there is too little news available for reporting in "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", and Zhang Chu must work hard to push it himself.

On the plane from Jiangcheng to Yanjing, Zhang Chu sat in his place, and on the small table in front of him was a copy of "Sherlock Holmes", what he had to do was to extract the stories in it and then fuse them together.

Each assembly is a case, and each case is not isolated, but will form a whole.

Fortunately, Zhang Chu had watched this British drama without losing an episode in his previous life, referring to the memory in his head, combined with Conan Doyle's original work, the context of the TV series appeared in his mind very clearly.

The plane encountered some turbulence in the airflow, and the flight attendant immediately reminded the passengers to fasten their seat belts on the radio, and Zhang Chu immediately put away the books, at this time he saw that the girl on the seat next to him was wearing headphones and watching the iPad, and she was indifferent, and she didn't seem to be aware of the turbulence of the plane.

He turned his head very curiously, and found that the iPad screen was really watching Shenxia!

I really didn't expect that "Sherlock" would be so popular now, and there are people watching it on the plane, and there are only three episodes.

Fortunately, the turbulence of the plane did not last long, and when the fuselage returned to stability, Zhang Chu was relieved, the wonderful journey of his life had just begun, and he didn't want to encounter any air crashes.

After the Spring Festival, Yanjing Airport was extremely busy, with long queues for taxis, and Uber Didi couldn't get anything at all, so Zhang Chu finally had to choose to rent a car and drive back to the community next to Yenching University.

The matcha was consigned in a cage, and it finally got out of the cramped consignment box, and now it is scurrying around in the car excitedly, as if venting its frustration.

It's been a month since he's lived, and although there is no dust in the room, it still takes him a lot of effort to clean it.

After surviving this trip, Zhang Chu collapsed on the sofa and didn't want to move, but fortunately, the signing ceremony with the BBC was scheduled for tomorrow, and he could relax a little.

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Richard Dent looked up at the gloomy sky, then pulled his scarf and carried his briefcase to this familiar place under the guidance of the interpreter.

He had been to the same place more than half a year ago, and had taken the script and the English version with him for a million pounds, but now he had to pay several times more to buy the follow-up content when he returned to his old place.

"I should have signed all the rest of the content in one go, so I didn't have to pay so much. Richard was a little emotional, he was not distressed by the £3 million copyright fee, but distressed by the 3% dividend!

According to the current estimate of the profit prospect of "Sherlock" on the TV station, this work can have a profit margin of 150 million pounds, which means that Zhang Chu will get at least 4.5 million pounds in dividends in the second season.

And that's just the beginning, any British drama with a good reputation will have sales and ratings rising after each season!

Maybe if the filming continues like this, Zhang Chu can get a dividend of 6 million pounds in the third or fourth season of Shenxia, plus a dividend of 3.5 million pounds, these alone can break 10 million pounds.

In fact, the reason is very simple, when the first season of "Sherlock" was not popular, many expenses were relatively cheap, just like the broadcast rights in China sold to Tencent Video were relatively cheap, and the second season will definitely increase a lot.

Even if the money is not Richard's own, he is very distressed, and now he is soaking in the bookstore to find the rest of the books suitable for adaptation.

The "ding" of the elevator interrupted Richard's thoughts, and he quickly removed himself from these thoughts, so as not to cause an accident in this signing.

Flying thousands of miles from England was to make sure the contract was unobstructed, and Richard would not allow anyone to break things this time.

In the conference room, when Zhang Chu saw Richard in a suit and coat, he stood up and greeted him, and said in English: "Richard, my friend, welcome to China!"

"It's a beautiful place, in fact we went out for a bit last night and it was much more shocking than London's Chinatown. Richard politely complimented, knowing that anyone would want to hear praise from their hometown.

Zhang Chu pointed to the folder in his place, and said with a smile: "I have already done the outline and content of the second season, and I can hand it over to you after signing the contract." ”

Richard raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Wow! So fast, are you sure you're done?"

"Of course, I've said this stuff in my head all along. See for yourself later, you won't be disappointed. ”

Solve this matter as soon as possible, Zhang Chu can also concentrate on writing books and going to school, he doesn't want to be woken up by this group of Britons in the middle of the night to ask for an outline of a script or discuss how to write a certain plot.

At this time, Zhou Kang interrupted their continued discussion, "Gentlemen, why don't you wait for us to sign the contract before discussing the script? I vouch for Mr. Zhang Chu's reputation, this time the script is even more exciting than the previous season!"

"Then we'll see. Richard sat in his place, and the lawyer who came with him immediately began to review the original contract on the table to see if it was consistent with the terms of the previous discussion.

It's something that has to be done, and sometimes negligence can have serious consequences, and neither of them wants to leave that kind of mistake.

"Mr. Dunt, there are no problems with the contract, it can be signed. ”

The lawyer whispered in Richard's ear that the bilingual contract contained a lot of content, and the respective obligations and rights of both parties were clearly stated.

Zhang Chu picked up the pen and wrote his name happily, and then exchanged with Richard, and behind him was a staff member who took pictures of the two of them signing, which may be used for news releases or something.

"Richard, now that it's yours, I'll send you an electronic version of the content in your mailbox in a moment. Zhang Chu handed over the printed folder, and his whole expression was much more relaxed.

As the producer of "Sherlock", he knows the script of the last season well, so he wants to directly review whether this script can successfully combine the content of the two seasons.

The rest of the people didn't open their mouths to urge him, which was equivalent to the inspection stage, and as the payer, they really needed to see the contents.

The first episode of the second season continues the plot of the last episode of the previous season: just as Moriarty and Sherlock are in a life-and-death struggle, Moriarty's cell phone rings, and he receives a mysterious phone call and has to give up the game with Sherlock, and on the other end of the phone, a bewitching woman's hand appears, and he seems to have what Moriarty wants very much.

Richard sat on the chair, looking at what Zhang Chu had given him, and suddenly raised his head and asked, "This episode is based on "The Scandal in Bohemia", right? ”

"That's right, I called it the scandal in Belgovia. Erin is Sherlock's only female friend, and Watson is the most important person in Sherlock's life. ”

Zhou Kang couldn't understand what the two were saying, so he could only pretend to understand with his eyes open.

"That's right, we do need a female character, and Erin is the only woman who has beaten Sherlock. I see a more human Sherlock in your outline, which is pretty good!"

Zhang Chuwan smiled, "Thank you for the compliment, I already sent the electronic version to your mailbox when you read it just now." ”

Richard didn't mean to get up at all, he didn't seem to mind at all, "That's okay, I'll take a look at the rest of the story." ”

The plot of the second episode of the second season still did not disappoint him, Zhang Chu modernized the adaptation of "The Hound of the Baskervilles", and the content of the third episode surprised Richard!

Moriarty is determined to make Sherlock a pseudo-hero, and he wants to discredit him.

When the two of them stood on the roof of the building to face off fatefully, Moriarty threatened Watson, Mrs. Hudson and others and demanded that Sherlock jump down the stairs!

Moriarty, who was already crazy, actually killed himself by swallowing a gun, just to force Sherlock to jump off the building, and Watson, who had just arrived downstairs, received Sherlock's last phone call and witnessed his friend fall in front of his eyes.

This kind of plot can definitely mobilize the audience's spirits and make them unable to take their eyes off, and at the same time, Sherlock also sees Watson's true feelings in front of his fake grave in the shadows at the end, laying the groundwork for the next season's content.

Richard put down the folder, he shook his head with a smile on his face, "God, you have surprised me again, this script is amazing! It's not ordinary, it's tense and exciting, it's the best script I've ever seen." ”

"I'm glad I made you think so, and I think it's pretty good. "Zhang Chu doesn't have the slightest modesty at all, this script is indeed excellent.

"We don't have to change it at all, we just need to fill it in. You're really good at writing scripts, maybe you can come to the UK and I can introduce you to the rest of the film and TV companies. ”

"I'm sorry, but I still have to go to school in the country. ”

"Oh, I forgot you're still a student! You're already a film and television major, right? It's so rare to have such a professional and excellent script!"

Richard used all sorts of words to describe this script, and all the elements of a good script are there!

"Now that we've expanded Sherlock to more than 100 countries and regions, I'm afraid there will be more in this second season. It's just a pity that there are only more than 200 countries on the planet. ”

Zhang Chu jokingly said: "Maybe you can sell this TV series to aliens." ”