Chapter 468: Publishing in North America
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"Made into a movie?"
Hepburn was a little stunned, because Wu Chengke had never told her about it before. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info And in her opinion, "If such a story is adapted into a movie, with the current technology, will it be?"
It is precisely because of this that although she is very interested in writing such a novel, she knows how difficult it is to adapt such a story into a movie!
She didn't know that Wu Cheng had already bought the adaptation rights of the magical novel "The Lord of the Rings", and in comparison, "The Lord of the Rings" needed to use much more special effects.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have asked like that.
Wu Cheng smiled when he heard this: "What's not to do? But don't forget, 'Star Wars' is an example, although the special effects in it still look very rough, but the technology always improves with time." After more than ten years, I want to make "Jurassic Park"! Imagine the scene of those prehistoric monsters being resurrected on the screen......!
Hearing Wu Cheng say this, Hepburn understood what his idea was.
Think about it more than ten years later, perhaps, at that time, it is really possible!
Wu Cheng said, pointed to a manuscript next to him, and said with a smile: "When those little guys grow up, when the time comes, I plan to make this "Harry Potter" into a movie...... Compared with the special effects of these movies, is the special effects much less in the book "Twilight" you wrote?"
That's right, Wu Chenglet Hepburn write it is the "Twilight Zone" that tells a vampire love story. Think about how popular this movie was in China at the beginning!
Wu Cheng feels that depending on the mainland market, this drama is worth filming.
However, Wu Cheng thinks that in this time and space, it is estimated that if filming started in the 90s, then the mainland market does not need to think too much, and it is good to sell video tapes.
In the 90s, the film market was still in the hands of the public, and they had to decide what films to be released.
Of course, there are not many films from the outside that go in and are released.
Many people in later generations said that in the domestic film and television industry, making TV series is more profitable than making movies. The reason for this is the way the cheating daddy shares the box office.
Either way, the movie "Twilight" is very valuable to shoot. It's just a pity that Wu Cheng hasn't read the original novel, and he doesn't know what the original novel is like, so he can only write down the outline through the adapted movie and let Hepburn play it himself.
And, to put it bluntly, in this movie, the special effects are just gimmicks, and the real attraction is actually the love story between the immortal vampire and humans.
If there were no such emotional scenes, it would not be much different from other vampire movies. So, special effects or something, for this movie, it's really nothing.
After chatting with Hepburn for a while, Wu Cheng made a phone call to the publishing house and asked Mr. Josh, the editor-in-chief there, to come to Hepburn's villa and ask him to read the novel.
That publishing house once published "Jurassic Park" written by Wu Cheng, although at the beginning of this novel, sales could only be regarded as average. But as Wu Cheng's fame in North America has grown, the sales of this novel have become bigger and bigger.
In addition, Wu Cheng also co-authored two short stories "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Forrest Gump" with others before, and is now negotiating with the publishing house.
More than an hour later, Josh came as promised, Hepburn showed him the first part of "Twilight" she wrote, Josh looked through it carefully, looked at Wu Cheng and Hepburn, and was somewhat suspicious of the relationship between the two.
Of course, now is not the time to talk about this. I just heard him say: "How can I say it! This kind of novel is indeed relatively new, because there have always been few people who use vampires as the theme to tell love stories." However, it is precisely because this genre is relatively new that whether the audience is willing to accept it remains to be tested by the market...... Seriously, I personally like it. ”
"Then, let's talk about the remuneration!" Wu Cheng smiled and went straight to the point.
"No, I guess we should talk about something else first!"
Josh looked at Wu Cheng with a smile and said, "I know that Cheng is very talented, not only a filmmaker, but also a prolific writer. Haven't you ever thought about setting up a publishing house on your own? I heard that you already have your own publishing house in Xiangjiang, so why don't you open the company here? Why do you want to let the publishing company make a lot of money? Isn't it?"
When Wu Cheng heard this, he was stunned at first, and then chuckled at the end.
"Josh, tell us what you think! Looks like you're tired of that company!"
Josh exhaled, shrugged his shoulders, and spread his hands, "As you said, I'm really tired of that publishing company. Although I am the editor-in-chief, the boss does not give me a raise, I have not had a salary increase for two years, and I am also the editor-in-chief of the publishing house, and my salary in the publishing industry can be said to be on the low side. The boss is too stingy, where is the motivation of the people below? You know, it's not that I haven't made achievements, your "Jurassic Park" is what I signed, isn't it?"
This guy is very outspoken! However, this is also a characteristic of Westerners, because most of them are straightforward and don't like to beat around the bush.
Unlike many Chinese people, it may be because they like to use metaphors! So when some people speak, the twists and turns, the unfathomable look, is really very tiring.
Because sometimes, some words are not easy to say directly, or can only be understood, not spoken, they generally only say seven points, and the remaining three points are for you to understand, how much you can understand, it depends on your own ability. If you can't realize it, then forget it, you can't blame people for not reminding them.
This is actually very painful, because under normal circumstances, it is difficult for some inexperienced people to understand the meaning of some words, especially some newcomers who have just entered the society.
This is also the reason why many newcomers who have just entered the society are prone to detours.
"So, you want to find a new boss?"
"Yes!" Josh admitted, "I've heard that you are the most generous boss in the whole of Hollywood, and many people are doing very happily under you!"
Wu Cheng just laughed at such a sycophant, and finally asked: "So, how much salary do you want?" Although I am generous, I have always been generous only to those who have the ability. I'm not a good boss for employees who just want to mess around!"
"Of course, you can't be blamed on the boss. Josh defended Wu Cheng and continued: "As for my achievements, the boss should also look at them. Although I dare not say that my results are the best in the industry, I am not much worse than others. ”
Seeing that Wu Cheng did not refute his words, he paused and said: "As for salary, I think in addition to the fixed salary and some year-end bonuses, I want to get a certain amount of dividends if the results I make are satisfactory to the boss!"
When Wu Cheng heard this, he couldn't help but condense.
Indeed, as Josh said, Wu Cheng did think about setting up his own publishing house in North America, and even thought about opening a scholarly publishing house here.
However, in terms of sales channels, Shuxiang Publishing House is completely new, and he has a lot of things to do, so he has delayed this matter.
Of course, the most important thing is that the audience of the books published by the Scholar Publishing House is Chinese, so there is no need to develop in Europe and the United States.
In Southeast Asia, which has not yet become the first, it is in a hurry to expand overseas, which is not too big a step. If the cost can't be recovered at that time, it will be really.
Now, this foreigner, who has more than ten years of work experience in the publishing house, has come to the door to seek cooperation, and Wu Cheng still has a reason to give up.
So, he pondered and said, "In this way, you first go and look for a publishing house with a complete sales channel, whether the finances are healthy or about to go out of business, there is no problem." At that time, I will put the publishing company in charge of you, and give you three percent of the dry shares. If you can make a difference, I will definitely not skimp on rewarding. When dividends are distributed at the end of the year, how much you can get depends on how much you can achieve. If I'm satisfied, I can give you double the bonus. You know, for those who have the ability, I never skimp on rewards!"
"So, can we congratulate us on our happy cooperation?"
Josh said, holding out his hand towards Wu Cheng.
Wu Cheng shook hands with him and said with a smile: "Of course, at this time, you can't miss red wine!" He said, smiling at Hepburn: "Honey, do you know what to do?"
In front of Josh, Wu Cheng did not intend to continue to hide the relationship between him and Hepburn.
Yes, when Wu Cheng called Hepburn 'dear', Josh couldn't help but be stunned. When Hepburn left to pour them wine, Josh couldn't help but give Wu Cheng a thumbs up.
Wu Cheng smiled and said, "I don't want my relationship with her to be reported tomorrow, so I ......"
He didn't go on, just gave Josh a 'you know' look.
Josh laughed, "Please rest assured, boss, I know what to do!" he said, making a pull gesture on his lips, like a zipper.
Then, Josh took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Boss, your two latest short stories can now be retracted from that publishing house." Seriously, both of your novels are good, even though co-authored with others. I heard that you wrote the outline, and you wrote it into a script, and they were all adapted from those two scripts?"
Wu Cheng shrugged his shoulders in acknowledgement.
Josh said, "Then, you can't leave these two novels to them to operate!"
(To be continued.) )