"Manager Zhang, please take a seat, please take a seat! You are our old friend. ”

Old K let Manager Zhang sit down on the sofa.

"Go, make a pot of the best red robe!" Old K instructed the staff in the reception room.

"Mr. K, thank you! Anyway, I've really never drunk the best Da Hong Pao!" said Manager Zhang with a smile.

"I also gave it to a friend, only a little bit, this tea is said to be knotted on the oldest tea tree on Wuyi Mountain, every tael is the best, I have never drunk it myself. Today, a distinguished guest like Manager Zhang came over, of course, he had to take out the best tea leaves to entertain the guests!" said Lao K.

"Mr. K, you flattered me!" said Manager Zhang.

"Haha! Manager Zhang is probably laughing at me in his heart, how many big people have you seen in your travels, and what good things have you never seen? I am also a little suspicious of being smiling and generous!"

"Mr. K, you look down on me, I'm just a little person, a miscellaneous follower, only the life of work, how can I be so comfortable and chic as you say. This superb red robe, if you don't share a little bit today for me to taste, I'm afraid I won't see it in my life!" Manager Zhang quipped.

The two of them gossiped a little bit about this.

Brewed tea was also delivered.

After tasting the tea and gossiping for a while, I got to the point.

"Mr. K, come here today, I still want to ask if the copyright of the book "The History of a Mortal's Heavenly Court Struggle" can be determined? I read the news, the author Zheng Zhefan has already returned from the United States. Manager Zhang said.

"Manager Zhang, you can put the author aside and talk about the copyright of this book. However, you also know that this book is a very hot big IP, and many companies are negotiating with us to get its film and television copyrights, and the intended price of many companies is much higher than yours!"

"Oh, Mr. K, didn't you say that if you want to trade the copyright of the book "The History of a Mortal's Heavenly Court Struggle", you must obtain the author's consent? Why don't you use it now?" Manager Zhang asked.

"Because the copyright of this book is all signed to our company, we have the initiative to trade, no need to report to the author, the reason why we said to tell the author before, we need to get the author's consent, is our respect for the author, but now there is no need, because some of the author's practices make our company very passive, and we don't need to respect him anymore. Old K explained with a smile.

"Oh! That's good, that's good! I think it's better to talk to Mr. K in person! Mr. K, you can tell me the final price, if we think it's suitable, we will sign the agreement immediately! If you think it's not suitable, let's talk about it again!" Manager Zhang said.

Lao K smiled and said, "Manager Zhang, the price I want to quote is 80 million!"

"This ...... Mr. K, didn't you say 50 million before, why did it rise so much all of a sudden?" a hint of black gas appeared on Manager Zhang's handsome face.

"Manager Zhang, you also know that Zheng Zhefan is now completely different from what it used to be!" said Lao K.

"He's indeed more famous, but he can't raise prices significantly because of this, right?" said Manager Zhang.

"Haha! Manager Zhang, Zheng Zhefan is not more famous, he has already shaken the whole world! Haven't you read the reports of our important domestic television stations and national newspapers? Zheng Zhefan has become a great painter at the level of a national treasure, and he is an unprecedented great painter with a world-class reputation! He is now almost a household name in China. And because of this, in recent days, more readers have flocked to see his book "The History of a Mortal's Heavenly Court Struggle", and I estimate that there will be more and more fans of his book, maybe there will be hundreds of millions of fans in the future. Manager Zhang, think about it, what kind of concept is that, even if only 10 million book fans go to the theater to support the box office, that is hundreds of millions of box office revenue! What's more, this is just the most conservative estimate, I think if the movie of this book is made well, it will be easy to make a billion at the box office, and it is possible to reach two billion! Moreover, this book has many stories and can be made into a series of movies, so it is possible for its total box office to break 10 billion, this is still the domestic market, I think, it will also have an international market, in this case, I only need 80 million copyright fees, is it really much?"

Manager Zhang shrugged.

He had to admit that Lao K had a point.

It is precisely because he saw the huge market prospect of "The History of a Mortal's Heavenly Court Struggle" that the boss of Yuhuang Film and Television gave a death order to win the film and television copyright of this book.

Besides, we also have to invest a huge amount to make this book into a movie, like the current first-line actors, the salary is often tens of millions, and if you get a few first-line actors, the salary alone will be hundreds of millions, plus other production costs, how much does a movie cost? You can't just see us eating meat, you can't see us being beaten. If we try our best to make a movie and the audience doesn't admit it, we're going to lose all our underwear! Manager Zhang said.

"Manager Zhang, if you make a high-quality movie that can meet the audience's expectations, I think you don't have the possibility of losing money at all! However, if you want to be perfunctory and shoddy, and just want to make quick money by the popularity of this IP, I think you will definitely be scolded by the audience for being indecent, but if you want to lose money, it is still impossible!"

"Mr. K, you are really more confident than ourselves!" Manager Zhang smiled bitterly.

"Haha! Manager Zhang, let me tell you the truth, if we have our own film and television company, I am determined to make my own film and television dramas! The reason why we want to sell the film and television rights of this book is that we think that professional people should do professional things. Manager Zhang, if you don't agree with the price I quoted, then forget it, we are not in a hurry to sell the copyright, perhaps, we can all wait a little longer. Old K said unhurriedly.

"Okay, I'll report to the boss and see what the boss says, if the boss thinks the price is okay, then we'll sign a purchase agreement. Manager Zhang stood up.

He stepped aside, stood somewhere farther away and started talking.

After making a phone call for a while, Manager Zhang shook his head with a wry smile and walked back.