Chapter 294: The Walking Dead

(Jin Mingjun, Lao Tzu searched for more than ten minutes on the Internet to find your name.) www.biquge.infoCongratulations, you didn't think about the impact that this sentence would have on Pani when it came out of your mouth? I really want to see your mother a fairy Banban! Did you give birth to your old lady so that you would openly insult Pani in front of all Koreans during the Olympic Games? It is said that you have been suspended, and if you were suspended because of this incident when the host on the same stage said congratulations to you, Kim Myung Joon, and you successfully provoked sone and were suspended, what do you think?

The difficulties that Robert Kirkman speaks of are in fact the ones that many cartoonists often encounter.

"The Walking Dead" began to be created in 2002, and in 2003, it was favored by an American comic book company, and after the other party communicated with Robert Kirkman, "The Walking Dead" was officially released and serialized under the name of the company.

At first, the sales of "The Walking Dead" were very good, and the results of other works of the company were many distances from it, which also made this comic one of the best-selling comics of the year 03.

But comics will have bottlenecks, especially if this is a comic book and not a novel, each page of the picture has to be drawn by Kirkman after coming up with the plot, and then the mouse drawing, and then typesetting and editing, which also has to pay attention to the details of the characters and the like, which is about equivalent to the story content of an episode has to be drawn for almost a month, and over time, Kirkman encounters things that often encounter cartoonists.

That's ...... Reminders.

The more urgent, the more urgent it is, the inspiration will naturally be affected, and the content of the plot has changed a little, and it is not so attractive, plus the walking dead has been published for five years since 03 and it has only been published until the protagonist and his party have just cleaned up the zombies in the prison and hid in prison, and there has been no breakthrough in the plot, which has made many original readers give up the idea of continuing to pursue.

Losing a part of his readers, coupled with frequent reminders, Kirkman's energy became less and less, and he couldn't think of any plot to continue drawing after he went to prison, and the comic company's weekly magazine failed to release new comics in the first place, Kirkman became more and more frustrated, and the comic company began to hold him accountable and asked him to hand over the picture updates according to the contract.

And Kirkman has a new plot to draw? If he doesn't hand over the update, he will have to face a lawsuit from the company, and not only that, but the fourth volume of the "Walking Dead" comic, which will be published in the upcoming volume, will be canceled from publication.

When he was in a dilemma, his partner Corey Walker suddenly brought him news.

On a famous Korean website, there is a novel called "The Walking Dead of the Last Days" that is very popular, and after reading some chapters with translation software, he found that the protagonist and plot of this novel are surprisingly similar to the plot of their comics.

Not only that, but Walker, who had already been intrigued by the book, spent a few days reading the last update of the book, and he noticed that the book had already written a plot that had not been drawn in their comics, and the subsequent plot development was completely in line with the plot they had drawn before, so it can be said that the plot behind the book could be adapted as a new plot in their comics.

When Kirkman learned about this situation, he was tempted, because he didn't want to see the comics he had painstakingly created for five years be annihilated like this, so he made a decision with Walker after careful consideration, and the two of them came to South Korea to find the author of the book, Tedda, that is, Kim Taeyeon, hoping to use the law as a breakthrough to scare her by taking advantage of ordinary people's fear of going to court, and wanted to win the book into his own hands.

As long as he succeeds, then his picture can be painted for at least another three or four years, so that he does not have to worry about being held accountable by the company, and each new issue can be submitted in time. As for the plot in a few years, are you still afraid that you won't be able to think of it during these years?

In view of this, he came to South Korea with the confidence of victory, and successfully obtained the information of the author of the book, knowing that the author is an artist of S.M Entertainment and the captain of Girls' Generation, Kim Taeyeon.

It's just that what he never expected was that Kim Taeyeon would be able to see through the game he set up, and counter-attack him, he was desperate, after returning to the United States, he had to face the company's lawsuit and the cancellation of the publication of the comics, and then a series of troubles followed, all of which had to be solved by him one by one.

But at this time, Kim Taeyeon came up with a proposal that he didn't expect at all.

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"My idea is that I will keep updating this book, and although I have a lot of work now and can't update it often, I will continue to update it as long as I have time. And then while my book is still being updated, the content of my book can be used as a new plot for you to draw on, so that neither of us has anything to lose, and at the same time we can continue to do what we want to do, what do you two think?"

"This ......" Kirkman hesitated and moved, Kim Taeyeon said exactly what he wanted, he could use the plot in the book to create the next comic plot, so that he could continue to create with Kim Taeyeon's book. It's just that under this premise, Kim Tae-yeon's book still has to continue to be written, and if it is known to American colleagues, they should say that they plagiarized Korean novels, not Korean novels plagiarized themselves.

"I know what you're worried about. While Kirkman was still hesitating, Kim Taeyeon suddenly said, "If you really want to investigate the source of the painting, it is indeed my book that plagiarized your comics." But I wonder if you've overlooked a detail when you read my book?"

"Details?"

"That's right. When I was writing this book, I specifically stated when I introduced this book that this book is adapted from the American comic book "The Walking Dead", so naturally there is no such thing as plagiarism. And South Korea and the United States are two countries, no one would have thought that the original author of the comic would come to South Korea from the United States to find the author of the novel, and when I saw this introduction, many people said that it was not plagiarism, so your worries were unnecessary. ”

"But the problem is that if the U.S. side knew that the plot of my comic was from your novel, they would say that I plagiarized. Kirkman said worriedly, but he didn't notice that when he said this, it had revealed that he was very much in favor of Kim Taeyeon's proposal just now.

"Actually, you don't have to worry at all, I don't predict whether anyone in the United States will know about this, but you can prepare a statement in advance, and when someone investigates it, you will make this statement public, so that no one will say anything more. ”

Kim Tae-yeon's explanation made Kirkman finally agree to her proposal, and after the two sides jointly wrote a copyright notice for "The Walking Dead" and "The Walking Dead of the Last Days", the two sides reached a unanimous agreement, which can be regarded as a cooperation between the two sides.

Later, Kim Taeyeon learned some information from Kirkman and learned that he is not in a very good situation now because of "The Walking Dead" Because of the delay in the comics, he had to spend money to buy the company's editorial department to let his colleagues help delay the time, and at the same time he ran around for the release of the first three volumes of the comics, and spent a lot of money to finally knock down the publication, but because the company could no longer delay and planned to cancel the publication, almost all the principal he spent before was lost, and the translators he came to Korea to find this time were hired with the money that the two of them put together.

Seeing their embarrassing situation, Kim Taeyeon remembered the images in her memory, and couldn't help but stop Kirkman and Walker once again when they were about to say goodbye and leave.

"Have you ever thought about adapting this comic book into a TV series to increase popularity?"

"TV series?" Hearing Kim Taeyeon say this, both of them were stunned.

"Yes, the TV series. I'm a zombie fan, otherwise I wouldn't have written a novel about the walking dead, from the appearance of the first zombie movie in history to the present, it can be said that it occupies most of the screens of European and American film and television, because this theme is too in line with the concept of Europeans and Americans, after all, zombies are also one of the specialties of the West. But the zombie TV series is still a blank in history, and no one dares to challenge this idea, so I think if you adapt this manga into a TV drama script and make a picture of it, it will not be difficult to drive the popularity of the comic, right?"

"Miss Taeyeon, although I think your idea is really good, we really don't have the money to realize this idea, the cost of filming a TV series is very high, and the zombie theme needs a large number of extras, the selection of the starring lineup and the salary, no matter which point is a huge expense, just with the last bit of money we have left, we can't achieve this ideal at all. So forget the idea. ”

However, Kim Taeyeon shook her head and said, "You just need to tell me, without taking the cost into account, if it is filmed into a TV series, will it be attractive and challenging for you?"

"Yes. After glancing at Walker, Kirkman nodded affirmatively.

"That's fine. After getting the answer she wanted, Kim Taeyeon found a piece of paper, wrote something, folded it, wrote a number and address on the back, and handed it to Kirkman.

"What is this?" Kirkman didn't understand Kim Taeyeon's actions, but Kim Taeyeon told him: "This number and address are contact information, you can call this number after you find this address, tell the other party that I recommended it, and show him this content after meeting, and he will understand." ”

"Is this a letter of recommendation?" Isn't it incredible that a letter alone can make Kim Tae-yeon's proposal come true? Kirkman was a little unconvinced, and when he wanted to open the folded paper to see the contents, Kim Taeyeon stopped him.

"I'll tell you in advance, you can't read the content, including Mr. Walker and your translator, you can't read the content, once you read it, he will know when the content is handed over to that person, and when the time comes, the idea of filming a TV series will be really powerless. If you still want to see your comics remade into a TV series, then listen to me, you won't be able to read this content until you meet him. ”

"This ......" Kirkman hesitated, he was really curious about what was written in this content, but Kim Taeyeon said this, and he didn't dare to read it. Thinking of the plan to make a comic book to save him from being made into a TV series, he hesitated, but finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, I believe what you said, thank you, Miss Taeyeon." ”

"You're welcome, and I wish you all the best in fulfilling your dreams. ”

After sending Kirkman and Walker away, Kim Yeon-gu finally couldn't help it anymore and hurriedly asked Kim Taeyeon, "What did you write on that piece of paper just now?" Why don't you let him open it?"

"It's nothing, it's just that he went to find someone, who is an avid fan of zombie movies, and I'm sure he'll be very interested when he sees what I've just written. ”

In fact, Kim Taeyeon wanted to examine Kirkman and Walker's character to see if the two of them were worth the risk of recommending them both to her brother, so she only wrote this paragraph in Chinese on that piece of paper: , TV station, The Walking Dead, they are authors, there is no money for TV series shooting, character test, meet first ask them about their understanding of AMC, and see how they answer.

I believe that in the future, as an avid fan of "The Walking Dead", he will be able to understand when he sees this passage, and he can chase a zombie TV series for six years, and it is estimated that he remembers this drama very well.

AMC TV, which will broadcast the show "The Walking Dead" in the future, has won the ratings championship of American cable TV for six consecutive years since this show was broadcast, and she asked him to ask AMC to see if these two people had peeked at her note.

Because the spelling of AMC alone is the meaning of the asset management company, and if he asks AMC and the other party answers AMC TV, it proves that they have read this note and specifically asked a translator to translate it, and understand the meaning of the TV station literally, and the character will naturally not need to be talked about anymore, and the proposal to shoot a TV series can be directly invalidated.

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A few hours later, in the office of the general manager of FAW, Chen Yu received the news that Ahn Ji-hoon had two Americans who wanted to see him, and when he came to the company, Robert Kirkman handed over the note written by Kim Taeyeon to Chen Yu.

"Help me translate it, and ask them if this note was written by Kim Taeyeon herself?" After reading the above content, Chen Yu frowned and asked Ahn Jixun to translate it for him.

"Yes, it was Miss Taeyeon who wrote it down and gave it to us by hand, and asked me to give it to you. Kirkman answered Ahn Zhixun's question, and Ahn Zhixun translated it to Chen Yu.

"So...... What do you two think about AMC? In Chen Yu's memory, in addition to Lin Shiyao and the most familiar career, there is also a very deep memory of "The Walking Dead", even the TV station that broadcast "The Walking Dead" remembers, so after seeing Kim Tae-yeon wrote down in Chinese, he quickly understood what she meant, so he asked according to what she said.

"AMC is a spell for an asset manager, and that's all we know, but we don't know much more because we don't have any assets to manage. ”

Hearing An Zhixun's translated answer, Chen Yu's brows relaxed, and he said: "Since this is the case, then please make a detailed plan for me, and I will invest money according to the content of the plan." ”

Kirkman never expected that it was just such a note, so that the other party said such a thing without care, and he didn't even care about the funds needed to shoot the TV series.

"Ok, please give us a few days of events, and we'll come up with a detailed plan for you. ”

This is their life-saving straw, and success or failure is here.

(I know The Walking Dead may be boring for some people, but I will say that because the title sponsor of The Walking Dead is Hyundai, and Glenn's actor is Korean, although he has nothing to do with Taeyeon, he can bring Taeyeon fame through The Walking Dead, so that Taeyeon will be the first person in history to eat crabs to some extent, and use this to open up the popularity and let the United States also know about Taeyeon's existence, because he has a history of entering the United States in the later years.) )

ps:Tomorrow is my birthday.,I'm still coding words after I finish writing this chapter.,If I can code it out before I go to bed.,I'll update it after work tomorrow.,And then my wife will celebrate my birthday at home tomorrow night.。 If I can't finish it, I'll take a day off, and tomorrow is Sunday. )

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