Chapter 237: Life is Performance
Shangying wants to shoot the American drama "A Song of Ice and Fire"?
Chu Qiubai and He Tiejun listened with their mouths slightly open, looked directly at Gu Xiaofan, and after making sure that he was not joking, they were silent. [Full text reading]
Gu Xiaofan has announced many of his plans since he entered the film, which sounds like a fantasy, but none of them are as sensational as today......
They have seen a lot of arrogant people, but compared to Gu Xiaofan, those people are simply as modest as a grandson......
But the problem is that Gu Xiaofan is now holding the request of the successful Wei Ti of "Love Apartment", and just now the two of them also promised him to let him handle the funds, if he refused on the spot, it would be too inappropriate.
He Tiejun didn't dare to speak, he just looked at Chu Qiubai in embarrassment, such a big matter can only be decided by you, the chairman......
Chu Qiubai quickly returned to normal, and after thinking about it, he nodded and said:
"I can see it, Director Gu, you are very confident in the future of our group...... I plan to take these adaptation rights now, and then wait for us to make it bigger and stronger in one or twenty years, right......?"
"So to speak."
Of course, Gu Xiaofan wants to shoot, but it is impossible to wait for ten or twenty years.
During this time, there have been several groups of people in Japan and the United States talking about the adaptation rights of these novels, especially the future Japanese movie "The Undertaker", more than half a year ago, some investors took a fancy to the original novel, if it weren't for his adaptation of the script that the original author Aoki Shinmon liked very much, Aoki Shinmen may have sold the adaptation rights a long time ago, and the movies are not necessarily filming now. (In reality, "The Undertaker" was filmed in April 2007)
Not to mention "A Song of Ice and Fire", George Martin is still waiting to see how many people want to buy the adaptation rights...... Now that I have the opportunity, I don't want to take these adaptation rights over and talk about it, so as not to have too many dreams at night.
Chu Qiubai looked at him and nodded:
"It's good to have this heart, and I also think this matter is very promising, but I believe you also know that there is a time limit for acquiring the adaptation rights of the novel, and if you don't shoot it at the end of the year, the original author can still sell the copyright to other production companies...... So if we don't have a suitable script at this stage, it's probably useless for us to acquire the adaptation rights......"
As soon as he said this, He Tiejun immediately admired Chu Qiubai's old way of employing people.
On the surface, the chairman didn't seem to object to the matter at all.
But in fact, since he expressed his full support for Gu Xiaofan, he pointed out the most difficult part of this matter, and used a very ingenious way to make Gu Xiaofan retreat by himself.
It's useless for you to buy the adaptation rights of the novel, you don't have a suitable adaptation script, can you shoot it? Everything is waiting for your script to be written, and we will talk about this again!
In this case, even if Gu Xiaofan is really a tendon and insists on writing the adapted script by himself, I'm afraid it will be a few years before it is really written......
At that time, the money had already been used, and it was useless to write it!
So whether Gu Xiaofan agrees or not, he can't buy the adaptation rights with all this money.
But when Chu Qiubai thought that he was in control of the situation, Gu Xiaofan asked something that made him extremely puzzled.
"Then what kind of script will my adaptation be written, so that you think our group can acquire it?"
What does it look like?
Chu Qiubai couldn't understand that Gu Xiaofan would ask this, but he still knew a lot about the screenwriting industry, and he didn't know about the other two novels, but "A Song of Ice and Fire" ...... The most famous in the world, there is only one that is considered the best, of course, is "Game of Thrones" adapted by the screenwriter NB.
So Chu Qiubai didn't think much about it, so he pretended to mutter:
"The script is the book of a play, of course the quality should be better, preferably at the level of the editor of the West Bank Writers Guild called NB......
Now you Gu Xiaofan should know the difficulty and retreat, right? Although you can write "Old Boy" and "Love Apartment", there is still a gap between you and the master screenwriter NB.
Gu Xiaofan smiled in his heart, frowned and asked:
"Then Mr. Chu, if I buy all these scripts written by NB, can I use this fund to buy the right to adapt the novel?"
What do you mean? Want to buy NB's script hanging in the West Bank Screenwriters Guild?
Chu Qiubai felt ridiculous when he heard it, not to mention whether people were willing to sell it, even if they were really willing to sell it, the price of this NB script was now skyrocketing, how many copies would you buy for more than 7 million yuan?
Chu Qiubai looked at Gu Xiaofan, thinking that he was just trying to find a step down, and also sighed:
"We also have more than 7 million funds, Director Gu, if you can acquire the script of NB, it will naturally be a huge wealth for our group."
"Okay, I'll do it now~" Gu Xiaofan finally showed a victor's smile and turned around and went out.
Gu Xiaofan suddenly had a strange feeling at this moment, it seemed that after his acting skills improved, his observation of other people had improved, and he seemed to be able to observe whether the other party was insincere.
Everyone in this world is a performer, the difference is only that some people perform in the camera and some people perform in life......
Seeing Gu Xiaofan turn around and leave, He Tiejun couldn't help but turn his head a little worried and asked Chu Qiubai:
"Mr. Chu, you really don't have to let him do this, why do I think he might be able to get things done?"
Before Chu Qiubai could speak, Xiao Chen, the secretary next to him, couldn't help but laugh:
"Just him? Still want to buy NB scripts? Hollywood's six script hunters cried and shouted every day to buy NB's script, and the NB didn't let go, and I also heard that Warner paid $1.2 million to buy a script from this master, and they all came home in the end...... Do you think our Director Gu can have more face than Warner? ”
In the minds of many industry insiders, NB, which is currently ranked among the top three screenwriters in the world, is an unattainable existence, and whoever wants to pry a script from him will definitely be a shocking news.
And the next day, when Gu Xiaofan came to the chairman's office again, Chu Qiubai, He Tiejun, and secretary Xiao Chen were completely stunned.
He actually got the official script transfer contract provided by the West Bund Screenwriters Association, not a copy, but "Game of Thrones", "The Undertaker", and "Outwitting Tiger Mountain...... and so on, and the copyright of the adapted scripts of many novels......
At this moment, whether it was Chu Qiubai, He Tiejun, or Xiao Chen, they all couldn't help but pinch their thighs with their hands, wondering if they were dreaming......
After Chu Qiubai reacted, he hurriedly asked his secretary Xiao Chen to check the authenticity of this matter, and after checking all the links, he found that Gu Xiaofan didn't fool them, he really did what he said......
And on the website of the West Bank Screenwriters Guild, these scripts have also been mysteriously taken down