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If you follow the fifth episode of "The Walking Dead", the advertising revenue is 42. If you calculate it by the standard of 50,000 yuan, it is already the second most popular program in the world "American Idol" (54. $50,000) and even sold out the most popular sports show "Sunday Night Rugby" (370,000)!

This data has officially become the NO of American dramas. 1！！ Only according to the 4th episode every 30 seconds 340,000~37. At the standard of $5, the advertising value of "The Walking Dead" also leaves popular series such as "Ugly Betty" on the public network ABC, "Bone Trace" on FOX, and "The Romance of Mom and Dad" on CBS far behind~~

On the other hand, the soundtrack CD of "The Walking Dead" was snapped up by fans as soon as it hit the market in North America, and according to the record store owner, since "The Walking Dead" aired on television, those records of similar dark style reggae rock have sold more than in the same period before, knowing that this style was previously considered "outdated and unacceptable music by young people" by the pop music industry. ”

In Yahoo's "Horror TV Series of the Century" Youth Voting Awards, "The Walking Dead" was elected as the "Best Horror Series of the Century" without suspense and high votes, and also swept "Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Music" and almost all the awards that participated in the nominations, even the popularity of the previously popular "Evil Liliang" series could not match it.

And those zombies in "The Walking Dead" whose actions are real and not exaggerated, were ridiculed by "Resident Evil" fans at the beginning, and now they have gradually set off a unique trend of horror in the United States and even the world. As the New York Times said, this also allows the market to see the demand and potential of the theme of "Doomsday Zombies", and once it is revealed, the market will not remain indifferent, and Warner wants to buy the adaptation rights of "The Walking Dead" and make it into a movie of the same name.

"Jonas, how are you Warners going to adapt?" Li Xiaole held the telephone microphone in his hand, leaned against the cabinet in the open kitchen, and watched Scarlett with an apron on the opposite side busy working.

After participating in the filming of genius director Christopher Nolan's "Deadly Magic", Scarlett was free to come to Li Xiaole again and continue her "negative recovery negative" Jihua.

Li Xiaole asked Jonas Revola, the producer of Warners on the other side of the phone, and only Scarlett washed the cabbage, this was a telephone conversation to determine the initial intention, but he didn't care about the copyright transfer at all, although he didn't spend much money to get the film copyright from Robert, and he could make at least tens of thousands of dollars from changing hands, but now Li Xiaole is no longer short of money from selling movie copyrights; "The Walking Dead" doesn't need this publicity, but Warner, the neutral of Hollywood's six majors, seems to have an attempt to pick up a bargain.

Jonas Rivola on the other side smiled and said in a sincere voice, "Actually, we hope to invite you to join the screenwriting team; Of course, we would like and welcome you to be the director of the series. That being said, the producer didn't have any hope in his heart, this hot young director, but he has his own production company, and he can't co-produce with other companies at all.

A member of the TV drama screenwriting crew? Or the director? He's just talking about it. Thinking of this, Jonas Rivola added: "Lee, if you are interested, you can also be a co-producer. Although he is a well-known thorn in Hollywood, as a director and producer, Li Xiaole has a very good reputation.

"Well......" Li Xiaole frowned slightly, there are many differences between movies and TV series, including because the length of time on the big screen and the small screen is different, resulting in a completely different story structure; The two are like a pair of brothers, although they are related in the same blood, they are not the same.

The original story of "The Walking Dead" is very perfect, but it is very difficult for the long-form story to be changed into a movie within 120 minutes, as we all know, the story should be adapted into a movie, preferably a novella or a short film, there can be no more characters, and the story should not be too complicated, so that in such a short time, it can be clearly explained.

If it is a long story, it will be difficult to put it in a movie, especially a story with rich connotations, such as the famous novel "White Deer Plain" in China, the overall structure, story, and characters of this novel are all excellent, but it is very difficult to change it into a movie, although the original author and vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association Chen Zhongzhong were invited to serve as the screenwriter, and the big director Wang Quanan, who won the Berlin Golden Bear Award, Zhang Fengyi, Zhang Yuqi, Duan Yihong and other top actors starred, can be described as an elite gathering, But the movie was still word-of-mouth and unpopular at both ends of the box office.

Li Xiaole is not uninterested in filming the movie version of "The Walking Dead", but he doesn't think that 120 minutes can show the essence of this story, especially about humanity in the apocalypse, about this story, all the ideas have been filmed in the series, and there is nothing to make a movie version again.

"No, I'm not going to participate." Li Xiaole directly rejected Jonas Revola's invitation, shook his head and smiled: "You know that my own company still has a lot of affairs to do, and I have no plans to make other companies' movies for the time being; There is also the work of the screenwriting team, forget it. ”

Scarlett, who was washing the cabbage, looked back at him and asked curiously, "They want you to make a movie version of The Walking Dead?" "It's only been a few months, and the little director who was not popular with Sony before, has become a Hollywood NO like Warner. The sweetness in the eyes of the producers of Company 1 has become too fast.

Li Xiaole nodded with a smile, and after a while, he said again: "Yes, I haven't decided on a new movie yet, but no, David, co-producer and producer...... I'm not interested, I've already made everything I need to shoot in "The Walking Dead", and I don't want to repeat it in the movie. ”

"Oh! That's a shame. Jonas Rivola said in a low tone, a little reluctantly, "Maybe you should think about it?" "I heard the sound of "hmm" over there.

Jonas Revola slapped his forehead and gritted his teeth and said: "Li, since you don't want to participate, I won't force it, but as long as you transfer the film rights of "The Walking Dead" to me, we can negotiate the price again~~"

Li Xiaole also heard that Jonas Revola was bound to win the movie version of "The Walking Dead", and suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his heart, doesn't Warner now have a contract with Christopher Nolan? Perhaps this is a good opportunity to connect with Nolan and co-shoot the "Inception" of his dreams.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaole pretended to be careless and said, "I don't have much pursuit of money, I'm very sorry." ”

As soon as Jonas Rivola heard it, he knew that Li Xiaole had something to say, and he didn't have much pursuit of money? That means that he has a pursuit of art, and hurriedly said: "Li, if you need me to do anything, you can do it, I will definitely try my best to do it, do you fancy the copyright ......of our Warner's movie?" ”

"No, I'm not interested in your movie rights for the time being, but I'm interested in one person." Li Xiaole said in a flat tone: "You know, I'm a fan of Christopher Nolan, and I hope he can spare a few months to be the producer of a film for me." ”

"You're going to have Nolan be a producer...... Jonas Revola was stunned for a moment, but he was not surprised, after all, there are many examples of film directors admiring each other, George Lucas and Spielberg's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series is a very good example, and directors can usually learn from each other.

However, Christopher Nolan is a new generation of ace directors that Warners focuses on cultivating, and he has made it a little difficult for Jonas Revola to lend a few months.

Jonas Rivola hesitated, weighing the pros and cons, Li Xiaole knew that the seduction was almost over, and said softly:

"If I can lend Nolan to our company, then I can transfer the movie version of 'The Walking Dead' to Warner for free, so be it, you think about it slowly, zaijian." After that, he hung up the phone, not giving Jonas Rivolado a chance to say anything, and the negotiation was all about putting some pressure on the other party.

Li Xiaole hung up the phone, and only then did he see that Scarlett had made a mess in the kitchen, and only the cabbage roots were left after washing...... Yellow leaf fragments, all over the place, couldn't help but say speechlessly:

"I said, you should have come to curry favor with me today, how do I feel that you are here to destroy me?"

"I'm sorry, I've done my best, you know that even a genius like me has something that I'm not good at." Scarlett pursed her lips sensually, smiled charmingly, and changed the subject:

"Do you want Christopher Nolan to make a movie with you?"

"Well, that's the plan." Li Xiaole nodded frankly, but he was very curious about the opinion of Scarlett, who had just finished working with Nolan on "Deadly Magic", and looked at her and asked curiously:

"Scarlett, in your opinion, me or Nolan, who has a higher level of directing?"

"Well...... Scarlett looked at the ceiling with some embarrassment, flicked the golden bangs in front of her forehead and said: "You are all excellent, you have a wonderful talent, you are good at digging some delicate things in real emotions, you can always inject some breathtaking temperament into ordinary movies, the style is very changeable, very comprehensive......"

"But......" Li Xiaole asked as he blinked at Scarlett, knowing that the latter sentence was the point.