Chapter 49: Novels that don't come to the shelves
"Yu Shuang, do you remember your dreams?"
Hearing Zhao Xiaochuan's words, Yu Shuang smiled bitterly: "How can you not remember, in terms of income, your dream has been realized." According to the work, hehe, it's still far from it. It's also the cause of my annoyance, there's always a sense of guilt for getting something that doesn't belong to me. ”
"Did you think you could achieve it?"
"Yes, yes, so I insisted on working hard at the beginning, and I believe that one day I will realize my dream."
Zhao Xiaochuan: "That's not enough, you should continue to work hard, you should get these things in advance now, and give back to readers with better works in the future." Actually, your current writing is not bad, at least at the level of a small god. You also know that those middle gods and minor gods, that is, they have written a few more books and accumulated some readers to achieve their current achievements. ”
"You don't write badly now, don't look at so many bad reviews in the book section, but do you know how many of them are invited by others? Moreover, you also know that there are many trolls on the Internet, and I haven't seen any works of great gods such as "Tease" and "Perfect" being sprayed everywhere. ”
Hearing Zhao Xiaochuan's words, Yu Shuang's heart felt a lot better, especially Zhao Xiaochuan's words: "You just get these in advance now, and give back to readers with better works later", which made him make a decision that others couldn't understand.
"Thank you, Xiaochuan, I know that you helped me to get this. I won't say much about the kind words, I will continue to work hard to prove to you that you are not wrong! ”
Hearing that Yu Shuang's mentality had been adjusted, Zhao Xiaochuan was relieved, and after hanging up the phone, he continued to be busy with the company's affairs.
The company is very busy these days, Zhao Xiaochuan wants to release an animated movie on Children's Day, the time is too tight, and the director is piled up together.
The 3D animated film of "Hulu Baby" has been completed, and this is just the beginning, the difficulty is to release it worldwide. Zhao Xiaochuan still underestimated the difficulty of this matter.
In the international market, there are very few companies that can release movies in international theaters, such as Disney, Marvel, Warner, etc. These companies are all from the United States, and their place in the world culture is evident.
The U.S. cultural industry leads the world, and continues to export these movies and TV series to other countries. With the exception of a few companies in the United States, there is no other company that can easily release animated films around the world.
Japan, which has an extremely developed animation industry, is only guarding its own one-third of an acre of land and releasing some animated films in China. In our country, there have been many years since there has been an animated film in Japan. Not only in Japan, but also in China, except for domestic films and American films, there are almost no films from other countries.
It can be seen how difficult it is to make Chinese animated films released in the world.
Compared with live-action films, animated films are correspondingly less difficult to release, because there are no racial differences, and there are also small differences in national culture.
In Zhao Xiaochuan's eyes, the biggest difficulty is how to make the cartoon released, as long as it can be released in the cinema, with the excitement of the cartoon, it will definitely get praise and attract the audience to watch.
To this end, Zhao Xiaochuan said that a large proportion of the box office can be given to the theaters and distribution companies responsible for the release of the film, and as long as the attendance rate is not high, it can be withdrawn from the theater chain at any time.
After Zhao Xiaochuan said such conditions, the negotiations between the various responsible persons abroad were much better.
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Bao Xinrong is the head of Cainiao Film and Television in the United States. Bao Xinrong's luck is better, at the beginning, "Shura in the Mixed World" and the famous video website Youdou reached a cooperation, and the click-through rate of "Shura in the Mixed World" was very high, which made Youtudou make a lot of money.
According to the person who passed Guò Youtu, Bao Xinrong was able to get in touch with a person in charge of distribution at Warner.
"What? Is your company going to release an animated film in North America? It was Wilson, a Warner principal, who spoke. He speaks English, but as the head of rookie film and television in the United States, Bao Xinrong's English level is very high.
Bao Xinrong replied in fluent American English: "Yes, our company intends to release animated films. Our cartoons have a high click-through rate on Youtu, and the quality is obvious to all. So, don't worry about the quality of the cartoon, and the attendance rate will definitely not be low. ”
Wilson shook his head: "There is still a difference between cartoons and animated movies, and besides, the release of animated movies is different from putting cartoons on the Internet." You said you wanted to release cartoons on June 1st, and as far as I know, Disney will release cartoons at this time. So, I'm not optimistic about you. ”
Wilson was polite when he said "not optimistic", but in fact, he thought in his heart that you would lose a lot.
Originally, Bao Xinrong was very unconfident about this meeting, so it dragged on for a long time, and he didn't know how to convince the people in front of him to believe in their company. It's too difficult to release a Chinese animated film in the United States. But today I received a message from the company that the company would rather give up a lot of interests than let the cartoon be released, so Bao Xinrong has the confidence to give it a try.
"Mr. Wilson, I know you don't think well of us, but why can't you give us a chance? I know that giving us the opportunity may lead your company to lose money as a result, so our company is willing to give you a large percentage of the box office. We don't ask theaters to show our cartoons as many times a day, even if it's one a day, two a day. If the reputation is not good and the attendance rate is not high after the launch, you can tear down our cartoons at any time. ”
Hearing Bao Xinrong say this, Wilson was silent, such conditions were not enough to make him excited, but he had already seen the animated movies produced by rookie film and television, and they were definitely first-class. In the presence of Disney, he is reluctant to release such an animated film to compete.
"That's it, I'll go back and discuss it with my colleagues, and I'll contact you again when I have the result."
Bao Xinrong was very apprehensive, and it was very important whether he could negotiate. For this domestic cartoon, in addition to the domestic box office market in China, this is the second largest box office market in the world. Warner has the ability to distribute movies in both the United States and Canada, and as long as it negotiates with Warner, it is equivalent to getting the United States and Canada.
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On a certain Chinese Internet, Yu Shuang's novel is updated nearly 10,000 words a day, and now it is 250,000 words, and it is almost time to put it on the shelves. Yu Shuang's editor, Jiang Wen, sent him a message about the problem of putting it on the shelves.
Ordinary writers do not have this qualification to discuss things on the shelves, and they can only be put on the shelves if certain conditions are met. When the editor thinks that you can put it on the shelf, he will notify the writer in advance and tell the writer that the book will be put on the shelf.
Yu Shuang sent Jiang Wen a message back saying that he had decided not to put it on the shelves, and the whole book was free. When Jiang Wen saw this information, he couldn't believe his eyes. This question was a bit strict, and he hurriedly contacted the editor-in-chief, Zhou Sixian.
A certain point of Chinese only signed the electronic copyright of "Mixed World Asura" with Yu Shuang, that is to say, the income of a certain point of Chinese network is only a reward and subscription share. Now Yu Shuang said that he can't put it on the shelf, which means that a large part of his income source has been lost at a certain point.
This is no longer simply a matter for Yu Shuang himself, but a matter for both parties. According to the contract, Yushuang must comply with the listing arrangement of the website.
After Yu Shuang made this decision, regardless of Jiang Wen's reaction, he released such a statement in the novel, to the effect that he knew that he didn't write well, so the whole book was not on the shelves, so everyone read it for free, and hoped that everyone would not post negative comments. He also said that he would continue to work hard and write a novel that would satisfy all readers.
When Zhou Sixian knew that Yu Shuang didn't want to put it on the shelves, he knew about Yu Shuang's statement before he asked the reason. He calculated an account in his heart, after the book became popular, although they gave resources such as recommendation bits, but just by rewarding, the website made a lot of profits.
Whether the book is on the shelves is controlled by the website backend, and they can put "Mixed World Shura" on the shelves regardless of Yu Shuang's request, but Zhou Sixian still gave up this idea. There is no need to offend Yu Shuang because of this kind of thing, he is destined to become a great god. Besides, just tipping, the website has already earned a lot, and you can't be greedy.
What Yu Shuang and Zhou Sixian didn't expect was that after the statement was released, the number of tips in one day was fully doubled compared to the previous day. Although there are still a lot of negative comments in the book review area, there are more comments expressing support and encouraging Yu Shuang.
After deciding not to put it on the shelves, the income from the reward is estimated to be more than the income from the subscription on the shelves.
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