Lance came out of the bathroom, wiped his wet hair with a bath towel - he was drenched all over his body just now, and the first thing he did when he came back was to take a shower, and when he looked up the window, the torrential rain had turned into a light rain, and the sky gradually began to brighten, from navy blue to light blue. It's just that I don't know when it will stop, the thick clouds still haven't dissipated, and I thought it was just a thundershower, but I didn't expect it to stop all the time.

The creamy yellow light makes the whole interior dyed with a warm atmosphere, and the extremely strange but slightly familiar decoration exudes a sense of peace of mind everywhere. Originally, Lance thought that his memories of this place were blurred, but after he actually entered, every detail was so clear that it was as if it had always been hidden in the depths of his mind and had never disappeared.

In fact, after leaving Diorama Pictures, Lance is not nothing, after all, he has achieved good results in the past six years, although most of the income is reinvested in the company, and there are not many flexible funds that can be embezzled at any time, but Lance has not treated himself badly in his personal life.

This three-bedroom, two-bedroom apartment is Reims' personal property in the star-studded Century City.

Century City is one of the prime locations in Los Angeles, although the price is not as good as luxury homes such as Westwood and Beverly Hills, but it is located in the center of the city, close to Beverly Hills, Hollywood Boulevard, Burbank and other important places, which can be said to be a unique location for the film industry. So it's a lot of money.

The headquarters of the innovative artist agency and the international innovation management company, which are among the top five agencies in the United States, are located in Century City. In addition, there are a number of film studios and entertainment-related companies that are based here – Diorama Pictures is one of them, which is why Lance bought an apartment here in the first place – and it's only a five-minute drive away.

Standing in this space again, Lance once again felt the taste of "home" and relaxed all his feelings.

Percy sat quietly at the dining table, her light blonde hair would cover her ears, and she delicately and lightly depicted the contours of her angular features, revealing a handsome and cold temperament, and her eyebrows, like a long sword out of her sheath, were hidden in the shadow of the creamy yellow light, and she could only faintly see a trace of concentration between her sparse eyebrows. Looking at the pile of scattered materials on the table, he only felt that his eyes were black, and he didn't know where to start.

In Hollywood, for producers and agents, their most valuable assets are their connections and information - in short, they are unknown insider information and secrets, as well as a full set of information about key people and related precautions, which is their capital to gain a foothold in the fierce competition.

This messy pile of data in front of him is Lance's "property", when Lance left Diora Pictures, Ryan completely formatted Lance's computer hard drive, and all the data was emptied, even if he wanted to recover it, it was not so easy; Even most of these paper materials have been taken away, and the rest have been completely disrupted, unable to sort out their thoughts at all, and look like a pile of waste paper.

Percy has been trying to reclassify the information these days, but the difficulty of the task is far beyond imagination. At this moment, a sound of footsteps came, and when I looked up, I saw Lance oncoming. Lance changed into a smoky gray shirt, and his whole temperament softened, and he sat down on the opposite side of the table while buttoning his shirt.

Percy was slightly stunned before pointing to the coffee pot next to him, "What's your plan next?" Are 'Lost in Translation' going to continue to fight for it? It is difficult to inquire about Sophia Coppola's whereabouts, but it is not impossible......" Percy stopped halfway through his words, only to see Lance pour a cup of coffee, then add two sugar cubes, and pour a small half glass of milk, Percy was quite surprised - Lance didn't drink coffee so sweet before.

"The matter of 'Lost in Translation' will be discussed later, so you can show me the adaptation rights of those novels and the contract first." Lance set the coffee aside, then picked up the packet of skittles on the table, opened it, poured a few in his palm, and put it in his mouth. As a result, he saw Percy staring intently at the candy in his hand, and he put the candy in front of Percy and cast an inquiring gaze.

Percy came back to his senses, waved his hand in a panic, and rejected Lance's kindness, "Yes, the copyright of the novel adaptation." Percy began to search around, and finally found the target in the corner of the table, and handed it to Lance, "These materials have been completely messed up, and many important contents have been lost, which is a big problem. ”

Looking at the chaos on the table, Lance waved his hand indifferently, "At least you still grabbed some of it, I originally thought that Ryan would have destroyed these materials a long time ago." They all clearly know the importance of this information, and it can even be said that it is priceless, so Ryan will definitely not let him bring it out lightly. However, information is dead, people are alive, wisdom and ability are the real priceless things, "you sort it out, how many are and how much, if you don't have it, don't care too much." ”

After saying that, Lance didn't bother Percy's work anymore, but focused on the information in hand.

Percy looked at the man in front of him speechlessly, and then at the long watermark left on the ground where Lance's bare feet had just passed...... He tried to ignore the obvious watermark and calm down and get to work, but he could always see it, and he felt that his whole person was distracted, and after a moment of confusion, he glanced at Lance, who was engrossed, and finally stood up, grabbed a rag from the kitchen, and began to get busy.

After a brief flip through it, Lance found that there were actually six rights to the adaptation of the novel in his hands, which was really unexpected. You must know that the copyrights of these novels were bought before Li Jin wore them/crossed over, regardless of the quality of the novels, this vision is worthy of praise, no wonder Lance was able to see the value of "Harry Potter" at the very beginning.

Lance opened the top three novels and read the synopsis carefully, so as not to make the mistake of the last time and miss out on valuable works. But the result was disappointing.

First of all, it must be admitted that Lance has a unique vision, having studied English Language and Literature and Philosophy at the University of Southern California, Spanish and French at Cambridge University, and then at the Royal College of Dramatic Art.

One of the three novels that Lance has just read has one thing in common, both literary and social, and one of them is called "The Chaotic World", which tells the life of the young generation in Tanzania during a period of great social upheaval, not only about the short but sensational life of the protagonist, but also about the local life in Tanzania in detail. There's a bit of Jane-Austen style, but there's a distinctly African twist.

But the three novels have one thing in common: they are too difficult to adapt, and even more difficult to shoot - the political problems in East Africa are still in turmoil. At least for as far as Lance can remember, no one managed to make it to the big screen until 2015.

I then read the fourth book, but it ended up disappointed. Perhaps the expectations were too high before, so the disappointment is more obvious now. Lance felt his head start to swell a little, poured himself another cup of coffee, lit a cigarette, and prepared to continue reading the fifth novel, but after thinking about it, Lance put the fifth novel back again, rummaged through it, and took the contract out.

This contract was drawn up by Diorama Pictures, and the legal provisions are still heavenly for Lance, but it can be seen that the main content is that Lance transferred the adaptation rights of six novels in his hands to Diorama Pictures for $150,000. $150,000, which is a very low price.

However, if one considers the situation of Lance and Diorama, the Hollywood adaptation of African and South American novels in 2002 is indeed an impossible task; What's more, Lance is single-handed, and Diorama Pictures is a second-tier production company, and these adaptation rights are more valuable in the hands of Diorama Pictures. Well, $150,000 is a generous deal.

To make a horizontal comparison, Lance successfully won the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series at a price of $250,000; Ryan and Tucker then sold the adaptation rights to Warner Bros. for $750,000; Later, Warner Bros. bought the commercialization rights and patent rights of the series from J-K-Rowling for $300,000.

In this way, the transaction amount of this contract can indeed be regarded as generous. It can be seen that Ryan did spend a lot of effort to get Lance to act willingly.

Lance had begun to think seriously about whether he should sign the contract - at least, so that he could have a half-million-dollar campaign fund - and the six novels would not have the value of adaptation anytime soon, and might as well be used to cash out. However, for making a movie, $150,000 is a drop in the bucket, not to mention that he still has to pay taxes on this income.

Skipping those cumbersome legal provisions, Lance found the detailed terms of the six novels, read them one by one, and then Lance's gaze suddenly stopped, and a name came into view, "City of God", which made Lance's whole person sit up straight suddenly, and the cells in his whole body were mobilized.

Lance carefully checked the relevant terms of the "City of Gods", but did not find what he needed to confirm in it, so he threw the contract over, rummaged around the side, and found the novel at the bottom. Lance hurriedly flipped through it to take a closer look.

"City of God" by Paulo-Lins, Brazilian novel!

In an instant, the lights of the whole world were lit, and a wave of ecstasy came to his mind, this is what he has been looking for, this is what he needs most at this moment, this is what his heart desires! He's found a treasure! "City of God", this novel later became famous all over the world and was adapted into a famous movie - "City of God"!