Zhang Dabeard is everyone's nickname for him, because he has a full beard.

His real name is Zhang Weishen, a native of the 50s, he has been an actor and a director, but in general, it is his job to be a producer. has supervised and produced many TV series, including CCTV dramas such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin", and it can be said that he is a well-known producer in the industry.

Occasionally, he also directs several TV series.

Zhang Dabeard Studio is a film and television studio established by Zhang Weishen and Huayi Brothers, a domestic private film company.

Because the studio has produced several martial arts films adapted from classic novels by famous Hong Kong and Taiwan artists, the ratings are good, so Zhang Dabeard is ready to make persistent efforts and continue to drum up martial arts films.

The goal is set on the recently popular "Legend of the Condor Heroes".

During the SARS period, Zhang Dabeard's work was put on hold for a while, and he stayed at home and didn't go out much, so he just spent this boring time with a set of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

""Shooting the Condor" is quite readable, the quality of the work is high, and the storyline is full of ups and downs, which is no worse than the works of famous Hong Kong and Taiwan artists." Zhang Dabeard said to Yu Min, the studio's contracted director.

Yu Min is Zhang Jizhong's apprentice, who can direct and supervise, and he signed a contract with another studio to director Zhao Jian, who is Zhang Dabeard's right-hand man.

Several martial arts films in the studio are supervised by Zhang Dabeard, Yu Min directs literary dramas, and Zhao Jian directs martial arts dramas, with division of labor and cooperation.

Pushing his glasses, Yu Min said: "Indeed, after reading this set of books, I feel a heroic breath that is rolling in my stomach." Teacher, you say, this post-80s kid named Zhang Tan can really write such a good novel? Will you find someone to write for you? Blow it out. ”

Zhao Jian, who was eating apples next to him, interjected: "Didn't you read the newspaper?" Didn't it say above, Zhang Tan's father was a laid-off worker. My mother is a farmer, so where did I find someone to write for me. In this world, you have to believe that some people are geniuses. ”

Zhang Dabeard praised and said: "It doesn't matter if this Zhang Tan is a genius or not, as long as his books are good." East Evil, West Poison, Southern Emperor, Northern Beggar, and Zhongshentong, just rush to this majestic structure, this novel is worthy of our adaptation, and after the adaptation, it will definitely be popular. It's not going to be worse than the few films we've made before. ”

"Trust the teacher's vision." Yu Min slapped his ass and said, "If you have the copyright, don't give it to others." ”

"I've already asked someone to contact Zhang Tan."

……

Li Yan received a call from Zhang Dabeard's studio and was overjoyed.

Martial arts novels can not only earn royalties, but also earn various adaptation fees, but Zhang Tan's reputation was too weak before and no one cared about it. Now someone finally has a discerning eye and begins to want to buy the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". It is also a very famous Zhang beard studio in China.

After Li Yan relayed the good news to Zhang Tan, Zhang Tan was also excited.

I finally stepped into the film and television industry, a good field of pretending to be forced.

In addition to being excited, Zhang Tan asked rationally: "Who is Zhang Dabeard?" What is the size of Zhang Dabeard Studio? What works have you published before? ”

"Zhang Weishen is a well-known producer who has produced many TV series. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Water Margin" he participated in the production work. The studio was established by him in cooperation with Huayi Brothers, Huayi Brothers is responsible for investment, and the studio is responsible for production. ”

Zhang Tan nodded: "It seems to be a powerful studio." Then you can talk about film and television adaptation rights. ”

"Shooting the Condor" is a classic.

Although Zhang Tan is eager to be adapted, he also has to watch the people cook. If it was the kind of small company that didn't have much reputation and ability, Zhang Tan would not agree. Anyway, good wine is not afraid of deep alleys. He would rather wait a little longer than casually sell the adaptation rights to someone else.

made a bad movie, that is ruining his name.

If you want to shoot, you must at least shoot the level of 83 Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, and Weng Meiling's version of "Shooting the Condor", and then 94 Zhang Zhilin and Zhu Yin's version are also OK. As for the other versions, Zhang Tan didn't like them very much.

"Sister Li, I'll leave it to you to discuss the adaptation rights with Zhang Dabeard's studio. Let's see how to contact a knowledgeable person to come over and have a good look at this film and television adaptation right. Zhang Tan is self-aware of himself, although he has the experience of a thirty-year-old person, he didn't know anything about the film and television industry before.

Really let him talk to people himself, maybe he will be sold and help him count the money.

It's not okay for Li Yan to talk about it, you have to find someone who knows how to do it.

Looking for someone like this, of course, leave it to the assistant Li Yan.

Zhang Tan only needs to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and take the helm behind the scenes.

Li Yan nodded and asked: "An old classmate of mine, who works in the TV drama management center of Anwei TV station, is more professional in TV dramas, I can ask him to come over to help." In terms of adaptation, do you have any requirements? ”

"Of course there are requirements, you can invite your old classmates out first, have a meal together, and discuss and discuss."

The next day, Li Yan asked her old classmate out.

He is a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and dressed as a successful person. Although the tone of his speech is a bit official, there is real material, and he explains the film and television industry, especially the operation of TV dramas. Zhang Tan immediately entrusted him and Li Yan to go to Bei Yan to discuss the film and television adaptation rights of "Shooting the Condor" with Zhang Dabeard Studio.

Talking about the right to adapt, Zhang Tan also explained the bottom line.

In terms of price, Zhang Tan didn't fancy it too much, after all, it was the first novel to be adapted, and it didn't go through the market consideration, and asking too much would scare away others. However, it can't be too low, the quality of the work is put here, you must know that Jin Yong's original film and television adaptation rights can't be won without millions.

However, Jin Yong is also too good, his works have been adapted over and over again, and each of them can cause a sensation, sitting at home every year and doing nothing, the copyright fee alone exceeds 10 million. If you make enough money, you can even sell the copyright for a dollar, don't be too chic.

In terms of price, Zhang Tan doesn't have much requirements, but in terms of the script, Zhang Tan has limited the bottom line, can't drastically change the story structure, and can't adapt the work into four different ways. When Zhang Tan created the novel, he incorporated a lot of film and television dramas, and it was filmed chapter by chapter according to the story written by Zhang Tan, which was a good-looking TV series.

Especially for the TV series adapted from the first version, Zhang Tan hopes to restore the content of the novel to a high degree. If someone remakes it in the future, change it casually at that time, and Zhang Tan won't ask.

That's basically the one thing you requirement.

In this way, boarding the plane to the north, Li Yan and her old classmates talked about the adaptation rights.

Zhang Tan stayed in Hehuai to cooperate with the publishing house to promote the new book.

……

There is nothing new about the so-called propaganda, that is, interviews by reporters.

There were still many reporters who asked to interview Zhang Tan, but in the end, only three media outlets were selected, and the other newspapers and magazines were all invited to issue press releases.

The three media outlets are Hehuai Evening News, Southern Weekly, and China Youth Daily.

"Heqi Evening News" is based on the local best-selling authors, and once again reports on Zhang Tan's young fame, as well as the changes in life during this period of time after "Shooting the Condor" became popular.

And Zhang Tan feels that he hasn't changed much.

Or maybe it's a psychological problem, making a lot of money, Zhang Tan is still very low-key in addition to wanting to buy a car and a house. You can eat delicious food at food stalls, you can run around on a bicycle, and you can suck a bottle of yogurt for a long time. If you don't feel like you've become a celebrity, you can't look down on this or that.

He still has to listen to what his mother says, he never disturbs the teacher in class, and he doesn't put up a fight in front of his classmates.

Whoever is polite to him, he will be polite to whomever he is.

It's just that I can't bend my knees anymore, I no longer feel humble, I see that the leaders are all equal and communicative, and I can't see it anymore and throw my sleeves and leave.

"It's probably a little more so-called literati arrogance." Zhang Tan thought to himself.

"China Youth Daily" asked for some information about Zhang Tan and compiled a list of Zhang Tan's growth path.

Southern Weekly is the only one that focuses on Zhang Tan's new book.

Or the reporter last time: "Congratulations on the publication of your new book "The Condor Heroes". ”

"Thank you." Zhang Tan smiled back.

""The Condor Heroes has a million words, right?"

"That's right."

""Shooting the Condor" is 1.2 million words, you started writing it in July last year, and now it is also July, a whole year. Two books, 2.2 million words, that's a really remarkable achievement. ”

Zhang Tan sighed and said: "Yes, I think it's a bit incredible that I have written so much content unconsciously. ”

"How do you create each day and how much time does it take?"

"Well, I'm still in school, so I always write novels in the evenings. At the beginning of the evening self-study, I continued to write until more than 11 o'clock in the middle of the night, because I am very fast, I can write about 3,000 words in an hour, and I can complete more than 200,000 words in a month. The outline is planned, and it is actually very fast to write. ”

"There aren't many writers who write as fast as you do." The reporter really admired, "Is "Condor" a sequel to the Condor Shooting? ”

"Because I should say that I sketched a trilogy, the Condor trilogy. "The Condor Heroes" is a story about Guo Jing and Yang Kang and their descendants, and in general, the characters in the previous book, as long as they are not dead, will continue. Guo Jing and Huang Rong are still there, Yang Kang is dead, but the protagonist is Yang Kang's son Yang Guo. ”

"A lot of readers have a very high opinion of the novels you write, no matter where you are. The four famous female novels, or the new "Shooting the Condor", they all say that you have created a new style of martial arts, the heroic style of the great man, which shows that you are a very talented author. ”

Zhang Tan replied with a pun with a smile: "I also stood on the shoulders of my martial arts predecessors, and I made a little achievement." ”

"Let's talk about the creative ideas of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", how did you come up with the idea of writing such a story, why is it Yang Kang's son, not Guo Jing's son, these?"

"Okay."

Zhang Tan then talked eloquently, and the interview went very smoothly. (To be continued.) )

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