Stephanie Mayer held the child in her lap with one hand and typed with the other, engrossed in writing her novel. Although the publisher told her that the first edition of "Twilight" would only sell 100,000 copies, she wanted to continue writing the story.

She was a full-time housewife with 3 children and had no writing experience. One night, she had a dream that changed her fate, a mortal maiden and a handsome and charming vampire boy sat on a sunny meadow and fell in love. After waking up from the dream, she was moved by the plot of the dream, and was embarrassed to wake up her husband to share it, so she took a pen and wrote the story in the dream, which eventually became a chapter in her novel "Twilight".

Like many new writers, she put her works on her reading blog, waiting for a price, and after being sought after by netizens, the publishing house came to the door, and the novel finally got the opportunity to be published.

As she was tapping on the keyboard, the doorbell rang suddenly, and Stephanie Mayer had to stop what she was doing, walk to the door with the child in her arms, and open the door.

In front of him stood an oriental man, with a handsome face, a high nose, a pair of eyes shining like stars under the slender key hairs, and a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, giving people a kind feeling.

It's a little sunny, it's not that pale, and it's Oriental, otherwise it's a little similar to Edward, Stephanie Mayer was slightly stunned.

However, she was not a girl after all, so she quickly reacted and asked, "Sir, is there anything wrong with you?" ”

The young man smiled at Stephanie Mayer and said, "Ms. Mayer, my name is Cheng Peng, and I called you yesterday and made an appointment to visit today." ”

Stephanie Mayer pressed the door of her head, and just now she suddenly had an inspiration, and she devoted herself to writing a novel, forgetting about it: "Yes, you are from Miramax Company, please come in!" ”

Cheng Peng was not familiar with the United States, and it was quite troublesome to find someone, so he could only use the power of the Weinstein brothers to get in touch with the publishing house and then Stephanie Mayer before visiting the house.

He is not afraid that the Weinstein brothers will take the lead after knowing "Twilight", the novel of "Twilight" has not been published yet, it has no influence at all, and the vampire theme is quite old-fashioned, there have been no vampire movies that have been particularly successful at the box office in recent years, and "Van Helsing" released this year was a fiasco at the box office, and the vampire theme is not a good project for most companies.

In fact, after the "Twilight" novel sold in North America in 2005, not many companies were interested in the novel, and until 2007, when "Twilight" novels had been published in 3 and the novel sold tens of millions of copies in North America, the major Hollywood companies still had no interest in the novel.

In the end, the copyright of the novel fell into the hands of Summit Entertainment, which is only a second-rate company in Hollywood, and its main force is in the DVD market, and it has only participated in the production of a few films such as "Dancing to the Real Self" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". If the big Hollywood companies were interested in Twilight, the rights simply wouldn't have fallen into their hands.

And the Weinstein brothers' vision of watching movies is really accurate, but their vision of the project is not so good, "The Lord of the Rings" was originally a project of Miramax, but they did not agree to make three films, and were only willing to pay for two, and later proposed to make only one, which led to the project falling into the hands of the new line, and hundreds of millions of income fell into other people's pockets in vain.

After sitting down in the living room, Stephanie Mayer poured Cheng Peng a cup of coffee.

Cheng Peng took a sip of coffee, looked at Stephanie Mayer, and said with a smile: "I have read your blog, and I have also read your novel "Twilight" serialized on your blog, I am here for this novel, and I love this novel. ”

"Thank you, I'm so glad to hear you say that to me!"

"Your novel is great, unlike previous vampire novels, in the early novels vampires appeared as terrifying monsters, and in the seventies and eighties of the last century, vampires became melancholy and affectionate aristocratic images, and "Twilight" extracted vampires from the huge epic and placed them on teenagers, becoming a youth campus theme, turning vampires into a group of modern nobles with extraordinary tastes, and turning into a romantic love image full of mystery and charm, which is a pioneering achievement!"

Stephanie Mayer was a little flattered by Cheng Peng's evaluation, in fact, she didn't think so much when she wrote the novel, she just felt that the love between vampires and girls was very romantic, and when she was writing, she substituted her high school image into Bella's body, although her novels were sought after by many netizens, but no one has ever given such a high evaluation, and her good impression of Cheng Peng has greatly increased: "Thank you, this novel is my dream, I hope everyone can like it." ”

"It's a sure hit, a clever blend of immortality and eternal hope, and a juggling of instinctive bloodlust and a promise to protect one's loved one. The protagonist's irrepressible desire for love and confused heart in the novel is a true portrayal of the hearts of adolescent boys and girls, satisfying everyone's desire and imagination for love. Especially the girls, they all want to meet a perfect male protagonist, handsome, a little rebellious, but very gentle, and have a deep love for girls. Edward is the most complete boy in their hearts, and they will go crazy for him! ”

"You know the minds of girls very well, and you should be very popular with girls in high school!"

Cheng Peng smiled a little embarrassedly: "It's okay." In fact, I don't know much about girls' minds, but I especially understand Edward's state, I once met a girl and liked her very much, but for some other reason, I always couldn't express it, and I was very entangled! ”

"What happened to you?"

"She's my girlfriend!"

"When we first met, I thought you looked like Edward, but I didn't think you looked like you."

"Edward is the perfect lover in the hearts of girls, and I have a lot of shortcomings. Seriously, I'm very optimistic about this novel and hope to be able to buy the film rights to this novel. ”

"Sure, but I wonder what kind of movie you're going to make for 'Twilight'?"

Cheng Peng pondered for a moment and said: "This movie should be mysterious, romantic, and at the same time should have a little bit of melancholy, so the whole film will have a large area of green, deep forests, trees, green represents vitality, and the tone of the picture should be blue, blue represents mystery, the two colors complement each other, creating a mysterious and romantic atmosphere like a dream." ”

Stephanie Mayer's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she smiled: "Yes, you are so right, I wrote this novel because I had a dream, and the world of "Twilight" should be like a dream. But I've heard people say that Miramax's films are always very different, and they are completely different from the novels! ”

"You can rest assured that I'm not from Miramax, it's just that I'm not familiar with the United States, and it's troublesome to find you, and I happen to be working with Miramax, so I'll come to you through them."

"You're not from Hollywood?"

"I am Chinese, the company is in China!"

Stephanie Mayer was a little dumbfounded, she couldn't imagine what it would be like for her Bella, Edward, and Jacob to all become Eastern faces: "Are you going to make 'Twilight' into a Chinese movie?" ”

Of course, Cheng Peng will not make "Twilight" into a Chinese movie, the North American box office of "Twilight" is close to 200 million, and the global box office is close to 400 million, if it is made into a Chinese version, I am afraid that it will be less than 10 million, and he shook his head with a smile: "The movie will definitely be shot in Hollywood, and a female director will be found from Hollywood to shoot, because the novel is a female vision, and the perspective of the movie should also be a female perspective, and only a female director can delicately express Bella's feelings for Edward." ”

This film is really not suitable for Cheng Peng to shoot, it is quite different from his style, and the reputation of "Twilight" is very poor, the IMDB score is only 5.2, Rotten Tomatoes is only 40% fresh, and the Metacritic comprehensive media score is only 56 points.

Stephanie Mayer nodded and said: "I'm glad you say that, you really understand my novel, I know that the movie is completely different from the novel, there will be a lot of changes, but I don't want to change too much, this novel has a lot of things in me, I don't want to see a movie that is unrecognizable." ”

"Of course, I can guarantee this, maybe there will be some trade-offs in the details, but it will not hurt the bones, I will try to restore the world built by the novel, we will invite you to participate in the revision of the script, and even the choice of actors We will respect your opinion."

Speaking of this, Cheng Peng looked at Stephanie Mayer and said seriously: "I believe that "Twilight" can become a popular film like "Harry Potter", and I believe that it will be able to do it, so I hope you will hand over the copyright to me!" ”

Stephanie Mayer looked into Cheng Peng's eyes, and from his deep eyes, she saw sincerity: "Okay, I agree to transfer the copyright of the movie to you!" ”

Cheng Peng smiled: "Then, we can talk about the price now." ”

Then everything was simple, and in the end, Cheng Peng bought the film rights to "Twilight" for $1 million, and at the same time guaranteed that Stephanie Mayer would receive a 5% profit dividend when the movie was released.

Stephanie Mayer was very happy with the terms, and while she didn't have much of an idea of a 5% profit dividend, the $1 million price was a real deal. She felt that this man who looked a little like Edward was too good and generous, and she promised Cheng Peng that the rights would be sold to Cheng Peng when the sequel was released.

The contract was prepared before it came, and Stephanie Mayer signed her name without the slightest hesitation.

Coming out of Stephanie Mayer's house, Cheng Peng's face showed an irrepressible smile.

The "Twilight" series is not a gold mine, but a diamond mine, with a box office of 3.3 billion in 5 movies, and is worth more than 10 billion in addition to DVDs and other peripheral income.

But now is not the time to do this project, two or three years later, when the novel is popular in North America, and he has accumulated enough strength, then he can launch an attack on North America with "Twilight".

Shaw Brothers has worked hard, Golden Harvest has also worked hard, but they have all failed, Cheng Peng believes that he will be able to succeed, stand in North America, and plant the flag of Chinese films on the land of Hollywood.