On April 1st, Stephen Zhao attended the press conference on the launch of "Painted Skin" jointly held by Red Star Media and the Rey brothers, although he did not speak on stage as one of the bosses of Red Star Media, but as the screenwriter of "Painted Skin", Stephen Zhao still accepted the bombardment of many media reporters.

"May I ask Mr. Stephen Zhao, how did you come up with the idea of the script "Painted Skin"?"

"May I ask Mr. Zhao, what made you decide to co-produce this magic-themed special effects blockbuster with Rey Brothers?"

"May I ask Mr. Zhao, "Smiling Proud Jianghu" is being serialized on the Internet and has been welcomed by the majority of netizens and friends. When will the adaptation of film and television dramas start? Can Mr. Zhao tell us about it? ”

"May I ask Mr. Zhao ......?"

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To answer these questions, omit as much as you can.

Stephen Zhao replied calmly: "The idea of the script needs inspiration, Mr. Cao Baochuan and I hit it off at first sight, and when we exchanged opinions with each other, Mr. Cao Baochuan was also inspired, so the script of "Painted Skin" was so fresh and hot. As for the film and television adaptation of "Smiling Proud Jianghu", I can answer you clearly, it has already begun, and I already have a belly case, and I believe it will not be announced soon. Thank you! ”

Cao Baochuan, who was sitting next to him, smiled at him kindly, which was regarded as acknowledging his affection.

For the filming of "Painted Skin", Stephen Zhao is also one of the producers, but he no longer needs to stay in the crew all the time, he only sent a representative to keep an eye on it, and then notify him when there is something big.

Stephen Zhao has only two requirements for this movie, one is that the script cannot be changed, even if it is a line; One is to keep improving, preferring to shoot slower. It is also necessary to ensure the quality of the film.

The director of "Painted Skin" invited Chen Xin, a director in Xiangjiang, who is a relatively powerful figure, who has been working hard in the film industry since the 80s of the last century, screenwriter, photographer, editor, martial arts finger, director, producer, etc., he has done it, and he belongs to an all-round director.

Red Star Media sent Zhao Xiaogang as the assistant director. Gain experience in shooting big-budget films.

The male and female protagonists of "Painted Skin", the male protagonists are Wang Sheng and Pang Yong, one must be handsome and handsome, and the other must be brave and witty, which is difficult to find in the Chinese entertainment industry, and they are all first-line celebrities. The Rey brothers launched their "first brother" Chen Riming to play "Wang Sheng", and then director Chen Xin recommended Zeng Wenwu, a first-line actor also from Xiangjiang, to play "Pang Yong".

After looking at the past experience and image temperament of the two, Stephen Zhao has no opinion, because they are all in line with the roles they want to play.

As for the heroine. One is the nine-tailed fox Xiao Wei, and the other is Wang Sheng's wife Pei Rong. The roles of these two characters look similar, but the role of Xiao Wei is more brilliant and she is the real female number one, so there are more people competing for this role than for the role of "Pei Rong".

Among them, Stephen Zhao launched Tang Xinya to compete for the role of Xiao Wei, and the Rey brothers wanted their artist An Xuan'er to play this role.

But in the end, of course, Tang Xinya won. took the role of Xiao Wei in his hands, and An Xuan'er of the Rey brothers took a back seat. Finalized the role of "Pei Rong".

There's no way, who let the Rey brothers have already taken the role of the male protagonist "Wang Sheng", so they have to take a step back from the female protagonist and let Red Star Media take it away.

Regarding this matter, An Xuan'er, a chick, also deliberately lied in front of Stephen Zhao a delicate and delicate appearance. The charming big eyes, the two deep sexy dimples on the side of the mouth when he laughs, are really cute, and they make Zhao Xingchi's heart itch. Unfortunately, however, there is a problem of principle. Stephen Zhao will not budge.

Zhao Xingchi thought to himself: "Don't say it's so cute, even if it's Brother Chengtianxing's coquettishness, it's not negotiable, unless it's ......."

After thinking of the worst, Zhao Xingchi didn't dare to think about it, he was afraid that the evil fire would rise.

This society still needs positive energy, otherwise it will be swept away by river crabs.

On April 2nd, Stephen Zhao contacted Silian Publishing House and told him what he had about the fanfiction contest, and asked them to comment on it.

"Fan Art Contest?" Yan Minjun was stunned for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Although it is theoretically feasible, but no one has done anything about this, so I can't be sure what the result will be, there is a certain risk." ”

"What are the risks? Could it be that if I don't authorize it, those online writers won't be able to write fandom? On the contrary, it will hurt my interests even more. In this case, I might as well go out with a generous authorization and make these things public. Stephen Zhao replied.

"Web writer?" Yan Minjun thought about it, and then sighed and said: "The economic level is like this, piracy is inevitable, this is something that can't be helped." ”

The matter of the same work competition,The two of them have decided like this.,Led by Silian Publishing House and Stephen Zhao.,It's scheduled to be officially launched on April 5th.。

However, at this time, Li Xuebin, vice president of the interactive entertainment department of Crooked.com, suddenly visited Red Star Media and caught Stephen Zhao off guard.

Li Xuebin has two intentions, one is to obtain the online game adaptation rights of the two novels "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Smiling Proud Jianghu", and the other is to hope that Stephen Zhao will become the nominal director of the interactive entertainment department of Crooked Network, and then log on to the literary website of Interactive Entertainment: Crooked Literature Network to stand for them.

The former one is very simple, as long as the price is satisfactory to Stephen Zhao, Stephen Zhao will definitely not let the online game adaptation rights of these two novels rest in his hands.

Previously, there were also many online game companies that wanted to obtain the online game adaptation rights of these two novels, but some online game companies were weak, and some online game companies were reluctant to spend money, so Stephen Zhao swept them all out.

Crooked.com is the No. 1 Internet company in Huaxia, and only one game department is stronger than other professional online game companies.

Li Xuebin gave the price code of the crooked network: 10% of the game's profits!

There is no doubt that this is a sky-high price, and the sincerity of the crooked net is not insufficient, it has reached the point of losing money, and Zhao Xingchi has no ability to resist at all, so he surrendered directly.

A popular online game, with an annual revenue of more than 100 million, is sprinkled with water, which is usually the result of those online game companies that are not strong. If you use a giant network company like Crooked Net to run a popular online game. If you don't earn 1 billion in a year, it's a loss.

As far as Stephen Zhao knows, the most profitable online game on Crooked Net is a shooting game, which earned nearly 1 billion US dollars last year alone, and nearly 62 billion yuan in synthetic yuan!

Online games adapted from martial arts novels cannot, of course, create such a fabulous revenue, after all, the subject matter is limited. It is difficult to create 1 billion in revenue, but it is no problem to break 100 million a year.

What does this mean?

This means that Stephen Zhao sits at home and doesn't do anything, and he has at least 10 million yuan a year.

A "Legend of the Condor Heroes" and a "Smiling Proud Jianghu" are directly equivalent to an annual income of at least 20 million!

Although the lifespan of an online game is only a few years, Stephen Zhao believes that the online game adaptation rights of these two novels can bring him at least 100 million net income.

If you have more money, you can really kill people, even if you can't kill people. It can also bend people's knees.

After signing the contract happily, Stephen Zhao was in a very happy mood, and Qian Minli and the rest of the company looked at Stephen Zhao very differently.

"This is the master of making money!" Even Han Minzhong, who is in charge of the entire Red Star Media, sighed heartily.

Regarding the other intention of the crooked net, Stephen Zhao was a little caught off guard.

Serving as a nominal director of the interactive entertainment department of Crooked.com? This is a naked smash for him with money.

Landing on the crooked literature network? This was a bit unexpected by Stephen Zhao.

"The purpose of our crooked company's interactive entertainment department is to integrate the resources of the entire industry chain, from the core IP to the film and television, animation, comics, etc., and now we have all the conditions, but we lack high-quality IP, so we set our sights on Mr. Zhao. I hope Mr. Zhao can provide us with this help, and the company is grateful! Li Xuebin looked at Zhao Xingchi with sincere eyes. explained.

IP, many people only know that this is a network address, but in fact, this is also an abbreviation for intellectual property.

In order to integrate online and offline resources and develop the literature, animation, film and television industry chains, the first thing needed is not technology, but core high-quality IP. Then open up the animation and film and television industry chain around IP, and interact with consumers for entertainment.

In this way, it makes sense that Crooked Net deliberately came to Zhao Xingchi.

However, Stephen Zhao didn't have any heartbeat. On the contrary, it is quite worried.

The reason is very simple, the core IP of Crooked Net, the aim is online literature.

Although he is a writer of martial arts novels, martial arts novels have been followed by the efforts of famous writers such as Qinglongzi, Wolongsheng, Tianhe Sanren and so on decades ago, and martial arts novel writers have been promoted to the ranks of traditional writers, and they are no longer novels of the lower ninth rate, and he naturally belongs to the ranks of traditional writers.

A traditional writer who stands up for online literature with great fanfare will cause "public outrage".

Whether it's high or hypocritical, it's a fact that traditional writers look down on online novel writers, and it's useless to deny it, it's not up to personal will.

Perhaps only after more than ten years or decades, when online literature has completely grown, will it be possible for online novel writers to be on a par with traditional writers.

But for now, we don't see the desired results.

"Do you want me to be the first person to eat crabs?" Zhao Xingchi thought hesitantly.

Li Xuebin didn't speak, just quietly waited for his reply.

Zhao Xingchi's eyes always paid attention to Li Xuebin's movements, and when he saw him so calm, he was immediately impressed by him, and the balance in his heart began to favor him.

Five minutes later, Stephen Zhao finally gave his answer: "Happy cooperation!" ”

Li Xuebin was overjoyed, and hurriedly stood up to shake hands with him, and thanked: "Xie Lu Xie Zhao for your support, thank you very much!" ”

Stephen Zhao smiled, his expression a little strange.

After thinking for five minutes, he thought of his previous life as a street fighter, which was his lost youth as a street fighting network writer! (To be continued......)