Chapter XXIII
Coming out of the negotiation building and looking at the sunlight shining on him, Ke Wen still felt that everything that had just happened was a little dreamy. Because he watched Lena use her own advantages to press the negotiation team of several film and television giants, taking the initiative of discourse into her own hands, and after almost a day of negotiations, she basically divided the superhero copyrights held by Kewen's consortium B into several parts.
The Kamen Rider series will all be filmed by the new streaming giant Netflix, and the first "Kamen Rider W" will be filmed in all episodes, and all episodes will be released directly. In terms of shooting, Consortium B, as the copyright provider, will have an editorial team dedicated to the Kamen Rider series of manga to follow up, responsible for providing reference advice on the screenwriter, of course, this screenwriter is Ke Wen himself, after all, the original script of the Kamen Rider manga was provided by him, a ten-year knight fan.
In this regard, in this DC universe, Kewen can proudly say that no one understands the spirit and meaning of the words Kamen Rider better than himself. In terms of casting, Ke Wen also has the right to speak, and then when Ke Wen, the original author, director, and screenwriter have a conflict on plot modification, they can report their opinions to Lena, as the major shareholder, and Netflix's management, and they will negotiate on the opinions they provide, and then finalize the opinions.
Immediately afterwards, it is in terms of profitability later, because "Kamen Rider W" can be said to be the pioneering work of Kewen in the DC universe to truly popularize the concept of Kamen Rider. No one has tested the waters before, so once it makes a profit, Netflix accounts for 70% of the profit, and consortium B accounts for 30%, which only covers film and television works, and the peripherals derived from its film and television works are 55%.
"Why is it only 30%?" A few hours ago, Kewen asked curiously when he heard the final result of Lena's negotiations with Netflix.
"So, you guy, you can only say that you are lucky to be able to run that company until now and not go out of business. No one thought that you were Kamen Rider, and you saved the world so many times, and you still have Batman and Flash, the most popular superhero copyrights in the world, let me ask you, have you ever made a movie, have you ever made a TV series? ”
Lena asked Ke Wen rhetorically, Ke Wen shook his head, and then also reacted, "No, you haven't made a movie either, could it be you..."
Looking at Kewen's changed eyes, Lena showed a kind smile, and then Kewen shut up, pinched his ears and knelt on the floor consciously, and by the way, he consciously took out his mobile phone from his pocket and put it on his lap.
Ke Wen was so knowledgeable, Lena also saved her hands, and continued to say there: "The Lex Group itself covers a wide range of fields, although it is mainly in technology and new energy, but no one will be too much about money, so we also dabble in terms of investing in movies, but it is just investment." To use a common saying, I haven't eaten pork, but I've seen pigs run, especially IP type film and television works like yours, there is also a saying. ”
Speaking of this, Lena also stopped popular science for a while, and Kewen looked at the empty cup in front of Lena, and also consciously knelt down to move to the coffee machine, and then handed over the loaded coffee.
"Sensible~" commented on Ke Wen, and then she continued: "What is the biggest foundation for your IP to become a live-action series, that is, fans." If you want to make this IP a real person, you have to publicize it first, let fans build momentum, and then offer a professional team to use various publicity channels to occupy people's lives so that fans and irrelevant passers-by know that there is such a work to be filmed. Immediately afterwards, the capital entered, got the money, started filming, and after the release, the money of the capital was returned, and the profits of fans and passers-by were divided into thirty-seven. ”
Oh, it turns out that this is the truth, Ke Wen nodded suddenly, and after a while, he felt that the content of this conversation was a little familiar. For Kewen's little white appearance, Lena also found it interesting, and took a sip of coffee before saying: "And you, it's a test of the waters, it's not that no one has made similar superhero film and television works before, but it's all fictional, plus our world itself has superheroes, and the impact is just like that, if you are a live-action adaptation of the comics authorized by Batman, then we must have more initiative on our side, and now, you can give us thirty percent, It's already up to you, Kamen Rider, to save the world several times. ”
Time back to the present, Ke Wen can't say anything about the popularity that Lena has given him, after all, he is indeed a novice in this regard. However, Lena also helped herself win enough benefits to be able to participate in the live-action production of Kamen Rider, and she still has a certain right to speak, and the copyright is also in her own hands, so there is a high probability that there will not be the kind of incident where the screenwriter and producer let themselves go and persecute the knights, probably.
In this regard, Ke Wen does not have much confidence, and about the copyright of other superheroes of his company with the same name, although it is also handed over to Lena, and the talk is about the same, but these old foxes are also waiting, they are all waiting for the response of Ke Wen, the first work of the Kamen Rider live-action series, only if they see the sweetness and see the benefits, will there be the next big production. And the only thing Ke Wen can do is to hold the copyright firmly in his hands and not let them fool around.
The thing I want to do is done again, and Kewen also feels that this day is still quite good, "Then next, shouldn't I go and tell that celebration monster, this universe can't find soda, it's not impossible to let him come, I just don't know if he agrees, don't ask me to shoot a Watts series for him at that time, it's really disgusting." Walking down the street, Curvin was also talking to himself, and when he dealt with the anti-surveillance people before, Watts, the celebratory monster, also helped him a lot.
He also remembered the condition proposed by Watts at that time, to be the protagonist of Kamen Rider live-action TV in this universe, and the dual protagonists are also the protagonists, so there should be no big problem. Thinking like this, Kewen was also going to talk to Watts about this after dinner at the office, but when Kewen passed by the city park, he also saw that there were a lot of passers-by here, as well as a few media workers.
Well? Is there still a melon to eat at this point? Looking at the passers-by in a circle in front of him, Ke Wen was also puzzled, and he was so curious that he also followed. Immediately after, he saw such a scene, in the city park, the statue of Kamen Rider W and Kara, who had transformed into himself, was flying in the sky, and the other was riding a motorcycle, and in the face statue of Kara and himself, on the position of the mouth, a smiley face was painted with red paint, and the position of Kara's eye statue was also painted with clown eye makeup.
And on the chest of Kewen's knight statue, the following sentence is written in yellow paint: Hahaha, Kamen Rider, you are a joke! Onlookers were taking pictures, accusing the guy of scribbling on the statue of his city's hero, and the patrolling police asked the security guard in charge of the park if he saw any suspicious people. But for Ke Wen, the accusations of passers-by, media reports, and police interrogations are no longer the point.
His eyes were focused only on the words on the statue and the makeup that had been smeared. Without saying a word, the mood that Kamen Rider could finally start live-action TV was also lost at this moment, and he left the park quietly with a serious expression.
At night, at the Planetary Detective Agency, Kewen and Zatana were eating a simple dinner there, and Zatana also noticed that Kewen's state was a little abnormal at this time. Usually at this time, Ke Wen is already very conscious of serving himself rice, but now, Ke Wen is just poking the empty bowl with chopsticks by himself, not knowing what he is thinking.
"Hey, are you okay?" Seeing that Kewen looked unrelenting, Zatana didn't have the heart to eat, and asked there.
"Huh? Oh, I forgot to serve you food," Interrupted by Zatana's thoughts, Kewen, who came back to his senses, also got up and took the bowl that Zatana had placed in front of him, served it for him, and handed it over.
Seeing that Kewen didn't plan to say anything, Zatana didn't ask again, just ate there silently. At the end of dinner, Zatana sat on the sofa and watched TV, and Ke Wen also consciously washed the dishes there, and after a long time, Ke Wen, who was washing dishes in the kitchen, said.
"That Xiaozha, how about you go back to the Tower of Destiny to see your father during this time?"
"How long will it take to go back?"
"A week, a week."
"Are you sure you can handle it in this week?"
At this time, Zatana also saw the news on TV that happened in the city park in the afternoon, and the superhero statue was maliciously graffitied, and when she saw the clown makeup of the statue and the sentence written on the statue of Knight Curvin, Zatana also understood why Corvin was in that state just now, for most people, it was just a prank, but for those of them who were mixed in the superhero circle, they all understood that there was such a person who would do this, the clown from Gotham.
As for the news of the Joker's death, there are only two or three people who know, Curvin, Batman and Dick who were at the scene at the time, and Superman and Wonder Woman, who Batman shared the news for the first time, and Wonder Woman, who is a confidante, and others, including members of the Justice League, think that the Joker has been imprisoned in Arkham Asylum. But this does not mean that Zatana, as a junior, does not know the horror of the Joker, and the incident that happened in Metropolis, which happened to Superman's wife and son, made Zatana remember it vividly.