Chapter 161: Game Adaptation Rights of "Zhu Xian".
The teenager's name was Zhang Jian.
If you just listen to this name, everyone may be very unfamiliar, but if you talk about his pen name, it is very, very famous.
Zhang Jian's pen name is Xiao Ding.
Yes, it is Xiao Ding who wrote "Zhu Xian".
Xiao Ding's first book was "The Dark Road", and the entire copyright of the book was sold to a publishing house in Taiwan, and it was sold for a total of 28,000 yuan.
"Dark Road" did not bring Xiao Ding much income.
However, Xiao Ding's second book "Zhu Xian" is a strong stroke in the history of online literature, this book is known as the "martial arts bible in the post-Jin Yong era", and it can be said that it has the most readers on the Internet.
Xiao Ding himself also knew that his book "Zhu Xian" had a very high value, but when he faced Gu Wei, he still felt a little restrained.
Gu Wei has been the boss for more than ten years, and he naturally has a kind of authority, especially when he is in business negotiations, he puts a lot of pressure on the other party.
"Hehe, yes. Mr. Zhang, I like the book Zhu Xian very much. More importantly, the major schools and magic weapons described in Mr. Zhang's book have very distinctive characteristics and are suitable for adaptation into games. Gu Wei said slowly.
He is usually very busy, of course he doesn't have time to read a book on the Internet, Zhu Xian was told to him by Gu Cancan.
Each of the games produced by Bright Future has been a success, but the theme has been limited to casual games.
However, as long as there is an online game company that pursues it, there will always be the idea of producing a large-scale MMORPG.
The profits of the bright future are quite considerable, but there are only a few casual games that Gu Cancan can can make simple and highly playable in her mind, and her personal creativity cannot be provided infinitely.
The planning department in the company also planned several games, most of which were killed by Gu Cancan, and only two are now being edited.
Gu Cancan learned about it in many ways, the history of entertainment is still slowly developing according to the pace of her original time and space, and Kou Tianhai's crossing has no impact on entertainment, at least as far as Gu Cancan understands, she has not found any impact. On the contrary, she has produced more than a dozen classic songs, which may have invisibly changed the fate of several singers.
To make an MMORPG, the first thing Gu Cancan thought of was "Zhu Xian".
The original "Zhu Xian" game was produced by Perfect Time and Space, which made Perfect Time and Space make a lot of money.
Now that the Gu family has entered the field of online games, Zhu Xian has long been in Gu Cancan's plan.
Now that the time is ripe, the purchase of the game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" can be put on the agenda, which is also the reason why Gu Wei and Xiao Ding met.
Xiao Ding heard Gu Wei say this, smiled slightly proudly on his face, took a leisurely sip of the teacup, put down the teacup, and then said slowly: "Yes, I think so too." I wrote this book with all my heart, and it was like a child of mine. ”
Does this mean that you want to sit on the ground and raise the price?
Gu Wei also smiled, he looked at Xiao Ding and said: "We have a bright future, I think Mr. Zhang has also understood, our company's research and development capabilities are very strong." Let's talk about the development of Zhuxian into an online game, which will definitely not insult this very good IP. ”
"I hope so." Xiao Ding answered, hesitated, and then asked, "May I ask Mr. Gu, how much is your company's bid?" ”
Xiao Ding is not a very good negotiator.
From some of his small actions and words, Gu Wei decisively judged that so far, no other person or company has negotiated to buy the adaptation rights of Zhu Xian, so Xiao Ding is very immature.
That's easy.
Gu Wei remembered that Gu Cancan once said that first, you must buy the game adaptation rights of Zhu Xian, and if possible, the film and television adaptation rights.
I feel that my daughter attaches great importance to Zhu Xian, and Gu Cancan's decision has never been missed, Gu Wei is determined to buy the game adaptation rights of Zhu Xian.
At this moment, hearing Xiao Ding ask how much to bid, Gu Wei secretly smiled in his heart, Xiao Ding was a young man after all, and he couldn't hold his breath, at this time, whoever proposed the price first would lose the opportunity.
"Hehe, Mr. Zhang, what is the price of your psychology, we can consult if you say it."
Xiao Ding pursed his lips, looked at Gu Wei and said slowly: "Mr. Gu, this is not kind, it is you who came to buy my game adaptation rights, and of course the bid is up to you." ”
Gu Wei laughed, leaned over slightly and said, "Some time ago, Zhiguan bought the game adaptation rights of Mr. Jin Yong's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", and the price is 200,000. ”
Xiao Ding said suspiciously: "Mr. Jin Yong's, how can it be only 200,000?" ”
"Unfortunately, that's the truth." Gu Wei said calmly: "You can go to the Internet to search for relevant news, and you can know whether it is true or false." ”
Xiao Ding's eyes were a little fluttering, and he was silent for a while, but he slowly became firm, and said to Gu Wei: "Mr. Gu, I firmly believe that my own is very commercially valuable, if you want to bid two or three hundred thousand, then there is no need to say more." ”
In a short time of thinking, Xiao Ding figured out one thing, Gu Wei would not lie to him, Mr. Jin Yong's game adaptation rights of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer" may have been sold for 200,000. However, Mr. Jin Yong's has already sold many rounds of adaptation rights, and now it is naturally impossible to sell the price.
Gu Wei looked at Xiao Ding appreciatively, a young man with a very keen reaction.
"Hehe, then we won't spare the bend." Gu Weizhi had already guessed Xiao Ding's psychological price, and said with a smile: "We don't mess around, our company bid 1 million to buy the game adaptation rights of Zhu Xian." ”
Xiao Ding's eyes froze, this price has indeed reached his psychological price.
His Zhuxian is indeed very popular on the Internet, but the subscription income on the Internet is only 20,000 yuan per month.
One million is his income from more than four years of network subscriptions.
At this moment, he was really moved.
However, Gu Wei started to bid for 1 million, does it mean that the game adaptation right can be higher?
Xiao Ding hesitated and said, "Mr. Gu, this price is a little low. ”
Sure enough, it was this reaction, and everything was as Gu Wei expected.
Gu Wei smiled faintly, took a sip of tea slowly, looked at Xiao Ding, who was a little nervous, and said, "Mr. Zhang, I am actually very reluctant to bargain with people, so I directly gave the price to a price that both parties should be able to recognize." Mr. Zhang can consult other game companies to see which one is willing to invest 1 million to buy the game adaptation rights of an online network. ”
"No one can say how well the game is accepted by the public with the adaptation of the game online, and we are also taking a considerable risk. And our bid, I think, has shown our sincerity. Mr. Zhang can think about it again. ”
Gu Wei no longer gave in, and in the end, the meeting failed to make a final decision.
Afterwards, Xiao Ding also relied on his own channels to understand that Mr. Jin Yong sold the game adaptation rights of Zhiguan's "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", which was really only 200,000, and he tried to contact two game companies, but the result was not to mention the bid, and the other party had no willingness to buy.
Xiao Ding finally gave up, and after contacting him again in the bright future, he agreed to sell the game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" for one million yuan, and Gu Wei increased 200,000 yuan and bought the film and television adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian".
The game adaptation right and the film and television adaptation right are both for a five-year period, that is, Gu Wei must release the game "Zhu Xian" within five years, as well as shoot the film and television drama of "Zhu Xian", and after five years, Xiao Ding took back the adaptation rights of the game and film and television.
The film and television adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" were also bought at the request of Gu Cancan.
Now the IP concept of the network has not yet appeared, and Gu Wei doesn't quite understand why Gu Cancan bought the film and television adaptation rights of Zhu Xian.
Of course, I bought it to shoot related film and television dramas.
Tang Ren produced the TV series of Sword and Fairy in 2004, and it became an instant hit when it was released in 2005, directly bringing Hu Ge from an unknown newcomer to a quasi-first-line popular student, and the fairy sister Liu Yifei became even more famous and became the dream lover of tens of millions of men.
The reason why the TV series has received attention since the start of filming, when it was released, it can be said that there are thousands of empty alleys, and the ratings beat all TV series in the same period, the reason why it can get such a huge success is that the player crowd of the game The Legend of Sword and Fairy has played an immeasurable role, and they spontaneously paid attention to and promoted the show.
That's the power of IP.
The success of Legend of Sword and Fairy made Tang realize that this was a shortcut to success, and in the days that followed, Tang made several TV series adapted from games, all of which achieved very wide attention and ratings.
Well-known games are adapted into film and television dramas, which naturally have an aura, but unfortunately there are too few excellent games in Huaxia, and there are only a few that can be adapted.
At present, most people do not realize that the Internet is also a huge treasure, which contains countless IPs.
Of course, more importantly, now the network has not developed at all, at this time Qidian Chinese Network has just launched the second year of the VIP fee system, all aspects are developing, many popular networks, have not yet interviewed.
Under the background of such a big era, Bright Times spent 1 million to buy the game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian" and 200,000 yuan to buy the film and television adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian", which caused an uproar in the industry.
NetEase Games: A well-known company in the industry, Bright Future, invested heavily in the game adaptation rights of "Zhu Xian".
Sina Technology: Millions of people buy adaptation rights, how many people are stupid?
Popular Software: Looking at the development direction of online games in the future from the perspective of the bright future to spend money to purchase the adaptation rights of online games.
For a while, there were different opinions, and there were all kinds of opinions.
But most people think about the bright future, and think that this new rising online game company has money to burn, even if it costs money to hire the top game planners.
There are also companies in the industry that have studied well-known networks on the market, and have made special arguments for adapting networks into games.
However, at this time, the network is full of unclear logic, unclear power systems, and even contradictions, and the adaptation of online games needs to be changed too much.
Including Zhu Xian.
So most people are not optimistic about the bright future adaptation, thinking that it is just a gimmick.
In a way, this understanding is not wrong.
As far as Zhu Xian is concerned, if it is to be adapted into a game, it also needs to be overhauled, and the entire power system and magic weapon system must be reset.
It doesn't matter.
Back then, the perfect time and space Zhuxian game was actually dressed in the skin of Zhuxian, and the gameplay was still the routine of ordinary online games.
But it worked.
Because quite a lot of Zhuxian fans have gone to play Zhuxian, they have supported this game.
In addition, although Zhu Xian is also a routine, the playability is still good, and in the end, Perfect Time and Space has achieved great success.
At this time and space, the bright future has intercepted Hu of perfect time and space, and there is a cheat Gu Cancan assisting, I don't believe that Zhuxian online games will not be popular.
And Xiao Ding's "Zhu Xian" sold 1.2 million game film and television adaptation rights, which also caused a huge shock in the online literature circle.
You must know that the first brother in the online literature circle at this time is not Xiao Ding, but blood red.
And in 2005, the Red Boss had a piece of news that was widely circulated on the Internet.
"Blood Red: The First Million Annual Salary Online Writer".
When this news broke, a group of online writers were envious, jealous and hateful of blood red.
And now, Xiao Ding's "Zhu Xian" has sold 1.2 million yuan for the game and film and television rights alone.
Doesn't it mean that in fact, the real first person in online literature is Xiao Ding?
And the most critical point is that Xiao Ding successfully sold the rights of games and film and television adaptations, pointing out a new path for many online articles.
It turns out that in addition to online subscriptions and physical publishing, there is also a means of making money by selling copyrights.
For the first time, online writers realized that their copyrights could be very valuable.
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"Cancan, did your family really spend more than a million to buy an online book to adapt the game?"
Jiang Meiying chased Gu Cancan and gossiped.
She followed Gu Cancan to the capital several times, knowing that the Gu family's game company was still very strong, but spending more than one million to buy an adapted game was too much, and the money was not money?
"Really. What's so surprising about this. Gu Cancan walked forward non-stop.
Jiang Meiying quickly chased after her trotting short legs, very unhappy: "Hey, Cancan go slowly, wait for me." ”
Can you bully people with long legs?
She is now in Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.
After the EP was released, its popularity greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.
After the first batch of 300,000 sheets was distributed, all of them were sold out in less than a week.
Tianyu decisively stepped up the production of another batch, and increased efforts to re-pave it, and Gu Cancan even attended the singer meeting in many cities.
Nanjing is the capital of Jiangsu Province, an important central city in the eastern region, an important scientific research base and a comprehensive transportation hub in China......
Well, in fact, Gu Cancan doesn't care much about this, and the singers will meet in the reception room of a five-star hotel in Nanjing.
Gu Cancan hurried to the scene, pushed open the door and entered, and suddenly, a burst of cheers came from all over the world.
"Gu Cancan!"
"Little sister!"
"Little sister, I love you."
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