Chapter 70 Kaitian Film and Television Adaptation
Kawl stretched out his paw and pointed to a poplar tree outside the window, howling twice. That meant that Jiao Bai understood, it was to say that it could eat poplar leaves.
"Okay, you can eat poplar leaves in the future, there is no shortage in this villa, remember not to have a tree, it won't look good if the tree is bald."
Koala went to the yard to inspect his ingredients, and Jiao Bai picked up the orange and drove out. Two days ago, the editor in charge, Hu Mao, called Jiao Bai and said that Director Li Guoli intended to buy the film and television copyright of "Open Heaven", and wanted to see the follow-up manuscript of "Open Heaven" first, and asked Jiao Bai if he agreed. Jiao Bai immediately agreed, after all, writing novels was just one of the ways to make money when he was poor and crazy. As Xingchen Games began to make profits, manuscript income was no longer so important, and saving manuscripts or something was not so important.
After Li Guoli read the manuscript of "Open Heaven", he personally called Jiao Bai on the same day, wanting to meet and talk about buying copyrights. At that time, Yaya was competing, and Jiao Bai, who was an elder brother, had to go to the court, so he didn't have time at all, so he postponed the time to meet until today.
The meeting place was about a rather high-end teahouse, and when Jiao Bai arrived, Li Guoli was already waiting in the box, and at the same time, there was also the tiger cat, the editor in charge of the starting point Xianxia group, and a lady surnamed He from the starting point copyright department. The three of them saw that Jiao Bai was nothing, and when they saw the fat cat Tangerine who followed behind and walked in with a swagger, their expressions were very rich. It is common to walk a dog on the street, and I have never seen a cat out to walk it. And this orange cat is also too big, with a body length of nearly one meter, and its body size is even fatter than a ball, and I don't look at the coat color, I think it's a pig.
"This orange cat is so big, I've never seen a cat this big."
"No wonder some people on the Internet say that the orange cat is not a cat, it is a mutated creature, I still don't believe it, I believe it when I see the orange cat raised by Mr. Jiao Bai."
"This cat weighs at least thirty or forty pounds, and it can be regarded as the king of cats."
Everyone teased the orange cat, but the orange ignored it, found a sofa and jumped on it, and began to sleep. In fact, this guy Tangerine is very arrogant, except for being more enthusiastic about Jiao Bai, the owner, and he is very cold to others.
Skipping the orange cat, everyone exchanged their names, greeted each other politely, and sat down in turn. Jiao Bai called a pot of Biluochun to come up, and everyone talked about things while sipping tea.
Li Guoli is in his fifties, and his temples are already gray, but he is in good spirits, and he is also very talkative, and he talked about some interesting things that happened in his past filming process. Jiao Bai listened with relish, he had never been in contact with people in the film and television circle, but he was still very interested in the people and things in the circle. After all, everyone has the heart of gossip, and the gossip of celebrities is even more important.
After drinking the first brew of a pot of tea, seeing that the atmosphere of each other was already quite familiar, Li Guoli began to talk about business,
"Mr. Jiao, I heard that the novel "Open Heaven" is a collective creation of your company's game planning, and I don't know if the copyright is complete. This is important for our cooperation. ”
"Director Li can rest assured that although it is a collective creation, whether it is the copyright of the novel or the adaptation of the game, film and television, it is in the hands of the company."
This point of Jiao Bai can be packed into tickets, in fact, the so-called "collective creation" is just Jiao Bai taking out it as a disguise. The real source of this book is the Fire Studio on the post-apocalyptic side, and absolutely no one has read it on this side of the earth. Jiao Bai couldn't say that he wrote it himself, so he made up a name for "collective creation". After all, the writing style of this "Open Heaven" is completely different from "Young Jianghu Xing", and it is too far-fetched to say that it was created by one person.
"That's good, that's good, then there will be no obstacles to our cooperation. In this way, Mr. Jiao, I intend to spend 3 million to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this "Open Heaven" novel, I don't know what you think? ”
Hearing this, Jiao Bai put down the teacup, shook his head indifferently, and just wanted to speak, but Li Guoli asked a little eagerly.
"Is Mr. Jiao dissatisfied with the price, we can discuss this again."
Li Guoli seems to be very optimistic about the prospect of adapting the novel "Open Heaven" into a film and television drama, and when he saw Jiao Bai shaking his head, he was a little anxious.
"It's not a matter of price, Director Li, you may not know very well, when our company operated the open beta of the "Open Sky" game, we did a whole set of publicity plans. Releasing a background novel is only the first step, and it will also include comic book adaptations, TV series adaptations, and even movie adaptations. If Director Li is particularly optimistic about "Open Heaven", we can change the way we cooperate. ”
Li Guoli became interested and asked, "Can you tell us about the specific cooperation methods?" ”
"Our company produces the script and is responsible for the special effects, and you will shoot it by Director Li. We require big scenes, big productions, and the effect of an epic Xianxia masterpiece. As for the investment, it can all be made by us, and of course, Director Li has other investors, and we welcome it. ”
When Li Guoli heard Jiao Bai say that Xingchen Company would produce the script and do special effects, his face was a little blue. What do Xingchen Games do, they make games, they may be very good at developing games, but they are laymen in film and television. In Li Guoguo's view, there are five or six special effects companies that can be used in China, and the others are all miscellaneous fish, and they are also at the level of five-cent special effects. Xingchen Games has never been involved in the special effects production industry, and it is strange to be able to produce good works.
However, when I heard that Xingchen Games would come up with the production funds of the TV series later, and asked for a large investment and a big production, my frowning brows stretched out again. Film and television investment is a high-risk project, and if you don't get it right, you will lose all your money, and you won't see the eight major Hollywood film production companies, all of which have lost into the big six, of which Sony is not one of the original eight. TV series are better than movies, but there are really not many companies that dare to throw money at them. Li Guoli is also having a headache about the investment problem of the TV series "Open Heaven", a TV series with the theme of Xianxia will inevitably involve the production of ancient costumes and special effects, and the cost cannot be controlled at all. Now that Xingchen Company is willing to pay, it is very good.
Li Guoli thought for a while, and then said: "It's no problem for you to invest, I have to read the script before I can decide whether to use your script." As for special effects, IMHO, it seems like your company has never set foot in this industry. I don't feel at ease when I hand over the special effects of such a Xianxia masterpiece to a newcomer in the industry. ”
Jiao Bai didn't care much about Li Guoguo's distrustful attitude, after all, Xingchen Game Company had never proven itself in this regard, and if he wanted to gain the trust of others, he still had to take something real.