Chapter 295 Copyright Issues

With the fermentation of the word-of-mouth of the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and the gradual spread of popularity on the Internet, although it has not yet reached the point of being on the hot search, more and more people have begun to pay attention to this book, and this includes many capital parties.

Since the birth of TV dramas, many classic TV series have been adapted from classic literary works.

It is also an art form that has been adapted the most by TV dramas, and the wonderful stories in it are conveyed to the audience's sight through more figurative pictures, bringing people a more intuitive and exciting viewing experience.

The classic is always the most favored by film and television capitalists in the entertainment industry.

In addition to the wonderful story content, in addition, the popularity and audience of the classic itself is a natural heat, which can naturally bring a large wave of attention when the TV series is released.

And in the past few years, there has been a very strange direction about the direction of film and television adaptation.

Although martial arts has declined in recent years, TV series with ancient costume themes are the way to go, so in recent years, more and more classic martial arts IPs have been remade repeatedly, and they will be remade every two or three years.

Such a situation has been a common phenomenon in recent years, so even if the original work itself is hot, the audience who has been able to memorize the plot backwards has long been aesthetically fatigued with these works.

It's not that the shooting is bad, it's not that the story is not exciting, it's just that everyone is tired of watching it.

As for why there has been such a peculiar phenomenon in recent years, in fact, in the final analysis, it is because martial arts have declined early, and there has been no relationship between new classics in the past 20 years.

And now the classic martial arts IP has been squeezed out of the final value due to frequent remakes, and it is difficult to attract the attention and favor of the audience, and after it cannot bring more income, capitalists can only be anxious when they look at the hot market.

They needed to find new alternatives, to find alternatives to those classic IPs to replace the previous works.

Previously, many people have always believed that the Internet will be the product of replacing physical literary IP, but after continuous remakes of popular online literary works in recent years, there are very few works that can come out in the end.

Even compared with the original type of script, the reputation of the former is much higher than that of the latter in TV series or movies adapted from the Internet.

However, the difficulty of an original script is more than ten times higher than that of an adaptation, and the speed of script creation cannot produce a script as quickly as an adaptation.

This is also the reason why the screenwriting team of Jin Yu Entertainment can be called the ceiling of the industry, because Jin Yu's script is not only of high quality, but also fast, and of course, the price is also very high.

Moreover, in the entire entertainment industry, there is only one Jin Yu screenwriting team, and it can be said that the creation speed of original scripts is far from catching up with the needs of the film and television capital market.

This is also the reason why the TV drama industry has become more and more depressed in recent years, and there is no good IP to film.

And the popularity of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" continues to rise, which finally brought capitalism to this work.

However, after seeing the title of this work, many people followed it a lot colder.

Zhang Songnian turned out to be a spicy man.

If it were him, it wouldn't be surprising.

For the name of Zhang Songnian, the entertainment industry, to be exact, the film and television industry, is very familiar with these three words.

From the beginning of his emergence in Jinyu Entertainment to the present, Zhang Songnian has dominated the film box office market with one movie after another in two years.

Everyone can't even find a reason not to be convinced, the gap is too big.

It is reasonable for someone who writes such a great script to be able to write excellently.

And the most surprised person among them is Li Zhengming.

Recently, a very popular martial arts has come out of the circle, and Li Zhengming naturally knows it, but because he is busy with his work, he doesn't have much mind to pay attention to.

After all, if the entire entertainment industry wants to say which company has the most no shortage of IP, it is probably Jinyu Entertainment, because he can create IP by himself.

Most of the film and television works produced by Jin Yu Entertainment are scripts created by themselves, so Jin Yu is generally not very interested in adapting and remaking this kind of behavior.

It wasn't until the employees at the bottom told him that the person who wrote the book was called Zhang Songnian, that Li Zhengming reacted with some surprise.

If it was Zhang Songnian, then I had to pay attention, Li Zhengming immediately thought to himself.

At the same time, he wondered why Zhang Songnian suddenly chose to write about martial arts, which doesn't seem to be so lucrative in today's society.

cooperating with Jinyu Entertainment to make a movie, or a TV series Zhang Songnian can easily get tens of millions of income, and Li Zhengming couldn't understand Zhang Songnian's behavior for a while.

Although he didn't understand, Li Zhengming still asked someone for a copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

"The great man of chivalry is for the country and the people."

It wasn't until he saw Zhang Songnian write these eight words in the book that Li Zhengming felt that the whole person was also shaken in his heart.

These eight words are easy to read, but their meaning is not simple.

At a high level, these eight words can redefine the concept of martial arts, or there is nothing more suitable to define martial arts than these eight words.

Martial arts should not just be about fighting and killing, but limited to love and hate.

With great power comes great responsibility. The family and the country are all over the world, and worrying about the country and serving the people is the real martial arts.

This one is not just about a wonderful storyline.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can break ground in this world where martial arts has long been declining, because it really breaks the narrow concept of martial arts before.

Zhang Songnian is trying to redefine the concept of martial arts, and he is trying to create and open up new soil for martial arts.

And in Li Zhengming's view, Zhang Songnian has indeed taken the first step smoothly.

Li Zhengming began to understand Zhang Songnian's thoughts.

"Hehe, the young man is really ambitious." Thinking of this, Li Zhengming smiled with some relief.

Although Zhang Songnian is no longer a person from Jinyu Entertainment, Li Zhengming always thinks that Zhang Songnian was discovered by himself, and unceremoniously says that he is strictly speaking Zhang Songnian's Bole.

Being able to find such an excellent Maxima, Li Zhengming was quite relieved and happy in his heart.

In addition, from the perspective of a gold-medal screenwriter for more than ten years, no matter what aspect it is, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is very suitable for adaptation into a TV series.

If nothing else, Golden Feather Entertainment will most likely have another phenomenal TV series.

Li Zhengming thought happily, then picked up his mobile phone and dialed Zhang Songnian's number.

The phone was quickly connected, and after Li Zhengming said hello to Zhang Songnian, he then complained to Zhang Songnian with a serious face: "You kid, have you secretly done something big behind my back recently?" ”

When Zhang Songnian heard Li Zhengming's words, he didn't react for a while, and he was even a little confused: "What do you mean by Mr. Li's words?" ”

When Li Zhengming heard Zhang Songnian's reaction, he was a little speechless for a while, and he didn't take "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" seriously at all.

"You kid is still pretending to be stupid with me, anyway, did you write a book recently?" Li Zhengming could only ask directly.

Zhang Songnian suddenly replied with some embarrassment: "There is such a thing, but it has been published for a while, and my mind didn't turn just now." ”

It's not that Zhang Songnian deliberately pretended to be stupid, it's just that he really simply forgot.

Since the publication of the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he has left this matter to Zhang Lan, and he and Li Xingruo have not paid attention to this matter at all, but from time to time Zhang Lan will tell them some basic information about the book.

The rest of the time, Zhang Songnian spent most of his time practicing with Li Xingruo, preparing for the recording of the song "Because of Love".

This song doesn't seem difficult to sing, but it's really difficult to reach the level of the classic version of the original Eason Chan and Faye Wong singing.

At least for the current Zhang Songnian, it is still a bit difficult.

The original plan was to release a new song before March, Zhang Songnian had to hurry up and practice this song before March, after all, the time was a bit rushed, and there were only a few days left before March, so during this time Zhang Songnian was addicted to practicing songs and couldn't extricate himself.

However, I heard Zhang Lan say yesterday that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" seems to have a considerable sales of books in physical stores, and the popularity of the Internet is getting higher and higher, but it is more strange why no one has come to her to discuss the purchase and sale of copyrights.

It stands to reason that there can be such a popular martial arts, it is a film and television adaptation, and the copyright fee is also high, Zhang Lan has been looking forward to the book being sold for a sky-high copyright fee or something.

After hearing Zhang Lan's thoughts, Zhang Songnian immediately told Zhang Lan that even if a copyright dealer came to the door, he could not sell the copyright.

Zhang Songnian took out the Condor Trilogy, the king of the bomb, not to play a one-time deal, he wanted to hold the copyright in his own hands, so that after explaining it to Zhang Lan, the latter nodded thoughtfully.

Zhang Songnian probably could guess the reason why Li Zhengming called him, but in Zhang Songnian's opinion, this time the communication may not be too smooth.

After Li Zhengming heard Zhang Songnian's answer, he was a little stunned, but after thinking that the other party was Zhang Songnian, it didn't seem to sound so outrageous.

"You kid really did a good job, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the most exciting and patterned martial arts I have seen, the great man of chivalry, the concept of serving the country and the people is very good."

Li Zhengming praised Zhang Songnian, which was not a compliment, but his praise from the bottom of his heart.

As a screenwriter, or a text content worker, a work of this level "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is definitely what people in their industry have been pursuing all their lives.

After praising it first, Li Zhengming shifted the topic to business, "I won't do too much roundabout about the relationship between us, I'll just say it bluntly, I think your work "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is very suitable for adaptation into a TV series." ”

After Li Zhengming paused, he continued: "I called you just for this matter, how about we find a time to talk about this matter?" ”

came, Zhang Songnian was stunned in his heart, although he guessed the reason for Li Zhengming's call at the beginning, but after the other party really said it directly, Zhang Songnian was still a little hesitant in his heart.

It is impossible to sell the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" by itself, even if the other party who buys it out is Jinyu Entertainment.

Previously, the way they cooperated was to buy out copyright, if they suddenly said that they were unwilling to let go of the copyright, Jinyu Entertainment was afraid that it would be difficult to accept.

Zhang Songnian was silent for a while and did not speak.

Li Zhengming saw that Zhang Songnian didn't speak, and immediately asked with a joking smile: "What, have you sold this copyright to someone else?" ”

Zhang Songnian came back to his senses, smiled a little reluctantly, and then said, "That's not it, it's just."

Hearing Zhang Songnian's hesitation, Li Zhengming said very directly: "When did your kid become such a mother-in-law, just what, okay is okay, no is no way, if there is any problem, you just say it." ”

Zhang Songnian paused, and then said: "Mr. Li, I am very happy to see the adaptation of the TV series of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but the reason why I released this story first in the form is mainly because I don't plan to buy out the copyright of the story of this book at one time, which means that the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" must be in my hands. ”

Zhang Songnian's words made Li Zhengming suddenly realize, no wonder Zhang Songnian didn't take the initiative to find him this time, dare to love that Zhang Songnian didn't plan to sell the copyright in his hand this time.

However, from Li Zhengming's point of view, this request is actually reasonable.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has the qualifications to become a classic, which is destined for his work to experience countless remakes in the future.

If you rashly sell the film and television copyright in your hand, not to mention how much money you will lose, just seeing others indiscriminately adapt their own works after spending money, this blood pressure can rise in an instant.

However, from the perspective of Golden Feather Entertainment, Zhang Songnian's idea is not good news.

The copyright of the works produced by Jin Yu has always been its own, and in the area of copyright and IP development, Jin Yu Entertainment can be regarded as playing to the extreme in the entertainment industry.

And Zhang Songnian's idea this time is contrary to the principle of Golden Feather Entertainment.

But as a professional screenwriter, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a fatal attraction to him, as long as it is slightly adapted, the script of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can have all the elements of a phenomenal hit TV series.

In fact, Li Zhengming wanted to agree to Zhang Songnian's request at a certain moment, even if he couldn't buy out the film and television copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", as long as it could be adapted into a TV series and broadcast, it would definitely be profitable for Golden Feather Entertainment.

But the company is not his after all, and such decisions cannot be made by him.

Li Zhengming shook his head, and said with a hint of helplessness and reluctance: "Hehe, I understand your thoughts, but this is different from the way we have been working together before, I need to discuss it with the people in the company, and let's talk about it in detail after the results are available." ”

(End of chapter)