I turned out to be top-notch!

Chapter 223 Kneeling
  On the way to Hengdian Film and Television City, Huo Jingquan's face turned blue and purple, and the roar of the big boss Xiong Zhenghua still seemed to be echoing in his ears.

"The board of directors has said that if the stock price continues to fall tomorrow, you should just take the blame and resign."

"I can't protect you this time, even I will be implicated."

"I will not give up on you, but you must also work hard to gain Zhou Dingran's understanding as much as possible. The company will also provide maximum resources to cooperate with you..."

Those words were plain and simple, but they were like needle pricks, piercing into Huo Jingquan's heart.

Huo Jingquan bit his gums tightly, and finally couldn't hold it back any longer, and slapped the armrest of the carriage seat: "Fuck!"

Because he was so excited, his spittle spurted out, scaring several people in the carriage into silence.

The woman sitting in the front passenger seat was wearing a black woolen coat and a white tight-fitting sweater. She was pretty and she was Huang Yuting.

At this time, she frowned and said tremblingly: "Brother Quan, I listen to you. I have publicly apologized for the second time. My sincerity is enough. This matter has nothing to do with me, right?"

"To shut up!"

Huo Jingquan scolded coldly.

Huang Yuting was silent again.

The young man sitting next to Huo Jingquan said, "Brother Quan, we will show our greatest sincerity this time and believe that the matter will be resolved perfectly."

Facing this young man, Huo Jingquan smiled and said, "Xinyi, I'll leave it to you this time. You and Zhou Dingran had the best relationship before. If you help me more this time, Brother Quan won't treat you badly in the future."

The young man has a handsome appearance and is a member of the Miracle Boys. During the period of "National Idol", he was a roommate with Zhou Dingran, named Wang Xinyi. Whether they are on or off the show, compared to others, their relationship is quite good. Not bad.

Even when Zhou Dingran was paddling while practicing singing and dancing, Wang Xinyi helped teach Zhou Dingran many times. Although this was suspected of showing off in front of the camera, the relationship between the two was not bad in private. However, when Zhou Dingran was When he was kicked out of the Miracle Boys, he was ordered by the company to be careful about his words, so he did not immediately speak out for Zhou Dingran.

In fact, at that stage, any artist working in the entertainment industry kept silent on the matter, and it was considered good that they did not add insult to injury.

This time Huo Jingquan was worried that things would get messed up, so he not only asked Huang Yuting to apologize directly online and offline, but also asked Wang Xinyi, a former friend, to help lobby, which showed that Huo Jingquan was really panicked.

He does have some abilities and connections in the entertainment industry, but he also knows that leaning against a big tree is a good way to enjoy the shade. If he leaves Tianmang, he will be nothing. No one will take a serious look at him again, unless he can hug another person. A thigh.

But the problem is, wherever you look, there are no thighs to hug.

After all, Zhou Dingran's popularity is booming now. Things are different now. Not many people are willing to make an enemy of Zhou Dingran for someone who has nothing to do with him.

Soon, the car arrived at Hengdian Film and Television City.

Everyone got off the car and walked to the set of "Sword and Fairy". After arriving at the place, Huo Jingquan called the actor Xuefei directly.

Yao Xuefei is the actor who plays Liu Jinyuan, an important supporting role in the drama "Sword and Fairy".

In the play, Liu Jinyuan is the number one scholar in the dynasty and Lin Yueru's cousin. His role in the play is comparable to that of Jiu Jian Xian.

This role is also the result of Tianmang's hard work.

Yao Xuefei was thirty-five years old and was dressed like an ancient scholar in white. He ran over immediately after receiving the call and took Huo Jingquan into the group attentively: "Brother Quan, Director Wang Sheng is temporarily out of town for something. Assistant director Lu Tao is taking charge of the camera, do you need me to recommend it to you?"

"No, I'm very familiar with Director Lu. I'll go by myself."

After Huo Jingquan finished speaking, he saw filming taking place on the studio not far away.

He and Wang Xin looked at each other and waited for a while.

After the filming of a scene was completed, Huo Jingquan walked up and greeted with a smile: "Director Lu, long time no see!"

Lu Tao turned his head and glanced at Huo Jingquan, with a look of surprise on his face: "Eh? Isn't this Jing Quan? How come you have time to come here!"

Although he said that, Lu Tao is also someone who always pays attention to hot searches. The moment he saw Huo Jingquan, he thought of the related hot searches on the hot search list today, and his face became a little teasing.

Huo Jingquan smiled awkwardly: "I came here specifically to see Zhou Dingran."

"Oh, you're looking for Lao Zhou!" Lu Tao lowered his head in front of the monitor, looking at the scene he had just taken, and said without raising his head: "He and Director Wang went to visit the crew next door. If you are not in a hurry, just wait here. Yes, I guess I’ll be back soon.”

"Okay, okay, I'll wait here."

Huo Jingquan responded quickly, but there was a surge of anger in his heart. In the past, how could Lu Tao be so negligent when he saw him? It's better now that I don't look at others seriously when talking to myself.

Lu Tao sneered in his heart. He was well aware of Huo Jingquan's intentions. He was firmly on Zhou Dingran's side. Not driving Huo Jingquan out would have been an act of kindness.

"The stock price dropped by almost [-] billion before I thought of suing for peace. Why did I go there so early?"

"I offended Lao Zhou, just apologize in a few words and that's it! What are you thinking!"

Lu Tao also saw Wang Xinyi and Huang Yuting. One of them is a top idol and the other is the most controversial new actor at the moment. But compared with Zhou Dingran, they are nothing.

"I can write scripts, and I can sing so well. Most importantly, my acting skills are also top-notch. If I hold on to Lao Zhou's thigh, I won't have to worry about having food in the future."

This is Lu Tao's truest view today.

While Huo Jingquan and the other three were waiting in agony, Zhou Dingran followed Wang Sheng to visit a famous director from other crews.

"Director Shu Jiang is the top martial arts drama director in the industry. I will only be responsible for the introduction later. If you have anything, you can tell Director Shu directly."

Wang Sheng said.

Zhou Dingran nodded.

He suddenly heard that a domestic director specializing in remakes of martial arts novels was in Hengdian. Wang Sheng happened to be familiar with this director, so he asked Wang Sheng to help introduce him.

Now that the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has passed two-thirds, the TV series will be completed in about a month, and Zhou Dingran will be free to shoot other works.

For example, "Young You".

In addition, Zhou Dingran also wants to remake the novel "Celebrating More Than Years" into a film and television drama, and Shu Jiang is famous for his expertise in remaking various martial arts novels.

In fact, there are many directors who focus on martial arts dramas. The reason why Zhou Dingran wanted to get to know Shu Jiang is that in addition to being a director, Shu Jiang is also a well-known screenwriter, especially good at adapting novels.

The biggest reason why the online novel "Celebrating More Than Years" was so popular in the previous life is because the screenwriter hired is very skilled and has a very high degree of restoration of the novel story, which can extract the essence of the novel to the greatest extent. Some, even some plots that are not suitable for remakes, can be optimized through the pen of the screenwriter.

Therefore, a director who can make martial arts dramas and has strong screenwriting skills is important enough for the novel "Celebrating More Than Years".

Of course, more importantly, respect the original work.

Do not randomly change or magically change the plot of the novel.

Nowadays, Zhou Dingran's electronic royalties alone for his novel "Celebrating More Than Years" are as high as millions per month. This is already one of the leading works among online novels. Even on the current Qidian Chinese website, it is definitely ahead of the curve. The existence of three people.

But this fee is not worth mentioning to Zhou Dingran.

He wanted more. In fact, before he published the novel "Qing Yu Nian", he had the idea of ​​remaking it.

At that time, Xinli Media made repeated mistakes in decision-making, its cash flow was cut off, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy. Only one TV series was able to revitalize the entire group, and "Celebrating More Than Years" was indispensable.

Zhou Dingran's expectations for the TV series "Celebrating More Than Years" are even much higher than those of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Therefore, after learning that Shu Jiang was filming in Hengdian, Zhou Dingran had the idea of ​​​​visiting and making friends.

Shu Jiang is currently filming a series of martial arts dramas called "The Prodigal Son". This drama is adapted from an online novel and has been out for two seasons. Now he is filming the third season of "The Prodigal Son".

The fact that a martial arts drama can run for three consecutive seasons is enough to show the popularity of this drama.

When Zhou Dingran and Wang Sheng arrived at the set of "The Prodigal Son", Shu Jiang happened to have completed a role. The entire crew was celebrating the completion of this role. Shu Jiang was a little surprised to learn that the two had arrived, but he still made a special request to make room for him. One room to entertain two people.

"Director Shu, this is Zhou Dingran. He is currently filming with my crew as the leading actor."

Wang Sheng introduced it to Shu Jiang immediately.

Shu Jiang was just over fifty, but he had silver hair and a silver-white beard. He was wearing a brown gown and was quite artistic. When he heard this, he smiled and stretched out his hand to Zhou Dingran and said, "Xiao Zhou I have heard of your name before, you are young and promising, and I have listened to all your songs."

Even though he doesn't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, Shu Jiang still knows that the biggest hot topic right now is the unveiling of Fathead Fish in "The King of Masked Singer". Naturally, he also knows that Zhou Dingran has changed overnight, and his popularity is definitely a phenomenon. level, so he didn't make any excuses, and shook hands with Zhou Dingran in a gentle voice.

Zhou Dingran had investigated Shu Jiang before he came. In addition to his excellent strength, one thing that was often discussed in private was that he had just married his third wife at the age of fifty, the [-]-year-old Donghai Drama Academy of graduates.

His wife is young and beautiful. In an interview, she claimed that she was not interested in money when marrying Shu Jiang, but only for Shu Jiang's talent.

Zhou Dingran remains skeptical about this.

Although Shu Jiang does have some talents, the age difference between you two is too big. This is even more surprising to Zhou Dingran than the combination of Yu Qian and Bai Huiming. The latter is only ten years apart, which is understandable, but the difference is twenty-six years. It's a bit exaggerated.

However, this was someone else's private matter, so Zhou Dingran naturally would not ask about it face to face. After a few pleasantries, Zhou Dingran revealed his purpose: "Director Shu, I recently want to invest in a remake of a novel, and I would like to invite you to be the director. Screenwriter and director, I wonder when Director Shu will have time?"

Upon hearing this, Shu Jiang pondered for a while and asked, "What's the name of the novel?"

Zhou Dingran said: "'Celebrating More Than Years'!"

As soon as these three words came out, Wang Sheng had no reaction, but Shu Jiang was instantly shocked: "Do you have the copyright of "Qing Yu Nian"?" "In my hands." Zhou Dingran nodded.

After Shu Jiang sat in a daze for a while, he suddenly laughed and said, "It's really hard to find a place even though you have worn iron shoes. It takes no effort at all to get there!"

Then, Shu Jiang explained the reason.

It turns out that in the past four months, "Celebrating More Than Years" has become more and more famous as the word count has increased. It has been regarded as a standard in the entire online literary world. Many young and middle-aged people and even student parties like to read this book very much. This novel is not only because the plot is exciting enough, but the key is that the author brings an umbrella without a knife on a rainy night and the update speed is really fast.

The public period before it is put on the shelves is updated with [-] words per day every month.

After it was released, it became even more powerful. Not only did it explode with hundreds of chapters, but it also continued to update at a rate of [-] or even [-] words a day.

The exciting plot, coupled with the explosive update speed, has resulted in "Celebrating More Than Years" ranking first on the Qidian Chinese website's monthly ticket list and best-selling list for three consecutive months.

Nowadays, the number of words in the novel has approached two million, the average number of subscriptions has exceeded [-], and the number of collections has exceeded one million. In addition, various honors such as "Five Hundred Alliance" and "No. [-] Monthly Ticket" have made "Celebrating More Than Years" "The value of related copyrights has been rising.

Even recently, a copyright owner has offered a high price of [-] million to buy the entire copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years".

Zhou Dingran personally also received the WeChat message from editor Tomato, but he was not in a hurry to sell the copyright. You must know that in the previous life, according to the data released by the copyright owner of "Qing Yu Nian", the total use rights of "Qing Yu Nian" were as high as [-] million Yuan.

Now there is still a full [-] million difference from this number.

The most important thing is that Zhou Dingran does not want to sell the full copyright, but wants to hold the film and television copyright in his hands and invest in the filming himself.

After all, the film and television value of "Celebrating More Than Years" is huge. As long as it is remade properly, it can directly make the newly established film and television company famous.

But the premise is that the remake is done properly.

If it is modified randomly or even magically, it may end up like "Fights Breaking the Sphere" and become a laughing stock in the IP adaptation industry.

Therefore, Zhou Dingran has been looking for many director candidates in the industry during this time, and Shu Jiang is one of his favorite directors. Therefore, after learning that Shu Jiang was in Hengdian, Zhou Dingran came directly to visit and explain his intention.

But I didn't expect that the copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" is extremely popular.

Even Shu Jiang himself is very coveted. After all, this is currently the most influential novel IP in the Internet literary world, with tens of millions of book fans. Such a big IP can gain the highest attention without any publicity expenses.

And Shu Jiang is also well aware of the news that the copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" has been snapped up by various parties recently. Many top film and television production companies in the industry have contacted Qidian.com, but unfortunately Qidian.com has been waiting for a price.

No one thought that the copyright of "Celebrating More Than Years" would be in Zhou Dingran's hands.

Now Shu Jiang looked at Zhou Dingran with a much more friendly look, and even immediately took Zhou Dingran's hand and said warmly: "Xiao Zhou, you should inform me of such a big matter in advance, and I will visit you personally. "

After saying that, Shu Jiang picked up the walkie-talkie on his waist and asked the floor attendant to buy a few cups of coffee.

Then Shu Jiang began to carefully inquire about matters related to "Celebrating More Than Years", such as the price of copyright fees, investment funds for filming, cast, etc.

Zhou Dingran gave detailed answers one by one.

Shu Jiang was shocked when he heard this.

Because the copyright price was fabricated by Zhou Dingran and amounted to [-] million.

As for investment funds, Zhou Dingran directly said that there is no cap.

These words are not without purpose. In order to make this drama a success, he really wants to invest all his wealth.

In the previous life, the investment for "Celebrating More Than Years" was as high as 2.6 million, and the rate of return was even more astonishing. Tencent alone sold it for 2.1 million yuan, and another broadcast platform, iQiyi, will not be lower than this number.

But in fact, the popularity of "Celebrating More Than Years" exceeded everyone's expectations.

After all, when it first aired, there were only three commercials for "Celebrating More Than Years". However, as the work became popular, more and more commercials were broadcast, and later there were even more than a dozen commercials.

According to advertising price calculations circulated by Tencent, the total number of sponsored advertising spaces is as high as 1.8 million yuan, and the content partners are as high as [-] million yuan. The joint sponsorship adds up to about six or seven ads, up to [-] million yuan. As for some special cooperation advertisements , which adds up to fifty million.

Advertising revenue alone is 3.5 million yuan.

If we count the revenue from advance on-demand broadcasting as high as 5.5 million yuan, this would be [-] million yuan.

Not to mention other derivatives, as well as the revenue generated from related books, novels, audiobooks, etc. In short, this one drama alone has made Tencent a lot of money.

And this does not include iQiyi’s revenue.

It can be called a phenomenal drama.

He directly revitalized a company that was on the verge of bankruptcy and successfully won the gambling agreement at the last moment.

Therefore, Zhou Dingran is quite confident in this drama. Under his supervision, no matter how bad this drama is when it is filmed, it will not be any worse than in his previous life.

"Not bad!"

Shu Jiang was very satisfied, quite tempted, and even couldn't wait to sign a contract with Zhou Dingran immediately. He knew how popular the IP "Qing Yu Nian" was. If this novel was successfully remade, the value of his words "Shu Jiang" would definitely be double.

Fearing that Zhou Dingran would regret it, he didn't even ask about the cast, and directly agreed: "I will accept this drama. I won't have time at the end of the year, but I will turn down all the schedules after the new year and concentrate on "Celebrating". The script for the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" has been written. Don't worry, I am also a die-hard fan of "Celebrating More Than Years". No matter how busy I am, I will still take time to subscribe and read. Xiao Zhou, you ask me to film this drama, I will never Things will go wrong.”

Zhou Dingran was a little surprised when he heard it. He didn't expect that the novel "Celebrating More Than Years" has already become popular in the film and television industry.

He immediately exchanged contact information with Shu Jiang, and after finishing the work at hand, he started to create a crew. Before that, Shu Jiang helped adapt the script of the first season of "Celebrating More Than Years" for free.

On the way back to the crew of "Sword and Fairy", Wang Sheng couldn't help but said: "Lao Zhou, the scripts of "Xian Xia" and "Young You" were both written by you. Did you also write this "Celebrating More Than Years"?"

Zhou Dingran turned around and admitted directly: "Yes, I wrote it."

Wang Sheng immediately fell silent, although he already had a vague feeling. After all, the copyright value of "Celebrating More Than Years" is as high as [-] million. If what Zhou Dingran said is true, then based on his understanding of Zhou Dingran, this kid will never do it. Spend so much money to buy the copyright of a novel.

Unless it's self-importance.

But he was just suspicious, but he didn't expect this kid to admit it directly.

He doesn't pay attention to the Internet literary circle, and he doesn't know how powerful the statistics of "Celebrating More Than Years" are. He only knows that Shu Jiang's dumbfounded expression just now does not seem to be fake, which indirectly proves how valuable "Celebrating More Than Years" is, even when Zhou Dingran When Shu Jiang calmly mentioned the copyright fee of [-] million, he didn't doubt it. What does this mean?
  It shows that Shu Jiang also recognizes the copyright value of [-] million.

Wang Sheng suppressed the shock in his heart and asked a question hidden in his heart: "Online novels must be updated every day. How can you find so much energy to write novels..."

"Every morning I get up two hours earlier than you, and go to bed two hours later than you at night, so I have four extra hours."

Zhou Dingran was full of nonsense and was not worried about being exposed. After all, Luo Zhixiang only slept three or four hours a day and was known as a master of time management. Why couldn't he?

When Wang Sheng heard this, he was amazed in his heart and his face was full of admiration.

Today’s young people are so cool!

……

After finalizing the director of "Celebrating More Than Years", Zhou Dingran was in a pretty good mood.

Carrying the coffee bought by Shu Jiang, he returned to the set of "Sword and Fairy". He hadn't rested for a few seconds in the temporary tent when he saw Lu Tao coming over with a few people.

Zhou Dingran's face immediately darkened when he saw the person coming.

Lu Tao is a good person. He saw that Zhou Dingran looked wrong at a glance and immediately turned around and left.

Huo Jingquan and others were left behind with confused expressions on their faces, but in the end they bravely walked over, forced a smile and said to Zhou Dingran, "Dingran, long time no see."

Wang Sheng saw something was wrong in the atmosphere and was just wondering when he saw Lu Tao waving to him not far away. After a little hesitation, he stood up and walked out.

The atmosphere at the scene became weird.

Huo Jingquan motioned to Wang Xinyi, who sighed, stepped forward and said with a smile: "Dingran, last time I participated in "The King of Masked Singer", I realized that the fat-headed fish might be you. Now it seems, My intuition is really right, haha..."

After smiling awkwardly, Wang Xin kept saying: "I know the company has wronged you a lot, but this time Brother Quan and Miss Huang came to apologize with sincerity. You might as well take a look at their sincerity. If you are satisfied, the two parties can reconcile." , everyone is happy, right?"

Zhou Dingran looked at Huo Jingquan, who was silent, and Huang Yuting, who had been fidgeting, and suddenly said: "Apologise? Okay, kneel down and kowtow first, so that I can see your sincerity."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire tent became cold.

Wang Xinyi's smile also stiffened, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes. Is this still Zhou Dingran?

In the past, Zhou Dingran was meek and honest, the kind of person who didn't dare to fight back or even yell out loud when bullied.

But now, just make people kowtow?

In modern society, where can there be such a way to humiliate people...

Before he could react, Huo Jingquan suddenly turned his head and scolded Huang Yuting with a venomous look on his face: "Didn't you hear that? Kneel down! Kowtow! Let Dingran see your sincerity!"

Huang Yuting's heart trembled, and she felt her knees weaken, and she actually knelt down.

(End of this chapter)