Rebirth 96: Begin the life of a monster from kindergarten

Liu Cixin did not expect that someone would come to his door just after he finished serializing the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" in "Science Fiction World".

The visitor's name was Fan Xiangrui, who claimed to be the editor of the Dreamweaver Culture Publishing Department.

The first part of "The Three-Body Problem" was serialized for eight months and earned a total of 30,000 yuan in royalties, which is equivalent to 4,000 yuan per month.

He originally thought that the visitor was for the publication of the novel, but when Fan Xiangrui proposed not only publishing his work, but also purchasing the rights to adapt the novel for film and television, he felt like he was dreaming!
Although his science fiction novels have always been highly praised, the science fiction circle is a very closed group, and domestic film and television entertainment companies have never been interested in this circle.

100 million, plus dividends after it is adapted into a film and television drama, this is the price offered by DreamWeaver Culture!

This is a very sincere price. Not only is the buyout price high, but the key is that there are future dividends.

After the release of "The Three-Body Problem" in the previous life, although it received numerous accolades, no one paid attention to the copyright for many years. It was not until 2009 that someone invested yuan to buy it. After a few years, it was sold for hundreds of millions of yuan.

The reason why Zhang and his party offered generous chips was for the sake of long-term cooperation in the future.

This is the first time to deal with Liu Cixin, but it will not be the last time.

In future film adaptations of his works, Liu Cixin will definitely be invited to participate in the screenwriting. There is no need to bury the grudge just for a small amount of money.

In previous lives, it was not uncommon to go to court with producers because the copyright was sold at a low price.

Although it is criticized that sellers do not abide by the contract, there are indeed cases where buyers bully the author because he does not understand the market and lowers the price.

Moreover, script participation in film and television drama dividends is also the principle for Dream Entertainment to produce films and television dramas in the future.

Zhang Yixing knew how horrifying the sky-high remuneration for stars would be in the future. It was so horrifying that 70 to 80% of the cost of some film and television dramas was spent on star remuneration, while the actual cost spent on film production was pitifully small. There are many works that make people laugh out loud.

Compared with other companies that give sky-high remuneration to star actors, Zhang Yixing is more willing to improve the treatment of authors, screenwriters, directors, etc., so as to buy horse bones with a lot of money, so that more creative staff are willing to hand over their works to Zhumeng Film Entertainment also inspires the birth of excellent works from the source.

After all, to the author, the script he worked so hard to write is like a child.

This company only offered 10,000 yuan, while Zhumeng Entertainment had a higher price tag and there would be dividends in the future. Although the dividends would only come from making money from the film and television series, who wouldn't want to give it a try.

As for the film and television production company, if it is just a buyout, the screenwriters will not care whether your future movies will be successful or not. The money has already been obtained anyway.

Unless a well-known screenwriter doesn't want to ruin his or her own brand, most people won't care about you that much.

But it's different when there are dividends. Whether it's a screenwriter or a director, in order to get bigger dividends in the future, they naturally have to check the quality of their works.

Liu Cixin has written many works and is well-known in the science fiction circle, but his life is not very good. He originally wrote "The Three-Body Problem" to get rid of his gambling addiction.

Seeing that DreamWeaver Culture offered such a generous price, Liu Cixin was so excited that he almost cried. For no other reason than that his work was valued by others, and he felt as if he had met a close friend.

After thinking about it, Liu Cixin felt a little sorry, and said quickly: "I also have some short and medium-sized science fiction novels, such as "The Wandering Earth" and "Ball Lightning", which have been well received, so I will give them to you as gifts!" After that, Liu Cixin took Fan Xiangrui's hand enthusiastically and said, "Let's go to a restaurant and talk while drinking!"

Fan Xiangrui was still smiling at first, but after hearing the suggestion of going to a restaurant for a drink, he suddenly felt as uncomfortable as if he was electrocuted. He quickly waved his hands to refuse, shaking his head like a rattle and said: "No, no, I don't drink, and I absolutely can't drink! "

Seeing Fan Xiangrui's reaction, Liu Cixin couldn't help but be a little confused and asked: "What, you are allergic to alcohol?"

"Yes, yes, you are allergic to alcohol, you are allergic to alcohol!"

Fan Xiangrui nodded with a wry smile.

Of course he is not allergic to alcohol, but when he was asked to negotiate the copyright of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" for the first time, Zhang Yixing specifically ordered him not to sign the contract at the wine table.

This became his basic principle from then on.

He was a little confused about Zhang Yixing's request at first, but later asked specifically. The reason Zhang Yixing gave was that he was worried that some authors would use drinking as an excuse not to acknowledge the signed contract!

Fan Xiangrui didn't understand this. How could an adult do this? Don't all Chinese people negotiate contracts at the wine table?

How could he have imagined that when a person finds out that the copyright he has sold for tens of thousands of dollars has been sold for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, no one can bear the huge gap.

After the contract was signed, Fan Xiangrui returned to Yueshan City to resume his duties.

At the end of February, the 2D martial arts animation "Qin Shi Mingyue: Hundred Steps Flying Sword" produced by Xuanji Technology, with technical support and joint production and distribution by Dreamweaver Culture, premiered on CCTV.

The left hand is to steal dreams from abroad to make money, and the right hand is to support and cultivate the domestic cultural market. This is the established development direction of Zhang Yixing.

Just as "Kung Fu Panda" attracted a large number of coal bosses to invest in animation movies, "A Little Thing About First Love" stimulated the determination of film and television companies to go overseas. Watching something change because of you can still satisfy a small vanity.

The animation "The Bright Moon of Qin: The Hundred-Step Flying Sword" is based on the era when Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, and built a passionate martial arts world: Jing Tianming, the son of Jing Ke, evaded the pursuit of Qin soldiers with the help of the sword master Gai Nie, and met a group of Jianghu people on the way to escape. A master, led by fate, entered the Mohist government city, which is known as the last pure land in the world.

With the advanced technology of Dreamweaver Culture, this animation is very well-produced compared to the original history, and a lot of effort has been put into the presentation of the pictures. Every frame of the landscape, vegetation, and martial arts movements is amazing.

After years of development, the domestic animation market is no longer exclusive to young children.

From "Xiamu's Book of Friends" to today's "Qin Shi Mingyue: Hundred Steps of Flying Sword", the birth of high-quality animation works has cultivated and firmly captured a large number of young and adult audiences.

The day before the animation "Qin Shi Mingyue: Hundred Steps Flying Sword" was released, related peripheral products were placed on the shelves of Jieyou Bookstores in various cities, and online stores also began to put products on the shelves for sale.

When "Qin Shi Ming Yue: A Hundred Steps Flying Sword" started an upsurge of discussion on the Internet, the employees of bookstores and shopping malls had to meet the challenges brought by hot products again. (End of chapter)