Big names rise

() It’s no wonder that current writers like to cooperate with Tiandi Media. Li Wenhua really spares no effort to promote the books produced by the company. Taking advantage of He Mu’s desire to buy copyrights, he proposed "Tomb Raiders Notes" and "Tibetan Land" The film rights to two of the bestselling books, The Code.

He Mu likes the two series of best-selling books mentioned by Li Wenhua very much, and also thinks that it will be very shocking if they can be successfully adapted and filmed into movies, but the premise is that the special effects are of a high enough standard, which is not yet achieved in China. Level, if you look for a foreign company, the money will go to the sea. In fact, capital is not a problem. Even if He Mu only has more than 3000 million yuan on hand, he is still capable of making a movie with a cost of [-] million yuan, and he will cooperate with several companies. That’s it, but it’s a question of whether the cost can be recovered after the filming. Now the domestic film market has a box office of more than [-] million, even if it’s a big hit. Movies with an investment of more than [-] million are too risky, so before the market capacity is not so large He doesn't think much about special effects blockbusters that burn money.

But having said that, these two series of books are indeed very tempting, "Make an offer." He Mu glanced at Li Wenhua.

Li Wenhua smiled, "The fourth volume of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is almost half written, and "Tibetan Code" has six volumes, which is not far from completion. Both series are comparable to "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". ", "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" are super best-selling books with millions of readers across the country. Now I can decide to sell the complete film and television adaptation rights of the two series, including the ones that are not written later, but The price will definitely not be low."

"What circles are you talking about, just say it."

"Friendship price. Each series is 800 million." Li Wenhua said with narrowed eyes.

He Mu twitched, "The weather is fine today. What's for dinner?"

"This price is really not expensive. Think about it. The content of the two novels is so rich, which one can't make seven or eight. On average, a movie is only more than 100 million. It's really not expensive, and the two novels haven't arrived yet. Peak. After another year or two, their influence will only grow, and I will definitely not sell them below 1000 million." Li Wenhua continued to fool around.

"I don't want to buy it if you say it's a big day. After buying it, I can't shoot it right away. It takes up too much money, and the two novels are not finished. What if the author is a eunuch in the end. The brand image will be ruined all at once. gone."

"Don't worry, we signed the agreement. Eunuchs are almost impossible, and you don't understand the copyright transaction of novels. You should pay a certain percentage of the adaptation fee first, and then pay the rest after the film is actually produced. But if the deadline If we can’t shoot it within a few days, then I’m sorry, we’ll continue to sell the adaptation rights to the next one, and we won’t refund the money we received before,” Li Wenhua still didn’t give up. "If you think about it again, it really won't cost a lot of money."

He Mu was moved.Indeed, as Li Wenhua said, these two best-selling books will become more and more popular as time goes by, and the adaptation fee will rise to a sky-high price. No one buys it now because there is no precedent for success in this regard. People are waiting and watching, or they hope to wait until Du Qifeng shoots "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" before making plans, but He Mu is very adventurous, he dares to be the first, Du Qifeng has been afraid to shoot the theme of tomb robbery , maybe he will be the first one. Buying out the film adaptation right now is definitely more cost-effective than buying it later, and of course the risk is greater.

"How many years does the copyright last?" He Mu asked, and he had a decision.

"Six years." Li Wenhua replied.

"Does that mean that if you haven't filmed the entire series in six years, you can sell it to other companies later on?"

Li Wenhua shook his head, "As long as you shoot the first film within six years, we have no right to dispose of the subsequent ones. We are bundled together by the entire series. What you buy is the entire series. If your film has already been produced, And before the filming is finished, if we sell the copyright to others, it will be regarded as an infringement of your film copyright, and when you finish filming, we will consider reselling the copyright to a third party (Note 1).”

Six years later, it will be 2015. If He Mu has not had the courage to make a big production for such a long time, then He Mu can really go shit, "Okay, that's it, I bought the copyright."

"Okay, ten million! You are such a rich man!"

"Wait, I'll only buy one copy." He Mu stopped the elated Li Wenhua.

"Ah, just one book?" Li Wenhua was slightly disappointed.

He Mu nodded, "I'm not a real tyrant. I'm still not confident about the two major production series. One is fine. I'll think about the other when I develop."

"Then which one do you want?"

""Tomb Raiders Notes", I am very interested in tomb robbers. It is too sensitive about Tibet, so I will not touch it for now. Think about it. Your publishing industry is really much looser than our film industry. If you make "Tomb Raiders" "Notes" still have to consider how to pass the radio and television test, there must be no ghosts, and it must not be too bloody." He Mu sighed.

Li Wenhua patted He Mu on the shoulder, "You filmmakers can always find a way. There are policies and countermeasures, but radio and television should really be changed. I remember that old films were not so strictly controlled. What? There are ghosts and dew points, and then harmony is required."

That's it. He Muhua bought the film adaptation rights of the "Tomb Raider Notes" series for 800 million yuan, including the four unfinished Nanpai Sanshu's plans. He Mu will pay 150 million yuan first, and then pay after the first film is released. In the latter part, the third uncle, who regretted not being on the rich list of writers last year, should have no problems this year, and Li Wenhua decided to wait until the fifth part of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is released before releasing this news. The sales volume of "Tomb Raiders Notes", according to last year's sales statistics, the average sales volume of "Tomb Raiders Notes" is not as high as "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" and "Tibetan Code", but this year the situation may be different again.

In just ten minutes, He Mu and Li Wenhua finalized the acquisition of novel adaptation rights with a total value of more than 200 million yuan. However, at this stage, he only needs to pay about [-] million yuan, and he will pay after the film is produced within the time limit. The rest is the big one, so novel authors hope that their works can appear on the big screen as soon as possible. This is not only an opportunity to increase the popularity of themselves and their works, but also means that they can get all the adaptation fees.

"How's it going? How's your choice? In fact, you don't have to be limited to the celebrity list. In fact, there are still some good actresses who haven't made the list." After discussing the business with Li Wenhua, He Mu looked at There are a few more Taoqu people gathered in a pile.

Tao Quduo was the first to speak, "It stands to reason that Sun Li's popularity is so high now, she is a good choice, the play is good, and she is also pretty, but she has just joined the crew of Liu Zhenwei's "Mechanical Man", so it is impossible to have it in the short term." The schedule is evenly given to us, so pass it.”

Chen Li continued: "This Chen Hao and Gao Yuanyuan are both beautiful and popular, but I'm afraid that their acting skills won't satisfy you."

He Mu commented, "Gao Yuanyuan's acting skills are indeed incompetent, she is just a beautiful vase, Chen Hao's acting skills are not bad, no matter how you say, she is also from a major, but she is not beautiful in my eyes, so I pass."

"You are really demanding," Bei Sihan muttered, and continued, "So we finally found three more suitable candidates for you on this list."

"Which three?" He Mu took the newspaper, and there were three names highlighted on it, Zhang Jingchu, Yuan Quan, and Zhang Yuqi.

Both Zhang Jingchu and Yuan Quan are well-known actresses. Although Zhang Jingchu is a director, she was the female number one in "Peacock" when she debuted. Later, she cooperated with famous directors such as Tsui Hark and Er Dongsheng. She entered Hollywood again, and collaborated with Jackie Chan in "Rush Hour 3". Many media reported that she is very likely to take over Zhang Ziyi's class, and she is an actor with great potential.

After being with Xia Yu and Gao Yuanyuan, Yuan Quan reunited with Xia Yu, but he kept a low profile and didn't do much action. Recently, he was more acting in dramas and rarely appeared in front of the media.She is a classmate of Zhang Ziyi and Qin Hailu. At the beginning, the girls were known as the "five golden flowers", and now they are all famous. Although Yuan Quan's achievements are not as high as Zhang Ziyi's, and she is not as good as Qin Hailu. , but she is very popular among mainland audiences, and her fresh temperament is especially loved by college students, not to mention her acting skills.

As for the last candidate Zhang Yuqi, she became famous with Zhou Xingchi's "Yangtze River No. [-]", and later starred in Xu Laoguai's "Women Are Not Bad" with Zhou Xun and Gui Lunmei. Huang Shengyi, the difference is that she didn't wait for her own Yang Zi, and now she is still a member of Master Xing.Zhang Yuqi doesn't have many works, and what people discuss most is her rich body and strong aura. Her acting skills are not bad, and the few works she has acted in are also passable. Yuan Quan's, but I'm afraid there are not a few people who like to go to the cinema to watch her. Who makes her popular.

He Mu is quite satisfied with the three candidates. He doesn't think anyone has to play the role of Xiaomei. There are such roles in the film industry, and anyone can play them, but Xiaomei is not. As long as she is beautiful and has good acting skills, she can give it a try. , "Xiao Nan, you send an invitation letter to all three of them, attaching the outline of the script and my sincerity, and see what requests they have made, we can choose the one that makes us most satisfied."

Next, He Mu assigned a task. The whole company had to let go of the glory brought by "Night Club" and start working for "Glass Heart". Find a venue. This is a romance movie, so the movie must look beautiful; sponsorship , This time, we need to be more restrained, there are not many places to implant, so don't make the audience disgusted; and start the promotion, He Mu wants to know as soon as possible inside and outside the circle that he is about to move again!

"The "Glass Heart" is the top priority now, whether it is a flash in the pan or sustainable development depends on it!" He Mu made the final statement, and then looked at Xiao Nan, "Book me a ticket and go to Shanghai today. "

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