Chapter 46 Obtaining Copyright
Tong Hua is a standard literary young woman. She was born in Hanzhong, southern Shaanxi, and is a top student at Beijing University.
After graduating from college, Tong Hua tentatively wrote his first work, "Bu Bu Jing Xin", which was also the first ancient puppet novel with the theme of time-traveling.
This novel has sold hundreds of thousands of copies, which is considered a great success for a newcomer's debut novel.
In recent years, some small film and television production companies have purchased the copyright of Bu Bu Jingxin from her, but she felt that these companies did not have the ability to make her works into films, so she rejected them all.
Five days ago, Tonghua received another inquiry from a copyright purchase company, this time the other party quoted 500,000.
As for film and television copyrights, this price is still considerable. After all, the copyrights of novels have not yet been raised by the capital market.
After the price was right, Tonghua hesitated about the identity of the buyer. For her, the price was important, but it was also important that her work could be put on the screen.
She made a request to the copyright purchasing company to have a private chat with the purchaser, and soon the other party responded and agreed to meet at the Silver Moon Cafe at 14:00 on Monday afternoon.
At 13:50, Tong Hua arrived at the door of Silver Moon Coffee as agreed ahead of schedule.
The decoration style here is elegant, there is a small independent teahouse inside, and there are not many people coming and going. It is a very suitable place for business negotiations.
Tong Hua followed the information given by the other party and came to Tea House A4. After pushing the door and entering, she saw Holmes holding a cup and blowing hot air. No, it should be Sherlock.
"Sherlock? No, you are Director Lin Shu?"
"Yes, it's me. If I didn't date the wrong person, you should be the author of Tonghua, right?"
Lin Shu put down the coffee in his hand and said politely.
"I'm Tong Hua, hello, hello, can you sign your name for me?"
Tong Hua seemed a little excited, but it was understandable. Sherlock played by Lin Shu could be said to be popular all over the country. The unique abstinence and cold style of this character also happened to hit the aesthetics of the literary youth. In this way, Tong Hua would become
It’s not surprising for Lin Shu’s fans.
This was Lin Shu's first time signing someone's autograph. Fortunately, his mother Ye Mengqin had been strict with him since he was a child, so his cultural quality kept up with him, and he was also good at hard-pen calligraphy.
After signing his name, Lin Shu smiled and said to Tong Hua: "What would you like to drink? The American style here is pretty good."
"Then just give me an Americano, thank you!"
Lin Shu called the waiter and ordered a cup of American. After the waiter left the teahouse, he pulled out a chair for Tong Hua like a gentleman.
"Author Tong Hua, please sit down. Today our topic is to talk about the film and television adaptation rights of Bu Bu Jingxin. Director Zhang told me that you still have doubts about this. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Director Lin, thank you!"
Tong Hua sat down on the chair quietly, and then said to Lin Shu: "I do have a few questions that I need to ask about copyright, but most of them were solved after seeing Director Lin."
"Oh, so there's still a small part that hasn't been solved. You might as well tell me directly and see if I can help solve it."
Lin Shu walked back to his seat and faced Tong Hua and said calmly.
"Since Director Lin said so, I will also say it directly. I would like to ask, if we reach a deal, Director Lin, do you have any plans to make Bu Bu Jing Xin into a film and TV show?"
"That's for sure. I wanted to buy the copyright because I was optimistic about the prospects of this novel. If we reach a deal, I will put it on the screen within three years."
The answer to this question made Tonghua relax a lot, and it seemed that this was her most important concern.
"I would also like to ask, Director Lin, whether you will personally participate in the directing or play a role in it."
Tong Hua didn't ask about the production cost, because in her opinion, if she was willing to spend 500,000 yuan to buy the copyright, the production cost would not be too low, and this was not something she could intervene in.
"Ahem, I'm sorry, I think that based on the length of Bu Bu Jing Xin, it is more suitable to be adapted into a TV series. Therefore, I am more focused on Li Guoli, the director of Fairy Sword, as the director. As for the role, my major is not an actor after all. I hope you can understand.
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Although Tonghua felt regretful about this answer, he could only nod helplessly.
"Then I want to know, Director Lin, in what capacity will you participate in the film and television production of this work?"
"Producer? Producer? It doesn't matter. Anyway, I will be in charge of the overall situation, and the production company will definitely be my personal studio! I have high expectations for Bu Bu Jing Xin, and I plan to make it the first domestically-produced film with a clear-cut theme.
TV series."
Lin Shu said with great confidence that the filming of "Shocking Step by Step" was supposed to start and finish earlier than "Gong", but because of Yu Zheng's ungrateful sneaking out, "Gong" became the number one drama in the Qing Dynasty.
This operation caused Bu Bu Jingxin to suffer immeasurable losses in terms of fame and profit. Fame and wealth have never been separated, but if Bu Bu Jingxin is controlled by Lin Shu in this life, Yu Zheng will not be able to escape even if he wants to.
Can't win.
After Lin Shu answered this question, Tong Hua felt completely relieved.
The two also exchanged ideas on the production of the TV series Bu Bu Jingxin. Lin Shu's views on the characters in the play were able to perfectly express what Tong Hua was thinking.
Bu Bu Jing Xin has been the king of dramas for 11 years. In his previous life, Lin Shu was dragged by his girlfriend to watch it three or four times, and he more or less has his own understanding of the characters in it.
After some communication, Tong Hua felt like a close friend of Lin Shu. Once the conversation was settled, the copyright matter fell into place.
With Tong Hua's consent, Lin Shu called Director Zhang. After learning the location of the two, the other party rushed over with a lawyer and a copyright transfer contract.
After waiting for about half an hour, Director Zhang walked in with another practicing lawyer in a suit and tie.
While Tonghua was looking through the contract, Lin Shu led Director Zhang out of the teahouse. After confirming that there was no one in the corridor, Lin Shu asked about Director Zhang's work progress.
"Director Zhang, how are the other copyright acquisitions going?"
"The copyrights for Da Liu's science fiction novels and the animation adaptation rights for fantasy novels have been purchased. It cost 2 million. The film and television adaptations of Ghost Blowing the Lamp and Qing Yu Nian also spent 2 million, including Bubu Jingxin.
, all copyrights have been purchased."
It cost 4.5 million to buy the copyright and 450,000 in commission. The 5 million has been spent in the past few days. However, when Bu Bu Jingxin is released, the money will be returned with profits.
Lin Shu estimated the time and felt that it was almost time for Tonghua to read the contract. He signaled to Director Zhang, and the two returned to the teahouse again.
After the two entered the teahouse, Tong Hua had already signed the contract. Counting Bubu Jingxin, Lin Shu had bought all the copyrights he was optimistic about.
After seeing everyone off, Lin Shu walked to the teahouse next door and met Tang Yan who was waiting for him.
After leaving the coffee shop, Lin Shu said to the absent-minded Tang Yan: "I've finished my work. You stayed with me for the whole day today. Although I didn't ask for it, in return I will go with you to meet Wu Kebo!"
"Okay! Director Lin, I will take you there now."
Tang Yan nodded hurriedly and replied that she could feel her different emotions towards Lin Shu. But she had not forgotten the task given by Wu Kebo. It would be great now that Lin Shu agreed.
Chapter completed!