Huayu: When the director changed his major

Chapter 169 Xingqin Entertainment is a Sucker
While the box office of "Life Events" is booming.

Cheng Xi was also making arrangements, and Li Wentao's secretary Deng Jie came forward.

The copyright acquisition work began under the name of Xingqin Entertainment.

Yangquan Shangshanruoshui Tea House.

"Hello, Liu, I'm Deng Jie, the marketing manager of Xingqin Entertainment."

"Hello, Manager Deng."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment and drank a few cups of tea before Deng Jie got straight to the point.

"Nice to meet you. I'm here to discuss the acquisition of the copyright for the novel we discussed on the phone earlier."

"Well, I understand. Which of my works did your company take a fancy to? 'Devil's Blocks' or 'Full Channel Blocking Interference'?"

Before Deng Jie came to him, Liu Cixin had already stated that the more popular "The Three-Body Problem" and "Ball Lightning" had been acquired by Zuibai Studio.

In his opinion, these two novels are probably the easiest to adapt into film and television dramas.

“Not these two.”

After hearing what Deng Jie said, Liu Cixin was still wondering which one it was, but the next sentence made him a little confused.

Deng Jie looked at Da Liu and said with a smile:

"Not just one, not just any one, but all of them!"

"What? All? Everything?"

"Yes. Our company did some research before coming here, and you currently have six novels and 6 short stories."

"You've already sold two novels, 'The Three-Body Problem' and 'Ball Lightning,' and four short stories. Now you have four novels and 2 short stories left, for a total of 4. Is that correct?"

As Deng Jie spoke, he handed the details of the work in his hand to Liu Cixin.

Da Liu took it in a daze.

Liu Cixin looked at his work in detail.

From his debut work "Whale Song" released in 1999 to every work so far.

There are even several of them that I have no recollection of.

But they are all listed above.

This level of preparation really shocked him so much that he was almost speechless.

But he still raised his glasses, calmed himself down, and asked again to confirm:

"You bought them all?"

"Yes!"

"Full copyright?"

“Yes, full copyright!”

After Deng Jie finished speaking, he took out a stack of standard contracts for acquiring copyrights.

The two sides began to discuss the price.

After leaving the teahouse, he shook hands with Deng Jie and said goodbye.

Liu looked up at the sky and felt that the sky was so blue today and his mood was so beautiful.

He held a stack of contracts in his hand and packed them carefully.

When he got home, he couldn't wait to find his wife and show off to her.

"Wife, guess how much my novel sold for?"

"Another sucker is buying your novel?"

When Liu Da heard this, he was furious and said:

"What a sucker! People value the value of my novels. If they weren't good, would they buy them?"

"You write about that kind of shit, like aliens appearing. It's totally unrealistic. Why not write about romance? You can make more money there."

Liu Cixin has been writing novels for more than ten years, and the real money he has received from Xingqin Company today has made him feel respected.

But as for his wife and daughter, they seemed to care nothing for his novel.

He even heard about aliens from other people, and he felt embarrassed when his wife came back.

What kind of crap did Liu Cixin write?

"Who said I can't make money? Guess how much I made this time?"

"10?"

"Think big!"

"Is it 20? Honey, is this true?"

"What 10, 20? It's all 400 million!"

When Liu Da heard this, he was no longer worried and said with a smile.

"What, four or four million!? Husband, have you been scammed?"

"Stop dreaming! Who would spend four million on your crappy novel?"

After saying that, she put the back of her hand on Liu's forehead to see if her husband was delirious from the fever.

At this time, Liu Da was not convinced and opened his wife's hand.

Then he took out the contracts one by one, a total of 22 contracts, and showed them to his wife.

As he turned the pages, he said:
"Look, this is the company's official seal, the amount written on it, and our signatures!"

"Is this Xingqin Company a scam? If they don't pay you when the time comes, why are you showing off?"

"You haven't paid for anything, wait a minute."

At this time, Liu even took out his mobile phone a little angrily, checked his account and showed it to his wife, saying:

"See? 50 yuan, and it's a deposit! It's already been transferred! How could it be a scam?"

"If they don't pay the balance, this 50 will be given to me for nothing!"

At this time, Liu Da's wife's eyes widened and she took the phone.

He looked at the number carefully, counting the zeros over and over again.

In the end, I almost counted my heart attacks.

"tens, hundreds, thousands, and hundreds of thousands"

"Really 350. And the balance is still million?"

Da Liu didn't know why, but looking at his wife's disbelief, he felt refreshed.

"Yes, there is another 350 million, which will be in place within two weeks."

"Honey, I want to buy a house on the street so that it will be convenient for our daughter to go to school and my parents can come and take care of her. Is that okay?"

Liu smiled and waved his hand:
“No problem, buy it!”

When Liu Da's wife heard this, she grinned from head to head.

"Hubby, you're awesome! I'll make you something delicious to celebrate today!"

When Liu Da heard this, he said proudly:
"What cooking? Let's go out to eat today. It's the best restaurant in Yangquan! Invite your parents to come along!"

"What do you mean by my parents? They are our parents."

When Liu Da heard this, he chuckled.

When I talked about our parents before, you didn’t let me, but now look what happened.

But still happily said:
"It has to be us parents! Invite our daughter to come along too. Let's give her a day off tonight. No more make-up classes!"

"Okay, husband, this is the first time I feel you are so handsome!"

Liu Cixin looked at his wife who had not read his books for many years and felt that his wife was dull.

Now he was smiling and looked extremely docile, all the pent-up emotions of the past few years gone.

You know what, I really have to thank this sucker from Xingqin Company!
No, it’s not that he’s been taken advantage of, it’s that he has a keen eye for talent!

four million!
From now on, I can finally stop struggling for money.

The family throne also rose sharply!

Two words: comfortable!

Two editors who were competing openly but had a good relationship privately were chatting on QQ.

Singularity Editor: [How many titles have you sold this month?]

An editor from Jingjiang.com asked: [How many titles have you sold this month?]

Singularity: [Our copyright sales are average. But let me tell you, we've run into a very wealthy client.]

Jing Jiang: [Our copyright sales have been average lately. But I'll tell you a secret: we met a small, wealthy person.] Qidian: [We sold "Eternal Love."]

Jing Jiang: We sold Nirvana in Fire.

Singularity: [We have sold all copyrights of Gu Man's novels.]

Jing Jiang: [We sold the copyrights for eight episodes of "Ghost Blows Out the Light."]

Singularity: [.]

Jingjiang: [.]

Singularity: [Wait, this sounds a bit off to me. Could our dog tycoon and the little rich guy be the same person?]

Jing Jiang: [Then let’s each say one word?]

Singularity: [Star.]

Jingjiang: 【Qin.】

Singularity: [Grass]

Jingjiang: [Wo Ri.]

Both editors wanted to show off, but unfortunately neither of them succeeded.

卒.
The Xingqin Company is the one that is pretending to be awesome.

But the performance is real, and everyone can have a good life this month!
I really want to thank Xingqin Company’s eight generations of ancestors!

Zuibai Studio.

Li Wentao and his secretary Deng Jie came in together to report on their work.

"Boss, we bought the copyrights for Jingjiang.com's Eternal Love, Gu Man's Love of Siam, My Sweetheart, Not My Allure, and Love O2O."

"All eight of the Qidian series' Ghost Blows Out the Light series were also included, as well as "A Mortal's Journey to Immortality," "Joy of Life," "The Son-in-Law," "The King's Avatar," and so on."

"But Qidian is unwilling to give up the game copyrights for Ghost Blows Out the Light and A Mortal's Journey to Immortality, and the film and television adaptation rights are only discussed in terms of joint development, with us taking 70% and them taking 30%."

Singularity is smart. They are reluctant to give us the copyrights of their two best films.

Moreover, with Shanda Games as its backing, they are naturally reluctant to give up the copyright of this game.

Even this made Cheng Xi spend a lot of money to buy it.

These can be said to be the two most expensive copyrights in this batch.

But when he thought about the benefits they would bring him later, Cheng Xi almost couldn't suppress the smile.

Singularity probably thought he had met a fool and wanted all the copyrights.

The price is also high.

I guess after waiting for a year or two, they will regret it terribly.

Cheng Xi couldn't help laughing when he thought about the tearful expressions of the people from Qidian and Jingjiang.com.

Especially Jingjiang.com, which once wanted to take over my copyright.

It's my turn this time.

Thirty years to Hedong, thirty years to Hexi!
Don’t bully Cheng Xi because he is poor!
It’s not that I don’t want to retaliate, it’s just that the time has not come yet!

"And the traditional writers' works 'Blossoms,' 'White Deer Plain,' 'Tuina,' and 'A Flowing River' have all signed contracts and are waiting for the final payment."

"Including several novels on the boss's list, such as "Grave Robbers' Chronicles", the full copyright has also been purchased."

Cheng Xi felt even better when he heard this.

After I finished filming the movie, I considered the shortcomings in content creation.

So I went to Baidu to search for the works that were more memorable and important.

A list of published works was given to Li Wentao.

Although we only negotiated for 50% to 60% of the items on the list, it is already a very good result.

What's more, the most important works have all been acquired, if valued according to later generations.

I guess my mother’s current net worth is over tens of billions.

If my mother knew this, she would wake up laughing in her dreams.

"But the 1500 million yuan in our studio account is almost gone, and we still have a balance of over 2000 million yuan to pay for the bulk of the project."

After hearing what Li Wentao said, Cheng Xi thought for a moment and said:

"In this way, although the movie is still being broadcast, it is enough to maintain basic publicity. There is still 2500 million left in the project account, which can be temporarily diverted."

"We'll make up for it when we get our share of the box office revenue."

After listening to this, Li Wentao nodded in response.

The actual investment in this film was 9000 million, but only 5800 million was spent on filming and 700 million was spent on publicity, so there was still a lot left.

In addition to these copyrights, Cheng Xi originally wanted to buy the copyrights of Prince Ma and Zijin Chen's novels.

But I found that their famous novels "The Antique Bureau", "The Longest Day in Chang'an", "The Undocumented Crime" and "Bad Kids" have not yet started writing.

It can be said that their writing is still in its infancy.

You know, every work they adapted later on became a hit.

Now in 2011, some people have begun to realize the importance of copyright.

But compared with the purchase price in later generations, it is really no different from giving it away for free.

You should know that in 2014, the copyright of Gu Man’s novel was less than 200 million yuan per copy.

Therefore, the price they offer is still very attractive. I guess Xingqin Entertainment will be known as the industry's biggest sucker for a long time.
They thought the purchase price they paid was high, but they never imagined that it was actually in the basement.

Now only LeTV and myself are quietly acquiring companies. Once the Internet giants enter the market, there will be no place for me to do anything.

After all, compared with their amount of funds, even if I jump up, it won’t be enough to attract others’ attention.

To put it bluntly, it's like Xiao Si couldn't hit Yao Ming's knees when he jumped.

Those who are slow to react have not yet realized the importance of copyright, including some novel authors.

Everyone thinks that copyright fees worth tens or hundreds of millions are like picking up something.

He was even surprised that someone would spend money to buy the copyright of his crappy novel.

So no matter if it's a little famous, as long as it's cheap enough.

Cheng Xi plans to acquire them slowly to be on the safe side.

Even if you don't use it at the time, you can still make a profit by selling it to others.

The copyrights of many newly written books are extremely cheap because no one knows whether their books will become popular.

If someone comes forward to buy the copyright, then of course I will sell it at a low price, and I can also promote my book.

So Cheng Xi got a big advantage.

That night, Cheng Xi slept soundly while holding Nazha in his arms.

By October 10, the box office of "Life Events" had exceeded 19 million yuan.

Zuibai Studio's reputation continued to rise, and its box office was in a fierce competition with "The Flowers of War".

"Silent Witness" has become a hot commodity, and the budget of 800 million has been increased to million. The filming has already started.

Now when Cheng Xi walks onto campus, he is even more popular than when Reba was at her peak.

Basically, if you don’t wear a hat or mask, people will recognize you after just a few steps.

In this way, it is inevitable that some people will come up to you and try to get close to you, adding you on QQ or WeChat.

Some people even asked for his autograph.

This really makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

After all, I am not a star. Secondly, they are all classmates. I am a sophomore, and most of them are my seniors.

Sometimes it’s really hard to say no.

Just then, another senior sister from the Art Department stopped me and asked for her autograph.

Cheng Xi looked at her long legs, big thunder, and the temperament of someone who studied painting.

I had no choice but to sign it with tears in my eyes and added him as a WeChat friend.

Seeing that Cheng Xi was so easy to talk to, the senior sister added him as a friend.

They are all so happy.

Cheng Xi estimated that with the openness of learning art, all it would take tonight was a phone call.

I guess she will come to sleep with me obediently.

He even took the initiative to strike a pose, luring the enemy into the trap, which was easily within his grasp.

Cheng Xi couldn't help but sigh:
This is the trouble that comes with fame!
(End of this chapter)