Actor: Thank you.

A few days later, after attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new real estate project and receiving a real estate contract as compensation, Zhang Yuan met Zhang Jing, the owner of Qingyu Film and Television, in a high-end teahouse in the imperial capital.

This company is actually a bit like Tangren. Both are the type that takes their time to produce fine results. Their efficiency is not high, and it is good enough if they can produce one or two works every year.

So the funds themselves are not very sufficient.

However, Tangren focuses on costume dramas, while this company mainly produces Republican and modern dramas.

But similar to Tangren, they all missed the best time for China Film and Television Company to go public.

As a result, after finally going public, it did not gain much benefit, and the company itself began to go downhill.

The company’s last well-known work should be "Hunting Ground" produced 15 years later.

But at this stage, they are still quite powerful.

"You're not going to play the leading role?" Boss Zhang said in surprise after chatting for a while.

"Yes, Yu Zecheng is described as an honest intellectual in the novel." Zhang Yuan pointed at his face: "My image doesn't fit."

Zhang Jing nodded. Her appearance was too good and not suitable for the role.

She just didn't expect that the other party was so real.

If you say it is an investment, then it is a real investment.

It seems that the industry's reputation for him is true.

Give money promptly and don't make trouble.

"Although I'm not the lead actor, I still have the final say on the casting of the main actors."

"Of course, let's discuss it together."

Giving money means you are an investor.

You must listen to what investors say!

"Don't worry, even if I recommend actors, I will focus on the film and the script. I won't randomly insert unknown young actors." Zhang Yuan assured.

"I know that." Before coming, Zhang Jing specifically inquired about Zhang Yuan's previous investments.

From "Bright Sword" to "The Lotus Lantern", he has no precedent of arbitrarily changing the cast configuration.

The coal boss made a "reasonable" request to sleep with the actress when investing in a play, but he didn't even have this demand.

After the discussion, Zhang Jing was still very satisfied.

Because although Director Jiang Wei is very capable, he is a notoriously slow shooter.

He can make good things, but he is very rigorous and meticulous, and his work takes a long time.

Qingyu Media has always suffered a disadvantage in this regard.

Because of the low efficiency, it is not so convenient to find investment.

Zhang Yuan has already proposed investment and is willing to take a 50% share.

That means that investment has been obtained before filming even starts, and Boss Zhang is of course very satisfied.

"I've released the copyright, and everyone can use it together."

"But in exchange, the online copyright of the TV series must belong to me."

"Okay." Boss Zhang agreed without hesitation.

The price of online copyright is now extremely low, only a few thousand yuan per episode at most.

Even if he does 30 episodes and gets 3000 per episode, the total is less than 10 yuan.

Zhang Jing calculated that not only did she not suffer any loss, she even made a small profit.

After chatting with this person, we agreed to wait until the complete script is out before making the payment and preparing for filming.

Now we sign a draft contract first, and then make a detailed investment contract.

He has a good reputation in the industry, so it is natural and smooth for him to talk and do things.

In those days, Internet companies had not yet emerged and not everything was based on cold data.

At that time, relationships were still very important, and many people formed cliques and supported each other.

We have finished working on "The Hidden Corner" and are just waiting for Director Jiang Wei to slowly work on the script.

On the other side, Zhang Yuan was not idle either.

In addition to cutting the ribbon at real estate projects, he also attended events at several shopping malls, hotels, and even large restaurants.

In the end, I made a small fortune, about three or four million.

However, this money will not last long.

It’s not even warm yet, but you’re going out.

Because 06 was a magical year with many masterpieces.

Zhang Yuan first came to a certain point on the novel website.

These days, a certain website has just launched a platinum writer system, and the total amount of royalties paid out each month is only in the millions.

And the company is still under Shanda.

Zhang Yuan came to a certain place for two novels.

The first is an idol drama disguised as a political drama, a magical adaptation of the ancient Chinese drama "The Count of Monte Cristo".

A masterpiece about paid slacking off by a female employee of a real estate company, "Nirvana in Fire".

Let alone a certain point at this time, there is no complete system for film and television adaptations of online serial novels in the country.

Online novels are at, and will remain at, the bottom of the literary contempt chain for a long time.

Moreover, although the subscription performance of "Nirvana in Fire" is good.

However, because it was written while slacking off at work and the female author's writing speed is limited, it has only been on the shelves for a short time and the content is updated very slowly.

When the author Haiyan heard that someone wanted to buy the rights for film and television adaptation, she thought she was being scammed.

But when she met the now popular Zhang Yuan through the introduction of the website, her lips trembled with excitement and she couldn't even speak.

Taking photos, signing autographs, shaking hands and dancing.

After a while, the other party finally calmed down a little.

As I said before, this was a book she wrote while slacking off at work, so it was a pleasant surprise that someone was willing to spend money to buy this novel that has not yet been updated and published.

I have never experienced copyright trading and I am confused about the price.

So after a detailed discussion, Zhang Yuan only spent 70 to buy the adaptation rights of the entire IP of "Nirvana in Fire".

Including the film and television adaptation rights, game adaptation rights and commercial use rights of all subsequent works of the "Nirvana in Fire" IP.

It was so cheap back then.

The author Haiyan is quite beautiful, after all, her annual salary is only 30,000 yuan.

Even if she splits the money 50-50 with the website, it would be enough for her ten years' salary after paying taxes.

You can’t blame people for being short-sighted. Who would have known that inflation would be so severe in the future?

As for the second work he has his eye on, we cannot talk about it at a certain point.

Because he intends to rebel against Tiangang and make some money from someone.

In March this year, a novel titled "Ghost Blows Out the Light" began to be serialized intermittently on the Tianya Forum.

A few months after the post was published, two fan-built forums appeared on Baidu.

After that, his popularity gradually increased and he became famous in the novel circle and on Tianya.

This brother, who goes by the pseudonym Tianxia Bachang and whose real name is Zhang Muye, first started writing to please his girlfriend.

The reason was that my girlfriend loved to read horror novels, but after reading several in a row, she either had bad endings or stopped writing, which made her angry.

When Tianxia Bachang saw that his girlfriend was unhappy, he decided to take action himself.

This is how the pioneering masterpiece of the tomb-robbing genre, "Ghost Blows Out the Light", came into being.

The reason why this guy's writing is so authentic and he knows so much about folk culture is mainly due to his background.

He is not a tomb robber.

He comes from a mining family, and his entire family are members of the geophysical exploration team under the Ministry of Geology and Mineral Resources.

When he grew up, he joined the geophysical exploration team himself.

The geophysical prospecting team is responsible for geological surveys, so they are naturally very familiar with soil, mountains, rivers, and hydrology.

In addition, the geophysical exploration team often comes into contact with mine owners.

No matter whether it is a coal mine, a copper mine, or an iron mine, no matter what kind of mine it is, as long as they work in mining, they are basically very superstitious.

Therefore, these mine owners are always followed by many Feng Shui masters.

Tianxia Bachang obtained a large number of bizarre folk stories from these Feng Shui masters.

Art comes from life!

After "Ghost Blows Out the Light" became a big hit on Tianya, the then boss of a certain point in time personally came forward to invite the series and offered extremely generous conditions, and the series was changed to be serialized on the website.

It didn't matter that this series was published, it immediately achieved an average subscription of over 10,000.

That was 06!
It's worth it!

So after more than half a year of serialization, seeing that the piece of meat was getting fatter and fatter, the website started to have some ideas.

Thus, the famous "10 yuan after drinking" incident, which has been circulating on the Internet for a long time, appeared.

The boss of the website invited Tianxia Bachang to dinner many times to discuss copyright issues.

The head of a company was so polite to him that Tianxia Bachang treated him as a brother.

Then, at a drinking party in 07, everyone drank Meihou.

Especially after Tianxia Bachang got drunk, the boss who later resigned took out a contract.

The end result was that the full copyright of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was sold for 10 yuan.

Full copyright, including physical books, film and television copyright, and even all-platform IP of the work.

In other words, the moment the contract was signed, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" no longer belonged to Tianxia Bachang.

But in fact, this is not entirely true!

There is no doubt that Tianxia Bachang did sell all the copyrights after drinking.

The other party took advantage of loopholes in early copyright laws and completely controlled the work.

But the remuneration was not the 10 yuan as rumored online, but 150 million yuan, plus 40% of the subsequent adaptation income.

However, the revenue from adaptation can be manipulated.

But generally speaking, the so-called drunken scams are mostly half-hearted, because even in 07, 150 million was already an astronomical figure.

Tianxia Bachang was greedy, and this was seen through and taken advantage of by others.

But on the other hand, all the copyrights of the novel are still in his hands!
The big star Zhang Yuan came to him in person, which made him a little nervous.

The routine is still the same, drink first!

He forced him to drink three bottles of white wine, and the drunk man kept calling Zhang Yuan "brother".

Stay in the same room and sleep in the same bed in the hotel at night.

This person didn't expect that the big star would be so down to earth and not at all arrogant.

If I sleep in the same bed with Yang Guo, then I am Xiaolongnu?

This person is from Northeast China and grew up in Inner Mongolia.

These two places are famous for their wine.

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With the blessing of double blood, he is extremely confident in his drinking capacity.

But after three days of continuous fighting, he was surprised to find that the opponent was fine, but he was still hungover.

This was the first time he was drunk by someone!
Although he is older than Zhang Yuan, he still calls him brother.

"Brother Yuan, you said you wanted to buy the film and television rights to my novel, right?"

"We can discuss this together."

"Brother, I feel relieved when you say that." Zhang Yuan compared himself to himself: "Do you think I look like Hu Bayi?"

“No.” Tianxia Bachang shook his head and said, “The Hu Bayi I imagined is not as handsome as you.”

"Then what do you think about Fan Bingbing playing Shirley Yang?"

"Ah!" Tianxia Bachang shuddered when he thought of Fan Xiaopang dressed up like Tomb Raider.

Who can resist this!
Zhang Yuan plays Hu Bayi, Fan Bingbing plays Shirley Yang, if this were made into a movie... Tian Xia Ba Chang feels beautiful just thinking about it.

Let’s talk about whether it will succeed or not later, just draw the pie first.

"Brothers will settle the score."

"I like your novel very much, so I want to buy the copyright and make a movie, but I can't let you suffer a loss, brother."

Zhang Yuan waved his arm generously: "Name your price!"

"I don't understand. Brother Yuan, you name the price." The other party evaded.

This is not politeness, it's being cunning.

He would wait for Zhang Yuan to make an offer first so that he could see the situation and would increase the price no matter how much the offer was.

"Then I'll tell you the truth, brother!"

Zhang Yuan pretended to be calm and swayed his body as if he was drunk.

"I have prepared 100 cash in total."

"You sign the contract and I'll transfer the money on the spot!"

Tianxia Bachang rolled his eyes and then shook his head repeatedly.

"Brother, one million is a little short."

"What do you say."

"200 million, plus 50% of the subsequent film and television revenue!"

The other party is not a fool, even if the price is high and the payment is low.

"Oh..." Zhang Yuan sighed: "This is the price you offered."

“I’ve never seen this in the entire film and television industry.”

"I can't get it." Zhang Yuan also shook his head.

"Then brother, please think about it again and we can discuss it."

Tianxia Bachang has figured it out these past two days.

Zhang Yuan, such a big star, came to visit in person and stayed with me for drinks for several days.

That means you are determined to win this novel!
Then why should I panic? It’s okay to let it sit for a while.

The more you leave it alone, the more the other party might give you.

The intimacy at the dinner table is unparalleled, but can it be taken seriously?
Tianxia Bachang keeps calling me brother, but he knows it clearly in his heart.

But what he didn't know was that Zhang Yuan didn't take his call of brother seriously.

How can I come to your house in person without any preparation?
He still has a killer move that he hasn't used yet.

"Hey, your condition is not sincere."

"Forget it, that's it."

"It's just that the money I prepared is not enough."

"I am very interested in tomb-raiding novels."

"Since your approach won't work, I'll try another direction."

Zhang Yuan stood up and said.

"Which direction are you planning to change?" Tianxia Bachang suddenly became alert when he heard him say that.

"I heard there's a fan fiction of Ghost Blows Out the Light that's quite popular?"

The man's face turned green on the spot.

Which fan work?

"Grave Robbers' Chronicles"!

As mentioned before, not long after "Ghost Blows Out the Light" was serialized on Tianya, two spontaneous forums appeared on Baidu.

One of them is called Ghost Blows Out the Light.

Not long after this forum was established, a fan fiction titled "Grave Robbers' Chronicles" began to be serialized on the forum.

That’s right, from the very beginning, “Grave Robbers’ Chronicles” was a fan fiction of “Ghost Blows Out the Light”.

Therefore, at the beginning of the story, the configuration of the protagonists and their worldviews are so similar.

No one took it seriously at first.

But it can be changed and changed.

Whoops!
Everyone found this to be pretty good!
Although the writing style is not as good as "Ghost Blows Out the Light", the story is not as rigorous, and it is somewhat suspected of being homosexual.

But it soon became popular.

It seems like the fan works are trying to kill the original creator.

Zhang Yuan muttered.

"Compared to Hu Bayi, I think I am more suitable to play Wu Xie."

"Well, Fan Bingbing is also good in playing An Ning."

"As for Zhang Qiling, I think Chen Kun would be fine too."

Anyway, he just talks nonsense.

He was just talking casually, but Tianxia Bachang couldn't stand it!

what?
The copyright of fan fiction is sold earlier than the original work.

And use the top-notch cast that was originally given to me to make it into a movie?
Then where can I put my original face?

"No bro, don't leave yet."

"I have to go. I have to go to Yuhang to find the author of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles."

"I hope he can be more talkative." Zhang Yuan waved his hand.

"We can get together again later, it's okay."

"It's tight, it's too tight!" Tianxia Bachang held him and wouldn't let go.

"I lost my temper. I just said something nonsense."

After "Ghost Blows Out the Light" became popular, it's not that no one approached him.

But the copyright fee given did not exceed 50.

But he saw that his novel was being serialized on the website and was earning tens of thousands of dollars every month in serialization fees.

The appetite is getting bigger and bigger.

With Northeastern and Inner Mongolian ancestry, he not only has a good alcohol tolerance, but is also good at making noodles.

Having been hit on the soft spot by Zhang Yuan, his tone immediately softened.

Of course, Zhang Yuan is not the kind of person who would not give in even if he is right.

In the subsequent communication, he also took the initiative to relax the cash conditions a little bit.

In the end, the two reached an agreement for 120 million plus 10% of the subsequent film and television adaptation profits.

Zhang Yuan wants to obtain the adaptation rights for all film and television works under his IP and world view.

But novel writing, physical book publishing, audiobooks and other copyrights remain in his hands.

After sobering up the next day, Zhang Yuan immediately found his usual contract lawyer to draft the document and had the other party sign it on the spot.

And he has no intention of playing tricks on the 10% copyright revenue.

After all, capital has a way of circumventing profit sharing.

That is to open another company, sell the copyright to this company at a low price, and then have this new company produce and shoot the film, or cooperate with other platforms to create.

In this way, the original author can only get the copyright share of the first low-price transaction.

This kind of plan to wipe out the entire family is ugly and easily criticized.

If you keep doing this, who would be willing to sell you the adaptation rights?

After getting what he wanted, Zhang Yuan said goodbye to the other party.

But he did not stop and flew directly to Yuhang.

Because the words he said to provoke the other party at the dinner table were not false.

He really planned to go to Yuhang to find Nanpai Sanshu... (End of this chapter)