Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 641 Xixi and the others haven't come back yet
Seeing Xu Youyu escaping out of the room, Li Luo originally wanted to catch her back.

As a result, just as I followed her out of the room and hugged Xu Youyu in my arms, I ran into the author friend who was just coming out of another room.

This made Li Luo embarrassed for a moment, and he quickly let go of Xu Youyu in his arms.

The author who was passing by suppressed his laughter, covered his mouth and said, "Why don't you continue? I didn't see anything."

After hearing this, they didn't feel comfortable going back to their room anymore, so they just went downstairs together.

However, Xu Youyu was only slightly embarrassed for a moment. When he went downstairs, he still hugged Li Luo's arm tightly, declaring his sovereignty to the others around him.

It was a rare occasion that Xixi and Zhusheng were not around, so Xu Youyu was able to monopolize Li Luo. Naturally, he was reluctant to let go.

"Why were you running just now? Now everyone has seen you." After coming out of the elevator, Li Luo leaned over to Xu Youyu's ear and complained.

Hearing this, Xu Youyu snorted, "Confucius said that food and sex are human nature. What's there to be embarrassed about? The author just now got married in his thirties, so how could he not understand this? It doesn't matter."

"That sounds nice, but someone just now was just like me. He immediately lowered his head when he saw someone." Li Luo laughed.

"That's all your fault." Xu Youyu rolled his eyes at him. "I ran away, and you still want to take me back. How hungry are you?"

"Sister You Yu was obviously enjoying it as well." Li Luo said innocently, "I don't know who it was last night that made me learn so much new knowledge."

Hearing this, Xu Youyu's face suddenly turned red, and then he hit him angrily: "What are you talking about outside! Shut up!"

Seeing Xu Youyu's embarrassed and angry expression, Li Luo immediately showed a smug smirk and took her to the place that editor Qianzhou had agreed on.

For Xu Youyu, she is actually the same as Li Luo. She has just started to experience matters between men and women, and she is always getting used to it.

Especially since Li Luo becomes more and more powerful each time, Xu Youyu likes him even more.

But her physical strength was too poor, so she would feel exhausted after just a few minutes. She really couldn't handle Li Luo's vigorous energy.

……

After the two came out of the elevator, they arrived at the third floor of the hotel.

Wenyue Group has booked a conference hall here to be used as the formal venue for tomorrow's salon event.

Authors who have arrived at the hotel today can come here in advance to familiarize themselves with the environment and use it as a tea room to sit down and chat.

When Li Luo arrived here, there were not many people in the conference room, but Qianzhou had been waiting here early.

At the annual writers' salon events, there are about a hundred invited authors, but usually only fifty or sixty actually make it to the event.

Qianzhou sent messages to all authors in the urban group, inviting everyone to come over and chat if they have arrived at the hotel.

Li Luo brought Xu Youyu into the conference room, sat down on Qianzhou's chair, and nodded and greeted the other two authors present.

Perhaps because they saw Chongran himself there, people sitting in other places at the scene also gathered around.

Fu Chen, the editor of the Xianxia group, brought his three authors to ask for a seat next to Qianzhou, greeted Li Luo with a smile, congratulated him on the explosive success of "Little Joy" on the first day of its broadcast, and introduced several authors around him who were attending the salon for the first time.

On the other side, Orange, the editor of the female urban romance category, also came over with two female authors to pay their respects to the original author.

A dozen people gathered in a circle, surrounding Li Luo and the show "Little Joy" which had just started airing last night, and soon became lively and chattering.

Because yesterday, the opening page of the Qidian APP directly posted the recommendation page of "Little Joy". After clicking on it, you will not only jump directly to the original novel page of "Little Joy", but there is even a link that jumps directly to Penguin Video.

As authors and editors present here, we open the APP almost every day. When we see that another author’s novel has been adapted into a TV series, we naturally take a look at it.

"I have read the original novel Little Joy by Ranshen before, and I have also watched the TV adaptation this time. It is really almost filmed according to the original plot." One of the authors couldn't help but sigh, "Sure enough, for TV adaptations, the author himself has to be the screenwriter?"

"The key is the right to speak," Li Luo said with a smile. "The director and crew were very cooperative this time. There were no disagreements on the plot. It was a pleasure to work with them."

When it comes to online writers personally adapting scripts, it still depends on the talent.

Li Luo was able to directly copy the storyboards based on the scenes of the TV series "Little Joy" in his previous life. In addition, he had a foundation in creating short plays in his previous life, so he was familiar with script writing.

Otherwise, if an author who has only written online novels and knows nothing about scriptwriting were to adapt the work himself, the chances of failure would be even greater.

There are actually two main pain points in adapting online literature.

First, online articles are generally long in length and involve grand scenes. If the content is not modified, the cost of filming will be very high and there will also be technical difficulties.

The second reason is that online novel plots are not well received among directors and screenwriters, and the investors do not understand the twists and turns involved. In the end, the plots are greatly changed, and in fact, they just bought the shell of an IP.

Li Luo's "Little Joy" was also thanks to Ying Zhicheng who personally bought the copyright and found him a director who did not have the bad habit of deleting or modifying the plot.

Otherwise, if it was bought by other investors, Li Luo really couldn't be sure what the final result would be like.

"By the way, how much did Ran Shen get for the copyright of his book Little Joy?" a female author asked curiously.

This matter was not a secret in the industry, so Li Luo answered, "One hundred and twenty million."

"I'm so envious..." The male author who came to the salon event for the first time with editor Fu Chen couldn't help but sigh.

"The copyright fee of 12 million, if it is split 50-50, I will get 6 million. After paying taxes, I will probably get more than 4 million?" Another female author couldn't help but count on her fingers, feeling like drooling.

“But I still feel a bit of a loss.” The first female author couldn’t help but say, “Looking at the current momentum of Little Joy, it’s basically set to be the hit of the year, and the investors behind it will make at least 200 to 300 million.”

"Are there so many?" Li Luo was stunned.

"Ah... that's what I said." The female author waved her hands quickly, thinking that Li Luo felt that he had sold too little copyright, so she quickly changed her words and said, "It depends on the specific situation."

"The exact amount really depends on the operations behind the scenes." Qianzhou nodded and said, "But Little Joy is set in an urban setting after all. Whether it's advertising insertion or the subsequent second-round broadcast rights, the profits will definitely not be small."

Li Luo has not learned the details about this aspect, but if it is true as they say that the profit of "Little Joy" can reach over 100 million yuan, then he will really make a lot of money.

After all, he really invested money in the project "Little Joy".

The initial investment cost of the entire project was about 300 to 400 million yuan, including 5 million yuan invested by Li Luo.

If the profit of "Little Joy" can reach 200 to 300 million, then based on the investment ratio, wouldn't he be able to directly get 30 to 40 million?

He hadn't calculated it carefully before, but after doing so, he was really shocked.

Thirty or forty million... He has been working hard for three years after his rebirth, and all the royalties plus copyright fees, and even the money earned from plagiarizing songs, may only be equal to this amount.

As a result, just this one investment project can actually double his assets?

I can only say that it is worthy of being a hit.

Moreover, this only accounts for a small part of the investment, and the biggest part is in Huayue Film and Television.

It can be said that the profits earned from "Little Joy" are enough to make everyone in Huayue Film and Television well-off.

However, Li Luo would definitely not share the inside information in public. He only told Xu Youyu the good news secretly when they were whispering to each other.

When others saw that Chongran suddenly stopped talking, they thought that he felt a little unbalanced because he didn't get a penny from the profits made after "Little Joy" became a hit.

So everyone changed the topic and talked about other things.

A male author who also writes fantasy-themed works couldn't help but discuss with Li Luo his new book which is also gaining popularity recently.

"Speaking of which, Ran Shen's "Da Qian Night Patrol" has been ranked first on both charts this month. How many subscriptions has it received?"

"Sixty-three thousand," Li Luo said casually, "It just exceeded the average subscription of the old book yesterday." Upon hearing this answer, the other authors present took a deep breath.

After all, this increase in grades is too exaggerated for them.

Among the people present, except for one fantasy author and one urban author, the average sales of other works, even for someone like Xu Youyu, have not even reached 20,000, let alone 60,000.

Li Luo even has two books!

And anyone who has written an online article knows that Li Luo's book "Daqian Night Patrol" has just been on the shelves for a month. It is currently at its strongest point, and 60,000 copies are obviously not its end point.

When talking about new books, several male authors immediately became interested and pestered Li Luo to ask for advice on some techniques.

Li Luo had nothing to do, so he started chatting here.

Xu Youyu sat beside him quietly, hardly interrupting him, but occasionally refilling his cup of tea.

When the male authors saw Xu Youyu sitting so obediently next to Li Luo, they showed envy in their eyes.

He has such a beautiful girlfriend with such a great figure, and he is also an online writer with tens of thousands of subscriptions, and he even writes for men!

For online writers, this is simply the ideal perfect girlfriend.

……

They chatted in the conference room until the evening, and Qianzhou told Li Luo that there was a dinner party nearby in the evening and he'd better go.

So Li Luo sent a message to his mother and Xixi and the others, telling them to solve their own dinner outside while he would have a meal with the editor and the others.

After giving the instructions, Li Luo took Xu Youyu and Qianzhou downstairs to a nearby restaurant that looked quite high-end.

When I walked into the hotel box, I found that in addition to the editor-in-chief Nanfeng and the urban editor Hongdou, even the president of Wenyue Group was present.

As a result, Qianzhou sent him to the box, handed him over to his boss Hongdou, and then waved goodbye.

Obviously, the dinner party in this box is no longer something that ordinary editors can attend.

Li Luo took Xu Youyu and sat down in the empty seat next to the editor-in-chief Hongdou. After looking around, he found that the other authors present were basically bigwigs who had sold copyrights.

As expected, when the dinner started, the president of Wenyue Group introduced several middle-aged men around him and gave a brief account of the situation of authors like Li Luo.

After he finished speaking, the president introduced them to Li Luo and the others: "This is Mr. Wang from Penguin Video, Mr. Liu from iQiyi, and Mr. Cao from Youku Video."

Obviously, this is to exchange copyright.

……

At around eight o'clock in the evening, Li Luo and Xu Youyu walked out of the hotel box, left the hotel entrance, looked up at the night sky, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Editor-in-chief Hongdou followed behind and patted Li Luo on the shoulder: "The intentions of these companies are relatively clear. It depends on what you think now. The copyright department has been following up."

"'I'm Not a Star' can be sold now. Please ask the copyright department to discuss the details. I will also send a lawyer to follow up on the situation." Li Luo thought about it for a while and made a decision in his mind. "But there is no rush for 'Daqian Night Patrol'. Let's wait until the end of the year at least."

"Yeah, the editor-in-chief and I have similar ideas." Hongdou nodded and said, "After all, 'I'm Not a Celebrity' is still a plagiarism, so it's good enough if it can be sold."

"As a fictional ancient setting, "Daqian Night Patrol" will be easier to adapt and more popular in the TV drama market."

"It's still in its rising stage, so we can wait a little longer, but..."

As soon as Li Luo heard the word "but", he knew there was something else going on, and he couldn't help but look at Hongdou with a puzzled expression.

"It's like this." Editor-in-Chief Hongdou whispered to Li Luo, "According to Penguin Video, the president wants to reserve the copyright of your "Daqian Night Patrol" in advance."

"After all, our Wenyue Group is a sister department to that department. If the price is reasonable, we will definitely give priority to our own people."

When Li Luo heard this, he immediately frowned: "Then why don't they compete fairly? What's the point of internal appointment?"

"It's just that they want to get it cheaper." Editor-in-Chief Hongdou curled her lips, "The president's message is that you don't have to worry, he just wants to let you know, and he won't let you suffer any loss unless it's absolutely necessary."

After chatting with Hongdou, Li Luo took Xu Youyu back to the hotel room.

Along the way, Li Luo felt a little complicated.

On the one hand, it is because his copyright has been noticed and this novel is worth tens of millions of dollars.

But on the other hand, his copyright was targeted by Penguin Video, and the other party even wanted to take advantage of him through the back door, which made Li Luo a little unhappy.

Fortunately, Wenyue Group and Penguin Video are not in a subordinate relationship. Wenyue Group also needs to make a living, so it is impossible for it to give away benefits to the people over there for free.

I just hope the final result isn't too bad.

Thinking about this, Li Luo opened his notebook at the desk, took a deep breath, and prepared to start typing with Xu Youyu.

But after Xu Youyu put his notebook aside, he stretched out his arms from behind the chair and leaned over Li Luo, blowing hot air into his ear: "Are you sulking?"

"Not really." Li Luo shook his head, "I'm just a little unhappy."

"Is that so?" Xu Youyu said with a smile in his ear.

"Then...if I give you some comfort, will you feel better?"

After saying that, Xu Youyu added in a very seductive voice: "Xixi and Zhusheng haven't come back yet."

Hearing this, Li Luo's original unhappiness was instantly thrown to the back of his mind. He stood up, picked up Xu Youyu, threw him on the bed, and then pounced on him like a hungry tiger.

"Wait a minute... why are you in such a hurry?"

Xu Youyu felt a little itchy from his kiss, and smiled and refused, saying, "Wait for me to get that first..."

As they were saying this, the two heard a knock at the door.

Li Luo stood up and looked down at Xu Youyu with a helpless look on his face.

Xu Youyu spread his hands towards him, then stood up and kissed him on the lips: "Okay, go open the door, we'll talk next time."

……

After opening the door and letting Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng in, Li Luo and Xu Youyu sat back at the desk and began to type seriously.

Xu Youyu sat opposite Li Luo, secretly raised one leg, and teased Li Luo under the table, saying:

"A monk carries water to drink~"

"Two monks carrying water to drink~"

"Three monks, no water to drink."

Li Luo couldn't help rolling his eyes at her when he heard her words, and then he said sarcastically: "Two monks carrying water to drink?"

"You haven't tried it, so how do you know it won't work?" Xu Youyu laughed and winked at him slyly, "Anyway, I have no objection~"

Speaking of this... Li Luo remained expressionless.

(End of this chapter)