Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 146 Minions

Chen Linfeng refused, "No, I don't have anything in my hand. Come visit me another day."

Liu Qianqian tried to persuade him a few times, but seeing that she failed to change the other party's mind, she went upstairs first.

After a while, she came down carrying the cat bag and a book in her other hand.

“This book is for you.”

After saying that, Liu Qianqian turned around quickly and ran upstairs.

Chen Linfeng glanced at the book in his hand in confusion.

It is Natsume Soseki's famous work "I am a Cat".

He had read this book before. It was a novel that observed human psychology from a cat's perspective. It was intended to satirize capitalists and rulers and criticize a society where money was omnipotent.

Why give me such a book?

Chen Linfeng guessed her intention in giving him this book.

With Liu Qianqian's way of thinking, she can't think too complicatedly.

Is this the strategy he adopted to still keep Xiao Yunmiao?

I am a cat, and Little Cloud Meow is my life.

Is that what you mean?
That's too euphemistic.

He tried to think from another angle.

Natsume Soseki, um...

The most famous meme of this person is probably the phrase “The moonlight is so beautiful.”

Uh, impossible.

Chen Linfeng looked up at the sky, and seeing the sun had not yet completely set, he gave up the idea.

It's so self-conscious.

This illusion that she likes me.

Firm! Resolute! Avoid!
Maybe there is no intention at all, you just like this book, so you recommended it to me?
Judging from Sissi's style, she doesn't think much and she also has some literary youth syndrome, so this may be the most likely possibility.

Chen Linfeng guessed again and again, but there was no definite clue, so he simply gave up.

During this summer vacation, the biggest event in the entertainment industry was the 2nd Super Girl Contest.

Now the competition is at its most intense stage. Since each person's mobile phone number can cast a limited number of votes, some fans even ran to the streets to canvass for votes, which shows how crazy it is.

In addition, Shi Xiaolong's "Jingwei Filling the Sea" and "Seven Fairies" performed last year were also broadcast in these two months and achieved good results.

His transition from a teenager to a young man was very smooth, and so far there has been basically no voice from the audience expressing that they are not used to it.

As long as Shi Xiaolong continues to produce good film and television works in the next two years, it can be said that the transformation has been successful.

During the days Chen Linfeng was at home, he finally finished writing "She".

Writing is like this, as long as you want to revise it, there will always be something you feel is not good enough.

But in the final analysis, his works are not known for their literary quality and cannot reach the level of literary refinement of those literary masters.

The main selling point of this book is the future social deduction and the light-hearted dialogue and emotional exchanges between the male and female protagonists. There is no need to revise the writing style over and over again.

Just at this time, Sister Mei also came back from the United States, so Chen Linfeng handed the manuscript to her and asked her to contact all parties and prepare for the sale.

As for Sister Mei, she has been negotiating with Fox in Emily Kensington and has achieved some phased results.

In the end, he received a one-time adaptation fee of $300 million, as well as a 5% share of the box office of subsequent films in exchange for five years of adaptation rights.

In fact, the box office share is not as simple as multiplying the total box office by a proportion.

The general rule in the industry is to first deduct the theater's share of the box office revenue, publicity and other fixed costs, and the remaining amount is the shareable box office revenue.

This is why Chen Linfeng dared to talk about box office revenue sharing only after his scripts became famous in Hollywood and various production companies were eagerly pursuing them.

Currently, various Hollywood companies have possible follow-up cooperation in mind, so they are unlikely to use shady tactics on him or mess with his accounts.

In other words, if you do it once, he will block you.

However, even so, if you really calculate it, the final profit Chen Linfeng received from this movie is estimated to be the same, or even worse than "Wall-E".

But the meaning of box office sharing is completely different from a one-time payment.

This means that his status and importance in front of the production company have reached a level where he can share the production dividends.

Of course, the premise is that Fox does not cheat at that time.

Chen Linfeng still has to take some risks by doing this. If he can successfully get the share by then, it will be a breakthrough.

"Night at the Museum" can be made into a series, and the big money is yet to come.

After discussing the deal with Fox, Chen Linfeng handed Mei another manuscript, which was the script and character design for Pixar's new project - the Minions.

In a few years, Disney will acquire Pixar. This is the only opportunity to negotiate high terms, so Chen Linfeng directly took out the most profitable project.

"Minions" is a very long-lived series, and until he traveled through time in his previous life, he was still releasing new works.

Moreover, each "Minions" movie is among the top ten highest-grossing movies in the world in that year, and this does not include peripheral products, which may bring even greater profits.

Chen Linfeng has already found someone to register the copyright of this script and character design in various important countries.

He told Sister Mei that the next key task would be to negotiate with Pixar.

We would rather go slower and strive for the highest profit, and full copyright profit.

"I have already given Lasseter a heads-up and he has psychological expectations for this, so you can try to test the bottom line and maximize your benefits."

"Okay, I see."

Sister Mei has currently formed a special negotiation team, and she needs to go back to discuss the strategy first.

Liu Xixi's birthday is in two days, and Chen Linfeng has already thought of a birthday gift, which is the song "Invisible Wings".

This was the first song he used to transcribe when he was learning music as a child. Due to its simple melody, it is also an early guitar exercise.

The music copyright was registered several years ago, and now all I have to do is write the lyrics.

Chen Linfeng called Liu Qianqian out and handed her the paper with the lyrics and music written on it.

"Student Xixi, this is your birthday present to fulfill your wish of becoming a singer."

"Oh, you wrote it?"

Liu Qianqian took it happily.

Expand and look at it for a while.

Hmm? Watch it for a while.

Liu Qianqian savored the lyrics carefully.

It seems... this word... is referring to the cyberbullying that happened a while ago.

[I know that I have always had a pair of invisible wings that take me flying, flying over despair. ]

This invisible wing...seems...

Liu Qianqian glanced at Chen Linfeng secretly, then quickly lowered her eyes.

His face gradually turned red.

Calm down! Calm down!
Liu Qianqian was so uneasy by this sudden move that it took her a long time to calm herself down.

While Liu Qianqian was reading the lyrics, Chen Linfeng observed her expression. She seemed very happy and even a little excited.

I said, this song is of extraordinary significance, and it can be used as a college entrance examination question in the future. Now people will definitely be satisfied.

Only Liu Xixi's relatives were present at her birthday party, and she had wanted to invite Chen Linfeng and Shu Chang as well.

However, they both felt uncomfortable participating in other people's family gatherings, so they decided to find a separate day later to celebrate with her.

Although Liu Qianqian was dissatisfied, she finally agreed.

That's why Chen Linfeng handed the gift to her in advance.

It is already the end of August, and Chen Linfeng is about to set off for the Venice Film Festival.

At such an important moment, Sister Mei had to be there, and she arranged everything for the new book at an extremely fast speed.

Negotiations with Pixar will certainly take a long time, so there is no need to rush now.

Even if I still have some work on hand, I'll deal with the rest when I come back.

Shi Xiaolong also wanted to join in the fun, so he asked for a week's leave from the crew of Young Justice Bao 3, saying that he wanted to go out and see the world.

This is also because the Venice Film Festival is different from Cannes. No pass is required and ordinary tourists can enter.

Chen Linfeng had no objection, it was just a matter of paying a little more money.

Then this news quickly reached Shu Chang, and she expressed her desire to join in the fun.

Naturally, Liu Qianqian also found out, and one more person was added to the team.

(End of this chapter)