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

Chapter 57 Domestic Public Opinion
Let's go forward in time.

By the end of March, the box office revenue of "Resident Evil" in North America was a foregone conclusion, currently at more than 30 million US dollars, and is estimated to exceed 40 million in the end.

It has also begun to be released overseas and is more popular in overseas markets than in North America. Hollywood predicts that the global box office should exceed $100 million.

This figure is not amazing, but as the first film in a series it is qualified. The box office revenue can make a small profit. If the subsequent revenue from videotapes and peripherals is taken into account, it will definitely not lose money.

The film production company also contacted Disney Publishing Company to take out Chen Linfeng's original novel of Resident Evil 1 and sell it separately with the movie images.

Determined to squeeze every last bit of wool from fans.

Of course, the most important thing is that the movie has a good reputation, which lays a good foundation for subsequent series.

Constantine Films has announced the decision to produce the second film. The director revealed that the second film will still use the original novel by Chinese writer Chen Linfeng as the main story framework.

During the first week of Resident Evil's release, news that the film was adapted from Chen Linfeng's novel spread back to China, attracting widespread attention.

"At such a young age, it's incredible that Hollywood has adopted his story to make a blockbuster movie!"

"Chen Linfeng has officially entered the Emilian market. This is a crucial step for young writers of the new era."

Subsequently, the hot sales of the novel "Infinite World" in the United States, including the coverage of Chen Linfeng's novel by the Emily Ken media, triggered crazy media reprints.

"China's new generation of writers born in the 80s are entering the North American market!"

"Is China's first internationally renowned writer about to be born?"

"The people of Emily Ken actually did this just to read his novel!"

The idea of ​​using novels to quit flour addiction has since spread widely among book fans and has become an enduring meme.

The first work was adapted into a movie, and the second novel became a hot seller in North America.

Emily Ken, a Hollywood film practitioner, noticed Chen Linfeng's existence.

First, some unknown Hollywood companies approached Chen Linfeng and wanted to buy the copyright of the stories in his novel collection, or the entire package.

It was obvious at first glance that the person was here to take advantage of a bargain, so Chen Linfeng certainly wouldn't agree to it.

In particular, his novels are now selling well in the United States, and the figures are rising every day.

Chen Linfeng is not in a hurry to sell his works. Even if no one buys them, the money earned from Future Information alone can support him to film these stories himself in the future.

Foreigners come to see Chen Linfeng from time to time, and of course many domestic reporters who are following Chen Linfeng will also notice it.

They interviewed several foreigners who had visited Chen Linfeng, and only then did they know that these people came from Hollywood in order to buy Chen Linfeng's copyright.

Is Chen Linfeng's novel going to be adapted by Hollywood again?
The reporters were extremely excited. This was big news and they rushed to dig out more detailed information.

Several foreigners were also very interesting. They hoped to put some pressure on Chen Linfeng through the Chinese media in front of them.

"Chen should take this opportunity to sell the adaptation rights as soon as possible. In two years, no one will pay attention to the works of a Chinese writer."

"That's right, my AC Films is his best choice."

"Fuck, BD movies are the best!"

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, the two of you, stop smearing our Emily Ken."

The reporters watched the foreigners quarreling with great interest, and after returning, they wrote about it with exaggeration.

"Hollywood companies are fighting each other over adapting Chen Linfeng's works."

"It turns out that Chinese novels are so important in Hollywood."

"Several men fought each other just to win his heart!"

All kinds of information in these newspapers and on the Internet have given great support to the new book.

The domestic sales of "Infinite World" exceeded one million copies in the first month, which is the fastest to break one million since Chen Linfeng started writing novels.

Careful people may also notice that in Chen Linfeng’s two consecutive novels, there is a hateful villain named Yuanyuan.

A newspaper commented that Chen Linfeng was being unreasonable and that writer Yuanyuan had already paid the price because the Today's Celebrities magazine, which she hosted, was ordered to cease publication (this was a true story).

Why treat people like this? We are all intellectuals, we should still have the proper decency.

Chen Linfeng just thought they were talking nonsense, but the Internet was delighted.

"No one mentioned it, and I really forgot about that incident. It turns out that the clown at the beginning of the infinite world was a real clown."

"Haha, I noticed when I was reading The Worry-Solving Shop that the person who spread the rumor in the book was an allusion. It's not an adaptation, it's all true!"

"Chen Linfeng is really a man of character. He will take revenge if he has any. He is a real man."

As Chen Linfeng expected, some authors who later wrote infinite flow fan fiction would often retain the clown Yuanyuan, and some even specifically wrote about her grievances with Chen Linfeng in order to increase the word count.

Later on, Yuan Yuan even became the name of a villain commonly used by online writers. Like Wang Qinian, Luo Ke Di and others, he became a famous supporting role in online novels.

However, Yuanyuan is slightly different in that she specifically refers to villains.

This is something for later, let’s not mention it for now.

There are actually some complaining voices on the Internet, because this is the second time that Chen Linfeng has written an unfinished story.

Moreover, since the original novel is an online novel, the plot is closely connected. The story is at an attractive stage, but it suddenly stops. Many people are eager to know the subsequent plot.

"Chen Linfeng has learned bad things. I was just wondering how the protagonist would turn the tide and revive his teammates, but the plot was interrupted here. I am so anxious!"

"Destiny did it once, and now it's happening again? They're just digging holes and not filling them, right?"

"Ten thousand people swear in blood that Chen Linfeng should hurry up and write the second book!"

Of course Chen Linfeng saw these comments online.

But it is impossible to fill the gaps. These series of novels with super long plots that can be continued will be left for his retirement in the future. Fans should just wait patiently.

Let the readers suffer and I will take the blame.

In April, the "Resident Evil" production team informed Chen Linfeng of the release date in mainland China, which was scheduled for the end of June, the beginning of the summer vacation.

Chen Linfeng then spent some time on the film's promotional activities in mainland China.

In fact, the publicity effect of the novel alone is very obvious. At the beginning of "Infinite World 1", the first Resident Evil is used as the first mission world, and at the end, Resident Evil 2 is used as the mission scene for the battle with the Devil Team.

This series can be said to be inextricably linked to "Infinite World".

Readers who have read the novel are very interested in the film version and many have posted comments online expressing their interest in the Resident Evil movie.

Although they may not all spend money to watch the movie, it has indeed achieved deep-rooted publicity among a large number of people.

Emily Kenpixar.

John Lasseter, who directed "Toy Story", noticed a new writer from China.

This writer is also a new talent that his former employer, a publishing house under Disney, is promoting.

The reason for paying attention to him is not the best-selling novel, but the collection of short stories released before.

I heard that the Resident Evil movie that was released not long ago adopted the story from this movie.

Many practitioners have also noticed this.

There are several well-known screenwriters in the industry. In order to attract attention to excellent scripts, they collect some unfilmed stories or scripts and call it the Hollywood Script Blacklist.

Today, the blacklist includes several stories from Chen Linfeng’s novel collection.

Franklin Leonard, founder of the Blacklist, commented that most of the stories in the author's several novel collections are suitable for film adaptation.

When John Lasseter heard about this, he went to the bookstore and bought all three collections of novels by the Chinese writer.

After reading the whole book, Lasseter had to admit that many of the stories in it were very visual and were indeed suitable for adaptation into movies.

What particularly interested him was that there was an article called "Robot Wall-E", which was described in a very childlike manner without losing its connotation.

Lasseter tried to interpret the whole story using the thinking of an animated film and found it to be a perfect fit.

He was very excited and found Andrew Stanton, with whom he had worked for many years.

　I stayed up late with nothing to do, so I'll post it first. I'll post the second chapter around 7pm.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)