Huayu: Starting from intercepting Duan Yu

Chapter 10 Bargaining
"Mr. Li, I'd like to use Taiwanese dollars in mainland China, but that's not allowed!"

Xu Yi spread his hands and joked.

"The copyright price..."

Li Yongjin asked again.

At the same time, he thought that since the investment was so huge, the copyright fee naturally could not be too low.

"Mr. Li, how much do you think is appropriate?"

Xu Yi asked back.

In my memory of my previous life, there is no specific price that Tangren paid for the film and television rights to "Legend of Sword and Fairy", but it should not be more than one million Chinese yuan.

But Xu Yi's small studio certainly cannot compare with Tangren in bargaining power.

The final price is expected to be a bit higher.

Then he saw Chairman Li suddenly raise three fingers.

"Mr. Xu, what do you think of this number?"

"Three million Taiwan dollars?"

Xu Yi asked.

Three million Taiwan dollars is roughly equivalent to 75 Chinese dollars.

If it's this price, I can accept it.

But Xu Yi knew that this was obviously impossible.

Sure enough, Chairman Li shook his head again.

"Three million Chinese yuan!"

Li Yongjin said.

"Mr. Li, are you sure you are not joking?"

Xu Yi smiled.

It's just three million Chinese yuan, which is nothing to him.

He can definitely afford it too.

Moreover, compared with the final profit, the mere three million in copyright fees is not worth mentioning at all.

But that’s not how it works.

You can’t be a sucker just because he was reborn and you know there will be money to be made!

However, Chairman Li showed no intention of giving in.

Xu Yi pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Mr. Li, I heard your company seems to have run into some trouble recently?"

"What does this mean, Mr. Xu?"

Li Yongjin frowned, thinking Xu Yi was threatening him.

At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could this kid have a background in the underworld?
You have to know that the underworld is very rampant in Taiwan.

Even though he was the chairman of a large company, he would not dare to offend those guys easily.

"Mr. Li, you misunderstood. What I meant was that the game "Chinese Paladin 2" produced by your company seems to have encountered some problems!"

Xu Yi had learned before that Softstar Entertainment had not been very successful in producing the game "Chinese Paladin 2".

Some time ago, serious disagreements arose between the branch in mainland China and the head office in Taiwan.

So much so that now one production team has become two production teams.

And according to the memory of the previous life, the production team of the Taiwan provincial headquarters was disbanded before the game was released.

This also resulted in the "Chinese Paladin 2" game becoming a semi-finished product that was rushed to the shelves.

Not only were sales far below expectations, but word of mouth was also very bad.

In addition, the plot adaptation is difficult, so in Xu Yi’s previous life, "Chinese Paladin" and "Chinese Paladin 3" were adapted into TV series, but "Chinese Paladin 2" has never been adapted!
The production team of "Chinese Paladin 2" of the mainland branch, after becoming independent, made the game that later became "Chinese Paladin 3"!
"I didn't expect Mr. Xu to know this, but don't worry, Mr. Xu, 'Chinese Paladin 2' is 'Chinese Paladin 2' and it won't affect 'Chinese Paladin'."

"And it's normal to encounter troubles when making games."

"It's just a little trouble this time, it will be solved soon!"

Knowing that he had misunderstood, Li Yongjin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At the same time, they also thought that Xu Yi just wanted to use this to lower the price.

But the next moment, Xu Yi smiled again.

"Mr. Li, as far as I know, the trouble your company is facing this time is not just a small one, otherwise the two companies would not have been directly separated."

"It just so happens that I'm also planning to film a few more Chinese Paladin TV series."

"So, Mr. Li, how about this? You sell me the film and television rights to 'Chinese Paladin' and the games currently being produced by the two companies." "This way, Mr. Li will not only get more funds to solve the problem."

"After the TV series airs, maybe it will boost the sales of the game. It's a win-win situation!"

Xu Yi said with a smile.

There is only one reason why games are rushed to the shelves, and that is because there is no money.

Otherwise, "Chinese Paladin" was released in 95, and it will be exactly 8 years by next year.

There was no rush for 8 years, why are you suddenly in a hurry to go public?

They didn't even care whether the half-finished game would damage the reputation of "Legend of Sword and Fairy"!
If you say it’s not because of money, Xu Yi would never believe it even if you beat him to death!

And Xu Yi's original plan was to buy the film and television rights of "Chinese Paladin" and "Chinese Paladin 3" together.

Although by then he certainly won't need to rely on the TV series "Chinese Paladin 3" to boost his popularity.

He doesn't care whether he plays the leading role in "Chinese Paladin 3" or not.

But I think those three heroines should still be very attractive!
As for the film and television rights of "Chinese Paladin 2", that's just a side issue.

Just hearing him say this, Chairman Li subconsciously wanted to refuse.

As the founder and chairman of Dahua Information, he is certainly not stupid.

Both games are still in production.

But relying on the brand of being the sequel to "Chinese Paladin", as long as the quality is not too bad, the sales should not be bad.

At the same time, he also didn't know how "Legend of Sword and Fairy" performed after being adapted into a TV series.

So if the film and television copyright is sold in advance, in case the game becomes a big hit.

Or maybe "Chinese Paladin" became a huge success after being adapted into a TV series.

Wouldn't he have suffered a huge loss then?

But then, Xu Yi also raised three fingers.

"Three million Chinese yuan, the film and television rights to three games!"

"And I can guarantee that the investment in each film is no less than 20 million Chinese yuan!"

"At the same time, you must start filming at least one movie every three years. If you don't, or if the investment is less than 20 million, your company can take back the copyright for that movie for free!"

"Of course, Mr. Li can also choose to refuse!"

"But I think so far, there is probably no other entertainment company that would take the risk of adapting the game!"

Xu Yi said again.

Three million Chinese yuan was used to purchase the film and television rights to the three games, which is one million per game.

This price definitely exceeds the price that Tangren paid for the film and television copyright of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in the previous life.

Not to mention wasting one million to purchase the copyright of "Chinese Paladin 2".

But don’t forget, once the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" became popular.

The copyright price of "Chinese Paladin 3" will definitely rise.

The price that Tangren paid for the film and television copyright of "Chinese Paladin 3" in the previous life was also not made public.

But at least a few million is fine.

Even tens of millions is not impossible!

At the same time, no entertainment company in China has ever tried to adapt games into film and television dramas.

Although a "Tomb Raider" and a "Resident Evil" were released last year and this year respectively.

But that's a movie, not a TV show.

It’s a Hollywood movie that can be released worldwide!

So in Xu Yi's previous life, when Tangren first wanted to adapt "Legend of Sword and Fairy" into a TV series, no one was optimistic.

Even after it was filmed, no TV station was willing to buy it, so it could only be broadcast in Taiwan first.

It was not until it became a huge hit in Taiwan that mainland TV stations began to purchase it.

In addition, Tangren is not yet ready to purchase the film and television rights to "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

So if he doesn’t sell the film and television copyright to Xu Yi, Chairman Li really doesn’t know who to sell it to!
He had deliberately raised the price before because he saw that Xu Yi really wanted to buy it.

So I was thinking about whether I could give him a good beating.

I didn't expect that my true identity had been seen through by others a long time ago...

(End of this chapter)