Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 184 Film and Television Copyright
Although the novel "Infinite Terror" involves the copyright of too many movies, the subject matter of "Infinite Terror" is indeed very novel, and the character Chu Xuan is just right for Li Boda's taste.

So Li Boda decided that he would adapt this novel into a movie!
However, there are too many problems to solve if "Infinite Terror" is to be adapted into a movie. Just the film and television rights of the novel's various works would cost Li Boda a lot of money, not to mention the need for a lot of cutting-edge special effects to adapt it into a movie.

To turn this into a movie, you simply couldn't make it without a budget of several hundred million.

If Mofang Technology were to open up its operations and accept external financing and venture capital, Li Boda's assets could indeed be worth hundreds of millions.

However, Li Boda did not want to sell his company.

Therefore, adapting "Infinite Terror" into a movie would be extremely difficult for Li Boda at this stage.

Therefore, for Li Boda at this stage, the real goal is not to film "Infinite Terror," but to direct other movies and achieve high box office returns to prove his ability as a director.

If he wants to film "Infinite Terror" again, he can easily attract some investment. Although several hundred million is a lot, if he can become a big director like Zhang Yimou or Chen Kaige, it will still be easy for him to film such a big production.

So, although Li Boda really wanted to make "Infinite Terror" into a movie, neither the funding nor the current situation was suitable, so he had to give up for the time being.

However, although Li Boda is currently unable to film the novel "Infinite Terror," it does not prevent him from wanting to buy back its film and television rights.

Of course, Li Boda didn't personally handle the purchase of the copyright; instead, he had Sister Wang contact the author of "Infinite Terror."

After all, as the head of the studio, this task was originally her responsibility.

However, after reading the contents of the novel "Infinite Terror," Sister Wang was a little confused about Li Boda's intention to purchase the film and television adaptation rights to the novel.

The main problem is that this novel involves too many copyright issues.

Resident Evil, Alien, Ju-on, The Mummy, etc.

To adapt "Infinite Terror" into a movie, it would be necessary to purchase the rights to too many films, and these film rights are all very expensive.

In Wang Jie's opinion, "Infinite Terror" is not worth making into a movie.

Movies like Resident Evil and Alien, whose copyrights don't cost over a million US dollars?

In addition, there are the special effects and other effects required.

A movie's production cost is at least several hundred million. With such a high production cost, how much box office revenue does the movie need to make to recoup its costs?
It's fair to say that every film made loses money; it has absolutely no commercial value whatsoever.

"Sister Wang, don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I won't waste my money," Li Boda said with a smile.

"Well, that's what happens when you're the boss. But as long as you know what's going on, there's really no value in these novels or films," Sister Wang couldn't help but say.

Although Sister Wang was not optimistic about the novel's film and television value, since it was Li Boda's instruction, she had no choice but to purchase the film and television rights to the novel.

Sister Wang first tried to contact the author, but she didn't have the author's contact information. So she went directly to Shanda Literature website and got in touch with Zhang Heng, the author of "Infinite Terror".

When Zhang Heng learned that someone actually wanted to buy the film and television rights to his novel "Infinite Terror," which he was currently writing, he was shocked, and then overjoyed.

These days, very few online novels can be sold for film and television rights.

So Zhang Heng eagerly ran over to meet Sister Wang.

Zhang Heng had absolutely no idea how much the film and television rights would cost, since he had never bought the film and television rights to a novel before and didn't know how much they could sell for.

Looking at Zhang Heng, who seemed to know nothing, Sister Wang didn't know what to say, but she also felt it was quite normal.

If Sister Wang had a slightly malicious mind, she could have easily swindled this seemingly naive guy out of every penny.

However, Sister Wang herself is not the kind of person who is full of swindling and cheating, and in Sister Wang's opinion, the novel "Infinite Terror" has absolutely no value in swindling.

"It seems you don't know much about film and television copyrights for novels, Mr. Zhang," Sister Wang said, looking at Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng scratched his head awkwardly.

"Okay, let me tell you about the situation regarding film and television adaptation rights for novels. For novels by authors like Jin Yong and Gu Long, the price ranges from three to five million if someone wants to buy the film and television adaptation rights," Sister Wang said truthfully.

Zhang Heng's eyes lit up immediately when he heard the price range of three to five million.

"However, Mr. Zhang, the people I'm talking about are Jin Yong and Gu Long. You should know their names and the quality of their novels. They are among the highest-priced novels for film and television adaptations. Other people's novels don't even fetch that much. Some martial arts novelists' film and television adaptation rights don't even reach a million. After all, the author's fame, the novel's fame, the quality of the novel itself, and so on, all affect the price. Do you understand, Mr. Zhang?"

"I understand." Zhang Heng nodded. Sister Wang's words were very clear, and he also understood that the film and television adaptation rights for his novel could never sell for such a high price as those of Jin Yong and Gu Long's novels.

"The film and television adaptation rights for online novels are much lower than those for published books. I don't know much about online novels, but I imagine that under normal circumstances, the film and television adaptation rights for an online novel should be worth less than a million, or even tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands."

Zhang Heng nodded again. Before he came, he had asked some authors in the industry. Although most of them didn't even have the concept of selling film and television rights for their novels, some of them had sold their rights to some extent.

Last year, the novel "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" sold 100,000 copies, which is said to be a result of being scammed.

Because what was sold for "The Grave Robbers' Chronicles" was not just the film and television adaptation rights, but all the copyrights, even the rights to continue the novel, etc., and it only sold for 100,000.

As for his novel "Infinite Terror," the other party only wanted to buy the film and television adaptation rights; Wang Jie didn't care about the other copyrights at all.

These days, even if "The Lost Tomb" were only sold for film and television rights, 100,000 yuan would be a normal price.

After all, there was almost no precedent for adapting online novels into TV series before this.

"To be honest, I didn't want to buy the film and television adaptation rights to the novel 'Infinite Terror' because, in my opinion, it's a trap," Sister Wang said bluntly.

Zhang Heng was stunned and looked at Sister Wang, at a loss for what to do.

“Because your novel involves too many copyright issues. If I buy your novel and adapt it into a movie, then I would have to buy the film and television adaptation rights to movies like Resident Evil and Alien. Do you know how expensive those film and television adaptation rights are?” Sister Wang said, shaking her head.

Zhang Heng shook his head blankly.

"It would cost at least several million dollars, and that's in US dollars. In other words, if I wanted to adapt 'Infinite Terror' into a movie, I would have to spend tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars just to buy the film and television rights to the novel. Since it costs so much, I might as well just go to Jin Yong or Gu Long and buy the film and television adaptation rights to their novels. So in my opinion, the film and television adaptation rights to the novel 'Infinite Terror' are a trap, a huge trap."

Zhang Heng was stunned. He hadn't expected there to be so many problems involved. To turn his novel into a movie, he had to spend so much money to buy the film rights, and at such a high price.

"Since, since you say my novel is a plot hole, then how could you—"

"Why would I buy the film and television adaptation rights to your novel, right? Actually, I didn't want to buy them, but my boss likes your novel, and he even has the wild idea of ​​turning it into a movie, so I just came over. Anyway, it's just the film and television adaptation rights to an online novel, it won't cost much, and it won't matter if I buy it and just leave it there." Sister Wang shrugged and said in a very relaxed tone.

Seeing Wang Jie's attitude, Zhang Heng didn't know what to say. After all, everything Wang Jie said made sense to him, and there was absolutely no problem with it.

"How many words do you plan to write for your novel 'Infinite Terror'?" Sister Wang asked directly.

"Well, actually, 'Infinite Terror' is nearing its end. This novel, when it's finished, will probably have about 2.6 to 2.7 million words," Zhang Heng explained awkwardly.

"Alright, thirty thousand, thirty thousand for the film and television adaptation rights to your novel. What do you think?" Sister Wang held up three fingers.

“Thirty thousand—” Zhang Heng was a little confused. To be honest, he thought the number thirty thousand was indeed a bit low. After all, the novel “Infinite Terror” had a pretty good subscription rate, and his monthly royalties were more than thirty thousand.

However, as Sister Wang said, under normal circumstances, no one would buy the film and television rights to the novel "Infinite Terror".

If we don't sell it and hold onto it, we'll probably never be able to sell it in the end. If we sell it now, we can make 30,000 yuan, which is 30,000 yuan.

Moreover, if my novel were to actually be made into a movie, that would be a good thing. Just thinking about seeing my novel adapted into a movie in theaters is quite exciting.

"I sell!"

(End of this chapter)