Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 36 TV Series Copyright Price (First update, please collect, read, and vote)

Then Li Song was thinking about the plot of the novel in his mind, and unknowingly returned to Hong Kong Island. He found that the famous science fiction writer no longer scolded him in the newspaper, so Li Song let it go.

In fact, no circle is friendly to the younger generation because the cake is only so big.

It was the same with online literature back then. A few big guys would take turns getting the first place monthly ticket reward, and then a new writer would take first place, and the others would target this writer, as if younger authors should listen to their predecessors. Of course, there were also those predecessors who would take advantage of the situation and then go to ruin.

Li Song was not surprised at all. He was still considering whether he should start a magazine.

With the continuous development of science and technology, the proportion of cultural and entertainment industries is growing.

why?
This is the general trend. If everyone works all day long, and there is no entertainment, no games, no short videos, everyone will go out and hang out.

I won’t mention how great the pressure on social security was. In fact, the reason why public security was so bad in the 1980s was that there were too many people with nothing to do.

Later, the entertainment industry became more prosperous, and I could stay at home all day with nothing to do, just holding my phone.

"Go ahead. You're famous and knowledgeable."

"I set the general direction myself and just be a hands-off manager."

"Let Brother Le be in charge..." Li Song thought about it for a moment, took out his diary, wrote down the word "magazine", and then wrote comics and animations.

"Then I'll use the map upgrade method from the online novel. At worst, I can write another Western fantasy and another Eastern fantasy... Then I'll be the originator of fast-food novels."

"But it seems that this is a bit omnipotent..."

No matter what, Li Song started writing the novel with a plot in mind.

Li Song spent New Year's Day in 1980 without feeling anything.

On January 2, 1980, the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, a Wednesday, at around ten o'clock in the morning, Li Song was working on his manuscript.

Liu Jiale came to visit, and after ringing the doorbell, he found that Li Song was at home and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Le."

"A Song, I thought you weren't back from the mainland." Liu Jiale greeted him as he walked in.

"Don't pour the water. I'll be leaving soon. You can go and do your own thing. I'm here for one thing: the copyright issue of Ghost Blows Out the Light."

"The newspaper is thinking this way. The market price for film and TV series copyrights from famous writers in Hong Kong is 500,000 Hong Kong dollars per copy. However, your Ghost Blows Out the Light has a lot of words, so 500,000 is not cost-effective. Also, you haven't finished writing it yet, and there might be a sequel or something."

"So the newspaper decided to charge 2 Hong Kong dollars per episode, and the fee will be based on the number of episodes broadcast."

"What do you think?" Liu Jiale saw that Li Song was busy with the manuscript, so he spoke straight to the point.

Hearing this, Li Song asked worriedly, "Will the TV station fast-forward the plot?"

"That won't happen. The TV station is eager to shoot hundreds of episodes. Your novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is so popular now, people are talking about it everywhere. Some foreign newspapers have also contacted us, hoping to obtain the serialization rights for overseas newspapers. Some people even shipped newspapers to Taiwan."

"Of course, the details will be reflected in the contract. Also, the TV station will probably have to invite you to participate in the adaptation." Liu Jiale said.

"Brother Le, you know my situation. Forget about being a screenwriter, but just don't make random changes." Li Song said.

"That's true. There are only two TV stations in Hong Kong now, one is TVB and the other is ATV. The two are in a competitive relationship. Now both stations want to obtain the copyright. Has Asong considered licensing it together?" Liu Jiale asked.

Li Song was not surprised by this, because he learned in his previous life that these two TV stations would both be filming Justice Bao at some point in the future. It was said that at that time, as long as the audience in Hong Kong turned on the TV, they would see the same dark Lord Bao, and that Lord Bao would be filmed as well, which was enough to make people collapse.

"Forget it." Li Song was horrified by the thought. The protagonist on this TV station looked like this, and on another station, the protagonist looked completely different. "Let's give it to whoever offers the highest price."

"Within the authorization period, Hong Kong Island has exclusive authorization." Li Song knows that the copyrights of TV series and movies have a time limit, such as five years. If you want to shoot within five years, you can shoot, and if you don't, you can't shoot.

"Yeah." Liu Jiale nodded.

"Then I'll leave first. The TV station is very anxious and is preparing to obtain the copyright to broadcast it during the Chinese New Year." Liu Jiale said.

"Well, one thing must be requested, the main plot cannot be changed." Li Song thought that some changes would make people feel that their intelligence was insulted.

"Of course. We can't ruin the reputation. We still have comics and books to come." Liu Jiale nodded.

Liu Jiale left without even drinking a sip of water.

TVB and ATV have been competing with each other for a long time. Both sides are optimistic about Ghost Blows Out the Light this time. Almost 90% of the people in the TV stations are watching Ghost Blows Out the Light, and the senior executives of the two TV stations are also watching it.

It has become a topic of discussion among almost everyone in Hong Kong.

The two TV stations have been unable to contact the author, and the author has handed over the copyright agency to the New Evening News, so the two TV stations have no way to find other ways.

With only a month and a half left before the Chinese New Year, people from the two TV stations were very anxious.

Finally, the New Evening News offered a condition: 20,000 Hong Kong dollars per episode, and the main plot could not be changed or skipped.

The only benefit is that it is the exclusive authorization for Hong Kong Island during the authorization period.

Both TVB and ATV knew that this was a matter of great importance, so they sent people to contact the New Evening News.

The two TV stations first need to know the number of words in Ghost Blows Out the Light, and then roughly how many episodes there are.

Moreover, the New Evening News is also an insider in the industry. As for the popularity of Ghost Blows Out the Light, 20,000 per episode is probably the basic data.

"I think this Northern Uncle San is a bit too arrogant. He doesn't even attend such an important event in person?" After the people from Rediffusion arrived at the New Evening News, they found that the author was not there, so they started complaining.

"Yes."

The receptionist at the New Evening News smiled and said, "Beipai Sanshu is in seclusion writing. To be honest, we at the New Evening News have already received the 200,000-word manuscript for the sequel to Ghost Blows Out the Light."

"Also, Uncle Sanshu Beipai has given us full authority to handle the copyright of the TV series. I'd also like to tell you that people from TVB are also in talks with us."

"This is the sales volume of the New Evening News in recent times."

"This is the number of calls to the newspaper's hotline related to Ghost Blows Out the Light every day. To be honest, because of Ghost Blows Out the Light, we at the New Evening News have set up a special telecommunications team. From four people at the beginning to twelve people now, the number of calls exceeds two thousand every day." A manager of the New Evening News directly took out the data.

Of course, Li Didi knew how popular the sales of the New Evening News were, but she didn't expect that Ghost Blows Out the Light still had 200,000 manuscripts.

The reason why the people from Rediffusion complained just now was actually to gain more initiative in the upcoming negotiations.

"Ahem." The person in charge of Rediffusion picked up the information and looked at it carefully.

On the other side, people from TVB were also looking at the same information.

"Three million words?"

(End of this chapter)