Chapter 31 TV Series Adaptation
Zou Shifang believes in the truth that if you follow successful people, you will definitely succeed. The successful person with whom he has the best relationship is Liu Hongmin.
So, he always valued Liu Hongmin’s opinions.
"Hongmin, what are you going to do with that house?"
"Leave it alone for now, wait until I save some money, renovate it, and then bring my family to live in it."
Liu Hongmin’s purchase of a courtyard house is more of an investment. Thirty years later, that courtyard house will be worth at least hundreds of millions. By then, even if he lies flat, he will be able to have enough food and clothing for the rest of his life.
With his worries solved, he will now play some things that time travelers play.
What Liu Hongmin didn’t expect was that his primitive accumulation would soon be delivered to him.
“…”
“Didn’t you go back to Xiangjiang?”
Liu Hongmin looked at Luo Baoming who appeared in front of him again with a very strange face. What's even weirder is that Luo Baoming also brought someone with him.
Luo Baoming shrugged helplessly, "I just work hard!"
"Let me introduce to you, this is Manager Huang from RTV. We are here because RTV wants to buy " "Young Bao Qingtian" copyright. "
"Hello, Mr. Liu." Manager Huang shook hands with Liu Hongmin, "Since "Young Bao Qingtian" was published in Ming Pao, it has caused a lot of popularity. It’s very shameless. I want to film Bao Qingtian, but I don’t even want to buy the copyright. I just film the story of Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses.”
Liu Hongmin was unmoved, if he was really in his 20s. The young man might fall for this kind of provocation.
"The story of Three Heroes and Five Righteousness is very exciting. When I first wrote Shaobao, I drew on its writing style."
Manager Huang saw that Liu Hongmin ignored this, and he was not very care. He just talked casually to vent his dissatisfaction. Whether there is any cooperation between TVB and Liu Hongmin, the significance of provocation is not very big. Of course, if Liu Hongmin's impression of TVB deteriorates, he will still be happy to see it.
"Mr. Liu, we are going to take young Bao Qingtian to compete with TVB, so we hope to get your authorization this time."
"You want to film Shao Bao? Of course, no problem, I wonder how much you are prepared to pay for the adaptation?”
Manager Huang has learned a lot about Liu Hongmin from Luo Baoming and knows that this young man is different from other mainlanders. Not only is he cunning, but he also knows a lot about Xiangjiang. It is difficult to deceive him. Therefore, he was already prepared to be slaughtered by Liu Hongmin. Who would let the young man Bao Qingtianhuo!
Before they came, "Famous in the World" happened to be serialized to its last issue, and Mingpao's sales on that day reached an astonishing 120,000 copies. This is one of the highest sales of the day since Mr. Jin Yong wrote the book. Only Ni Kuang and other famous writers can occasionally reach this figure.
Mystery novel lovers highly praise the story of "Famous in the World". They believe that the method of committing crimes in "Famous in the World" is very clever and the reasoning process is extremely reasonable. It is fully worthy of Bao Qingtian's "Ri Neng" The ability to examine Yang and cut off Yin at night.
“We plan to buy the adaptation rights for all seven of Shaobao’s novels, and we will pay 10,000 Hong Kong dollars for each one.”
Liu Hongmin shook his head, “It’s a little less.”
"This is already a lot!" Manager Huang said: "Seven books are 70,000 Hong Kong dollars. Many writers in Hong Kong cannot get this amount."
Liu Hongmin was unmoved, "I heard Mr. Jin Yong can get half a million Hong Kong dollars in adaptation fees for a novel?"
Manager Huang laughed, "Mr. Liu, that's Mr. Jin Yong."
"Mr. Jin Yong. It’s true that I can’t compare to her reputation, but it’s not even one-fiftieth away, right?”
Manager Huang was stunned for a moment, “Your novel is also a little short in length,” Liu Hongmin nodded. "You are right, then how about we treat the seven novels as one?"
Manager Jiang Huang had no objection, and Liu Hongmin continued: "I know I don't have much fame in Xiangjiang, but with Shaobao's popularity, I can always be one-third as popular as Mr. Jin Yong, right?"
Manager Huang quickly shook his head, "Mr. Liu, there is no such calculation for the adaptation fee."
"It is true that there is no such calculation, but when you change the novel, there is always a floor price. Then according to the reputation and popularity of the work, upwards Increase the price. Although I am not well-known in Xiangjiang, with the reputation of Shaobao, it is more than 70,000 Hong Kong dollars. Each of the seven stories is almost five episodes. The entire TV series is at least thirty-five episodes, which is considered a big production. Right? You just want to spend 70,000 yuan on the adaptation fee for a big production?"
Manager Huang opened his mouth, he had never seen such a bargain.
Luo Baoming snickered on the sidelines, watching others fall into the same pit that he had fallen into, the feeling of pleasure was really difficult to describe in words.
“Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars!”
Liu Hongmin gave his offer.
Manager Huang was anxious, "Didn't you just say that the popularity of Shaobao is not one-third that of Mr. Jin Yong?"
One-third of 500,000 is 16.666...
Do you think I don’t know how to count?
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Okay, I'll give you a small change, 160,000 Hong Kong dollars!"
Manager Huang shook his head, "No, I can't accept this price, we can offer up to 100,000 Hong Kong dollars."
< br>“150,000 Hong Kong dollars, no more.”
“120,000 Hong Kong dollars, no more.”
Liu Hongmin sighed, “140,000! Each movie is only 20,000. , Shaobao is worth the price.”
Manager Huang calculated it silently, and found that it is indeed not expensive at 20,000 yuan each. Before coming, Mr. Huang had already told him that the highest price he could offer was 30,000 yuan per unit. With this thought, Manager Huang stopped insisting, "Deal."
Liu Hongmin smiled and stretched out his hand, "Happy cooperation."
"Happy cooperation!"
Manager Huang took out the prepared contracts, two in total. After filling in the adaptation fee in one of them, he picked up another one, "Mr. Liu, we would like to ask you as a consultant to help us shoot the young Bao Qingtian. Because the filming location is in Hong Kong, we need you to work there. , the shooting period is about more than a month, and we can give you a reward of 15,000 Hong Kong dollars."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows. 15,000 Hong Kong dollars is equivalent to two months' salary of a white-collar worker in Hong Kong, which makes Liu Hongmin very excited. .
Liu Hongmin really wants to go to Xiangjiang to see there are too many business opportunities there. As long as he brings back any one, he can make a lot of money.
However, he is not a businessman, so he needs a partner to do some business that is currently allowed.
"Okay, tell me the time in advance. The school needs to ask for leave in advance. Also, I need your help to go through the procedures for going to Xiangjiang."
Going to Xiangjiang these days is equivalent to going abroad. The procedures are cumbersome. But if RTV comes forward, it will be much simpler.
After Youth Bao Qingtian is aired, maybe there will be a show of flowers outside the wall and fragrance within the wall.
(End of this chapter)