Chapter 58 Pixar
"Andrew, come and see if this story is suitable for adaptation into an animated film?"
Stanton recognized what John was holding at a glance,< br>
"This is the book by a Chinese writer that has been very popular in the industry recently."
He took the book and saw the article titled "Wall-E" ", after reading it patiently, I felt a strange feeling in my heart, as if I had an indescribable emotion towards this story.
Stanton said excitedly, "This story should be animated by nature. It is so suitable to be presented in the form of an animated movie."
"We should take it and make it!"
Stanton stared at John Lasseter and said word by word.
Lasset is a little funny, that’s not what I meant when I brought it over.
“Don’t worry, there are many companies in Hollywood that have gone to China to find that little writer and wanted to buy the copyright, but they were all rejected. We must think of a way not to be rejected.”
Stanton touched his chin with two fingers, "Perhaps it's because the companies I went to are all small companies? Have any of the Big Six in Hollywood ever heard of buying copyrights?"
"I haven't heard of that."
"This should be the reason. Who can refuse the six major Hollywood companies to adapt his works." Stanton clapped his hands,
"John, we didn't sign a contract with Disney for five animated films. If you want to talk about the contract, we can definitely get it with someone from Disney."
Lasseter said helplessly, "Brother, these five movies have been completed, and we are now finishing at the bottom of the sea. Total mobilization is the fifth one.”
Stanton's idea came to him as soon as his head turned.
"Disney is already looking to renew the contract. We can use this little WALL-E as the beginning of a new cooperation."
Lasset thought for a while, "We can't find Disney in advance. With the style of my old employer, they will probably leave us alone and do it themselves."
"Then let's go to China to find the little writer first and see if we can negotiate for the adaptation rights." Stanton couldn't wait to negotiate. encouraged.
He walked around the room excitedly, as if he had already seen the scene where he got the story and made it into an animation.
Lasseter poured cold water on him, "We don't even know each other's contact information yet."
Stanton over there didn't care about this. He was already calling his assistant to make an order. Got a ticket to China.
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One day at the end of April, Sister Mei came to see Chen Linfeng,
"Xiaofeng, someone from Ailiken came to see you again, not this time. The small role is Pixar, the Pixar that made "Toy Story" and "Monsters, Inc."" Sister Mei's voice was full of joy.
She was a little excited. After entering the house, she felt that she was not relaxed even when sitting on the sofa. She stood at the door of Chen Linfeng's bedroom and kept wandering around.
Chen Linfeng is tutoring Shi Xiaolong on his homework. Brother Long is about to take the high school entrance examination and has been studying at home recently.
Hearing the news, Chen Linfeng was also a little excited.
Shi Xiaolong quietly pricked up his ears, listening to the conversation between the two, and gradually stopped writing in his hand.
Chen Linfeng remained as calm as possible, "Have they contacted you? Which novel story are you interested in?"
"I just received a call from Moya. Pixar is interested in "Wall-E.""
"It's indeed this one." Chen Linfeng's eyes lit up. After a few months, he finally found a reliable one. The production company came to visit.
In fact, the process for Pixar to find him was quite tortuous. Lasseter and Stanton did not know Chen Linfeng’s contact information. Pixar did not have a branch in China, and they did not dare to find him through Disney connections.
They first came to Shenhai and used a few Chinese sentences they had learned temporarily to ask staff at the airport for news about Chen Linfeng.
Shenhai is a big city after all. The airport staff had never seen anyone before and patiently answered their questions.
Fortunately, Chen Linfeng's reputation is not bad.
The two of them actually asked about the publishing house that Chen Linfeng cooperated with, and finally found the magazine Sprout, and contacted Sister Mei through Sprout.
Shi Xiaolong opened his mouth in shock. He turned around and said, "Xiao Feng, another Hollywood company is looking for you. I remember we watched "Toy Story" together before."
He said excitedly, "Will I be able to see the animated film adapted from your novel in the future?"
"It's still early. Whether the negotiation can be concluded depends on the other party's conditions. "This is why Chen Linfeng can stabilize his mentality.
He suddenly reacted, "Brother Long, continue to do your questions, don't interrupt." "Use chicken feathers as arrows. If there is something fun, I won't be allowed to participate."
Shi Xiaolong He curled his lips, turned back, and continued to do the questions.
Chen Linfeng closed the study door, and the two of them chatted quietly in the living room.
Xiao Yunmiao saw the two of them sitting on the sofa talking about something, jumped on the sofa, and lay beside Chen Linfeng's legs.
After waiting for a long time and seeing no movement, it pushed its head against Chen Linfeng's thigh.
Until there was a familiar touch on his head, Little Cloud Meow squinted his eyes comfortably and dozed off with his paws on his pillow.
This time is different from the previous Resident Evil. That time, Chen Linfeng wanted to lose money and make a profit, so he didn't ask for too much.
Although he will not pursue extreme profits when cooperating with Pixar, he will clearly mark the price.
Even though his main goal is to become famous, money is just a bonus.
However, being too humble will make those companies treat him as a fool and just want to get rid of him by casually giving him a few dates.
Human psychology is very strange. If you pay little, you will easily not pay attention to it.
On the contrary, the more expensive the film adaptation rights are, the more likely it is that a lot of resources will be invested in publicity and promotion in the later period, and the author of the original work will be promoted to the sky, thus increasing the gold content of the film itself in disguised form.
And the price of film adaptation rights is indeed very flexible. The prices for novice and established writers are completely different. The prices for domestic authors and foreign authors are also different.
Not to mention the low price, there are many cases where adaptation rights are sold for one dollar, and there are many examples.
The price is high, and it is a beautiful case of high-priced adaptation rights outside the country.
What Chen Linfeng heard about was the news he saw in his previous life.
The original work of "Alita Battle Angel" was bought by a truck driver for a whopping $100 million.
And the time is around 2000, not far from now.
But that kind of thing requires long-term negotiations, which is rare.
If you follow the cat and the tiger, you may end up losing both your fame and wealth.
Chen Linfeng’s plan is to get the standard price in the industry, which is 10%-30% of the film production cost.
Judging from his current situation in the beautiful country, if he can get 10%, it will be considered a success.
Chen Linfeng and Sister Mei kept discussing, simulating various possible situations to prepare for their meeting in a few days.
Through the contact between the two parties, the two parties made an appointment to meet at the Shenhai sprout magazine three days later, on May 1st.
On May Day, Chen Linfeng and Sister Mei met John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton, as well as their assistants and other staff in the conference room of Sprout.
This new batch of staff, including legal, translation, financial and administrative cost staff, only arrived in the past two days.
Merting is accompanied by Zhao Changtian, who is also very concerned about this matter. Maybe this is the beginning of Chen Linfeng's move to the Western world.
If a world-class writer can emerge from their sprouts, it will be a life worth living.
Everyone chatted for a while. Since only Chen Linfeng knew English on Moya's side, he couldn't be allowed to translate the other person's words all the time, so Moya found an employee who had worked in a multinational company in advance to act as a translator.
Stanton got straight to the point when he came up, "Chen, I hope to get the film adaptation rights of the novel "Wall-E". I am very optimistic about the content of this novel. Let us do it. This will be an excellent one." Adapted. "
Chen Linfeng was not surprised at all that this foreigner made his attitude clear from the moment he came up. It can be seen from the previous exchanges that he is a person who focuses on his own affairs and is not very good at communication.
Lassiter went on to say, "Chen, John is right. You have refused cooperation from many Hollywood companies. I believe you are waiting for an outstanding company to treat your work."
He took out a few discs from his bag. These were pirated discs he had bought at Shenhai Video Store in the past few days. They were "Toy Story 1&2", "Monsters, Inc." and "A Bug's Life". is a movie previously produced by Pixar.
"These discs have a high sales volume in China. I believe you should also know something about our Pixar. If you want to make your story into a 3D animated film, Pixar is your best choice."
(End of this chapter)