Chapter Five Hundred and Eighty Fifth Global Attack
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Jones Arthur's persistence was beyond Li Chungang and Lin Meng's expectation.
The so-called "I don't have any ideas for film and television shooting yet" and "I will give priority to Paramount" are nothing more than polite expressions. The meaning expressed at this time is giving people an attitude of "I didn't hear it, I will impress you with sincerity".
True——
A nine-figure film production budget plus an eight-figure copyright fee or a considerable box office dividend is already an amazing investment.
If you cover up the word "Paramount" and replace it with Universal Pictures, Warner Bros., Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Sony Pictures among the six Hollywood giants, none of them will sit down and have a good discussion in the future. Opportunity to talk!
I don't know whether the blond foreigner really doesn't understand or pretends not to understand. Since he said euphemistically that the other party couldn't understand, Li Chungang had to tell the truth: "Mr. Jones Arthur, I can hear Paramount Regarding the optimism and sincerity of my work, I can only tell you with regret that I really have no idea of adapting "Lord of the Rings" in a short period of time."
"By the way, I have other things to do in a while, so I'll leave first. If Mr. Jones has any requirements, you can just mention them to Mr. Lin. See you~"
Without giving Jones Arthur a chance to continue speaking, he left Lin Meng's general manager's office without looking back.
Although this kind of behavior is a bit disrespectful and offending, but the attitude of the other party that you are all country bumpkins and labor and management are rich is really annoying. The high-spirited talk of the movie adaptation of "Quit" is even more reassuring.
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Li Chungang found that he was about to become half a "trapeze" recently, flying between Shanghai and Yanjing. Fortunately, no matter how busy he was, as long as he had nothing else to do when he was free, he would not Just take out the notebook that you almost carry with you and start coding.
First "Dragon", then "Lord of the Rings".
Recently, the main energy has been devoted to this, and it is inevitable that the network novel will still be a little "in the cold".
Just like the emperor in ancient times, with three thousand beauties in the harem, could it really be possible to evenly soak in the rain and dew? That's thinking about farting, even if the emperor thinks about it, kidney function doesn't allow it!
The update of "Sword Come" is in the original words of the readers: Lao Tzu's work (class) time is not as stable as it is.
On the contrary, since the time officially entered June, fans and readers who like the book "Full-time Master" are as happy as the nectar after a long drought, because the daily update volume has quadrupled from the original five chapters. , a full 20 chapters are updated every day, which makes readers shout excitedly: "He's back! He's back! That man is back!"
The ruthless codeword machine "Zhi Chun Zhi Gang" who liked to add more and explode more unreasonably, is back!
All of this is actually planned. According to the current daily update rhythm of 20 chapters close to 40,000 words, as long as there are no irresistible factors, the six, seven, and eight months before the end of the summer vacation add up to a total of 3.6 million words. Update, this is more than enough for the "Full-time Master" with a total of more than 5 million words. Even as long as you are willing to work a little harder, you can probably finish the book around mid-August.
In fact, regarding the update plan of this book, Li Chungang did not hide the truth from the fans and readers at all, and directly let the managers of the book review area announce the entire rough update plan and the scheduled completion time to the book review area.
[Is the full-time job coming to an end in August? Although there are still two or three months, but for some reason, I have already begun to feel a sense of reluctance. 】
[Based on the current number and the update plan, the word count of the full-time book should be around 5.3 million.
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[Is the rush to end to make way for another new book, Lord of the Mysteries? 】
[You have an update, I have a reward! From today until the day when the full-time book is officially completed, Chun Gang will give a reward to the leader every time he completes an update, as evidenced by this post! (Essence)]
【Glory, I can play for another ten years! 】
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After saying goodbye to Paramount's Jones Arthur in Lin Meng's office that day, Li Chungang, who felt that he had nothing to do in Shanghai the next day, returned home to Yanjing.
Actually, I just want to meow meow~
(Are you missing others, you are just greedy for others, Dumang!)
Now that I’m back, I still need to code the characters, not to mention that aside from online literature, there’s still a copy of “Lord of the Mysteries” waiting to be fed and met with fans and readers. Losing "Dragon" and "Lord of the Rings" means that he suddenly has no works that need to be coded. This is slack for Li Chungang, who is determined to bring more excellent works to readers all over the world.
It's just that there are too many excellent works, and I don't know which type of work to choose for a while.
"The boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge, maybe you will have an idea in a few days."
Just as he was immersed in the sound of typing on the keyboard, a notification sound suddenly popped up on the WeChat computer side, and several new messages came out one after another.
"Who, you still sent me a message after nine o'clock in the evening." Li Chungang didn't pay attention to it, and planned to write this episode in one go while he was in good condition.
Five hundred words, one thousand words, the hands never stopped.
This is the way to concentrate on writing and start writing. The time flies and the increase in word count is also gratifying.
It wasn't until another brand new chapter, Yueran and the writer's assistant's codeword page, that I opened the WeChat client to see who was in the pulsating message reminder.
The software showed that more than 20 minutes ago, Lin Meng sent three voice messages to Li Chungang, and He Miao sent him two text messages.
"The "Lord of the Rings" peripheral product promotion plan has been sent by Random House. There are various types of specific peripheral products. I have already sent the specific design plan and drawings to your mailbox. Take time later Take a look, if there is no problem, just do it."
"In addition, the first week of "Lord of the Rings" sold 1.68 billion copies worldwide! Domestic sales accounted for more than half of the sales, the United States and other countries and regions mainly in English have nearly 800 million copies, and the rest is Small countries."
"If you see this news, please reply to me. A Hollywood company has come to your door with a script!"
There are three different things in three sentences, and the person in charge of the company is really busy.
The Lord of the Rings peripherals are currently cooperating with the domestic Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to launch the Lord of the Rings cover version of the Federal Reserve Card and credit card, but the issuance time is too short, and it is still unclear how the customers who apply for the card are.
In the next step, we plan to cooperate with the well-known brand "Zhou Daxing" Gold Company to launch the 99 gold version of the same Supreme Lord of the Rings, but the price will be a little expensive, and we will only accept pre-orders for the time being.
The reason for such pricing is to prevent the flooding of products in the market, so that if someone wears it when going out, it turns out that everyone has one, and bumping into a ring is as terrible as bumping into a shirt!
In addition, the global peripheral products developed in cooperation with Random House, from key chains, coasters, thermos cups, notebooks to dolls and other friendly peripherals, there is nothing that cannot be used.
Li Chungang knows that the surrounding area of Lord of the Rings is a huge gold mine, which is more than hundreds of times stronger than the surrounding area of works such as "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Knives in the Snow"!
Now small-scale development has so many uses, and when it is adapted into a movie and released in the future, it may make much more money than the box office revenue by joining forces with those manufacturers and film dealers.
But the second thing surprised him quite a bit. The global release of "The Lord of the Rings" achieved a total sales of nearly 1.7 billion within a week and seven days. This is undoubtedly an astonishing success for a fantasy work with a western background!
It has injected a shot in the arm for the entire publishing market, and made people see the infinite possibilities of book sales.
Li Chungang is very satisfied with this data, and the sales will definitely decline in the future, but almost everyone can conclude that it will definitely easily break through the 2 billion mark!
"The Hollywood company came to my door with the script? Could it be someone from Paramount again? Why are they so persistent? They just rejected the other party two days ago, and they couldn't wait to come to me with the script in less than three days It's weird what you do."
His mind was full of doubts, subconsciously ignoring that it was illegal to adapt without the authorization of the author of the work, but he was very curious about what the Paramount company thought.
The market prospect of "The Lord of the Rings" is there for all to see, and this can be seen from the global sales. Even boring text can attract so many readers to buy, what if it is adapted into a more vivid movie?
It's just that the vast majority of Hollywood studios are currently in a state of "wait and see". In fact, there are already answers, but there are still necessary processes and steps that should be taken.
As for those film companies that feel that the company is not strong enough, they have long since given up with self-knowledge.
While waiting for Lin Meng's reply, Li Chungang couldn't help but murmured, "Could it be that Paramount and the others think that they can impress me with an adapted script, or that they don't even know about me?" Also a screenwriter? Maybe it's that kind of unpredictable way of doing things that keeps Paramount at the bottom of the pack year after year."
"Senior sister, what exactly is the situation where the Hollywood company you are talking about comes to the door with the script? It can't be Paramount again, right?"
Li Chungang's reply was full of doubts, and he was not a person who started chaotically and ended up giving up.
Lin Meng guessed that the other party should be in the code words when Li Chungang didn't reply to his message immediately, so he has been waiting for Li Chungang's response. It is difficult and troublesome to type such important things through WeChat. Knowing that he didn't have the hand speed of Li Chungang's typewriter, he simply called.
She laughed and said: "Today the company received a script outline of "Lord of the Rings" from Universal Pictures, and their producer named Evans said it was a matter of sincerity, and planned to spend a lot of money to buy "Lord of the Rings" He asked if it would be convenient for you to have a chat with him about the film in Yanjing in person."
"Didn't everyone let Caitlin help to disclose the news that there is no plan for film and television adaptation in a short period of time? Why are companies coming to buy film and television copyrights?"
"It's just that we don't believe in evil or think that we are waiting for a price, and maybe we really want to win the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series."
Li Chungang thought it over and over again, and asked: "It's not Paramount anyway, has Universal written the script now? If it's true, we can take a look at the content of the script first, and talk about the copyright issue."
He didn't believe that anyone could get the script out in such a short period of time. Did he really think that everyone had the same help as himself from the [Literature Encyclopedia System]?
Even if it is the world's top studio like Universal Pictures, no matter how many talented screenwriters it has, it only takes a few days to get the detailed script of "Lord of the Rings", which is completely a fantasy!
Sure enough, Lin Meng emphasized: "The other party said in the email that it was just a script outline, and there may be some related settings, plot direction arrangements, shooting ideas, etc. But you must not be fooled by their rhetoric. Fuck you, the best thing these Hollywood producers do is write bad promises."
"How is it possible, I have high requirements. If they can't meet this requirement, no matter which company they are in!"
"If this is the case, then I'll arrange it for them. You don't have class on Wednesday afternoon, right? Make that time available. Then you can find a quieter coffee shop. I'll tell them the address and sit face to face with you. Let's chat, and see Universal's specific sincerity."
Li Chungang recalled the class schedule, and after confirming that there was no class on Wednesday afternoon, he agreed: "I think this can be done. I hope that Universal Pictures will not only write empty promises like Paramount. Can you give me a little surprise? Otherwise, you're wasting everyone's time."
After all, it is not easy to fly to Yanjing from Los Angeles. At least some basic progress is required. If it is just a simple meeting, it is meaningless.
"Then I'll reply to the email first. Their company hopes that we can keep a low profile and keep this meeting secret, and not make this meeting public. This is exactly what we thought. We just rejected Paramount and let Caitlin go out for a walk. I don't want to make a movie adaptation. The news, and now he has agreed to meet with Universal Pictures, it is not suitable to publicize because of emotion and reason."
Originally, "The Lord of the Rings" has just been released not long ago. If it can be revealed that [Universal Pictures executives paid three visits to Maolu just to obtain the right to adapt the film], it will definitely attract the attention of many people who eat melons on this book. .
They will be curious about what kind of content can impress the famous Universal Pictures. At the same time, those consumers who missed "Lord of the Rings" because of the subject matter will passively accept this name in the baptism of news again and again, and sooner or later they will become readers. !
Book shortage is a fate that every book lover cannot escape.
When they have a book shortage, they will subconsciously start with familiar works or authors to see if they have any new works.
After hanging up the phone, Li Chungang seriously considered the significance of this meeting.
"If the script can't convince me, then there's no need to talk about the rest!"