1979 Golden Age

"Chen'er, I'm leaving!"

"Um!"

The sun shone in from the window. Chen Qi curled up in bed and groaned. He felt his face being kissed, followed by the sound of opening and closing the door. There was a brief noise outside, but then calmness returned.

He continued to sleep. It's rare to sleep in.

I don't know how much time passed, but someone knocked on the door and said, "Comrade Chen Qi, a foreigner named Xie Mo is looking for you!" "Let him wait for a while, I'll be there right away!"

He reluctantly opened his eyes and saw that the time was only 9 o'clock. He climbed up naked with a big pendulum swinging around, washed himself up, and recalled the battle last night. Once the gentle elder sister understood, it would really make people feel sad. Can't stop.

Dressed neatly, opened the door and went out.

A comrade kept guarding outside and said, "That foreigner is on the first floor!" "Yeah!"

The two went downstairs and saw Xie Mo, neither of them were surprised. After finding a booth, the comrade was sitting not far away. Xie Mo thought he was Chen Qi's bodyguard or assistant and didn't pay attention.

As a result, the waiter came over and asked: "Sir, what do you need?" "Uh... I..."

The comrade was embarrassed. Ordering food cost money, but he had a daily subsidy of US$3, and he still wanted to save up. Chen Qi waved his hand and said with a smile: "Give him a cup of coffee and charge it to my account!" "Okay!"

The comrade looked at him and suddenly reached a consensus with Xiao Mo and Xiao Yang. The waiter came to the table again, and Xie Mo casually ordered a drink.

Chen Qi hadn't had breakfast yet, so he ordered donuts and coffee, and thought to himself: Oh, I wonder if the donuts will die over there after I come here? I heard that the lecturer finally lives in a big house...

"We were very interested in the dinosaur story you told yesterday and thought it would be suitable for animation, so we're here to bother you again today." "It's okay, it's my pleasure!"

The two of them are like Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. They know each other well. Xie Mo didn't waste any time and said, "When will your novel be published?" "It will be next month at the earliest."

"I haven't watched it, but I believe the story you told. We are willing to pay $1,000 for the rights to adapt it, and invite you to be the screenwriter of this animation." "Then what?" Chen Qi was noncommittal.

"We first make the script and show it to the TV station. If they are willing to order it, you can do a pilot episode first. If the pilot passes, you will have dozens of episodes of this season in hand."

"Those are three stages: novel adaptation, pilot, and one season."

Chen Qi took a donut, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Let's talk about the first stage first. China's labor is cheap, but it doesn't mean that my labor is also cheap. One of my scripts can sell for 10,000 US dollars in Hong Kong. " "Orphan" has already grossed more than 10 million, and "Life Is Beautiful" is competing for an Oscar. Your $1,000 has no sincerity."

"The success of your films has nothing to do with animation, not to mention that they are all scripts. I only buy your adaptation rights now. Dozens of episodes in a season of "Interstellar Dinosaurs" require us to follow up on writing. To put it bluntly, I just buy you A story setting.”

"If you don't have this setting, you will have nothing later."

"I don't necessarily need to do the "Interstellar Dinosaurs" project. Our company has a lot of business. "That's right, but you need our painters. "

Xie Mo was caught. He really didn't have to make "Interstellar Dinosaurs". Cheap labor was more important. He hesitated for a moment and said, "I can offer up to 2,000 US dollars." "At least 5,000 US dollars!"

"Impossible! The Hollywood company can only buy the right to adapt the novel for 5,000 yuan. The most I can give you is 3,000 yuan!" "Okay, deal!"

"..

The eyes of the comrades who had been listening to their conversation almost popped out. How could they earn 3,000 US dollars with such skill? That’s the U.S. dollar. This year’s official exchange rate between the RMB and the U.S. dollar is about 2:1, and the black market can double that, or even more.

"As for the script, I don't have that much time. I can only write one episode for you and treat it as a friendly gift. I think I should solve the first phase of the task first and then talk about the subsequent matters, but I have to sign a priority agreement."

"This is a great idea, and we all suffer!" Xie Mo agreed with both hands.

Chen Qi sold the adaptation rights to Feimeison Company, and there will be no subsequent cooperation involved for the time being. They will only develop the script themselves. Once the script is released, they will negotiate. In this way, Chen Qi doesn't have to worry, and neither do they.

Feimeixun spent 3,000 yuan to buy a story idea, but both parties had to sign a priority agreement. If they decided to make "Interstellar Dinosaurs", they would have priority to cooperate with Chen Qi.

"Mr. Shermer, we all want to promote this project. I need you to provide actual data. Based on 50 episodes of "Interstellar Dinosaurs", how much financial support will we receive if we cooperate?"

"I can't answer. The characters of "Interstellar Dinosaurs" are not designed. Different animations have different difficulties." Xie Mo understood what he meant. "Then it's calculated according to He-Man's standards?"

"..."

Xie Mo thought for a while and said: "More than 300,000 US dollars!"

The more than 300,000 US dollars does not refer to the cost of "Interstellar Dinosaurs", but the labor remuneration to the Chinese side - mainly the labor of drawing and coloring. "If an agreement is reached, our artist's name will be included in the production list, and the copyrights for mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau will belong to us."

"Can!"

First of all, understand the concept of outsourcing. Outsourcing means that all rights and interests belong to others, and you just get paid to do the work. For example, among North Korean painters, most of them are not signed.

But the story of "Star Dinosaur" was written by Chen Qi, so he could fight for some rights and interests, and on the surface, a cooperative relationship was reached. Later, it was mentioned that "Star Dinosaur" was a joint production of China and the United States, not a US production, and the Chinese side outsourced it.

Xie Mo left.

Chen Qi signed a contract with him in the name of Dongfang Company. The Chinese producer of "Star Dinosaur" was Dongchang, and he was just a worker at Shanghai Animation Film Studio.

After the talk, he simply sat in the booth and ordered another drink. By the way, he also helped the comrade to refill a drink. The other party was embarrassed because a drink was also 2 US dollars. Not long after, several people from Hollywood independent production companies came one after another.

They meant to reach a distribution cooperation and help distribute in the United States. Chen Qi did have this intention, but their company was smaller than New Line Cinema and had no value.

The reason why he was obsessed with New Line was that there were countless independent production companies in Hollywood, and only one in ten thousand could break through the siege. Naturally, he had to choose a successful example. Bob Shea was a bit of a pit, but it was a matter for the future. Now he was just starting out.

After a while, Bob Shea finally came.

Counting the past few days, he came four times in total, and shook hands with a smile: "It's not easy to see you, fortunately I made it in time." "Yes, we'll leave tomorrow, what do you want to drink?"

"A cup of coffee!"

Bob Shea sat opposite Chen Qi, his face showing no anger, just like the Hollywood boss who was left alone by Li Lianjie for two hours, who wanted to stretch his face out to be beaten.

There are too many grievances in Hollywood, and they shout for fighting and killing when they are offended, and blood is splattered on the streets every day.

Let's make money together, red sofas are no longer rare, and keeping a thousand bottles of baby oil at home is the hard truth.