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Chapter 296 Copyright Issues
With the word-of-mouth fermenting of the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and the gradual spread of popularity on the Internet, although it has not reached the point where it has become a hot search, more and more people have begun to pay attention to this book. And this includes many capital parties.

Since the birth of TV dramas, many classic TV dramas have been adapted from classic literary works.

The novel is an art form that is most frequently adapted from TV dramas. The wonderful stories in the novel are conveyed to the audience through more vivid images, bringing people a more intuitive and stimulating viewing experience.

Classic novels are always the most favored by film and television capitalists in the entertainment industry.

In addition to the wonderful story content, the popularity and audience of classic novels are a natural popularity, which can naturally bring a lot of attention when TV dramas are released.

In the past few years, there has been a very strange direction in the direction of film and television adaptation.

Capital Fang's father picks up the previous classic works and re-broadcasts them repeatedly. Although martial arts novels have declined these years, TV dramas with costume themes are in the foreground. Therefore, in recent years, more and more classic martial arts IPs will be broadcast. It was taken out for repeated remakes, and it will be remade every two or three years.

This kind of situation has become a common phenomenon in recent years, so even if the original novels themselves are popular, audiences who have been able to recite the plot backwards have already developed aesthetic fatigue for these works.

It's not that the filming is bad, or that the story is not exciting, it's just that everyone is tired of watching it.

As for why there has been such a strange phenomenon in the past few years, in fact, in the final analysis, it is because martial arts novels have declined early, and there have been no new classics in the past 20 years.

And now the classic martial arts IP has been squeezed out of its final value due to frequent remakes, it is difficult to attract the attention and favor of the audience, and after failing to bring in more income, the capitalists watching the hot market can only do it anxiously .

They need to find new alternatives and find those classic IPs that can replace the previous works.

Previously, many people believed that online novels would replace physical literary IP, but after continuous remakes of relatively popular online literary works in recent years, there are very few works that can finally stand out.

Even compared with original scripts, the reputation of TV series or movies adapted from online novels is much higher than that of the latter.

However, the difficulty of original scripts is more than ten times higher than that of adaptations, and the speed of script creation cannot be as fast as adaptations.

This is also the reason why Jin Yu Entertainment's screenwriting team can be called the ceiling of the industry, because Jin Yu's scripts are not only of high quality, but also fast, and of course the price is also high.

Moreover, there is only one Golden Feather screenwriting team in the entire entertainment industry. It can be said that the speed of original script creation is far behind the demand of the film and television capital market.

This is also the reason why the TV drama industry has become more and more depressed in recent years, and there are no good IPs to shoot.

And the rising popularity of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has finally allowed capitalism to reach this work.

However, after seeing the title of the book on this work, many people felt a little chilled.

Zhang Songnian turned out to be a hot guy.

If it was him, it would be no surprise.

Regarding the name of Zhang Songnian, the entertainment industry, to be precise, should be the film and television industry, and they are all too familiar with these three words.

From his debut in Golden Feather Entertainment to the present, Zhang Songnian has dominated the movie box office market with one movie after another in two years.

Everyone couldn't even find a reason to be unconvinced, the gap was too great.

It is reasonable to think that a person who writes such an awesome script can write an excellent novel.

And the most surprised person among them was Li Zhengming.

Recently, a very popular martial arts novel came out of the circle. Li Zhengming naturally knew about it, but because he was busy with work, he didn't have much thought to pay attention to it.

After all, if the entire entertainment industry wants to say which company has the least lack of IP, it is probably Jin Yu Entertainment, because he can create IP by himself.

Most of the film and television works produced by Jin Yu Entertainment are mostly scripts created by themselves, so Jin Yu is generally not too interested in adaptation and remakes.

It wasn't until the staff at the bottom told him that the person who wrote the book was called Zhang Songnian that Li Zhengming reacted in surprise.

If it was Zhang Songnian, then he had to pay attention, Li Zhengming immediately thought to himself.

At the same time, he wondered why Zhang Songnian suddenly chose to write martial arts novels, which doesn't seem to make much money in today's society.

Cooperating with Golden Feather Entertainment to make a movie or TV series, Zhang Songnian can easily earn tens of millions of dollars. Li Zhengming couldn't understand Zhang Songnian's behavior for a while.

Although he didn't understand, Li Zhengming still asked someone for a copy of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

"The great hero serves the country and the people."

Until seeing Zhang Songnian wrote these eight characters in the book, Li Zhengming felt his whole body shake in his heart.

These eight characters are simple to read, but their meaning is not simple.

At a high level, these eight characters can redefine the concept of martial arts, or there is nothing more suitable to define martial arts than these eight characters.

Martial arts should not be limited to fighting and killing, but limited to love and hatred.

With great power comes great responsibility.The family, the country and the world, worrying about the country and serving the people are the real martial arts.

This novel is more than just a wonderful storyline.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was able to break ground in this world where martial arts had long since declined, because it truly broke the previous narrow concept of martial arts.

Zhang Songnian is trying to redefine the concept of martial arts, he is trying to create and open up a new soil for martial arts novels.

And in Li Zhengming's view, Zhang Songnian has indeed taken the first step smoothly.

Li Zhengming began to understand Zhang Songnian's thoughts.

"Hehe, the young man is really ambitious." Thinking of this, Li Zhengming smiled with some relief.

Although Zhang Songnian is no longer a member of Golden Feather Entertainment, Li Zhengming always believes that Zhang Songnian was discovered by himself, and said that he is strictly speaking Zhang Songnian's bole.

Li Zhengming was very relieved and happy to find such an excellent Maxima.

In addition, from the perspective of a gold medal screenwriter for more than ten years, no matter from which aspect, the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is very suitable for adaptation into a TV series.

If nothing else happens, there is a high probability that Golden Feather Entertainment will produce another phenomenal TV series.

Li Zhengming thought cheerfully, then picked up his mobile phone and called Zhang Songnian.

The call was quickly connected. After Li Zhengming greeted Zhang Songnian, he complained to Zhang Songnian with a serious face: "You boy, have you secretly done something important behind my back?"

When Zhang Songnian heard Li Zhengming's words, he didn't react for a while, and he was even a little confused: "What do you mean by Mr. Li's words?"

Hearing Zhang Songnian's reaction, Li Zhengming was speechless for a moment, feeling that this guy didn't take the novel "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" seriously at all.

"You kid is still pretending to be stupid with me. By the way, have you written a novel recently?" Li Zhengming could only ask directly.

Suddenly, Zhang Songnian replied with some embarrassment: "There is such a thing, but it has been published for a while, and I didn't turn my mind just now."

It's not that Zhang Songnian pretended to be stupid on purpose, it's just that he really simply forgot.

Since the publication of the book "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he has left this matter to Zhang Lan. He and Li Xingruo have not paid attention to this matter at all, but Zhang Lan will tell them some basic information about the book from time to time. .

In the rest of the time, Zhang Songnian spent most of his time practicing songs with Li Xingruo, preparing for the recording of the song "Because of Love".

This song seems not difficult to sing, but it is really too difficult to reach the level of the original classic version sung by Eason Chan and Faye Wong.

At least for the current Zhang Songnian, it is still a bit difficult.

The original plan was to release a new song before March. Zhang Songnian had to hurry up and practice this song well before March. After all, time was a bit rushed, and March was only a few days away, so Zhang Songnian was obsessed with practicing during this period. The song cannot extricate itself,
However, I heard Zhang Lan said yesterday that "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" seems to be selling a lot of books in physical stores, and the popularity of the Internet is also getting higher and higher. It is rather strange why no one has come to her door to discuss buying and selling copyrights. .

It is reasonable to say that such a popular martial arts novel is a favorite of film and television adaptations, and the copyright fee is also scary. Zhang Lan has been looking forward to this book being able to sell for a sky-high copyright fee or something.

After hearing Zhang Lan's thoughts, Zhang Songnian immediately told Zhang Lan that even if a copyright dealer came to his door, he could not sell the copyright.

Zhang Songnian did not take out the Condor Shooting Trilogy, Wang Zha, for a one-time transaction. He wanted to hold the copyright in his own hands, and after explaining it to Zhang Lan, the latter nodded thoughtfully.

Zhang Songnian can probably guess the reason why Li Zhengming called him this time, but in Zhang Songnian's view, the communication this time may not be too smooth.

After Li Zhengming heard Zhang Songnian's answer, he was a little stunned, but after thinking that the other party was Zhang Songnian, it seemed that it didn't sound so outrageous.

"You guys really did a great job. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is the most exciting and well-structured novel among the martial arts novels I have read. The concept of serving the country and the people is very good."

Li Zhengming praised Zhang Songnian, which was not a compliment, but admiration from his heart.

As a screenwriter, or a text content worker, a work of the level of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is definitely what people in their industry have been pursuing all their lives.

After complimenting at first, Li Zhengming changed the topic to the serious matter again, "I won't make too many beating around the bush in our relationship, I'll just say it straight, I think your "Legend of the Condor Heroes" The work is very suitable for adaptation into a TV series."

After Li Zhengming paused for a while, he continued: "I'm calling you for this matter, how about we find a time to have a good chat about this matter?"

Come, Zhang Songnian paused in his heart, although he guessed the reason for Li Zhengming's call from the beginning, but after the other party really said it outright, Zhang Songnian was still somewhat hesitant.

It is impossible to sell the copyright of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" by itself, even if the other party who buys it out is Golden Feather Entertainment.

Previously, the way they cooperated was to buy out the copyright. If he suddenly said that he was unwilling to let go of the copyright, Jinyu Entertainment might find it difficult to accept it.

Zhang Songnian was silent for a long time without speaking.

Seeing that Zhang Songnian did not speak, Li Zhengming immediately asked with a joking smile, "Why, have you already sold this copyright to someone else?"

Zhang Songnian came back to his senses, forced a smile, and said, "That's not true, it's just."

Hearing Zhang Songnian's hesitation, Li Zhengming said very directly: "When did you become such a mother-in-law? It's just what, if you can do it, you can do it, if you can't do it, you can't do it. If you have any problems, just tell me."

Zhang Songnian paused, and then said: "Mr. Li, I am very happy to see the TV adaptation of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" come to fruition, but the reason why I published this story first in the form of a novel is mainly because I don’t plan to buy out the copyright of this book and the story at once, which means that the copyright of “Legend of the Condor Heroes” must be in my hands.”

Zhang Songnian's words made Li Zhengming realize suddenly. No wonder Zhang Songnian didn't take the initiative to find him this time. It's because Zhang Songnian didn't intend to sell the copyright in his hand this time.

But from Li Zhengming's point of view, this request is actually reasonable.

"The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has the qualifications to become a classic work, which is destined to experience countless remakes after this work.

If you sell the film and television copyrights in your hands rashly, not to mention how much money you will lose, just seeing other people spend money and then randomly adapt your own works, your blood pressure will rise in an instant.

But from the perspective of Jinyu Entertainment, Zhang Songnian's idea is not good news.

The works produced by Jin Yu have always had their own copyrights. In terms of copyright and IP development, Jin Yu Entertainment has played to the extreme in the entertainment industry.

However, Zhang Songnian's thoughts this time run counter to the principles of Jinyu Entertainment.

But as a professional screenwriter, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has a fatal attraction for him. With a little adaptation, the script "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" can have all the elements of a phenomenal hit TV series.

In fact, Li Zhengming wanted to agree to Zhang Songnian's request at a certain moment. Even if he couldn't buy out the film and television copyright of "Legend of the Condor Heroes", as long as it can be adapted into a TV series, it will definitely be profitable for Jinyu Entertainment.

But the company is not his after all, and such a decision cannot be made by him.

Li Zhengming shook his head, and said reluctantly and reluctantly: "Hehe, I understand your idea, but this is different from the way we have been cooperating before. I need to discuss it with the people in the company. We will discuss it in detail after the results are obtained. Bar."

(End of this chapter)