What should I do if the system forces me to copy books?

"Cough cough!"

"I think I need to reiterate to everyone: Evans is our gold medal producer at Universal, and I also believe in his ability and professional ethics! There is no need to say more about the content that has nothing to do with the film and television copyright of "Lord of the Rings". We Get on with the topic."

Charles Ashley didn't want to see internal strife in the company, so she interrupted the thoughts of the bosses in the conference room who wanted to criticize, and then turned around to persuade again, "We don't want to blame you, but I hope you can find a way to try to change this contract again, the terms in it restrict us too much. Once this contract is signed, Universal will be subject to everyone in "Lord of the Rings."

Big Hollywood companies are used to having an absolute advantage in cooperating with others. As long as they want to, they can even kick the writers away to do it alone, but this time they are a little bit tied for "Lord of the Rings". This is not a good sign.

"The only thing they let go is the copyright fee, which can be reduced from the original 5000 million to 3000 million, and the rest have clearly stated that it is the bottom line and no longer accept negotiations, otherwise they will temporarily give up the idea of ​​making "Lord of the Rings" a film and television, and Cooperation agreements will also be put on hold indefinitely."

This is also Li Chungang's real thinking. The landlord's family has surplus food and does not feel panic. As long as the copyright is in hand, there is no need to be anxious for a day.

Moreover, they didn't have the idea of ​​a lion opening their mouths. All the conditions they put forward left enough profit margins for Universal, and these were purely paper benefits. Those invisible and intangible invisible benefits were all given to Universal. , such as fame, such as company stock prices, such as popular stars, such as friendships, etc...

The essence of cooperation is "win-win"!

According to common sense, this cooperation is beneficial to both parties, and saves Universal Pictures from making risky choices when they have not seen the content.

The reason why they now feel that the contract is not good for their company is entirely because they cannot let go of the pride of being a Hollywood giant. The strength accumulated over the years in the face of other partners cannot be easily put down for a while, especially not After accepting that I have spent a huge amount of manpower and material resources, I still need to be controlled by others everywhere. How can so many "big bosses" who have been pampered and pampered for a long time in the conference room accept it?

If the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is split into three books and released one after another, then under the circumstance that the situation is not clear, Universal Pictures will definitely not be willing to put forward such strict conditions on Li Chungang's side out of prudence. Accepted, this is understandable; but now Li Chungang has completed the three-in-one feat in one go, and set an astonishing record of cumulative global sales of 16.1 billion copies in less than two weeks.

There was no such record in the past few decades, and it may not even appear in the future, so it seems that this contract is not strict, and even a bit extraordinarily kind.

If Li Chungang does not intend to make "The Lord of the Rings" into a film and television now, he will turn his head and continue to complete the brother and sister chapter "The Hobbit" of "The Lord of the Rings", so as to completely enrich the story of the entire Middle-earth world and deepen his understanding of the world. With the influence of the readers and their expectations for Middle-earth, believe it or not, when Universal comes to talk about film and television copyright cooperation, the most basic conditions of this contract will be "super doubled"!

But the last thing Universal Pictures wants to see is waiting, and what they lack the most is time. What they want is a time difference.

Mr. Paramount, who was rejected now, has no plans to re-quote after leaving. At present, only the Universal family in the market is quietly contacting Li Chungang.

"We are waiting for your good news, thank you."

After hanging up the video call, Evans threw the phone on the sofa, and then rubbed his stinging temples with his hands. It's not easy being a producer, and it's even more difficult being a Hollywood producer. The gold medal production of Hollywood giants It is even more difficult to be a human being, and there are many things that need to be considered.

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Because there will be classes in the first period tomorrow morning, Li Chungang chose to go back to the dormitory tonight for the rest of the night.

And Qi Tong and Guan Yulan...

This is not under the control of his boss. Everyone is an adult, and they can live wherever they like, and whether they like to open one room or two rooms is their freedom. Anyway, the company will reimburse them in the end.

"How's the result of today's blind date? Has the other party taken a fancy to you?"

Su Yu twitched his eyebrows, his mean expression was like Crayon Shin-chan.

Hearing this, Li Chungang, who was sitting in front of the desk, couldn't help but sighed, and said leisurely: "The result can only be good, okay, I had a preliminary negotiation with them in a friendly atmosphere, talked frankly on copyright issues, exchanged opinions, and improved I have a bilateral understanding, but I still have reservations about whether the contract is concluded or not. The key is not whether the other party likes me, but whether the other party can afford the "betrothal gift money". go home?"

This is a large project involving billions or tens of billions of dollars. Of course, it is impossible to sit down and sign the contract directly in a few words, that would be too hasty.

After hearing Li Chungang's words, Su Yu shook his head helplessly and said, "It means that no agreement has been reached yet?"

"There's nothing wrong with you saying that, old iron." Li Chungang didn't know how high Universal Pictures' expectations for "The Lord of the Rings" were.

These requirements put forward by his company are already the ceiling in the same industry. Unless he writes "The Hobbit" and "The Silmarillion", otherwise, there will be no higher requirements than this if he publishes a new book.

As far as the current situation is concerned... the woman who has worked so hard to raise an adult has reached the age of marriage, and his partner is also a rich and powerful rich second generation, but this rich second generation may not be willing to pay such a high price to marry him daughter.The good thing is that my daughter is well-known in the nearby towns and villages, and she doesn't worry about marrying the kind.

"It's okay. As the saying goes, good things take time. If you go on blind dates a few more times, you will always find a suitable partner, and you won't become the best leftover."

"My attitude is actually very simple. In a nutshell, it is Ning Que Wu Chao. It doesn't matter how much money you make, but it must reflect the attitude of the other party's attention, and the investment in making a movie must be large enough, otherwise it will directly affect the other party. To the word of mouth of my work!"

The conditions are set too high, and there are only a few companies capable of providing these conditions, and the range of choices is actually not large.

This can be seen from the fact that among so many Hollywood film and television companies, only Paramount and Universal Pictures have had contact with Li Chungang. The producers who have read the content of this book know that they want to make a film that will be accepted by the audience. The classic movie, the investment cost alone is huge, and it takes courage to make a profit from it!

Chapter 594 First broadcast

For business matters, Li Chungang's participation is enough for the beginning, and the rest of the follow-up and follow-up are still habitually left to the company and Lin Meng to deal with, and he only looks at the final result.

Seeing Li Changshou in the dormitory listening to music with earphones in order not to disturb others, he remembered the message sent to him by Situ Rui, the producer of "Sword Come" on WeChat today, saying that the drama will be released on Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV in less than a week. Time Dream Theater has been released and started broadcasting. I asked if there is any ingenious way of publicity...

Suddenly, I had an idea, ran to the balcony of the dormitory and dialed Situ Rui's number immediately, and asked, "By the way, Situ, didn't you ask me if I had any ingenious ways of publicity? It’s a good way of publicity, do you want to listen to it?”

"President Li's good publicity method must be heard." Situ Rui asked curiously.

"Is such that……"

Li Chungang stood on the balcony and muttered to Situ Rui on the phone for a long time before hanging up.

After hanging up the phone, I found that my lips were a little dry, and I didn't feel it at all when I was chatting just now.

Subsequently, the two complete versions of "Retrograde" and "I Have a Sword" sung by Xu Jie were uploaded to major music platforms in China. At the same time, Li Chungang, He Miao, and Wensi Quanyong's Weibo also updated related news , and the links of each platform are attached in detail, so that everyone can click and listen.

The fans were very excited, leaving comments and likes, and helping to spread the word, and then a large number of users flocked to music platforms such as Cloud Music and Kumao in a short period of time to click to listen, like, comment and leave messages, and help to climb the charts by the way.

Especially when I saw that in the introduction of these two new songs, it was written that when I composed the soundtrack for the "Sword Come" TV series, most of them were fans of Li Chungang's readers, so I was even more excited. Since I can't see the content of the TV series yet , It’s good to listen to the songs in the play first.

[The once youthful campus singer Xu Jie came back to the music scene with a new song "Retrograde" full version released, I regret it if I don't listen to it! 】

[The Internet literary master Zhichun Zhigang made his debut in the cross-border music scene, and the sounds of nature written by literary talents are not to be missed! 】

[I have tasted the two soundtracks in "The Sword Comes", and both of them are excellent works, with a personal score of 4.5! 】

[In order to listen to these two songs, I paid 15 yuan for this cloud music membership. 】

[I never imagined that Xu Jie had been away from the music scene for so long, and his return would bring me such a big touch. 】

[I declare: Ye Qinghui! 】

【…】

Facts have proved that as long as the quality passes the standard, fans are willing to buy it, not to mention that these two songs are free for trial listening and membership can be downloaded for free.

Therefore, these two songs rushed to the top ten of this week's new song list that day, and then were also taken down in the top ten of this week's hot song list.

The entire Chinese music world is looking sideways at it.

Everyone saw the words "Sword Come" hanging behind these two songs, and couldn't help being curious. After searching, they found that the show hadn't been officially released yet.

But in fact, it will be soon, just three days later.

Not only that, in the hot searches on Weibo that day, the three keywords "retrograde", "I have a sword", and "sword to come" were all on the hot search list without exception, and the three keywords related to this drama were all It's on, it can only be said that it is too powerful in terms of publicity effect!

More and more people are looking forward to this upcoming web drama, hoping not to disappoint.

In the last two days, the crew stepped up their promotion efforts, and the promotional funds were spent like water.

It is said that it doesn't hurt to sell the father's land. Situ Rui spends the funds of the crew and is also relentless. In order to further promote the effect in the future, Gu Wan'er, one of the investors, also makes efforts in private. Through her relationship, people Put large-scale electronic screen advertisements in large shopping malls in several first-tier cities in China.

And the protagonists in "Sword Come" are also working hard, and the network will come in handy at this time.

Brother Hu, who enjoys a good reputation and network in China Entertainment Group, personally promoted it on Weibo, and a large number of stars and actors in the entertainment circle stepped forward to help forward the promotion.

In this way, the overall publicity effect is very significant. Li Chungang can see the relevant publicity of the "Sword Come" online drama in many places on the Internet, including but not limited to songs, trailers, trailers, posters, etc.

[Phenomenon-level oriental mythology blockbuster with special effects, adapted from the popular IP "Sword Come", authentic! 】

["Sword Come" online drama will be released soon, adapted from the famous online writer Zhichun Zhigang of the same name, and personally acted as the screenwriter! 】

[The wonderful drama of the year, you have to watch it! 】

【Top-level special effects production, you can feel the money burning every second...】

【…】

After a series of publicity, even the subscription of the original book "Sword Come" has also improved to a certain extent.

Although the range was not large, it was visible to the naked eye, and Li Chungang was still very happy in his heart.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat. If you become a master, you don't care about full attendance?

That is impossible!

Even if there is, it is someone else, not him who is so pure and just!

Therefore, Li Chungang also helped publicize in his book, appealing to the readers of the original work to go to the premiere of "Sword Come" to help support it.

No matter what, the premiere data can't be too bleak, otherwise I, the original author and screenwriter, will lose face!

Many great masters in the circle who have a good relationship with Li Chungang also helped to promote it, so more and more readers know that the online drama "Sword Come" will be released soon.

Some people are curious, looking forward to this first film and television adaptation of Li Chungang, eager to try it;

Some people disdain it, because there is a lesson learned from a certain vindictive horse, subconsciously feel that film and television adaptations destroy the existence of the original work, so it is better not to read it!

Li Chungang is very calm, try to get as many viewers as possible, one more is one, word of mouth is slowly accumulated over time.As long as my web drama is successful, the road ahead will be much easier.

For this reason, he also made a small explosion for a few days in a row, making "Sword Lai" hit No.1 in daily sales, and the exposure increased a lot.Among them, Gu Wan'er's one silver alliance every day can be said to be indispensable.

Many readers said that they will definitely support it at that time, which made Li Chungang feel at ease.

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The time has finally come for the day when "The Sword Comes" will be released.

Previously, the crew had negotiated with iQiyi Video Network about the conditions for exclusive broadcasting on the Internet, and the billing was based on the number of clicks on the Internet.

On the night of June 6th, Li Chungang, like countless ordinary netizens in China, sat in front of the computer, waiting for the release of "Sword Come", but he was accompanied by Miao Miao, who had already prepared the essential Snacks for watching dramas.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the broadcast will officially start on time!

This time, Li Chungang followed the content of the first two episodes from the beginning to the end from a pure viewer's point of view. After watching it, he thought it was not bad.

Hou Yi's strength as a cutting-edge TV drama director is affirmative. He basically shot everything he wanted to express. In his opinion, after re-editing a part, the effect is obviously better.

Of course, the two high-quality songs at the beginning and end of the credits play a finishing touch.

After reading it, both Li Chungang and He Miao felt unfinished.

Facts have proved that it is not unreasonable for Internet IP to change into TV dramas and gradually become popular in China. As long as the screenwriters and directors do not commit crimes to destroy the original works, and they are willing to invest in funds, at least they can attract most of the original readers. .

Chapter 595 3.61%

Jiangsu and Zhejiang satellite TV studio.

"Director, 3.61%! 3.61%! The average audience rating has reached 3.61%!!!"

"Hmph! Young people just haven't seen the world, but it's only 3% of the ratings, what a fuss."

The two daily episodes of "Sword Come" came to an end smoothly, and the data monitors in the station were already waving the statistical "results" in their hands and rushing to the director's office to announce the good news as soon as the broadcast ended By the way, almost everyone in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Satellite TV studio building heard the news.

The director sitting in the office breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the news, but at the same time he was rarely happy. However, in front of the employees below, he must keep the calmness that belongs to the director, but no one saw the hands hidden under the table. Shi Zheng clenched his fists tightly.

One can imagine how excited the director was when he heard the news!

"What is the exact figure of three percent?"

"The viewership rating reached 3.79% at its peak, and 3.43% at its lowest peak and trough. On average, the ratings tonight reached an astonishing 3.61%!"

"That's right. After a while, you can make a detailed report and send it to the work group so that every staff member in the station can see it."

"Understood, Director."

"Okay, then you go."

After confirming that his employees had left and walked away, the director finally couldn't help but stood up from his seat, and started swaying back and forth in his office. He had already begun to look forward to the 60 episodes of "Sword Come" After the broadcast is over, it's time to take the staff in the station where to celebrate.

The saying that a good start is half the battle is not casually said.

For a TV series, the two peaks with the highest audience expectations are the first day of broadcast and the day of the finale.

In comparison, after a series of plot foreshadowing and advancement, as well as word-of-mouth word-of-mouth from the audience, the finale day will usher in the climax of the whole show, and it will also be the highest ratings peak!

On the night of the premiere, it has already achieved an average audience rating of 3.61%. Maybe...

On the day of the finale, we can look forward to breaking through the 4% ratings mark.

At the same time, looking at the latest comments under the official Weibo news of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV, the vast majority of viewers are asking the satellite TV to show a few more episodes every night, otherwise only two episodes are not enough to watch.

Among them, there are many readers who came to support the original work, and most of them expressed their acceptance. Li Chungang personally acted as the screenwriter, and he can be trusted in terms of the plot.

It is conceivable that there should still be a lot of readers of the original book who are still in the state of "wait and see". They want to see what the specific word-of-mouth and evaluation of the first batch of viewers who tested the drug after watching the first two episodes. If it is too eye-catching, they will not read it at all, so as not to affect the inherent impression of the original work in their minds.

What's more, it was also mentioned during the promotion, and one day later, I can still watch it on the iQiyi video website, but compared to squatting in front of the TV at night to catch up on dramas, the rule of the video website is to watch one episode for free, and members can watch it. an episode.Anyway, according to the agreement signed by the producer, satellite TV, and video website, in order not to affect the ratings of satellite TV, the video website will broadcast the content a day later.

An example is: Jiangsu and Zhejiang Satellite TV will broadcast two episodes tonight, and then the video website will update two episodes the next day.There are no broadcasts for two days on weekends!

Seeing this, Li Chungang was finally relieved.

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