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

The company's staff is a bit better. In the past, simply say a few words "Thanks for your hard work" and "Everyone eat and drink well" and it's over, but the Jianlai crew members and celebrity friends who came here specially can't help it Too cold.

For example, Director Hou, Teacher Pan, and Jin Chen are all old friends, and there are some entertainment star friends he doesn’t know, so they have to get to know each other well one by one, and drink a few cups of tea instead of wine. We chatted happily for a while, sorry for the "poor hospitality" and agreed to come out next time we have a chance to have a good exchange.

"Teacher Pan, Sister Chen, and all the new friends, there are too many people today, and I can't greet you well. I will invite you to have a good meal again another day, and then have a good communication."

"Haha! It doesn't matter, we are here today just to cheer you up."

"You call me sister, how can I argue with you about such a trivial matter?"

"I can understand, I can understand, Teacher Chungang."

"Teacher Chungang, add a WeChat friend, maybe we will have a chance to cooperate in the future!"

"..."

Many uninvited entertainers and stars in the entertainment industry have fulfilled their wishes and joined Li Chungang's WeChat friends. Just this alone has achieved their goal today.

Maybe it doesn’t matter if the real movie superstars don’t lack resources and invite films, but for these second- and third-tier stars in the industry, making money is no longer too difficult and too urgent for them. If you want to improve your status in the circle, you have to rely on your connections at this time!

To put it bluntly: there are many good actors, but very few good IPs.

However, Li Chungang's works are all high-quality "IP masterpieces" in the circle, and it is false to say that they are not eye-catching.

Lin Meng wiped her lips gracefully, "You know what I told Sixi to tell you before, and Oswald also mentioned something to me. He said that one of the five giants in Hollywood Brad Gray, the chairman and CEO of Paramount, is very optimistic about the film and television prospects of "The Lord of the Rings", and would like to talk to you about the film and television adaptation if possible."

"Very good? My new book has only been released for a few days, and the so-called Paramount CEO probably hasn't read a few pages. Is this all good? I guess it was thrown out by that bad old man Oswald. Sugar-coated cannonballs?"

Li Chungang was still chewing the food and said vaguely.

And Thompson, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, silently put down the chopsticks in his hand and thought about it. Such a topic was brought up during the meeting. The number one horse boy of the camp, "Oswald" is an absolutely sensitive word.

"You're the smart one." Lin Meng rolled her eyes and continued, "I think it's true that Paramount is optimistic about "The Lord of the Rings", and they still want to seize the opportunity before other Hollywood film and television companies. De is nothing more than a middleman and second-hand dealer, and I think his meaning of poaching is already a bit obvious."

"I'm not stupid. If it is another Hollywood giant, I can consider it, but that's Paramount, the one that claims to be the most deadly in Hollywood! If "The Lord of the Rings" is entrusted to them to shoot , It's completely a sheep entering the tiger's mouth, just wait for bad luck!"

Paramount is one of the oldest production companies in Hollywood and has had a very splendid history.

However, after entering the 21st century, this company has not been able to bloom enough vitality, on the contrary, it is a bit of a reversal of history!

The "Transformers" series, which was originally relied on for survival, has been completely ruined, and both word-of-mouth and box office have fallen.

And the rest of the movies are too muddy to support the wall, and the movies with high expectations are always unsatisfactory at the box office.

Paramount has been at the bottom of the six major Hollywood studios for eight consecutive years, seeing Disney, Warner Bros., and Universal Pictures successively announce that the annual box office has exceeded the 120 billion or even [-] billion US dollar mark.

Not only is it at the bottom of the Big Six, even Lionsgate Pictures, which was established later, is looking to surpass it, or a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and the background is still there, and it is about to be replaced by the so-called Hollywood Six. Big expulsion.

Last year, Paramount's global box office accumulation was 46 billion US dollars, which is not as good as the data of a single Disney movie!

No film has reached the top ten in the world for many years in a row. Such a poor performance has to be attributed to Paramount's pig teammates.

Chapter 584 Paramount's "sincerity"

Don't be afraid of god-like opponents, but pig-like teammates!

Paramount is a typical example of a good card that was drawn at the beginning of the game, but it was a typical example of the effect of playing a bad card with its own head.

No matter how high the sincerity shown by the other party is, Li Chungang does not believe in the strength of this company. To be honest, it is not a manifestation of strength to be able to slip from the leader of the industry step by step, and there are obviously various reasons for this situation. , both internal and external.

He has no intention of understanding the reason, all he wants is to avoid pig teammates!

He attaches great importance to the film and television adaptation rights of the "Lord of the Rings" series. Now it is 2022. If you can't make a work that is more shocking than another plane, then don't make it shameful.

Although there is no way in the [Literary Encyclopedia System] to see how the movie "Lord of the Rings" was made in another plane, it can be more or less judged from the only text reviews. It was shocking at the time, with all kinds of big investment scenes, and all kinds of special effects like burning money. However, limited by the level of technology at that time, there was still a lot of room for improvement.

The other people at the same table couldn't care less when they heard the words "Hollywood" and "Paramount", because these are really a bit... high-end for them.

Especially the three actors who starred as Jianlai subconsciously breathed three points more when they heard Hollywood. There is no actor in China who can remain calm when hearing Hollywood and the six giants. It is really going abroad to become an international actor. The allure of stars is too great.

Just like 30 or [-] years ago, overseas returnee technicians called "sea turtles" were very popular. It would be nice to be able to star in even a blockbuster film that can be staged in the world in Hollywood, even a small supporting role. You can be regarded as an "international movie star" in China, and you have risen several levels invisibly.

The two had a good chat, and Li Chungang looked back at Thompson abruptly and asked, "Thompson, do you know about Paramount's contact with your Random House?"

"Uh... cough cough cough!" Thompson swallowed subconsciously and almost choked himself. After drinking a few sips of tea, he slowly opened his mouth: "I haven't heard of this before I came to China, but I I can ask President Caitlin for you, it must be no problem!"

At this time, he didn't care if he said "no". Since Oswald's bad old man can get on the line with Paramount, there is no reason why Caitlin, who is now in full swing, can't.

"There is a saying in Huaguo that one does not work and two masters. If that is the case, please tell President Caitlin and ask her to help me drag Paramount first. The reason is that there is no plan for a film and television adaptation yet. I don't trust Hollywood adaptations."

Li Chungang is well aware of the price of rejection. He has the confidence and capital at home, but he is still a fledgling writer abroad for the time being, and the only one who can really deal with a giant is another giant.

We will see who is more sincere among the other major companies in Hollywood at the time, and we have to see if there is another pure book fan like "Peter Jackson"!

—

Originally, Li Chungang thought that the matter of Paramount was just "perfunctory".

Unexpectedly, the degree and determination of Paramount's "optimistic" "Lord of the Rings" this time far exceeded imagination.

Perhaps Thompson immediately reported the matter to President Kaitlyn after returning home, and President Caitlyn also conveyed the message to Paramount, so in order to show his determination and attitude, Paramount appointed Qianli the next day I came all the way to Shanghai, to Wensi Quanyong Company, and to Lin Meng's office.

"Hello, you are Mr. Li Chungang, right? I have heard you for a long time! I am Jones Arthur, the special producer of Paramount."

Even though he knew before coming to the company that Paramount sent someone to discuss this matter, and the other party insisted on seeing his thoughts, after actually seeing the other party, Li Chungang was still a little embarrassed: "You're welcome. , Mr. Jones."

After Li Chungang took his seat, Jones Arthur adjusted his sitting posture, so that he could face two people at the same time with his half sideways body.

"By the way! Forgot to congratulate Mr. Li Chungang, your work "The Lord of the Rings" has achieved great success in the world, congratulations."

"Thank you for the compliment. I didn't expect so many readers to like it." The smile on Li Chungang's face was not fake, which is indeed something to be happy about.

"It's a fantasy work. We, Paramount, intend to buy it and adapt it, and make it into a series of movies, just like the Transformers series. What do you think of this proposal?"

This year's Paramount doesn't have any major series of movies that can be sold, and the independent movies it invests in can only be said to be mediocre.

Jones Arthur was assigned by his own CEO, Brad Gray, to come to Shanghai to personally contact this popular writer under half-forced and half-reluctant circumstances.

He originally thought that a budding foreign writer would be terrified when he heard Paramount's name, and would even agree to it without hesitation after he offered an olive branch. He had seen the same scene a lot.

However, Li Chungang's reaction was somewhat unexpected, "I'm sorry. "The Lord of the Rings" has not yet considered the matter of film and television adaptation."

This is rejected?

Refused?

Is it?

Jones is a little hard to accept at this time. He usually talks to big names in the industry. If the president didn't order him, he would never condescend to talk to a writer about a project.

"Young man, don't rush to refuse. President Brad likes your story very much. If you agree, you can even go through his personal green channel and get a project budget exceeding nine figures. You know, there are not many in Hollywood. The original story can get such a high investment. If I were you, I would definitely think about it again.”

Brad Gray has the highest authority in Paramount, and can even directly avoid the review of the review committee.

The nine digits here are not in units of Huayuan, but in dollars.

Hundreds of millions of dollars can be called a big investment and a big production!

But Li Chungang was not dazzled by the amount: "Sorry, I don't think I need to think about it anymore. If I decide to adapt, Paramount will definitely be within my consideration."

There's only so much he can promise.

So what about hundreds of millions of dollars, it didn't go directly into his pocket!

What's more, if hundreds of millions of dollars are converted into Chinese yuan, it is only six to seven hundred million, and he can get this figure out of his own savings.

Really treat him like a nobody.

Li Chungang is confident that there must be a big company that can see the huge value hidden behind this work, and Paramount's current behavior is just thinking that he is an ignorant "hillbilly" who wants to catch the leak in advance!

To be filmed by such a production company as "The Lord of the Rings", it would be better to let it lie in ashes.

The value of the book is already there, it depends on whether you have enough vision to discover it.

For a work with a value of 100, some people regard it as a work with a value of 1 and give a premium of 10. This seems to be a premium, but it is actually a discount.

It was not the first time for Jones Arthur to deal with writers. He knew very well that it was difficult to impress a writer with just one or two sentences, especially for a writer who had his own experience as a screenwriter.

So I began to increase my weight again to improve my persuasiveness: "We attach great importance to cooperation with you. If possible, we are even willing to hire you as the chief screenwriter of the "Lord of the Rings" movie to co-create this movie. After all, who can refuse What about the author of the original work. In addition, in terms of the copyright transfer fee of the work, you can also choose a one-time copyright transfer fee of up to eight figures or a profit dividend in the later period. Paramount has always been very generous to its partners."

Chapter 585

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, [-]th 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.

—

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 4 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 360 million words. Update, this is more than enough for the "Full-time Master" with a total of more than 500 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 530 million. 】

[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! 】

【…】

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 shows 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 16.8 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 [-] 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!"