Paper lover

In the past two months, a total of three companies have quoted prices for the copyright of the TV series and online TV series "The Great Controversy".

The price of one of them was too low, and I didn't even bother to talk about night tours, so I blocked it directly.

The remaining two are Mingxu Entertainment, which has an asking price of 1000 million; and Yuanxuan Media, which has an asking price of 800 million.

The weather is fine today.

When Li Shuoxing got off the plane, the blue sky was filled with rays of light, and the city was shrouded in this golden-red light, resplendent and vibrant.

He met at the airport with Ye Yu who came to pick him up.

Yeyou is 35 and six years old, with half-length hair, slightly curly tail, drooping eyelids, heavy dark circles under his eyes, and spots of blue and purple stubble on his chin. He doesn't look like the editor-in-chief of a literary website. It's quite like a literary youth playing guitar in the subway passage.

Li Shuoxing said to the people who came up to him, "Long time no see."

Ye You: "Long time no see."

After he said that, he looked at people.

The opponent wears sneakers, jeans, a sweater, and a basic black long down jacket on top, and an ordinary cowhide backpack on the back. Although the cowhide backpack is big, it is soft and floppy, and it can't fit what.

He couldn't help asking, "Where's your other luggage?"

Li Shuoxing: "What luggage? I have everything here."

Yeyou reminded: "You have to stay here for at least five or seven days. Do you have enough clothes? You can talk about the film and television in the morning. Mingxu is easy to talk to. See you tomorrow. Yuanxuan just returned, and we have to arrange it until the fourth day." , and then toss it back and forth, seven days is considered a conservative estimate."

Li said that Xing didn't care: "If you don't have any clothes, you can buy them there. I specially booked a hotel in the center of the business district. When I go downstairs, there is a place to eat and buy clothes. I have everything I want. I only have three things in this bag."

Night Tour is a little interested: "Mobile phone and laptop, what else?"

Li Shuoxing: "A box of underwear."

Ye You gave Li Shuoxing a thumbs up.

The two walked through the crowds coming and going at the airport, entered the underground parking lot, and got into the car.

The black car slowly drove out of the airport.

As time passed, the golden-red color began to fade, and the night was covered by neon lights from all around.

In the back seat of the car, Li Shuoxing stared absently at the busy traffic outside the window, but the thoughts in his mind were scattered to tomorrow's meeting...

***

Ten o'clock in the morning the next day.

When Li Shuoxing and Yeyou came to Mingxu together, the person in charge of the project greeted him and said with a smile, "Hello, father-in-law."

Li Shuoxing was stunned for a moment.

The person in charge smiled again: "Mr. Ximu, I am your book friend and your fan. I made the decision to recommend your book to the purchasing department. I think your writing is very interesting. There are some ordinary online novels that do not something written."

Only then did Li Shuoxing find his tongue: "Hi, may I ask you—"

Person in charge: "My surname is Chen, and I'm the producer."

Li Shuoxing: "Chen Producer, hello."

Producer Chen greeted them: "Both sit down quickly, come here, and have some tea first." He continued to talk while boiling water to make tea, "Mr. Ximu, you said that you wanted to come to the company in person. I am actually very happy with the idea and plan of this book, if not for the lack of time recently, I would go to your place in person to discuss these things with you.”

"Speaking of what I just said, I think your novels are different because in addition to a complete world view, your novels also have a very complicated and very unconventional character relationship table. And this is what I think The necessary elements for a successful TV drama. Mr. Ximu, if you sign a contract with us, I will strive to make your work our key project this year, and try my best to restore the world and characters you wrote in the big competition. We It’s going to be a very fine project.”

Next, Producer Chen began to talk about how to make the film, what kind of director and actors he plans to find, when it is expected to start, the overall investment amount and the production time.Really very confident.

Li Shuoxing didn't talk much, but he listened very carefully, only occasionally interjecting a few sentences.

When it was nearly twelve o'clock at 11:30, Producer Chen took a breath. He glanced at the time: "It's noon, Mr. Ximu, Editor-in-Chief Ye, let's go to the side to have lunch together?"

Li Shuoxing: "No, it's too troublesome. I already understand the producer's idea, thank you producer."

Producer Chen invited them two more times, seeing that Li said that Xing was not being polite, he sent them to the door of the office.

When he walked to the door, he took a bag of food from his assistant and handed it to Li Shuoxing: "Mr. Ximu, this is our specialty here. Although it is a fly restaurant on the roadside, it tastes really good. Let me try it for you." taste."

A bag of 30 yuan snacks showed a rare thoughtfulness of the host at this time.

Li Shuoxing was also an accident.He took the bag and thanked producer Chen again: "Thank you producer. I will seriously consider it."

Producer Chen said the last words: "Mr. Ximu is too polite. I will still say what I just said. If Mr. Ximu is willing to be the screenwriter of this project, I absolutely welcome it. The author of the novel will adapt the original work himself, and it will definitely retain the maximum The essence of the original work. If the time is really not enough, Mr. Ximu doesn’t have to worry, you can read the script as a non-staff member, and our project team will do our best to respect the opinions of the original work.”

The two left Ming Xu, and Ye You finally spoke: "This producer is really hardworking. It's rare that you are still a fan. Or this one? But writing the script is fine. It's really annoying. You should put your energy into it." It's better on "Jiudu"."

Li Shuoxing corrected the other party: "Not all."

Night Tour: "Huh?"

Li Shuoxing explained: "Not all of my book friends, he should have read the Great Controversy, but he may not have read it very carefully. When I talked just now, a reader who finished that book would never remember it wrong. The plot was slightly distorted, but he didn't notice it."

Ye You disagreed: "You are too demanding. He is busy with his work. How could he follow up and finish reading your essay with millions of words? It is estimated that he read half of it. He was busy on the way, so he didn't pick up when he put it down. .”

Li Shuoxing actually agrees with Ye You's words: "This producer is really good. The special products given are really delicious."

Ye You glanced around, but didn't notice when the person walking by reached into the bag to get snacks and ate them with relish.

He was speechless for a moment, and couldn't help sighing with emotion: "Elder-in-law, it means that you have this status in the world, and it is not unreasonable to ask questions; if you want to change a small author, and a film and television party comes to ask the price, you dare not say a word. I’m afraid that if we talk about copyright a few more words, it will become obscene.”

Li Shuoxing told the truth: "Actually, I came here prepared for the copyright to be pornographic."

Night tour: "..."

The corners of his mouth twitched: "Ximu, be a human being. We are desperately promoting copyright for you, eating and drinking, contacting film and television parties, not to let you come here to disturb it."

Li Shuoxing smiled: "Of course it's good not to be pornographic, it's a lot of money. But don't worry, won't there be Yuanxuan's house the day after tomorrow?"

***

After seeing Mingxu, Li Shuoxing declined the invitation of several Beijing friends for dinner, and went back to the hotel to rest.

Then I started to read books, watch TV shows, play games with Zai Zai, and occasionally write articles.

Among them, one of Li Shuoxing's favorite things to do is to watch Zai Zai on the game every morning at five minutes to seven.

Because at seven o'clock every day, the garden sprinkler will start to sprinkle water. Amid the sound of water, the villain will open his eyes, get up from the bed, and go to the window to take a look outside.

at this time.

this time of day.

There will be an increase in the favorability ranging from 20 to 50!

In other words, every morning at seven o'clock, as long as Li Shuoxing opens his eyes and starts the game, he can see the data in the game's favorability pool and jump up by himself without doing anything. A mature wellness pool too.

feeling good.

I feel super happy.

The mood is full of joy like pulling wool!

In the early morning, inside and outside the game, both of them were having breakfast, and they also took advantage of the breakfast time to chat.

Su Mingqian asked first. He pretended that he didn't care very much, but he still cared a little: "Ximu, you haven't shown up much these days, are you busy?"

Li Shuoxing: "Remember what I told you about film and television copyright last time?"

Su Mingqian: "Of course."

Li Shuoxing smashed the sun eggs on the plate, let the half-cooked egg yolk wash away the green onions and coriander on the plate in disgust, and only ate the rest: "I've been running on this for the past few days."

Su Mingqian asked with concern: "Is everything going well?"

Li Shuoxing: "The film and television business is going well. Both companies have a strong willingness to buy. It depends on which one to sell to. It's just that people are always outside, not very stable, and they don't find anyone to write essays, and they don't have much time every day. writing."

Su Mingqian discovered a vocabulary that he didn't understand: "Pinwen?"

Li Shuoxing: "If two or more authors write articles within the specified time, the one who writes the most wins."

Su Mingqian understood: "Is the purpose to stimulate the desire to write and improve efficiency?"

Li Shuoxing: "That's it."

Su Mingqian thought about it silently, and then asked: "Is there any other way to improve your efficiency?"

Li Shuoxing said leisurely: "Yes, for example, Guan Xiaoheiwu. It is a mandatory coding software. If you don't write the specified number of words, you can't leave the software, you can't surf the Internet, you can't chat, and the external force is always very strong. powerful……"

Su Mingqian was thoughtful.

Speaking of this, Li Shuoxing's cell phone rang suddenly, and Ye You called.

Li Shuoxing: "Zai, I have something to do, so I'm leaving first. Come back at noon to accompany you for dinner."

He turned off the game and picked up the phone.

Ye You said on the phone: "I'm downstairs in the hotel. Let's go to Yuanxuan together."

***

The meeting with Yuanxuan was not as easy and comfortable as the meeting with Mingxu.

When Li Shuoxing and Yeyou arrived at their destination, they met with a project manager from Yuanxuan.

The other party was in his forties, an elite person, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Ximu, you asked two questions about books before. Are you planning to participate in the screenwriting of TV dramas?"

Li Shuoxing was a little surprised that the other party asked so directly at the beginning.

He replied: "No, I don't have the time."

"Understood." The project manager nodded and shook hands with Li Shuoxing. "My surname is Xu, and my single name is Hong."

Then, he took out two more documents about "The Great Controversy" from the table, one was the project application and the other was the project plan.

When handing these two documents to Li Shuoxing, he played the project PPT at the same time, and introduced: "Here are the answers to Mr. Ximu's two questions. The former is the reason for us to purchase the project, and the latter is our understanding of the project. project idea."

Li Shuoxing was very surprised that he could get such a specific thing, let alone see the PPT.

He and Ye You looked at each other.

Although this one is not enthusiastic enough, it also has sincerity.

It is much stronger than the first one.

Li Shuoxing first opened the application form, and saw the reasons for recommendation written on it:

"The imagination is magnificent and the momentum is wild. It is a work with both world innovation and character stories, which is suitable for adaptation. Similarly, it also has a good performance. It will help us open the situation at the beginning."

He then opened the planning book, and suddenly frowned.

Based on the TV drama market and the analysis of his articles, the other party believes that it is necessary to delete the overly complicated and brain-intensive parts, retain the interesting characters and the strong conflicts between the characters, and add the plot that the audience expects.

Li Shuoxing asked a question: "I saw in the plan that there is a phrase 'add the plot that the audience expects', what do you think is the plot that the audience expects, a bloody love plot?"

Xu Hong smiled slightly.This is the first time he has shown such an expression since this meeting: "Of course not, we are not fools. Why do we add this content in a TV series about fighting for power? All our additions will be based on the language of the TV series." In terms of writing, we tried our best to stay close to the tone of your article. This is the purpose of us buying the original and then adapting it."

A conversation takes a lot of time.

From ten o'clock in the morning, to twelve noon, and then to 01:30 in the afternoon.

From 01:30 noon to [-]:[-] pm, Li Shuoxing couldn't help taking out his mobile phone and looking at it during the communication. When he went out, he told the villain that he wanted to have lunch together, but now he can almost It's time for afternoon tea.

It's just very strange to talk about cooperation with people, and it's no problem to watch mobile phones, but it's very strange to play games.

Li Shuoxing unconsciously put the phone on the table, and his fingers subconsciously slid back and forth on the screen...

In the follow-up of the conversation, what Xu Hong focused on was not the book Da Zheng, but the TV series produced by his company, which had a successful precedent.From this precedent, they analyzed various success factors.

It was a conversation full of dry stuff.

Li Shuoxing listened for a while, and agreed with the other party's statement, and then suddenly realized that the other party was trying to convince him.

Let’s take the existing success stories as an example.

Then explain how to make the big fight into this successful model.

Needless to say, this approach is indeed justified.

Li Shuoxing listened carefully to all Xu Hong's points of view, and then he said, "I understand what Manager Xu means. Thank you Manager Xu for explaining to me."

Xu Hong: "You're welcome. I think the good cooperation between the two parties is based on an open and transparent environment. So some things will be more straightforward. I hope Teacher Ximu doesn't mind."

Li Shuoxing shook his head: "I don't mind."

He didn't stay here any longer, and left Yuanxuan directly with Yeyou.

On the way back, Yeyou talked while driving: "What do you think of Yuanxuan?"

There was no sound from the backseat.

Ye You glanced at the rearview mirror, and saw that the person sitting in the back seat had his head drooped, his brows were slightly frowned, and he looked unhappy.

Ye You thought for a while and said, "I think this company is more sincere. They really understand the planning. At the same time, they are also very strong. If you want to cooperate with them, I'm afraid they won't have a say in how to shoot. Moreover, his quotation is 200 million less than Mingxu's, and the price difference is not a small amount."

Immediately afterwards, he heard a game sound effect.

But the sound effects of the game hadn't been played for two seconds before disappearing suddenly.

Afterwards, Li Shuoxing said, "Damn it!"

Night Tour: "What's wrong?"

Li Shuoxing frowned: "The phone is dead. Do you have a power bank?"

Night tour: "..."

Feelings are you not happy about this?

He smiled: "No."

Fortunately, the road back to the hotel was not congested. When Li Shuoxing sat in the back seat of the car and started to get irritable, the car finally arrived at the hotel.

He said goodbye to Ye You briefly, and went straight to the room to plug in his phone.

When the familiar startup screen appeared in front of him, the restlessness in Li Shuoxing's heart was swept away.

In modern society, mobile phones are everything.

He entered the game familiarly, saw the villain at one glance, and the affection pool at the same time.

It had been a long time since lunch time, and he was a little worried that the villain would start to lose his favor if he got impatient with waiting.

But beyond his expectations.

The villain didn't lose his favor, not only did he not lose his favor, but the data in the favor pool has increased a lot since he went offline.

Li Shuoxing was a little taken aback.

He couldn't help saying: "Cub."

Then I saw that at the moment my voice sounded, Su Mingqian who was sitting on the sofa reading a book looked up suddenly.

A +10 floated out of his head.

Then, he heard the other party let out a sigh of relief.

"Ximu, are you here? I thought something happened to you just now."

Li Shuoxing: "..."

Because I think something happened to me, so I sit here, worrying, and silently adding favor?

Why, how can milk be so sweet!

Li Shuoxing was moved, and he quickly explained: "Nothing happened, but this time I went to discuss copyright with the film and television company, and the discussion took a long time."

"That's good." Su Mingqian pondered, "Ximu, can I make a request?"

Li Shuoxing: "What request? Say what you say~"

Su Mingqian thought about this question for a long time: "Can I have your contact information? For example, take the initiative to send you a message, leave a message for you, so that after we make an appointment, if you can't make it halfway, send a message Give it to me, and I'll know."

Li Shuoxing was stunned by the words.

He thought about it carefully, and his heart moved a little.

If the villain can take the initiative to send me messages, then there will be more ways to interact. Even when I am writing, I can suck cubs anytime and anywhere, but I don’t know if this system can be realized...

The system says it's easy.

System: "The lover has requested the player to leave a message in the communication. Does the player agree? Yes/No."

you still need to ask?

Li Shuoxing chose "Yes" without hesitation.

At almost the same moment, Su Mingqian's Wei Yi came from the game: "There is a message function on the light screen, your name is on the address book, can I send you a message?"

Li Shuoxing: "Try?"

Su Mingqian thought for a while, and typed the first line on the new function interface: "Ximu, are you there?"

The phone ding dong.

A horizontal bar flashes across the screen.

Love it APP:

Su Mingqian said to you: "Ximu, are you there?"

Behind this sentence, there is a cute reply button.

Li Shuoxing: "!"

It turned out to be this kind of function, which means——

He directly logged off the game and returned to the screen, but the horizontal bar pushed by the game did not disappear, and remained on the top of the screen. Li Shuoxing clicked to reply and edited the content: "I am here."

Ding dong again.

A new horizontal bar flashed.

Su Mingqian continued: "Nishi, are you done?"

Li said that Xingchao liked this function: "I'm done."

Ding Dong again.

Su Mingqian sent a message: "Nishi, I think this function is very good, it allows me to supervise your writing in real time."

Li Shuoxing: "..."

Li Shuoxing: "???"

Su Mingqian sent another soft sentence: "I will make a good writing time plan for you."

Li Shuoxing: "?????"