Chapter 132 Surprises keep coming
"Haha...Wife, we're making a lot of money now. Come on, we're not finished drinking champagne, let's have another glass to celebrate." Chen Lin was happy as soon as he sent Stephen Chow away and returned to the room. He poured champagne into two glasses, raised one glass, and gave the other glass to Yu Yu.
"Cheers!" Yu Yu pursed his lips and clinked with Chen Lin, and then said with a smile: "With Zhou Xingchi's golden signboard, "The King of Comedy" will not worry about box office sales, and this deal is indeed very profitable."
"Haha, Yuer, you are wrong. What I said is that I made a big profit not only refers to this investment, but also to obtain the copyright of "A Chinese Odyssey"." Chen Lin said with a smile.
After talking about the investment in "King of Comedy", he took the opportunity to propose to Stephen Chow to purchase the copyright of "A Chinese Odyssey" including movie screenings, VCD sales and game adaptation rights.
Zhou Xingchi was happy and generously licensing the copyright to Chen Lin's Yuhuang Entertainment without charging any copyright fees.
"Oh, what's the profit of copyright in "A Chinese Odyssey"? Is there any mystery here?" Yu Yu said in confusion after hearing this.
"Of course, Yuer, guess, there will be a prize if you win." Chen Lin kept it in a silence.
Is there really a mystery? Yu Yu couldn't help but think: According to Lin Lin's statement, at least tens of millions of profits must be made, and at least you will not earn less than investing in "The King of Comedy" to make him so happy, but is that possible?
She also knew about this movie "A Chinese Odyssey". The box office situation was once very good when the film was first aired, but the "good start" did not last long, and the subsequent overall release took a sharp turn. Even in the most popular Hong Kong market at that time, it did not achieve good results. Although it could recover the cost, it was far from the previous films of Zhou Xingchi.
She was in Yanjing at that time and knew that the managers of various film companies were not optimistic about this film and thought it was too noisy and too noisy. As a movie that was not well watched, naturally, there was no too much publicity in Beijing, and no one bought it in other cities in the mainland.
Even if Lin Lin is increasing his publicity efforts now, this is an outdated old film after all. Its best profit period has passed. Who is willing to spend money to watch an old film? Although there is no need to pay for copyright fees, the money earned may not be worth the publicity fee.
She couldn't figure out what Lin Lin's gourd was selling. As for the so-called game adaptation that was automatically filtered by her, don't joke about whether there are currently games in China? In the end, Yu Yu shook his head and gave up thinking.
Chen Lin was confused when he saw his smart wife, and couldn't help laughing. This is the limitation of the times. Even social elites like Yu Yu and Zhou Xingchi were misunderstood. How could the two of them think that "A Chinese Odyssey" began to become popular on mainland universities in 1998.
"A Chinese Odyssey" can be said to be a miracle in the history of films. It may be the only movie that has experienced a bleak box office, a bad reputation, and suddenly became very popular a few years later.
It was even more impossible for the two to think that in 2001, Yi produced "Westward Journey" based on this film, and then launched the more classic "Westward Journey", which created a record of more than 310 million registered users and the highest number of online users at the same time reaching 10,000. It is worth mentioning that this game has been popular for 10 years and has remained popular in 2013.
How much money can a classic game make? Chen Tianqiao, who is acting as a proxy for "Legend", relied on it to become the richest man in China with a net worth of 9 billion in 2004.
In the next 10 years, Chen Lin can almost easily earn tens of billions of profits. The so-called copyright is in hand, and counting money and cramping hands will be sucked.
"Lin Lin, tell me what medicine you sell in the gourd?" Yu Yu couldn't help but ask when he saw Chen Lin's pride.
Chen Lin smiled and revealed a little mystery. Naturally, he would not mention the game, but pointed out that he was optimistic about "American Journey" and would have a second spring. Mainland film manufacturers and cinemas were not optimistic about the film because the film was too advanced.
Everyone is used to Zhou Xingchi's nonsense, but the nonsense adaptation of "Journey to the West" made it difficult for people at that time to accept it.
Do you want Tang Seng to whine and Sun Wukong to talk about love? Can this be accepted by people at that time?
But college students are different. They are born to accept new things. Now in 1998, Chen Lin believes that the student group will like this video, and he is planning to sell this movie to students.
Chen Lin made a reason, and Yu Yu said skeptical that he was not convinced and didn't believe it? It doesn't matter, so let's wait and see.
"By the way, Lin Lin, you have the script of "King of Comedy". Why didn't I hear you reveal a little bit of the news?" Yu Yu tilted his head and looked at Chen Lin's face carefully and suddenly curious.
In fact, she was curious since Chen Lin and Zhou Xingchi talked. She really hadn't heard Chen Lin talk about this script in advance.
"Damn! Wife, can't you be a little confused?" Chen Lin couldn't help but feel a headache when he heard this.
It was still the old way. Chen Lin used his trick to lie that he had nothing to do when filming in Beijing and observed some extras who came up with it. Then of course he wanted to divert his wife's attention.
How to divert attention? ‘Wife, look at the flying saucer’ is OK? Maybe, should it be possible?
Chen Lin's method was to pick up his wife and walk towards the bedroom, and add playful and cute words: "It's getting late, I'm holding my little baby to go to bed."
After the bedroom door was closed, the voices of the two people soon came from inside.
"Wife, I've been too busy these two days and haven't handed in my homework. Hehe, can I make up for all my homework tonight?"
"I feel uncomfortable today, no!"
"Ah, my wife, why don't you feel uncomfortable? Let me take a look. Fortunately, your forehead is not hot. Are you having a stomachache after eating seafood? I'll take you to see a doctor right away."
"You pig, that...is that person coming."
"Oh my God, the night is long, how can I spend my sleepless night tonight?"
"Hehe, you don't want to sleep, right? Then you go down."
"Don't, I'll sleep, I'll sleep."
"Sleep well, don't move your hands..."
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The next morning, Chen Lin and his group set off for Changsha with big bags of gifts.
Sitting on the plane, Chen Lin squinted his eyes and planned his next work.
Next, his main job is to record "Two Days and One Night", launch the TV series "Stories of the Cooking Class", and prepare for the company's first major martial arts TV series.
After half a year of preparations, everything was ready. If the schedule of "Meteor Garden" had not been temporarily adjusted in advance, the program would have met the audience.
His original plan to start the first episode of "Two Days and One Night" will be broadcast on April 5th, and now it is adjusted to Sunday on May 3rd, so after returning to the company, the first episode will be recorded immediately.
The script of "The Story of the Cooking Class" has been completed in one month, and the company has sent people to contact the Air Force TV Art Center. They are very interested in this TV series that reflects the air force grassroots company and is full of humor and wit. Now we can start recruiting actors for preliminary preparations as soon as the project fund is in place.
The production of the drama "Cooking Class" was simple and handed over to the company's TV production department by Chen Lin, who did not spend much energy on it.
His energy is being spent on the second and first major productions that the company is going to film this year, and is a martial arts drama with a larger investment than "Meteor Garden".
This big-produced martial arts drama is the classic martial arts "The Wind and Clouds Dominate the World" adapted from the comic "Feng Yun".
This time I went to Hong Kong to travel in Hong Kong, he didn't have time to visit the famous Hong Kong cartoonist Ma Rongcheng. He had to wait until the start of "Two Days and One Night" was completed before he went to the cartoonist to discuss the adaptation of "Storm and Cloud".
By the way, when it comes to adapting, it also needs to operate the "Westward Journey" project, which is also very important. As for the matter of being the screenwriter of "King of Comedy", there is no need to hurry. This movie is mainly prepared by Xinghui Company and will go to the second half of this year as soon as possible.
Alas, when Chen Lin thought of so many things to be busy, he felt pain and happiness. Until he got off the plane and was on the way to the company, he felt refreshed again after receiving a good news from the company.
Chapter completed!