Chapter 393 Questions about habit
"What?"
After hearing Guo Dalu's words, Bai Weige was very surprised, "You haven't granted us the copyright yet?"
He said with a confused look on his face: "Then why did our leader ask me to come over and talk about the adaptation for you?"
Guo Dalu said: "You ask me, who will I ask?"
He felt very annoying about the practice of the drama troupe. "Teacher Bai, I wrote this book. Although it has not been published physically until now, even if there is no physical book, the copyright of this book is mine! You are now coming over and talking about the adaptation of the drama with me, but I don't even say a word to you, and you will adapt my stuff. Isn't this a bit unscrupulous to me, Mr. Guo?"
Bai Weige's face turned red, "Dalu, don't be angry, I don't know this is the case. Our leader only asked me to discuss the adaptation with you, but he did not mention the issue of authorization. If I knew it was like this, I wouldn't come at all!"
He explained with a blushing face and thick neck: "When I go back and ask our leader, what's going on!"
He was angry, but he already understood what was going on.
Yu Baishu, the leader of their drama troupe, is an old man in the system. When he created dramas, he used many authors' works to create them.
Because those authors are from the Writers Association, and the Writers Association has a cooperative relationship with the drama troupe, many authors are very surprised when they learn that their works were quoted by the drama troupe. Most people don’t have money at all, and at most they just symbolically accept hundreds of dollars.
For some authors, it is a very glorious thing to adapt his own works into dramas. In addition, the adaptation of dramas is also an internal need of the organization, so naturally it needs great support. After the gimmick of "the work was adapted into a drama to perform in Beijing", it is also very beneficial for writers to evaluate professional titles, win trophys, etc.
So to sum up, few people have ever been concerned about copyright or something with the drama troupe.
After a long time, the drama troupe became accustomed to it. Usually, they saw someone’s work that was good, and they decided to adopt it before notifying the author himself, and then gave him a symbolic fee. For decades, this has always been the case!
It is estimated that Yu Baishu also adapted Guo Dalu's works into a drama this time.
But can Guo Dalu be the same as those authors within the system?
Not to mention Guo Dalu's current fame and status, but just his temper, who can afford to offend him?
I guess Yu Baishu was so confused that he asked himself to discuss the adaptation with Guo Dalu.
Bai Weige thought of this and did not dare to stay at Guo Dalu's house for too long. After explaining a few random words to Guo Dalu, he almost left the Guo family's gate with a red face.
"Huh? Why is Teacher Bai leaving? I'm asking the kitchen to prepare meals for him!"
Wang Xiaolu, who had just walked over from the backyard, saw Bai Weige leaving quickly, and couldn't help but be curious, "What's wrong? Why is Teacher Bai running so fast as if he was chased by a dog!"
Guo Dalu laughed and said, "Who knows? Maybe it's because there's something wrong at home."
He was extremely dissatisfied with Bai Weige's approach. His work was adapted, but he was not the first to know. This was simply a big deal and no one could bear it.
Guo Dalu had a good impression of Bai Weige, but through today's incident, he felt a little unhappy and even felt a little disgusted with the Kyoto Theater.
I made up my mind that if the Kyoto Theater really wants to adapt "The True Story of Ah Q" this time, if there is no blood, don't even think about it!
Let’s talk about Bai Weige.
After he walked out of the Guo family's gate, he rushed back to the Kyoto Drama Theater.
Yu Baishu, the leader of the drama troupe, was sitting at the desk and writing and painting on the notebook, and his face couldn't help but feel excited.
Seeing Bai Weige entering the office, Yu Baishu smiled and said, "Oh, is Lao Bai back?"
He got up and slapped the notebook on the table twice, and said with a smile: "I was not optimistic about Guo Dalu at the beginning. What is a writer who writes martial arts novels? What is a martial arts novel? Writing martial arts novels is something that the lower-ranking talents do. All of these works are vulgar, vulgar, and kitsch works, and basically have no practical significance!"
He said this and laughed: "I didn't expect this guy to create such an image as Ah Q! This really makes me look at you differently!"
When several people in the office heard this, they all agreed: "Yes, this novel is really good! It is many times higher than his previous martial arts works!"
A middle-aged woman smiled loudly and said, "The refraction problem here is the essence of the whole novel. The spiritual victory method in the book can be applied to the whole of China, or even the whole world. If you use this novel to adapt it into a drama, not to mention anything else, just the height of your thoughts is far from comparable to other works."
Yu Baishu nodded and said, "Ye Qing is right. The core idea of this novel is the method of spiritual victory, but what is expressed in the whole novel is not just this mental state. There are also the faces of Mr. Zhao, Zhao Xiucai, Wu Ma and others in it, and the expression of numbness of the ideological minds of the lower class people. They all need to be explored in depth to discover them."
He smiled and said, "For example, the cold reactions of the lower-class people to the killing of revolutionaries are very different from those in our previous literary genres. What does this mean? This shows that the revolution did not pay enough attention to the ideas of transforming the working people at the bottom and did not play a role in awakening them. The lower-class people are mostly numb, cowardly, or even unprincipled. This is the social situation at that time!"
Ye Qing said: "Oh, the leader is the leader, and his focus is different from us! We are still at the level of reading the story, but you start from the overall situation, see the big from the small, and make a high point, and explain the story in a straightforward moment!"
Yu Baishu was very helpful and smiled and said, "I, just talk casually. If everyone has any different opinions, we must speak out and speak freely! Only by focusing on ideas can we make a good work!"
Everyone said to himself: "You said so, who dares to object?"
Yu Baishu was very interested and waved to everyone, "Come on, let's discuss it! There are still many problems to change this work into a drama. Everyone will talk about their ideas!"
Since entering the office, Bai Weige has been standing at the door. Every time he wants to speak, he is interrupted by Yu Baishu who is excited to enter the state. Therefore, he can only stand at the door and listen to everyone discussing the details in the novel, how to change, and other opinions.
"Hey hey, Lao Bai, you can tell me your opinion too!"
After everyone discussed for a long time, Yu Baishu found that Bai Weige did not participate in the discussion and said strangely: "You are also an old actor in our drama troupe. You have also given an idea for this drama! If we are similar, we will be on stage in a few days!"
Bai Weige's face looked a little ugly, "Captain, don't be busy acting first! Have you not told Guo Dalu about the adaptation of "The Legend of Ah Q" to Guo Dalu?"
Yu Baishu was slightly stunned and said, "Didn't this ask you to notify him today? Isn't this just saying hello to him?"
When he said this, he seemed to be sucking something, "What's going on? Something went wrong?"
Chapter completed!