"Ahem! Let's officially start now. Today is the full copyright auction meeting for the novel "Infinite Time and Space". In principle, the price is the priority, and the opinions of Qidian Copyright Department are the main ones, followed by the adaptation ability and the influence of the work, and the original author.
Mr. Pu Dinglie’s wishes and other aspects will be considered comprehensively.”
Medgo introduced the opening remarks he had prepared in advance.
The general meaning is that the price will be given to the one with the highest price, but if there are other bonus points, you can also consider them.
According to the contract signed between the author and Qidian, copyright management belongs to Qidian’s obligations and rights.
Puding only has the right to make suggestions and dividends.
Of course, if the author really doesn’t want to sell, Qidian has no way to force the author to sign the contract for the time being. However, if repeated negotiations fail and malicious obstruction is caused, Qidian can make an arbitrary decision and directly sign the contract, bypassing the author.
Therefore, this matter can be delayed for a while, but not forever.
Moreover, if the author wants to work in Qidian, he still needs to establish a good relationship with Qidian Copyright Department. Otherwise, what will happen if they stop operating your book in the future? They will freeze you directly and never sell the author's copyright again.
Then isn’t the author stupid?
There’s no way someone would write a book and not intentionally want to sell the copyright, right?
Qidian has never seen it since it started operating copyright.
Not a single case!
There is a saying that the author who can sell the copyright of his work to ten thousand yuan is not stupid.
After Medegao finished reading out the simple rules and opening remarks.
The major film and television companies can start to speak.
Come one by one according to the seats.
In fact, when arranging the positions, McDermott was very careful and ranked the companies from small to large. This would make it look like the prices are getting higher and higher, as if everyone is willing to spend more money to get the works, which makes it easier.
Break through other people's psychological defenses.
The first person to speak was a rising star called ‘Good Monkey Pictures’.
The person who came was a somewhat arrogant man with a short haircut.
"You guys, Kai Dian, are getting better and better at playing. You haven't learned from our entertainment industry, which is to speculate on celebrities to raise salaries. You are quite skilled at it. To be honest, I don't object to doing something necessary to fight for your own interests."
means, but I still want to tell you something. The adaptation of big IP is not necessarily based on money. It doesn’t mean which company gives more money. The more money you spend, the better you can make a good movie.
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"You have also seen the movies released by our Good Monkey Pictures in the past few years. The ratings and box office are all hits. Today I saw all the big guys here. I know that our prices may not be as good as those of our predecessors.
But our good monkeys are definitely more sincere than anyone else in filming the story of the "Infinite Time and Space" series of movies!"
"As long as the copyright of this book is given to us, there will be an unlimited series of movies every year, and it will not be a problem to build our country's movie universe!"
"Ju Pu, no, Editor Pu! You are also a screenwriter. How do you want your work to be presented on the big screen? A money-making traffic movie that everyone is clamoring for? Or a classic that can be passed down forever?
This work? You must know it well."
"So, for this bidding, we at Good Monkey Pictures are willing to pay 30 million to buy the full movie rights of "Infinite Time and Space". We only want the movie rights."
"hiss--"
Pu Jie took a breath of cold air.
This is the weakest company here???
A direct price of 30 million for a movie copyright?
Still feel like you can’t win over others?
What the hell are you?
At this time, the person next to Good Monkey Pictures spoke.
"Hehehe~ Mr. Zhou joked again, you monkeys have made several good movies, but who hasn't made a few good movies? If I remember correctly, the "Cold Past" you released this year seems to be
Did you pounce?"
Enlight Pictures, a middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses, gentle and elegant, dressed like a lawyer.
Before, their company came to inquire about the copyright issues of "Infinite Time and Space", but was rejected by the copyright department.
Now, I am here with the mentality that I will win, and I will not give in at all.
"We all have mature production capabilities. Don't talk about your dreams and pie-in-the-sky pie with others. Just tell us the price and that's it. We'll give you 40 million to buy the film rights to the novel. We'll suppress you!"
Next company: “45 million!”
Next company: "50 million!"
Pu Jie was frightened as he listened to their bidding, feeling that he could pass at any time.
Are you paying the royalties for my book?
You are trying to buy my life, Mr. Pu!
And these are only for buying movie rights, other copyrights are not counted.
Medegao interrupted: "Ahem! Everyone, our book "Infinite Time and Space" can be divided into many parts, each with a movie world and sold separately. You can try to quote one movie per movie, for example.
"Resident Evil 1"."
Everyone: "."
There was silence for a moment.
"Shit! Your Qidian is getting darker and darker! You're selling the copyright of a novel in pieces, right?"
"Unheard of, unseen! Just to make some money, I have no shame!"
"Without the plot before and after, how can the feeling of the film be unified? Not to mention that there are sequels such as "Resident Evil 2" and "The Mummy 2" in this book. Do you want to buy another one? By the way, don't you?
Will you also write the plots of "Resident Evil 3" and "The Mummy 3"?"
Pu Jie thought about what was in his mind.
“It really does”
Everyone: "Fuck! We can't separate them anymore!"
Otherwise, we would have made "Resident Evil 1" by ourselves, another company would have made "Resident Evil 2", and another company would have made "Resident Evil 3". This would be too stupid.
The biggest taboo when creating an IP is to change the company to shoot it.
Regardless of what Qidian's people say, the heads of the eight companies discussed it for a while and felt that this matter cannot be handled as Qidian said and must be taken down together. They can cooperate with multiple companies to shoot, transfer between companies, etc.
, but the total copyright cannot be divided.
Otherwise it will be troublesome in the future.
Medgao had a toothache. He originally wanted to sell it for a sky-high price, but it turned out to be unrealistic.
"Then you go ahead and apply. In addition to movie rights, there are also comics, animations, TV series, etc. you can talk about."
So there was another wave of confrontation between major companies.
Seeing this situation, Pu Jie knew it was time for him to go!
They have to give up the idea of buying books at high prices.
"Ahem! Let me say a few words."
Everyone looked at the author Pu Ding, who had been silent.
Pu Jie said: "Actually, the movies in my book are not easy to shoot. The "Resident Evil" series requires a large number of zombies and a lot of special effects. The shooting costs are extremely high, and the production is also very difficult. It is not necessarily
It can be shot well. In the same way, the same is true for "Alien". If the special effects are not done well, it will be like a child playing house and not outstanding. Moreover, the world in my book has many foreign backgrounds, and the domestic acceptance is not good.
It must be good."
"So, do you understand what I mean?"
The person in charge of Huayi nodded.
"understood."
Pu Jie was very happy. He knew that what I wrote was not easy to shoot. He hurried back to think about it again and calculated the costs. It would be best to postpone the settlement until this cycle.
Huayi person in charge: "Before Mr. Pu said it, I might have been a little hesitant about whether each of the movie worlds in this movie would be good to watch, but after Mr. Pu said it, I understood. As a screenwriter, he must have considered the movie world.
The actual shooting issues, the difficulty, the special effects, and the plot are sure to be very effective!
In addition, it also has a foreign background, which makes it convenient to win awards at foreign film festivals, screen in theaters in other countries, and have cultural output taken into consideration!
So. I’ll add money!
80 million! I will win all the movie rights at one price, including what you will write later. When the time comes, Mr. Pu will give me your advice on the script, and of course your writing fee will be indispensable."
Pu Jie: "???"
What the hell do you know about a hammer!
Grass!
Huayi directly raised the price to the top!
This is the highest price that web IP can achieve.
Other film companies were silent for a while, this price was beyond their affordability.
On the other side, Medegao opened his mouth in surprise.
Then he secretly said to Pu Jie: "Pu Shen is still higher! In just a few words, the price has been raised to this point. I admire you."
Pu Jie: "???"
"You are so stupid."
"Whatever."
"I'm tired, let's destroy it."
Mr. Pu found that he could no longer control the situation today.
He looked up at the ceiling, his eyes dull, as if he was a handsome guy who had been raped countless times by multiple rich girls.
All sounds in the ears are filtered out.
After a while.
Pu Jie heard a number, and then everyone stood up.
"One hundred million!"
Pu Jie:Σ(°△°|||)︴
After shaking hands with the person in charge of Huayi, Mai Degao returned to his seat.
"Huh? Where is Pu Shen? He was sitting here just now."
Styx was also a little puzzled.
"That's not right, I didn't see Pu Shen leave."
While others were looking for Mr. Pu, Qi Fei found Mr. Pu under the table.