Sun Quan knew the author Xiaobao. They had drinks together at the Qidian annual meeting last year, so he saw the author tagging him in the group and asking him questions like this.
He couldn't help but want to laugh.
The final makeup photos of "Bu Bu Jing Xin" indeed attracted the attention of some authors, and some authors have already wanted to sell the film and television adaptation rights of their works to his studio, Sun Quan.
This is a bit cool, but he can't satisfy classmate Xiaobao's wish.
how to say?
He had read several of Xiaobao's works before. They were enjoyable and the results were good, but when it came to being adapted into movies or TV series, they were not that interesting.
Several of Xiaobao's works are not top-notch in popularity. Although the stories and plots are enjoyable, they are not the kind that are suitable for adaptation into film and television dramas.
In Sun Quan's memory before his rebirth, none of this classmate Xiaobao's works have been adapted into movies or TV series.
Therefore, Sun Quan looked a little helpless and replied in the group: "Thank you! Thank you for the compliment. Our studio still accepts the adaptation rights, but to be honest, we have accumulated too much adaptation rights recently and have already spent my studio's funds.
It’s empty, so I don’t have the money to buy anymore, sorry!”
This was a polite refusal. He believed that classmate Xiaobao would be able to understand the hidden meaning in his words.
At the same time, this is also true. The concept of Internet IP is not very popular these days. Every classic work in the eyes of readers has been signed out, except for the electronic copyright and physical book publishing rights. The other adaptation rights basically still belong to the author himself.
On hand.
This is also why, except for some great and medium-sized authors, other authors are generally quite poor.
Even the great gods are not very wealthy.
In this general environment, Mr. Sun's Xianyu Studio acquired various adaptation rights of Internet articles, which was generally very smooth.
Except for a very small number of works, generally anything his studio wants can be signed smoothly.
The authors who are approached by his Xianyu Studio are usually very happy and have a good attitude. They don't dare to ask too high prices. Even if they offer hundreds of thousands, they are still worried, for fear that their "lion will open his mouth".
"It scared away the people from Xianyu Studio.
The acquisition of adaptation rights went so smoothly, and one of the most direct consequences was that the studio was frequently running out of money.
The studio's account is like a bottomless pit. No matter how much money Sun Quan puts into it, it won't be long before Fu Lei will report to him again - "Mr. Sun, we don't have much money in our account anymore."
Every time he heard such news from Fu Lei, Sun Quan was filled with pain and joy, and he deeply understood the troubles of happiness.
On the one hand, I feel sad about my money, but on the other hand, I feel happy that my studio has accumulated more and more adaptation rights.
If you wait a few more years, if you just wait a few more years, even if you don't do anything, you just need to sell the rights to adapt these novels, and you will never have to worry about not having enough money in this life.
As far as he knows, his Xianyu Studio currently has the rights to adapt various novels to more than a dozen books.
Some of them are works by female channels, and some are by male channels.
For example, the female channel's "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "Nirvana in Fire", the male channel Blue Cat's "Remaining Years", the 1995 "Hui Ming" and so on.
These are all works in Sun Quan's memory that have achieved good popularity and reputation after being adapted into film and television dramas.
Since it is so easy to buy the rights to adapt various web novels these days, of course he would first buy the works that he remembered had good adaptation results.
Xiaobao: "Hey, it's okay if I don't have any money now. I can trust you. Just tell me which novel of mine you want the adaptation rights for. The adaptation rights can be signed to you first. The money will be dealt with when it's convenient for you.
Say it again."
In the group, classmate Xiaobao replied like this.
Sun Quan was numb all of a sudden.
At that time, Mr. Sun's expression was very startled. Did this classmate Xiaobao really not see that I was declining? Or even though he saw it, he just wanted to join my army? Did he want to see my joke?
Sun Quan was still worried about how to reply to classmate Xiaobao's remarks, when suddenly more people spoke in the group.
Sanfeng: "That's right! Old Sun, have you underestimated the value of your current brand? You are also a platinum master after all. Just because of your title, are people still afraid that you will not pay back the shortfall of hundreds of thousands? Haha
.”
Xia Fei: "That's right! Look at the few books I have in my name, which one do you want the adaptation rights for? Hehe, I'm not in a hurry to ask you for money."
Li Wuchang: "Second the proposal! Lao Sun, just say it! Whose book adaptation rights do you want in the group? I believe that as long as you like it, no one in the group will disagree, right?"
Angela: "That's right! I don't have any objection anyway."
Ni Long: "Xia Fei is probably out of luck. Although she is a beauty, the few books she has written in our male channel are all about multiple female protagonists. The male protagonists are simply bulldozers. If Lao Sun dares to adapt her book into
Movies and TV shows, I guess Lao Sun will have to go to jail!"
Wuji: "Haha, it's true."
Xia Fei: "Hey! Why are you doing this? Are you trying to tear me down? I have many female leads, so I can cut them out!"
Keyboard: "Reject the abridged version! It starts with me!"
Tianya: "Second! Who wants to watch your abridged version? If you want to adapt it, just adapt it according to your original work, otherwise I will call on my fans to boycott your drama!"
…
There are more and more well-known authors and even great gods popping up in the group.
Sun Quan could tell that most of them were joking.
But he could also tell that these people's jokes were not pure. These guys probably wanted to sell him the rights to adapt their own works.
Not to mention that Mr. Sun doesn't have such strong funds. Even if he did, he wouldn't dare to accept so many books. There are more than 200 authors in this group, all of whom are well-known authors with a certain degree of popularity at the beginning. Who doesn't have so many books to his name?
Is this a representative work?
But these works may be successful as an online text, but if they are to be adapted into film and television dramas...
Sun Quan is very aware of the difficulty of adapting male video works. He saw this clearly and clearly before he was reborn.
In terms of popularity and the base of book fans, the IPs sold by male channels have completely surpassed the IP sold by female channels, but what about the response after the movies and TV series are produced?
For writers of male videos, reality is infuriating.
IP dramas and movies adapted from female channels become popular every now and then, while TV series and movies adapted from male channels become popular every now and then.
Is it because the writing quality of male videos is not good?
Anyone with eyesight knows that it is not.
So what's the problem?
Investment and special effects are the two most critical constraints.
What do women’s videos write about? Most of them are love stories of various themes. When adapted, the hero and heroine find handsome men and beautiful women, dress them up beautifully, and choose some scenes with beautiful scenery to make the hero and heroine okay.
Just talk about love and occasionally play intrigue and psychological warfare with the supporting actors. The main investment is in the actor's salary and the investment in the service.
But what about male channel adaptations?
The actor's salary and investment in costumes are no less than those in female channels, plus a large amount of special effects expenses.
The special effects cost 50 cents, but the audience didn't buy it.
If the amount exceeds 50 cents, investors are reluctant to spend all their capital.
But what are most of the works on male videos about?
It's common to blow up a planet with one punch, but don't be too surprised if the world collapses just once because of a disagreement.
Even the ordinary meals that the protagonist eats may need some special effects, because what the protagonist eats is not ordinary food. Many of them are made from natural materials and treasures. And shouldn’t food made from natural materials and treasures have some light?
There is also the fighting style of the male channel. For the female channel, dancing with swords, guns and sticks, everyone gesticulating, banging bells and banging for a while, and spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood is enough.
But the battles on the male channel are always filled with dark clouds. It is common for the male protagonist to fly into the sky and escape. Even if he goes into battle with swords, guns and sticks, these swords, guns and sticks can usually fly, and they can even become bigger or smaller at will.
.
Let me ask you, do you want to add special effects to the above pictures?
Plus fifty cents?
It turned out to be a bad drama.
An extra piece?
Will you pay one dollar? Why don’t you grab it if it’s so expensive?
Anyway, before Sun Quan was reborn, he had never seen any drama or movie adaptation of a male channel that added special effects for a dollar.
To sum up the many reasons mentioned above, Sun Quan is extremely cautious in purchasing the rights to adapt male videos' works.
The works he first chooses are generally historical and realistic works that are highly popular and have a high reputation.
It was also for these reasons that he had a headache when he saw so many well-known authors and even great gods popping up to speak in this author group.
He admitted that everyone's works were well written, and their popularity and reputation were great.
But he didn’t dare touch most of the subjects that everyone wrote about.
Smiling bitterly again, he spoke in the group: "I'm sorry, everyone! I just received a call and I have to go out temporarily. I'm running away now. If necessary, I will contact you brothers via private message. Finally, I sincerely thank you all for your support.
Trust and love, I love you! 88”
He chose to escape.
With so many people speaking at the same time, he couldn't bear it.
He is indeed interested in the rights to adapt a few works of a few authors in this group, but now in front of so many people in the group, he dare not say anything.
Because no matter what method he uses to tell the group about the adaptation rights of which books he wants to buy, others will inevitably be unhappy.
It would be more appropriate to contact each other privately and individually.
After posting these words in the group, Sun Quan did not immediately close the group chat box.
He is watching everyone's reaction.
Xia Fei: "Haha, it seems that Old Sun was scared away by our swarm of people."
Octopus: "It was me, I would be scared away too, you were too hungry just now!"
Xiaobao: "I guess there is no hope for my books. I myself feel that my books are not suitable for adaptation into TV series."
Enchantress: "I guess mine won't work. It seems that no military novel I wrote has been adapted into a TV series in China."
Sanfeng: "Mine may not work either. I asked Dayu before, and Dayu told me that although Lao Sun had collected his "Legends of the Household", Lao Sun also told him about his book Nv.
There are too many protagonists to adapt, and there are also quite a few heroines in my books, haha."