Use "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" to pave the way for "Han Bo and the Spirit Stone"?
From Sun Ya's point of view, this is a crazy idea, and it is completely worth the loss: you must know that the former is favored by countless film companies, and they believe that even if they cannot replicate the success of "Frozen", they can still win the Super Star as long as the filming is good.
A box-office work. After all, since the box office hit of "Frozen", the picture books under Laobai's name now have many fans and their annual sales are stable at millions of copies!
The question is "Han Bo and the Spiritual Stone", what does it have?
The domestic sales volume is not bad, and judging from the standards of other Chinese writers, its performance abroad can even be considered excellent. There are very few Chinese writers who can sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year. But just
This was not enough, at least it was so far behind Lao Bai's martial arts novels that Sun Ya couldn't understand why Sun Peng attached so much importance to this children's novel!
That's why she was so surprised after guessing Sun Peng's plan.
"Wow, you are so smart, sis!"
Without answering the second sister's question directly, Sun Peng blinked desperately, sincerely admiring his second sister's clever thinking - he just said that he wanted to transfer the adaptation rights of two books, but she actually guessed the real story behind it.
For the purpose, your mind is spinning too fast, right?
"Stop talking nonsense and speak quickly!"
"Okay, I do have such a plan!"
Taking a deep breath, Sun Peng stopped inking and nodded: "The Little Wizard Han Bo series will have at least seven books, and it will be a very important IP in my plan! From novels to animation, and then
To a movie with a huge investment, Little Wizard will become the most valuable series to my name...In the long run, my expectations for it will definitely not be less than those of those martial arts novels!"
"His..."
After hearing what Sun Peng said, Sun Ya couldn't help but take a breath of air!
Do you expect anything less than martial arts novels?
What is this concept?
As Sun Peng's agent, she really understands the value of those martial arts novels!
With the quiet rise of martial arts culture in China, it has now well-deservedly become one of the popular cultures - this is not only achieved by the few sets of books under Lao Bai's name, but also through the popularity of several major online literary websites.
Tens of thousands of martial arts novels that have been completed or are being updated!
And not only writing, the development of martial arts culture has now blossomed everywhere.
The Condor Trilogy has shone brightly on the small screen. Although none of them has topped the annual ratings list so far, almost all of them are among the previous ones. The martial arts novels adapted by other companies also have good ratings, especially in
Better click-through rates on the web!
This kind of fresh thing is more in line with the needs of those young people.
So in the past year, after Sun Peng nodded in agreement, Sun Ya has released the adaptation rights of several other novels one by one. The second thing to gain a large amount of copyright transfer fees is, and more importantly, the TV series
It has a large audience and a wide range of influence, and can attract a large number of fans to Lao Bai!
There are also animations and games. With the increase in revenue of DreamWorks and the hot sales of the game adapted from the Condor Trilogy after its release, major game companies have taken martial arts games to a higher level, and the martial arts master Lao Bai
The rights to adapt his works have directly reached the top of the game adaptation quotations!
The transfer of the adaptation rights of each novel means tens of millions or even hundreds of millions in income for Lao Bai!
So last year, when Sun Ya's economic company began to operate various adaptation rights of those martial arts novels, and began to sign various transfer contracts this year, she could almost book the top spot in the author list at the end of the year - no other writer
Like Lao Bai, who is at the top of the entertainment industry and has so many fans and supporters, no one has so many best-selling books that are still at the top, and no one will take all the rights to adapt their works in one go.
Release it!
The value of those martial arts novels is simply immeasurable!
But now someone told Sun Ya that there was a set of books that were as valuable as these martial arts novels. Even if the person who said these words was Lao Bai himself, how could she be convinced?
Looking at the second sister's expression, Sun Peng knew that she didn't believe it. Fortunately, Sun Peng didn't need her to believe it. He just smiled and said: "Okay sister, what will happen in the future is a matter of the future. You just need to pass on my words now."
Just go out..."
...
Sun Peng's emphasis on the Little Wizard series is indeed not much different from that of martial arts novels.
Because he is very aware of the heights reached by the Harry Potter series on earth. Even if it is difficult to completely replicate it in this world, as long as it can reach 50% to 60%, it will be enough to set an unattainable benchmark! Even if martial arts novels will be in the future,
The overall value will be above it, but in a one-on-one challenge, the little wizard will definitely not be afraid of anyone!
So there’s nothing wrong with using “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” as a foreshadowing!
And when the news came out that Lao Bai hoped to transfer the rights to adapt a picture book and a novel film at the same time, just as Sun Peng expected, countless film companies took action after hearing the news, and Sun Ya, who had just been idle just now, was once again as busy as a dog.
.
There is no way, the celebration party for "The Matrix" has just been held not long ago!
And from last summer to this summer, "The Bourne Identity", "The Sixth Sense", "True Lies" and "The Matrix" came one after another, each of which shocked the box office and made moviegoers dizzy, let alone China.
Major domestic companies, including Hollywood, are now very jealous of laobai's scripts. Who is willing to let go of such an opportunity?
So it was just a "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", which quickly attracted the real giants of Hollywood. Even "Han Bo and the Spirit Stone", which is far less influential than those picture books and martial arts novels, Lotus Pictures
Companies such as the Forbidden City and the Forbidden City also made inquiries immediately, and then major Chinese giants quickly followed up...
...
"Simply put, this will be a live-action movie!"
Spread lazily on the sofa, Sun Peng took his mobile phone and explained to Chen Muchen: "From the beginning, I never thought about changing "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" into animation. That is not its destiny. Live-action.
A family-style movie combined with CG is what it should be! And anyway, the story is set in a Western setting, so it can only be shot by Hollywood! As for DreamWorks... choose another one."
"...All right."
Hearing what Sun Peng said, Chen Muchen immediately felt relieved.
In fact, of course he wouldn't care about the adaptation rights of a picture book, but Chen Muchen is worried about Lao Bai's other works. If Sun Peng quietly sells the adaptation rights of several picture books, then Meng
The factory is really going to cry - compared with other established animation giants, they only count on Sun Peng's script.
So after heaving a sigh of relief, Chen Muchen said in a serious tone: "Okay, then Qingqing and I have already made our choice! For DreamWorks' next animation, we want to make Mulan..." (To be continued)