"Why do I feel that the audience for this book should be children!"
Linda asked two questions in succession.
Wu Jianye sat there, his expression unchanged, and said with a smile: "This is a novel that accompanies children to grow up!"
Seeing that Linda didn't understand, Wu Jianye continued to explain: "The initial plan is to write 7 volumes of this novel, which will be published by Lane, one per year, and this series of novels will become a companion for children to grow up with!"
Although it was just a simple sentence, Linda was shocked by Wu Jianye's confidence, "You mean you will slowly change the style of this novel as the children grow up?"
Wu Jianye nodded and said: "That's right, but there won't be any big changes, just subtle growth."
Wu Jianye will not deliberately change the style of the novel. Children's growth is subtle, and the same is true for the novel. In fact, the film adaptation is like this, and is carried out according to this routine.
Otherwise, when these children grow up, "Harry Potter", which is purely for children, will no longer be able to attract them.
If it is true what Wu Jianye said, the value this novel will create is absolutely immeasurable, just like Disneyland accompanies children to grow up, and now Disney is no longer just for children.
It's a playground.
This is the reason why Linda was shocked. However, there is also a big problem in completing this plan, that is, whether this set of novels can become a hit in the hearts of children as Wu Jianye said. What's more?
One is that even if this novel will be a hit among children, Lane Publishing must formulate a complete publicity plan for this set of novels.
A novel is like a movie. To be successful, it not only needs to be of excellent quality, but also needs to have a matching marketing plan. Only in this way can a hit novel be truly produced.
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"Are you really so confident all the time?" Linda tilted her head and looked at Wu Jianye seriously.
Even though she had long known that Wu Jianye was extremely confident, whenever she saw Wu Jianye coming up with a huge plan, Linda couldn't help but wonder about Wu Jianye's confidence.
Where does it come from.
Wu Jianye gave her answer: "Because I have never failed. This is the source of my confidence!"
After saying that, he patted the sofa and said with a smile: "Okay, this book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" is the first of the seven parts. You ask Lane Publishing to come up with a specific and feasible publicity plan.
Come out, I believe this book will allow you to see my success again!"
At the end of the speech, the confidence on Wu Jianye’s face was clearly evident!
In fact, among the first six volumes of "Harry Potter", the best-selling one is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", with 17 million copies sold worldwide, and only the last one, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"
" reached a terrifying 75 million copies!
Of course, this is also related to the reason why "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is the last novel!
Linda nodded and said, "Okay, I will discuss this matter with Ryan!"
With the "Harry Potter" series, Phantom Entertainment has completely established itself in the future. Imagine that Phantom is holding the Marvel Universe in his left hand, "Harry Potter" in his right hand, and a "Dwarf" hanging in the middle.
"Luoji Park" series, this basically makes Phantom Entertainment in an invincible position.
And there are so many blockbuster movie series waiting for Phantom in the future.
In the 1990s, "Jurassic Park" opened the way, and three dinosaur series were released at the rate of one every two years, which was enough for Phantom Entertainment to wait until the end of the 1990s to start the Marvel Universe and the "Harry Potter" series.
Start!
It’s not just the movies, it’s the peripheral products driven by these three movies that Wu Jianye values the most.
Universal has its own Universal Studios, Disney has its own Disneyland, and Phantom can also build its own Phantom World with these popular movies!
However, these need to be managed slowly, Wu Jianye is not in a hurry.
After handling these matters, Wu Jianye returned to the manor. A few days later, he received a call from Linda. She had already discussed with Ryan the publishing plan for "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
However, because this novel is aimed at children, the publication time is also scheduled during the summer vacation.
Because of "Jurassic Park", Wu Jianye is also a well-known writer around the world. Now that Wu Jianye has launched the "Harry Potter" series again, he can naturally attract a lot of readers quickly.
However, since the readers of this novel will be children, it will inevitably make Wu Jianye’s original readers dissatisfied.
But this is not important to Wu Jianye.
Arriving at Lane Publishing, Wu Jianye signed a publishing agreement with Lane Publishing. Although Wu Jianye was the boss behind Phantom, these procedures still had to be completed.
This time Wu Jianye signed an agreement with Lane Publishing, and the 25% share can be said to be the share enjoyed by top American writers.
At the same time, the copyright of "Harry Potter" is also in the hands of Wu Jianye, and it is a full copyright. This means that even if Phantom Entertainment wants to adapt "Harry Potter" in the future, it will need to purchase the copyright from Wu Jianye.
After the two parties formally signed the contract, Sean was responsible for preparing for the promotion of "Harry Potter".
The closer we get to the end of the year, the more intense the promotions of the major film studios in North America become, just like the New Year's Eve in China in later generations. Each film will show off its own capabilities and do its best to promote its own company.
Movie.
Phantom Entertainment also has its own films to promote during this period, not just the film "The Love of Ghosts". After all, this film will not be released until Valentine's Day next year. This time it is promoting Cheng Long's "Western Regions"
Veyron!》
The previous name of this movie was "Shanghai Noon", but in order to cater to North American audiences, it has been officially renamed "Western Dragon"!
In order to cooperate with the promotion of this movie, Cheng Long also rushed to Los Angeles from Xiangjiang.
Today at the Manor in Beverly Hills, Wu Jianye met Cheng Long. What was even more commendable was that Cheng Long actually brought his soon-to-be-seven-year-old Little House and his wife Lin Fengjiao with him.
Cheng Long had already married Lin Fengjiao, but due to his fame, he had never made it public. However, Wu Jianye had always been skeptical about this reason.
But there must be a reason for this. Cheng Long's fame is beyond the imagination of later generations. In later generations, idols' public love affairs were already a publicity method. But in Xiangjiang in the 1980s and 1990s, let alone getting married, it was
Public love affairs are not allowed.
Cheng Long had tried to disclose his relationship before, but the result was that fans of RB came to Xiangjiang and insisted on jumping off the building. It was a group incident. After this happened, Cheng Long was so frightened that he immediately denied the news.
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This is also the reason why Andy Lau and his wife kept it secret for so long.
"Director Wu, we will be neighbors from now on!" Cheng Long looked very happy after seeing Wu Jianye.
After he quietly married Lin Fengjiao, he moved Lin Fengjiao, mother and son to Los Angeles, and also bought his own villa in Beverly Hills.
"Haha, I'll walk around more when I have time!" Wu Jianye was also very happy after seeing Cheng Long.
It can be said that the two are perfectly separated this year. When Wu Jianye was in Hong Kong, Cheng Long was filming "The Dragon of the Western Regions" in North America. By the time Wu Jianye came to Los Angeles, Cheng Long had already returned to Hong Kong to film "Miracle"
!
But the happiest person is not Wu Jianye, but Chen Le. Chen Le has always been a fan of Cheng Long and Zhou Runfa. He met Zhou Runfa when he was in Xiangjiang before, and this time he saw Cheng Long again. Naturally, he was even happier.
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A group of people were sitting in the living room chatting.
The little house was happily wandering around the house. After a while, it ran over and said happily: "Daddy, this place is much bigger than our house!"
Cheng Long laughed. Although his villa was also in Beverly Hills, it was still far inferior to Wu Jianye's manor.
"In the future, Daddy will buy you a bigger villa, but it will be much more difficult to buy a manor like your Uncle Wu!"
Wu Jianye also smiled and said: "If you like it, come here often!"
Little House nodded seriously and said, "Yes!"
Cheng Long is busy at both ends now. He basically shoots in North America in the first half of the year and in Hong Kong in the second half of the year. The movies shot in North America are decided by Phantom, while the movies shot in Xiangjiang are determined by Jiahe.
Released.
Wu Jianye and Cheng Long chatted about Xiangjiang and the situation of movies. For example, Golden Harvest has decided to release the family-friendly movie "Miracle" in the Spring Festival this year. However, his opponent is not weak, it is Feng Ge.
"The Gambler" co-produced by Zhou Xingchi and Andy Lau was released by the film industry.
A fight between dragons and tigers is inevitable!
Lin Fengjiao and Li Xiuming were chatting about their daily life. The two of them still had some things in common. For example, they both chose to retire from the entertainment industry for their men. Li Xiuming didn’t have many friends in North America. To see someone with
Lin Fengjiao, who had a lot in common with her, was naturally very happy.
The two also had a very happy chat. In the end, Li Xiuming even invited Lin Fengjiao to run an advertising company with him. Lin Fengjiao was also very happy about this.
Li Xiuming has no friends here, and the same goes for Lin Fengjiao, but compared to Li Xiuming, Lin Fengjiao is more happy-go-lucky.
It didn't take long for the two to become like sisters.
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In the evening, Cheng Long received a call from Stallone. When he knew that Cheng Long was with Wu Jianye, he invited the two of them to his villa as guests.
Cheng Long agreed to Stallone's invitation after asking Wu Jianye for his opinion.
The three met at Stallone's villa in the evening.
When Stallone saw Wu Jianye, he was also in awe. The two met for the first time on the set of Mel Gibson's "Lethal Weapon 2". At that time, in Stallone's eyes, Wu Jianye was just a rock star, writer, and director.
identity, but after the introduction of news during this period.
Only then did Stallone know what kind of net worth Wu Jianye had.
He is actually the boss behind a large consortium in Xiangjiang. To be honest, at Wu Jianye's level, the gap with them has widened. But now that he sees that Cheng Long and Wu Jianye have such a good relationship, he is also very envious.
The three of them sat together and naturally talked about movies.
Wu Jianye also discovered that Stallone really wanted to collaborate with Cheng Long, and actively invited Cheng Long to participate in his new movie. However, when he heard that Stallone invited Cheng Long to play a villain, Wu Jianye knew that this matter would not work.
Got it!
Sure enough, Cheng Long replied: "I also very much hope to cooperate with you, but I will not accept this role."
Stallone asked a little strangely: "Why? The role of this character is the same as mine. It is not just a simple relationship between the protagonist and the supporting role!"
Cheng Long's status in Hollywood is very strange. If you want to say that he is a first-line movie star, he is definitely not considered a first-line movie star. But in terms of popularity, he is comparable to the first-line stars in Hollywood. Even Stallone, who is currently in the spotlight in Hollywood.
Cheng Long couldn't be suppressed.
Cheng Long laughed and said: "This actually has something to do with some of my personal thoughts. There is no problem with this character!"
"What do you think?" Stallone asked.
Cheng Long glanced at Wu Jianye and then said seriously: "Actually, it's very simple. On a larger scale, I am now the representative of Chinese actors in Hollywood. When audiences around the world see me, they will think of Xiangjiang and China."
, if I play a bad guy, then audiences around the world will think that Chinese people are bad guys. Although this is unlikely, I still don’t want to cause such consequences!"
After listening to Cheng Long's answer, Wu Jianye gave him a thumbs up. No matter how Cheng Long's personal character was criticized by future generations, Cheng Long was always unambiguous on these major issues of right and wrong.
This is also the reason why Wu Jianye admires Cheng Long.
Everyone has his or her own multi-faceted nature, and no one has the right to judge whether a person is good or bad through a one-sided impression, but in some special matters, one can still characterize the person.
Such as Cheng Long!
His private life was indeed not good, but in matters of national importance, Cheng Long never let his Chinese identity be humiliated. This was his persistence.
In fact, it should be something that every Chinese overseas should learn from, although Wu Jianye is disgusted with the kind of tone that always represents someone.
But it is undeniable that there is a type of person who, even if he does not want to represent anyone, still represents the impression given to him by the outside world.
After listening to Cheng Long's answer, Stallone couldn't say anything more, but this did not mean that the cooperation between the two was over.
The two still agreed that they would definitely cooperate if they had a suitable script in the future.
However, Wu Jianye knows that if the normal development of history follows, the two of them will only have one chance to collaborate as a guest star. As for the official cooperation, they haven't seen it yet when Wu Jianye was reborn anyway.
Cheng Long suddenly looked at Wu Jianye and said, "Director Wu, why don't you help the two of us create a script?"
Hearing Cheng Long's proposal, Stallone also showed interest. You must know that although Wu Jianye's status as a director in Hollywood is not high, his status as a screenwriter is very high. He helped create several movies for Phantom Entertainment.
It is a big-selling work.
If Wu Jianye only appeared in Hollywood as a screenwriter, it is estimated that many studios would find Wu Jianye by this time.
After Wu Jianye heard this, he was actually very interested. If the two of them could really collaborate in their prime years, it would be a great event for movie fans around the world.
However, in Wu Jianye's memory, there are really not many movies that he and the two of them starred in together...