After Zhang Zhong and the others collaborated at the World Science Fiction Conference, there were indeed many voices on the Internet calling on Zhang Zhong and the others to unite some works into a science fiction world.
However, these things are somewhat difficult and cannot be accomplished casually.
Hilde and the others did not expect that Zhang Zhong would actually want to do this.
But looking back, it seems that Zhang Zhong is indeed capable of doing this, and looking at the whole world, he is the only one who has the possibility to complete this matter.
"Will you be able to manage this new world yourself?" Hilde first asked the question that she was more concerned about.
It is not easy to combine these works into one world.
First of all, the person doing this must be familiar with these works. This is the most basic.
No matter which one of them does it, that person must thoroughly study the works of the other people, which not only requires time, but also requires ability.
Of course, Zhang Zhong can also find someone else to do it, but it is very difficult to find a suitable person.
Maybe some people think that this kind of thing is quite simple, and you don’t need to create it yourself. They are all ready-made stories. You just need to splice these world fragments together, as easy as building blocks.
However, in fact, this is much more difficult than building blocks.
When building blocks, the pieces all fit together because they were originally created to fit together.
But splicing together a new world is not like this. When these writers wrote these novels, they never thought that one day their novels would be joined together with other novels to form a complete world.
So, even if there are many similarities between different worlds, there will always be some inconsistencies.
In order to blend these worlds together, sometimes even secondary creation is required.
Zhang Zhong understood Hilde's thoughts and said with a smile, "I am not in charge alone. When the time comes, I invite everyone to come together and give their opinions."
"Well, that would definitely be better." Hilde nodded, and then expressed his worries, "But this matter is not easy. Walford Culture Company has done similar things before. They hope
Being able to build several well-known fantasy novels together first, then create a high-quality IP, and finally hire writers to add other stories to their fantasy world.”
Liu Mingfu nodded and said, "I also know about this, but in the end, the matter planned by Walford came to nothing. The specific reason is not known, but that time made Walford lose a lot of face."
Hilde said, "I know better. There are two reasons why it didn't succeed in the end. The first reason was that several writers were unwilling to cooperate. At first, Walford approached Linde. After all, in the field of fantasy,
In the category, Linde has always been number one."
When it was said that Linde was number one, Hilde specially observed Zhang Zhong's expression to see his reaction.
But to Hilde's disappointment, Zhang Zhong didn't react at all to his words, and just looked at him carefully.
He continued, "But Linde refused right away."
"Why did he refuse so simply?" Zhang Zhong asked.
"Lind disagreed with Walford's plan. He didn't want his works to be touched by others," Hilde said.
"But……"
As soon as Zhang Zhong spoke, Hilde smiled again and said, "I know what you want to say. You must want to say that Linde is not such a person, because the last time you collaborated, you were mainly responsible for revising the story.
"
"Yes, that's right." Zhang nodded.
"So, it's not that Lind doesn't want others to touch his works, it's that he simply doesn't like the people Walford is looking for, and he's afraid that his works will be damaged." Hilde said: "
And at that time, Walford wanted to create some of its own characters for film and television adaptations, but the film and television adaptation rights of Linde's works had long been sold to other companies, making it difficult to get them back."
"I'm afraid it's not just Linde's film and television adaptation rights. The film and television adaptation rights of other writers' works they found should not be in the hands of the writers themselves," Zhang Zhong said.
"You're right. This is the second difficulty I mentioned. No company is willing to hand over the film and television adaptation rights that it has already obtained to Walford. After all, the works that Walford likes are all very good IPs.
You can definitely make money.”
Liu Mingfu laughed and said, "It's probably because the money is not in place."
"It's okay to say that. Spending more money can indeed buy the copyrights of these works, but the premium must be very serious. It may cost two or three times more to get something that originally cost one million, which is very unfortunate.
It’s a good deal. Waldorf Culture Company is a commercial company. They don’t create this fantasy world for any interest or ideal. They go there to make money. However, now that they have to spend so much money before they even start making money, of course they don’t want to do it.
willing."
"Well, that's right. Spending money doesn't matter, but spending money unnecessarily makes people feel uncomfortable." Liu Mingfu agreed.
Hilde nodded and said, "This involves issues of risk and return. If Waldorf is confident that it can earn back all the money spent later, of course they are willing to invest, but obviously they have no confidence.
This matter is too risky for them."
After finishing speaking, Hilde looked at Zhang Zhong, "If pz you don't care about making money, of course you don't have to worry about this. With your financial resources, there should be no problem at all in acquiring those copyrights. But if you don't want to lose money, Hua
The same problem that Erfo faces, you also have to face."
"Of course I hope to make money, this is the long-term solution." Zhang Zhong said.
"In this case, you should consider these issues. Even if you are pz, the companies that have taken the copyright will definitely kill you severely and take the opportunity to make a fortune. Of course, if you really want to save some money,
I suggest you not to reveal your plan too early. If you buy it one by one slowly, you will definitely save a lot of money. Walford also fell into this problem at the time, and there was too much fanfare at the beginning." Hilde
said.
Zhang Zhong shook his head, "No, not only will I not keep it secret, but I will advertise it widely so that everyone knows what I am going to do. And I will also make a list of the books I plan to let everyone know.
Everyone, take a look."
Hilde's eyes widened, "Pz, you are crazy."
Indeed, in Hilde's view, Zhang Zhong's behavior was no different from being crazy. He was simply afraid that he would not be able to spend his money.