Chapter 35(1/2)
Yan Meng has sold the copyrights of books, entities, comics and radio dramas that he has written for so many years, but this is the first time he has come into contact with the copyright of film and television.
It’s not that the film and television companies don’t like her books, but that there are certain restrictions on film and television adaptation.
The book "Hug You Lovely" published a few months ago is a romantic text with a city background, with plots and emotions. As the saying goes, a girl's heart will never lack markets. This kind of theme is currently hot, and major TV stations and video websites are rushing to broadcast it.
What's more, this book has excellent results in both online and physical sales. The author "Lemon is Not Cute" has a large fan base. After the remake, the drama has its own traffic, and it will be a matter of time before it is favored by film and television companies.
Xu Yuan made an appointment with Yan Meng to go to Shi Guang Literature tomorrow afternoon, and Yan Meng agreed.
Before she could eat, her stomach kept protesting. She slumped on the sofa for a while and went to the kitchen to cook noodles. After eating, she took a hot shower, lay down on the bed and fell asleep. She was still comfortable at home.
The next day, Yan Meng stayed in the bed for a while in the morning. She wanted to lie on the bed for another day, but she thought that she still had some serious business today, so she struggled for a long time before getting up.
The manuscript code of the new book is similar. She plans to show it to Xu Yuan today. If there is no major problem and the details of the repair will be published online in a while, so she will no longer be urged by readers to break into tricks every day.
I found a USB flash drive, copied the manuscript, and after dinner, I put on light makeup for myself and went out to take a taxi to rush to Shiguang Literature.
It was snowing and the road was difficult to walk on, so it was more than ten minutes later than the agreed time when it arrived. Xu Yuan was waiting for her downstairs of the company, but when he saw her getting out of the car, he couldn't help but laugh at her.
"How do you wrap yourself up like a ball?"
Yan Meng shrank his neck and put the hat of the down jacket on his head, "There's no way, it's too cold."
Xu Yuan sighed and said with emotion: "It's good to lose weight, no matter how much you wear, you won't be afraid of being fat."
The two of them walked in while chatting, pressing the elevator floor, Xu Yuan asked Yanmeng: "Guess how many companies want to buy your copyright?"
Yan Meng opened her mouth and was slightly surprised: "More than one person?"
"Of course it's more than that!" Xu Yuan counted the film and television companies he came to her with his fingers. "Three of them have sent the intention contracts. I'll show you later. You'll make a decision after watching it."
Yan Meng nodded.
When she arrived at Xu Yuan's office, she opened the drawer and took out three intention contracts to spread them in front of Yan Meng. Yan Meng was flipping through the scene while listening to Xu Yuan introducing the situation of these three companies to her.
Among them, Xia Rui Film and Television is a relatively new film and television media company with only a few online dramas. Its results are not very famous yet and the copyright fee is not high. After Yan Meng finished watching it, she put the contract of this company aside for the time being.
The other two are Nanxing and Yi'an, both of which are more famous film and television companies in the circle.
The South Travel has a strong financial foundation and plans to turn this drama into a strong summer drama next year, with the two major satellite TV stations broadcasting at the same time.
Overall, Nanxing gave very good conditions and production skills, but Nanxing was famous for disrespect for the original work. The two major IPs that had been remade before were changed to a completely different version of the original work, and readers shouted that they could not accept it.
In comparison, the last Yi'an Film and Television has a better reputation.
Yian Film and Television is also a big company. At present, there is a plan to develop into the film industry. Each work is strictly controlled and there is no need to worry about production. Moreover, the copyright fees they pay are not lower than those of the other two companies, and they will also be on the stars after the TV is filmed.
Yan Meng was most moved by the conditions given by Yian.
She pushed Yi'an's contract in front of Xu Yuan and asked, "What do you think of this company?"
Xu Yuan smiled: "Sure enough, our two thoughts are the same. I also think Yian is the most suitable among all companies. Moreover, Yian has worked with many big-name actors and directors. If this drama has a good reputation, it will be beneficial to your and the development of the company."
Yan Meng also explained her thoughts. There were a few small details on the contract. If Yian was willing to communicate, she was willing to cooperate with them.
After hearing this, Xu Yuan immediately called Yi'an's person in charge. Yi'an said that he would re-develop the contract and find some time to discuss it in person.
Yan Meng handed over the full responsibility of this matter to Xu Yuan. Xu Yuan has more experience in the copyright signing. She is willing to believe in Xu Yuan and Time Literature. At that time, she just needs to sign a contract.
After talking about the copyright of film and television, Yan Meng took out the USB flash drive from her bag, "The hot and fresh manuscript is released~~"
Xu Yuan: "Have you finished writing the new book?"
Yan Meng: "Of course, can I write until the early morning every night when I record the show? I will praise my diligence!"
Xu Yuan connected the USB flash drive to the computer and opened the document. He kept the full text of more than 200,000 words without missing a chapter.
She smiled: "It's great, I'll stay up late to chase tonight."
Speaking of which, Xu Yuan is Yan Meng's first reader.
When he was a freshman, Yan Meng had just started writing novels, and her roommate Xu Yuan was also a fan of novels. When he learned that Yan Meng had written a book, he pestered her to read it.
Xu Yuan spent one night reading her 200,000 word document, and the next morning, she only said to Yan Meng with a pair of panda eyes, "Lemon, why don't you post the novel online?"
Yan Meng did it with a try-and-see attitude, but she didn't expect that she would achieve the same results in a few years. Now that I think about it, Xu Yuan is her mentor.
Yan Meng stayed in Xu Yuan's office for an afternoon, and waited until she got off work before going to have dinner with her to find Chu Han.
When he arrived at the hot pot restaurant, Chu Han had already ordered good dishes and waited in the private room. Yan Meng took off the down jacket and put it on the back of the chair, and asked, "Where is Qi Wan, why don't you come?"
Chu Han: "Don't mention it, she is in Hengdian."
Xu Yuan: "What are you doing in Hengdian?"
Chu Han: "I tell you, I only found out today that Qi Wanzhen has become Yu Xiao's assistant. I haven't told us this. It's not interesting enough."
Yan Meng was about to drink water, but almost choked after hearing this.
"She went to be an assistant to Yu Xiao? Didn't she say she had resigned?"
Chu Han: "I also thought she was going home to inherit hundreds of millions of household properties! I called her to have dinner today and she said that she was busy there and hadn't even explained it clearly. Next time she came back, she had to interrogate her."
Xu Yuan said while serving dishes into the pot: "I want me to tell you that Lemon and Xiaowan can become role models for star chasing. One records a program with his idol and the other acts as an assistant for his idol. Shoushou, do you think we should find an idol?"
Chu Han: "How about I be your idol, come and be my assistant?"
Xu Yuan cursed: "You think beautifully!"
Yan Meng squinted her eyes and smiled.
Chu Han shrugged her shoulders and smiled wickedly: "Hey, you lived with Teacher Chi Chen for a month, nothing happened to you?"
Yan Meng looked at her and replied expressionlessly: "What happened? So many cameras are taking pictures."
Chu Han was half-believing and half-doubted, "You didn't take down your idol?"
Yan Meng twisted her arm hard, "Believe it or not, I will take you down? What are you thinking about! How can I blaspheme the fairy!"
Chu Han screamed in pain, rubbed his arms, and snorted coldly: "You are just lustful and have no lustfulness!"
Yan Meng didn't defend herself, and ate her hot pot with relish. She took a slice of beef and bitten the pepper. She was so spicy that she couldn't speak, and she was so painful and happy.
The consequence of eating too much was that she successfully had tonsillitis the next day. She blew the cold wind and caught a cold. She blew her nose for several days at home, and her throat was so painful that she couldn't speak.
Yan's mother came to see her and saw her sickly look. She scolded her for being greedy while buying medicine for her to take care of her for food.
Xu Yuan and Yi'an's boss made an appointment to sign a contract on Monday. Before going out, Yan Meng wrapped herself like a rice dumpling, wearing a mask and a hat, only revealing her eyes.
When Xu Yuan saw her, she thought she was wearing a mask that she didn't want to be recognized by her partner. As a result, she heard her strong nasal sound and realized that she had really caught a cold.
In fact, Yan Meng is also selfish in wearing a mask, and she doesn’t want her partner to know her identity.
Although she is still a pure 24K newcomer in the entertainment industry, with no works or popularity, the boss of her partner may not recognize her. But the future is long and the circle is so big, maybe you will know in the future.
She doesn't want to lose her horse so early. Writing articles is something she likes to do. Once someone knows that the person who writes books is a female artist, she will inevitably be taken advantage of by the black man and questioned her works. She doesn't want others to look at her books with tinted glasses for the time being.
If there is a day when she loses her horse, she hopes that it will be the day when she, as a female artist, Yan Meng, will be recognized by everyone.
The signing is arranged in the conference room of Time Literature.
Yi'an's old man is always a man in his early fifties, with a surname of Fu, and is kind-hearted and has a very sincere conversation with Yan Meng. He has no airs and does not force her to take off her mask when she knows that Yan Meng has a cold.
With such a high emotional intelligence boss, it is no wonder that Yian has been developing better and better in the past two years.
The cooperation was very harmonious, and in the end the two parties successfully signed the contract. Mr. Fu extended his hand to Yan Meng: "Happy cooperation."
Yan Meng smiled and held his hand, "Happy cooperation."
Mr. Fu smiled and said, "Miss Yan, my daughter is your book fan, so she asked me for something. I hope you will be the screenwriter of this drama, so that it can be closer to the original work. What do you think?"
Yan Meng was stunned for a moment, "I'll be a screenwriter?"
Mr. Fu: "Yes, don't worry, we will pay you additional rewards for the screenwriter."
Yan Meng shook her hand and said at a loss: "I don't mean that. The main thing is that the two tasks of film and television screenwriter and book writing are somewhat different. Moreover, I am busy with work and may not be able to do it."
Besides, I agreed to be a screenwriter and it is not far from being a horse.
Mr. Fu showed regrets, but he could understand. In order to thank his daughter for her support, Yan Meng gave her a signed version of "Hug You in Love" and wrote a few blessings on the title page.
The matter of selling the film and television version has finally been finalized.
Since Shi Guang Literature came out, he received a call from his agent Pei Hong.
Yan Meng sucked her nose twice and answered the phone: "Hey, Sister Hong."
Pei Hong: "What's wrong with your throat?"
Yan Meng: "I caught a cold and my tonsils are inflamed."
Pei Hong: "Is it important? Have you seen a doctor?"
Yan Meng: "It's okay, it's almost done. Sister Hong, you finally come to me. Are you going to take me a new job?"
Pei Hong: "Yes, are you free now? Come to the company for a trip."
Yan Meng: "Okay, wait for me."
He put away the phone, stopped a taxi and ran towards Chi Chen's studio.
The studio is not far from Time Literature, and it takes more than ten minutes to drive. Pei Hong is waiting for her in the office. When she sees her coming, she smiles and waves to her in.
"Sister Hong, what job did you take for me?"
To be continued...