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Chapter 148 There are a lot of conditions, Director Liu arrives

Cao Sheng hesitated for a moment and replied, “They can come, but I can’t guarantee that I will sell them the film and television adaptation rights of this book.

Everything depends on whether they are sincere enough.

Also, thank you for passing it on to me, thank you!
——Cao Sheng. "

After replying to the email, he turned off the computer and got up to rest.

Lying on the bed, he was still thinking: The possibility of both parties reaching an agreement during this meeting is probably slim.

It's not just because his demands for copyright fees are a bit high.

Also because he does not intend to sell the film and television adaptation rights of this book to this company.

Because once the rights to the film and television adaptation of this book are sold out, they will no longer belong to him.

If the effect of the film produced by this company is not good, then unless another company buys the film and television rights of this book from this company in the future, the version produced by this company will be the final version of the book after film and television adaptation.

This was something he couldn't accept.

He is very clear that this book is the most suitable for film and television adaptation among all his current works.

As the currently recognized first online novel and the pure love work with the highest sales, this book will definitely have the opportunity to be adapted into film and television.

There is even more than one opportunity to adapt.

Therefore, he does not plan to sell out the film and television adaptation rights of this book.

I won't sell it no matter how much money you offer.

If the results of the film produced by this company are not good, he can take the initiative to find other film and television companies to shoot another version, or even two or three versions.

In addition, he also wants to have some suggestions on the selection of the leading actors this time.

It’s not that he wants to have a secret relationship with a female star, but he doesn’t want the male and female protagonists he chooses this time to be too different from the image of the male and female protagonists in the book.

This is also his responsibility as the original author to the film and television audience.

Otherwise, if a bad movie is made, it will affect the reputation of him and the original work.

He also felt that his demands were a bit too much.

Therefore, he felt that the possibility of the other party agreeing to his conditions was not great.

So I didn't take it too seriously.

……

The next morning.

Magic City.

When Lin Baohui finished reading Cao Sheng's reply and saw that he said in the email "Also, thank you for helping me convey this, thank you!", she clasped her hands together, supported them under her chin, and read this sentence over and over again with a smile in her eyes.

She is a real fan of Cao Sheng's books.

I not only like his books, but also like him as a person.

Therefore, Cao Sheng's casual words of thanks made her feel happy.

……

Taipei.

After receiving Cao Sheng's reply, director Liu Junjie began to prepare to go to the mainland. He had been frightened by Yu Meizhen from the Copyright Department of Mikasa Television Company. He no longer dared to let other people be responsible for negotiating copyright matters with authors, for fear that another guy who wanted to save money for the company would come and completely annoy the author.

If the author gets angry, he will never want to cooperate with them again.

So can his new project continue?
When will he be able to take up the directing baton again?

Two days later, Liu Junjie, his assistant and lawyer boarded a plane to Hong Kong.

There are no direct flights from Taiwan to the mainland these days. If you want to go to the mainland, you can only go to a third party first and then transfer.

……

This morning.

After Cao Sheng entered the campus, he met several alumni who were dressed very maturely.

Some of them wore trousers, white shirts and leather shoes, with their hair combed shiny; some were dressed casually, but with their hair slicked back; some of the girls were dressed like urban white-collar workers, carrying handbags that office workers like to carry, and wearing lipstick.

The alumni he met along the way gave Cao Sheng the feeling that although they were about the same age as him, they no longer looked like students.

Cao Sheng was not unfamiliar with the way they dressed.

Because he had dressed like that before.

That was in the original time and space when he came back from an internship, and it was like this when he returned to school.

Calculating the time, their school's graduates this year should have finished their internships and returned to school one after another.

In fact, he had seen such graduates when he was a freshman.

But he didn't feel anything at that time.

But today, when he saw those graduates who seemed to have just returned from their internship, he felt a little touched.

It’s as if I saw myself at this time next year.

As a college student, he has almost finished all the academic subjects he needs for college. Although he still has to attend classes in the next semester, everyone's attention and energy are mainly focused on finding an internship.

By then, employers from outside would come to their school to recruit every now and then.

Whenever the recruiters from employers come to their school, the teachers will notify them to apply for the job.

In his memory, the teachers taught the courses in the first semester of his junior year very casually.

The students didn't have much interest in studying.

A semester will pass quickly, and then it will be a six-month internship.

After the six-month internship, we returned to school to take graduation photos, get our diplomas, and say goodbye to our teachers and classmates. Some people also had to say goodbye to their partners.

Everyone was laughing and saying goodbye.

When saying goodbye, you may still be thinking about the convenient transportation in this era, and the ease of communication via email and mobile phones.

There will definitely be a chance to see you again in the future.

After I really left school, as time passed year after year, I gradually realized that the goodbye I said with a smile at that time was probably the final farewell.

With such a feeling.

After Cao Sheng arrived at the classroom, he took out his draft book and wrote down: The opening of "Honghuang Yanyi" starts with the protagonist and his roommates having a farewell dinner. Everyone said goodbye and took care of each other with laughter. Then an accident sent the protagonist to the prehistoric world, before Hongjun Daozu preached. He never forgot the farewell dinner he had with his roommates before he traveled through time, and the "goodbye" everyone said jokingly. For countless years afterwards, every time he thought of the scene of everyone saying "goodbye" jokingly, he felt very sad.

When Cao Sheng wrote this, he was thinking of using this method to make the image of the male protagonist more vivid.

To create characters! You always have to write more details that seem to be irrelevant to the main plot, so that each character in the book can gradually come alive.

If there is only a main plot and no details, the characters in the book will be just stereotyped tools without any character charm.

When he was writing these, he was not sure whether these things could be used in the final text of "Honghuang Romance".

But recording any inspiration in life at any time should be a habit for a professional writer.

It may not be used later.

But when inspiration strikes, I can’t help but write it down.

Inspiration is not something that you will always have when you want it.

When you run out of inspiration, you can’t think of anything that satisfies you no matter how hard you scratch your head.

It was around 4 o'clock in the afternoon.

After Cao Sheng finished his last class in the afternoon and walked out of the teaching building, he unexpectedly saw a familiar figure running towards him with a smile on his face.

"Cao Sheng! Cao Sheng, your get out of class is finally over. You finished class quite early today! Do you have any classes later?"

She ran over and asked in a coquettish voice with a strong Taiwan accent.

It’s Lin Baohui.

Her words not only made his bones go soft, but also attracted the attention of other classmates and alumni nearby.

Cao Sheng looked around and found that everyone was looking at him strangely.

Some people looked at him with envy and secretly gave him a thumbs up; some people pouted and looked disdainful; some people looked at him as if he was a scumbag.

"How did you come?"

He walked towards her quickly, fearing that if she came too close, she might say something ambiguous, which would be heard by everyone, and he didn't know how to interpret it behind her back.

Lin Baohui stopped jogging, and because it was an emergency stop, her chest trembled.

She looked at Cao Sheng with shining eyes, and her whole body exuded a happy atmosphere.

"How is it? Are you happy to see me suddenly?"

Cao Sheng: “…”

He thought it might be because he had been exchanging emails with her quite a bit recently, so this time they met, she was obviously much more enthusiastic than the first time they met.

It's no different from fans seeing their idols.

"Let's go! Let's talk while we walk!"

There were too many eyes looking at them, so Cao Sheng subconsciously led her towards the school gate.

It gets dark late in summer.

Although it was already past 4 p.m., the sun was still far from setting and it didn't feel like evening at all.

Cao Sheng raised his hand to block the dazzling sunlight and asked as he walked: "Why did you come here suddenly? You didn't tell me before you came?"

Lin Baohui was still full of joy. "I wanted to give you a surprise! You haven't answered my question yet! Are you surprised to see me suddenly today?"

Cao Sheng did feel a little surprised.

But he wouldn't admit it. "You came here alone?"

Lin Baohui: "No! Director Liu Junjie wanted us to introduce him to you, so he specially asked me and Mr. Zhao to come and help introduce you. We just arrived in Huizhou, and they are still resting in the hotel. I couldn't wait any longer, so I sneaked over to see you. How are you? Are you surprised?"

"I have a girlfriend, don't ask such questions!"

Cao Sheng was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm, and said this in the hope that she could calm down.

Lin Baohui was stunned, and her expression dimmed visibly.

The smile was not as warm as before.

Seeing this, Cao Sheng quickly changed the subject, "You just said that you sneaked out to see me? In that case, I don't need to go see Director Liu now, right?"

Lin Baohui nodded, keeping a smile on her face. "Yes, they are exhausted from the journey and they are not as young as me. They are not in good spirits and they definitely need to rest..."

Before she finished her words, the cell phone rang in her bag.

They both stopped.

Lin Baohui took out her cell phone and showed the caller ID to Cao Sheng. "It's Mr. Zhao calling. I'll answer it."

Cao Sheng nodded.

She answered the phone, hummed twice, her expression suddenly a little surprised, and her eyes looked at Cao Sheng.

"Okay, okay! Mr. Zhao. I understand. I'll tell him. Okay!"

After hanging up the phone, she said to Cao Sheng, "Mr. Zhao asked me if I came to see you. I said yes, and he said that Director Liu hoped to have dinner with you and hoped you would honor him. Do you want to go?"

(End of this chapter)