Return to Hong Kong Island for a Century

Chapter 168 Didn't even eat? (Fifth update, please subscribe and vote)

Liu Jiale also spoke with Li Song and learned that Li Song's focus was on the toy merchandise, not the animated film itself.

In addition, the $30,000 per episode price from Lucas is partly due to the high quality of the animation, which naturally has a higher production cost than other animated series, and partly because it eliminates the need for translation.

Because many imported animated films do not include translation; they are all imported and translated by the importers themselves.

In addition, Li Song expressed his willingness to invest in Lucas's Jurassic Park movie. Lucas originally wanted Li Song to write the script, but Li Song refused.

Because Li Song knew what kind of people Amei's audience was, he thought his script might flop.

The people of America are strange; on the one hand, they mock Dai Ying, and on the other hand, they follow suit and imitate the aristocracy.

Of course, Dai Ying also both envied the nouveau riche and cursed them as nouveau riche.

Li Song had considered registering all Hollywood films with the Writers Guild of America, but it was useless.

On one hand, others have ways to circumvent the rules; on the other hand, many people in America are resistant to their own scripts written by Asians, so even if the idea is good, there may not be anyone willing to invest.

Besides, others have ways to bypass your script. Doesn't Amei have a film company that makes money by imitating others? Isn't that infuriating?
"Yes, yes," the representative from the Shanghai Animation Film Studio quickly nodded.

Then we quickly signed the contract. Of course, the reason why we paid HK$200,000 for the two sample films was because the sample films were much more complicated to make.

The beginning is always the hardest. The Shanghai Animation Film Studio also discussed and revised the film, studied the original work, and consulted the characters and prop illustrations provided by the magazine. They discussed and revised the film repeatedly, and even abandoned a few opening sequences because they felt the style was not suitable.

After the representative of the Shanghai Animation Film Studio signed the contract, the magazine made an initial payment of HK$500,000. Since there are banks in mainland China located in Hong Kong, the payment could be made directly.

Then, Wonderful Magazine will also send staff to establish an office in Shanghai to facilitate communication between the two parties.

Li Song received a call from Liu Jiale in the afternoon and reported on these tasks.

"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Le." Li Song said.

"Not hard, not hard."

"Boss, you've worked hard," Liu Jiale said.

"Boss, we've written a first draft of the novel about a modern person traveling to ancient times, the kind you mentioned. When would you like to come and take a look?" Liu Jiale asked.

"it is good!"

"I'll come tomorrow," Li Song nodded, then hung up the phone.

Li Song was writing an article that evening when he received a phone call: "Hello?"

"Is this Mr. Li? I'm Xiao Si's agent. I wonder if Mr. Li has time? Our Xiao Si would like to visit you." Xiao Si's agent made the call from inside the hotel.

"How did you get my phone number?" Li Song asked, puzzled.

"It was given by Mr. Lucas." The reason Xiao Si's agent made the call was to try and get her into Lucas's next film.

Last night, Xiao Si's agent learned from someone close to Lucas that Lucas was going to make a big production, but the agent did not reveal the details. However, the agent mentioned that Li Song would invest in it. He was busy filming during the day, so he called in the evening.

"Sorry, I have to go on a business trip recently." Li Song thought Lucas could sign Xiao Si first.

Because he knew there was a 99% chance that Ah Long's movie would be a hit, the price would definitely be different if he signed Xiao Si after she became famous.

After all, his decision to invest in Lucas's Jurassic Park was also for his own benefit.

"What do you need me for?" Li Song asked, thinking to himself.

“We’d like to ask Mr. Li about Mr. Lucas’s next film,” the agent said, surprised by Li Song’s directness. “I will recommend him to Lucas,” Li Song replied immediately.

"Ah..." Xiao Si's manager was a little confused. What?
You haven't even eaten? And that's it?

"I'm hanging up now," Li Song said and then hung up the phone.

Li Song checked the time; Lucas should have arrived by now. So he called Lucas, who had just gotten home.

"Li, have you changed your mind and decided to come to Hollywood?" Lucas asked excitedly when he received Li Song's call.

"No, Lucas, I think you could consider Sil if you make your next movie."

"Oh! Li, you acted too fast! I must remind you, Xiao Si is only 16 years old!"

“Lucas, I have nothing to do with Xiaosi. There’s a 99% chance that the movie Xiaosi is currently filming will be a hit, so Xiaosi’s salary will be high then,” Li Song said irritably.

"Li? Are you serious?"

"Yes, anyway, I've given you advice. Believe it or not, it's up to you." Li Song couldn't say that he could ignite the box office.

Because if you say just one more word, others might be able to deduce the whole picture.

“Alright then, I’ll have someone call his company.” Lucas chose to trust Li Song.

"Goodbye, Lucas, I'm going to sleep."

Have a good time, I'm going to sleep now.

The next day, Saturday, Li Song arrived at the company in Liu Jiale's car because Liu Jiale said that there were reporters staking out downstairs, and some reporters had even sneaked into the building but were kicked out by the building's security and property management.

After Li Song arrived at the company, he looked at the first drafts written by the recruited editors, and then Li Song called several editors to the conference room.

"I've read what you wrote, and my assessment is that it's alright."

"But it's just okay."

"Today I'm going to talk to you about how to write historical novels."

"First of all, the protagonist must be extremely powerful before he travels through time. We can set him as a special forces soldier."

"After transmigrating, I was saved by a family. This family was very poor, and only an orphan and a widow were left. Then, because they saved the protagonist, they ate the only food in the family. When the protagonist woke up, everyone else was hungry. The protagonist used his special forces skills to catch prey and fish."

"Then the landlord came to collect the debt and wanted to take people as collateral, which led to a conflict with the protagonist..." Li Song was referring to the protagonist's entire time travel, and this was the early part of the story.

"You can also set up a scenario where the protagonist is arrested by the county government right after he travels through time. Because he doesn't have a travel permit, they want to use him as a scapegoat, and then he discovers that most of the other people in the prison are innocent... It's crucial that the protagonist doesn't get involved with evil people, because everyone hates evil people... He could be forced to rebel, or he could be forced to kill someone, etc." Li Song explained the writing style of historical time-travel novels to these people.

Several editors quickly took notes upon hearing Li Song's words, because what Li Song said was excellent.

"Boss, Amin is here." Li Song had just finished speaking and was drinking water when Liu Jiale saw him from outside, then came in and whispered.

"where?"

"I had just gotten downstairs when the property management security called me upstairs."

"I'll go to the door to meet him." Li Song scratched his head. Amin had inquired about his third uncle several times, but he had lied to her every time.

(End of this chapter)