Huayu 2007: Starting with Super Boy!

A week later.

Several payments were successively deposited into the studio's account.

Wang Yihan instantly transformed into a nouveau riche.

They went around buying the novel rights to future hit TV dramas.

Well...

To my surprise...

Many novels haven't been published yet.

Take, for example, the hit dramas starring Zhao Liying.

The Legend of Chu Qiao was first serialized on Xiaoxiang Academy in 09.

Hua Qiangu was filmed at the end of 08.

It will be 10 years since "The Story of Minglan" aired.

Another thing that surprised him was:

Looking to snag a bargain?

no way!

In his past life, he read novels where the male protagonist was reborn and went back to the past, buying up a huge amount of novel copyrights, waiting to make a fortune in the future.

When it's his turn to put it into practice...

It turned out that this was not the case at all.

Capital is far more shrewd than you might imagine when it comes to making money.

It's currently the leading platform for both male and female content.

They both launched their full copyright plans last year.

That's right. The copyrights of those popular novels serialized online don't belong to the authors, but to the websites.

If you want to buy the copyright, you can.

We only sell adaptation licenses for five years.

Want to buy out?

impossible!

emmm...

The hoarding plan failed before it even began.

The plan must be readjusted.

Buying adaptation rights is also an option, since prices are generally not high now, and can even be said to be very low.

However, there is a problem: the authorization period is only five years at most.

In other words, if you buy the adaptation rights within five years but don't film it, sorry, the rights will be revoked.

Should we buy it later?

It won't be that price anymore.

After racking my brains and searching for information online for several days, I finally understood.

Wang Yihan ultimately decided to acquire the film and television adaptation rights to these novels.

1. The last four parts of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" (movies), 1.5 million. (The first four parts were bought by Huaying for 1 million in 2007, and later resold to China Film Group, where Lu Chuan made the terrible film "Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe".)

The last four films were acquired by Wanda in 13 for a large sum of money. Wu Ershan directed "Mojin: The Lost Legend," which grossed 16.8 billion yuan at the box office.

It will definitely make a fortune, the only problem is that it has to be filmed before 13, otherwise the copyright will expire.

Second: Gu Man's debut novel "Silent Separation" (TV series + movie), 30.

This work was serialized early on, and there was no full copyright agreement signed with the website.

In fact, it is possible to permanently buy out the copyright.

But there's no need for that.

Wang Yihan bought this copyright to make friends.

The reason is simple: to make it easier to purchase the copyrights to her subsequent works.

The power of the queen of hit dramas.

I understand everything I understand.

3. "Nirvana in Fire" (TV series), 150,000.

At this point, he was an unknown nobody.

Okay, that's a bit hurtful to say.

A more accurate description would be: "A small-scale word-of-mouth article," far from being a viral hit.

It's a niche genre of female-oriented political intrigue, with no physical book release and no widespread popularity.

The author, Hai Yan, is a complete newcomer with no reputation.

Therefore, the adaptation rights for this book were acquired for only 15 yuan.

I guess I got a great deal.

Some might say that the political intrigue in this book is just child's play.

That's right, that's true.

But that's precisely why it became such a huge hit when it was adapted into a TV series.

If it were to be made like "Ming Dynasty 1566," it would be such a flop that even one's own mother wouldn't recognize it.

4. "Joy of Life" (TV series), 500,000.

This male-oriented drama, which later became incredibly popular, is something you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't watch it right away.

Mao Ni is now a super popular author on Qidian.

This price is reasonable!

For Wang Yihan, it was no different from the price of cabbage.

The last part involves Xiao Ding himself contacting Xiao Ding.

That's right, because "Zhu Xian" was serialized early on, the copyright is still held by the author.

Two years ago, Perfect World spent 100 million yuan to purchase the game adaptation rights for "Zhu Xian", which greatly increased the value of this IP.

In addition, the physical book sold millions of copies.

"Zhu Xian" is the top IP of this era.

Therefore, acquiring it would cost a considerable amount of money. (In 09, H&R Century Pictures spent 375 million yuan to purchase the film and television rights to "Zhu Xian" for an 8-year period.)

Unfortunately, Wang Yihan is not short of money now.

Just in case.

Wang Yihan personally went to Fujian.

Fuzhou.

Teahouse.

The two did not have a very pleasant conversation when they first met.

The main reason is that the other party is not keen on selling its film and television copyrights.

In his words, "Special effects are still in a shoddy stage, and we can't capture the footage I want."

Indeed, Xiao Ding cherishes his work very much.

I don't want it to be ruined.

Even money won't work.

Wang Yihan wasn't annoyed. She calmly took a sip of tea before speaking:

"You're right, but have you considered this?"

"What's the problem?" Xiao Ding asked.

Looking out at the skyscrapers, Wang Yihan said, "The speed of development in this era may exceed your imagination. In just a few years, the special effects industry will advance by leaps and bounds and meet your requirements."

Xiao Ding fell silent.

slap~

Wang Yihan slapped the bank card on the tea table.

Xiao Ding said unhappily, "What are you doing? I've already said it's not about the money."

"Three million. I need the adaptation rights to the TV series and movie of 'Zhu Xian' for eight years," Wang Yihan said calmly.

"It's all about money. If I spend more money to extend the authorization period, won't all these problems be solved?"

"Besides, by spending so much more money, you can see my sincerity in wanting to bring this excellent work, 'Zhu Xian,' to the big screen, right?"

Xiao Ding fell silent again.

Don't tell me, really don't tell me.

Full of sincerity!

In recent years, there have been people coming to negotiate film and television adaptation rights.

And quite a lot.

However, most are only willing to pay 100-150 million. (Mainly because the production costs of fantasy dramas are too high these days.)

There wasn't a single one with more than 200 million.

Not to mention 300 million.

This number made him a little dizzy.

The deal was eventually reached.

There was no way around it; Wang Yihan had given too much.

After returning to the capital.

Wang Yihan began to tally up her expenses and gains over this period.

A total of 545 million was spent.

They acquired the film and television adaptation rights to five future blockbuster dramas.

*Ghost Blows Out the Light* (movie), *Zhu Xian* (movie + TV series), *Joy of Life* (TV series), *My Sunshine* (movie + TV series), *Nirvana in Fire* (TV series)

Some are only movies, some are only TV series, and some are both TV series and movies.

Why do we need to make such a clear distinction?

Because the copyright law clearly stipulates that the authorized party may not exercise any rights that are not explicitly permitted.

In other words, only what is written in the contract is allowed to be developed.

After obtaining these copyrights.

The first thing he thought about was: which one to develop first?

The first film to be rejected was "Ghost Blows Out the Light," for a simple reason: the current film market is not large enough to support such a special effects blockbuster.

The same applies to "Zhu Xian".

Movies are out of the question for now.

If we only consider TV series.

"My Sunshine" is the best choice.

The reasons are as follows:

First, Wang Yihan has successful experience in idol dramas, so audiences are willing to watch, advertisers are willing to pay, and TV stations are willing to import her work.

Second: The production cost is low, so it doesn't put much pressure on the studio.

"Okay, this is it!" Wang Yihan made the decision.