Chapter 31 TV Series Adaptation
Zou Shifang believes that if you follow a successful person, you will also succeed. And the successful person who has the best relationship with him is Liu Hongmin.
Therefore, he always attaches importance to Liu Hongmin's opinions.
"Hongmin, what are you going to do with that house?"
"Leave it there for now. I'll save some money, renovate it, and then bring my family over to live here."
Liu Hongmin bought the courtyard house for investment. Thirty years later, the courtyard house will be worth at least hundreds of millions. By then, even if he lies down, he will have enough food and clothing for the rest of his life.
Now that his worries were resolved, he was ready to play some of the things that time travelers play.
What Liu Hongmin didn't expect was that his original accumulation would soon be delivered to him.
"..."
"Aren't you going back to Hong Kong?"
Liu Hongmin looked at Luo Baoming who appeared in front of him again, with a very strange look on his face. What was even stranger was that Luo Baoming brought someone with him.
Luo Baoming shrugged helplessly, "I am destined to be a hard worker!"
"Let me introduce you, this is Manager Huang from RTV. We are here because RTV wants to purchase the copyright of Young Justice Bao."
"Hello, Mr. Liu." Manager Huang shook hands with Liu Hongmin. "Since the Young Justice Bao was published in Ming Pao, it has caused a lot of heat. TVB is very shameless. They want to film Justice Bao, but they don't even want to buy the copyright. They just film the story of the Three Heroes and Five Gallants."
Liu Hongmin was unmoved. If he was really a young man in his 20s, he might have fallen for this kind of instigation.
"The story of Three Heroes and Five Gallants is very exciting. When I wrote Shao Bao, I drew inspiration from its writing style."
Manager Huang saw that Liu Hongmin ignored it, so he didn't care much. He just said it casually to vent his dissatisfaction. Whether TVB and Liu Hongmin cooperated or not, it didn't make much sense to sow discord. Of course, if Liu Hongmin's impression of TVB deteriorated, he would still be happy to see it.
"Mr. Liu, we are planning to use Young Justice Bao to compete with TVB, so we are here in the hope of obtaining your authorization."
"You want to shoot a short film? Of course no problem. I wonder how much you are prepared to pay for the adaptation?"
Manager Huang has learned a lot about Liu Hongmin from Luo Baoming, and knows that this young man is different from other mainlanders. He is not only cunning, but also has a long understanding of Hong Kong's information, so it is difficult to deceive him. Therefore, he is ready to be slaughtered by Liu Hongmin, who made the young Bao Qingtian angry!
Before they came, Famous in the World had just reached its last issue, and Ming Pao's sales on that day reached an astonishing 12 copies. This was one of the highest sales on that day since Mr. Jin Yong retired from writing, and only a few famous writers such as Ni Kuang could occasionally reach this number.
Detective novel lovers highly praise the story of "Famous Throughout the World". They believe that the method of committing crimes in "Famous Throughout the World" is very clever and the reasoning process is extremely reasonable, which is fully worthy of Bao Qingtian's ability of "judging the yang during the day and the yin at night".
"We plan to buy the adaptation rights to all seven of Shao Bao's novels, and we will pay HK$10,000 for each one."
Liu Hongmin shook his head, "A little less."
"That's already a lot!" Manager Huang said, "Seven books means 70,000 Hong Kong dollars. Many writers in Hong Kong can't even get that much."
Liu Hongmin was unmoved. "I heard that Mr. Jin Yong could get 500,000 Hong Kong dollars for adapting a novel?"
Manager Huang laughed, "Mr. Liu, that's Mr. Jin Yong."
"I'm certainly not as famous as Mr. Jin Yong, but I'm not even 50 times as famous as him, right?"
Manager Huang was stunned for a moment. "Your novel is a little short." Liu Hongmin nodded. "You are right. How about we treat the seven novels as one?"
Since Manager Huang did not object, Liu Hongmin continued, "I know I am not very famous in Hong Kong, but with Shao Bao's popularity, it should be one-third of Mr. Jin Yong's, right?"
Manager Huang quickly shook his head and said, "Mr. Liu, there is no such calculation method for the adaptation fee."
"It's true that it's not calculated that way, but when you change a novel, there's always a base price. Then you increase the price based on fame and popularity of the work. Although I'm not famous in Hong Kong, with Shao Bao's fame, it's more than 70,000 Hong Kong dollars. Seven stories, each with about five episodes, the whole TV series has at least 35 episodes, which is considered a big production, right? You guys only want to spend 70,000 on the adaptation fee for a big production?"
Manager Huang opened his mouth. He had never seen anyone bargain like this before.
Luo Baoming was laughing secretly on the side, watching others fall into the same pit he had fallen into before. The feeling of satisfaction was really hard to describe in words.
“Two hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars!”
Liu Hongmin gave his own offer.
Manager Huang was anxious, "Didn't you just say that Shao Bao's popularity was not one-third of Mr. Jin Yong's?"
One third of 50 is ...
Do you think I don't know how to count?
Liu Hongmin nodded, "Alright, I'll give you a small change, 16 Hong Kong dollars!"
Manager Huang shook his head, "No, I can't accept this price. The most we can offer is HK$100,000."
"15 Hong Kong dollars, no less."
"12, no more."
Liu Hongmin sighed, "14 yuan! Each piece is only 2 yuan, the package is not worth the price."
Manager Huang calculated silently. 20,000 per unit was indeed not expensive. Before coming, General Manager Huang had already told him that the highest price he could offer was 30,000 per unit. With that in mind, Manager Huang did not insist. "Deal."
Liu Hongmin smiled and extended his hand, "Happy cooperation."
"Happy cooperation!"
Manager Huang took out two copies of the contract he had prepared. After filling in the editing fee on one copy, he picked up the other copy and said, "Mr. Liu, we would like to invite you to be a consultant to help us film Young Justice Bao. Since the filming location is in Hong Kong, we need you to work there. The filming period is about a month, and we can offer you a remuneration of 15,000 Hong Kong dollars."
Liu Hongmin raised his eyebrows. Fifteen thousand Hong Kong dollars was equivalent to two months' salary for a white-collar worker in Hong Kong, which made Liu Hongmin very excited.
Liu Hongmin wanted to go to Hong Kong to have a look. There were so many business opportunities there. He could make a lot of money just by bringing any one of them back.
However, he is not cut out to be a businessman, so he needs a partner to do some business that is currently allowed.
"Okay, tell me the time in advance. I need to apply for leave in advance from school. Also, I need your help with the procedures to go to Hong Kong."
Going to Hong Kong is like going abroad these days, and the procedures are very complicated. But if RTV comes forward, it will be much simpler.
After Young Justice Bao is broadcast, maybe there will be a situation where flowers bloom outside the wall and fragrance blooms inside the wall.
(End of this chapter)
