Chapter 64 Datang Adaptation Rights
"It's only a few hundred thousand!"
"How many?"
Father Liu almost sat down on the ground, "How much did you say?"
"Eight or nine hundred thousand, almost one million."
Father Liu looked at his son in shock, "Where did you get so much money?"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "Dad, I made all this money from writing novels."
"What kind of novel can make so much money?" Father Liu didn't believe it at all. It was beyond his understanding. It can be said that he had never seen such money in his life, let alone heard of it.
The entire village only earned 70,000 to 80,000 yuan a year. Liu Hongmin alone earned as much as the entire village earned in ten years.
It's simply horrifying and unbelievable!
Seeing that his father didn't believe him, Liu Hongmin explained to him: "Do you remember the 'Young Justice Bao' that I wrote when I went home during the winter vacation two years ago? I wrote seven volumes for the first part, and then took it to Hong Kong for publication. It was published in newspapers and made about 40,000 yuan. It was adapted into a TV series and made 140,000 yuan. There were traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese versions, and a total of about 2 million yuan. If converted into RMB, it would be to million yuan..."
"I made money from the devils!"
There were many orphans of the Japanese invaders in the Northeast, and they were often taken back. Therefore, there were many rumors that the Japanese invaders were very rich. If the son made money from the Japanese invaders, he could make a lot of money.
Liu Hongmin didn't expect his father to accept it so quickly. He prepared many excuses but they were of no use.
In fact, Liu's father didn't care how much his son earned. As long as his son didn't go astray, he was satisfied. In his opinion, the money his son earned was enough for their family to live for a lifetime.
Liu Hongmin was about to take his father to see it again, but his father turned around and walked out.
"Dad, won't you take another look?"
"What should I look at? I don't understand. You can do whatever you want! But, Boss, you must remember to keep some money in hand in case of emergency, okay?"
"I remember!"
Liu Hongmin followed his father out of the basement. Just as he closed the door, he heard someone shouting in the yard: "Hongmin, someone is looking for you."
"Who is it?" Liu Hongmin asked as he walked into the yard. He saw two more people in the yard, looking around.
"Brother Lin?"
Lin Yong is a cadre of Beijing Film Studio. It was he who came to Liu Hongmin to discuss the adaptation rights of Shao Bao. "This is Director Zhu Jinming of Shanghai Film Studio."
"Hello, Director Zhu, come in and talk!"
Liu Hongmin let the two men into the house, and Wang Xiaoping, who followed in, immediately went to the boiler room to fetch water and make tea for the three of them.
"Brother Lin, what do you want to talk to me about?"
Lin Yong said: "Hongmin, we, Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Film Academy, want to jointly purchase the rights to adapt your novel."
"Oh?" Liu Hongmin became interested. "You want to remake the Tang Dynasty?"
"That's right!" Lin Yong nodded and said, "The story of the Tang Dynasty depicts the spirit of the border guards, which is very meaningful for adaptation."
Liu Hongmin smiled, because Yuehou was still jumping up and down, and at this stage any military movie would be very popular.
Unfortunately, there are few writers who write about military themes. It was not easy to come up with a novel called Great Tang, which still attracted many film studios even though it described the border guards of the Tang Dynasty.
It's just that Beijing Film Academy was one step ahead. After all, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first! I just don't know why Shanghai Film Academy was brought in.
Lin Yong saw Liu Hongmin's confusion and said, "We have been communicating and cooperating with Shanghai Film Group recently, so we want to make Datang a cooperative project. Director Zhu will be the director of Datang." Liu Hongmin suddenly realized. No wonder Director Zhu came along.
"no problem!"
Liu Hongmin agreed straightforwardly, and Lin Yong was also very open. He had already mastered the trick of getting along with Liu Hongmin. No matter what the matter was, you just had to say it directly.
"Hongmin, we can only give you 5,000 yuan for the adaptation this time." Lin Yong said, "This amount of money is not much for you, but this is the current standard, and we have already given the maximum. Any more will be bad."
Liu Hongmin understood what he meant. There are dozens of film studios across the country. If Beijing Film Academy suddenly increased the adaptation fee, it would definitely be resented by other studios.
According to his understanding, the current adaptation fee is only about 3,000 to 4,000 yuan. If Datang was not in great demand, Beijing Film Academy would probably not pay 5,000 yuan for it.
"OK, no problem."
Liu Hongmin quickly agreed and sent the two away. Zhu Jinming wanted to talk to Liu Hongmin about the situation of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Army, but was stopped by Liu Hongmin.
"My parents just came to Beijing, so I have to spend the next few days with them. Let's meet again after you finish writing the script."
Since Liu Hongmin said so, Zhu Jinming didn't know what to say.
As soon as the two men left, Liu's father appeared from nowhere.
"Boss, what rights did you sell for 5,000 yuan?"
"The adaptation rights are a novel I wrote, and they want to adapt it into a movie, and they pay me for it."
"Is this thing so valuable?" Liu's father asked in surprise.
"Where are you going!"
Liu Hongmin smiled and said, "You forgot what I just told you. I can sell the adaptation rights in Hong Kong for 20,000 to 30,000 Hong Kong dollars! Much more than this!"
Father Liu felt his heart pounding, and it took a while for him to calm down. He sighed, "Boss, write well, you are better than your father."
"Dad, what are you talking about?"
Father Liu said sternly, "Your father can't compare to you in making money, but you have to remember that you can do anything, but you can't break the law, understand?"
"Oh! I remember it!"
Liu Hongmin still agreed, this is the only thing his father can teach him now. Moreover, this education is right, very right!
"Dad, I'll take you guys to have some fun in BJ these few days."
"No, you have so many things to do! Go ahead and do your thing. Your mom and I will help you clean the yard!"
Liu Hongmin waved his hand, "No need, I have someone to take care of it."
"Are you talking about those classmates? They are all top students..."
"Not them!" Liu Hongmin said, "Those are my friends who help me sort out the ancient books in the basement. I hired some people to clean the yard for me every Tuesday and Saturday."
"It costs money to hire someone, right?"
"I call this creating more jobs!" Liu Hongmin said, "There are many people without jobs now, and they have no income. If I don't hire them, they will have no source of income."
Father Liu was still worried about the money, "Then you can hire someone after we leave!"
"That's different!" Liu Hongmin said seriously, "Dad, when you got off the train, you should have seen a piece of fresh cement on the ground, right? That was done by the desperate people."
Father Liu was silent for a moment, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
(End of this chapter)
