Chapter 123 "Fairy Sword" Invitation (34)
"Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not an ordinary mini-game...
A total of about 20 million sets of genuine and pirated copies have been sold!
In the "My Favorite Single-player Game" polled by the audience of the computer game magazine "Popular Software", "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been ranked at the top for ten consecutive years.
In fact, someone has already been thinking about adapting "Sword of Immortal"!
Xu Xiaofang was the first person to contact Daewoo and want the adaptation rights...
The first person to speak was Xu Xiaofang: "I have been negotiating with Daewoo for more than half a year. The main conflict is not price, but rights..."
"They limited the release and broadcast time of TV series at that time. I disagreed. The reason is very simple. What I purchased was the adaptation rights, that is, the copyright of the adapted TV series belongs to me. Why should you limit the time?"
"Daewoo's negotiating posture seems to be that they are financing it themselves and I am in charge of filming; but in fact Daewoo has not contributed a penny! They also want a bunch of rights!"
"The scripts have to be reviewed by them, and they are not allowed to develop related follow-up products without authorization. I can understand this. But after the filming is completed, they are only given broadcast rights for two years, which is incomprehensible..."
"Then how was it resolved in the end?"
"Just compromise, what else can we do?"
Speaking of this, Xu Xiaofang sighed: "My contract with Daewoo Company is for two years. According to the usual practice, one and a half years from getting the adaptation rights to starting filming is more than enough. Daewoo Company has even considered releasing the TV series at the same time. "Sword and Fairy 2", a "Year of Fairy Sword" from the inside out"
Then, after more than a year of procrastination, the investment company I had contacted came to nothing, and the money was no longer available.
"This year, I finally met Tang Ren and Tianying Entertainment..."
Tang Ren solved the shooting problem, and Celestial Entertainment solved the distribution issue - Celestial Entertainment carried Celestial Channel, a pay channel, and the company bought the Shaw Brothers film library, which has a market throughout Southeast Asia.
"Has the script been written?"
"That's almost it. We have removed the content involving white seedlings, black seedlings, zombies, ghosts and gods in the game. The exciting characters such as "Prison Suppressing King" and "Emperor Ghost" have been removed from the game. Then, we And the part about practicing martial arts in the game was removed..."
"Remove the practice part? Why?"
"On the one hand, the special effects are difficult to do, and on the other hand... we feel that the key to "Sword of Immortal" lies in the emotion..."
"oh!"
Shen Xudong was noncommittal...
No wonder in the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Li Xiaoyao used three moves over and over again. He could only smile evilly, strike with his sword, and jump up and down to defeat the enemy in just a few moves...
Li Xiaoyao in the game has a bunch of gorgeous skills, such as Xiaoyao Divine Sword, Sword God, Tiangang War Qi, etc...
All gone!
It turns out that the root is here...
"So, do you have any opinions about "Sword of Immortal"?"
Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment; "...haven't all the problems been solved?"
The script is done, the distribution is done...
What are you going to do with Shen Xudong now?
"Let me tell you!" Cai Yinong took over: "...On the one hand, I want you to read the script, and on the other hand, we know that you have a close relationship with Mr. Wu..."
…
They've been making trouble for a long time...are they here to attract investment?
Speechless!
Actually looking for investment from Shen Xudongla?
"It's not a big deal, it's just a cooperation..."
A close relationship?
Yes, it does have something to do with it. After all, they fought in and out of the same cave, but Shen Xudong did it behind his back!
To be precise, he and Mr. Wu only met three times, and they were not even friends...
"...Do you think "Sword of Immortal" will be popular if it is made into a TV series?"
“Is there any topic that’s hard to talk about? I’m worried that the higher-ups won’t approve it!”
"Why?"
"Because this is a game adaptation...the attitude towards online games is not very good."
Not only was it not very good, it was almost banned!
The "Notice on Prohibiting the Broadcast of Computer and Online Game Programs" was promulgated, and for a time computer games were uprooted from TV programs.
Although the notice does not have any regulations on the TV series adapted from the game, but... no one can guarantee it!
After all, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a game adaptation, and to some extent it is indeed promoting the game "Sword and Fairy"...
Therefore, in the original time and space, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" did not get the right to star, but only the right to broadcast on terrestrial channels.
In other words, all satellite channels across the country will not broadcast "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which is why all TV stations that are about to broadcast this drama will not broadcast it on their satellite channels.
It was not until 2008 that it was broadcast on Hebei Satellite TV for the first time...
Therefore, purely from a profit perspective, investing in "Sword of Immortality" is not a good choice...
Besides, why should Shen Xudong help them as a lobbyist?
Xu Xiaofang interjected: "Online games are online games, Fairy Sword is a stand-alone game, and we have all obtained the filming rights!"
Cai Yinong: "You are also a player of Fairy Sword. Don't you want to see Fairy Sword adapted into a TV series?"
Shen Xudong scratched his head: "What I mean is that you'd better find a state-owned studio to jointly produce, even if the other party has a name and an administrative backstop..."
"We have already contacted Shanghai Film Studio..."
"Oh, then pretend I didn't say that!"
Shen Xudong shut up...
"Actually, please find Mr. Wu..."
"Unlikely, Mr. Wu wants to win the role!"
Cai Yinong nodded: "We talked with Chen Hao and she has no idea about "Sword of Immortality"..."
It seems that everyone is very familiar with the relationship between Mr. Wu and Chen Hao...
Why is Chen Hao not interested?
Nonsense, Chen Hao is already 25. The filming of "Sword and Fairy" has started and she is 26...
Who can play the role?
Zhao Linger or Lin Yueru?
Definitely inappropriate!
Besides, her mind is now full of "The Evil of the Golden Branch"...
How can I care about "Sword of Immortality"...
In this case, Shen Xudong shrugged: "Then there's nothing I can do to help..."
…
This topic was stopped, I thought it was almost over...
Shen Xudong’s opinion: When they come to me, don’t they just want me to help them raise some investment?
Do you really want to ask for advice?
Are you kidding me? The script has already been written!
Then Li Guoli said: "...Actually, we are not very satisfied with the script of "Sword of Immortality". Could you please help us rewrite it?"
"...Not satisfied?"
Shen Xudong looked at Xu Xiaofang...
He was responsible for the script of "Sword".
I just heard what he said: ‘Remove content involving white seedlings, black seedlings, zombies, ghosts and gods from the game’…
It’s actually quite appropriate!
The background of "Fairy Sword" is the dispute between the White Miao and Black Miao clans. The Baiyue on the Black Miao side has been cultivating Warcraft, while the White Miao side is also cultivating the Five Poison Beasts in the Trial Cave in order to compete with the Black Miao...
It’s hard to copy this thing directly!
"...Well, our evaluation of the script is that it has too strong a martial arts flavor and is not at all like Sword and Fairy!"
"Martial arts flavor..."
Xu Xiaofang nodded sheepishly and said by the way: "I only knew how to write a fairy tale after reading your "Zhu Xian"..."
"...are you inviting me to be a screenwriter?"
"right!"