Li An’s investor in Baodao is called Xu Ligong.

This person is a senior filmmaker in Baodao. The films Li An shot in Baodao were all driven by him behind the scenes. It can be said that he pushed Li An to Hollywood.

The producer is considered to be the driving force behind the movie, from finding scripts to attracting investments to promoting videos, he completed it all by himself.

Li An told Xu Ligong that he wanted to make a martial arts film and recommended "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to purchase the adaptation rights of the movie.

Xu Ligong did not agree immediately. He wanted to read the novel by himself and make a judgment from the producer's perspective. He could not say that Li An would buy whatever he wanted.

Directors are often emotional and want to shoot stories that they are satisfied with.

The producer is rational. He has to consider the cost of shooting this story, whether there is a market for shooting, whether it can win awards, whether it is worth investing, etc.

He found "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and watched it, but he was not optimistic about the story.

In the story, the heroes Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian, who are positive characters, have few scenes and many episodes. The very interesting little character Liu Taibao cannot take the lead. The only heroine is an unlovable and fierce character.

In Li An's opinion, Yu Jiaolong is full of freedom, Xu Ligong does not think that the audience will like this kind of impulsive and childish girl.

In this way, this story lacks focus and will be very distracted when filming. The audience will not be able to see the excitement, so they will naturally not buy it.

He exchanged his ideas with Li An.

If you just shoot a small-budget martial arts film with a price of less than one million US dollars, there is no problem. With Li An's current reputation, even if you shoot this film badly, you will not lose money.

If Li An wants to shoot a martial arts film with an investment of more than 5 million US dollars, he must consider it carefully.

They have been friends for many years, and if you have something to say, Xu Ligong and his team on Baodao are not optimistic about adapting this novel into a movie.

Li An is busy preparing for a new film in Hollywood. Hollywood is a place that emphasizes efficiency. He will not have free time in the next year and is not anxious about the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

"Talk to the mainland first, and buy it if the offer is right." Li An said.

After finally meeting a story that moved him, Li An didn't want to give up.

Even if you can't take photos for the time being, you may have a chance in the future.

Xu Ligong asked his friends in the mainland film industry to find Lin Zixuan and asked about the adaptation rights of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

He did not reveal that this was Li An's meaning, because he was afraid that Lin Zixuan would start the price.

If a writer knows that his work is favored by a famous Hollywood director, he will inevitably want to gain more benefits while being happy. This is human nature.

Even if the deal is not negotiated, the writer can promote his work to the public and be favored by Li An to increase his value.

Such things are common in the circle, they are all for the sake of interests.

As long as the movie adaptation rights of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are no more than 200,000 yuan, Xu Ligong can agree. After all, this is just a martial arts novel with little influence.

This is the difference between the film industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan and the mainland.

In the mainland, the adaptation cost of novels is very cheap, which is not commensurate with the actual value of the novel.

Zhang Yimou obtained the right to adapt the movie "Living" for only 30,000 yuan, which is quite high. The movie adaptation fee for some novels is only between 5,000 and 10,000 yuan.

Domestic writers don’t pay much attention to this. They think it’s great to have a director who can make his novels into movies, and they still have to pay for it. This is so embarrassing, just give it some.

This surprised Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers. Buying novel copyrights in the mainland is like buying cabbage.

This has a lot to do with the economic environment of the mainland. At that time, everyone thought that tens of thousands of yuan had become a lot. With the development of the mainland economy, it broadened its horizons. Writers learned to bargain, and the market economy has become.

Of course, Lin Zixuan would not sell the adaptation rights of the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and he still wanted to shoot it himself.

The reason why Li An bought the right to adapt the movie was that for the freedom of creation. With the copyright, he could modify the plot at will according to his own ideas, without caring about the opinions of the original author.

In Hollywood movie circles, there is such a saying about adapting novels into movies.

"Two ways, you can ruin the original work and make a good movie, or stay loyal to the original work and make a bad movie."

Li An agrees with this statement. He believes that novels and movies are two different carriers. When adapting, you often have to change everything from the inside to the face, and the films are mainly good-looking.

The films he made would not be loyal to the original work, and the meaning he wanted to express was not much the same as the original work.

When he met with foreign writers, he said it clearly that this is my movie, not your novel.

Therefore, Li An needs the right to adapt the movie of the original novel so that he can freely perform without restrictions.

Moreover, with this adaptation right, he can find investors.

Lin Zixuan doesn’t care about the adaptation fee of 200,000 yuan, which involves the future planning of Haomeng Company.

Once the adaptation rights are sold, from a legal point of view, the movie has nothing to do with him. The buyer can leave Lin Zixuan alone and find other investors to shoot movies.

"I won't sell the adaptation rights of this novel, but if the film company in Baodao is willing, we can cooperate. This is a matter of discussion." Lin Zixuan said.

After receiving the news, Xu Ligong was very dissatisfied.

Purchasing the adaptation rights is a one-time deal. It is very simple. There are too many things involved in cooperating to make a movie. This matter is just a thought of Li Yan for the time being, and it has not yet reached the stage of specific implementation.

He felt that Lin Zixuan was too heartbroken. He had to negotiate a 200,000-yuan business, which was too unreliable.

Xu Ligong and Li An talked about the situation. The copyright contact was not going well, and the other party was unwilling to sell it, so he just wanted to cooperate.

Li An still wants to get the adaptation rights.

He wanted some things in the book, and at the same time he had to add his own things. He had no right to adapt. He felt that he was bound by the original work and could not make extraordinary attempts.

Since the copyright has not been negotiated and he still has a movie in his hand, this matter has been put on hold.

Lin Zixuan did not receive a reply from Baodao, knowing that they would not have any plans to cooperate in the short term. He almost guessed who wanted to film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but he still would not sell the adaptation rights.

As a producer, he knew in his heart that this was related to who would take the initiative in the future.

Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers are more concerned about interests when doing business. Lin Zixuan doesn’t have that friendship with them. If the adaptation rights are not in his hands, they may be kicked out of the game in every minute.

So, he had to be more careful just in case.

This is the first time that the two parties have come into contact with each other, and there is no hurry. As long as Li An wants to shoot this film, he will contact Lin Zixuan again. (To be continued.)

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