Li Yu's investor in Baodao is called Xu Ligong.
This person is a senior filmmaker in Baodao, and the films shot by Li Yu in Baodao were all promoted by him behind the scenes, and it can be said that he pushed Li Yu to Hollywood.
The producer is considered to be the driving force behind the film, from finding the script to attracting investment, to promoting the film, he does it all by himself.
Li Yu told Xu Ligong that he wanted to make a martial arts film, and recommended Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, to buy the adaptation rights of the movie.
Xu Ligong didn't agree immediately, he wanted to take a look at the novel himself, and make a judgment from the producer's point of view, he couldn't say that Li Yu could buy whatever he wanted.
Directors are often emotional, and they want to shoot a story when they see a story that they are satisfied with.
The producer is rational, he has to consider the shooting cost of the story, whether there is a market for the film, whether it can win awards, whether it is worth the investment, etc.
He found Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and looked at it, but he was not optimistic about the story.
In the story, the heroes Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian as positive characters do not have many scenes, and there are many pages, and the very interesting little character Liu Taibao can't provoke the beam, and the only heroine is an unlikable and fierce character.
In Li Yu's view, the jade dragon is full of freedom, Xu Ligong doesn't think the audience will like this kind of impulsive and childish girl.
In this way, the story lacks a center of gravity, and it will be very scattered when filmed, and the audience will not see the excitement, so they will naturally not buy it.
He exchanged his thoughts with Li Yu.
If it's just a low-budget martial arts film with a cost of less than one million US dollars, then there is no problem, with Li Yan's current fame, even if this film is made badly, it will not lose money.
If Li Yu wants to make a martial arts film with an investment of more than five million US dollars, he must consider it carefully.
They have been friends for many years, and to put it bluntly, Xu Ligong and the team in Baodao are not optimistic about adapting this novel into a movie.
Li Yu is busy preparing for a new film in Hollywood, Hollywood is a place that pays attention to efficiency, and he will not have free time for the next year, and he is not in a hurry to shoot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
"Let's talk to the mainland first, and buy it if the price is right."
Li Yu said. finally came across a story that made him tempting, and Li Yan didn't want to give up.
Even if you can't shoot it for the time being, there may be opportunities in the future.
Xu Ligong's friends in the mainland film circle found Lin Zixuan and asked about the adaptation rights of the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon movie.
He didn't reveal what Li Yu meant, because he was afraid that Lin Zixuan would sit on the ground and raise the price.
If a writer knows that his work has been taken by a famous Hollywood director, he will inevitably want to get more benefits while he is happy, which is human nature.
Even if the deal is not negotiated, the writer can publicize his work to the outside world and be favored by Li Yu, so as to raise his value.
This kind of thing is not uncommon in circles, and it is all for profit.
As long as the film adaptation rights of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon do not exceed 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, Taiwan and the mainland.
In the mainland, the cost of adapting novels is very cheap, and the actual value of the novels is not commensurate with the actual value of the novels.
Zhang Yimou only used 30,000 yuan to obtain the living film adaptation rights, which is quite high, and the film adaptation fee of some novels is only between 5,000 and 10,000.
Domestic writers don't pay much attention to this, thinking that it's good for a director to make his own novel into a movie, and he has to give money, which is too embarrassing, just give a little bit.
This made filmmakers in Hong Kong and Taiwan extremely surprised, and buying the copyright of a novel in the mainland is like buying Chinese cabbage.
This has a lot to do with the economic environment of the mainland, at that time everyone felt that tens of thousands of yuan was a lot, with the development of the inland economy, broadened their horizons, writers learned to bargain, market economy.
Of course, Lin Zixuan will not sell the film adaptation rights of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he still wants to shoot it himself.
The reason why Li Yu wants to buy the film adaptation right is for creative freedom, with the copyright, he can modify the plot at will according to his own ideas, and he doesn't have to care about the opinions of the original author.
In Hollywood film circles, there is such a saying about the adaptation of a novel into a movie.
"There are two ways, you can ruin the original book and make a good movie, or be faithful to the original book and make a bad movie."
Li Yu agrees with this statement, he believes that novels and movies are two different carriers, and adaptations often have to be replaced from the inside to the face, and the film is mainly good-looking.
The films he makes will not be faithful to the original work, and the meaning he wants to express is not quite the same as the original book.
When he met with foreign writers, he made it very clear that this is my film, not your novel.
Therefore, Li Yu needs the film adaptation rights of the original novel, so that he can play freely without restrictions.
Moreover, with this adaptation right, he can find investors.
Lin Zixuan doesn't care about the 200,000 adaptation fee, which involves the future planning of Good Dream Company.
Once the adaptation rights are sold, from a legal point of view, the film has nothing to do with him at all, and the buyer can leave Lin Zixuan aside and find other investors to make a film.
"I won't sell the rights to adapt this novel, but if the film company in Baodao wants to, we can cooperate, it's all negotiable."
Lin Zixuan said.
Xu Ligong was very unimpressed after receiving the news.
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Buying adaptation rights is a one-shot deal, very simple, there are too many things involved in cooperating to make a movie, this matter is just an idea of Li Yu for the time being, and it has not yet reached the stage of specific implementation.
He felt that Lin Zixuan's heart was too big, and the original business of 200,000 yuan had to negotiate a deal of 20 million, which was too unreliable.
Xu Ligong and Li Yu said the situation, the copyright contact was not smooth, and the other party was unwilling to sell, but only wanted to cooperate.
Li Yu still wants to get the right to adapt.
He wanted some things in the book, and at the same time he had to add his own things, and without the right to adapt, he felt that he was bound by the original book and couldn't make an out-of-the-ordinary attempt.
Since the copyright has not been negotiated, and he still has a movie in his hand, the matter has been shelved.
Lin Zixuan didn't hear back from Treasure Island, knowing that they would not have plans to cooperate in the short term, he almost guessed who wanted to shoot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but he still wouldn't sell the adaptation rights.
As a producer, he knows in his heart that this is related to the question of who will take the initiative in the future.
Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers are in business and pay more attention to interests, Lin Zixuan does not have that friendship with them, if the adaptation rights are not in his hands, he may be kicked out every minute.
So, he can't keep an eye on it, just in case.
This is the first contact between the two sides, and they are not in a hurry, as long as Li Yu wants to make this film, he will contact Lin Zixuan again. t1706231537: