Yang Yi had a lot of things to do. In the past two days, he had taken the time to go to Sahara Publishing House and received Hu Da and Qiang Zi who had come to visit with Lu Benjie.
Qi Yue and Sahara Publishing House had a good relationship and had been in a cooperative state. Digging up excellent online literature for physical publication was also a major business of Sahara Publishing House.
Hu Da and Qiang Zi came over mainly to talk to Yang Yi about the electronic publishing license of White Night.
White Night had been released for a month and the physical sales had unexpectedly squeezed into the top ten of the monthly list. One had to know that this was not the new book list. Moreover, White Night was a relatively niche mystery literature. It could be said that it was quite a miracle to have such results.
After all, not everyone was willing to read mystery literature. Most readers preferred literary works or romance novels with a slightly lighter and more sunny plot.
Of course, a work like "Journey in White Night" that described the protagonist in such a horrifying way should have a much narrower audience. The reason why it was able to gain a small popularity was that Yang Yi and Mo Fei's marriage was suddenly exposed.
It had to be said that this was not the hype they wanted. Although it had caused them a lot of trouble, it had brought them benefits in some ways! It was no wonder that some people were obsessed with hype and did not hesitate to pour dirty water on themselves!
It was not unacceptable for White Night to launch an electronic publication a month after its release. In addition, Qi Yue's conditions were not bad, so Yang Yi signed the relevant contract with them.
"The day before we left, Global Pictures called our editorial department and said that they want to buy the film and television rights of your Prison Break." Before leaving, Hu Da relayed the news to Yang Yi.
Global Pictures, this was not some small film company! In America's Hollywood, it was rated as one of the eight major film and television production companies. This was not only an evaluation in terms of capital operation, but also in terms of the creation of film and television works and box office revenue. Global Pictures could be called a giant crocodile.
Of course, the Chinese film market in this world was even larger, and Global Pictures would not sit idly by. It also had a subsidiary in China, and this time, it was Global Pictures' China subsidiary that contacted Yue.
According to Hu Da's explanation, the current situation of online literature adaptations was still relatively unclear. Apart from Yang Yi's Soldiers Assault and Drawing Sword, most of them were small fries. Either the director was a rookie, or the investor was not strong enough.
Even though Chen Fengchen and Yang Yi's collaboration had caused quite a stir and attracted the attention of many established film and television companies, just like today's global film industry, most of them were on the sidelines and very few took action!
Global Pictures had been paying attention to Prison Break since the beginning of the year. The current president of China, Xu Zhongwei, wanted to film it. Of course, he had to make use of the resources of his parent company. After all, the story was set in the US.
However, they had also hesitated for a long time. They had been observing the popularity of "Prison Break" and paying attention to the direction of the plot of "Prison Break". They had even used their sockpuppets to conduct public opinion polls in the book review section.
However, there were too many uncertainties in a serialized novel! If it was written well in the early stages, who knew if it would fail in the later stages? Therefore, they had been observing and had delayed until now.
It was only now that the online serialization of "Prison Break" was nearing its end that Global Pictures began to approach it. Unfortunately, they had found the wrong person. Unlike other authors, Yang Yi's film and television rights were in their hands.
"I've already given your contact information to the people in Global Pictures. Next, I'll leave it to you to continue the discussion!" Hu Da explained everything to Yang Yi, then smiled and said, "To be honest, our editorial department was cheering for a long time last night. It's a rare opportunity to be noticed by Global Pictures. We also hope that" Prison Break "can be filmed as soon as possible. It's a very exciting story, isn't it?"
Yang Yi was not as optimistic as Hu Da. He did not want to sell the film and television rights of his work so easily. Since Global Pictures wanted it, Yang Yi wanted to observe their attitude towards the work.
If they just wanted to make a quick buck by filming it, Yang Yi did not care if they were from Global Pictures or Global Pictures. It would not work for him! If they wanted to film it, they had to show the attitude and investment of filming a blockbuster.
However, for Sahara Publishing House, this was a good opportunity.
After Hu Da, Qiang Zi and the others left, Yang Yi asked Lu Benjie, "Is the negotiation team I asked you to set up ready?"
Yang Yi now had a big business. He did not need to negotiate with others alone. One of the important reasons he took over Sahara Publishing House was to let them handle the copyright of his works for him.
"It's ready. I hired a headhunting company to poach six experienced lawyers and managers from all over the country to set up this negotiation team," Lu Benjie said quickly.
"In the future, we still need to look for people who are familiar with transnational cases and the rules of the Western entertainment industry. We need to broaden our horizons and go global!" Yang Yi said, "But this is a good opportunity. Let them try. I'm not very free. Basically, I need to ask them to negotiate with Global Pictures for me."
Then, Yang Yi listed some of his standards for Lu Benjie to evaluate the negotiation team.
Before Yang Yi left, he asked about his fans with interest, "By the way, I told you last time that I was going to hold a signing event. What's the feedback from the fans?"
Lu Benjie also perked up. He sat up straight and said, "After we conveyed your idea to the fans, we received a lot of feedback. But because you did not give a definite time, they were a little worried that you would stand them up."
Lu Benjie also looked at Yang Yi closely. His eyes seemed to convey the worries of the fans.
Yang Yi was happy. He said, "Who said that I didn't set a time? I'm just very busy these two months. I can't free myself! How about this? You can arrange for six signings in the first two weeks of May. What do you think? "
"You can confirm the time? That's great! "Lu Benjie pushed up his old-fashioned glasses and said with some surprise.
Yang Yi smiled and said to Lu Benjie, "Because our time is limited, we can only hold six signing events for now. But it's okay. If there's a chance in the future, we will continue to hold signing events in other cities! In order to make up for them … "
Yang Yi pointed at Lu Benjie and said, "You can ask for everyone's suggestions on the website. See how they are looking forward to this signing event! Then, you can collect a few of the more popular suggestions for me. I will choose three and try to satisfy them as much as possible! "
Lu Benjie felt that the Yang Yi in front of him was like a completely different person from last year. In the past, Yang Yi refused to hold signing events. But now, he took the initiative to propose more tricks!
Could it be because he had become a public figure now and was "breaking a broken jar"?
There was indeed such a reason, but Lu Benjie didn't know that the reason why Yang Yi became so friendly was because Murphy was pregnant. His mood these few days was like a bright spring, and it had been very good!
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