The negotiations between Global Pictures and Yang Yi's team had reached a stalemate. Yang Yi, who was busy purchasing furniture and appliances for his new home, took the time to visit Sahara Publishing. On the one hand, he wanted to give his employees wedding candy, and on the other hand, he wanted to listen to Lu Benjie's report.
"Currently, the most important point of disagreement between Manager Zhu and us is the adaptation of the script." Lu Benjie told Yang Yi, "Global Pictures wants to adapt the original story to suit the Chinese national conditions. They also want to change the characters to Chinese."
Yang Yi found it unbelievable. He spread his hands and said, "Why? Are they out of their minds? My novel can almost be used as a script, and they want to adapt it? "
"And they want to change it to Chinese national conditions? What a joke. Not to mention the strict gun control in China, with so many complicated character clues and characteristics, how can they just change it? Changing it to Chinese national conditions, just thinking about it is funny and ridiculous! "
"What they mean is that you can be the screenwriter, and the original author can adapt it." Lu Benjie scratched his head and added.
"There's no room for discussion. Either they shoot it according to my story, or they get lost!" Yang Yi was getting impatient. If they wanted to adapt Prison Break, they might as well write a new story!
Of course, Lu Benjie was not the other party's lobbyist. He nodded and said, "Boss, you've mentioned this request to us before, so our negotiation team has repeatedly emphasized to them that they can't change the story too much. We've also explained to them why they can't adapt it …"
"Then why are they still so persistent? Don't they have a reasonable judgment? "Yang Yi asked, puzzled.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was no possibility of such a huge adaptation of the story!
"According to the information we received, this request was made by Global Pictures' China president, Xu Zhongwei," Lu Benjie explained. Lu Benjie explained, "It's probably because they're hoping to achieve something in this project. If they were to use their headquarters' resources to film in America and hire American actors, the benefits that Mr. Xu would receive would be greatly reduced."
The CEO of Global Pictures in China wanted to avoid the headquarters in the US, so he could only adapt the movie that they had high hopes for. Yang Yi was not at the negotiating table, so he had no idea that the people sent by Global Pictures were talking about national justice to his negotiating team. But, everyone was smart. How could they be so easily stirred up by these people?
But Yang Yi wouldn't think for them. He waved his hand at Lu Benjie and said, "Since they insist on this request, let's put it aside for now. If you want to talk, then don't mention these conditions! Also, if they want to talk about it in the future, I can tell them that I have to be the scriptwriter. This is a necessary condition! "
After talking about this, Yang Yi took out a USB flash drive and handed it to Lu Benjie. "There are two new books that I wrote, but they are both storybooks, suitable for children to read! One of them is' Journey to the West ', which is based on ancient myths, and the other one is a collection of the bedtime stories that I told Xi Xi recently. You guys can organize and layout it. As for the title, let's call it' Xi Xi's Bedtime Stories 2 '! "
These two books took a long time to organize. Among them, the most complicated was the organization of "Journey to the West". In order to make the story of "Journey to the West" easy to understand and suitable for children to read, Yang Yi spent a few months rewriting it!
"Xi Xi's Bedtime Stories 2" was a little better. Yang Yi organized the long story of Ice Age and the short stories that he told Xi Xi recently into words and put them into one book.
Lu Benjie quickly took it and plugged it into his computer.
"You can read it when I get back. If you have any suggestions, you can tell me over the phone or email." Yang Yi was very busy. He waved his hand and said, "Besides the film and TV copyright of 'Prison Break,' is there anything else?"
Lu Benjie flipped through his small notebook and said, "Yes, it's about your six signing events next month. Didn't you say that you wanted to collect the readers' requests and that you could choose three to satisfy them? "
Yang Yi nodded.
When he said this, Yang Yi was in a good mood. After knowing that Murphy was pregnant, he walked like he was floating. So, not only did he agree to hold the signing events, but he also made some decisions that he felt were a little troublesome when he thought about it later. But, as a man, he must keep his promise!
Lu Benjie said, "We posted a post on your personal website to collect everyone's requests. Then, we sorted the replies with the most likes and filtered out some nonsensical requests. Finally, we sorted out the ten with the most likes for you to choose from."
Not every reader made a request seriously. Some of them even had some teasing or bad taste. For example, they asked for Yang Yi to wear women's clothes. Naturally, these were filtered out!
Lu Benjie turned his computer screen over. There were ten requests listed on it. For example, Yang Yi was asked to interact with the readers in the book review section every day. Yang Yi read it with great interest.
To choose three, Yang Yi pondered for a while. He pointed to the requests and said, "I can agree to the first request. Organize more reader activities to let the fans have a sense of belonging!"
Yang Yi raised his head and smiled at Lu Benjie. "I think this can be done. You can find someone to organize it. Organize a small activity every two weeks and a big activity every two months!"
"Yes, you can organize it on your personal website. This can improve the cohesion!" Lu Benjie nodded and wrote in his notebook.
"Activities can't be organized casually. First of all, the small activities can't be too complicated. Let more people participate. The prizes can be smaller. For example, the Sahara Online Mall vouchers are good. But the quantity must be large to ensure that there are more winners! " Yang Yi said, "I suggest that you can contact Backwave Technology Company and use their social media platform to design a small activity like a lottery."
Lu Benjie knew that these two companies were inextricably linked to Yang Yi. He didn't ask much. He listened carefully and took notes.
"Big events can be organized on our website, but the awards have to be attractive enough. For example, we can reward them with an overseas trip or a two-person honeymoon. The content of the event has to be well designed. Whether it's an online or offline event, it has to be interesting, difficult, and meaningful! For example, you can organize a half-marathon competition for the fans. Let everyone participate in the competition and promote the concept of healthy living. Of course, I'm just giving an example. The fans are scattered all over the country. It's not easy to gather people to participate in the competition. "Yang Yi smiled.
"Right, who came up with this fan family? It sounds like spaghetti. Interesting, "Yang Yi said with a smile. This was the first time he had heard of such a thing.
"A fan called Mu Yuchen. He's in Guangzhou." Lu Benjie said, "But he previously tipped you quite a bit on the website. It shouldn't be less than 100,000! Furthermore, he also put in a lot of effort to organize the fans to clear your name. "
"Is that so?" Yang Yi was a little surprised and said, "Then if he comes to the signing event in Guangzhou, remember to tell me … Forget it. You can make an appointment with him. I'll treat him to a meal!"
Yang Yi's second request was for him to interact more with the fans on his personal website.
"It's impossible to interact every day!" Yang Yi said to Lu Benjie. "Set it to once a week. I will appear at random times."
Lu Benjie also recorded it.
"As for the last request." Yang Yi pointed at the screen and smiled, "If you want me to sing for the fans at the signing event, that's not a problem. Furthermore, I want to sing a new song for everyone, a new song that belongs to them!"
Lu Benjie's face was filled with excitement as he scribbled furiously. Then, he raised his head and asked, "What song? What's the name? "
Yang Yi smiled, "You'll know when the time comes!"
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