Everyone nodded in agreement. "That's right! We'll have everything as long as we do a good job! It's just like Tengda's other departments. As long as we do a good job with our products, we'll eventually become popular even if we don't advertise them on purpose! "
Cui Geng looked at Yu Fei who was stuffing his face and asked, "How's the situation on your side? When are you releasing your new book? "
Yu Fei held the lobster in one hand and took a big bite. "New book? My game is going online at the end of this month. Do you think I'll have time to write a new book? "
"What about you, Old Cui?"
Cui Geng did not expect Yu Fei to ask such a question. Embarrassed, he coughed and said, "I'm writing, I'm writing."
Yu Fei observed his expression and asked, "Have you created a new folder?"
Cui Geng was stumped by the question.
If Yu Fei had asked him how many words he had written, he would have said that the beginning was almost done. However, Yu Fei's question was so specific and basic that he felt embarrassed to lie …
Cui Geng laughed dryly. "Look at what you're asking. Have you created a new folder? Folder … not yet. I'll start next Monday. "
Yu Fei scoffed. "You think I don't know that you're a pigeon?"
"I think you really don't know how lucky you are. You finished the book earlier than me and started it later than me. Although I have to develop games every day, I've already finished the outline when I was free. I just didn't have time to write it. "
"Yet, you have nothing to do all day, so you're pigeonholing!"
"I should have gone to your readers' group to expose you!"
Cui Geng was a little embarrassed. "Stop scolding, stop scolding. My child is going crazy from all the scolding. I'll create a new folder when I get back!" Huang Sibo smiled.
"Yu Fei, I'm afraid it's useless for you to expose Cui Geng. That's because your readers urge you every day because they know that you can write. Even if you're working on games, you can squeeze some time to write. However, Cui Geng's readers don't urge him because they know that it's useless because he won't write even if they urge him!"
Everyone could not help but burst into laughter. Cui Geng's face was flushed as he kept saying things like 'How can I pigeon collect materials', 'I'm accumulating materials for my new book', 'The most important thing when writing a book is finding the right direction and not stupidly accumulating materials'. The atmosphere was filled with joy.
Lu Zhiyao asked, "Brother Huang, when will the next movie be filmed? What are you filming? "
Cui Geng took the opportunity to change the topic and said, "Yeah, what's the next movie? The authors in the inspiration class are also looking forward to it. "
After confirming the adaptation plans for Eternal Samsara, Successor, and Executor College, the authors of the inspiration class saw hope, so they were very motivated. There was already a batch of new works in the inspiration class.
Although most of his works were incomplete, he could already see some clues.
Huang Sibo said, "I haven't decided yet. It depends on Boss Pei."
"Fei Huang Workspace still has a lot of follow-up work to do in the short term. For example …"
"We're talking to a company in the US. 'Successor' might be sold to the US!"
Cui Geng was stunned. "Huh? Is there such a thing? Export for domestic sale? Oh no, domestic sales to export? Oh, that's not right … "
As the original author, he was completely dumbfounded.
That was because most people in Fei Huang Workspace, including him, had never thought that this show could be sold to the US.
Back then, they had set the filming location in the US because they had considered the location and actors. The effect would be more authentic.
However, this drama was not even considered to be screened in the United States because its spiritual core was anti-superhero. It was incompatible with the cultural soil of superheroes.
Therefore, it could be said that this was a show with a Western cultural background but a domestic cultural background. It was specially for domestic audiences.
Would the audience there buy it if it was sold to the US? Everyone felt that it was unreliable.
However, since Huang Sibo had said that, it was obvious that some companies in the US were interested in this show. That was why they were talking about cooperation.
Huang Sibo explained. "At the moment, the largest streaming media platform in the US, NLX, has already contacted us through the co-producers of 'Successor'. They said that they want to buy 'Successor' at a high price and put it on NLX platform for exclusive online broadcasting. Other than that, two television stations have also thrown an olive branch to us, hoping that 'Successor' can be broadcast on their television station. For example, one of them is the very famous HPO television station."
"We're still discussing the price, but we're sure that it won't be too low. That's because the domestic figures for 'Successor' are very beautiful and very popular. The platforms in the US are also very interested in the content of this show. "
Even Cui Geng, the original author, was in disbelief. "They're actually very interested in this content? This doesn't make sense. This is completely incompatible with traditional superhero themes! They're defaming them! "
Huang Sibo smiled. "At first, I was very confused, but after chatting with them, I understood why they liked this show."
"Indeed, they have a different perspective from us. They can't understand why domestic audiences like 'Successor'. However, they have another dimension of evaluation. "
"I'll say two keywords and you'll know why: conspiracy theory and distrust of the higher-ups."
"Therefore, compared to domestic audiences, there might be a huge difference in their understanding of this show. But the interesting thing is that they will all think that this is a good show! "
Cui Geng carefully pondered over the two keywords that Huang Sibo had mentioned.
"Conspiracy theory? Distrust of the higher-ups? "
"Oh, I understand now!"
Cui Geng was enlightened.
It was true that foreign audiences might like 'Successor', but their understanding would definitely be completely different from domestic audiences!
A large portion of foreign audiences were rife with anti-intellectualism and conspiracy theories. They were filled with deep-rooted distrust of the higher-ups.
Due to the long period of happy education and anti-intellectualism, many middle and lower class people abroad had lost the most basic scientific literacy in this environment. However, they definitely could not push all the blame onto the people. On one hand, this was the result of a long-term policy of ignorance. On the other hand, it was also because the Western higher-ups had always been notorious!
Many foreign citizens liked conspiracy theories. Why? Because such things could really be done by the higher-ups of foreign countries!
For example, using the excuse of vaccination as an excuse to do human experiments and remove the organs of illegal immigrants. Many pieces of news had been exposed. Under the baptism of such news, how could there not be conspiracy theories? How could they trust the higher-ups?
And this widespread atmosphere provided the soil for the success of "Successor" overseas.
The amazing thing about the story of "Successor" was that it had two completely different interpretations under the background of Eastern and Western cultures. Furthermore, both of them made sense!
There was no need to say much about the image of "Successor" in the eyes of domestic audiences. Many previous film reviews had already analyzed it very thoroughly.
However, in the eyes of foreign audiences, it was very likely to have a different image.
First of all, it was in line with foreign audiences' mentality of conspiracy theories and distrust of the higher-ups.
Superheroes were alluding to the higher-ups of foreign countries. However, not only would foreign audiences not be angry, they would also feel that it made sense!
Secondly, some domestic audiences might not be able to feel the innuendo, especially the parts that might stimulate foreign audiences.
For example, in the world of "Successor", money was a sign of whether a person was successful or not. A person's value depended on his net worth. Phil had done all sorts of bad things, but he had succeeded. The subdivision of various ethnic groups and politically correct labels were all over the talent show "Successor" …
In the eyes of domestic audiences, this was sarcasm.
However, in the eyes of foreign audiences, this was not sarcasm at all. It was a very normal setting. It was part of the basic setting of the show. It was reasonable!
They might even be touched by the "relationship" between Phil and that black student because this was in line with their politically correct standards …
That was because "Successor" had shown the entire story from an objective and neutral perspective when it was filmed. It did not have much personal bias, so it could be interpreted from any angle.
In fact, some foreign audiences might even like Phil. They thought that he was very mobile and had strong execution skills. He had won the game within the rules. Even though he had played some dirty tricks, it was enough to prove that he was a capable leader. He was much better than the superheroes from before.
Even if they ignored these contents, there was another important point. There were too many superhero-themed stories and too few anti-superhero-themed stories.
For the sake of topicality and viewership ratings, these television stations had to do something different from other television stations to attract viewers.
And "Successor" was obviously a very suitable choice!
Cui Geng analyzed along Huang Sibo's train of thought and realized that this train of thought was quite smooth.
From the perspective of foreign audiences, there might really be people who would understand it that way!
As for the original meaning of "Successor", it was not important at all. That was because foreign audiences would not read domestic film reviews, nor would they care about how domestic audiences interpreted the show. They would only care about the content they saw and use their own methods to interpret it.
Yu Fei was a little puzzled when he saw Cui Geng's enlightened expression. "Aren't you the original author? It's fine if others are enlightened, but you? Do you think it's appropriate? Did you write this book or not? "
Cui Geng was even more embarrassed. Indeed, a good brother's critical hit was heart-wrenching. He quickly coughed twice. "Of course I wrote it, but Boss Pei was the one who pointed out the general direction to me …"
"I can only say that I've also drawn some inspiration from the game 'Struggle' during the creative process. I'm more focused on the expression of reality instead of being obsessed with empty preaching. That's why there are two completely opposite ways of interpreting it …"
"But that's good too. No matter what, it's a huge step forward for 'Successor' to be screened in the United States! Many domestic big-budget movies want to be screened in the United States but don't have this way! "
Yu Fei sighed. "Sigh, at the end of the day, it's still Boss Pei who leads us."
"Alright, let's have another toast to Boss Pei!"
Everyone raised their glasses. "To Boss Pei!"
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