China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Liu Cixin had never thought about winning the Hugo Award before, but in the past, it was just a wild thought, just like the fantasy of a lottery player about winning a million-dollar jackpot. But now that he was stimulated by Li Mu, his heart

It immediately became lively.

Yes, it’s not like he hasn’t read Hugo Award-winning works. In terms of level, he is definitely good enough!

A few months ago, he encouraged Li Mu to bravely take the first step in writing. Now that Li Mu is aiming for the Hugo Award, he is shrinking back?

This is not possible!

"You're right. Hugo Award-winning works are just that. If others can get it, we can get it. I will write a good article when I go back this time, no matter which one of us wins it in the end.

This award is a good thing for the Chinese science fiction community."

Li Mu shook his head and said: "It's still wrong."

Liu Cixin was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "It's not that who of the two of us will win the Hugo Award, but that both of us will definitely win the Hugo Award. The difference is just a matter of sooner or later. What I just said depends on which of the two of us can win the Hugo Award 'first'"

The award is not about who can win the Hugo Award."

Many editors in the private room were stunned when they heard this.

Everyone thought that Li Mu's appetite was big enough, but now it seems that everyone still underestimated Li Mu's appetite.

See what he just said?

“It’s not about which one of us will win the Hugo Award, but that both of us will definitely win the Hugo Award!”

Listen to this.

I really think of the Hugo Award as a nook and cranny award.

Liu Cixin's heart suddenly became very hot, and he even had a vague urge to sit down in front of the computer and create.

Then Li Mu added: "The problem with science fiction is that the circle is too small and too closed. If science fiction writers want to break through the ceiling, they must find ways to break through the circle and find ways to let people who are not in the science fiction circle know about your works. What I just said

The Hugo Award is just one way to break the circle. In fact, there are other ways to break the circle."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Li Mu continued: "Just like film and television adaptations, let's take Brother Liu as an example. If Brother Liu's work "The Wandering Earth" is adapted into a movie tomorrow and the box office sells is 400 million,

Audiences across the country are enthusiastically discussing "The Wandering Earth", which is even more popular than "Hero" directed by Zhang Yimou and has become a truly phenomenal movie. So, do you think Liu Ge's novels will break through the small shackles of the science fiction circle in the future?

Will the sales of the novel reach 100,000, 200,000, 500,000, or even one million?"

"Of course it's possible!" Li Mu said decisively.

"So, film and television adaptations can also help science fiction writers break out of the circle."

Liu Cixin sighed and said: "If the film and television adaptation is a big success, of course it can help writers break out of the circle, but film and television adaptation is not that easy. Now let alone the successful adaptation of my work, the influence will exceed that of "Hero", even if it can be adapted normally

If it's released, or even if someone is willing to adapt it, I'll be grateful."

This is what Li Muxin said.

Because he knew that Liu Cixin would later sell the film and television copyright of his novel "The Three-Body Problem" for a mere 100,000 yuan. The couple who bought the copyright of "The Three-Body Problem" sold it for 120 million yuan a few years later.

At that time, "The Three-Body Problem" was already Liu Cixin's best-selling work, and it still only sold 100,000.

The best work, the film and television rights were sold at a low price of 100,000, which is enough to show how low Liu Cixin's expectations were at that time.

However, Liu Cixin's expectations for the film and television copyright value of his works are low, which is exactly a good thing for Li Mu.

So he said: "Brother Liu, you have to believe me, I know movies. In August 2004, Cheng Long went to the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum of Qin Shihuang to film. My parents happened to work in the museum. I had the opportunity to get in touch with Cheng Long, so I figured it out.

I wrote a script based on Cheng Long’s preferences, and as expected, Cheng Long fell in love with it.”

"In the end, the film was jointly invested by Cheng Long and Xiying Film Studio, with an investment of nearly 60 million. I served as the deputy director and screenwriter, and my uncle served as the editor and had final editing rights. Now the film is in post-production."

"What I mean by this is that since I said that Brother Liu's novel is suitable for adapting into a movie, it will not be unreasonable, but there must be a reason for what I said."

"The investment in science fiction movies is generally very large. Judging from the current number of domestic screens, theaters, and the overall market situation, it is indeed not suitable to make hugely expensive science fiction films at this stage, but the domestic film market will definitely become more and more popular."

Sooner or later, the domestic film market will prosper to the extent that it can accommodate these large-investment science fiction films. I always firmly believe that this is only a matter of time."

"Once the conditions are ripe in the future, I will definitely invest in China's own science fiction blockbusters, and several of Brother Liu's science fiction novels are very suitable for adaptation in my eyes."

Liu Cixin fell silent.

On the one hand, Li Mu's words were very useful to him, but on the other hand, they made him feel that Li Mu was exaggerating.

He said that he was optimistic about his science fiction novel, and he also said that his science fiction novel was suitable to be adapted into a movie, but would he be willing to use real money to buy the film and television rights of his science fiction novel?

Most likely not.

Therefore, the so-called optimism is actually just talk.

At this time, I heard Li Mu say: "I don't have much money at the moment, otherwise I would definitely buy the film and television rights to Brother Liu's novel as soon as possible."

Liu Ci thought about the news: "Sure enough, otherwise it means definitely not, and optimistic means just talk."

Then I heard Li Mu say: "But it's okay now. "The Hunger Games" is selling well in the United States. It is expected that I will have funds flowing in within a few months. I just don't know if I want to use this funds to buy Brother Liu."

As for the film and television rights of the novel, Brother Liu, will you sell it?"

"Do you really want to buy it?" Liu Cixin was really surprised now.

Li Mu nodded.

"I want to choose two works from Brother Liu's novels first. As for the price of the copyright..."

Li Mu thought for a while and finally came up with a price that he thought Liu Cixin could accept without deviating too much from the current market price.

"How about just 300,000? Buy two movies first, 300,000 each."

300,000 is almost the current price ceiling for script adaptations. In August, Cheng Long, hoping to use Li Mu's father's affection, offered the script fee for "Hurricane Rescue" at 300,000.

In fact, from the perspective of future generations, it is appropriate to buy the copyright of Liu's works at a price of 500,000 per unit, but Li Mu feels that there is no need to purchase the copyright at a price much higher than the current market price.

Sometimes if you bid too high, it will make the other party feel guilty and not know what kind of medicine you are selling.

Now he has bought the copyright at a price that does not exceed the highest price in the market. When the copyright price skyrockets in the future, Liu Cixin will definitely feel that he has lost money. At that time, Li Mu can ask Liu Cixin to be a consultant for his own movies and give Liu Cixin part of the income through consulting fees.

, and when the time comes, he can also use this to ask Liu Cixin to help promote the movie, so sharing part of the profit does not necessarily mean he has lost money.

But what Li Mu didn't expect was that when he told the price of 300,000 per unit, the atmosphere in the entire private room would be different.

Everyone looked at Liu Cixin with envy in their eyes.

Each one is 300,000, so two copies are 600,000.

600,000, for this era, especially for science fiction writers of this era, is truly a huge sum of money.

After Liu Cixin saw that Li Mu didn't seem to be joking, he immediately agreed.

"Which two do you want to buy?"

Li Mu thought for a while and said: ""The Wandering Earth" and "Rural Teacher"."

Liu Cixin nodded and said: "Okay."