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Tom White talked about HP's development strategy and his appreciation for Lu Yanhe, which made Lu Yanhe realize one thing quickly: he is a very talkative person.

After chatting with Tom White for another half an hour, Lu Yanhe slowly figured out his purpose.

It turned out that he was interested in "Friends" and wanted to adapt "Friends" into an American TV series.

Lu Yanhe was stunned.

"Mr. White, although I am the screenwriter of "Friends", the copyright of "Friends" is not in my hands. If you want to buy "Friends", it's useless to find me. Its copyright is in the hands of Beijing and Taiwan, the TV station where it is broadcast." Lu Yanhe explained.

Tom White said: "I know, in fact, I also know that Maxine has bought the adaptation rights of "Friends."

Lu Yanhe looked at him puzzledly, "Then what do you mean by telling me the copyright of "Friends"?"

HP can't adapt "Friends" anymore.

Tom White said, "We want to cooperate with you. Please write another script like "Friends"."

"Huh?"

Lu Yanhe didn't expect that Tom White would find him for this purpose.

For such a cooperation invitation, Lu Yanhe really didn't dare to agree easily.

"Mr. White, I have several scripts in hand. I don't have time to take on new scripts for the time being. Besides, I'm not good at writing scripts in English." Lu Yanhe said.

Tom White said, "I know you are a very popular star in China and a new screenwriter who is very popular. However, you have also seen that "Friends" is so well written and filmed, but because your Chinese TV series have no dissemination channels, it is only a big hit in China. Now it is on Maxine, but it has not formed the same influence as in your China. You must know the reason for this, that is, you don't have a global platform that can be seen by global audiences, and you don't have a channel for global publicity."

Lu Yanhe frowned when he heard Tom White say this.

Because he knew that Tom White was right. Indeed, the domestic video platforms have not yet formed a certain user scale even in other Asian countries and regions, let alone the global scope.

Without global channels, no matter how popular the work may be, it will not be seen by people.

Lu Yanhe said: "Mr. White, you are right about this, I admit it, but it is not enough to impress me."

Tom White said: "To make a drama that audiences all over the world like, such a goal can not impress you?"

"No, this goal impresses me, but I have already written "Friends" on this theme. If you ask me to write another script with the same theme as "Friends", I will definitely not be able to write it better than "Friends." Lu Yanhe said, "So I said this can't impress me."

Tom White sighed with some regret and said: "This story has room for further development."

"But there are no characters. The six protagonists have already written the types of characters I want to write most about this theme. If I write more, I can only write characters that are very similar to them. Not only do I think they are similar, but the audience may also think they are similar."

After hearing this, Tom White said: "Then you don't plan to write sitcoms with urban backgrounds in the future?"

"Not in the short term." Lu Yanhe said bluntly.

Tom White sighed with regret.

"Okay."

Although they failed to reach a preliminary agreement on cooperation, Tom White did not change his attitude towards Lu Yanhe, nor did he get up and leave, but continued to chat with him.

"In recent years, I have been paying attention to the film and television market in mainland China. Its changes are so big and so fast that they are rare in the world." Tom White said, "Compared with Hollywood movies, our streaming media has never been able to get in."

Lu Yanhe: "Any country must have its own areas to defend, especially in this era, almost every field is experiencing unexpected contradictions and conflicts. Just like several platforms in our country, after they became popular in your United States, your government and judicial system found some high-sounding reasons to ban them."

Tom White nodded, "I don't mean to accuse or criticize, I know this very well, but facing such a huge market in mainland China, we are like seeing a gold mine but cannot participate in mining. You can definitely understand this feeling."

Lu Yanhe laughed.

Tom White's directness and frankness made Lu Yanhe have a better impression of him at this moment.

"Of course I understand, just like we also hope to let the whole world see Chinese-language TV series." Lu Yanhe said, "Actually, Mr. White-"

"Just call me Tom." Tom White said.

Although he looks more than ten years older than him, foreigners have such habits. Lu Yanhe knows it after watching so many TV series.

"Okay, Tom." Lu Yanhe laughed, "Although we can't cooperate on a drama like "Friends", we may be able to find other projects to cooperate on."

Tom White looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise, "Huh? Do you have any good stories in your hands?"

"I have indeed written several stories that are being filmed or have been completed, including the movie Rouge directed by Wang Zhong and the road comedy Lost on Journey starring Jia Long. In addition, there are two dramas that are about to be filmed, one is Squid Game, which is very similar to The Seventeenth Floor, and the other is our costume sitcom My Own Swordsman. These stories may not be suitable for adaptation into English dramas, but they should be popular in Asian countries and regions." Lu Yanhe said, "These projects have not yet been discussed for distribution outside of mainland China. If HP attaches importance to the Asian market and wants to get good works, maybe you can take a look at these."

Tom White showed some incredible surprise.

"You actually wrote so many scripts? If I remember correctly, you seem to have only started to be a screenwriter two years ago."

Lu Yanhe took out his panacea to answer.

"I only started to try to be a screenwriter because of Friends two years ago, but in fact I tried to write my own scripts a long time ago. The story of Lost on Journey was written when I was in my third year of high school."

The shock on Tom White's face faded a little, but he was still surprised.

"I've heard of Jia Long. He's a famous comedy movie star in China." Tom White said, "It seems that I really need to take a closer look at the projects you mentioned."

Lu Yanhe kept smiling.

"Of course, you won't be disappointed, Tom. I think we really have the potential to have a good cooperation." He said.

Chinese-language film and television dramas have always been influential in Asia, unlike in Europe and the United States, where there is almost no voice except for big directors.

It just so happened that HP found Lu Yanhe.

Lu Yanhe was not subtle and directly introduced his projects to Tom White. If it really can promote HP's cooperation with these projects, it would be a good thing. One more channel, more choices.

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There is more later today, so I will update it briefly first. (End of this chapter)