Director’s Legend

() Stephanie Meyer is a typical housewife with three children to take care of and her husband, Chris, who works as an accountant for a small construction company in the town of Cave Creek. She is a bit bloated and no longer has the good figure of her youth. Now she needs to spend a whole day to take care of her three children, the youngest of which is just over two years old.

On this day, as usual, she prepared fruits and drinks for the children, and then sat on the balcony basking in the warm sunshine. Holding a book paper exuding the fragrance of ink in her hand, this is a novel she has written in the past year. She reads it every day to feel the love between the lines.

This is a book about rekindling the love between her and her husband.

Mel, a BA, met her husband in college and got married in their junior year before they even graduated.

It's hard to imagine that a year ago, when prices rose, her husband had to work outside for a whole day to provide food and clothing for her and their three children. They were only in their thirties, but they both had gray hair. She once worried that her husband would divorce her because of her old age and difficult family life.

The ordinary life after marriage and her husband's indifference made her suffer from anxiety transfer disorder, which is a kind of obsessive-compulsive disorder, which makes her often fall into sad hallucinations. It was a chun~ dream, or the dream of seeing Chris in the early days, which saved her and became her comfort. In order to leave this beautiful dream behind, she began to write her own dream with a pen, and wrote a novel with tens of thousands of words.

In the novel, the heroine Bella is a portrayal of her in high school. She doesn't like famous brands or talk, but she is kind, brave and beautiful. The protagonist Edward is a vampire. She endows the protagonist with the superpowers she desires. She is always 17 years old, can read minds, can climb rocks and walk through the forest, sometimes elegant and sometimes prodigal.

She began to immerse herself in her novels, and no longer felt the pressure of life and the neglect of her husband. He read it every day before going to bed, until one day, when his husband read these papers, tears filled his eyes, hugged her and said, "The literary girl I love is finally back."

This awakened Mel, and it turned out that her husband liked her who wanted to be a writer at the beginning.

So, last year, in April 2004, she really started writing, expanding the novel to 200,000 words. It's just a pity that Mel, who was writing for the first time, didn't know how the work was, and kept it at home. A limited number of people have read this book.

This morning, as usual, she held the novel and started reading.

When reading about Edward and Bella meeting for the first time, Mel couldn't help thinking of the scene when her husband Chris met her for the first time, and a smile filled the corner of her mouth. At this moment, she heard the door of the house being opened.

"Gabby, is that you?" Mel called out, Gabe was her eldest son.

"Honey, it's me."

"Oh, Pancho, why are you back now?" Mel was a little surprised, Pancho was the nickname of her husband Chris.

"Hi, we have guests."

Mel went to the living room, and saw her husband leading in a man and a woman, two Asians, both very young. Chris said enthusiastically: "Honey, let me introduce you. This is Mr. Shao and Ms. Li from the mysterious China. I came here to see you."

"Visit me? I don't have any Chinese friends?"

Mr. Shao is naturally Shao Shuaijun, and said with a smile: "Ms. Mel, I am indeed here to visit you. You don't know us, but we are very familiar with you. Because I have read your novels, then This novel is called "Twilight", and I like it very much."

"Oh, Hello China Shao, thank you for your likes, how did you read it, I haven't published it yet?"

"Haha, I have a pen pal in the United States. He once told me about this novel, and I was so touched at the time. I asked him to find out that he read it from you, so I traveled thousands of miles. , came to visit you." Shao Shuaijun had already thought of the reason.

"Oh, is that Billy?"

"I don't know, I only know that his online name is Xiaobai. Why should we worry about who told me, in fact, I came today for a purpose." Shao Shuaijun went straight to the point, "I haven't read the specific novel, but I already know the general content of the story. I think this is a great novel. Once it is adapted into a movie, it will definitely be a hit. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. I am a director, a director from China, and my first film The movie "Buried Alive" will be released in North America soon."

"Really, you are so young."

Shao Shuaijun nodded at Li Xiuxiu, and Li Xiuxiu agreed: "It's like this, Mrs. Mel, my boss Shao Shuaijun is very optimistic about the market prospect of adapting this novel into a movie, and plans to buy all the copyrights of "Twilight". Willing to sell?"

"This..." Mel looked at Chris.

Chris nodded: "Of course, Mel's wish is to become a writer, and you will help her publish it, won't you?"

"Yes, since you agree, let's talk about the price."

"Twilight", now only Shao Shuaijun knows how popular it will be. As the first novel in the "Twilight" series, "Twilight" became popular all over the United States once it was published. In the United States alone, the "Twilight Saga" series of novels has sold more than 50 million copies, and more than 85 million copies worldwide.

Publishing is only a small income, and the real big one is the adapted movies. Shao Shuaijun remembers that he has adapted five movies in total. The first film was nearly 400 million US dollars worldwide, the second film was more than 700 million US dollars worldwide, and the third film was nearly 700 million US dollars worldwide. The fourth part broke 700 million U.S. dollars worldwide, and the fourth part sold nearly 700 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

This is simply Chi Guoguo's money grabbing.

"Harry Potter" can no longer be counted on. As a reborn, if you miss "Twilight", you can die.

With the confidence of future box office, Shao Shuaijun very generously signed a contract with Stephanie Meyer.

Shao Shuaijun is personally responsible for the distribution and publication of the novel, 60% of the royalties and profits belong to Mel, and 40% to Shao Shuaijun. All the adaptation rights except for the film adaptation rights are still reserved in Meier's hands, and the film adaptation rights belong to Shao Shuaijun. Shao Shuaijun will pay 500,000 US dollars for the adaptation fee of the first "Twilight", and at the same time promise that once the film is released, 2% of the box office will be used as a dividend for Mel.

Mel promised that he would continue to write no less than seven novels in the "Twilight Saga" series, and all subsequent novels would divide the copyright according to this ratio. If it does not exceed 100 million, according to the percentage of the income, the adaptation fee ranging from 1 million to 10 million US dollars will be paid.

For a newcomer, these terms are a jackpot. Shao Shuaijun considered lowering the standard, but he thought that the price given was too low. If Mel was not satisfied, it would be a loss if he didn't continue writing carefully. Shao Shuaijun has never studied this series of movies, but only watched them. He can't guarantee that he can make the original effect without Mel.

Therefore, vigorously win over.

Mel was very satisfied with these terms, especially the first income of $500,000, which made her overjoyed. The burden on her family is too heavy.

The contract was drawn up on the spot, signed and sealed, and taken to the notary office for notarization.

Telling Mel to write at home with peace of mind, Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu drove away, but the smile on the corner of their mouths could not be suppressed.

Earn big!