Rebirth of the Evil Life

w “That’s why I have a headache.” Lin Feng rubbed his temples.

The novel "Infinite Horror" is a novel that spans the ages and creates a genre. Its content is unconstrained and the elements involved are diverse. If it is well shot, it will definitely be a hit. If it's not shot well, it will become a super bad movie.

This is really a thought of hell and a thought of heaven.

But no matter how difficult it is, we still have to shoot.

After returning to Shanghai, after a day's rest, Lin Feng directly summoned the relevant senior executives of the China headquarters of 'Second Entertainment' to his conference room in the 'Light of the Century'.

"Everyone, I have decided to finance the filming of "Infinite Horror". Do you have any opinions?" Lin Feng told everyone about his decision.

Filming "Infinite Terror"! Everyone was surprised.

Everyone is familiar with this novel and the filming of this novel. As early as the establishment of the "Second Entertainment" China headquarters, everyone had heard about this matter. But none of them took it too seriously. After all, everyone had read this novel, but no one had any hope that this novel would be adapted into a movie. The reason is simple: the background is too grand and requires too many CG techniques. Yes, too much, not too high. Too high CG technology can be accomplished with the existing technological level. The real trouble is that there are too many CG technologies. This directly results in high costs. Coupled with the issues surrounding the copyrights of various original films and related actors, everyone simply gave up. But I never thought that Lin Feng would be filming again.

Immediately, everyone spoke out against it.

"Boss, I think investing in the filming of "Infinite Horror" is not a wise investment behavior. The ratio of investment and profit is too different." - Said the President of the China Headquarters of 'Second Entertainment'.

"Well, boss, I think so too. With the same investment, we can definitely get a greater return. And more importantly, filming "Infinite Horror" is too labor-intensive, and the time it takes to film "Infinite Horror" , you can use it to shoot a few Hollywood blockbusters. This is not cost-effective." - said the director of the marketing department of "Second Entertainment".

"Yes, I think so too!" Everyone voted against "Infinite Horror".

It's not that they don't support Lin Feng, but that they think such an investment is really not cost-effective for the company. Not only will it take up a lot of money, but it’s also thankless. Especially since this is an online novel, once it is flopped, it will receive overwhelming criticism from netizens. This kind of thing. This is definitely not what a profit-oriented company should do.

Lin Feng frowned. Lin Feng never expected that so many people would oppose it, and no one would agree.

This was a bit beyond Lin Feng's expectations.

"Boss, I think we should make more other movies. For example, the Wesley series. I think this will definitely be popular in the market. Moreover, the concept of Mr. Wesley's science fiction novels is completely different from mainstream Western science fiction novels. . His science fiction novels are often unexpected. And his ideas are very divergent. I think filming Wesley's novel will definitely bring fame and fortune." Silent, afraid that he would really have his own way. He quickly proposed a brand new plan.

For the Wesley series, the company has obtained all the copyrights for Wesley, but it has never been filmed. In the past few years, it has mainly invested in the filming of the "Legend of Sword and Fairy" series and several TV series. Originally, in terms of output, this was relatively low-yielding. But ‘Second Entertainment’ has always focused on quality over quantity. Only on the premise of ensuring quality will we consider shooting more movies or TV series. Now the trilogy of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is coming to an end, and "Jin Yong's Legend of Heroes" is also on track, so we can free up time to shoot new dramas.

The Wesley series is the best choice.

"Wesley?" Lin Feng curled his lips. He really wanted to shoot this, but he had agreed to Ni Kuang's offer. If he didn't, Lin Feng would be afraid that Ni Kuang would come and cause trouble for him. Ni Kuang is not Jin Yong. If he didn't take pictures, Jin Yong would at most laugh it off. As for Ni Kuang's book, he originally transferred all the copyrights to himself. If he kept holding back on filming, this old man might really come to kill him.

"Yes, boss, we can divide the Wesley series into two modes. One is the TV series mode, which can film Wesley's life in detail. The other is the movie mode, which selects the more exciting novels in the Wesley series and is suitable for adaptation. It can be made into a movie. For example, "Blue Bloods"." Seeing Lin Feng's hesitation, everyone quickly explained in encouragement, hoping that Lin Feng would change his mind and not make the movie "Infinite Horror" that gave people a headache.

"Also, boss, at the end of last year, Mr. Ni Kuang called us and asked us when we would film his novel. If we filmed it, we must inform him in advance so that he can come and participate in the screenwriting review."—— The writing team of 'Second Entertainment' also added a reason why Lin Feng must film the 'Wesley Series'.

Lin Feng frowned. Mr. Ni Kuang has already called me. How can I not take the photo?

"Okay, then let's vote for the 'Wesley Series'. Your writing team will be responsible for contacting Mr. Ni Kuang. Remember, you must entertain us well and don't show any neglect!" Lin Feng ordered.

"Yes, boss! We will definitely entertain Mr. Ni Kuang!" the screenwriter team said excitedly.

Of course, it’s not just the writing team that’s excited, the entire top management of ‘Second Entertainment’ is also excited. If Lam Feng doesn't make "Infinite Horror", that's definitely good news for the company. They were really afraid that it would be a thankless job in the end, and then they would lose money and get scolded. That would be too innocent.

"But "Infinite Horror" still has to be filmed!" Lin Feng's next sentence made everyone dumbfounded.

"Old...boss, what did you say?" everyone asked tremblingly.

"We will shoot the 'Wesley Series', but we will also shoot 'Infinite Horror'!" Lin Feng said categorically, "This is an order, no bargaining!"

Everyone suddenly became bitter. Why did we still have to make "Infinite Horror" after all the fuss? Although this novel was written by Lin Feng, it definitely belongs to the subject of online novels. It is too difficult to adapt this online novel into a movie. First of all, the plot is usually very long. You can say that a novel by Jin Yong is only a million words at most, which would require dozens of episodes of a TV series to be adapted. Internet novels can easily have millions of words, or even tens of millions of words. It is said that one book, "Rebirth: The Life of a Monster", already has 11 million words. 11 million words were written in three and a half years. Is this a human being? How could this be so long?

You said, how to adapt such a long novel? Of course, "Infinite Horror" doesn't have that many words, but it still has millions of words. How to adapt these millions of words? If nothing else, the work of screenwriting is long-lasting and energy-consuming. And if you adapt it even slightly, you will get scolded on the Internet.

Secondly, you have a script, right? Is the director willing to shoot it? There are so many elements, so dazzling. Is the director willing to shoot it? Which director is good at so many fields? Then there’s the CG technology. The most troublesome thing about online novels is that both the background and the fights all require CG. Especially in the later stages of online novels, they can destroy the world and even the universe with one move. To be honest, one CG scene like this would take several days and cost tens of thousands of dollars in production costs. And if this is the case throughout the entire article, it will definitely kill the CG technical team. The post-production computer production time can only be described as protracted.

Of course, these can all be solved with money. There are also some things that money cannot solve. For example, actors and actresses in online novels are mostly handsome men and beautiful women, especially the heroines, all of them are super beautiful women. This is not easy to solve. And they are all harem stallions. If this is actually filmed, whether it can pass the review of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television is also a question. If the photoshoot fails, that would be... tragic. You can't, it can only be produced abroad, only in China!

But no matter how difficult it was, Lin Feng said, this is an order, can they refuse it?

"First of all, the screenwriting team started to adapt. Remember that after the adaptation, you must give it to me for review. Secondly, they started to contact the directors, including well-known directors in the Chinese-speaking circle, to see who was interested and if they had any suggestions. Thirdly, As for the actors, you have to start thinking about whether to choose well-known actors or new ones." Lin Feng said, "You must give me a result within three days, otherwise, hum!"

After Lin Feng groaned a few times, he turned around and left with Lin Chiling.

The rest of the people in the ‘Second Entertainment’ were dumbfounded. Three days, this is really going to be a struggle.

"Haha, boss, that's so funny. The expressions on the faces of those supervisors just now were so funny!" After leaving the conference room, Lin Chiling couldn't help laughing.

In the conference room just now, the expressions of the senior executives of 'Second Entertainment' who were unwilling to be photographed, but were forced to do so, were really hilarious. Lin Chiling couldn't help laughing after seeing it. Of course, these people are not wrong either. After all, they are also motivated by profit, and filming "Infinite Horror" is indeed not very cost-effective. However, from the perspective of the 'Second Consortium', "Infinite Horror" must be filmed.

Maybe the movie can't make money, or even lose money, but if the game becomes popular, it will really make money. There are currently more than 500 million players in the ‘Second World’ worldwide. If one person spends $1 a month, that’s $6 billion in profit that year. In fact, players will spend more money. Currently, the most profitable game in the 'Second World' is 'World War'. As 'World War' enters the era of hot weapons and the 'World War I' dungeon is opened, every day's profits are spent on daily income. Indescribable.

According to the latest financial statistics, ‘Second World’ earns approximately US$34 million every day! This is calculated to be approximately US$12.4 billion per year. Excluding related expenses, the net profit for at least one year is tens of billions of dollars. Moreover, as the game progresses and the number of players increases, this number will increase.

The game industry has been turned into a huge cake with annual profits of up to 50 billion US dollars by Lin Feng. And it is still growing at a rate of at least 30% every year. Therefore, "Infinite Horror" must be filmed!

Later, Lin Feng announced the news on Weibo. . . )m