Reborn Tycoon Rise

"Write a novel?" Xu Zhi repeated with a frown.

Shen Baoxin nodded and said: "Yes, almost a million words will be enough. As for the manuscript fee, it is definitely not a problem."

Xu Zhi smiled and shook his head: "I don't have time recently. Besides, as a shareholder of Jiahe Daily, I help my competitors write novels, and I can't explain it to Zou Wenhuai!"

Shen Baoxin asked: "Will the contract between Xu Sheng and Zou Wenhuai have such restrictions?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said, "That's not true."

Shen Baoxin smiled and said: "Xu Sheng's novels are well written, but his conduct as a person needs to be improved a bit. When doing business in this society, as long as it does not break the law or violate the contract, there is no right or wrong.

Everyone is here to make money. Just because Zou Wenhuai invested in you, you can't do anything for him, right? Because someone is kind to you, you want to share all the good things about yourself with them. This is one of the most immature behaviors. "

Xu Zhi thought for a while, nodded and said: "It makes sense, but I am also a shareholder of Jiahe Daily, so it is still wrong to write a novel for you."

Shen Baoxin shook his head and said: "No matter how good the novel is, it must have channels. Our Ming Pao is very famous throughout Southeast Asia. If Xu Sheng's novel is serialized in our Ming Pao, it will be very effective in promoting your reputation. Once you become famous, you "Kunlun" or future novels will also become more famous, and the publicity of Jiahe Daily is also a good thing, isn't it?"

Xu Zhi smiled: "Director Shen is really good at negotiating. I'm a little excited, but it's unlikely that I will write any more novels these days."

Shen Baoxin asked: "Because of the movie?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "That's right. And writing novels takes too much time. I don't have that much energy."

Shen Baoxin frowned and said, "I wonder if Xu Sheng has heard of the survivor effect?"

Xu Zhi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it."

Shen Baoxin said: "During World War II, the wings of British aircraft were full of holes, so the air force officers at the time decided to strengthen defense. However, the wings of the aircraft involve airflow balance, and adding protective panels will also increase the weight and impact of the aircraft. Balance, so the officer went to consult a flight professor.

After the professor learned about the situation, he asked: 'Why do you want to strengthen the wings'?

The officer said: 'Because there are holes in the wings? '

The professor smiled and said: 'But even though there are holes in the wings, the planes all came back successfully. What you should consider is what happened to the planes that didn't come back? '"

Xu Zhidao: "Other parts should be strengthened, rather than the wings being full of holes."

"Yes, in fact, people today are the same. They only see the surface and ignore the underlying problems." Shen Baoxin said with a smile: "I don't know the specific situation of movies, but I know that many people enter this field and lose money. It's serious, but most people only see Li Xiaolong's success and think that movies are very profitable, but they don't see how many losers actually lost their money behind the success.

Xu Sheng can stop and write novels with peace of mind. What he will get is not only income, but also the gains in fame in the future will have even greater benefits. "

Xu Zhi nodded and smiled: "Understood, this time is just to test the waters. As for the novel, I am unlikely to write it again, but I have several detailed outlines. According to the outline, you can arrange for the writers to write the novel, but the novel The copyright must belong to me, and Mingpao can have the serialization rights. In addition, I also need Mingpao to do something for me."

Shen Baoxin frowned and said, "Is it just an outline?"

Xu Zhidao: "Yes, I will tell you some of the contents of the outline, but the details will have to wait until the contract is signed."

"The outline will be confirmed by the investigation later." Shen Baoxin asked again: "What is the other thing?"

Xu Zhidao: "I want Mingpao's homepage advertisement any day in the future. I believe Mingpao should have a way to solve it!"

Shen Baoxin paused and asked, "Do you want to promote the movie?"

Xu Zhidao: "Yes."

Promoting movies in newspapers is a common promotional method, but the home page of a top newspaper like Ming Pao Oriental is extremely expensive. It is usually the favorite of local real estate or daily necessities companies. Very few small film companies are willing to invest in this. .

Shen Baoxin said: "I can give it a try and have someone contact the advertisers these days. According to our contract, if you breach the contract, you will have to pay three times the price. You have to pay the money. And if the customer doesn't agree, we won't force it." Default, so there’s no commitment.”

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Okay, okay, then we have decided. The copyright of Kunlun will be given to Ming Pao. I will get 300,000 royalties, which will be paid immediately. However, if Ming Pao cannot get the advertising space on the home page, the novel will be abandoned in the future."

Shen Baoxin frowned and said, "Then if I do everything you asked for, then when will the outline of the novel be shown to us? We have to set a time, right?"

Xu Zhidao: "Then if I tell you a time, can Mingpao promise to serialize my novel in Mingpao Daily?"

Shen Baoxin thought for a moment and said, "This must be confirmed by Lao Cha, but we can prepare the contract first for the previous requirements."

Naturally, lawyers will sort out the contract matters later. The two of them just reached a rough verbal agreement. After Shen Baoxin sorted out a few rough agreements, he showed them to Xu Zhi for confirmation, and then gave the documents to his secretary for him to Send to the Legal Department.

Afterwards, the two chatted casually for a while. The office door suddenly opened and a familiar face walked in and said, "Sorry, I'm late."

Shen Baoxin smiled and said: "Lao Cha, you're not too late. Xu Sheng and I just agreed on cooperation?"

Xu Zhi stood up and shook hands and said, "Hello, Cha Sheng."

After Jin Yong shook hands, he smiled and motioned for Xu Zhi to sit down, and said, "I don't know how Xu Sheng wants to cooperate with our Ming Pao."

Shen Baoxin smiled and said, "Let me do the talking."

The plot of the cooperation was relatively simple, and it was finished in a short time. After listening to it, Jin Yong said: "I wonder if Xu Sheng has thought about the theme of the next film."

Xu Zhidao: "I have two story themes here. One is about the Ming Dynasty. It mainly tells about the separation of powers in the court in the middle of the Ming Dynasty. On one side was the force headed by Dongchang. They were ambitious, ruthless and cruel. , conspired to usurp the throne and murder Zhongliang. The other party was Hulong Villa, another powerful force established by the uncle of the current emperor. Under its banner were the four secret spies of Heaven, Earth, Xuanhuang, and it also involved Central Plains martial arts and Japanese masters. I don’t know what Cha Sheng thought of it. ?”

Jin Yong thought for a while and shook his head: "This is not consistent with history. The princes of the Ming Dynasty cannot have real power."

"..." Xu Zhi complained secretly: "It sounds like your book is very historical!"

After thinking about it, Jin Yong smiled and said: "Sorry, I care too much about history. If you ignore this point, the subject matter is indeed okay. The relationship between the ancient court and the martial arts has always been difficult to deal with, so if Xu Sheng wants to write like this , the rationality in it is very important.”

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Understood."

Jin Yong asked again: "What about the other one?"

Xu Zhidao: "The other one is not a martial arts novel, but is taken from the story of A Chinese Ghost Story in Liaozhai. This one I plan to write a magical romance novel in ancient costume. The main setting is that righteous people, mainly Xuanxin Zhengzong, in order to stop the devil. Seven generations of enemies from the Yin Yue Dynasty, the leader of the religion, when the demon attacks the Seven Evils..."

Xu Zhi slowly told the settings of the TV series "A Chinese Ghost Story", but it was only the first half, and it was not very detailed. However, Jin Yong and Shen Baoxin were very interested and asked a lot of questions. Although they were still I'm very curious, but I haven't read the novel after all, so I can't ask many questions.

Speaking of Chen Shisan, no one may know who he is, but when it comes to his wife, many people born in the 1980s must be familiar with her: Ma Xiaoling, the long-legged goddess.

Chen Shisan is the most famous genius screenwriter in Hong Kong. He created My Date with a Zombie and the 2003 version of A Chinese Ghost Story, both classics in the history of Hong Kong TV.

Xu Zhi also liked these two TV series in later generations, but now he is not capable of filming TV series, and if he writes novels, he does not have the writing skills. Now he is using it to attract the idea of ​​​​Mingpao, and he will find a way to find a writer later. , you can not only get help from Ming Pao now, but also gain fame and subsequent copyrights, killing three birds with one stone.

After taking a sip of strong tea, Jin Yong smiled and said: "How about this, Xu Sheng can serialize this novel in our Ming Pao. I am very interested in this novel."

Xu Zhi nodded and said: "Don't worry, Mr. Cha, as long as we cooperate, when I complete the outline, I will definitely cooperate with Mingpao."

Jin Yong looked at the time and said, "Okay, then let's have dinner together at noon!"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "No, I have made an appointment with someone else and will leave later."

Shen Baoxin said, "Can Xu Sheng wait a moment?" After saying that, he got up and went out to say a few words to his secretary.

After returning, he said: "The legal department has prepared a contract. If Xu Sheng has no other problems, we can sign the contract."

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Okay."