Has Big Shot Fallen in Love Today?-Chapter 926: Everything Is Ready

People from Gu Jiahui’s company went to the small producer’s company and bought the project for two hundred thousand.

The project would expire in a year and the copyright would return to the author.

So, people from Gu Jiahui’s company went to meet the novel’s author.

The author’s pen name is "Palace Taoist," and he was quite surprised to hear that Guanghong Media’s subsidiary production company was interested in his novel.

He is a freelance writer and hasn’t signed with any company.

The temporary head of the copyright department at Gu Jiahui’s company told him they wanted to buy out the project for five million; if he writes sequels, they would buy them out for one million per book.

The author makes a living by writing small articles every month, leading a very frugal life.

He releases a book only about every three years.

With the current downturn in the publishing industry, he remains an obscure author. The money from each publication isn’t enough to cover three years of expenses.

Therefore, at forty, he still lives in his parents’ house, unmarried, unemployed, absorbed in writing novels.

He really has talent.

However, sometimes talent does not necessarily translate into income.

The last time he sold the copyright to "Kunlun Snow Jade," it was only for a hundred thousand, yet it made him happy for quite a while.

Unexpectedly, now a big company approached him, offering five million to buy out the rights and one million for each sequel, a price that left the author stunned.

"I..." He opened his mouth, not knowing what to say.

The company copyright department’s head, seeing his hesitation, took him to Guanghong Media to meet with Gu Jiahui and Sheng Tang.

The author recognized Sheng Tang.

Sheng Tang is one of the most popular movie stars in recent years.

"I’m real," Sheng Tang smiled at him, "We’re not fooling you. I really like your novel, so I want to buy it to make a movie."

The author warmly shook hands with Sheng Tang: "It’s my honor that you like it."

He signed the collaboration.

The company first transferred the buyout fee of five million to him. If he doesn’t want to write a sequel, he would still get a copyright fee of ten thousand for any subsequent works; if he is willing to write, it would naturally be one million per book.

However, he would not receive a share of the film’s revenue.

At such a price, it’s considered very generous anywhere.

The contract was signed.

Thus, Bo Yue Film and Television acquired its first IP.

Next would be developing it into a movie.

They needed a producer.

"Should we get Luo Yishan?" Sheng Tang asked.

Luo Yishan was the producer of "The Road to the Top." In recent years, he and Wang Sheng started their own studio, which seemed to be doing alright. Of course, they don’t have much money, and they haven’t had any big successful projects.

Gu Jiahui: "He’s not bad."

"If we get Luo Yishan, we might as well hire Wang Sheng to direct, he is truly talented and can make any genre of film turn out well." Sheng Tang said.

Gu Jiahui disagreed, thinking it was too risky.

"Getting Wang Sheng is not as good as getting Fei Muzhi. Fei Muzhi understands fantasy dramas well. With the tomb-robbing theme, there are many fantasy elements to tackle." Gu Jiahui said.

"That’s also a good choice." Sheng Tang said.

Both Wang Sheng and Fei Muzhi are directors they had collaborated with. Fei Muzhi is also a signed director with Guanghong Media, making it easier to hire him.

"As for the actors, we can let the director and producer choose. However, I want to play the Kunlun Goddess, and I want the role of the male lead’s brother Liu Mu to be left for Qian Zhe Lin." Sheng Tang said.

"Qian Zhe Lin?"

"Yes, he’s been having a tough time recently. The TV series he and Yin Tong collaborated on might not even air. Even if it does, it won’t be on satellite, it’ll likely go the web series route, which will impact him significantly." Sheng Tang said.