Chapter 628
This film and television literature copyright auction is quite famous. It is co-organized by many publishing houses, Yanjing International Copyright Trading Center, Yanjing Municipal Government, China Text Copyright Association, and twelve cultural media companies. It has also been guided and assisted by the China Writers Association, China Screenwriters Association, China Radio and Television Association and other units.
Of course, the grand event created by so many institutions together was very extraordinary. When Lin Han arrived at the scene, he found that many acquaintances were here!
In addition to the Renmin University Press, he is also the most familiar with Renmin University Press, Literature and Art Publishing House, Ping An Publishing Group, Origin, China Film News, and many other well-known domestic copyright holders, as well as the dean of the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University, the president of China Film Newspaper, the vice chairman of the National Writers Association, the vice chairman of the Screenwriter Association, and the tycoon of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
After Zhao Han saw his money tree coming, he immediately walked to Lin Han. He stretched out his hand and shook it before saying, "I didn't expect you to participate in this event. How was the movie filmed?"
"It's going smoothly. Although it's a bit twists and turns, it's expected."
Lin Han didn't understand why the publishing society came to such an auction conference. Did they have the copyright in their hands?
At this time, the rest of the people recognized Lin Han and the other people. Han Yongchun, the president of Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House, walked up to Lin Han. He sighed and said, "I have always known that Xiaolin, you are a rising star, but I didn't expect that so young, we old guys are ashamed!"
"Yes, I heard that many film companies from Hollywood came here this time, and they all came for your copyright." Bi Junfeng of Phoenix Media Group looked a little young, but he was also in his forties.
"Xiaolin, the door of our Chongwen Bookstore is always open to you. If you feel like you want to change places one day, you can find us. The royalties of 30% or even higher are not a problem. Mr. Zhao, are you right?"
Zhao Han knew that Lin Han would be targeted by other publishing houses or publishing groups when he came over. He stood beside Lin Han and introduced carefully: "The person who just joked with you was Mr. Song from Chongwen Bookstore, and Mr. Bi next to him was the head of Phoenix Culture Media Group, and Mr. An Ning, vice chairman of the China Writers Association, there was Mr. An Ning."
"You guys are so proud of me. I am just a regular novelist. I have a hobby of making movies. I can't praise you so much!"
Lin Han came here specifically to make his novels sell at a higher price. If he appears, those film production companies should sell them a little bit. Who makes his company short of money now?
The person in charge of Elephant Publishing House never thought that he could poach the enemy on the spot, but now Lin Han has planted a seed, and I don’t know when it will bear fruit.
During the following time, Lin Han kept saying hello to others. Even though he had a good memory, he couldn't help but feel dizzy. This is why he rarely appears in public.
Fortunately, the organizer of the conference saved him at this time. Under the reminder of the host, Lin Han found his place and met with Miao Hong.
Just now, Miao Hong used his connections in the Hollywood area and went to explore the film and television companies there, and found that not only Hollywood, but also many domestic film companies are looking forward to Lin Han's novels!
"Which company do you think will pay a high price today?" Lin Han's goal was to use these two copyrights to raise some funds, and it would be impossible not to slaughter it hard.
Nowadays, many novels that I have never heard of can be sold for tens of millions of dollars, and these two novels should be much different!
Miao Hong shook his head. These are commercial secrets and others would not disclose them. However, he could detect clues from some people's expressions. "I don't know anything else, but my old boss, Sony Pictures, wants to make some improvement next year, so a friend revealed that they will do their best to get the adaptation rights of at least one novel, but I don't know which one they will target."
"Do your best." This is a public place, and it is not appropriate to talk about some private topics. Originally, Lin Han wanted to ask Miao Hong if he had asked a child care provider to help raise the price.
At this time, the leaders from the Yanjing Municipal Government began to speak on the stage. Lin Han was bored and simply looked at the catalog and introduction of the auction works provided by the auction organizer and found many interesting works!
These works were all from more than 600 works that were elected. After strict primary elections, they were finally shortlisted, representing the highest level of film and television literature in China. Of course, Lin Han's two novels almost got direct wild cards, and changed from fifty works to fifty-two.
Among these books are the "Jiangnan Trilogy" which once won the Mao Dun Literature Award, the novel "Book of the King" series created by Cao Wenxuan, a writer who won the International Andersen Award not long ago, and serious literary works such as "From Noon to Dusk" by writer Hu Xiwen!
Other online novels have also joined the adaptation ranks, including works such as "The God of War", "Back to the Qing Dynasty to Become a Prince", "Little Landlord of the Tang Dynasty", "The vast starry sky", "My beautiful president's girlfriend", "Two little girls without guessing", etc.
What surprised Lin Han the most was that the name of a TV series "Bao Qingtian" was actually added to the auction, and the copyright owner only auctioned the three words!
Although TV series related to Bao Zheng is emerging one after another every year, there are almost no TV series called Bao Qingtian without the pre-decoration and suffix, because these three words are the copyright registered by others!
"This is quite fun." Lin Han didn't expect that the copyright could still be played like this. If he didn't show up, Bao Qingtian would probably be responsible for the finale. After all, the TV movie adapted by Lord Bao Zheng was very popular and the mass base was very good.
After one leader after another finished speaking, the auctioneer in suits officially came to the front stage and started today's auction!
In order to have a good start, the organizer specially put the popular romance novel "The Most Beautiful Years" first. This kind of romance novel is the favorite of almost all TV series producers. It is also bloody and confusing and suitable for young actors to star in. There is no need to worry about the ratings.
So the price jumped from 3 million to 5 million, and even rushed towards 8 million, and was finally bought by a domestic film and television company!
In front of us is the era of big data, and the influence of works is the key to measuring, so this price is unexpected and reasonable.
In the following time, Lin Han truly saw what the IP frenzy is. The copyright of the most ordinary novel was sold for RMB 3.5 million, and no one failed to sell. Even the use rights of the three words "Bao Qingtian" were sold for RMB 12 million!
Crazy, so crazy!
It seems that these film and television producers are all tycoons, and these IPs are all roadside cabbages, so buy them at will!
"The next thing to be auctioned is the only science fiction romance novel by science fiction master Lin Han, "The Wife of the Time Traveler". This novel has infected countless people around the world, and love and waiting are regarded as the Bible by readers. Its global book sales have exceeded 8 million copies, and the cumulative number of online searches has reached 4 billion people, with a starting price of 3 million US dollars!"
Yes, when the rest of the novel transactions were settled in RMB, Galaxy Pictures, where Lin Han works, started to use US dollars, which is convenient for Hollywood to settle.
The starting price of US$3 million is directly higher than the IP with the highest price before, which is equivalent to RMB 20 million!
Many people at the scene squinted their eyes. Will anyone really buy it?
Their doubts didn't last for a few seconds. The companies that held up signs were dazzling. They waited for so long in front of them just for these last two novels, otherwise they wouldn't have come to this place at all.
Sony Pictures was the first to give a price of $3.1 million, while Legend Pictures was not inferior at all and did not take it too seriously!
“3.5 million!”
“3.6 million!”
“3.8 million!”
“4 million!”
The soaring prices made the publishing house's big shots envious, and also made many writers present particularly jealous. This is the money-making ability of top writers.
Obviously, these two are not particularly excellent IPs in Lin Han’s library, but these film production companies agree with it!
If "The Wife of Time Traveler" is made into a movie, many people will probably have a box office of about 300 million US dollars worldwide. If it explodes, it can reach about 500 million US dollars.
After all, the theme of love movies + science fiction is easy to gain a good reputation, but whether it can be converted into box office is unknown, but the price of several million US dollars is also a challenge for these companies!
After all, they still have to consider the issue of actors. There seem to be not many actresses who can hold the box office of romance movies. The pay for these actors is the top Hollywood, and the cost is much higher.
This is China, and there are more than one or two rich companies. Alibaba Pictures has begun to make efforts, and it gave a super high price of $7.5 million, which made Sony Pictures hesitate.
Sony Pictures' goal has always been "The Wandering Earth", because this work is grand enough and the film with too small structure is difficult to achieve high box office. They think that if the film is well made and promoted in place, it can hit the global $1 billion mark!
Unfortunately, the budget is limited, so they are unwilling to spend too much money on "The Wife of Time Traveler" to avoid being snatched by others when they get the novel they really want.
So when Alibaba Pictures officially filmed this science fiction romance novel, Lin Han was relieved, and the $7.5 million was really beyond expectations!
The next "The Wandering Earth" really gave people a sense of what appeal is. The starting price is $3 million, and it exceeded the $7.5 million just after three minutes, but no one stopped at all.
This is no longer something that domestic film companies can get involved. Even Huayi Brothers, Wanda Film and Television, and Alibaba Pictures can only watch Hollywood giants compete!
Sony Pictures looks like he is determined to win. Paramount Pictures and Lin Han have just tasted the sweetness of his cooperation and want to renew his relationship. Legend Pictures is rich and willful, and Fox is rich and generous without worrying. There are very few science fiction novels suitable for adapting into movies. Many people have even begun to fantasize about the way this novel looks like a movie in their heads.
The price has increased slightly, and in the end, the newcomer in the film industry, Legend Pictures, was earned by the film industry. It is actually with Wanda, and the price of 11 million US dollars has also become the king of today!
Chapter completed!