At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 123 "Sword" Invitation (34)

"Legend of Sword and Fairy" is no ordinary small game...

Genuine + pirated copies have sold about 2000 million sets!

In the "My Favorite Stand-alone Game" voted by the audience of the computer game magazine "Popular Software", "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been among the best for ten consecutive years.

In fact, some people have long been interested in the adaptation of "Sword of Heaven"!

Xu Xiaofang was the first person who contacted Daewoo for the adaptation rights...

It was Xu Xiaofang who spoke first: "I have talked with Daewoo for more than half a year. The main conflict is not price, but rights..."

"They limited the release and broadcast time of the TV series at that time. I disagree. The reason is very simple. I bought the right to adapt, that is, the copyright of the TV series after the adaptation belongs to me. Why should the time be restricted by you?"

"Daewoo's negotiating attitude seems to be that they funded it themselves and I was responsible for the filming; but in fact Daewoo didn't pay a penny! They also want a lot of rights!"

"The script has to be reviewed by them, and they are not allowed to develop related follow-up products without authorization. I can understand this. But after the filming is completed, only two years of broadcasting rights are given, which is incomprehensible..."

"How did it work out in the end?"

"Compromise, what else can I do?"

Speaking of this, Xu Xiaofang sighed: "My contract with Daewoo Company is 2 years. According to the usual practice, one and a half years is more than enough time from getting the adaptation rights to the start of filming. Daewoo Company has even considered releasing TV dramas at the same time. "Sword and Sword 1", a "Year of Sword and Sword" from the inside out"

Then, the investment company I contacted before, after more than a year of procrastination, nothing happened, and the money was lost again.

"This year, I finally met Tang Ren and Celestial Entertainment..."

When Tang Ren solved the problem of filming, Celestial Pictures solved the problem of distribution—Celestial Pictures brought Celestial Channel, a paid channel, and the company bought the Shaw Brothers film library, which has a market in Southeast Asia.

"Has the script been written?"

"It's almost done. We removed the content involving white seedlings, black seedlings, zombies, ghosts and gods in the game, and the irritating characters such as "Suppressing Prison King" and "Emperor Ghost" in the game were removed. Then, we And the part of practicing martial arts in the game is removed..."

"Remove the practice part? Why?"

"On the one hand, the special effects are not easy to do, and on the other hand...we think the key to "Sword" lies in the emotion..."

"Oh!"

Shen Xudong was noncommittal...

It's no wonder that in the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Li Xiaoyao used three moves over and over again. He could only smile evilly, strike with Yujian, and beat the enemy to the ground within a few times of jumping up and down...

Li Xiaoyao in the game has a bunch of brilliant skills, such as Xiaoyao Sword, Sword God, Tiangang Battle Qi, etc...

It's all gone!

The original source is here...

"So, do you have any comments on "The Immortal Sword"?"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment; "... Isn't the problem solved?"

The script is done, the distribution is done...

What are you looking for Shen Xudong at this time?
"Let me tell you!" Cai Yinong took over the conversation: "...On the one hand, I want you to read the script, on the other hand, we know that you have a very close relationship with Mr. Wu..."

……

It's been a long time... Is it to attract investment?

Speechless!

To find Shen Xudongla to invest?
"It's not so shallow, it's just a cooperation..."

Great relationship?

Yes, it does have something to do with it, after all, they fought in and out of the same cave, but Shen Xudong did it behind his back!
To be precise, he and Mr. Wu have only met three times, and they are not even friends...

"...Do you think that if "Sword of Heaven" is made into a TV series, will it be topical?"

"It's hard to say if there is any topic, I'm worried that the higher-ups won't approve it!"

"why?"

"Because this is a game adaptation... The attitude of the above towards online games is not very good."

Not only is it not very good, it was almost banned directly!
The "Notice on the Prohibition of Broadcasting Computer Network Game Programs" was promulgated, and computer games were uprooted from TV programs for a while.

Although the notice does not have any regulations on the TV series adapted from the game, but... no one can guarantee it!

After all, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a game adaptation, and to some extent it is indeed promoting the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy"...

Therefore, in the original time and space, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" did not get the right to star, but only got the right to broadcast on the terrestrial channel.

In other words, all satellite channels in the country will not broadcast "Legend of Sword and Fairy", which is why all TV stations that will broadcast this drama will not broadcast it on their satellite channels.

It was not until 08 that it was broadcast on Hebei Satellite TV in the first round...

Therefore, purely from the perspective of income, investing in "Sword" is not a good choice...

Besides, why should Shen Xudong help them be a lobbyist?

Xu Xiaofang interjected: "Online games are online games, and Xianjian is a stand-alone game. Moreover, we all got the right to shoot!"

Cai Yinong: "You are also a player of Xianjian, don't you want to see Xianjian adapted into a TV series?"

Shen Xudong scratched his head: "What I mean is that you'd better find a state-owned studio to jointly produce, even if the other party has a name and has an administrative background..."

"We've already contacted Shanghai Film..."

"Oh, then pretend I didn't say it!"

Shen Xudong shut up...

"Actually, find Mr. Wu..."

"Impossible, Mr. Wu wants to hold the role!"

Cai Yinong nodded: "We talked to Chen Hao, she has no idea about "Sword"..."

It seems that everyone is very familiar with the relationship between Mr. Wu and Chen Hao...

Why is Chen Hao not interested?

Nonsense, Chen Hao is 25, "Sword" started filming, she is 26...

Who can play?
Zhao Linger or Lin Yueru?

Definitely not suitable!
Besides, her mind is full of "Golden Branch Desire" now...

Who cares about "Sword of Heaven"...

That being the case, Shen Xudong shrugged: "Then there is nothing I can do to help..."

……

This topic stopped, I thought it was almost over...

Shen Xudong's opinion: They came to me, didn't they just want me to help attract some investment?

Do you really want to ask for advice?

What a joke, the script has been written!

Then Li Guoli said: "...Actually, we are not satisfied with the script of "Sword of Immortal Sword", can I trouble you to help rewrite a version?"

"...unsatisfied?"

Shen Xudong looked at Xu Xiaofang...

He is responsible for the script of "Sword of Heaven".

I just listened to his saying 'remove the content involving white seedlings, black seedlings, zombies, ghosts and gods in the game'...

It's actually quite appropriate!

The background of "Sword of Immortal Sword" is the dispute between the two races of Baimiao and Black Miao. The worshiping moon on the side of Black Miao has been cultivating monsters, and Bai Miao's side is also cultivating five poisonous beasts in the trial cave to counter Hemiao...

This thing is not easy to copy directly!

"... Well, our evaluation of the script, the flavor of martial arts is too strong, and it doesn't have the color of Sword and Fairy at all!"

"Martial arts..."

Xu Xiaofang nodded embarrassingly, and said by the way: "I only know how to write Xianxia works after reading your "Zhu Xian"..."

"...Is this an invitation to me to be a screenwriter?"

"Correct!"

(End of this chapter)