Chapter 237 Copyright Operation and "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"
Chapter 237 Copyright Operation and "Ghost Blowing Out the Light"
As for Xingdou Culture, Wang Hao's original intention in establishing this agency was to increase his own influence.
Therefore, it is enough for the company to operate normally and expand gradually. It does not matter whether it makes money or not.
In comparison, another company attracted his more attention.
Starlight Fantasy Technology Service Co., Ltd. is a special effects company that Wang Hao spun off from Galaxy Pictures not long ago when he took the opportunity to shoot "Source Code".
In addition to Wang Hao, the company's shareholders also include his good brother Zhang Yang, as well as veterans Wu Qian and Jian Yongchang who have been in the company from the beginning.
Of course, the three of them can only be regarded as small shareholders who invested in technology and only receive dividends.
However, the three of them are afraid that they will not get any dividends this year, because Starlight Fantasy is like a gold-eating monster. Even if they took on the special effects work of "Source Code", the company is still unable to make ends meet and is still in a loss-making state.
Fortunately, they were mentally prepared for this situation. After all, the company was established not long ago, and the newly purchased special effects equipment was indeed a huge expense.
However, most of the company's equipment has now been purchased. It may be difficult for Starlight Fantasy to make a big profit in the future, but it should not be a problem to maintain the company's operations.
After learning about the situation of Starlight Fantasy, Zhou Ming, the general manager of Star Map Culture, who is in charge of the copyright business under Wang Hao, arrived late with someone.
"Mr. Wang, I'm sorry, I was delayed for a while on the way to pick up Mr. Zhang."
Wang Hao looked at the man following Zhou Ming, but did not blame him. Instead, he smiled and nodded at them, then stood up.
"That's fine. I don't have much to do today. Since Makino is here, let's chat for a while."
The three of them sat down on the sofa, and Zhao Hetai, who had been serving as an assistant, immediately poured them tea.
Wang Hao first talked with Zhou Ming about the business of Star Map Culture.
As a company spun off from Galaxy Pictures and specifically responsible for copyright operations, not only are the relevant copyrights of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe" under the name of Star Chart Culture, but the company also acquires a large number of online copyrights of novels and film and television dramas every year.
For example, last year Star Map acquired the copyrights of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", "Nirvana in Fire" and "Wulin Waijia".
This year, they acquired the copyrights of the two novels "So Young" and "Zhu Xian".
In addition, Star Map Culture also acquired a small, bankrupt publishing company.
In the first half of this year, the novel of the same name "Wushuang" written by the screenwriter department was officially released.
In the second half of 07, the three-body series novel "The Three-Body Problem: Past Events on Earth" written by Liu Cixin, as well as the novels of the same name "Descendants of the Dragon" and "Source Code" were also published and distributed by Star Map Culture.
Thanks to the spillover effect of the Galaxy Cinematic Universe, the sales of these books are very good.
Especially "The Three-Body Problem: Past Events on Earth", I have to say that Liu Cixin is Liu Cixin. Even though some plots in "The Three-Body Problem" have been modified to a certain extent due to the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], it cannot conceal the charm of the novel itself.
In the first month of release, 14 copies were sold, and the 15 copies reprinted were almost sold out not long ago. Now the third reprint of 10 copies has been put on the agenda. Of course, Zhou Ming came here today not only to talk about the sales of "The Three-Body Problem: Earth's Past". In addition to reporting to Wang Hao, he mainly brought Zhang Muye here to talk about the new book that Xingtu Culture will focus on operating next year - "Ghost Blowing Light".
Yes, the person brought here by Zhou Ming was none other than Zhang Muye, the author of Ghost Blows Out the Light, whose pen name is Tianxia Bachang.
As for his novel "Ghost Blows Out the Light", Galaxy Pictures actually acquired the entire copyright of this book and subsequent series last year.
However, after acquiring the copyright, Wang Hao immediately contacted Zhang Muye, stopped him from posting on Tianya, and then invited him to the Galaxy Pictures headquarters in Shangjing.
During that meeting, Wang Hao first showed Zhang Muye the early planning of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", impressed him with this grand project, and then extended an olive branch to him, inviting Zhang Muye to participate in the creation of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe".
In Wang Hao's conception, the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series can serve as a powerful supplement to the blank twenty years between "Red Bank Past (1969-1982)" and "The Three-Body Series (2005)".
Moreover, the process of the tomb-robbing adventure of the three protagonists in "Ghost Blows Out the Light" can also lead to some content about the relics of ancient alien civilizations in the "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", replacing the weird parts of the original work with science fiction elements that are more easily accepted by readers at home and abroad.
Connecting them together in this way can not only give the Galaxy Cinematic Universe a deeper historical background and incorporate the genes of Chinese culture into it, but also open up a new genre of adventure movies for the movie universe, just like Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Doctor Strange".
Zhang Muye was shocked and excited at first about Wang Hao's invitation and this grand plan, but then he became a little hesitant, worried that he would not be able to do the job.
After all, when Wang Hao invited him, Zhang Muye had just written the beginning of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and he actually didn't have any long-term plans for the subsequent plot.
Now that Wang Hao had thrown out the background setting of "Galaxy Cinematic Universe", it was like a composition assignment, which immediately made him feel restrained, and this made him even more embarrassed.
However, as a writer, he was itching to join the Galaxy Cinematic Universe project. In addition, Wang Hao also invited Liu Cixin and Fang Baiyu, two authors who had already joined the project. After thinking for a long time, Zhang Muye finally agreed.
The reason why he came with Zhou Ming today was actually to show Wang Hao the new "Ghost Blows Out the Light" tetralogy that he had written over the past year, so that the chief planner of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe] could take a look and comment on it.
Wang Hao would naturally not refuse this request.
After chatting with Zhou Ming, he took the manuscript handed over by Zhang Muye and quickly flipped through it.
Following his action, the room suddenly became quiet. Zhang Muye and Zhou Ming sipped their tea leisurely and waited patiently.
Time passed minute by minute, and the scorching sun outside the window gradually set in the west. It seemed that quite a while had passed.
But this did not affect the people in the room. Although he just glanced through it, Wang Hao read it very seriously.
Occasionally he would stop, look at the contents of the book and ponder for a moment, then continue reading.
After turning the last page of the manuscript, Wang Hao savored it for a moment, then looked up, nodded at Zhang Muye, and smiled with satisfaction.
"Very good, Mr. Zhang wrote very well. Not only did he integrate the story of the novel into the background of the [Galaxy Cinematic Universe], but the writing style was also fascinating and made people unable to stop reading!"
(End of this chapter)