Chapter 238: Internal Affairs Completed
Chapter 238: Internal Affairs Completed
"Mr. Wang, you really flatter me!"
Faced with Wang Hao's praise, Zhang Muye was still a little nervous.
After all, the person sitting opposite him is one of the most successful directors in China today, while he himself is just an author who has not yet proven himself.
Although he had some confidence in his "Ghost Blows Out the Light", this was after all a thriller and suspenseful tomb-robbing story, and he had no idea whether it would be accepted by the majority of readers.
Fortunately, Wang Hao seemed very confident in his novel and was quite friendly when talking to him.
“Mr. Zhang’s book is very well written, but there are some minor issues in it, which involve the background of the entire movie universe and need to be consistent with the movie series.
How about this, leave the manuscript with me first, I will read it carefully and write down some specific suggestions.
Once the novel is revised, it should be officially published.”
Wang Hao said the last sentence to Zhou Ming.
The person in charge of the copyright company nodded upon hearing this.
"Once the manuscript is finalized, the company will arrange printing. The initial plan is to print 10 copies, and the official release date should be around March next year."
"The corresponding publicity will also have to keep up at that time."
Wang Hao gave an admonition, and after a moment's silence, he said:
“There’s also the issue of piracy, I think.
Instead of letting those pirated booksellers make all the money, we might as well launch two versions of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".
One is of normal quality, while the other is of low price, lowering the quality and price of the book to attract more low-income readers. What do you think? "
Zhang Muye remained silent. He didn't understand any of this, so he naturally wouldn't speak out.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Ming said with some embarrassment:
"But Mr. Wang, genuine books don't make much money in themselves. If you lower the price and create a low-priced version to compete with yourself, then the publishing house will really have no profit."
"Manager Zhou, it seems that you still don't understand the core logic of our group's copyright operation."
Wang Hao looked at Zhou Ming and said seriously:
"Do you think I'm counting on making money from Ghost Blows Out the Light?
With the development of the Internet today, the traditional paper media and book market will gradually come to an end. It will become increasingly difficult for writers to make a fortune simply by selling books.
But this does not mean that writers have no chance to succeed. On the contrary, the emergence of the Internet is also an opportunity for writers.
In the past, if writers wanted their books to be known by more people, they could only rely on the media and publishing houses.
Nowadays, an Internet cable connects thousands of households. As long as the work is outstanding, the writer's books will be quickly known to the public and his fame will spread rapidly.
In the Internet age, this fame will be easier to monetize than in the past.
Especially since our group has its own film and television company, as long as the fame of this book spreads, it will accumulate a large number of readers and fans.
Then the company can naturally adapt it into TV and movies and achieve good results.
This IP-based whole is the core that the group really focuses on, and the operation of your copyright company must also revolve around this point. "After listening to Wang Hao's words, Zhou Ming thought carefully for a moment, and after understanding what he just said, he nodded vigorously.
"I understand, Mr. Wang!"
After that, he also exerted his subjective initiative and asked: "Since the goal is to expand the influence, should this book try the online writing model?"
Wang Hao glanced at him when he heard this. He didn't expect that this guy could draw inferences from one example.
"We will definitely develop an online literature model for Ghost Blows Out the Light, and the group is now looking for a suitable online literature website."
What Wang Hao said was not groundless. As the group company gradually prospered, its business would naturally begin to expand upstream and downstream.
The upstream of the film and television industry is naturally content.
And what could be better than an online literature website that can accumulate more story content?
However, the online literature websites in China are now in a state of being crowded with many competitors, such as Qidian, Huanjian, Jinjiang, Hongxiu, 17k...
There are so many online literature websites, big and small, that it is dizzying to look at. Of course, according to Wang Hao’s later memories, the only ones that can truly develop and thrive in the future are Qidian and Jinjiang.
The former has the largest number of paying users, while the latter is deeply involved in female-oriented literature and has a large amount of IP content that can be adapted into film and television.
However, Qidian is now still in the hands of Shanda Literature, which in turn is backed by the wealthy Shanda Group. It would be extremely difficult for Galaxy Pictures to get involved in Qidian.
As for Jinjiang, although this company has many copyrights, its overall focus is on female themes, which is inconsistent with the science fiction attributes of Galaxy Pictures.
After excluding these two, Xinghe Pictures also contacted several other online literature websites, but the overall results were not ideal, so much so that Wang Hao even had the idea of setting up his own online literature website.
However, it is not so easy to set up an online literature website by yourself. It is easy to create a website and recruit relevant staff, but the most important thing for an online literature website is the author group.
If you want to recruit online writers, especially well-known ones, you have to spend real money.
Therefore, nowadays, Galaxy Pictures is still mainly focusing on early planning in the field of novel websites, accumulating relevant talents and seeking cooperation.
If we really want to officially launch related businesses, we will probably have to wait until next year, that is, after 2008.
Of course, regardless of whether or not you participate in the competition for novel websites, you still have to carry out the IP copyright layout.
After encouraging Zhang Muye and asking him to continue to create with confidence and boldness, Wang Hao also reminded Zhou Ming and asked Xingtu Culture to continue to pay attention to the acquisition of various copyrights in the future.
This type of acquisition is not limited to novel copyrights. It can also include the online broadcasting rights of some movies and TV shows, as well as the adaptation rights of certain animations, comics, and even games. As long as it is considered valuable, it can be reported and acquired.
Anyway, it is only 2007 now, not the time when the concept of IP is popular in later generations. The adaptation rights of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" could be sold for 10 yuan. The adaptation rights of other novels and comics are actually not that expensive.
Zhou Ming naturally nodded in response to Wang Hao's instructions.
After all these were explained and Zhou Ming and Zhang Muye left, most of the work that Xinghe Group needed Wang Hao to do was completed.
It was not until this time that Wang Hao finally had time to deal with external affairs.
(End of this chapter)