Chapter 933: Writing and Buying Copyrights

In 1979, Yin Jun published two books, "Jurassic Park" and "The Da Vinci Code".

In 1980, Yin Jun published three books, the first part of "A Song of Ice and Fire", "Warcraft" and "Forrest Gump".

But by June 1981, Yin Jun's new book had not moved, and Kant Henry couldn't sit still.

The second-generation owner of Henry Press, through cooperation with Yin Jun, has developed a small publishing house from California into a medium-sized and large-scale publishing house with a network in the United States.

If this is the case for another ten years, Kant Henry is sure that Henry Publishing will break into the top ten in the United States.

Even if Yin Jun doesn't have any works in the future, just relying on the current five works, it will be enough for him to eat for a decade or two.

A classic that will not fade for many years.

Tolkien, for example, isn't it still on sale now?

There is also "Gone with the Wind", which has been more than 40 years, and it can still sell a lot every year, and the hardcover version has been reprinted again and again, and some people still buy and collect.

The five books that Yin Jun has written now are all classics, and all of them are highly sought after.

Therefore, not only did Yin Jun himself get the rewards of fame and fortune, but Kant Henry, who supported him, also made a lot of money, and it will be the same for a long time in the future.

It stands to reason that it is normal for a writer to publish one in three or five years.

Kant Henry didn't want Yin Jun to publish another one right away, even if he knew that this young man was a genius, a real genius, he didn't think about fishing for all his might, he just wanted to be a long stream.

What Kant Henry is really worried about is that Yin Jun's career is getting bigger and bigger, and he will no longer write books in the future.

That shattered his dreams.

But what qualifications does he have to force Yin Jun to write a book?

Not to mention that Yin Jun has now acquired Disney and United Arts Films, and has become a Hollywood predator, and even in terms of publishing, they are all cooperating one by one, and they don't even have long-term cooperation and pen name binding, why did he go to Yin Jun to write a new one?

It was also at the beginning that although Kant Henry was optimistic about Yin Jun, he never thought that the book he wrote would be such a bestseller.

By the time it was published for the second time, Kant Henry had no advantage at all, so he could only sign the contract according to the conditions Tang Shuxuan said, and naturally did not win the pen name binding.

Then now, the identities of Kant, Henry and Yin Jun are completely unequal, even Tang Shuxuan, who he is familiar with, is now the president of Disney and United Arts Film Company, where can he be a publishing house boss?

But fortunately, Tang Shuxuan didn't have the slightest, after Kant Henry called, she readily agreed, and would ask Yin Jun if he had any plans to write and publish.

After Yin Jun received Tang Shuxuan's inquiry call, he was also stunned for a while.

The first two years of my youth were relatively free, and I had more time to write, so I wrote five books in just over two years.

But now he is getting busier and busier, both in his career and on women, spending more and more time, and writing has become much less.

Besides, there is another point, teenagers have now insisted on writing in English and Hollywood scripts, and the writing speed will definitely be much slower, and it is good to be able to write one a year well.

When Yin Jun becomes proficient and his writing skills improve, it is still possible to have two or three parts, but not now.

Now he has a copy of the second part of A Song of Ice and Fire in his hands.

The second part of the brain-burning trilogy, "Angels and Devils", is only half written.

Since Kant Henry asked, then the second part of "A Song of Ice and Fire" can be given to him for publication.

But not this year.

Next year, it should be this "Angels and Demons".

In fact, in the future, Yin Jundu will only prepare to publish one a year, at most two.

In addition to these in hand, "Angels and Demons" is followed by "Dante's Code", and the series is over.

"A Song of Ice and Fire" Yin Jun himself has only watched 6 films, that is, there are only six films, if Yin Jun's ability is enough, he may be able to write the seventh part, and his ability is not enough, and he can only wait until he is older to have the leisure to make it up slowly.

For the rest, Yin Jun has already thought about it, and he is only going to write three parts.

One is The Hunger Games.

The second is "Twilight".

The third is the well-known "Harry Potter".

After writing a total of more than a dozen episodes, Yin Jun's book-writing career can come to an end, and he will not touch Europe and the United States much in the future.

After all, what he writes smoothly is still Chinese, oriental thinking and logic.

If you ask him to write "Xun Qin" now, Yin Jun will be able to do it in two weeks.

Even in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", after a maximum of two months of retreat, Yin Jun will be able to restore 80% of the story of Zhong Shao and Ling Shao, and then he will never give up Zhong Shao's Shang Xiufang and Li Xiuning, and he will not let the two demon girls - Shi Fei Xuan and Wan Wan escape, and let them directly become Ling Shao's women.

Millions of words, now for Yin Jun, is already a breeze.

It's just that he doesn't want to write anymore.

On top of that, he lacked the time to write.

And there is no need for that.

Leave these to the original author.

Even Britain and the United States are the same, as long as Yin Jun spends money to buy the adaptation copyright at that time.

Anyway, with the memories of his past life, Yin Jun will only buy those that will succeed, and will not buy useless.

Speaking of which, it is really impossible to say whether it will be successfully adapted into a movie.

Stephen King's decades-long masterpiece, the "Dark Tower" series, after being filmed in 2017, was simply inexplicable and completely incomprehensible.

On the contrary, "Forrest Gump", written by Yin Jun in this life, is a spicy and satirical funny category, but after it was filmed, it made people cry and completely immersed in it, and was hailed as a classic among the classics.

There is also "The Matrix", if someone looks at the draft of this script, they will feel that it is completely Nima's heavenly book, and no one can understand it when it is filmed.

But what is the result?

20 years later, "The Matrix" is still evocative, and all kinds of mysteries, various design languages, and all kinds of foreshadowing in it make people willing to watch it over and over again.

So, in fact, those who take the best-selling and think that they can be adapted into a very successful movie are either too naïve or stupid.

This is even more evident in the mainland.

Needless to say, there are others, such as "The Legend of Wukong", which created the era of ordinary people writing books, and the like, all of which are completely to make money, without the connotation of success.

Even "Ghost Blows the Lantern" can be made into several versions, and the content of each version is different, making you feel like you're watching a fantasy drama for a while, and feeling like you're watching a romantic drama for a while......

Not to mention these embarrassing movie weirdness.

There are many kinds of copyrights that should be bought, and Yin Jun still has to pay attention to buying them.

For example, "Elf Diamond", a big IP with unlimited potential, Yin Jun definitely wants to get it.

"The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" are a legendary series in the same vein.

But "Diamond of the Spirits" was still before these two films, and it was "Diamonds of the Spirits" that opened the magnificent scenery of the entire Middle-earth.

If the order of filming in the previous life is followed, "The Lord of the Rings" is followed by "The Hobbit", and then "The Elven Diamond", then it is enough to complete.

"The Lord of the Rings" is 3 episodes, "The Hobbit" is 3 episodes, and "Elf Diamond" has no problem filming 6 episodes.

In this way, it should take 20 years to completely build.

For a series to span such a long period of time is definitely a very dazzling achievement.

The box office performance surpassed "Harry Potter", and that was a matter of seconds.

As for whether Yin Jun will direct it himself or pull Peter Jackson over to him at that time, that is a matter for later.

Now Yin Jun's United Arts Film Company holds the film rights of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit", and now there is no argument that the copyright will have to be returned to everyone if it is not filmed for a few years.

With such an opportunity, it is not too much of a problem for them to obtain the film and television shooting rights of "Elf Diamond".

It's nothing more than money.

Tolkien's foundation is controlled by his son, who has no talent, but loves money very much, as long as the cash is enough, the share of film and television rights can naturally be reduced.

I don't know how much money these movies can make from these adapted movies.

A super IP worth tens of billions of dollars, a series of movies that can make many characters popular, is the best treasure for a large film company!

In addition to "Elf Diamond", Yin Jun still has a lot of copyrights to buy.

Some of them have been bought through Tang Shuxuan one after another.

For example, the movie remake rights of the TV series "Charlie's Angel".

The movie adapted from it is called "Breaking Bad", if it weren't for the three women who tore too much, it would not be a problem to make three or five films.

Coupled with Yin Jun's screenwriting ability, the movie more perfectly shows the characters and fierce fights of the three beauties, and the box office can naturally be improved.

Of course, it can also allow Yin Jun to bring out at least one more Chinese female star.

For example, Hui Yinghong is very suitable.

There is also CBS's "Mission Impossible" TV series, and the film adaptation rights have also been obtained.

This super agent film that does not need to be changed shows how strong its vitality and attraction are that Tom can maintain his status as a superstar in Hollywood despite repeated defeats in other movies.

Liang Chaowei in our Chinese film industry is not worse than Brother Tom, and he is equally handsome.

Even if Liang Chaowei doesn't act, Fei Xiang can do it.

Fei Xiang is not suitable, Li Shu trained hard for a while, but it was still not bad.

Another film that can be compared to "Mission Impossible" is the film series of the same name "The Identity of Bourne" adapted from Robert Rudrum's "The Identity of Bourne".

Oh, by the way, when this movie was released in the mainland, the name was a paraphrase, called "Spy Shadow".

Yin Jun felt that the name was more appropriate and more suitable for this movie.

It is also an excellent work that sent Matt Damon to a super-first-class Hollywood superstar, and it is also a movie series that can be made for 20 years.

In this series of movies, Liu Dehua, Liu Qingyun, and Gu Tianle are all OK.

You read that right.

They are all actors of Xiangjiang.

After Yin Jun bought the adaptation rights of these series, he was ready to let the movie stars of Xiangjiang perform them.

He doesn't care whether these movies can be liked by everyone, whether they should use American actors to make the box office high.

The biggest purpose of his coming to this world is to launch Xiangjiang movies, or Chinese entertainment, and let Chinese culture spread around the world.

As for the box office or something, it's all secondary.

It is more important for more and more foreigners to identify with Chinese culture and eliminate the inherent rigid impression!