Chapter 465 Gossip Wins Film and Television Adaptation Rights

The news of the launch conference of "Special Identity" occupied the headlines for two days.

Later it was pushed down by other big melons.

It is normal for men and women to fall in love and have a romantic relationship, but in the entertainment industry, it is quite explosive and there is a lot of material that can be reported by media reporters.

What’s more, it is a revelation of a relationship with a big age gap?

There have been a lot of romances in the circle recently, and the media reporters are very busy.

First, Feng Shaofeng officially announced on Weibo that he and Ni Ni were together.

The two are ten years apart in age. If they were an actor + director combination, it would be fine, but as both are actors, their age gap is considered large in the entertainment industry.

Fortunately, Yang Mi is at the forefront. She officially announced her relationship with Liu Kaiwei in January this year. The two have a twelve-year age difference, which is almost a generation difference.

Later, another paparazzi broke the news that Liu Shishi, the top actress of Tangren Film and Television, had a private dinner date with Wu Qilong. Although no specific photos were released, there were many complaints from netizens.

"Damn, older men are popular now, right?"

"Ni Ni and Yang Mi are okay, the age difference of about ten years is acceptable, but if Liu Shishi and Wu Qilong are real, it would really blind my eyes."

"It's true. The age difference between these two people is almost twenty years."

Netizens complained on Weibo, especially male fans. Seeing that their goddesses are looking for such partners, it would be strange if they were not angry!

The time has come for June.

The weather is gradually getting warmer, and the mainland film market is experiencing the opposite effect.

The first blockbuster released, "Mirror Mirror", had a box office on the first day that was far different from expectations, and the box office continued to plummet in the next few days.

Even so, this film still ranked first in box office performance among the 10 new films released during the same period, occupying 14.85% of the market share.

It is conceivable how bad the box office performance of domestic films is.

The coldness of the film market seems to have spread to the actors in the circle.

First, Du Chun officially announced his breakup with Zhang Jiani.

Just break up, but the man was crazy enough to write a short essay and was directly ridiculed by the woman in the end.

Then, the resourceful netizens, based on the traces on Weibo, found out clearly who Du Chun's new girlfriend was.

According to netizens, these two have been openly dating since May, but it is still unknown when it started.

Soon after, Hong Kong star Maggie Cheung also announced her breakup. What was not too much was that her boyfriend was a foreigner, so netizens didn’t care.

In the end, the breakup between Qiao Zhenyu, one of the four most handsome men in the world, and Wang Likun was also exposed.

What’s more, the man already has a new girlfriend. He has been with Wang Likun for eight years, and the woman has forced the man to get married many times, but to no avail. It would be strange if they didn’t break up!

After love and breakup.

The circle has ushered in a wave of marriage fever.

Jia Nailiang of Huayi Company married shampooer Li Xiaolu, and then Ling Xiaosu and Tang Yifei got married.

All kinds of human life can be seen in the entertainment industry, and they are even more exciting.

This has made netizens very busy, with posts of insults, complaints, and blessings coming one after another.

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On the other hand, after receiving instructions from Gu Wei, Song Ge started to contact Penguin Company.

At this time, Penguin did not have much ambition in the film industry. Moreover, Penguin Pictures was not established until September 15, and there was no sign that the other party had any plans to enter the film industry.

So when Song Ge proposed to completely buy out the film and television adaptation rights of "League of Legends", Penguin Entertainment did not find it unacceptable.

After all, adapting games into movies and TV shows is a very difficult task worldwide. Several major Hollywood film studios are unable to do it, and Penguin Entertainment doesn't think they have the ability to do so in the future.

The only problem that hinders cooperation is - price!
When Song Ge met with Penguin executives, he also said directly: "This is produced by Xingchen Film and Television Company. It may be directed by Gu Wei, a top director in the world. Digital virtual actors will 100% reproduce the game characters. Such a movie is basically an advertisement for League of Legends.

So not only can Penguin no longer collect money, it also has to pay for some advertising.”

After hearing Song Ge's words, Penguin executives were also dumbfounded.

Good man, if you come to buy my things, not only should I give them to you for free, but I should also give you money, right?

"Mr. Song, is this how Star Film and Television Company negotiates business?" The Penguin executive was so angry that he laughed and directly retorted.

Song Ge asked for a sky-high price, so Penguin Company naturally paid him back.

Penguin executives later said: "The number of players of League of Legends has grown naturally, so there is no need for advertising.

However, if Xingchen Films is really interested, the film and television adaptation rights can be sold, but the two parties must sign a contract. Regarding "League of Legends", whether it is an animated film or a live-action film, it must be directed by Director Gu Wei himself."

Hearing this, Song Ge began to think.

Although League of Legends is very popular in China at present, it has not yet reached the level of later generations where in an Internet cafe, apart from this game, there are only a few Dungeon & Fighter and CF games monopolizing the market.

Furthermore, other directors in the company were not interested in this. Even if the copyright was purchased, no one except Gu Wei had any ideas about game adaptation.

After a while, Song Ge nodded, agreeing to the request.

After seeing Song Ge's agreement, Penguin agreed in principle to sell the game's film and television adaptation rights to the other party, and the price was negotiable. However, it then put forward a requirement stated in the contract, that is, Penguin must have the priority investment right of the series of movies, with an upper limit of 50% of the total investment budget.

The representative of Penguin thought to himself, "Even if we want to adapt League of Legends into a film in the future, I'm afraid we don't have the strength to produce it independently, so we have to find someone to cooperate with us.

Since the best choice is Xingchen Film and Television Company, it is better to let them give it a try. If the adaptation fails, there will be no loss on our side. There are only a few successful ones in the world anyway.

If the other party can really do a good job in adapting the game into a film and television, and balance the viewing needs of game fans and passers-by, we can follow the contract and participate in the subsequent investment to obtain profits. "

Of course Song Ge could not agree to such a high investment amount of 50%, as that would mean he would be working for Penguin. The two parties negotiated back and forth for more than a week and finally reached an agreement.

Star Films Company paid a symbolic amount of money to buy out the film and television adaptation rights of "League of Legends" for ten years.

Song Ge thought that ten years should be more than enough time. After all, not many games can maintain their popularity for such a long time. You can't just buy it and leave it somewhere without filming it, and then leave it to the next generation, right?

Penguin has the right of priority investment in the series of films, with a maximum limit of 20% of the total investment amount.

At the same time, it was stated that due to financial problems, he would not participate in the investment of his first film for the time being.

After the contract was signed, both parties felt that they had made a good profit, not to mention the Penguin's wishful thinking.

Song Ge believes that this deal brings a strong partner to the company.

After all, looking at Gu Wei's current situation, the investment in a science fiction blockbuster is more than 1 billion. According to the director's rules for making movies, he will definitely continue to increase investment in movies in the future.

By then, we will naturally have to distribute the shares, but we will not accept any investment. We need funds from companies that have influence in film production or media publicity.

Penguins are one of these. Apart from anything else, when a big movie is released in the future, they will make money by having a few QQ pop-up ads.

Just after the two parties signed the contract, the news that Star Film and Television Company was going to adapt "League of Legends" into a movie spread like wildfire in the industry.

No need to guess, it must have been leaked by Penguin Company.

There is no reason for them not to publish news like this that can make entertainment headlines and bring attention to League of Legends.

After seeing the news online, Gu Wei also found Wang Chen and set up a new e-sports department in the company. He invested tens of millions of yuan in the early stage, got involved in some popular games, spent money to form a few teams, and purchased some potential professional players.

It would be fine if they don't make a "League of Legends" movie in the future, but if they really do, it would be embarrassing that they haven't even won a championship in China.

After giving the order, Gu Wei no longer paid attention to the matter. After all, there were so many people working in the company, and it would be unacceptable if the boss had to worry about everything!
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After returning from the Cannes Film Festival to promote his movie, Lao Liu not only visited The Wandering Earth once, but also went to visit the set of The Breakup Guru with Gu Wei.

In the next few days, she was immersed in the script of "Parasite". Because Zhang Yimou changed the content of the script, Miss Liu had some complaints.

"You big directors are so troublesome when filming. You change the script too often." Seeing the young lady pouting, Gu Wei reached out and pinched her, causing her to roll her eyes.

Seeing this, what could Gu Wei say?

I can't just say we can skip the shoot because it's too troublesome. I asked Director Zhang to replace him with someone else. I guess my family would go crazy if I said that.

Afterwards, Gu Wei changed the topic and talked to Lao Liu about whether she encountered any interesting things during her trip to the Cannes Film Festival.

While chatting, the young lady mentioned Fan Binbin, after all, he has been on the headlines too frequently recently.

First, she was accused of defaming Zhang Ziyi, so Fan Binbin filed a lawsuit to protect her rights. This is the seventh lawsuit she has fought in the past eight years.

Later, it was "revealed" that Fan Binbin will participate in the Hollywood blockbuster "Mermaid" and will partner with old Bond Pierce Brosnan.

The news spread, causing an uproar among domestic actresses.

From the maid Jinsuo to the current Fan Bingbing, after so many years of development, Fan Binbin has nominally successfully entered Hollywood and made it into the international arena.

Afterwards, Fan Binbin publicized it widely, wishing that everyone would know. Of course, the most important thing was that he slapped Li Binbin hard in the face.

"You missed out on a good show if you didn't go. The two of them had a fierce internal fight on the red carpet. The key point was that they were all sarcastic, but they didn't tear each other apart."

When it comes to gossip, Lao Liu becomes interested. He puts a pillow behind his back and starts to tell the story vividly using his hands and feet.

"They were fighting for a shot, and neither of them gave in."

"Mocking and teasing each other."

The young lady laughed and said that some of the inside stories were not even reported by the mainland media.

To be honest, the fight between the two after they appeared on the red carpet in Cannes was also widely reported in China.

One of them implied that the other's dressing style, and the other implied that the other was ugly and flat. In addition, their respective fans and netizens fanned the flames. Even though Gu Wei was in the crew of "The Wandering Earth", he heard it a lot.

However, when he heard the young lady mention the fight between the two, Gu Wei shook his head.

"Compared with Li Binbin, Fan Binbin is indeed just one Hollywood movie away from becoming an international celebrity."

If Gu Wei remembers correctly, in the original time and space, "The Mermaid" seems to have not been released in 2023, which means that there are too many problems with this movie.

Hearing Gu Wei speaking for Fan Binbin, Old Liu gave him a look that only he understood.

"Come on, come into the house with me."

Well, now it's going to be a battle between the two of them again.

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(End of this chapter)