When the electronic novel industry first emerged, it was not that no one paid attention to it.
But not everyone can see potential at the first time, or why is there the word "vision"? ! Some people have a long-term vision and see the future trends in certain fields, and then act decisively to cut the first piece of the cake. Some people have an average vision and have to wait for the industry to mature before they can see that there is a big profit, so they follow the trend and cut the rest. As for the remaining ones who are slow or hesitate for various reasons, they can only follow behind and eat some leftovers.
When Mr. Mo first paid attention to the field of electronic novels, the works produced during that period were still relatively unsophisticated. Amateurs would be delighted by the pictures, while professionals would find loopholes everywhere. Boss Mo is not one of those young people with immature views. After browsing a few popular works, he found that they were of no use to him and gave up.
After more than ten years of gradual development, the current electronic novel landscape has naturally become much more mature than it was at the beginning. But if Boss Mo doesn’t even read paper books, who can expect him to continue to pay attention to e-books? ! At most, I heard vaguely from younger generations that such-and-such novel is good, and such-and-such author is good... As for specific impressions? ! Anyway, the impression in his mind was still in the Long Aotian era more than ten years ago.
"What Miss Ye recommended to me today is the Laughing Princes." Boss Mo took the phone back in his hand, played with it and pondered for a moment before continuing: "I didn't think there was anything noteworthy in this field before, but today I found that it seems a bit biased. … The threshold for online novels is low, and the quality is honestly uneven, but just because the threshold is low, the stories in everyone’s mind can be published without any restrictions.”
After all, one person's imagination has its limits, but when the imaginations of hundreds of thousands of people come together, this is a resource that cannot be underestimated.
It is not easy to select outstanding works among so many people, but it is enough to just select outstanding screenwriters and creative ideas. It has been jokingly claimed by the outside world that popular themes on the screen lag behind the popularity of online novels by at least ten years. Although this evaluation is a bit extreme, it also makes sense.
For example, there was a certain time-traveling palace drama that was popular a few years ago. To be honest, the plot was very bad and the plot arrangement was also quite childish. It was almost like Mary Sue, who had been abandoned by the Internet for at least five or six years at that time, but it happened to be a big hit after it was put on the screen. In fact, there is no other reason for it, it's just that it's new - it's already been trashed online, but this is the first time I've seen it on the screen.
What do good screenwriters sell? ! What is sold is creative themes or character creation. Although online novels cannot be directly used as scripts, a rough outline is still quite qualified. As long as Boss Mo can find an adaptation team, he doesn't need to go out of his way to find a good screenwriter. He can just adapt and delete things from the Internet.
Mr. Mo asked the nanny to bring him a large tablet. He randomly found a website and browsed it before asking, "Has someone already started adapting it? Didn't you pay attention to this before?"
"Our main focus is still movies, and TV dramas are not Luo Mingxin's way." Boss Mo explained embarrassedly: "These novels have too many words. It seems that writers make money based on the number of updates, so the number of words is at least 70,000 or 800,000. , some talented people can write tens of millions of words, even if it is turned into a TV series, it will take two to three hundred episodes, not to mention that many plots are still unusable."
Moreover, making one or two films on a tricky subject is novel, but if you make too many films, no one will support you. To put it bluntly, it is just a lot of money.
"Under 500,000 words." Mr. Mo nodded, ordered a novel, put on his reading glasses to read, and read while reading: "Her colorful hair was flying in the air, and her tears were like crystal..."
"Dad!!" Boss Mo was embarrassed: "Don't look at the romance station! They are all written by girls under the age of 0."
"Oh." The old gentleman nodded, changed the website, and opened it again: "He thought he had died in the secret operation, but he didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he was surrounded by..."
Boss Mo was almost depressed: "Watch "Mourning the Song Dynasty", don't read these for now, Xiaoye said she would help us select it!"
"... You really need to screen." Mr. Mo's face twitched. Although his eyes were blurred, his brain was not blurry. He only looked at a row of titles and knew that most of them were unusable: "Time Travel, Rebirth, System, Apocalypse, Space... these things are not easy to live with, not to mention that the plot inside is probably exaggerated. If you want to make a movie, you still have to choose something realistic."
"Xiao Yeding's themes are history and modern ethics." Boss Mo called up the pages of several authors and placed them in front of Mr. Mo: "None of these authors are too popular, but their writing style is guaranteed. Some rebirth themes can be solved by changing the background. But... we need to talk to the author himself and the website. What Xiaoye means is that she will go directly to recruit people and talk to the website to see if she can host a promotion to recruit screenwriters... "
Mr. Mo closed his eyes and thought for a while: "Won't Miao Yi come to rob someone?!"
"They can't grab it." Boss Mo shook his head: "Miaoyi itself has a monopoly on almost all the well-known screenwriters in the country. This is an advantage and a disadvantage. There are too many scripts and they can't digest them at all. These people sell film and television adaptation rights. You also need to see the finished product. If you just buy it but don’t shoot it, others won’t do it either.”
"Then those films that were originally filmed..."
"Those are all produced by TV stations. They specialize in making TV dramas. Miaoyi doesn't care about TV dramas at all." Boss Mo explained: "We find writers who are good at certain genres, and then sign contracts to create or adapt them based on their previous works... It’s not that some authors can’t write short stories, it’s just that short stories can’t be sold on the website. If we don’t pay attention to them, they won’t have a way to catch up with us. It would be much easier if there was cooperation. As long as the writers can hand over good short stories, even if we don’t pay attention to them, It doesn’t take much effort to find someone to change it into a script.”
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Ye Shuang didn't know the outcome of the discussion between Boss Mo and Mr. Mo. Anyway, after getting Boss Mo's approval, Ye Shuang drafted an agreement and was ready to recruit people.
It is obviously unrealistic to send private messages to each author. Not to mention that Ye Shuang does not have the skills. Even if she is willing to waste this time, the author on the website may not believe this kind of leather bag advertisement.
Talking to websites doesn't allow you to have direct contact with people, and it's not the same to tell you a lot of things, so Ye Shuang's plan is very simple, go directly to the annual meetings of major websites to hook up.
There are at least hundreds of large and small literary websites on the Internet, but there are only a few leading figures who have the strength and qualifications to hold annual meetings. The authors who will attend the annual meetings are also outstanding authors selected by the website, regardless of whether the author is good at the genre or not. Routine, at least the subscription rate is guaranteed.
So instead of wandering around like a headless fly, she might as well go directly to the scene. Anyway, there will be website bosses attending the annual meeting, and it is enough to talk about the copyright rights of the novel.
"Sister, you don't even let the great writers go now?!"
Ye Xiaodi was also shocked when he heard about Ye Shuang's plan. He could see that his eldest sister had become more and more restless in the family recently, and she was hooking up in all walks of life. He didn't expect that now she would even get involved in online novels.
"There is no way. All the mature screenwriters have been trapped by others, so I have to find some potential stocks to support." Ye Shuang cheerfully outlined the names of the great gods, male, female, professional and part-time, all familiar or familiar Ye Xiaodi was shocked by the half-familiar names. He couldn't imagine what would happen to these people after they met Ye Shuang.
Anyway, it was certain that he would be peeled off, but he didn't know if his sister would go crazy and resort to beauty tricks again.
"You can't get much commission from the screenwriter, right? Why bother killing all the donors?" Ye Xiaodi wiped away the cold sweat and saw that a familiar female author's name was included in the circle. He hurriedly shouted to stop it: "Don't include this one, she is a married woman. , I just got married to my idol a few years ago, it’s not good to ruin other people’s families.”
"What are you thinking!" Ye Shuang said depressedly, "I'm headhunting, not beauty hunting. Whether she is married or not is none of my business."
"The problem is that people have already washed their hands and changed their diapers. It's really not good for you to do this." Ye Xiaodi almost sobbed: "Looking at how easy it is for my idol to get married..."
Ye Shuang thought about it and crossed out the name: "That's right, those who take care of children really don't have much time... According to this, female authors should reconsider it. Those who are worried about getting married and those who are married with children... It is better to be a male author. Script If the film is more atmospheric, it can be adapted into a movie with a main theme, and a TV series or idol film written by a female author is more suitable."
"Choose slowly and don't be in a hurry. The latest website annual meeting will be next month." Ye Xiaodi said sincerely, hoping that his eldest sister would be merciful and let them go a little more: "Besides, I can't rush this matter."
"It doesn't matter if you pick the other ones next month. The princes who are laughing at the problem have to be picked first." Ye Shuang said decisively: "King Luo Tian will change jobs next month. At least I have to come up with a script this month to fool him... I have already chosen it. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, That novel only has more than 100,000 words, and it can be turned into a movie after just sifting through it. Isn’t it just that he is good at history? The address and contract signing website of the Laughing Princes are both in Shanghai... "
After winning the Laughing Prince, you can deal with the website in advance, and then it will be more convenient for you to do this or that during the annual meeting... Ye Shuang instantly made a schedule in his mind, and had already made plans to go to a certain cultural media the next day. .
Ye Xiaodi really couldn't understand. Whether Luo Tianwang would change jobs or not was none of his eldest sister's business. Tianmo was more urgent. But these are not the main issues. The main problem is... "Sister! Remember to take me with you when you go to fool the princes of Xiaoxiao!"
Pulling out the signature pad and the water-based pen, Ye Xiaodi said with a firm expression: "I want to sign! There are a few beasts who love to stop updating, so I just went to see if I can be caught." (To be continued)