If Eisner wants to work with Deep Space to develop these Marvel superheroes that Deep Space has on hand, Yu Dong actually doesn't mind, but it also depends on which hero it is, such as Spider-Man or X-Men, Yu Dong or
He wants to take pictures himself because he has seen successful experiences and knows that these pictures are low-risk and high-yield.
"If Deep Space Company needs help, we can definitely..."
Seeing that Eisner was still beating around the bush, Yu Dong got straight to the point, "Michael, we are already very familiar with each other. If you have anything to say, you don't need to say it so tactfully. Besides, I don't have time to talk in circles with you right now. We have to be interviewed later.
The dinner is about to start. Just tell me, which hero or heroes are you interested in?"
Seeing how direct Yu Dong was, Eisner also laughed and said, "Okay, let me tell you straight, we are more interested in Hulk."
Yu Dong wasn't too surprised to hear that Eisner was interested in Hulk. Among the superheroes they got, Hulk was quite popular.
In addition, Hulk is also the superhero that Deep Space Company spends the most on, because the copyright was not purchased directly from Marvel, but from Universal.
Long before Deep Space acquired the film and television rights to Marvel superheroes, Universal Pictures bought the film and television rights to the Hulk in 1990, which was later bought by Deep Space in 1997.
The opportunity came when Universal released news in 1996 that they hoped to sell the Iron Man they bought from Marvel. At that time, both Deep Space and Fox showed interest. After a year of negotiations, Deep Space finally defeated Fox and won Iron Man.
, and by the way, the Hulk was also taken down.
From the perspective of Deep Space, it is true that when buying Iron Man, it also buys Hulk, but from the perspective of Universal, it buys Hulk and buys Iron Man because of Iron Man's popularity compared to Hulk.
It's not high. In this transaction, Deep Space also spent more money on Hulk.
Therefore, Hulk, Iron Man, like Spider-Man, have a limited time limit. If Deep Space does not produce a movie within the specified period, the film and television adaptation rights of the characters will be returned to Marvel, and they can only retain the distribution rights.
The rights to adapt other heroes acquired by Deep Space, such as the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, have indefinite copyrights, which means that as long as Deep Space is unwilling to sell, Marvel cannot take them back.
Hulk's deadline is still a few years away, and Deep Space will indeed be filming a movie in the next few years.
In his previous life, Hulk's development in Marvel movies was not particularly good. Due to copyright reasons, he always appeared as a supporting role in other people's movies and became a real star of the show. However, his own two movies
The independent films "The Incredible Hulk" and "The Incredible Hulk" did not perform well at the box office.
The reason why Universal lost the Hulk movie production rights was because they spent a lot of money to hire Oscar-winning director Ang Lee but failed in the end, which made them unwilling to take the risk of making a second movie.
According to Yu Dong, the reason why "The Incredible Hulk" failed at the box office has a lot to do with director Ang Lee.
Of course Ang Lee is a good director, otherwise he would not be favored by the Golden Horse Awards, Golden Bear Awards, Golden Lion Awards and Oscars.
But the problem is that Ang Lee is not suitable for making superhero movies.
Take a look at the movies he made, such as "Pushing Hands", "Brokeback Mountain", "Life of Pi", and "Lust, Caution". From these movies, you can probably see that his movies have some literary and artistic qualities.
Let's talk about the movie "Ride with the Devil" that was just released some time ago and was also directed by Ang Lee. This is a movie set in the American Civil War. It tells the story of a boy who has just grown up and decided to become a guerrilla in the Confederate Army due to the outbreak of the Civil War.
, and ultimately the story of becoming a man in war.
This movie cost 35 million U.S. dollars, but it only recovered more than 600,000 at the box office, making it the film with the highest loss rate this year. Even Ang Lee himself felt that he would not receive any more movie invitations in the United States, but
Later, Universal asked him to direct "The Incredible Hulk".
After taking over "The Incredible Hulk", Ang Lee also wanted to add some literature and art to the movie, so he directly made "The Incredible Hulk" into a movie with a total length of 138 minutes. It wasn't until the 40th minute that Banner began to turn into Hulk.
Gram's movie, how can fans who want to watch superheroes tolerate this?
It is said that the premiere box office of "The Incredible Hulk" broke the record, which shows how high the audience's expectations for the Hulk were, but by the second week the box office fell off a cliff.
With the "lessons learned from the past", Yu Dong also became more cautious and did not dare to be too aggressive in the production of Hulk movies. Now he heard that Eisner was interested in Hulk, which was exactly what he wanted.
Yu Dong said with a smile: "Michael, you are really good at choosing. Hulk is very popular, and we are not willing to give it up. How about you consider Iron Man?"
When Yu Dong mentioned Iron Man, Eisner smiled and shook his head, "Iron Man is of course very good, but I think a hero like Stark who engages in science and technology is more suitable for your company. We at Disney are more suitable for Hulk."
If you are willing, we can pay a high price to buy the film and television adaptation rights of Hulk."
Yu Dong did not answer Eisner directly, but just told him, "Well, I know about this. I will have a good chat with Jimmy after today's annual meeting... When will you return to the United States?"
"I have a plane ticket for the day after tomorrow, and I will stay in Jinling for another day tomorrow."
Yu Dong nodded, "Then tomorrow, I will let you know that we will meet and have a good chat about the Hulk. But you must be mentally prepared. It is unlikely that we will sell it to you directly. After all, the Hulk is ours."
We spent a lot of money to buy it, and it is one of our important plans. We have even discussed special effects with Industrial Light and Magic. If the movie starts this year, the special effects will be left to them."
"I understand that direct purchase is only one option."
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After separating from Eisner, Wang Xiaobo asked curiously, "He is the CEO of Disney, and he comes to you at this juncture just to talk about the copyright of a character? This matter can wait until the end of the annual meeting."
Yu Dong shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know, maybe he is more vigorous and resolute."
Yu Hua asked from the side: "What character copyright?"
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Joshua, you didn't understand a word just now."
"You have always understood my foreign language skills."
"The key is, since you don't understand, why do you keep pretending to nod."
"This is called respect. Do you understand...he wants to buy the copyright of your character?"
"No, he wants the copyright of a Marvel character, but the adaptation rights of this character are now in our hands." Yu Dong explained briefly, and then said: "Let's go to the interview area."
…
The entire interview process went very smoothly and there were no glitches.
This year's dinner was held in the Deep Space Canteen. In order to cope with the dinner, the company specially renovated the third floor of the canteen. The current level is not much worse than that of the Jinling Hotel.
The key point is that the Jinling Hotel is a bit far away from the park. After the annual meeting, it will be a waste of time for everyone to rush there.
Yu Dongren had just entered the banquet hall and was looking up to find Cheng Yanqiu, but was stopped by a circle of people, so he had no choice but to give up.
The people who stopped him were none other than Clezio, Joyce Oates and Modiano.
Clezio held a glass cup in his hand, with a cup of emerald green tea brewing in it. However, in Clezio's hand, the tea cup looked more like a wine glass.
In fact, most people would not hold a cup of tea casually like Clezio on the facade of the banquet hall.
"YU, the tea you prepared is very good." Clézio raised the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "I have fallen in love with this magical drink recently."
Yu Dong glanced at Clezio's cup and said with a smile: "This is white tea. If you like it, I'll have someone fill you some boxes later."
"White tea?" Joyce Oates said in surprise: "But it's green."
Clezio smiled and said: "The person named White does not necessarily mean... There are many kinds of tea in China, and white tea is one of them. This kind of tea..."
When Yu Dong heard Clezio showing off his little knowledge of tea ceremony, he couldn't help but laugh, "Actually, this white tea is not the same thing as the white tea you mentioned. Although the white tea in your cup is called white tea, it is
It’s actually green tea…”
After briefly spreading the knowledge about tea, Yu Dong looked at the confused Clezios and the other three and said with a smile: "Today is not a tea exchange meeting. We should wait until later to discuss the knowledge about tea. I just have something to ask.
I have been wanting to ask you for your opinion these past few days, but I have never found the opportunity."
"What's the matter?" Clezio asked strangely.
"You have all been to Jinling Academy of Arts, and you know that although we are an art school, we attach great importance to literature. This year, we also established an international writing center. Its members include me, Yu Hua and several other Chinese people. But since there are
The word "international" should naturally invite some foreign writers."
Joyce Oates nodded and said, "Do you want to invite us to join the International Writing Center of Jinling College of the Arts?"
"That's right." Yu Dong smiled and nodded.
Modiano, who had remained silent, asked: "Does joining this international writing center require us to spend time in China?"
"Yes, but not many. Considering the situation of foreign writers, the writing center only requires that you go to Jinyi at least twice a year. Other activities are all voluntary. This requirement should not be difficult for you, right?"
The three of them all nodded and agreed with Yu Dong's words. Even without request, they could come to Jinling twice a year. If nothing else, they would definitely come to the annual meeting, so this would be one less time.
Another time, just find a time to come over from the beginning to the end of the year.
"If this is the only requirement, of course I wouldn't mind joining."
Yu Dong looked at Modiano in surprise, but he was the first to express his opinion.
As we all know, Modiano is a very mysterious writer. He seldom goes out. Yu Dong has been surprised by attending the Deep Space Annual Conference for two consecutive years, and now he actually agrees to join the Deep Space Annual Conference.
Clézio was also a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it and nodded: "I don't have any problem. Even if I don't join the International Writing Center of Jinling Academy of Arts, I still come to Jinling more than twice a year."
Clezio is the one who has come to China most frequently among all the foreign writers signed by Deep Space. This year alone, he has come to China five times, an average of more than two months, and every time
Wait for close to a week.
If it weren't for such a high frequency, he wouldn't have liked drinking tea and would have learned some knowledge about tea.
Every time he comes, he holds a book signing or is invited to attend a literature lecture at a certain school. It usually ends in a day or two, and he spends the rest of the time traveling around with his wife.
Yu Dong believes that if Clezio is given a few more years, he will have visited more cities in China than he has.
Therefore, Yu Dong was not surprised at all when Clezio agreed to this matter.
Joyce Oates asked, "You can quit at any time," but before Yidong could answer, she said, "I agree to join."
However, Yu Dong still answered her question, "Of course you can quit at any time without any restrictions. I won't talk about the benefits here. The benefits of the International Collaboration Center are not high and are more symbolic. In addition, international writing
The center also has a writer’s class. If you are interested, you can go over and give lectures to young writers and friends.”
The writing class at the International Writing Center started in November, nearly three months have passed, and there are still more than three months left.
The results are quite good, and several people have made great progress.
In writing classes, teachers do not restrict students' styles. In other words, as long as students are willing, they can write any type of work they want.
In addition to traditional literature, you can also write some popular science fiction, martial arts and even fantasy.
It’s just that students who come to the International Writing Center rarely take the initiative to write popular novels. Moreover, if you want to learn the creation of popular novels such as science fiction, fantasy, and martial arts in the writing center, there are very few instructors who can guide you. Basically, Yu Dong is the one.
.
In fact, the International Writing Center is completely different from some writing training abroad. Yu Dong basically does not teach students how to use words to form sentences, let alone let them conduct word association training.
These students are not children who are still in compulsory education. If they feel that they need such training, they will naturally arrange it themselves. Yu Dong and the others are more guiding students on how to realize their true feelings.
Many people think that they cannot write about what they see and hear simply because they cannot use words and sentences. In fact, wording and sentence making are secondary. The most important thing is that most people have not found a way to face their own feelings.
Some people are good at choosing words and sentences, but when they see heavy rain, they immediately think of pouring, pouring, when they see clouds and mist, they immediately think of dense, lingering, when they see water waves, they immediately think of surging, rippling, sparkling, etc., but they don’t think about what they see.
What was the first feeling when .
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