After a brief understanding, Bill Roses made an excuse and asked George Martin's agent to leave the reception room. Only Murphy and the others were left here. The agent needed to be present during formal negotiations. This kind of private meeting was not necessary. Moreover, George Martin's agent was not a fool. Since he left here, he would definitely have to talk to Bill Roses alone.

Just as Murphy settled the negotiations on "City of Sin", the negotiations involving copyrights are never easy, and no author or agent would listen to someone's tricks, wishing he didn't even want the adaptation fee, just like a brainless little brother, giving up the copyright in his hands.

As we all know, Hollywood has never been good at originality, and over time, it has become increasingly focused on adaptation.

George Martin has been in Hollywood and must be familiar with this circle.

This is the first time that the two sides have met. Murphy still focuses on strengthening relationships and testing each other's attitude.

"I just finished watching the trilogy of "Ice Rain Storm", "Game of Thrones", "The Disputes of Kings" and "Ice Rain Storm", which impressed me so deeply."

Putting down the coffee cups, Murphy is not stingy with praise, "I think they will become milestones in the history of fantasy literature and great works alongside the Lord of the Rings trilogy."

"Too much praise, too much praise..." George Martin didn't expect Murphy to compare his work with his idol Tolkien's great trilogy. He was humble, but he was also a little excited while being modest. After all, it felt really good to be appreciated by such a Hollywood director, but he still said, "How can I be with Tolkien."

Instead of continuing to say this, Murphy changed the subject and said, "After reading your book, I have a lot of feelings and wonder what it should look like if it appears on the screen."

Most authors want to see their works adapted, especially George Martin is also a Hollywood screenwriter.

Murphy did his homework in advance for most topics and rhetoric.

For negotiations like these, you must be well prepared. He cannot rashly contact George Martin. If he doesn't even make necessary preparations and wants to impress the other party with some nonsense words, he would be too stupid.

Speaking of adaptation, George Martin immediately cheered up, "Director Stanton..."

"Murphy!" Murphy emphasized, "My friends call me Murphy."

George Martin immediately changed his words, "Murphy, can you know your specific opinion on this book?"

This is the most basic concept. If the concepts are different, he must carefully consider whether the transaction is appropriate.

"I think that ice and fire are to highlight the struggle of human nature. The book has created countless characters, but it does not show heroism, dedication or cunning conspiracy in isolation. Instead, it starts from the perspective of the character from the perspective of reality, from the perspective of the characters, and depicts a large number of different situations and choices of characters in the vortex of that particular era, including heroes and disadvantaged groups."

These days, Murphy is reading this novel, and time is of course not in vain. "Martin, you have always strictly adhered to third-person narratives in your writing. Readers in each chapter can feel the stories that happened to a specific character according to the thoughts and motivations of a specific character, and taste what he saw and heard in that world."

Before George Martin could speak, Murphy said again, "I think "Song of Ice and Fire" is an 'anti-traditional pioneer' in fantasy literature. It is not a fictional fantasy novel in the full sense, but a realistic world with practical significance."

George Martin was nodding one after another, and it was obvious that Murphy's words were spoken to him.

Although "Song of Ice and Fire" was created as a fantasy epic, where court struggles, battlefield battles, adventures and magical confrontations are fascinating, he also admitted that such a huge and fictional "invasive world" must also be embedded in reality factors so that readers can feel the real existence of this "second world" and make this epic have its practical significance.

Murphy Stanton's words were simply to the point, and they completely grasped the theme of this series, and it sounded very researchy about this series.

Before he knew it, George Martin subconsciously agreed with Murphy.

“I think this series should be in front of more people,” Murphy said, “and it should be spreading on a wider scale, not just a small group of fantasy literature readers.”

Although George Martin no longer nodded, his recognition on his face could be seen even by a child of a few years old.

From the last negotiation to capture Franko Miller, Murphy summed up a lot of experience. These literary creators are sometimes more withdrawn. They often need recognition more than ordinary people and prefer to show what they are most proud and good at.

Therefore, Murphy asked at the right time, "George, after watching the first trilogy, I have always had a question, how did you think of such a huge world view and plot structure? Or, where did you get the inspiration from the first?"

He smiled, "I'm not just a director, but also a screenwriter. Sometimes the inspiration is exhausted and I want to pry my head open."

“It’s really worrying to be exhausted,”

It seemed that Murphy's words were just the itchy, and George Martin kept talking, "I used to write a short story. During the creation process, I suddenly imagined such a scene. A dire wolf was stabbed into the throat with antler and died, leaving several little wolves, and then the little wolves were taken away by a group of children..."

He cleared his throat and said, "This image became stronger and stronger in my mind, and suddenly ignited my long-lost creative enthusiasm. From then on, it was out of control, and then "Game of Thrones" came into being."

"It's really strange." Murphy said with a smile.

George Martin nodded, "Sometimes I find it incredible."

Murphy talked to George Martin about the novel again, and then gradually led the topic to adaptation.

"If we adapt a TV series, we should move closer to "Brothers". "He could certainly see that George Martin also wanted his works to appear in front of more people. The audience facing the TV platform is undoubtedly wider than that of the novel. "My idea is that adaptation must be made to invest in and produce largely in order to reproduce the scenes of the novel."

"Yes." George Martin sighed heavily.

When someone contacted him a few years ago, he didn't see the investment scale alone.

"George, we can plan "Game of Thrones" into ten episodes." Murphy deliberately listed himself and George Martin as a front, "the total investment is no less than $50 million, and it will be produced in the shooting of mainstream Hollywood movies..."

George Martin ignored the rest and was completely attracted by the number 50 million US dollars.

In fact, he knew very well that fantasy TV series had not had a wide audience in North America and had no successful fantasy TV series in the past. This is why the people who came into contact with him refused to invest heavily, and did not have enough investment. In addition, they were not a type of popular TV series, so the possibility of failure of the adaptation would be very high.

Once he fails, his hopes and waiting will be vain.

Although this number is far from the investment of "Brothers", it is already quite amazing to invest $50 million in ten episodes in a TV series that has not passed any ratings test.

For a moment, George Martin wanted to nod and respond immediately.

But he is not a fool after all. He cannot make any promises when he knows that his agent is not present.

Afterwards, Murphy stopped talking about this, but instead talked to George Martin about some interesting things in Hollywood. After showing enough sincerity, he could not be too anxious. Too anxious was also not good for him.

About fifteen minutes later, Murphy took the initiative to end the interview and when he sent George Martin out, he invited, "George, I have a formal party at home this weekend to celebrate the "Deadpool" big sale. Do you have time?"

George Martin was about to agree, but after thinking about the time, he said with an apology, "It's a coincidence that I'm going to New York on the weekend, and there's something happening with my sister."

Murphy seemed very sorry, "It's such a coincidence."

Bill Rossis and George Martin's agents also walked out of another reception room. The four of them said a few words, and Murphy and Bill Rossis sent the two people away.

Watching George Martin and his agent walk away, Murphy stood at the door of the Death Star Building and asked, "How is the conversation?"

Bill Roses shrugged, "It's still going well. His agent can't wait to sell the adaptation rights and get some commissions."

Murphy glanced at the watch and said, "Let's get here today. I've made an appointment with Grace to go to the party company. Don't forget to arrive on time on weekends."

"I will arrive earlier than everyone else." Bill Roses said with a smile.

Just as I said to Robert Downey Jr. and James Franco and others before, after Gal Gadot returned, Murphy was preparing to hold a party at home, which was also a thank you for your support from friends and partners. This was not a corrupt carnival party like Hollywood, but a formal party with a dinner-like nature.

Murphy invited not only individuals, but also their family and girlfriend. This is a suggestion from Caa. They have conducted in-depth research on this. On the basis of establishing certain cooperation or friendship between the two parties, bringing their families to the party can significantly narrow the relationship between them.

In this regard, Murphy also believed in Caa's vision, and the preparation of the party was even left to Grace, and there was also a special company in Hollywood.

The party was chosen this Saturday night.
Chapter completed!