Naturally, Yang Ye was not surprised that Chu Liuxiang would be chosen by the director and eventually turned into a TV series. After all, the book's foundation was there. It was just that things would happen so quickly when Yang Ye did not expect it.
The next day, after letting Yifei go to the recording studio, Yang Ye went to Tianya Press.
The publishing firm didn't look big, but it was well-equipped. Moreover, the employees were all enthusiastic and did not have the lethargy of other old publishing firms. Yang Ye couldn't help but nod and smile."The atmosphere here is not bad."
Cang Hai, who was leading Yang Ye, also replied,""Of course. In the past three days, everyone's salary and bonus have doubled. How can they not be enthusiastic?”
When he walked to the innermost office, there were already two people chatting in the room. When he saw Yang Ye and Cang Hai enter, the middle-aged man who was originally sitting in the boss's chair quickly stood up and walked to Yang Ye. He stretched out his hand and smiled."Hello, Mr. Yang. I'm Sun Feibai from Tianya Press.”
"Mr. Yang, not only are you so talented at such a young age, but your appearance is also outstanding. We are really envious!" Sun Feibai said after shaking hands. Thanks to Mr. Yang, my Tianya Publishing Firm has also shown its face in front of everyone.”
Yang Ye nodded." You're welcome."”
Sun Feibai then introduced Yang Ye to another slightly plump man with a full beard in the room." This is Director Zhang Xiao. They have produced many Wuxia classics under them.”
Yang Ye knew Zhang Xiao. He had quite a good reputation among the directors. Moreover, the filming requirements were extremely high, and he had a good reputation in the industry. The movies and TV series that were produced by him were very popular.
Yang Ye held Zhang Xiao's hand and nodded.""Hello, I'm Yang Ye. I also like to watch the martial arts TV series you've filmed.”
"Brother Yang is too polite. Those things are actually given face by everyone, but there is no other way. After all, a clever housewife cannot cook without rice. You also know that in recent years, Wuxia has always lacked good subjects.”Zhang Xiao shook her head and smiled bitterly.
After a round of politeness, Zhang Xiao went straight to the point,""Brother Yang, in fact, everyone understands why I came here. So I want to change the 'Chu Liuxiang' in your hands into a TV series. What do you think, Brother Yang?”
Then, as if he was worried that Yang Ye would disagree, he said,""Of course, I won't let Brother Yang suffer a loss. I'll give you two million yuan for the film adaptation rights for this book. What do you think?”
When Sun Feibai heard Zhang Xiao's words, he also sucked in a breath of cold air." Director Zhang, you're really willing! He actually offered such a price."
After explaining it to Yang Ye, Yang Ye found out that in the industry, authors 'film adaptation rights were usually only worth tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands for newcomers.
Although the sales of Chu Liuxiang had determined that Yang Ye's status could not be considered as a newcomer, he should be at most 500,000 to 600,000 yuan. It definitely could not reach the two million yuan that Zhang Xiao had mentioned.
Zhang Xiao smiled bitterly." I can't help it. There are too many monks and not enough porridge. I don't know how many people are eyeing this book now. If I don't sign it quickly, I'm not sure!"”
Fei Bai nodded his head in agreement. Almost everyone in the world knew about Chu Liuxiang, and it was really popular.
Moreover, with a good reputation and popularity, the viewership ratings would definitely not be low after the TV series was filmed.
Since he had come here, Yang Ye must have done his research and understood that the price Zhang Xiao offered was indeed very fair.
However, Yang Ye was not in a hurry to agree. Instead, he smiled and asked,""Director Zhang, I wonder what the recent television series 'viewership ratings are?”
Although Zhang Xiao did not know why Yang Ye asked this question, she still answered honestly,""Generally speaking, a TV series with a viewership rating of 2% is considered not bad.”
Yang Ye nodded and continued,"Then, Director Zhang, do you want to make a bet with me?"”
Yang Ye's words jumped so quickly that the people in the room could not react in time. They asked subconsciously,""What bet?"
Yang Ye stuck out a finger."If Chu Liuxiang's viewership ratings don't reach 2% after filming, I won't take a single cent. At that time, I gave it to Director Zhang for free. If it reaches 2%, I don't need two million, just one million will do. But if it reaches 2.5%, then you'll have to give me 1.5 million. But if it reaches 3%, then for every 0.5% increase in viewership ratings, you'll have to give me an additional one million. I wonder if Director Zhang dares to make this bet?”
Yang Ye's request shocked the three of them. At this moment, the three of them didn't know if Yang Ye had too much faith in his book or if he was too confident. If the viewership ratings could reach 1.5, everyone thought it was possible, but 2.0 was something that no film or television series had achieved in recent years, let alone higher.
Don't underestimate this 0.2%. On Aqua Blue Planet, China alone had a population of nearly 8 billion. 1.5% meant that during the broadcast period, there would be nearly 100 million viewers watching online at the same time. Every 5% of the people would be 400 million viewers.
In history, although a viewership rating of 2.5% wasn't too much, it wasn't a small number either. However, it was extremely rare for a television series to surpass a viewership rating of 3%.
Although everyone knew that Yang Ye's book was indeed very good, a viewership rating of 3% was too high. This was also why they were so surprised by Yang Ye's request.
With regards to Yang Ye's bet, anyone who knew about it would know that it was too difficult, let alone Zhang Xiao. Therefore, he said politely with good intentions,"Brother Yang, why don't you just use two million yuan to buy the adaptation rights this time! Honestly speaking, don't be angry. It's really difficult to get a viewership rating of 30%. I'm afraid you'll suffer.”
Yang Ye could fully feel that Zhang Xiao had good intentions, but in comparison, Yang Ye was very confident in Chu Liuxiang.
"Don't worry, brother! I am very confident in this book." Yang Ye smiled.
Seeing this, Zhang Xiao had no choice but to agree to the bet. Both parties signed the contract.
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