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Lance came out of the bathroom and wiped his wet hair with a towel—he was soaked all over his body just now, and the first thing he did after he came back was to take a shower first, and looked out the window, the heavy rain had turned into light rain, The sky also gradually began to brighten, from dark blue to light blue. It's just that I don't know when it will stop. The thick clouds still haven't dissipated. I thought it was just a thunderstorm, but I didn't expect it to stop.

The milky-yellow lighting imbues the whole room with a warm atmosphere, and the strange yet somewhat familiar decoration exudes a sense of peace of mind everywhere. Originally, Lance thought that his memory of this place was already blurred, but after he actually came in, every detail was so clear, as if it had always been hidden in the depths of his mind and never disappeared.

In fact, after leaving Diorama Films, Lance cannot be regarded as having nothing. After all, he has achieved good results in the past six years. Although most of the income has been re-invested in the company, flexible funds that can be embezzled at any time Not much, but Lance didn't treat himself badly in his personal life.

This three-bedroom, two-living room apartment is the real estate under Lance's personal name, located in the star-studded Century City.

Century City is one of the prime locations in Los Angeles. Although the price is not as high as that of luxury houses in Westwood District and Beverly Hills, it is located in the center of the city, within a short distance of Beverly Hills, Hollywood Boulevard, Burbank and other important places. It is very close, which can be said to be a unique position for the film industry. So the price is not cheap.

The headquarters of Creative Artists Brokerage Company and International Innovation Management Company, which rank among the top five brokerage companies in the United States, are located in Century City. In addition, there are many film production companies and entertainment-related industry companies based here - Diorama Films is also one of them, which is why Lance bought an apartment here in the first place - it is only a short drive from the apartment to the company Five minutes away.

Standing in this space again, Lance felt the taste of "home" again, which made all emotions relax.

Percy sat quietly at the dining table, his light golden hair would cover his ears, softly and lightly delineating the sharp-edged facial features, revealing a handsome and cool temperament, eyebrows like a long sword drawn out of its sheath Hidden in the shadow of the milky yellow light, one can only vaguely see a trace of concentration between the sparse brows. Looking at the pile of scattered materials on the table, he felt his eyes go dark, and he didn't know where to start.

In Hollywood, for producers and agents, their most valuable assets are contacts and information—simply put, it is the unknown inside story and secrets, as well as a full set of information on key people and related precautions, which It is the capital for them to gain a foothold in the fierce competition.

The messy data in front of me is Lance's "property". When Lance left Diorama Films, Ryan completely formatted Lance's computer hard drive, and all the data was emptied. Even if he wanted to restore it, he would not It was such an easy task; even most of these paper materials were taken away, and the rest were completely messed up, and it was impossible to sort out the thinking at all, it looked like a pile of waste paper.

Percy has been trying to reclassify the materials these days, but the difficulty of the task is far beyond imagination. At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps, and when he raised his head, he saw Lance approaching him. Lance changed into a smoky gray shirt, and his demeanor softened. While buttoning his shirt, he sat down at the seat opposite the dining table.

Percy was slightly taken aback, and then pointed to the coffee pot next to him, "What's your plan next? Is 'Lost in Translation' planning to continue fighting for it? It's difficult to find out where Sofia Coppola is, but it's not impossible Possibly..." Halfway through the sentence, Percy couldn't help but stop, and saw Lance pour a cup of coffee, then added two cubes of sugar, and poured another half a cup of milk, Percy felt quite surprised—Lance used to Drinking coffee will not be so sweet.

"The matter of 'Lost in Translation' will be discussed later, please show me the adaptation rights of those novels and the contract first." Lance put the coffee aside, then picked up the one on the table Wrapped skittles, opened it and poured a few in the palm of my hand, and put it in my mouth. Instead, he saw Percy staring intently at the candy in his hand. He put the candy in front of Percy and cast a questioning look.

Only then did Percy come back to his senses, waved his hands in a panic, and rejected Lance's offer, "Yes, the copyright of the adaptation of the novel." Percy began to search around, and finally found the target document on the corner of the table, and handed it To Lance, "These materials have been completely messed up, and many important contents have been lost. This is a big problem."

Looking at the chaos on the table, Lance waved his hand nonchalantly, "At least you snatched some of them. I thought that Ryan would have destroyed these materials long ago." They all knew the materials clearly The importance of it can even be said to be a priceless treasure, so Ryan will definitely not let him bring out the information easily. However, information is dead, but people are alive. Wisdom and ability are truly priceless things. "Let's sort it out and see how much you have. If you don't have any, don't worry too much."

After speaking, Lance didn't bother Percy's work anymore, but focused on the materials in his hand.

Percy looked at the man in front of him speechlessly, and then at the long string of watermarks left on the ground where Lance passed barefoot just now... He tried to ignore the obvious watermarks, calm down and start working, but out of the corner of his eyes I can always see it, and feel that the whole person's attention is distracted. After struggling for a while, he glanced at Lance who was engrossed in it, and finally stood up, found a rag from the kitchen, and started to get busy.

After a brief browsing, Lance found that there were actually six novel adaptation copyrights in his hands, which was really unexpected. You know, the copyrights of these novels were bought before Li Jin crossed over. Regardless of the quality of the novels, this vision is commendable. No wonder Lance was able to see the "Harry Potter" from the very beginning "the value of.

Lance turned over the top three novels and read the synopsis carefully to avoid making the mistake of last time and missing valuable works. But the result was disappointing.

First of all, it must be admitted that Lance has a unique vision. He first studied English language literature and philosophy at the University of Southern California, then studied Spanish and French at Cambridge University, and then entered the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. The acuity for language and literary arts is superior to others.

The three novels that Lance read just now have one thing in common. Both literary and social aspects are worthy of careful consideration. One of the novels is called "The World of Chaos", which tells the life of the young generation in Tanzania in a period of drastic social change. , not only tells the short and sensational life of the protagonist, but also describes the local life in Tanzania in detail. Quite a bit of Jane-Austen style, but with a distinct African style.

However, these three novels have one thing in common. It is too difficult to adapt, and it is even more difficult to shoot-the current regime in East Africa is still turbulent. At least as far as Lance can remember, no one has managed to make it to the big screen until 2015.

Immediately afterwards, I read the fourth book, but it still ended in disappointment. Perhaps the expectation was too high before, so the disappointment is more obvious now. Lance felt that his head was starting to swell, so he poured himself another cup of coffee, lit a cigarette, and was about to continue reading the fifth novel, but after thinking about it, Lance put the fifth novel back and rummaged through it , took out that contract.

This contract was drawn up by Diorama Films. The legal provisions are still a bible for Lance, but it can be seen that the main content is that Lance will use the right to adapt the six novels he has in hand for 150,000 US dollars. The price is assigned to Diorama Films. One hundred and fifty thousand dollars, roughly speaking, this is really a low price.

However, if you consider the situation of Lance and Diorama Films-it is indeed an impossible task to adapt a novel in Africa and South America in Hollywood in 2002; For second-tier production companies, these adaptation rights are more valuable in the hands of Diorama Films. Well, $150,000 is a generous deal.

To make a horizontal comparison, Lance successfully won the film adaptation copyright of the "Harry Potter" series at a price of 250,000 U.S. dollars; then Ryan and Tucker paid 750,000 U.S. dollars for the adaptation rights. The price was sold to Warner Bros.; then Warner Bros. purchased the commercialization rights and patent usage rights of the series from J-K-Rowling (J-K-Rowling) at a price of 300,000 US dollars. down. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

In this way, the transaction amount of this contract can indeed be regarded as generous. It can be seen that Ryan really spent a lot of effort in order to make Lance take the shot willingly.

Lance has already started to seriously think about whether he should sign this contract—at least, so that he can have 150,000 US dollars in activity funds—anyway, these six novels are not worth adapting in a short period of time, it is better to Used to cash out. However, for making a movie, $150,000 is a drop in the bucket, not to mention that he has to pay taxes on this income.

Skipping those cumbersome legal provisions, Lance found the detailed terms of the six novels and read them one by one. Then Lance's sight suddenly stopped, and a name came into view, "City of Gods", This made Lance sit up straight suddenly, and all the cells in his body were mobilized.

Lance carefully confirmed the relevant terms of "City of Gods", but he didn't find what he needed to confirm in it, so he threw the contract away, searched around, and found the novel at the bottom. Lance quickly opened it and looked it up carefully.

"City of the Gods" by Paulo-Lins, Brazilian Novel!

In an instant, the lights all over the world were lit up, and a burst of ecstasy surged in his mind. This is what he has been looking for, this is what he needs most at this moment, and this is what his heart desires to appear! He found a treasure! "City of God", this novel later became famous all over the world, and was adapted into a famous movie - "City of God"!

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