Chapter 25 The Eve of the Movie Release
The jet plane flew 25,000 miles, but Chen Yuanguang felt like he had spent several centuries.

There is nothing new about America itself, but my return to China this time is equivalent to being officially pushed onto the stage of the times.

Although he knew from the day he got the ticket to the future that this day would come sooner or later, and that he would become the focus of public opinion and the center of storm sooner or later, he did not expect that day to come so soon.

It is still because of this reason, but as an online writer, he is really looking forward to seeing his works being adapted into the big screen.

If Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur was a plagiarized future work, he would not be so looking forward to it, because it is his own work, his own hard work.

"Welcome, this must be Mr. Chen, he is indeed a handsome man." Jenny was very polite to Chen Yuanguang and Lin Jia.

When Lin Jia saw her expression, he guessed that the other party had seen the sample film in advance and was very satisfied with its quality.

This kind of internal film screening is called an internal film screening. As the producer, Tencent’s executives must have watched it first.

Lin Jia extended his hand on behalf of Chen Yuanguang: “Jenny, long time no see.”

Jenny’s expression remained unchanged, still with a professional fake smile: “Ms. Lin, let’s celebrate in advance that our cooperation can be a great success this time.”

The 8 million investment amount of "Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur" was invested by the film and television investment company under the Lim Jia Family Group. They also signed a dividend agreement with Chen Yuanguang. Chen Yuanguang enjoyed 80% of the investment amount in dividends, and the film and television company enjoyed 20%.

Simply put, after deducting costs from profits, Chen Yuanguang can get 80% of the money earned, and he does not have to bear any losses. It is a bit like a gambling agreement.

Jenny didn't know that. She thought Lin Jia had gained most of the benefits, so she wanted to get close to Chen Yuanguang and drive a wedge between them.

She had seen the sample film in advance, and combined with Chen Yuanguang's academic strength, Jenny had a hunch that he would soar to fame.

Tencent doesn’t mind investing in advance and signing the subsequent IP of “Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur”.

"I believe in Yuanguang and I also believe in Tencent's capabilities." Lin Jia gave the same professional fake smile.

There were so many people here that the small screening venue, which could accommodate a hundred people, was full.

Since Wolf Warrior 2, traffic movies have been declining, and last year's "Dying to Survive" further proved this point.

Popular movies can only make money, but they can’t make big money or become a big hit.

If you get the box office revenue from the fans of popular stars, you will inevitably lose most of the normal audiences.

Tencent has high hopes for Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur, hoping that it can become a hit like Detective Chinatown 2, so they did not use traffic stars as the protagonists, but instead found actors with good acting skills.

The only character that used a popular star was the one based on Chen Yuanguang.

Chen Yuanguang went over the film in his mind, but he couldn't connect the other person's face and name. It was not until the list of leading actors was shown that he connected the dots: "So it was him."

After the movie was over, there was silence for a few seconds, and then applause broke out, because the movie was very exciting and combined science fiction very well.

There are not many science fiction elements, but the combination with reasoning is very exciting, and the rationality, logic and plot are all full.

“Geely is really generous. They actually invited Guo Fan to be the director of Past in Kuala Lumpur,” Chen Yuanguang said with emotion.

At the beginning of this year, The Wandering Earth was released, with a box office of 46 billion yuan. This movie not only made Wolf Warrior a god, but also made director Guo Fan a representative of science fiction films in the industry. When he was still a failure in the online literary world, he was lucky enough to get into a group of great writers. Writers in the group often come out to discuss whether the works of a certain big boss in the group have been adapted into film and television works.

They will chat in the group about which director or actor, and if the producer makes a large investment, other authors in the group will congratulate that writer, saying that his hard work has not been in vain.

Later, people gradually stopped talking about this, because they found that the bigger the production, the more they liked to change the original work, and the more they liked to change the original work beyond recognition.

At that time, Chen Yuanguang envied those great writers whose works could be adapted. He thought that as a writer of Tokyo romance novels, he would never have the opportunity to be adapted in his lifetime.

Unexpectedly, not only was the work adapted, but it was also adapted with a huge investment, while the original work remained largely unchanged.

Lin Jia said: "Geely has strength. They have invested in many movies before and have also led the distribution of many movies. With the support of the giant Goose, they have enough ability to invite top casts.

It was also within my expectation to invite Guo Fan. When Tencent signed him, The Wandering Earth had not yet been released.

Moreover, for Guo Fan, The Wandering Earth is his first successful work, and he needs more works to prove his box office appeal. The original novel of Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur is good, the script is good, and with Tencent backing, it is normal for him to continue with the next one.”

When The Wandering Earth was released, they waited until April to go to the cinema to see it in America, and the foreigners were applauding after the movie ended.

Even if we look at this movie from the perspective of the future, except for the graphics, everything else is first-rate, and its spiritual core is top-notch.

Chen Yuanguang asked: "I noticed that he didn't change my original work much. Is it because you mentioned it to Tencent?"

Lin Jia shook his head: "How can I possibly restrict Tencent to abide by the original work? It's too difficult.

I guess it’s because science fiction requires extremely high logic, and if he changes it, everything would be overturned, so he simply didn’t change it.

He seemed to have only added some emotional expressions between the boy and his father, and buried the clues about Detective Li's past background, probably for the sequel and the spin-off. "

"You should cooperate with Shenhai in accepting interviews and roadshows. You will have many opportunities to talk to Director Guo at that time. You can ask him what he thinks."

This kind of background is not in China, and it will pass the review very quickly.

When the movie was approved, Tencent's marketing strategy had already begun.

"An undergraduate student from Jiangnan University published two Nature papers in one year, and he even won this award."

"Publishing top magazines, writing novels, and making movies, this undergraduate student is an all-rounder!"

“The legendary life of a post-95s genius!”

After Tencent started their publicity machine, Chen Yuanguang's name spread across China in just one week.

It is easy to check whether Nature is true or false, the Science Fiction Rising Star Award can also be traced, and the film and television adaptations are about to be released. There is a lot of evidence to prove that these reports are true.

Public opinion was immediately ignited.

As the most famous alumnus of Jiangnan University, Lei Jun forwarded the Weibo post of Jiangnan University’s official website about this matter and commented:
"We are both 20 years old, but why is there such a big difference between my 20s and his? Congratulations, junior. I have already bought Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur and will watch it this weekend!"

(End of this chapter)