Chapter 32 Big Explosion
"Geely released the phenomenal hit "Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur", with box office exceeding 20 billion yuan in 20 days"

"Geely has made a comeback in the film and television industry, and secured the strongest summer season title with Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur!"

"Another work of Guo Fan's proof. Netizens jokingly said that the door to domestic science fiction that was closed by "Shanghai Fortress" has been opened again."

"The popularity of Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur has led to a frenzy of buying up of domestic science fiction copyrights again"

The success of Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur was Tencent’s turning point in the field of film and television distribution and production, and they proved their capabilities.

Major self-media outlets have reported on the success of Kuala Lumpur's past, and Kuala Lumpur's tourism industry has been boosted. Spring Airlines shows that the number of flight searches with Kuala Lumpur as the destination has increased by 500%.

The number of Chinese tourists in Malaysia also increased by 50%.

Malaysia is hoping to find the movie star to serve as their tourism ambassador.

Because of the movie’s popularity, the media in Singapore even protested against portraying Singapore as a chaotic place in the future.

In Chen Yuanguang's description, the Kra Canal was opened under the leadership of AI, and the Lion City and the Strait of Malacca gradually withered.

The popularity of the movie also proved the value of Chen Yuanguang's work. Tencent sent Jenny to negotiate with Chen Yuanguang and try to sign a long-term contract with him.

The science fiction world is regretting having missed out on another phenomenal IP. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur can be made into a series based on this background story, just like Detective Chinatown 3.

Of course, they also got a share of the pie. The popularity of Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur led to the copyrights of other winning works of the 10th Science Fiction Rising Star Competition being signed by film and television companies.

There is an element of gambling involved in this. Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur earned NT$20 billion at the box office in 20 days. So it’s not too much to expect the second and third prizes in the Sci-Fi Rising Star Contest to earn over NT$ million at the box office, right?

Science Fiction World has signed copyright agreements with two of the works, and the revenue from reselling the copyrights is higher than what they earn from selling magazines throughout the year.

So much so that they have been sighing internally, no wonder everyone is flocking to do IP business.

"Congratulations, Ms. Lin." Jenny made an appointment with Chen Yuanguang for a meeting, but she was shocked to find out that it was Lin Jia who came.

Jenny hoped to meet with Chen Yuanguang alone and trick him into signing the contract.

Lin Jia is not easy to fool, or rather, she is not sure at all that she can fool Lin Jia.

Lin Jia smiled professionally: “Jenny, long time no see, you look good, it seems that the big sales of the movie are a shot in the arm for you.

The higher-ups should have regained their confidence in Tencent Pictures, thinking that you are not a bunch of hopeless losers.”

In a negotiation, when you know that it is the other party who needs you, not you who needs the other party, all you need to do is to overwhelm the other party with your momentum.

Lin Jia knew that no matter how sarcastic he was to Jenny, she would never dare to show any dissatisfaction, because she could turn around and leave at any time and sign a contract with Ali, Guangxian, and Wanda.

Their business came to them.

As long as there is profit, capital's sense of smell is sharper than that of a dog.

Jenny was indeed not angry, she just lowered her eyes slightly, and then quickly smiled and said, “It is still relying on Mr. Chen’s work to lay the foundation for our success this time.

We hope to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with Mr. Chen.”

Lin Jia said: "No problem, our cooperation this time is very pleasant, but whether we can continue to maintain such a pleasant cooperative relationship in the future depends on the sincerity of Tencent."

Jenny took out a contract and handed it to the other party, "Ms. Lin, this is our sincerity." She had two contracts prepared in her bag. She had made up her mind from the beginning that if it was Chen Yuanguang who came, she would give the first copy to him, and if it was Lin Jia, she would give the second copy to her.

Lin Jia picked up the contract and quickly found the key part and flipped through it: "It's too long. We can't accept twenty years. This can be said to bind the life cycle of a writer.

Five years at most, we sign a five-year contract.

In addition, you cannot request all the works. Our authorization only covers the works with the story background related to Once Upon a Time in Kuala Lumpur."

Lin Jia picked out the nits in the contract one by one. She really enjoyed the feeling of cutting flesh with a blunt negotiation knife.

Lin Jia knew that Tencent would definitely not agree to his request so easily, and they would need to go through many rounds of negotiations before they could reach a result.

It is this feeling of testing the opponent's bottom line and achieving his own goals that makes Lin Jia enjoy it.

While Lin Jia was negotiating with Tencent, Chen Yuanguang returned to his home.

He only has four months to return to his country this time. Two months have passed now. He will have to stay for another two months before going to America. He wants to go back to be with his mother.

"Yuan Guang, I didn't expect you to be so talented in writing. Mom went to see the movie you made and also bought the original novel.

I couldn't get into the original novel, but the movie was so good that I invited all my colleagues in the company to watch it." Chen's mother smiled happily.

Ever since she divorced Chen Yuanguang's father, she gave up the idea of ​​pushing her child forward. She felt that it was better to push herself forward instead of pushing her child forward, and she embarked on the path of a strong woman.

Because of this, Chen Yuanguang had a very free childhood and youth. When he was a teenager, he couldn't understand why his parents had no time to accompany him.

It was not until he went to college that he gradually came to understand his mother and gained a new appreciation for his father's debauchery.

"As long as you like it, after the movie is settled, I will get about 50 million this time. I will give you half of it then, and you don't have to work so hard.

I can already make enough money to support you and your grandparents, so you can retire early." Chen Yuanguang said.

Mother Chen said calmly: "Do you think I can be idle?
If I were to retire, I wouldn't know what to do. To be honest, I work to make my life less empty.

You keep the money you earn yourself, I can support myself.

Yuanguang, have you ever thought about what path you will take in the future?
Is it career planning, to be exact?

Chen Yuanguang had a headache. This was also the reason why he didn't want to go home. He didn't want to go home and talk about work, the future, and such serious topics.

He now has no idea in which direction the future will develop, and what he can influence is not just himself, but the entire earth and human society.

This topic is too vast, and he needs enough time to think and deduce.

"I haven't thought about it yet. There are too many choices. I need time to choose slowly. I plan to do them all. When I don't have enough energy and have to give up one of them, I will slowly simplify it." said Chen Yuanguang.

Mother Chen frowned, then relaxed her brows after a while: "That makes sense. Whether in the field of scientific research or writing, you have enough capital to be willful.

Your foundation is already very solid. You won't be like ordinary people who will fall behind if they take a wrong step. This situation is something you should really think about."

(End of this chapter)