"Take it down." Long Mayer nodded, "But there were still some twists and turns in the middle. A film company bought its film and television adaptation rights before us. So we bought it back from it, and it cost twice as much as before."

When Xia Tian heard this, he nodded and knew that this was an inevitable thing. After all, he is not the only one who has Bo Le's vision in the world, and "The Silence of the Lambs" is indeed a classic suspense novel, so it is normal for someone to grab it.

"Well, some novels with good reputation and high sales can be bought in advance. Even if they can't be adapted at that time, they will be saved in the script library first." He immediately ordered.

It’s not bad to buy "The Silence of the Lambs" for twice this time. What I fear most is that after some novels are bought, they may not be able to buy them even if they spend money, so the loss will be huge.

For example, the famous Harry Potter series has a global box office of 7.8 billion US dollars; the well-reputed "Twilight" series has a global box office of nearly 3 billion US dollars; the magical classic "Lord of the Rings" series has a global box office of 2.9 billion US dollars... Once the adaptation rights of novels like this are lost, the losses caused will be enough to make summer feel painful.

Therefore, if you want to keep these big IPs, you can only take action at once. The so-called quick hands, slow hands, avoiding returning empty-handedly in Baoshan.

"This method doesn't work well." Lang Meyer shook his head and said when he heard this.

"Why?" Xia Tian asked in confusion.

"Many film companies in the United States are involved in the publishing industry and have the ability to publish novels. Many high-quality novels have been booked by them before they are released. Even if there are still fish that miss the net, hundreds of film companies are watching them. It is impossible to get ahead of others." Long Mayer explained.

After hearing this, Xia Tian suddenly realized that he nodded. When Long Mayer reminded him, he realized that this phenomenon was indeed the case. Disney owns its own publishing company, specializing in children's story books, picture albums, etc.; Warner also has companies like DC Comics, specializing in publishing hero comics; behind Fox Film is media tycoon Murdoch, who not only publishes newspapers and magazines, but also publishes books.

With their publishing companies, these film companies can win those high-quality IPs at the first time, just like the mainland online game companies investing in building online sites.

"If you say so, let's start a publishing company," Xia Tian thought for a while.

In the past, publishing companies basically did not make much money by the Internet era. Because people were used to reading books on the Internet and no longer spent money to buy books, the business of publishing companies was also severely damaged.

For example, in 1925, eighty-nine British publishers went bankrupt, and one Amazon company accounted for 79% of the UK e-book market.

However, before this, the book publishing industry was still profitable. Of course, whether to make money or not is second to the point. The key is to borrow books and get high-quality IPs first. This is the real big deal.

Just like the online novels in my previous life, the total subscription amount is only a few hundred thousand yuan, but if it is adapted into a film and television drama or an online game, it will start at least one million yuan.

"I think it's OK." When Long Mayer heard this, he nodded in agreement.

When they first started their caa, they had no business or had no big-name stars, they just found the writers they wanted to help them manage their business.

Although those writers at that time wrote many best-selling novels and made a lot of money, they did not attract the attention of the agency and no one helped them manage their business. Caa took advantage of the situation and signed many big-name writers in one fell swoop.

Then they used the novels written by these big-name writers to discuss cooperation with film and television companies, and naturally they would be accurate. Then they talked about actors and directors according to the cooperation project. If these actors and directors wanted to participate in this project, they had to choose to sign a contract with Caa, so they slowly became famous by relying on this method.

Long Mayer is still in contact with many well-known writers and has a close relationship. Therefore, if a publishing company is established, I believe there will be no business.

"That's it." Xia Tian nodded and smiled, "You can prepare for the publishing company affairs. You don't have to make it too big in the early stage. Just publish a few books first and then try it out."

"Okay." Long Mayer responded.

...

The next day in the summer, he took the excuse of going to Washington to meet with members of Congress, and then took a plane to Palo Otto.

Xia Tian was really happy to see Zhao Yazhi and her son.

The four of them were also very happy to see Xiatian.

"Godfather!" Hongzi and Yizi ran up and hugged Xia Tian's big frustration.

"Be good!" Xia Tian smiled and reached out to pick them up. "Wow, it's so heavy, you have grown up a lot!" He said with a smile. Hongzai, Yizai, one is ten years old and the other is eight years old, they are already old children.

"A Tian, ​​don't hold them." Zhao Yazhi was afraid of getting tired of him, so she quickly reminded, "Hongzai, Yizai, come down quickly!"

"It's okay, Sister Zhi, I can still hold it." Xia Tian smiled.

"Godfather, I've learned the piano. Can you play it later?" Hongzai said proudly.

"Oh, so promising, I can even play the piano, so I really have to listen to it." Xia Tian nodded with a smile.

"Godfather, I can play the flute, I will play it to you later." Yizai also said proudly.

"Wow, it's so awesome. You can even play the flute. It's great!" Xia Tian said with surprise again.

The two little guys were so happy that they received the praise from Xia Tian. Then they showed him their talents one by one, which was indeed very good. Although they were not as good as those prodigy who played Chopin at the age of five, they were much better than many children of the same age.

"The schools in the United States are indeed good." Xia Tian nodded and praised. There are no primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong that teach these unless parents help to enroll in study classes.

"Yes, the aristocratic schools here do teach a lot of different things. Like Hongzai, he still learns to ride a horse now." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile.

"Is that so? Wow, that's really amazing. General soon!" Xia Tian said with a smile.

Zhao Yazhi was also very happy to see her child promising. Even in Hong Kong, even in a noble primary school, the academic style is just a little more positive and the teacher is stricter, but the difference between what she learned is actually not much.
Chapter completed!