Chapter 1105: Chapter 315: Boss’s Information, Three Directions
Li Yan was a bit surprised: "I think whether it’s a director or a film company, they would prefer the third option, right? From what you said, you value the first two more?"
Qiao Pan smiled wryly: "Precisely because everyone values well-known screenwriters and authors, but truly able to write good works, especially ones suitable for film adaptation, are few. Or rather, there are many, but not every piece is suitable. Movie time is limited, it can’t be slowly laid out and expressed like in a TV series. Similarly, screenwriters and authors have professional knowledge limitations, even with collaboration, there might be some common mistakes due to lack of understanding."
"Then for ordinary screenwriters and internet writers, wouldn’t there be even more mistakes?"
"First, that’s not necessarily true. Ordinary screenwriters might have several manuscripts before one is accepted, which forces them to self-review, revise, and produce better quality work. After being rejected, they revise according to the pointed-out issues. There are also many who produce masterpieces over years; in this way, the possibility of producing a good story might not be lower than that of renowned authors whose every work is bought. For internet novels, they are serialized daily, with daily interactions, and any issue pointed out by readers can be promptly corrected. To be honest, some of the ideas and stories created by today’s TV and movie screenwriters lag far behind those of internet novels."
Secondly; the issue of numbers. For commissioned works from renowned authors, we might find only a few; with open conditions collection and internet novel screening, our scope could be dozens, hundreds, or even more. With a larger base, the probability of picking out good works increases. It just consumes a lot of manpower and resources."
Regarding his suggestion, everyone was deep in thought. Jiang Xueyin hummed: "Mr. Qiao, this isn’t about consumption, can we manage with our current staff? I’m afraid we need to hire a special batch of people to review scripts and novels!"
Qiao Pan neither agreed nor disagreed: "That’s right, we do need a specialized team to filter and recommend, and they must be people who read a lot of novels and watch a lot of movies. And I think, it’s worth it!"
"Raising a group of people to read scripts and novels? With these expenses, why not directly buy the copyrights of renowned authors or bestsellers?" Jiang Xueyin found it hard to accept.
While they were talking, Li Yan was secretly calculating: if a person’s annual salary is tens of thousands, then ten people would only be hundreds of thousands a year, and ten people dedicated to this for a year, how many scripts and novels could they review? Just by discovering a story, successfully adapting one, and the cost would be recouped. This job requires interest, fun, and audience psychology—no need for Yun Country’s literature bachelor’s, master’s degrees and such; it can even allow some employees, or even students part-time, to integrate work with interest, with no need for very high salaries.
"I think it’s doable!" After all, Qiao Pan was newly joined, and Li Yan didn’t want him to worry about Jiang Xueyin, so he immediately shared his thoughts and made a decision, passing the suggestion on the spot, and started preparing for these tasks right away.
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Back in the office, Li Yan took out his phone, preparing to make a call to confirm his previous suspicion.
At this moment, Jiang Xueyin pushed the door in on her own: "Do you think because this movie succeeded, you’re starting to get carried away? It was just a fluke! Qiao Pan’s suggestion just now is a waste of money!"
Li Yan smiled and asked: "Do you remember our March agreement?"
"What?" Jiang Xueyin was baffled. (It’s March, does everyone dare to use the Monthly Pass to push the old delinquents? (*^__^*)) (To be continued, to know what happens next, please log in to www.qidian.com, more Chapters are available, support the author, support genuine reading!)
