Chapter 144: Chapter 144 Negotiation
Chittam Bahat's novel "Five Points Man" is the script prototype of the famous Indian movie "Three Stooges in Bollywood" in the latter days, Lin Mingyang wants to make just a non-commercial movie, he doesn't want to make the Indians lose an excellent movie because of his intervention. The novel "Five Points Man" takes place in India, Lin Mingyang certainly will not directly turn the novel into a script and then shoot, all he really needs is to obtain the authorization of the original author, and then the "Five Points Man" to be adapted.
Because the movie Three Stooges in Bollywood hadn't appeared yet, and Five Point Man had only just been published last year, the current Chittan Bahat wasn't as famous as Lin Ming Yang thought he would be, but it wasn't difficult to find him.
Although Bahat's novels were written in English, the language was not proper English. Many critics in India have seized on this point, arguing that his works have no long-term value as collectors, and can only be called "toilet literature". But Chittam Bahat has always stuck to his principles of writing in English: simplicity, accessibility and appealing to young Indian readers who are interested in India's current social phenomena.
A professional investor in an investment bank, Bahat, in his early 30s, is considered a young writer. Although Barnhart's novels have sold more than one million copies in India, and his influence among young Indian readers can already be compared with those old English best-selling novelists, Chittan Barnhart was still surprised to learn that Lin Mingyang had actually come to India to meet with him personally for the adaptation of his first novel.
Most of all an Indian writer, his attention to Lin Mingyang is not just focused on the field of film and television, he has read "Twilight", the novel in the world's best-selling degree can only be compared with the "Harry Potter" series. Chittam Bahat of course also harbored the dream that his work would one day sell well all over the world, so his eager anticipation for this meeting even exceeded that of Lin Ming Yang.
Chitan Barnhardt arrived early at the agreed meeting place, how should I describe his mood at this time? Nervous, excited, happy, and scared. Bahat kept urging himself in his mind: don't panic, don't panic, but sweat was pouring out of his head. He straightened his collar and pulled on his lapel; a moment later, he straightened his collar again and pulled on his lapel, repeating this many times because he was so excited that he was a little unsure of what he was supposed to do now.
Lin Mingyang wore a khaki-colored casual library, a white T-shirt, sunglasses and a baseball cap today, such attire was no different from many foreigners who traveled to India. Despite this, Lin Mingyang was still very eye-catching in the crowd, he walked into the cafe with that one newspaper in his hand, and Chittan Bahat spotted him from a long distance away.
Chitan Bahat was so excited that he stood up and waved vigorously at Lin Mingyang. His actions not only succeeded in attracting Lin Ming Yang's attention, but also succeeded in drawing the attention of everyone in the cafe to Lin Ming Yang. A few young men came together and muttered a few words, seemingly already suspicious of Lin Mingyang's identity.
Lin Mingyang had to lower the brim of his hat and quickly walked over to the Chittan Bahat table to sit down. It was a good thing that Indians weren't too curious, so after he sat down, no one pointed at him anymore.
Chittan Bahat first rubbed his hands together under the table in excitement, then suddenly stretched his hand out, startling Lin Ming Yang, "Chittan Bahat, please teach me more!"
Only then did Lin Ming Yang react to the fact that the other party wanted to shake his hand, he unfolded the newspaper in his hand and pointed to the photo of Chittan Bahat being interviewed on it, "Just now I also saw an interview about you in the newspaper."
"You actually saw ... that their reporter interviewed me a month ago, it's just that it's only being sent out now." Chittam Bahat had a somewhat smug look on his face.
"Just now when I was strolling through the supermarket, I found that there were actually your novels for sale in there as well, your popularity in India exceeds my imagination!" Lin Mingyang learned from the newspaper interview with Chittan Bahat that during the creative process Bahat had fully considered the needs of the Indian public, so his novel was priced at only the equivalent of a movie ticket, and the sales of the novel were aimed at this gap in the creation of India's traditional English novels, and everyone could find Bahat's newest work in India's various supermarkets.
"In India, every town doesn't necessarily have a bookstore, but it certainly owns a supermarket. I wanted to make my story more accessible to a wider audience, so I chose to sell it in such a way." Chittan Bahat smiles coyly.
"I think this idea is full of creativity, just as refreshing as your novel's!" This was Lin Mingyang's real compliment.
"In fact, what surprises me the most is that there are actually people in the United States who would pay attention to my novel, and it's also a famous big shot like you." There was a very sincere color dancing in Chitan Bahat's gaze, which left Lin Ming Yang in no doubt that his words were indeed coming from the heart.
Although the title "famous" made Lin Ming Yang blush a little, but the other party was sincere, so there was no need for him to be pretentious at this time, so he got right to the point and said, "Mr. Barnhardt, your novel was recommended by a friend of mine who is a literature researcher, and after I read it, I found the story to be very interesting, and I would like to make a film of it. , I want to make this story into an American movie, and I came to India to negotiate with you about the movie adaptation rights of this novel."
Lin Mingyang's desire to make Five Point Man, a novel from India, into an American movie is not as simple as changing the names of the characters and places and labeling the Indian story as American. The cultural differences between India and the United States, even in the level of education, did not allow Lin Mingyang to deal with it so simply; he needed to recreate the story based on American culture while retaining the story's thematic ideas.
"I have no intention of buying out the movie rights of this novel, I just want to get the authorization to adapt it. Because it is after all a very good indigenous Indian novel. I am interested in this novel and similarly there will be other Indian directors who will be equally interested in this movie. I believe that for you, this novel would perhaps make more sense if it was made into a purely Indian movie, so that it might make more sense."
Lin Mingyang's explanation eliminated the biggest hesitation in Chittan Bahat's mind, just as Lin Mingyang had said, Chittan Bahat had always hoped that his novel could be adapted into a local movie, rather than the embarrassing scenario of flowers blooming inside the walls.
With this good start, the next conversation between Lin Mingyang and Chittan Bahat turned into a pleasant exchange. Lin Mingyang took out some of his latter-day movie review opinions on Three Stooges in Bollywood, giving Chittan Bahat a feeling of being a confidant. The two chatted so much that in the end, Chittambahat even intended to let Lin Mingyang adapt his novel for free.
Lin Mingyang insisted on refusing, and in the end the two sides reached an agreement on the copyright adaptation license at a price of 200,000 U.S. dollars. Any contract built on emotions was not solid, and even though Lin Mingyang was not prepared to make money with the movie he made, if there were disputes over interests in the future, a business contract would be the best proof to solve the problem.
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"Two hundred thousand dollars?" Learning that Lin Ming Yang had bought the rights to adapt the novel for that price, Billy Olsen's mouth opened wide in surprise, "That's enough money for someone else to make a short movie, I don't think you need to pay that high of royalties at all if you're just trying to make a movie of a non-commercial nature!"
Even Green Nutt, who always liked to go against Billy Olsen to the death, nodded his head, even he didn't think it was sensible for Lin Ming Yang to invest like this. After recommending the novel to Lin Ming Yang, Green Nutter had honorably become a special advisor to the cast of The Five O'Clock Man. Putting aside this guy's particular sexual orientation, his attainments in literature were not low. When it came time to write the script, Lin Ming Yang could also refer to his opinions.
And being robbed by this guy Green Nutt, Billy Olsen was naturally not willing to be left behind, and under his deadly pleading, Lin Ming Yang reluctantly agreed to let him serve as the playwright, and Lin Ming Yang himself doubled as the director and cameraman, and a playwright who was currently only three people and too simple to be a simple playwright was thus born.
Lin Ming Yang didn't want to argue with them too much on this issue, he digressed, "Since the script has been settled, the discussion on this issue ends here, do you have any other questions?"
As soon as he spoke, Billy Olsen immediately raised his hand, "As the play director, what kind of work can I be assigned?"
"Drama director?" Lin Ming Yang and Green Nutt froze at the same time, it was true that Billy Olsen was the play services, but this director had never come out of nowhere?
Billy Olsen had a self-conscious expression on his face, "Do you have any questions about my position?"
"There will be other playwrights on the crew?" Glyn Nutter asked in disbelief.
"As if there aren't!" Lin Mingyang nodded in agreement.
Greene Nutter deliberately winked at Billy Olsen, the derisive look on his face intensifying. "So this guy is prepared to 'lead' himself?"
"From a psychological point of view, if there is a split personality, this possibility exists." Lin Mingyang nodded cooperatively, while Billy Olsen's entire face had turned a saucy purple color under the two of them striking out in unison.
The jokes stopped in moderation, Lin Ming Yang's face put away his teasing expression, "Now there's only the actors left to be finalized, do you guys have any suitable candidates you'd like to recommend?"
It was Billy Olsen again who was the first to raise his hand, and he asked loudly, "Can the theater service participate in the audition?"
Lin Ming Yang cried out helplessly to God in his heart, could it be that this Billy Olsen guy was still dreaming of his leading role. This guy majored in theater at Harvard, and his own acting talent was no problem, but the key was that the whole person's selling point was poor, and such a lead role was probably a bit shabby to pull out.
Green Nutt's blow was even more merciless, "Do you want to play that stupid principal?"
The answer is Billy Olsen threw over the cushion, Green Nutt head shrinking, avoid this "weapon".
"Two friends of the protagonist, and you can pick any one of them!" Having lost patience with him, Lin Ming Yang directly released his limit.
"Can I choose more than one?" Gaining an inch, Billy Olsen had a shameless expression on his face, "Splitting two roles is just a piece of cake for me!"
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