50. Mary's Scheme

The two girls nodded repeatedly and chattered about their favorite literature. Some were recommended by Mary and he has already read them.

Some of them were French novels that he had never read before. Rowan wrote down the list of books and planned to read them when he got tired of playing games to see if they had any potential for adaptation.

In Rowan's adaptation plan, the copyright of a popular best-selling novel is an important link, but this is not very smooth.

After Rowan learned about it, he realized that best-selling American novels were all being targeted by big companies.

Many copyrights have been sold, and those which has not been sold, Rowan cannot compete with the big companies for them.

Since American novels are difficult to get, then try to get the copyrights of some Iess popular ones, as well as novels in Britain, France, and continental Europe, to see if you can get any bargains.

Compared to novels, comics are much easier.

Rowan already has some ideas abo ut Marvel's matters, and if all goes well it c an be done within a few months.

Marvel is one of the American comic giants. If he can get Marvel right, he can say that half of the comic adaptation problem has been solved.

Rowan also did not let go of the remaining small comic magazines and copyrights, and planned to let professionals take charge after acquiring Marvel.

Relatively speaking, Rowan is still willing to increase investment in comics.

One reason is that comic adaptations are now at a low point, and investors are no longer paying attention to this field. It is much easier to buy copyrights than best-seIling novels.

Secondly, the setting of the comic world is more interesting, with superpowers, science fiction, fantasy, etc., which are more valuable after becoming a dream copy.

As for the concerns of investors that "Iarge investments will result in huge losses", this is not a problem for Rowan.

Rowan makes money just to have fun.

The dream copy formed after the comic was made into a movie was the most interesting game. Even if there was a loss, it didn't matter to Rowan.

Besides, as long as a high-value loot drops, the little money invested is equivalent to excess profit, which is not a problem at all.

In addition to adaptation, Rowan also does not intend to let go of original scripts.

As a person with super powers, of course you have to do both well.

Whenever he has free time, he will go to the script library to pick out original scripts.

Many scripts are not created during filming. Most of them are written several years or even more than ten years in advance and put aside. It's just a lack of funds and opportunities.

As long as the plan succeeds, Rowan will have no shortage of funds.

Compared with that slight risk, Rowan gained more from filming an interesting script.

However, this is a bit inefficient, and he still need to design an algorithm and program.

It would be nice to be able to design a "success algorithm" that can automatically filter out projects with a high success rate by inputting one key...

Rowan chatted with the two girls while thinking about the plan.

Time passed quickly and we arrived at their destination in no time.

"If you have any good novels, especially fantasy or science fiction novels, please send me an email to recommend them."

"must!"

After exchanging numbers, Rowan waved goodbye to the two reluctant girls and left in the car arranged by the crew.

Filming took place in Marseille.

It is the third largest city in France after Paris and Lyon, and the largest southern port city.

If the town of Livingston in Montana is a typical American small town, then Marseille is a multicultural city.

As one of the most important port cities in the West, various cultures converge h ere and you can experience a variety of exo tic atmospheres.

The hotel where Rowan stayed had a view of the port and the church, and the scenery was very beautiful.

"For actors who work hard, filming is really like traveling on public funds."

Rowan muttered to himself as he pulled his camera and found an angle to take the picture.

After a night of jet lag, Rowan got up the next day and joined the crew of "Taxi" to start work.

Everyone knows that he is the boss and the staff are all very nice.

Rowan took a look around and was quite satisfied.

Rowan looked at the accounts, and with his mathematical level he couldn't find anything fishy.

Every dollar is spent wisely, and the effect is naturally excellent.

The shooting equipment, scenes and props are not as good as those of "The Mask of Zorro", but they are just one level lower and not too far behind, and are worthy of the US$10 million investment.

Now that the hardware is done, all that's left is the character itself.

As the leading male role and the top action director, Rowan had a heavy task and had little experience in car racing scenes.

Even with the cheats, Rowan worked intensively for three days before he barely finished the first version.

After several rounds of consultations with director Girard Pires, the design was finally finalized and the filming officially began.

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Los Angeles

The moment Mary was waiting for is here all she needed was Rowan to get out of the country so that he doesn't get pushed around by the big wigs in Hollywood to get the rights of his books. Rowan had written not just children books but even a spy thrillers, fantasies and science fictions in it, and she already knew the best way to get the most out of it.

The next day in 15th April 1997, three book reviews disrupted the already turbulent American publishing market. The reason was simple: these three new books, which had not yet been released, were all written by the same author of 'Kung fu Panda' and 'Shrek'.

The new book the author of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Shrek", which is now unstoppably sweeping the American and even global markets and constantly breaking all sales records in the United States, is on the market.

This in itself is exciting enough, and the authors of the book reviews are all well-known figures of the time.

For example, the person who wrote the book review for the spy war "24 Hours" in the New York Times was the American strategy master Tom Clancy.

Readers in non-Western worlds don't know much about Tom Clancy. But for readers in the Western world, Tom Clancy's status is really high.

As a master of the military during the Cold War, the CIA and the Pentagon used Tom Clancy's to train their generals. He was also the only layman who was not a professional and guided the legendary US military. His famous work "The Hunt for Red October" is a classic of the Cold War military.

His book review of "24 Hours", as the first of this series of new books, is definitely eye-opening.

"24 Hours almost gave me urinary stones!

I have never seen such an exciting and compact spy war, which is different from the slow and sissy old-school spy movies.

"24 Hours" has a brisk pace and never relies on showing off boring fantasy and illogical coolness to attract readers. On the contrary, it has a brisk pace and is full of tension throughout, relying entirely on the unimaginable plot design and the in-depth exploration of various characters.

Maybe you are curious about why it is called "24 Hours". That's because the entire book takes place within one day! Yes, I can't believe this crazy author! He turned every hour into a chapter, and all the characters and story clues were perfectly arranged by him with a precision comparable to that of a surgeon.

It turns this long day into a series of exciting plots that are like drugs, making you unable to stop and making you want to finish reading it in one breath.

I strongly recommend that you never drink water before reading this book. You don't want to end up jumping to the toilet like me.

I am very happy to see such a cutting-edge spy war in this era that is almost drowned by the sissy James Bond. There is no doubt that Leonhardt brought us into the first century with his "24 Hours"! "

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Manhattan, New York

This is the conference room at Random House's headquarters in the Rockefeller Center. The atmosphere in the bright conference room is solemn. The current chairman, Peter Olsen, stands in front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the crowds at the foot of Manhattan.

His silent and majestic appearance made many of the senior executives sitting around him dare not speak. Suddenly, Peter Olsen turned around, and his sharp eyes made the senior executives shrink their necks.

"Gentlemen, this is an opportunity. I don't know why the author that debuted under Chronicle Books is auctioning his works but we need to get him no matter what, Am I clear?"

"Boss his two works "Kung Fu Panda" and "Shrek" are a series which do be published under Chronicle Books but nothing else. Chronicle Books is interested in many childrens books that are being auctioned off as for the rest it doesn't matter to them who gets it but if they can get them as well they won't let it go" said the Director of Publishing department.

"Than what are you waiting for? An invitation! get those books for me"