Chapter 205 The Adventures of Uncle Fang?
"Bifang, are you asleep?"
"Uh." Bifang looked up at the clock and scratched his rough, unshaved chin. "It's only eight o'clock now, right?"
Today, Bifang and Elwan spent the day visiting the Camargue Wetlands. They returned to the hotel only after further confirming that the geese had no problems living in the wild. However, just as they were about to check their mission rewards, they received a call from Wang Yongbo.
"I have someone here who wants to see you. Would you like to meet him? If so, tell me which hotel he is in and I'll bring him directly to you. This is a big deal worth hundreds of millions!"
Wang Yongbo's tone was filled with uncontrollable excitement, which made Bifang confused.
A multi-billion dollar deal? And you came to the hotel to see me?
Isn't this too much of an exaggeration? What kind of business activity could involve a deal worth hundreds of millions?
I am a serious person. I will not do or accept a deal worth hundreds of millions. If it is exposed, I will lose fans.
Wang Yongbo, Wang Yongbo, I didn't expect that a guy like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes would do this.
After telling Wang Yongbo the address, Bifang couldn't help feeling nervous. Should he accept it or reject it?
If you accept it, he is not that kind of person. If you don’t accept it, it would be embarrassing to refuse it since he has already offered it to you.
While I was struggling, there was a knock on the door.
Bifang sighed and finally decided to face reality. He was a gentleman and this kind of thing was not suitable for him. He came to the door, took a few deep breaths, and opened the door.
"Um?"
"Hello, Mr. Bi, I'm Brand Palliston, nice to meet you, just call me Brand."
Outside the door, a white man stood next to Wang Yongbo with a confident smile on his face, speaking fluent Chinese with an accent but clear .
The silver-gray suit, shiny leather shoes and rose gold watch, all matched his luxurious appearance with his muscular body perfectly. He perfectly interpreted the definition of "elegant and successful man". If it wasn't for his next words, Bifang would have thought he was a male model from a modeling agency.
"Mr. Bifang, I'm here to seek cooperation with you on behalf of Disney."
Brand was sitting on the sofa and shocked Bifang as soon as he opened his mouth.
Good boy, Disney?
Why would a Disney filmmaker come to him?
"What kind of cooperation?"
"We would like to obtain your authorization to film your experience of the migrating geese into an animated film, which we plan to release within three years."
Brand took a sip of coffee, crossed his left leg over his right leg, and after a while crossed his right leg over his left leg. For some reason, ever since he entered this room, he had an inexplicable sense of frustration. He couldn't help but restrain his aura, and his original confident feeling disappeared, as if he had entered the lair of some terrible beast and encountered a natural enemy.
Wang Yongbo stood nearby, looked at Bifang and then at Brand, and still felt that Bifang had a stronger aura.
Before entering the room, Brand gave him the impression of being confident and assertive, but after entering the room, Brand sitting in front of Bifang gave him a completely different feeling for some reason. He looked like a wolf, but in fact, he felt a bit like a silly Husky.
Wang Yongbo did not expect Brand to come to seek cooperation, because this sounded a bit sci-fi. A large overseas company suddenly came to you and hoped that you would grant the copyright and make your heroic deeds into an animated film for future generations to sing.
A normal person’s first reaction would be that this is a scam call, even more unbelievable than Qin Shi Huang transferring money. But when this happened to Bifang, it didn’t seem so incredible.
Break the harsh and unreasonable rules of the adult world and go on adventures in nature with passion and dreams.
Watch the geese migration, hunt reindeer, confront lynx, and fly above the clouds during a storm.
Boy, Adventurer, Starry Forest, Officials collude with poachers to sell wild animals.
Is there any real-life story more fairy-tale-like than this?
Perfectly in line with the consistent core of Disney animation.
When Bifang's name became known throughout the world, Disney began to think about whether it could be brought to the big screen. After several days of meetings and discussions, everyone agreed that it was feasible, so Brand was gloriously sent out.
"If you agree, we will pay 30 million U.S. dollars in copyright fees, and your film will be released worldwide, allowing more people to know about this animal protection movement and call on more people to participate."
Brand gave a number that even Wang Yongbo was horrified. Brand had investigated Bifang in advance, and the focus of his persuasion was not on value but on influence.
Thirty million!
Still ugly!
"Thirty million? So much?" Bifang was also surprised. Is the normal image grant fee so much?
"You misunderstand. We are not only paying for the image licensing fee, but also purchasing your entire adventure."
"What's the meaning?"
"Your adventure is so perfect that it does not need any adaptation at all. Even adaptation will make this fairy-tale thing seem less fairy-tale-like. Our company has never encountered such a situation before, so we have always believed that 30 million is a reasonable price."
Brand was not lying. This was indeed the first time they had encountered such a thing. In the past, real-life authorizations had to adapt the entire experience to some extent, otherwise the story would not be enough.
In reality, no one's adventure can really be like a fairy tale, but Bifang did it. Any human modification would make this perfect adventure not so perfect.
Therefore, the 30 million yuan is not only the image licensing fee, but also the script fee, consulting fee, copyright fee and so on. Considering Bifang's influence, this price is not a loss.
Disney is not a fool. They have carefully studied Bifang's popularity curve and found that there is definitely a lot of potential to be tapped. It can become almost globally famous in just half a year. Except for third world countries such as Africa where the information is backward and they don't care, almost everyone in Europe and North and South America who watched the live broadcast knows the name of Bifang.
It will take at least a year for the animated film to come out. How popular will Bifang be by then?
The company's data engineers were shocked after doing research and concluded that the number is ten times higher than it is now!
Therefore, Brand treated Bifang as a first-line star without any disrespect.
"In addition to the movie, we are also planning to develop an animated series based on you. I wonder if Mr. Bi has heard of The Adventures of Uncle Long?"
"certainly."
Bifang must know that this animation is very famous and of very high quality.
"If you are willing to accept our cooperation, we will also plan to develop a cartoon of the same type next. Of course, we will pay for the image grant fee separately, but we can guarantee that the quality will not be lower than The Adventures of Uncle Long."
I have to say, Bifang was moved. It was a perfect pie in the sky. Just a simple live broadcast, and the best animation production company in the world suddenly found you and said they wanted to cooperate with you, make you into a movie and put it on the screen. It was simply the dream of any adventurer.
This is the best opportunity to stand out.
Bifang has always known that live streaming has its limitations. Many anchors may be very famous in the eyes of those who watch the live streaming, but once they leave the live streaming circle, very few people know them.
The reason why Bifang is now world-famous is because many news reports on him. Otherwise, he would not be able to achieve this by relying solely on live broadcasts.
This is the case with news reports, but what about movies and animations?
To what extent can it be achieved?
