“Teacher Su Yu, Tsui Hark, the great director from Hong Kong, has contacted us. He hopes to acquire the film adaptation rights for "xiao ao jianghu"! The offer has already reached 30 million chinese yuan, and the website wants to ask for your opinion.”
The caller was Wu Yue, and what he said surprised Su Yu a little.
His real name isn't Tsui Hark, but Xu Ke. He is a very famous director in Hong Kong and even in China, especially in martial arts films, where he has extremely high attainments.
As a great director of martial arts films, it would be strange if he didn't appreciate his martial arts novel!
And 30 million for the film adaptation rights indeed showed great sincerity.
Of course, this is also the fee for the first adaptation; there won't be such a terrifying price later.
Another reason Xu Ke offered a high price is that all of Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng's works have been directly adapted into TV series by Tianxing Entertainment, and there has never been a film adaptation.
This made Xu Ke, who had been itching to direct lately, consider filming.
“Have him go to Tianxing Entertainment's Film and Television Department on the morning of the 10th. Editor-in-Chief Wu, you come along too. We can discuss the specific cooperation details then.”
Su Yu still really likes Xu Ke's works, especially that one "Shushan" that ended up losing a lot of money.
If Xu Ke is truly sincere about adapting and filming, and not just trying to gain popularity and money, Su Yu really doesn't mind cooperating with him once!
“Teacher Su Yu, are you planning to tell him your identity?!” Wu Yue exclaimed in shock.
Wu Yue wasn't actually surprised that Su Yu agreed to discuss the film adaptation rights with Xu Ke.
Which person of his age doesn't like Tsui Hark?
This was also the real reason he didn't directly reject Xu Ke but instead helped contact Su Yu.
If it were other directors, Wu Yue would only tell them that the rights had already been bought by Tianxing Entertainment, and they should go talk to Tianxing Entertainment.
But listening to Su Yu, it's clear he wants to meet Xu Ke?
Wouldn't that expose his identity then?
“We'll see when he asks! I need to go to rehearsal now, so I'm hanging up.”
A staff member came to find Su Yu, so Su Yu hung up the phone.
Leaving behind a very excited and expectant Wu Yue!
Good heavens, one is the martial arts novel master he admires, and the other is his favorite martial arts film director. He truly looks forward to seeing what sparks will fly between the two of them.
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During his time in Hamburg, Su Yu declined all interviews, which left reporters from various countries quite speechless.
Now everyone wants to know how Su Yu's film is progressing.
However, ever since Su Yu announced the three things, there has been no further news.
Instead, Lionsgate Films and Stewart have been aggressively promoting their film "demon slayer."
Everyone knows they are using Su Yu's popularity to increase their film's visibility, to gain greater attention and screening slots.
They even somewhat look down on their approach, but gossiping and joining in on the excitement is the same everywhere, and netizens from various countries just love to watch this.
It wasn't until the evening of the 4th, when the 18th episode of the Blue Star Concert began live streaming, that many people saw Su Yu appear on stage once again.
Su Yu, who was drawing the performance order on stage, wore a smile, and there was no trace of nervousness or fatigue on his face.
This left netizens from various countries a bit confused.
Shouldn't you be putting all your effort into filming a movie? Why do you not look exhausted and mentally drained?
After all, you said that a movie whose name hasn't even been announced will be released on the 18th!
Damn it, the time it normally takes to shoot an MV is more than that, right?
The other nine lyricists and composers were also observing Su Yu's every move, because they were also curious about what state Su Yu would be in now.
On one hand, he has to prepare works for the competition, and on the other, he has to shoot a movie. A person's energy is limited. Su Yu shouldn't try to do too much and end up not doing either well, that would be a tragedy.
However, with the movie distracting him, they felt that their chances of winning this Hamburg leg were significantly higher.
Now it just depends on what kind of song Su Yu has prepared.
And today, by a strange coincidence, Su Yu once again drew the first performance slot!
However, in this round, Su Yu did not remain on stage under the spotlight; instead, a tall, hot, and sexy Chinese woman took the stage.
Through Su Yu and Dong An, these two lyricists and composers, audiences and netizens from various countries have come to know many Chinese female singers.
Such as Han Jiangxue, Zhang Xiaohan, SSR, Xue Qing, and so on.
But this one? Aside from netizens from China, Japan, and South Korea, no one else knew much about her.
Unlike the bewildered expressions of netizens from other countries, the bullet comments from China had already gone wild.
Because isn't this their Ruyan Dadi (Emperor Ruyan)?
After winning the Huaying Award for Best Actress, has she finally remembered that she is also a singer?
And the song Su Yu prepared for Liu Ruyan this episode was one of German singer Helen's representative works, "ich will immer wieder dieses Fieber spurn."
When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Since other countries chose songs in their native languages, the Hamburg leg naturally couldn't be an exception.
Aside from the previous "beat it," Su Yu had actually already decided on the songs and singers for the competition long before participating.
Therefore, Liu Ruyan and the others had very standard pronunciation when singing the songs.
It's simply that if they only practiced this one song, with a professional translator on hand to guide their pronunciation at all times, and they still couldn't sing it well, then it would be the singer's lack of effort.
And for the people of Tianxing Entertainment, who are known for their intense dedication, not putting in effort is impossible.
So when Liu Ruyan sang this song, it immediately captivated the German audience.
It was simply that watching such a beautiful woman sing a song that was a bit melancholic, even with a hint of resentment and humility, made it very difficult for their hearts not to be touched.
Even Fischer, the German lyricist and composer, was moved by this song, even having the illusion that this song should have been his own work!
The 18th round of the competition continued, and lyricists and composers from various countries also presented good works to compete.
And in this round, only Carlo from Italy and Chris from the United States remained to draw for the host of the 19th round.
The two old friends looked at each other on stage, because the other lyricists and composers hadn't come up this time.
It was really because Su Yu leaving early last time set a bad precedent.
Carlo drew first and luckily pulled the red ball.
The 19th round's main venue was set in Milan, Italy.
What else could Chris say? It was the last two regular season rounds, and their U.S. home ground would get a chance anyway.
Carlo drew it directly, so could he still claim there was foul play?
And after the live broadcast, Su Yu immediately left Hamburg. His movie had stopped halfway through filming, and he needed to go back to complete the final shooting tasks.
The meeting with Xu Ke on the 10th was actually also because of the need for filming; otherwise, he would have met this master of martial arts films as soon as he returned.