Massive Hit

"Goose Factory launches phenomenon-level hit 'Kuala Lumpur Affairs', box office exceeds 2 billion yuan in 20 days"

"Goose Factory's comeback in the film and television field, securing the strongest summer box office throne with 'Kuala Lumpur Affairs'!"

"Another proof of Guo Fan's work, netizens joke that the door to domestic science fiction, closed by 'Shanghai Fortress', has been reopened."

"'Kuala Lumpur Affairs' explodes in popularity, leading to another frenzy for domestic science fiction copyrights"

The success of Kuala Lumpur Affairs is a comeback for Goose Factory in the film and television distribution and production field; they have proven their capabilities.

Various self-media outlets have reported on the success of Kuala Lumpur Affairs, and Kuala Lumpur's tourism industry has been boosted. Spring Airlines shows that the number of flight searches with Kuala Lumpur as the destination has increased by 500%.

The number of China tourists in Da Ma has also increased by 50%.

This has led Da Ma to hope to find the film's lead actors to serve as their tourism ambassadors.

Due to the film's popularity, media in Lion City even protested, protesting against depicting Lion City as a chaotic place in the future.

In Chen Yuanguang's description, the Kra Canal was opened under AI dominance, and Lion City and the Strait of Malacca gradually declined.

The film's popularity also proved the value of Chen Yuanguang's work. Goose Factory sent Jenny to negotiate with Chen Yuanguang, attempting to sign a long-term contract with him.

Science Fiction World, on the other hand, regretted missing out on another phenomenon-level IP. It was clear to anyone with a discerning eye that Kuala Lumpur Affairs could be developed into a series based on this background story, just like Detective Chinatown.

Of course, they also got a piece of the pie. The popularity of Kuala Lumpur Affairs led to the copyrights of other winning works from the 10th Science Fiction New Star Competition being signed by film and television companies.

Everyone was taking a gamble. If Kuala Lumpur Affairs could earn 2 billion in 20 days, it wouldn't be unreasonable for the second and third prize winners of the Science Fiction New Star Competition to earn over 100 million at the box office, right?

Science Fiction World signed copyright agreements with two of the works, and the profit from reselling the copyrights was higher than their entire year's magazine sales.

As a result, they kept lamenting internally, No wonder everyone is flocking to do IP business.

"Ms. Lin, congratulations." Jenny had arranged to meet Chen Yuanguang, but found that Lin Jia had come instead. Her heart sank.

Jenny had hoped to meet Chen Yuanguang alone and persuade him to sign the contract.

Lin Jia was not easy to fool, or rather, she had no confidence in fooling Lin Jia at all.

Lin Jia gave a professional fake smile: "Jenny, long time no see. You look well. It seems the film's big success is a shot in the arm for you.

The higher-ups, the helmsmen, must have regained confidence in Goose Factory Pictures and feel that you are not a group of hopeless failures."

When negotiating, if you know the other party needs you and you don't need them, what you need to do is overwhelm the other party in terms of momentum.

Lin Jia knew that no matter how much she mocked Jenny, she would never dare to show any dissatisfaction, because she could turn around and leave at any time and sign contracts with Ali, Enlight Media, and Wanda.

Their business representatives had already come knocking.

As long as there is profit, capital's sense of smell is sharper than a dog's.

Jenny indeed did not get angry, she just lowered her eyes slightly, then quickly smiled and said: "It still relies on Mr. Chen's work to lay the foundation for our success this time.

We very much hope to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with Mr. Chen."

Lin Jia said: "No problem, our cooperation this time has been very pleasant. However, whether we can continue to maintain such a pleasant cooperative relationship in the future depends on Goose Factory's sincerity."

Jenny took out a contract and handed it to the other party, "Ms. Lin, this is our sincerity."

She had prepared two contracts in her bag. She had decided from the beginning that if Chen Yuanguang came, she would give him the first one, and if Lin Jia came, she would give her the second one.

Lin Jia picked up the contract and quickly found the key points, flipping through them. "That's too long. Twenty years is impossible for us to accept. This is essentially tying up a writer's entire life cycle.

Five years at most. We'll sign for five years at a time.

Also, you can't demand all works. Our authorization is only for works related to the story background of 'Kuala Lumpur Affairs'."

Lin Jia went through the contract, picking apart each point. She really enjoyed the feeling of slowly wearing down the other side in negotiations.

Lin Jia knew that Goose Factory wouldn't agree to her demands so easily. They would need many rounds of back-and-forth discussion to reach a result.

It was precisely this feeling of probing the other party's bottom line and achieving her own goals that Lin Jia found so enjoyable.

While Lin Jia was negotiating with Goose Factory, Chen Yuanguang returned home.

He was only back in China for four months this time, and two months had already passed. He would be going to America in another two months, and he wanted to go back and spend time with his mother.

"Yuanguang, I didn't expect you to actually have talent in writing. Mom went to see the movie you made and also bought the original book to read.

I couldn't get into the original book, but the movie was very exciting. I even invited all my colleagues from the company to go see it." Mother Chen smiled happily.

Ever since she divorced Chen Yuanguang's father, she had given up on the idea of pushing her child hard. She felt that it was better to push herself than her child, and she had embarked on the path of a strong woman.

Because of this, Chen Yuanguang had a very free childhood and adolescence. During his teenage years, he couldn't understand why his parents never had time to spend with him.

It wasn't until college that he gradually understood his mother and gained a new perspective on his father's wild and unrestrained nature.

"As long as you like it. After the movie settles, I should get around fifty million this time. I'll give you half of it then. You don't have to work so hard.

I can already earn enough to support you, Grandma, and Grandpa. You can enter retirement life early," Chen Yuanguang said.

His mother said calmly, "Do I look like someone who can be idle?

If I were to retire, I wouldn't know what to do. To be honest, work is to keep my life from being so empty.

Keep the money you earn yourself. I can support myself.

Yuanguang, have you thought about what path you want to take in the future?

More precisely, career planning?"

Chen Yuanguang had a headache. This was one of the reasons he didn't want to go home. He didn't want to talk about work, the future, or such serious topics when he was home.

He had no idea which direction the future would take, and what he could influence was not just himself, but the entire Earth, the entire human society.

This topic was too vast, and he needed enough time to think and deduce.

"I haven't decided yet. There are too many choices. I need time to choose slowly. I plan to do everything, and when I don't have enough energy and have to give up something, I'll slowly simplify things," Chen Yuanguang said.

His mother frowned, then relaxed after a moment. "That makes sense too. Whether in the field of scientific research or writing, you have enough capital to be willful.

Your foundation is already very solid. You won't be like ordinary people who fall behind after taking one wrong step. In this situation, it's indeed worth thinking carefully."