Chapter 1777 My Own Novel Platform

"If it's a war-themed film, I think a TV series is better, as it can show the hardships of the war through many details."

Hu Bian made the suggestion.

He was familiar with the movie script. In order to keep the audience interested in watching, the plot is often focused.

Most of the writing focuses on the brutality of a battle from beginning to end, highlighting the individual or team, rather than depicting every detail of the War of Resistance against Japan.

However, TV dramas can extend the storyline and describe the details of the War of Resistance against Japan.

"There's no problem with anti-Japanese war dramas."

Liu Wenqing nodded upon hearing Hu Bian's words. Currently, Blue Film Studio lacks such subject matter, whether it's a TV series or a movie, there's no problem with it.

"Okay, let's tentatively choose a work with the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japan. As for whether it will be a TV series or a movie, we'll decide based on the subsequent script."

"Let's invest 5 million yuan in this film about the War of Resistance against Japan."

Luo Xiao said that war-themed films don't require many special effects; the main expenses are on costumes, props, and extras.

Therefore, 5 million yuan is enough for both movies and TV series.

"In that case, we have already spent 25 billion yuan, and we still need to arrange 75 billion yuan."

Does anyone have any other ideas?

"President Luo, isn't Minister Hu planning to launch a novel platform? That also requires funding. Can we finalize the funding for the novel platform first?"

Shen Yu made the suggestion.

"I don't know much about novel platforms, but what they pay the most attention to is the development of the novel app, and the rest is the recruitment of editors."

"The rest didn't consume much money."

Hu Bian thought for a moment, then spoke.

"Well, the initial investment required to create a novel platform is certainly not much, but the subsequent operation of the platform will definitely require funding."

"Since it's a novel platform, it definitely needs a large number of novels to support it, and the novels themselves must be excellent enough to attract readers."

"And our new novel website has no traffic. Without sufficient profits, it's impossible to attract those excellent novel authors."

"I think we need more funding to recruit excellent authors."

Luo Xiao spoke slowly.

"Yes, I think so too. Several film and television works in recent years have been adapted from novels. Now that we are investing in novel platforms, our focus is definitely on creating IPs."

"This should also be Mr. Chen's intention in investing in the novel platform. As long as enough excellent works emerge in the future, we can create corresponding IPs based on the novels."

"TV series, anime, comics, movies..."

"Once the IP plan is successful, Blue Film Films will have no worries about producing works."

Zhang Lan began to speak.

Luo Xiao's eyes flickered slightly upon hearing Zhang Lan's words.

Yes.

How could he not have thought of that? It seems his understanding of what President Chen meant was not comprehensive enough.

So that's what investing in Mr. Chen's novel platform meant—to create novel IPs and lay the groundwork for future Blue Film Studio productions.

“Minister Zhang is right. Hu Bian, I’ll give you 10 billion yuan to take charge of the novel platform project.”

Luo Xiao looked at Hu Bian and spoke.

"Mr. Luo, isn't 10 billion too much?"

Hu Bian said somewhat nervously.

"Minister Hu, this 10 billion yuan is for recruiting authors. Since we are building an IP, we definitely need excellent authors."

“It may be difficult to recruit some of the top authors on novel websites, but it should be no problem to recruit those high-quality authors.”

"These talented authors already possess considerable writing skills and can earn a decent income through writing novels."

"The only downside is that the income is neither high nor low, and if the new book doesn't perform well, the income may become unstable."

"So we can recruit those authors with a high guaranteed price."

"Of course, in addition to those top-notch authors, we can also recruit some good newcomers, and we can also give new authors a good minimum wage."

"But since they are new authors, it is difficult to guarantee the quality of their articles, which requires excellent online literature editors to review them."

"Therefore, we also need to invest more funds in recruiting editors."

Luo Xiao briefly explained his idea: they would create their own novel website.

Without traffic and users, recruiting authors or editors will definitely require spending more money.

"I understand, Mr. Luo. I will make the arrangements accordingly."

Hu Bian nodded upon hearing Luo Xiao's words. He himself had previously written novels, so he was already aware of what Luo Xiao was saying.

He didn't know anything about editing, but a high guaranteed minimum salary was very tempting for a novelist.

Especially for new authors, whose income from writing is not guaranteed, a high guaranteed minimum is enough to keep them going.

Of course, this must be done on the premise of ensuring the quality of one's own articles.

"Now there is still 65 billion yuan in funding to allocate. I have an idea. Since we already have a film on the theme of the War of Resistance Against Japan, how about we make a film on the theme of border defense?"

Luo Xiao spoke up.

The border defense project was something Wang Bin had mentioned to him before. This guy had met a new screenwriter while filming outside, and they were writing a script related to the border.

After reviewing the content, I felt it was very good, so I made a deal and will buy it once it's finished being written.

Wang Bin is currently filming "The Wandering Earth 2" outside, but filming will be completed in about a month.

Wang Bin has always been known for his tough-guy image, so it's definitely no problem for him to direct and star in a border defense production.

"Mr. Luo, border defense is indeed a good choice. The peace and comfort of our lives today is all thanks to the protection of those border guards."

"If this work is well-made, it can also tell everyone that although we live in a peaceful era, the smoke of war on the border has never been extinguished."

Liu Wenqing began to speak.

"That's right. The war of resistance reminds us not to forget our national humiliation, while border-themed stories can also tell the world that our peace and tranquility were bought with the lives and blood of those soldiers on the border."

Shen Yu then spoke up.

The others in the meeting room nodded in agreement.

"Alright, since everyone agrees, the border theme is settled, and the investment remains at 5 million."

Luo Xiao said that border-themed films, like those about the War of Resistance Against Japan, do not require much special effects. An investment of 5 million yuan is already very high.