Chapter 589 The Immortal Sword Trilogy

When "Half-Life 2" and "Unreal Tournament 2" were "fighting" for the title of the best single-player first-person shooter game of the year, Lin Feng summoned Li Yongjin, the president of "Daewoo Information".

"Mr. Li, I think you should be very clear about the purpose of coming to see you. I want to invest in the filming of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". Do you have any good suggestions?" Lin Fengxiao asked.

Li Yongjin was excited when he heard that Lin Feng was really going to film "Legend of Sword and Fairy". "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is not only the best representative masterpiece of Chinese games in the hearts of all game lovers, but also irreplaceable in the heart of planner Li Yongjin

status.

The male protagonist: Li Xiaoyao, the female protagonist: Zhao Ling'er, Lin Yueru, and Anu. These four protagonists originally devoted all Li Yongjin's efforts.

In order to portray these four protagonists, Li Yongjin and several game planners spent several weeks forgetting food and sleep, constantly modifying the game settings, and constantly modifying the appearance, personality, and characteristics of the characters. When the final characters were formed, Li Yongjin included

Several game planners fainted and were almost sent to the hospital. However, it was also because of this that "Legend of Sword and Fairy", known as the most outstanding domestic stand-alone game, was created.

In China, where the piracy market is extremely serious, the dos version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" sold 540,000 units. Later, the win95 version was launched and sold another 660,000 units, not counting the subsequent "98 Tender Edition" and the Japanese version.

Edition, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has sold more than 1.2 million units in China alone, creating a sales miracle for domestic stand-alone games.

This performance is really not worth mentioning for the Japanese, European and American game markets, but in China, it is enough to make Li Yongjin feel proud. It is precisely with the help of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" that Daewoo Information has become the best stand-alone computer in the country

Game company.

Moreover, according to incomplete statistics, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" has been downloaded more than 50 million times on major domestic download websites. At its peak, there were 20 million computer hard drives across the country with the game "Legend of Sword and Fairy" on them.

, this is definitely an astonishing data. Especially when "Legend of Sword and Fairy" was launched, most people in China did not have computers at home, and most of them played "Legend of Sword and Fairy" in Internet cafes. Counting this proportion,

Real data must be multiplied by at least 3 times.

Now, Lin Feng wants to make it into a movie, which is naturally a good thing for Li Yongjin. But at the same time, he is also worried about whether this masterpiece will be ruined.

"Haha, Mr. Li, don't worry, I will never destroy your carefully crafted representative work of domestic games." Lin Feng saw the hesitation in Li Yongjin's eyes clearly and said with a light smile.

"Boss, I also believe you have this ability, but if you want to film "Legend of Sword and Fairy", in addition to an excellent movie adaptation script and suitable actors, the most important thing is the special effects. "Legend of Sword and Fairy" belongs to

In the oriental fantasy genre, there are a lot of special effects in the game. If it can't be shot, the whole movie will undoubtedly be a lot worse. But if you want to make it, I'm afraid the investment..." Li Yongjin said tangledly.

Nowadays, the best special effects in movies are naturally in Hollywood, but if you want to make movie special effects like Hollywood, the production cost must not be low. For example, in "Titanic" in 1997, the special effects were shocking, but the corresponding cost was also high.

Extremely high. Post-production computer stunt production costs can easily reach tens of millions of dollars. This price is beyond the reach of current domestic film companies.

Lin Feng smiled after hearing this.

"Mr. Li, don't worry, I have found a very good stunt team in Hollywood, USA to be responsible for the post-production special effects of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". They will also be responsible for the special effects processing of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". As for the funds, you are completely

No need to think about it, I will invest 100 million US dollars to shoot "Legend of Sword and Fairy"." Lin Feng said sadly.

After investing 100 million yuan to shoot "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Lin Feng believes that the cost can still be recovered based on the current cast and post-production special effects processing. However, investing 100 million yuan to shoot "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" is very difficult.

It is difficult to recover the cost. No matter how good the film is, the level of the domestic consumer market determines that Chinese people cannot watch a movie several times like American audiences. As long as they think it is good, they can watch it over and over again.

After all, in terms of the ratio between Americans' income and the price of movie tickets, a movie ticket only accounts for 1/400 of the average monthly income in the United States, or 2.5/1,000. In China, developed cities such as Shanghai and Beijing

For other places, the current average salary is about 3,500 yuan. A movie ticket costs 50 yuan, which accounts for 1.4% of the salary. It is 5.6 times more expensive than American movies. This is still a developed city, but an underdeveloped city.

The price of movie tickets is almost the same, which is 20 times more expensive than American movies. This gap means that Lin Feng will definitely lose money when he invests 100 million US dollars in filming "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

Although investing 100 million US dollars, I am afraid that there is a high chance of losing money in the end. But for Lin Feng, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is an eternal memory and an eternal classic. Now that he has money, he naturally wants to make it as perfect as possible.

Shoot it. Even if you lose money, you still have to shoot it.

Isn't it just 100 million US dollars? I can't afford to lose.

Li Yongjin was speechless for Lin Feng's generosity. While sighing with emotion about Lin Feng's generosity, he was also happy for "Legend of Sword and Fairy", at least this time the drama would not be ruined. Of course, for all "Sword and Fairy"

This is also extremely good news for fans of the "Legend of Heroes" game, as their long-cherished wish will finally come true.

When the news came out, it naturally aroused heated discussion and pursuit among hundreds of millions of fans of "Legend of Sword and Fairy".

The player "Frost Nightwing" said with surprise - "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is finally going to be adapted into a movie. The classic that once fascinated us will finally be turned into a movie. And a massive investment of 100 million US dollars will be made. I hope it will not make the movie come true in the end.

We are disappointed that we were not able to produce a classic that is comparable to Hollywood movies.

The player "Cat of the Moonlit Night" also lamented repeatedly - "Legend of Sword and Fairy 2" is still far away, and the filming of the movie version of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" can alleviate our longing.

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Amid heated discussions among many players, the script adaptation work for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is in full swing. As for the role candidates for "Legend of Sword and Fairy", Lin Feng plans to wait until the script is perfected before starting casting.

"Boss, this is the script that Mr. Li sent via email. I have printed it out." Lin Chiling printed out the script that Li Yongjin and the Taiwanese script writer collaborated on and handed it to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng took the script and read it, his brows getting tighter as he read it. This script of "Legend of Sword and Fairy" almost covers the main scenes, the most interesting parts, and the most touching parts in the game. For example, Li Xiaoyao

Going in and out of the "Fairy Island", peeping on Zhao Ling'er taking a bath and being struck by lightning, the "human-butterfly love" in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the Demon Suppressing Tower saving Zhao Ling'er, Li Xiaoyao discovered the true feelings expressed by Zhao Ling'er's human and snake body, and what follows

The battle with the leader of the Moon Worshipers, etc., but although there are so many classic plots, unfortunately in Lin Feng's impression, the plot is a bit too compact, and there are almost no transitions.

For gamers, watching "Legend of Sword and Fairy" filmed according to this script can certainly understand what the plot is about, but for viewers who have not played "Legend of Sword and Fairy", they will be confused and confused.

What are you talking about? And for all the players of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", such a compact plot without any foreshadowing and only looking at the key plots is a bit unpleasant.

Lin Feng shook his head helplessly.

"Boss, there is another script here. The one just now was written by Mr. Li, and this one is written by a well-known screenwriter in Taiwan." Lin Chiling handed Lin Feng another script.

Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, then took it and read it. This script was based on the technique of a Hollywood movie, with a dull start, then slowly reaching a climax, and ending with a big climax. However, to Lin Feng's disappointment, the script was cut out.

Many exciting plots in the game were eliminated, including the most touching "Love between Humans and Butterflies", believing that it too affected the main plot. In addition, in order to suit business operations and cost control, the plot of the game was also modified, and many mazes were removed.

Although this is a similar process, it saves costs, but it also makes the game less attractive.

"Boss, Mr. Li is still waiting for news. They want to know which script is better," Lin Chiling reminded.

Lin Feng frowned, and after a long time, he sighed.

"It won't work if you tell them!" Lin Feng said.

"Ah, that script..." Lin Chiling was stunned.

"I will write the script myself." Lin Feng said.

"Old...boss, do you write the script yourself?" Lin Chiling's beautiful eyes widened, looking incredulous. The man in front of her is a business wizard, can he still write scripts?

Lin Chiling kept looking up and down at Lin Feng with her beautiful eyes that were enough to attract people's soul.

"Haha, of course. I wrote all the scripts for "Prison Break" and writing the script for "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is a piece of cake." Lin Feng said confidently.

Lin Chiling took a breath. She had heard of "Prison Break" and it was extremely popular in the United States, but she didn't expect that the screenwriter was actually Lin Feng. This was simply unbelievable. There was a look of admiration on her pretty face.

"Okay, tell them, wait a few days and I will write a script." After Lin Feng gave the order, he locked himself in the room and did not disturb him unless there was something important.

Three days later, Lin Feng excitedly emailed Li Yongjin with three scripts.

Before writing the script, Lin Feng considered the advantages and disadvantages of Li Yongjin's script and that of a well-known Taiwanese screenwriter. He found that the biggest disadvantage of their scripts was the movie time. The running time of both scripts was about 150 minutes. If he wanted to improve the script

, will inevitably prolong the plot. The running time of such a movie will be too long and the audience will not be able to stand it. This is also the most important reason why the two scripts have their own advantages and disadvantages.

After Lin Feng thought about it, he decided to make "Legend of Sword and Fairy" into three movies, imitating "The Lord of the Rings". The first one starts with Li Xiaoyao's first encounter with Zhao Ling'er and ends with "The Love of Humans and Butterflies". The second one is

After "Butterfly Love", Li Xiaoyao was taken to the Shushan sect and accidentally discovered that Zhao Ling'er was tied up in the "Monster Locking Tower". He went to rescue her. Lin Yueru sacrificed herself to save Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao. The third part is the final climax.

, Li Xiaoyao came to Miaozhang, and Zhao Ling'er looked for a way to save Lin Yueru, and finally fought against the leader of the Moon Worshiping Cult for the sake of Miaojiang's peace.

Lin Feng estimated that the final playing time of each movie will be about 150 minutes, and the final shooting of the three movies will be close to 8 hours, almost on par with "The Lord of the Rings".
Chapter completed!