Chapter 1061: Securing the film rights to 'Three-Body Problem', first meeting Zhao Jinmai!

The next day, under Brother Da Peng's arrangement, Lin Yu met the Liu Cixin of this world as promised.

Lin Yu had specifically checked the awards and honors the novel 'Three-Body Problem' had received at home and abroad.

What surprised Lin Yu was that 'Three-Body Problem' was currently participating in the selection for the foreign Hugo and Nebula Awards.

This is what is commonly known as the Nobel Prize of the sci-fi world!

Although 'Three-Body Problem' had many fans and book-lovers domestically,

internationally, this work had not yet received recognition in terms of word-of-mouth.

As luck would have it, the Nebula Awards would enter the announcement stage next week.

This meant that this sci-fi masterpiece, 'Three-Body Problem', was about to sweep the globe.

"Mr. Lin, hello."

"Could I have your autograph?"

"My daughter likes you very much."

Seeing Lin Yu, who was in the prime of his career and doing very well in the entertainment industry, come to his dilapidated little apartment,

Liu Cixin was very excited and also a bit incredulous.

He was just an amateur writer.

The thought of having this kind of private communication with Lin Yu was quite magical.

"Of course, no problem."

Lin Yu smiled and took a postcard directly.

This period of time was probably the most leisurely time for Liu Cixin; once the Nebula Awards were announced next week, this guy might be even busier than him.

【To Liu Niannian】

【Wishing you: academic progress】

On the postcard,

Lin Yu wrote in neat regular script, and at the end of the line, he also drew a cute smiley face.

This made Liu Cixin feel flattered.

As a science guy, romance was basically an insulator for him.

He couldn't say his relationship with his daughter was very good,

but he kept every one of his daughter's wishes firmly in his heart.

Lin Yu's generous action gave Liu Cixin a very good impression of him.

He had previously felt that Lin Yu, being so young and having entered the entertainment industry, must be arrogant and unruly in private, but he didn't expect him to be so approachable and a humble gentleman.

"Teacher Liu, to tell you the truth, I am actually your fan too."

Lin Yu's words were not false.

In his previous life, Lin Yu had buried his head and read Liu's 'Three-Body Problem' three times.

He admired the unconstrained imagination within it to the point of prostration.

Now seeing Liu Cixin's shy eyes, he felt it was quite sci-fi.

"Mr. Lin, what brings you here this time?"

After a few exchanges of pleasantries,

Liu Cixin got straight to the point.

This straightforward way of chatting made Lin Yu feel very comfortable.

"Teacher Liu, then I won't beat around the bush. I came here this time because I want the film rights to your work, 'Three-Body Problem'."

After Lin Yu finished speaking, his eyes stared closely at Liu Cixin's expression without leaving a trace.

He wanted to capture Liu's inner thoughts at the first moment.

He had expected a long price tug-of-war,

but Liu Cixin just pushed up his glasses.

"Little Lin, you decide!"

"I don't understand these things much; just give me a market price."

Liu Cixin's generous words actually made Lin Yu feel a bit troubled.

It would be easier if the person opposite was a villain!

But now,

this was absolutely a test of humanity and morality.

Lin Yu vaguely remembered that in his previous life, the incident regarding Liu Cixin's film rights had even hit the trending searches.

Back then, in a small county, Liu Cixin, who wrote books in his spare time, had no car and no house.

An 18th-tier director set his sights on the rights to 'Three-Body Problem' and bought them out for a flat price of 100,000 yuan.

Only a few years passed,

and the domestic explosion of 'Three-Body Problem' caused the 100,000 yuan copyright fee to skyrocket directly to 120 million.

It was sold by this small director to a game company.

Just after winning the Nebula Award, the number of fans exploded globally. The film rights were directly hyped to over 1 billion.

And after the 'Three-Body Problem' film and television series came out, even Hollywood put out the word.

Even if they offered 10 billion, they would take the rights to 'Three-Body Problem' without hesitation.

A moment of hesitation directly caused Liu Cixin to miss out on these film rights worth tens of billions.

This problem had now fallen on Lin Yu.

Money or face?

That is the question!

Brother Da Peng, who was sitting side-by-side with Lin Yu on the sofa, was also seeing his boss in such a dilemma for the first time.

Brother Da Peng had read the paper version of the 'Three-Body Problem' novel before.

And he had referred to the prices of novel-to-film adaptation rights in recent years.

He was testing the waters for his boss.

He quoted a sincere price of 200,000.

Upon hearing this price, Liu Cixin was clearly stunned, and then his face was filled with joy.

This was much higher than the value he had expected.

"No."

Lin Yu pursed his lips and shook his head.

He couldn't accept this price mentally or conscientiously!

"Then 180,000."

"150,000."

"120,000."

Brother Da Peng watched Lin Yu's unchanging expression.

And kept lowering the offer. ===== CHAPTER 1062 =====