Chapter 94: The Battle of Immortal Knights

  After the recording of "Iron Blood and Dan Xin", Zhuang Yongping began to negotiate prices with Lu Li. To be honest, before that, Zhuang Yongping did not expect Lu Li to write such a classic song. Although he was just the project director of Tang Film, he didn't understand music very well, but he knew what kind of songs were classics and what kind of songs could become popular.

  Now that "Iron Blood and Loyal Heart" is so classic, the issue of price is really hard to say. Ou Yang Dan's side didn't spend much money because after recording the song, she felt it would greatly boost her reputation, and being able to sing this song was a bargain in itself, so in the end, she gave Tang Film a lot of discounts on the price.

  But it's different with Lu Li, because the copyright of this song still belongs to Lu Li no matter what. Wanting to buy out the copyright of this song will probably cost a lot of money.

  "Lu Li, old brother, what do you think about the price of this song?" asked Zhuang Yongping.

  "I don't know what price you're going to quote?" Lu Li asked back.

  "One million, this is the highest price our company can offer. Normally we wouldn't pay such a high price for an ordinary song, but this one is exceptional. And since it's not our first collaboration, that's why we're offering such a high price. What do you think?" Zhuang Yongping looked at Lu Li with a painful expression, as if he was suffering a great loss.

  Lu Li listened to Zhuang Yongping's words, didn't say a word, and laughed by himself. This song, even if it were 10 million or 100 million, Lu Li wouldn't sell it. The Earth's "Iron Blooded and Unyielding Heart" would still be remembered by countless people decades later, Lu Li naturally knew that this song could bring him many things, reputation and income wouldn't be low, selling it for 1 million? That's impossible!

  Lu Li thought for a moment and said, "Zhuang Ge, this is what we can do. We've collaborated before, and your company has also contributed to the recording of this song. I'll give you a discounted price - 10 million, and you can use this song as the theme song for the TV series 'The Archer', but it cannot be used for any other purpose."

  "Can't even include the original soundtrack?" Zhuang Yongping's face looked a bit unsightly as he asked.

  Lu Li didn't care about Zhuang Yongping's expression and said bluntly: "It can be included, but the profit must be divided."

  "This is beyond me, you'd better talk to our general manager." said Zhuang Yongping.

  Lu Xi heard this and had no objection. In any case, Lu Xi would not give up the publishing rights to this song. At worst, it wouldn't be used as the theme song for "Shooting Hoops", but would be included in his new album instead.

  Soon, Zhuang Yongping took Lu Li to the office of General Manager Cai Yizong and whispered an explanation of the basic situation.

  Cai Yizong listened and didn't say much, but smiled at Lu Li and said: "Brother Lu is indeed multi-talented, screenwriting, songwriting, everything is fine, it's really a young genius."

  Lu Li smiled slightly after hearing the other person's words, and didn't take it seriously: "Manager Cai is really overpraising me, I'm just a minor player, far inferior to Manager Cai."

  "Lu Xiao brothers are too modest, let's speak directly. Regarding the matter of "Iron Blood Dan Xin", Director Zhuang has already spoken to me about it, and we will do as Lu Xiao brother said. This is not our first collaboration with Tang Film and Lu Xiao brother, and we have always been sincere in our dealings with him. We hope that if Lu Xiao brother decides to sell the film rights in the future, he will consider Tang Film first." Cai Yinan spoke directly without beating around the bush.

  "Ah, of course, that's no problem." Lu Li replied, but in his heart he was thinking that it would be a situation where they would think of selling, but if they themselves wanted to take the photo, then all he could say was sorry.

  However, Lu Li still has a relatively good impression of Ren Tang Film. As Cai Yizong said, in several collaborations, Ren Tang Film was sincere and genuine. Although it cannot be ruled out that the other party is trying to get close to him in order to obtain other film adaptation rights, Lu Li also feels that being friends with Ren Tang Film has more benefits than drawbacks.

  After the two parties reached an agreement, they immediately drafted a contract and signed their names. The contract also met Lu Li's requirements, requiring Tang Film to pay 10 million yuan to use "Tie Xue Dan Xin" as the theme song for the TV series "The Legend of Archery", with permanent copyright belonging to Lu Li, and all download income from YY Music Network belonging to Lu Li. There were some other clauses that Lu Li quickly skimmed over.

  After doing all this, Lu Li's card soon received 10 million yuan from the film and television company. With these 10 million yuan, Lu Li can guarantee that new recruits coming to the company next month will have a place to live and work.

  Lu Li then took a plane back to Huaqing, preparing for another matter.

  Although Lu Li had been dragging his feet, "The Legend of Qin" was finally completed. Lu Li returned to Huaqing in the evening and after dinner and a short rest, he began writing the final epilogue.

  I don't know how many times I've written this afterword, but this time it feels a bit different. All along, I've been writing martial arts novels, from semi-literary to vernacular, and I don't remember how many I've written in total. Even though "The Legend of Qin" has the element of time-travel, I still categorize it as a martial arts novel. Now, I'm going to bid farewell to martial arts novels.

  Currently, the trend in the online literature world is that many people clearly believe that the decline of martial arts novels is inevitable. Even though many great authors are now writing martial arts novels with unsatisfactory results, it's okay, it's okay because I have you all behind me, and with your support from Lian Meng, I can persist in writing so many martial arts works.

  Many big shots have retired from the internet writing scene due to the decline of martial arts, many big shots have started to transform and write fantasy and immortal novels, many newcomers have risen to fame with "God-killing Dao". Looking at the popularity of the Fantasy Immortal channel, while the Martial Arts side is a dead water, Lu Li also wants to transform and compete with the big shots in the Fantasy Immortal genre. So, my next book will not be martial arts but immortal novels, will you still support me? I think you won't let me down.

  New book will be released tomorrow, genre is fantasy, please look forward to it.

  After finishing writing, Lu Li updated the last two chapters of the manuscript and then updated this completed book's afterword.

  Soon after, Lu Li received a YY message from Editor Gu Feng and several online literature friends.

  "Really decided to transform?" Gu Feng.

  "Hmm, actually I had this plan for a long time. Originally, when 'The Legendary Twins' ended, I was going to switch genres, but then the story of 'A Step into the Past' suddenly appeared in my mind, and that's why it took until now to make the transition." Lu Li replied.

  "Alright, I believe you're not a reckless person, go for it." Gu Feng.

  "You little scamp, can't hold it in anymore and want to change?" Old Man Wet.

  "Yes, watching you all competing fiercely in fantasy and adventure, I also want to join in the fun." Lu Li replied.

  "This is not giving us a way out, you've come and let us these street vendors how to live." Lao Hu said exaggeratedly in jest.

  "If you're a rookie, then the online literature world wouldn't have any great masters. For the xianxia and fantasy genres, I'm just a newcomer, so please take care of me, Great Master of Fantasy." Lu Li also started joking around.

  "It's good that you're not here to write fantasy novels, those who write immortal heroes would be in trouble, haha." The old wet man started to gloat.

  "That's not necessarily true, maybe one day I'll write a fantasy novel." Lu Li smiled as he sat in front of the computer. He had many classic xianxia stories and even more fantasy works in his mind.

  In another group of six people, several gods in the online literature world were also chatting.

  "This guy Lu Li is going to steal our rice bowl!" Dogs don't bite dogs.

  "What's there to be afraid of? I'm writing fantasy novels." The cow demon and snake god said nonchalantly.

  "You stinky snake, go ahead and gloat. Who knows, maybe one day Lu Li will start writing fantasy novels." The dog gave a disdainful look in return. This remark left the cow demon and snake spirit speechless.

  "Hey, Ludi, what's wrong with you? Can't you write a good martial arts story?" Ninja.

  "Agree with the ninja's words, Lu Li is really despicable." Drunken madman.

  "It's lonely being a master, and it's no fun being the only martial artist around." Lu Li, who was also in this group, saw these people chatting and chimed in with a sentence.

  "Immortal hero? Lü Lí, I've also come to meet you." Neither three nor four.

  "I'm going, what's the situation, are the five ancient gods of the primordial era also going to be revived?" Ninja.

  "Five spirits, tiger touch." Drunken madman.

  "I feel like I'm at a dead end." Dogs don't bite dogs, but they go crazy when they're grabbed.

  "The Five Gods, nice to meet you." Lu Li.

  As soon as the five gods appeared, the group immediately boiled over, and even Lu Li, who had already planned to go to sleep, stayed in front of the computer to reply to the previous sentence.

  "I don't know how many people in the online literature world still remember me." Unlucky and unpropitious.

  "What you said is true, this ancient great god has emerged, and his aura will shine for thousands of miles, all living beings will worship him." Dogs don't bite dogs.

  "Let's not talk about these useless things, I've read Lu Li's books and they're great. This time, I'm also starting a new book to write about immortal heroes, let's have a fair competition."

  "It's an honor." Lu Li.

  "Wuxin, where have you been all these years? The online literature world was very puzzled by your sudden departure." Drunken Madman

  Nothing much, some things in reality made it impossible to write, didn't expect the online literature world to change so much, wuxia is already so desolate, fortunately there's Lu Li to hold on for so long, sigh. Not three not four.

  "Hmm, it's the trend of the times. Even we, the great gods, cannot reverse this decline." Niu Gui She Shen. Several people also sighed about the decline of martial arts.

  ……

  Lü Lí, however, didn't pay attention to the conversation of these few people. After shutting down his computer, he seemed somewhat excited. This author with a pen name that is neither three nor four was actually an ancient great god who had been famous for a long time and was once the leader of the five greatest gods. According to his pen name, book friends gave him the title of "Five Gods".

  And this five-element god, at his peak, withdrew from the online literature world for six years due to unknown reasons. Now, he has made a comeback and is about to engage in a battle of wits with Lu Li's xianxia work. I wonder what the outcome will be when my own work, backed by the Earth God's masterpiece, clashes with this ancient great god. It seems that the online literature world is going to stir up waves again.

  "What a thrill! This is what makes the web novel world so exciting." Lu Li muttered to himself before drifting off to sleep.

  PS: Thanks for Dugu's reward!