Chapter 69: Goodbye Sophie

  George followed Song Tang's instructions and soon contacted the relevant person in charge of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Since the author of "The Lord of the Rings", John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, had passed away for a long time, his son Christopher Tolkien had been editing and publishing John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's works after his death.

  After George contacted Christopher, he directly expressed his intention to Christopher. After clarifying George's intentions, Christopher was very happy, but although Christopher was happy, he did not authorize the film adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy to George at the first time.

  George saw Christopher's difficult expression and asked, "Mr. Christopher, don't you want to sell us the film adaptation rights of Father's work 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy?"

  "No! No! Not at all, Mr. George." Christopher hastily denied upon hearing George's question.

  "What on earth made you say that?" George asked curiously after hearing Christopher's denial.

  Christopher met George with a curious expression, biting his teeth and said to George: "To be honest, I would like to sell the film adaptation rights of 'The Lord of the Rings' to your company, and I am also a fan of Mr. Tang Song, but ~~"

  "Unfortunately, the film rights to The Lord of the Rings had been sold off before my father's death," Christopher said with a pause, "so I'm afraid that's not possible, Mr. George."

  George heard that the film adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" had been sold by Christopher's father, and he said regretfully: "It's really a great pity, but Mr. Christopher, as far as I know, since the adaptation rights of 'The Lord of the Rings' have been sold by your father for so long, why hasn't it been made into a movie yet?"

  "This is a problem I'm familiar with, mainly involving elves, dwarves, magic and so on. However, current Hollywood technology can't meet the requirements for filming such a movie. But if your company really wants to obtain the film adaptation rights for 'The Lord of the Rings', I'd be happy to help." Christopher explained to George.

  "Really, Mr. Christopher? Thank you so much!" George had thought that the film adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" were gone for good, but unexpectedly, Christopher suddenly gave himself a surprise, and George was thrilled to thank him.

  "Don't get too excited just yet, Mr. George," Christopher said, stopping him in his tracks as he gazed at the ecstatic George, "although I agreed to help your company, I also have my own conditions."

  After hearing Christopher's words, George suddenly came to his senses and thought: It's not time to be happy yet, after all, the adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" are still not in hand. Thinking of this, George calmed down his excited mood, then asked Christopher in a calm tone: "Hehe, this is what should be done, I don't know if Mr. Christopher has any requirements, just mention them."

  "My requirements are actually very simple, that is, before your company has the special effects technology to shoot The Lord of the Rings, you cannot start shooting The Lord of the Rings movie in advance. And the lack of this special effects technology is also the reason why the adaptation rights of The Lord of the Rings have been sold for so long and have not been made into a film." Christopher said.

  George smiled and said to Christopher: "Hehe, I understand Mr. Christopher's concerns, but I can promise you that we will not be filming The Lord of the Rings in the near future."

  "Well, in that case, I'll give it a try!" Christopher was delighted to see George readily agree to his request and happily agreed to help him out.

  The two of them discussed the film adaptation rights of "The Lord of the Rings" for a while, and Christopher didn't keep George waiting for long. He soon arranged a meeting with the producer who had purchased the film adaptation rights to "The Lord of the Rings" back then. After hearing the intentions of George and his partner, this producer quickly reached an agreement, as holding the adaptation rights to a movie that couldn't be filmed at present was not as good as turning it into real money.

  So, the three of them quickly got their hands on the film adaptation rights to "The Lord of the Rings", but George also paid a considerable price in the end. In the end, George paid $10 million in cash, plus 0.5% of the box office share, which would only be available after the film was released. At this price, both parties were very happy, and soon they signed the contract for the film adaptation rights.

  When George got the film adaptation rights to "The Lord of the Rings" and told Song Tang, Song Tang burst out laughing. It wasn't until after the three-part movie was released and swept up nearly $3 billion in box office revenue worldwide that George acquired the film adaptation rights with a cash payment of $10 million plus 0.5% of the box office share, which was within what Song Tang could accept.

  Originally, Song Tang wanted to take down the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter" at the same time, but after thinking about it, he realized that J.K. Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter", might not have even finished writing the manuscript yet. In the end, Song Tang had no choice but to put aside this unrealistic idea. However, this did not mean that Song Tang gave up on the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter". Later on, "Harry Potter" was adapted into seven films, which collectively earned a global box office revenue of $6 billion. How could Song Tang possibly give up on such a successful series? After George acquired the film adaptation rights for "The Lord of the Rings", Song Tang instructed him to pay attention to a female author named Rowling in the UK, and see if she was working on anything. If so, he should try to obtain the film adaptation rights from her. Although George was a bit puzzled by Song Tang's instructions, he still made an effort to investigate. However, since J.K. Rowling was not yet famous or had not started creating at that time, George's investigation did not yield any information about this female author. Seeing this, Song Tang could only give up for the time being and think of another way later on.

  "Ding ding ding~~~" Just then, Song Tang's phone rang.

  However, Song Tang hesitated for a moment when he saw an unfamiliar phone number. After thinking about it, Song Tang answered the phone and said to the other end: "Hello, who is this?"

  Just as Song Tang was puzzled, a somewhat familiar voice came from the other end of the phone: "Hello, great director, I didn't expect it to be such a short time before you forgot about old friends. It's really heartbreaking. Luckily, I called you as soon as I arrived in America."

  Listening to the familiar words coming from the other end of the phone, Song Tang's heart suddenly became a little puzzled, wondering who this was. For a moment, Song Tang couldn't help but be stunned.

  "What's wrong, my great director, don't you really remember who I am?" Just then, the familiar voice on the other end of the phone rang in Song Tang's ears again.

  Until then, Song Tang turned around, and suddenly the familiar figure flashed in his mind. The clear, melancholic brown eyes had a Western sensuality and an Eastern mystery, Chanel No. 5 representing her, exuding an irresistible charm that was hard to shake off. She was Sophie Marceau, the "eternal lover" praised by French men. Song Tang's eyes lit up as he exclaimed: "Sophie, you're in America, this is great!"

  "Heh heh, you finally know who I am, great director. How have you been lately?" Sophie saw that Song Tang had finally figured out who she was and chuckled, "Great director, I came to the US for development at your invitation. Don't know if you've prepared a script for me or not. You know my current situation isn't too good."

  After hearing Sophie's voice on the phone, Song Tang couldn't help but smile wryly. However, with his memories from past life, it wasn't a problem for him to prepare several movie scripts for Sophie. Moreover, in his past life, he was very familiar with some of the classic films starring Sophie, such as "Braveheart", "Anna Karenina" and "Charlie's Angels". Thinking of this, Song Tang smiled slightly and said into the phone: "Hehe, no problem, Sophie! I guarantee you'll be satisfied!"

  "Hmm, that's great. Would you like to go out for a drink tonight?" Sophie said, perhaps because Song Tang had just agreed to prepare the script for her, or maybe because she hadn't been in a good mood lately, and so she invited him out.

  "Uh, Sophie, this is the US, I'd rather not, tomorrow I don't want to end up having coffee at the police station." After hearing Sophie's invitation, Song Tang couldn't help but think of Sophie's sexy and mature figure, her enchanting fragrance, but as soon as he thought about being in the US, Song Tang used great willpower to drive out the unrealistic thoughts from his mind, then turned down Sophie.

  After hearing Song Tang's words, Sophie burst out laughing and said to Song Tang on the other end of the phone: "I'm really sorry, Director. I didn't finish what I was saying earlier. Since I knew this was in America, I specially prepared wine at my place. If you're not coming, then I'll just have to enjoy it by myself! Haha!"

  When Sophie said that, Song Tang suddenly felt a pang of regret. He thought about the two of them drinking together as a man and woman in the evening, or something happening between them that they both expected to happen. Song Tang's heart felt a surge of heat, so he quickly stopped Sophie from hanging up the phone and said: "Hehe, dear Sophie, don't hang up yet, I've already prepared a script for you here. Tell me your address and I'll deliver it to you tonight."

  "Heh heh! You want to come over for a drink, just say so, no need to beat around the bush." Song Tang's face turned red upon hearing Su Fei's words, but she quickly jotted down the address Su Fei had mentioned.