Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 197 - 195: Polarization

"How are the ratings for ’Anomalies’?"

The next morning, in the office, Wang Jian asked Tom, who was hurrying by.

"Up to par," Tom nodded, handing over a fax, "Considering the competitor is CBS’s hot show ’Everybody Loves Raymond,’ this should also be considered a good result."

"But..." he looked at Wang Jian, his expression one of someone holding back words.

"What’s wrong?" Wang Jian asked casually, taking the document.

"Take a look at Twitter yourself," Tom pointed at the computer.

Wang Jian, puzzled, logged into the topic area for "Anomalies and Creatures" and saw that it had already erupted into chaos.

"Furious! The TV version of ’Anomalies’ has cut a lot of details. ABC’s respect for the original isn’t even on par with HBO’s ’Prison Break Special Forces’!"

"Let’s start with the positives, the character choices are appropriate, and Gwyneth’s aura can definitely uphold a goddess.

That was the biggest surprise in the first episode.

Also, the tech vibe of the upside-down villa in the sky is full, even more textured than the alien architecture in ’Star Trek.’

But these can’t cover up a huge flaw! Aside from the funny parts, we also want to see light, heartwarming everyday life!

And ABC has massively deleted these!"

Okay, although he had discussed with James.

To differentiate from classic series like ’Seinfeld’ and ’Friends,’ ’Anomalies’ would speed up the early plot pace and transplant Earth-based events into space.

"Can the original fans’ opinions really be that significant?" Wang Jian muttered to himself, his hand unconsciously hitting the refresh button.

Then, the comments that appeared before him had already changed.

"Although I haven’t read the original, I think it’s interesting!"

"Yeah, I saw all the negative reviews and thought I was not watching ABC yesterday, I’ve completely given up on ’Everybody Loves Raymond’ and am ready to follow ’Anomalies and Creatures,’" someone agreed.

"Because both shows made me laugh, I couldn’t help but compare ’Anomalies’ with ’Friends.’

The male lead in ’Anomalies’ is more down-to-earth, not a freak like Ross.

Compared to Monica, the Vampire not only has OCD but also the added attribute of poverty.

It’s worth mentioning, just her use of bloody cold winds as an air conditioner was very dramatic.

Watching ’The Exorcist’ back in the day, the chilling winds when Dracula appeared were literally my childhood nightmare.

Here, I almost died laughing."

"I agree with the above, although I’m a fan of Jennifer Aniston, I have to admit, the Werewolf’s character is also very interesting.

A Werewolf that despises Vampires because of watching TV?

Hahaha, Van Helsing would probably cry if he saw this Werewolf girl!"

This...

Wang Jian clicked the mouse, a bit dazed.

"Why does the TV adaptation of ’Anomalies and Creatures’ seem to be more popular with people who have never read the original?"

He pondered for a moment and dialed the internal phone, "Chen Shijun, do a survey on Twitter."

"Mainly have the users fill out their opinions on the TV adaptation of ’Anomalies’ and whether they intend to continue watching."

After hanging up the phone, Wang Jian sighed.

At the moment, Jack Dorsey, accompanied by Lehman and others, was explaining Twitter’s "profit" prospects to many small investors.

To show Twitter’s influence, the ratings for the first few episodes of ’Anomalies and Creatures’ definitely can’t just crash now!

"Wang," Tom, who had just walked out of the office, turned back.

"Stephen King, George Martin, and Neil Gaiman would like to meet with you."

Wang Jian was momentarily stunned, then quickly said, "Please bring them in."

Not to mention yesterday, this famous author personally came to the roadshow.

It’s just that his status in the literary world did not allow Wang Jian to disrespect him.

A moment later, three well-known authors entered the office, accompanied by Tom.

Stephen King thought about the busy editors and programmers he saw outside, and then he saw Wang Jian, who stood up to greet him.

"He indeed lowered the threshold for writing, providing authors with more channels to express themselves."

"It’s just a pity about his literary talent..."

"Mr. Stephen," Wang Jian invited him to sit down and personally poured him a cup of coffee.

"I’m very sorry I couldn’t meet you yesterday."

"I wonder, did you want to discuss something with me?"

"Ha ha," Stephen King revealed a kind smile, "I also subscribe to your ’Anomalies and Creatures’ on the website."

"The character settings in the novel are interesting, and the imagination is rich; it is a rare sci-fi masterpiece."

"However..." Stephen King pointed at the computer, "ABC cut out a large part during the filming, and it seems the original fans aren’t buying it."

"Wang, what do you think about this?"

"As long as it doesn’t affect Twitter going public, it doesn’t matter." Wang Jian muttered to himself inwardly.

However, recalling that Stephen King had another short story adapted and it was badly reviewed,

he pondered for a moment with a bitter smile. "How much say do we have in the adaptation to film and TV?"

"Actually," George Martin looked at Wang Jian with a somewhat amused expression, "not to mention the quality of ’Prison Break’ and ’Prison Break Special Forces.’"

"Their adaptations did indeed stay true to the original works."

This is...

Wang Jian looked at the three famous authors, somewhat perplexed.

Stephen King smiled and said to Wang Jian, "I heard from Neil Gaiman that the reason for this difference is that you were the main producer for those two works."

"And the production of ’Anomalies’ was because of ABC."

Neil Gaiman nodded, "Because I serialized ’American Gods’ on the website, I pay more attention to some things about the website."

"We consulted some professionals," Neil Gaiman took a sip of coffee, "they think that if Twitter successfully goes public, then the website will control a crucial promotional channel."

"Although it cannot compare with the three major networks and the six giants of Hollywood, the influence of the website should be akin to a small television station."

"Wang, do you have confidence in us?" George Martin looked intently at Wang Jian.

Hmm?

Wang Jian was slightly surprised as he looked at the three, "You... aren’t hoping to have the website adapt your works, are you?"

"Ha ha," Neil Gaiman laughed a bit, "’American Gods’ is serialized on the website, and I would only sign the rights to the website for this work."

"The second volume of ’A Song of Ice and Fire’ isn’t finished yet," George Martin glanced at the other three authors with an embarrassed smile, "and the film rights are in Disney’s hands."

"It’s me." Stephen King took out a novella and handed it to Wang Jian.

"The film rights for this novella have expired and now they’re back in my hands."

"Of course, I won’t make it difficult for you. I’ll also expand it on the website according to Neil Gaiman’s conditions."

"However, I have one condition." Stephen King took a sip of coffee and continued, "The film rights for this work can only go to the website."

"And you must be the executive producer."

This...

Wang Jian picked up the novella and flipped through it.

The title of the novella was "Mist."

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