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<blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9331346" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I didn't realize it was available on Amazon Prime. It'll be interesting to check it out. The history of the rights to the IP is interesting. Too lazy to Google to refresh my recollection, but there was a Chinese couple who were involved in the Chinese entertainment industry, but not particularly big or successful. They bought the rights to make a movie/TV series on the books from the author at a time when he was just laid off of his job and needed money. My understanding is that he sold the rights for a crazy low price (though hindsight is 20/20 and all that).&nbsp; They made a show, but it did poorly and was critically panned (which I believe would be the one you are referring to on Amazon). Then a Chinese billionaire who made his money on software (games, I believe) wanted to buy the IP, but the couple asked for a crazy high number. He ended up hiring a lawyer known to be an excellent negotiator who negotiated a much more reasonable price. The relationship between the billionaire and the lawyer soureda and the billionaire demoted the lawyer, brought in other legal talent to negotiate with Netflix etc. and the lawyer poisoned the billionaire producer. I believe he was just recently sentenced. I'm just regurgitating this from what I remember from discussions with my wife who is a native speaker of Chinese and has been following the business drama behind the IP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MNblockhead, post: 9331346, member: 6796661"] I didn't realize it was available on Amazon Prime. It'll be interesting to check it out. The history of the rights to the IP is interesting. Too lazy to Google to refresh my recollection, but there was a Chinese couple who were involved in the Chinese entertainment industry, but not particularly big or successful. They bought the rights to make a movie/TV series on the books from the author at a time when he was just laid off of his job and needed money. My understanding is that he sold the rights for a crazy low price (though hindsight is 20/20 and all that). They made a show, but it did poorly and was critically panned (which I believe would be the one you are referring to on Amazon). Then a Chinese billionaire who made his money on software (games, I believe) wanted to buy the IP, but the couple asked for a crazy high number. He ended up hiring a lawyer known to be an excellent negotiator who negotiated a much more reasonable price. The relationship between the billionaire and the lawyer soureda and the billionaire demoted the lawyer, brought in other legal talent to negotiate with Netflix etc. and the lawyer poisoned the billionaire producer. I believe he was just recently sentenced. I'm just regurgitating this from what I remember from discussions with my wife who is a native speaker of Chinese and has been following the business drama behind the IP. [/QUOTE]

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