Chapter 159 Slaughtering is a knowledge
Insufficient intelligence is a taboo in negotiations.
After returning to the hotel, Quincy immediately asked his subordinates to collect all the news about Tianman.
Thanks to Tianman's recent Zhang Yang, their collection work has been particularly smooth.
Then they were terrified.
When the negotiations began, He Chen's youthful appearance made them think that he was a rich second generation, so Quincy psychologically felt a faint contempt for He Chen.
However, judging from the information collected now, I found that they were very wrong.
Just two years ago, this was an ordinary family's child who had just taken the college entrance examination and had a cumulative deposit of less than one million yuan, had enough food and clothing, and was not well-off.
Then he started from scratch, created comics, and established DMFun. The game adapted from his comics was popular all over the country and has now spread to neighboring countries.
He revitalized hundreds of industrial markets by himself, and his status in China seems to be comparable to Yi Tianxing. Although he is a foreigner, he is very familiar with some celebrities in China, especially those like Yi Tianxing who have countless copyrights in their hands are their focus.
The experience of the "rich second generation" in their eyes is enough to make an inspirational movie... It seems that it is a bit wrong to say that inspirational movies, because if they hadn't seen these news with their own eyes, they were afraid that their inspirational documentaries would be regarded as nonsense commercial movies.
Afterwards, Quincy and others entered the world of comics. He wanted to know whether He Chen was just fooling himself with his mouth, or whether he really had countless copyrights better than "The Curse".
He Chen and others continued to hold a meeting, and they discussed how much it was appropriate to slaughter this time.
Although He Chen looks extremely calm on the surface, they are very short of money now. There is only such a film company in North America who is interested and sends himself to their mouths. Based on the principle of being too lazy to go on a business trip, He Chen decided to kill Universal Cinema as much as possible.
Fortunately, Tianman was short of money, except for Tianman, even Shengshi and Tianying Factory, who worked closely together, did not know that He Chen had a high attitude before Quincy's slowness.
"A science of slaughtering people is not only a ruthless thing, but also a willing thing to be slaughtered. The highest level is to make him feel that he has taken advantage of it after being slaughtered this time, and he will send him over to us next time!" He Chen said seriously.
"Overseas copyright. I have never been exposed to it! The domestic population is much larger than that of North America, but the box office is much smaller than that of North America. If we calculate it based on domestic standards, we will definitely lose money!" Zhou Zhe said.
"Well! It's three million to Tianchi Studio, so it's three million to Universal Cinema, US dollars!" Zhuang Bufan said excitedly. Three million US dollars, which is nearly 20 million to convert into Chinese currency at the current exchange rate!
As a special consultant, the medicine director attended the meeting and despised Zhuang Bufan: "Look at you that little bit of your fortune. Do you think three million is a lot? For Hollywood, this kind of film with extremely high returns, even the copyright fee of a flop movie, is like free picking up! Believe it or not, go and tell him about three million US dollars now, and I can guarantee that he will sign a contract with you immediately."
"Medical Director, then you can give me some advice. Your benefits will be indispensable after things are completed."
"Really? Well, you should do this..."
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The next day, He Chen was about to continue talking to Quincy and others, but Quincy apologized to He Chen with a pair of dark circles: "Mr. He, I'm very sorry, can you wait a few more days?"
This reaction made He Chen confused, but it didn't matter if he waited for a few days. After He Chen agreed, he asked Zhou Zhe: "You didn't ask them to do big health care last night, right?"
Zhou Zhe hurriedly waved: "Absolutely not! I finally asked the relatives of Fatty Zhuang's girlfriend's roommate to introduce me to a girl I like. Isn't I seeking death when I go to that kind of place?"
"Oh! Why did you leave me behind?"
"Soul fades! You left me behind! If I don't work harder, would you like to live alone?"
"Then you can introduce it to me too."
"I don't want to die."
After all, Quincy is an executive at Universal Cinema, not a pamper. After he became serious, he finally discovered that the one in front of him was a super huge gold mine!
So he immediately reported the comics to Universal Cinema, asking professionals in the company to evaluate whether the comics are adaptive and their potential value, and at the same time apply for financial support from senior management - he felt that the investment rights he could use now were not enough.
It was not until five days later that Quincy came to He Chen again. Now his attitude has finally improved, which makes He Chen a little pleasant.
"Mr. He, I have to say, you are the most talented person I have ever met!" Quincy flattered He Chen as soon as he arrived.
He Chen was indifferent: "It's not a discount to flatter you, so you should improve your sincerity now, right?"
Quincy didn't care about He Chen's sarcasm and smiled: "Comics are really a good thing, and they are completely different from reading books and watching movies. I admire your vast and magnificent thinking like the starry sky. We are willing to invest 4 million US dollars for "Curse"!"
It increased by eight times at once, and it seemed to be full of sincerity, but in He Chen's eyes, this was not enough!
"This is the only one?" He Chen asked.
Quincy asked his assistant to take out a piece of A4 paper, looked at the content recorded above and said: "The right to adapt Doraemon is 5 million US dollars, the right to adapt "Mobile Suit Gundam is 3 million US dollars, the right to adapt "eva" is 3 million US dollars, the right to adapt "Dragon Ball is 8 million US dollars, and the right to "9999 ways to die for the porter" is 1 million US dollars."
What Quincy values more is the potential of adapting movies. Although "Pokemon", "Digimon" and "Conan" have extremely high popularity on DMFun, their potential in the Western film market is limited after evaluation by the director and screenwriter.
Universal Cinema has a really big appetite, almost all the anime that He Chen believes has the potential to adapt movies. Even the Gundam of Mobile Suit, which has just been serialized for a while, was not spared.
But "The Curse" has only one story, which can sell for 4 million yuan in copyright, and there are so many other stories. If He Chen agrees, wouldn't he lose a lot?
So He Chen didn't talk nonsense and told Quincy the conditions discussed by Director Yao and him: "I want 10% of your movie's pure profit as adaptation fee."
He Chen's comics have many stories, which means that they can be released into a series. If you buy it out at one time, then the future sequels have nothing to do with He Chen. But if it is this kind of share, although you have to bear a certain risk, as long as you release the sequel, you will have money to get it.
"wtf!" Quincy couldn't help but swear. The box office of the movie was originally divided by several parties. The theaters usually get a big head, and only half of the ones fell into the hands of the producers. After the cost is over, He Chen will take away 10%, so they will make a fortune in making movies!
Although Universal Cinema has a big business, and the production and theater chain can take the entire production and achieve the maximum profit, He Chen only gave them copyright, and did nothing, so he tried to get 10% in vain. Quincy dared to agree. He would be fired in ten minutes without tomorrow.
"He Chen! Are you kidding? It must be kidding! But now we are talking about business. Please don't bring the humorous means you show in the comics to the negotiating table, which would be very unpleasant!" Quincy said in a deep voice.
Seeing Quincy's reaction, He Chen knew that his asking price had exceeded their bottom line. However, as the saying goes, asking for the price everywhere, paying the money on the spot. If you don't set the starting point higher, how can you bargain?
The other party always insisted on buying out at a price, but He Chen knew very well how the series value in those works could be as they wished? So he also focused on the profit sharing.
After a boring and silly relationship between Zhou Zhe and Quincy, He Chen was drowsy and drowsy.
Finally, after Quincy reported to Universal Cinema and obtained authorization, she signed a profit sharing contract with He Chen and others, but it was reduced from 10% to 3.5%.
Judging from the standards of the drug-guided version of "Grudge", the box office of 200 million yuan was divided into 100 million yuan, and He Chen divided into 3.5% of the 90 million yuan, and he could finally get 3.15 million yuan.
It can be higher than He Chen's psychological lowest line. The most important thing is that no matter how many series they film, He Chen will share the money!
The more filmed he is, the more profit He Chen will make. He Chen believes that with the super skill of making cold rice in Hollywood, as long as the series of movies can still make money, he will never stop. Therefore, in general, this is very cost-effective for He Chen.
In terms of copyright, He Chen only sold the copyrights of "Grudge", "Nobita's Dinosaur" and "The Porter's 9999 Ways to Die". Thinking about the Hollywood version of "Dragon Ball" almost blinded his titanium alloy eyes, the connotation of "eva" also has the potential to change into a commercial film "Pacific Rim".
Therefore, although Universal Cinema really hopes to get other adaptations now, He Chen still refuses to ensure quality. However, He Chen promised that if He Chen wants to sell the overseas adaptation rights and their other works are well filmed, He Chen will give priority to Universal Cinema.
"Mr. Congratulations, happy cooperation!"
"It's not pleasant to have cooperation. Universal Hollywood Cinema is so stingy!"
“…”
"You like "Nobita's Dinosaurs", you probably want to shoot dinosaurs, right? For example, using dinosaur eggs and time baggage to resurrect dinosaurs, then building a dinosaur park on a small island, and then the story of tourists and the lost dinosaurs fighting wits and courage..."
"How do you know!"
"Don't you just like to make other people's stories messy? How could dinosaurs be so cruel, without blood and limbs to dance with them? But it doesn't matter. I just ask you that the movie will come out then, so don't call it "Nobita's Dinosaurs"."
“…I am worthy of being a master of creating so many wonderful stories.”
"You must have wanted to make "The Porter's 999 Ways to Die" that you must have wanted to be the one who escaped from an accident, but then eventually died from all kinds of messy accident stories, right?"
"...No, our original plan was to extract the strange ways of death in it and make it into a low-cost movie, but what you said seemed to be even better! Thank you for your tips, I will tell your original words truthfully to our screenwriter and director!"
“…” (To be continued...)
ps: Commemorate today, there is no update in a month! Hahaha
Chapter completed!