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Heart is under the kyte.

If you want to understand a person's character clearly, you can't finish it in a few words in a short time.

However, if you want to understand a person's temperament, you can scrutinize it from your daily actions.

Before Evans set off to China, he carefully studied Li Chungang's behavior from the collected information, and the result was far simpler than expected, and at the same time expected.

Just as young people don't have too deep a shrewdness, the other party's behavior is more inclined to the type that is straight-forward and down-to-earth, so he greeted Li Chungang just after he and Rodnigg sat down. The practice of going straight to the point after the end is not surprising at all.

"Fortunately, I'm not unprepared!"

At this moment, I also directly took out the folder in the briefcase, and then handed Li Chungang a piece of paper and said, "I believe Mr. Li will feel sincerity after reading the contents above!"

"We at Universal want to create this magical world of Middle-earth with you. We plan to buy the rights to the Lord of the Rings trilogy in a package with a price of 50 million US dollars, which is only the copyright transaction fee. In addition, we promise the production cost of each film. Not less than 200 million US dollars, this one can be written into the contract.

In addition to these, we have some special things to share with you. Universal Pictures is not stingy. 5% of the global box office profit share, 5% of the follow-up fees, and you can also get 2% of the sales of peripheral products. Dividends, in addition, Universal Studios theme park will also transfer the scenes in "The Lord of the Rings" to reality, and then you can enjoy the ticket dividends. "

Li Chungang had to admit that Universal Pictures did come prepared, but this condition was not too far from what Paramount's "Death to the Poor" once proposed. It was an eight-digit copyright price and a nine-digit copyright price. The project budget, only in terms of box office revenue and other income, Universal needs to be more specific.

But under such conditions, he believed that as long as he was willing to talk to Paramount, it would not be too difficult.

It's just that Paramount's Mr. "Poor Die" feels more like drawing a pie, and in terms of personal perception, he really does not have an advantage.

The average price of a film and television adaptation of US$50 million is almost US$17 million. This figure of copyright revenue alone is enough to disdain the world, not to mention that there will be box office dividends, omni-channel sales dividends, and peripheral product dividends, such conditions. It can be said to be superior to the limit in Hollywood!

Never before has a literary work been adapted into a film by a Hollywood film and television company for such an astonishing price. As long as such an offer is spread now, it is not necessary to think that it will immediately become the front page news of the day.

Although due to the problem of the international situation, the US dollar has always been in inflation, but if the copyright fee alone exceeds 50 million US dollars, plus the copyright income of other domestic works this year, the income from royalties, peripheral dividends, etc., his income It will definitely become the most writers in the world, easily breaking one billion in a year, which is a feat that no writer has ever accomplished!

Qi Tong and Guan Yulan looked at each other silently, not expecting such a thing at all.

The plan they had prepared before was-

When negotiating, it is possible to relax appropriately on the copyright fee, and then focus on various dividends. You must know that compared with the copyright fee of a one-shot deal, if this dividend income is rounded up, it is 100 million!

And it's still US dollars, not Chinese dollars!

On the same issue, Evans and their ideas are almost the same. They would rather give more in the copyright fee than give it away in the subsequent profit sharing. With such a large investment in the project, the profit must be very considerable.

After he said this, he paid attention to observe Li Chungang's expression, and wanted to find out his thoughts from the subtle expressions on the other side's face. This is an important thing that must be learned in negotiation. How much a person's micro-expression is related to the inner related.

Humans are emotional animals, unless they have received professional training, it is impossible to be able to face anything without any turbulence.

This time, however, he was disappointed, because the expression on Li Chungang's face did not change much from beginning to end, as if the eight-digit copyright fee was not the same as the nine-digit project cost. At the box office dividends, there was a little bit of interest, but this look completely disappeared after listening to the series of "5%", "5%", and "2%".

Dangerous! ! !

A big word "Dangerous" appeared above Evans' head instantly.

Even Rodnick, who also serves as an interpreter, can detect a slight crisis, because as long as people who are not blind can see that the other party has no expression or fluctuation in their so-called "sincerity", and For them, no expression is the biggest expression, which undoubtedly shows that Li Chungang is not very satisfied with this sincerity.

Just as the two of them thought...

Li Chungang really thinks so. The price of 50 million US dollars is indeed the highest copyright fee among so many of his works. If he didn't want to know "The Lord of the Rings" better and write it well, he would have spent money on [Literature] Encyclopedia System] Unlocking a lot of related books, I know better than anyone how huge its market value is!

Part 1: $93,000,000 Worldwide $869,797,416

Part 2: $94,000,000 Worldwide $920,400,000

Part 3: $94,000,000 Worldwide $1,118,888,979

In another plane, the three films made by "The Lord of the Rings" almost all achieved nearly ten times the box office. This is still under the circumstances of limited special effects technology and limited capital investment. Li Chungang believes that under the same circumstances, in their place The effect of star shooting is definitely more than ten times that of the former, so the box office is also more than ten times.

In addition, there is the global copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" TV series, but it sold for a astronomical copyright fee of 250 million US dollars!

Fifty million is only one-fifth of the transaction fee, and movie rights have always been a lot higher than TV rights.

Of course, things can’t be compared so simply horizontally. The sky-high price of the “Lord of the Rings” TV series on another plane of Earth is based on the popularity that has been spread for decades, as well as the big sales of three Lord of the Rings and three Hobbit movies. The number of fans around the world and the favorability of passers-by are very high.

The current "Lord of the Rings" is just a new book that has just been published and sold around the world. It is indeed very conscientious that Universal Pictures can offer this price to a new writer.

"I'm very grateful to Mr. Evans for giving such excellent conditions, but there are some terms in it that we probably cannot accept. Qi Tong, you can discuss with them in detail later."

You must know that this is not a bargain for a dollar or a few cents in the vegetable market, but a slight touch of the upper lip and the lower lip is a profit starting from hundreds of millions. Note that the currency unit is also the US dollar.

It can be expected that this kind of war of words and swords and swords cannot be negotiated in a short period of time. Li Chungang, who is also involved in other things, is really not suitable for him to end the game in person. It just so happens that Rodnick on the other side can probably understand. It was in Chinese, so Qi Tong simply took off the synchronous translation headset on the left, took the piece of paper from Li Chungang, and sketched the specific terms on the paper.

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"Mr. Evans, let's not talk about the copyright fee. First of all, let's talk about the box office dividend. We hope that the share ratio is not 5%, but 10%, and this share ratio cannot be 10% of the movie's profit. %, but if it is 10% of the global box office! I believe that there is a difference between the profit of a movie and the global box office, you know better than me!"

The share of the global box office and the share of movie profits, there should not be too many twists and turns!

The world of capital can eat people. A movie with a box office of 1 billion US dollars may be made into a loss account by the film company. At that time, if there is no profit at all, how can it be distributed?

A studio with a slightly better conscience would not be so obvious, but misreporting of profits is bound to happen.

Only those who have just arrived in Hollywood will be fooled. Those movie stars, directors, and producers all get direct box-office dividends!

Profits can be changed, but the number of movie box office is under the eyes of people all over the world, and this cannot be faked.

Qi Tong directly asked Li Chungang for 10%. If the box office of a single "Lord of the Rings" movie is 1 billion US dollars, then the dividends alone can get 100 million US dollars, so they don't care how much the copyright fee is. , but to be entangled in the dividend ratio.

Of course, negotiation is a process of asking the price and paying back the money on the ground. When it comes up, it directly doubles the 10% share. He has his own intentions in it—

First, you can test the bottom line of the other party, even if there is more space between 5%-10% above the next counteroffer; secondly, more is testing Universal Pictures, or specifically Evan How seriously does this gold medal producer take The Lord of the Rings into a movie?

Different negotiation situations apply to different negotiation skills. The current situation is obviously that Li Chungang, who holds the copyright, will have an absolute advantage. Even if the negotiation with Universal Pictures finally breaks down, there will be Sony Pictures, Twenty Century Fox, Disney, Lionsgate and other famous Hollywood film and television companies are alternatives. No matter how bad it is, there is still the last "guaranteed" Paramount.

Paramount: ? ? ?

Of course, $1 billion at the box office is a threshold, and only a few movies worldwide reach that number each year. Li Chungang himself is not sure that his version of "The Lord of the Rings" will have a good reputation and box office as good as another plane Earth, everything is unknown.

"10% is too much! When we are looking for actors and directors, we all take into account box office dividends, and the company also needs to make profits. How about 6% box office dividends?"

Rodney simply translated Evans' words into Chinese. It was a bit difficult to translate Evans word for word, but it was still possible to express the specific meaning clearly, and they began to bargain with Qi Tong.

Box office dividends are almost a symbol of status. Only the most important actors in a crew can enjoy box office dividends. Many big star actors are in the "20+20" method, with a salary of 20 million US dollars plus 20%. The global box office is divided, otherwise, how are the actors on the annual Forbes actor earning list calculated at $700 million to 80 million US dollars?

Qi Tong said with a smile: "With all due respect, Mr. Evans plans to use top Hollywood actors in The Lord of the Rings? This is probably not a good idea, and it is estimated that the rest of the people will not agree."

You must know that now is the era when IP is king. There are very few actors with strong personal appeal. Most of the actors seem to be famous, but they are actually tied to the series of movies.

To put it simply, it already has a fixed inherent image with the audience. For example, actors who have starred in well-known roles such as Iron Man and Captain America in the Marvel Universe, but you let them put aside their great fame in the Marvel Universe. After ~www.readwn.com~ moved to another unfamiliar and unfounded series of movies, will the box office appeal really be that strong?

I don't think so~

It is not impossible to spend limited funds on top actors, but it is too bad in terms of cost performance. You must know that the protagonist in "The Lord of the Rings" is a Hobbit, plus the short dwarf and the handsome elves need to be used everywhere. When it comes to special effects production, it is definitely more suitable to find a new actor with good quality and low price.

And there may be new Hollywood actors who can make a lot of money through a series of movies. This is also an invisible investment and gain.

Evans laughed, and it was clearly written in his schedule that he was mainly looking for actors who had some acting experience but were not expensive. The combined salary of these actors may not be as much as that of a top superstar, and they are also easy to manage. Some, the superstars are asking too much!

"Well, I have a simple suggestion here. I think Evans has read The Lord of the Rings, and knows that the book is divided into three parts, and if we make a series of movies, we will also It can be three films, we can only get 8% of the box office dividend for the first film, but each subsequent film will have to increase by 3% on the basis of the previous film, what do you think?"

Incremental clauses are more common in series, and movies that can get a third film usually don't fare too badly at the box office.

Instead of signing contracts one by one, it is better to do all three together.

It is not that there is no precedent in Hollywood where the original author sits on the ground and starts to open his mouth after the first film is a great success.

It also appeared that after filming a film, it was cut off by other Hollywood companies.

Qi Tong's proposal made Evans fall into silence...