What Should I Do If the System Forces Me To Copy Books?

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As the saying goes: If you hit a snake and hit seven inches, if you scratch the itch, you need to scratch the itch.

One thing to say, Qi Tong's suggestion is just "scratch" on Evans' "itch", and the 8% global box office share ratio is also just above his bottom line. You say it's uncomfortable or not. !

"This proposal is debatable, but I can't guarantee it will be passed. Everything has to be sent back to the company at a later date!" Although Evans holds great power similar to the "Minister of Imperial Consignment", such a large project has reached the real decision-making stage. It all needs the president or even the board of directors to see it. He, the producer, will be restrained when the project is established.

Qi Tong breathed a sigh of relief, a good start is half the battle.

Next, they continued to reach a preliminary agreement on the dividends of peripheral products. Not to mention the dividends of up to 8% of peripheral products, Li Chungang also has the right to decide.

The authorization and listing of any peripheral products must be subject to his official written authorization, and Universal Pictures does not suffer, and also requires Li Chungang not to refuse the sales of conventional peripheral products, and to check and balance each other.

What is a routine, this has to be explained with a note.

Star Wars has authorized Mentholatum to make lipsticks. These products that cannot be beaten by eight poles can not be combined. Isn't lipstick a regular product?

This is a veritable word-picking, and every project requires extra detail.

For example, Universal Pictures cannot develop derivative films and TV series of "The Lord of the Rings" by itself, which is emphasized by Li Chungang.

He didn't expect that before his derivative work "The Hobbit" came out, Universal would come out with a Middle-earth story about the grievances between elves and dwarves.

In short: the interests that should be fought must be fought for, and the bottom line that should be insisted must be adhered to!

In particular, there must be no such thing as picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons. You can't lose thousands of billions of water in the future just because of a little gain or loss in front of you.

Several people discussed it from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., customers in Starbucks changed batches after batches, the coffee in front of them changed cup after cup, and the same piece of A4 paper was repeatedly ticked. The sketches recorded the dense text, and the original contract content was changed beyond recognition.

"You are too difficult to deal with."

"Mr. Evans is very polite, we are just seeking benefits within a reasonable range, and I believe that "The Lord of the Rings" can also be worth the price!"

Evans felt that this long-distance negotiation was very annoying. On the one hand, the language barrier was on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was at a disadvantage in the whole process.

In stark contrast, Qi Tong has to be more confident and strong in both momentum and language offensive, which also reflects that he and Guan Yulan have done enough preparation in advance, and they are not interested in the acquisition of works by Hollywood film and television companies. After knowing the price range of copyright, it is finally a matter of playing on the spot and negotiating skills.

Whoever takes the initiative first will be at a disadvantage. This statement applies not only to the feelings of both men and women, but also to negotiation.

Universal Pictures has to do it, and Wen Siquan Yong will naturally seize the opportunity and hold on to it, and will not talk about it if it is a big deal. Anyway, there is no loss for them!

On the contrary, what can be seen is that with the passage of time, as the number of fans and readers of "The Lord of the Rings" increases, the value of the entire copyright will also rise, and everyone understands the principle of "shopping around", maybe other Hollywood The company will make more profit after joining the competition, so Qi Tong's quotation seems to have increased a lot, but in fact it is still on the psychological bottom line that Evans can accept.

You must know that Hollywood giant-level film and television companies such as Universal Pictures, Sony, and Disney have always been arrogant when they treat best-selling writers in Europe and the United States when purchasing copyrights. You, the copyright loves to sell or not, there are many best-selling literary works all over the world, and it is only your own loss if you refuse... But Universal Pictures is really bleeding profusely this time.

"I hope we can reach this cooperation! The agent under me has personally handed over the revised contract to the president of the company, and will also send a copy to my mailbox for you to browse. Regardless of the final What is the result, I believe there will be a reply from the United States soon!"

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, the night falls on the Yanjing side, and the sunrise happens on the American side, so the twelve-hour time difference is just right.

Congestion has become a "common problem" in almost all major cities in the world. Los Angeles in the morning is no exception. Every family in this country with a large area and sparse people relies on driving to go out.

When the ordinary employees of Universal Pictures parked their cars into the company's dedicated parking spaces, they suddenly realized that the cars of several "big guys" in the company had been parked in the garage for a long time.

"Isn't I dazzled or still asleep?"

"What happened? When I left work yesterday, I remembered that the garage was empty!"

"I saw them there when I arrived at eight in the morning. Obviously, these big guys are getting together and planning something important."

"Fortunately, I went out ten minutes earlier today and didn't arrive late."

"One thing to say, I was stupid when I got out of the car!"

"..."

The employees of Universal Pictures today are very active and serious because of the presence of so many bigwigs. The people who used to secretly read newspapers, read news, watch the stock market, and drink coffee and water during working hours disappeared all at once. While busy with their work, they were also waiting for the news of the meeting to come out.

At this time, in the conference room on the top floor of Universal Pictures headquarters, Charles Ashley, the only female president of the six major Hollywood companies, took off the reading glasses from the bridge of his nose and asked his subordinates: "Evans After he negotiated with the other party, the final result came back, what do you think about the content and terms of this contract?"

The people present include the heads of the planning department, production department, finance department, global distribution department, derivatives development department, legal department and other major departments. They arrived at the company early today uncharacteristically because President Charles Ashley was early in the morning. They informed them to come to the company in advance to discuss the copyright of the "Lord of the Rings" series.

This decision is crucial for the entire world.

Therefore, Charles Ashley had to be cautious and cautious, and if there was any mistake, it would be difficult to explain to the group head office and major shareholders.

Quarles Ifors shook his head solemnly and said, "I have to say, I am very disappointed with the producer of Evans. He would take back such harsh terms, wouldn't it be a mystery Is the oriental witchcraft controlled by him? Or is it that he privately reached some kind of cooperation agreement with this writer from the East, or I don’t think it should be given to a new writer who is only a little famous in the world Such exaggerated conditions."

"The 50 million US dollars in royalties seems reasonable and understandable, but they require a share of all subsequent profits, which is obviously impossible. Global box office dividends can be distributed, but 8% of derivative sales revenue is too high, we The department thinks that it is best not to have this part. If the other party insists, 5% is the highest level. I hope Evans can do his best in China!" Qualls from the Derivatives Development Department took the lead and started to question the moment he opened his mouth. The ability of that gold producer.

Almost all of them have the same idea. After showing the name of "Universal Pictures" and throwing away the astronomical copyright fee of up to 50 million US dollars, the young Chinese boy should not talk about it. Are you talking about starting a contract?

Ronald from the Global Distribution Department drank the coffee next to him, refreshed himself, and then said: "From the perspective of film distribution, because of the author's point of view, there will definitely be a good box office in China, and "" The content of The Lord of the Rings will also have a strong sense of identity in Europe and the United States.

Now his works are selling well, which will give us a strong foundation for releasing movies. Taken together, the incremental terms of 10%, 13%, and 16% are still acceptable. Do you remember that sci-fi movie from before? After the success of the first part, the author started negotiating directly from 10% when he wanted to sign another contract! "

This old guy said a lot in one go, which may sound a bit long-winded, but everyone is not stupid, and naturally understands the meaning.

If you don't take the opportunity to sign the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy in one breath, you will have to pay more benefits at that time.

At the beginning of the development of this project, their departments made estimates and financial trial calculation models from different aspects such as market demand, artistic value, production difficulty, budget volume, issuance and wave, derivative output, legal risk, etc. The data result!

The standards of each company are different. Universal requires each film to reach a 15% profit return target before passing the review. Now, the amount of investment involved in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy is very large, and the difficulty of shooting is not low. , the requirements for special effects are even higher.

If... it means that if the two parties reach a cooperation, Universal's focus in the next few years will be on this work, and it must be cautious.

"In addition to the ratio of derivatives, I personally have a problem. Everyone knows that we want to make these three works into a movie universe-like thing. But in this contract, if our company wants to launch Any derivative movie or TV series has to be licensed by them. It can be expected that this license must be obtained from it, and it is impossible to give it directly to us.”

Scott patted the table with his hand. "If we have a tension with him during the filming of this film, then shooting a derivative film will naturally become impossible, right? He can control it all."

Those who do not plan for the world are not enough for a moment; those who do not plan for the overall situation are not enough for one area.

This is also what Charles Ashley is worried about. Although the derivative film and television works of "The Lord of the Rings" are far away, it does not mean that they can't plan ahead, and she does not want to be a mermaid.

"Now you have compiled all the opinions, and then handed it over to Evans. I think we can connect with Evans for video chat and communicate with him directly about the cooperation plan."

It's already past eight in the morning in Los Angeles, and in Yanjing, the lights are just beginning to come on, and people can be seen everywhere in twos and threes.

Evans, who had just arrived in Yanjing, the capital of China, did not have the opportunity to enjoy the nightlife in this unfamiliar place. After finishing the communication with Li Chungang and them, he honestly slumped on the sofa of the hotel and waited for the response from the company.

After receiving the Facetime video connection, he quickly put down the beer bottle in his hand, wiped his face with his hand, and sat upright.

Charles Ashley said: "We are all very disappointed with you. The content of this contract is beyond the promise you made to us and what we can accept."

heard.

Evans couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Although he had expected this new contract before submitting it to the company, such a serious and severe reply was indeed not what he expected.

But some things can't be explained easily without just talking about it. If I haven't personally contacted Li Chungang and Qi Tong, I can't tell clearly and clearly that the other party's lingering self-confidence, let alone in him It seems that even this condition is completely acceptable to Universal Pictures, but at this time, it can only be explained bitterly:

"President Ashley~www.readwn.com~ I can only say that I did my best! You can't regard this Li Chungang as an ordinary Chinese writer who is only 22 years old. They know more about Hollywood than many writers in Europe and America. More, and after I came to Huaguo, I learned that the other party's annual income from works in the Huaguo region alone exceeds 100 million US dollars. Under such circumstances, the other party is confident and has enough confidence to reject us. Besides, before I arrived in China, they had already rejected Paramount's offer, and it's normal to want to reject us this time."

Although there are high-level executives of the company on the phone, Evans is not bad. The status of a gold producer is a rare talent in the status of any film company.

Evans doesn't worry too much. If Universal Pictures is unwilling to bid this price, he can bring "The Lord of the Rings" to Sony and Disney, which have not yet been released. I believe they will be very happy and willing to take over!

"Dude, what we mean is, you can lower the price and share ratio." A familiar voice came over. Peter Parker, who has the same name as a certain Marvel hero Spider-Man, is the company that usually deals with Evans. The most people are now speaking the hearts of the rest of the people present.

"Trust me, this is the final result after my reasoning and fighting. They also sent you the initial conditions, which is too much. Since you choose to let me come to Yanjing, you have to trust me. I can't be here. When negotiating with others, I am also questioned by my own people.”

Evans was somewhat dissatisfied, and couldn't help complaining directly in front of the president.

Most of the heads of these departments rarely talk about projects in person.