Chapter 227: The Worst Revenge Deal
In the end, Zhou Ming and Disney reached a 63% box office sharing agreement, due to the existence of the theater chain, this 63% cannot be 63% of the total box office, but the remaining box office after deducting various taxes and the share of the movie theater.
That is to say, assuming that the box office on the first day of release is one million US dollars, first deducting about 70,000 US dollars from various taxes, and then according to the distribution contract between Disney and the theater chain, the box office will be divided between the theater chain about 330,000 US dollars, and the remaining 600,000 US dollars will be shared by Zhou Ming and Disney, according to the 63% sharing agreement, Zhou Ming's final money is about 380,000 US dollars.
Tang Ran felt a little incomprehensible about this algorithm, she asked Zhou Ming: "Brother Ming, this movie was obviously made by Jobs's Pixar Animation Studio, and the buyout fee of the movie was paid by you alone, and even the publicity was the way you came up with, and later someone blocked the audience from watching, and it was also solved by us going to Quan'an to deprive Tang Yu of his inheritance, why did we only get such a little money in the end?"
Zhou Ming smiled at this and said: "This is actually no way, a lot of money in the middle must be divided." ”
"It's true that on the Toy Story movie, both the production and the promotion, we did it ourselves, and at the same time we paid a large buyout fee for the release of the film, and now we have to give them a share of the money, which is unreasonable. ”
Speaking of this, Zhou Ming suddenly changed his words and continued: "But there is one thing that you seem to have forgotten, that is, we don't have any distribution ability, simply put, no matter how good this movie is, we can't turn it directly into money, so we have to choose to cooperate with Disney, and since it is a cooperation in the mall, it is natural to divide the funds, regardless of whether Disney pays for production and promotion." ”
Tang Ran seemed to understand: "Brother Ming, you mean that we have to rent Disney's distribution channels due to the lack of distribution channels, so since it is rental, we have to pay them, but the difference in more points is right?"
Zhou Ming smiled and nodded and told her: "That's the truth, although their request is very weak now, we can completely refuse him, but there is no need for this, at least now there is no need in this matter, not only Disney has the largest experience in the distribution of animated films, they have also made great concessions for this, and a win-win situation is the best result." ”
Tang Ran nodded silently to indicate that she remembered Zhou Ming's words, she wanted to catch up with him, and of course he did not hesitate to teach her everything he knew. Then, that same night, the president of Disney flew directly from Los Angeles to San Francisco to sign a cooperation agreement with Jobs.
And when the Toy Story re-signing ceremony took place at the Wright Center for Digital Arts, it was not so friendly to another person who was also in San Francisco: Tang Yu, who had been stripped of his inheritance.
Tang Yu is a very proud person, although he is only the second-ranked heir in name, but because the first heir has never appeared, he justifiably regards himself as the first heir, and he has always been thinking as an heir, doing everything related to it.
He is humble and polite, not only keeps his business in order, but even participates in various charity activities, and has appeared on the covers of many celebrity magazines, which can be said to have shaped his reputation very well.
Before the family dinner, he was called to Quan'an's old mansion by Tang Jingsheng, the head of the ancestral hall, and several elders talked to him for an afternoon, and he was so excited that he couldn't sleep that night, because he almost felt that he had grabbed the crown of the patriarch of the Tang family, and could inherit this powerful and ancient family, and then the family became bigger and stronger under his leadership.
But all this was disrupted because of Zhou Ming and Tang Ran, who suddenly arrived at the family dinner that day, from that day on, they took over the rotten Jieke company, and then enhanced the company's brand value through the Futai Science and Technology Exhibition, and negotiated a large order of five million with the Siffolk company.
This made Tang Yu feel extremely panicked, because wasn't he the only one who was the heir of the Tang family? What kind of things were Tang Ran and Zhou Ming? I don't know where they came from, and they didn't deserve to carry their shoes!
However, it was this panic that made Tang Yu start to constantly unite Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er to obstruct Zhou Ming and Tang Ran's affairs, at first he was very restrained, and all things were only left to them to do, but as things became more and more beyond expectations, he began to intervene himself, and finally even found someone to intercept all the people who were going to watch the Toy Story movie in passers-by.
In the end, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran went to Quan'an to find the ancestral hall clan association to report the matter, and then the clan council decided to deprive him of his inheritance rights.
When Tang Yu heard his father come to announce this decision to him, he felt that the whole world had collapsed, he had always regarded himself as the heir, whether he did anything, or instructed Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er to do the same, and now he suddenly told him that his inheritance was deprived, and he had no way to accept such news no matter what.
"Stupid! Those old guys in the family are the stupidest and most ignorant miscellaneous madmen! They actually deprived me of my inheritance, but I am the heir, why did they do this! Did they all accept the benefits of Zhou Ming and Tang Ran? Or did Tang Ran's little bitch work in bed be very good, and he conquered all those old guys in bed? A bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites, bedbugs in the dung pit!"
Tang Yu couldn't help cursing loudly, and at the same time, he also waved the wine bottle, allowing the black and brown liquor in the bottle to pour on his head and body, at this time he no longer cared about the identity of his heir.
Tired of scolding, Tang Yu poured this inferior rum that he wouldn't have seen much in the past, and poured it into his mouth, and it seemed that only the burning sensation in his throat could make him more sober. When he opened his eyes, a bizarre world suddenly came into his eyes, full of colorful colors, and scantily dressed waitmaids with heavy makeup and scantily dressed were constantly teasing the man's innermost desires.
Yes, this is in a speakeasy in the Tendron district, which is the poorest and worst crime district in San Francisco, and is even called the God-spit bitch camp, then this bar is the dirtiest toilet in the camp.
Here came the cheapest prostitutes, skinny addicts, drunkards who came to buy them until dawn, thugs with machetes and stings at their waists, and black-fisted gladiators with knotted muscles...... These people mean that there is no law here, and it is very likely that if you disagree, you will draw a gun and fight to the death in a place of exile without royal law.
There was a pungent smell in the air, the worst of alcohol, drug incontinence, and the smell of condoms left behind after buying a spring, fishy, smelly, and disgusting.
In the past, the self-proclaimed Tang Yu was afraid that he would not be willing to stay here for a second, but now, this taste made him feel an inexplicable excitement.
"Damn Zhou Ming, I want revenge, definitely!" Tang Yu said through gritted teeth.
Suddenly, his mobile phone rang, Tang Yu picked it up and connected it, but after a while, his face changed, and he scolded angrily at the mobile phone: "What the hell are you? Tell you that if it weren't for me, you would be a rotten dog on the street, and I gave you a bite to eat, but now you tell me that you are going to betray me? I should have thrown you into the garbage heap earlier, get out, go be that Zhou Ming's dog, he will give you bones!"
The more Tang Yu spoke, the more excited he became, and finally threw the phone on the ground, and then poured himself a few sips of wine, and scolded fiercely: "Damn's miscellaneous, I'll just say that why the plan against that Zhou Ming has been so easy to fail, it must be the result of this miscellaneous betrayal of me, this kind of lowly minus is really unbelievable, even if he is called a dog no matter how good he is, even if he still has a name named Cheng Qian, he is supported by himself to become the former president of Jieke Company." ”
At this time, the sound of hurried footsteps sounded in his ears, Tang Yu looked up and saw a young man about thirty years old running over, he was dressed in a straight suit, and he had the temperament of a white-collar aristocrat, no matter how you look at it, he doesn't belong to this bar.
This is Tang Yu's most loyal younger brother Tang Yu, this name was changed by himself, according to him, it is something less than Tang Yu, and he will always be Tang Yu's follower, like jade, he will not have two hearts.
Tang Yu came over with a handkerchief covering his nose, and only in front of Tang Yu did he hurriedly put down the handkerchief, and said to Tang Yu with nausea: "Boss, the person you are waiting for is here." ”
With these words, Tang Yu looked up behind him, and saw a strong man of about one meter eight walking over with a few people, with an oblique scar on his face, like a meat centipede lying on his face, and with his mouth kept squirming, both disgusting and terrifying.
"He is Nelson, nicknamed Ghost-Faced Tarantula, the largest mercenary organization in the Tyndron district, and under his command there are not only the most capable gladiators, but also the most powerful killers. Tang Yu introduced Tang Yu, but he was obviously frightened by Nelson's terrifying appearance, and his voice trembled when he spoke.
Nelson went straight over and sat in front of Tang Yu and asked, "I heard that you are talking to me about business?"
Compared with Tang Yu, who was afraid, Tang Yu nodded very calmly and said: "That's right, I want you to help me kill someone, using the most cruel, bloodiest and most exciting method, can you do it?"
Nelson raised an eyebrow: "Are you questioning my level of business?"
As Nelson raised his eyebrows, the "centipede" on his face seemed to come to life in an instant, and Tang Yu was frightened and screamed at that time.
At this moment, Nelson suddenly stood up, and at the same time pulled out the pistol on his waist, aimed it at Tang Yu, and fired a shot.
A gorgeous blood flower bloomed in the center of Tang Yu's eyebrows, and then Tang Yu fell to the ground so softly, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't bat at himself.
Nelson's shot was like a signal, and when his gun fell, several people next to him quickly took out the miniature submachine gun they were carrying, and shot a few shots at several bodyguards next to Tang Yu. At this time, Nelson stepped forward and said to Tang Yu: "I'm sorry noble sir, this is a punishment for you not trusting me." ”
Tang Yu's face turned red, he looked at Tang Yu and several bodyguards who fell in a pool of scarlet blood, smelling the smell of gunpowder and blood newly added in the air, he showed an almost crazy smile: "Very good, these bodyguards are all well-trained professionals, I am very satisfied with your skills, and I am also very grateful to you for killing them, because my identity is very special, and they don't need to know about this matter." ”
Nelson sat back in his chair, and he said to Tang Yu meaningfully, "It seems that I didn't scare you. ”
"Because I know you can't kill me, and if you kill me, you won't have any money, right?" Tang Yu said.
"What a clever little fellow, I think I've got a crush on you. Nelson smiled and said, "So let's get back to business, no matter how difficult your request is, I can find a way to help you fulfill it, and of course, my requirements for honoraria are also very high." ”
"As long as you can help me with my request, money is not a problem for me at all. ”
Tang Yu said and threw a gold bar in front of Nelson, Nelson saw the gold bar's eyes light up, he grabbed the gold bar and bit it to try the purity, and then grinned and replied: "Then the deal, my nobleman!"
In this way, Tang Yu and Nelson reached an agreement in this messy and dirty bar, and the dead Tang Yu and those bodyguards were not taken care of from beginning to end...... Oh no, it's not that no one cares, but in this place of exile where there is no royal law, there will be fights, slashes and even shootouts here every day, and although dead people don't happen every day, they are also very common.
Therefore, no one will make a fuss about them at most when they are stimulated by the secretion of adrenal hormones and howl excitedly, or buy an extra bottle of wine and a gram of 'medicine', or sexually vigorous people who are more likely to shoot at women.