Chapter 679 - Signing JK Rowling
Qin Feng and JK-Rowling had a very happy conversation.
This made Lisa on the side stunned. After all, when the two met for the first time, who would have expected that they would fall in love like this. This is really shocking.
"JK, it's not early today, I won't visit you next time, there are still some things about Harry Potter that I want to discuss with you!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
"It's been a pleasure to be able to discuss it with you. This is my business card, call at any time!" JK-Rowling handed Qin Feng a business card.
"See you next time!" Qin Feng got up and left.
Upon returning to the hotel.
"Qin, when did you watch Harry Potter, I don't know!" Lisa asked in amazement.
"Oh, I read it when I came here before. Qin Feng said with a smile.
How can Qin Feng explain this, because this is something that cannot be explained. This is all what Qin Feng watched before he was reborn. It just so happens that JK Rowling is still in the process of creating, so she created the first "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", and the follow-up books such as "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", etc., have not been written.
At this time, it happened to be the time when JK-Rowling needed inspiration, so Qin Feng's past just gave him inspiration. After all, Qin Feng could remind the other party by knocking on the side.
"But what are you going to do?" asked Lisa.
In this matter, she didn't know what Qin Feng was going to do!
"I want to sign the rights to the Harry Potter film adaptation and then negotiate with Time Warner. Qin Feng said.
"Is that okay?" Lisa looked surprised, "Does this impress Time Warner?"
"Trust me, you can!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
After all, the Harry Potter series has a staggering $7.8 billion at the box office.
Aside from the cost, this is a hard vote for Time Warner.
Two days later, Qin Feng called again and asked JK-Rowling out for coffee.
Once again, the two had a good conversation. This time, Qin Feng didn't let Lisa accompany him. After all, when the two discussed Harry Potter, Lisa was quite boring.
Therefore, Qin Feng let him go around freely, after all, Edinburgh City is still quite beautiful, and it has a completely different cultural atmosphere and artistic atmosphere from the United States.
This is a wonderful place for Lisa, who has always loved art.
Finally, this time, at the end, Qin Feng put forward his own appeal.
"JK, I think Harry Potter is a great book, and the book adaptation into a movie would be great. So, I want to sign the film adaptation rights of "Harry Potter", I don't know if you are willing?" Qin Feng said.
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Although at present, the first "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has completely changed the embarrassment of JK Rowling's previous life.
Before that, she lived on government handouts. A living allowance of $103 per week.
This amount of money is barely enough for her to maintain the minimum living expenses. Of course, this is also due to the fact that she met a scumbag before. let her get out of the originally superior and comfortable life, and finally her life was a mess.
Today, the success of the first "Harry Potter" has earned it more than 100,000 pounds in royalties. It made an immediate difference in her life.
She believes her book will be more successful. However, I didn't expect it to be adapted into a movie.
Qin Feng could understand his surprise. After all, if the real Time Warner wants to adapt, it will be a few years later. At that time, "Harry Potter" had already set off a magic boom in the European and American worlds.
At this time, Time Warner only noticed. Naturally, it also allowed JK Rowling to earn a lot of copyright transfer fees from the film adaptation.
But now, it's not expensive.
"Well, I'm very optimistic about the future of the Harry Potter book series, so I want to get the rights to the film adaptation. Qin Feng smiled and said, "Of course, this is a remuneration that I drafted." ”
JK-Rowling took the contract from Qin Feng.
Looking at the amount on the book contract, exclaimed.
"Qin, this is too much!" JK-Rowling was shocked.
That's a staggering number.
$10 million! Qin Feng plans to pay $10 million to buy out all the film adaptation rights of the "Harry Potter" series of books.
That's $10 million! That's an astronomical amount for JK Rowling, who has just made more than 100,000 pounds to improve her life.
That's a lot of numbers!
"Is it too much? I don't think it's too much. Because, I have reason to believe that Harry Potter will become popular all over the world. So, I won it in advance, I think, I still earned it!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
In fact, Qin Feng can also win the adaptation right cheaply. For example, $1 million. After all, this number is already very high for "Harry Potter", which has just begun to sell well.
Especially for JK Rowling, the money is even more impressive.
However, if you give that point, once it becomes popular in the future, it will inevitably cause some unnecessary trouble. Although everything must respect the contract, Qin Feng is not a person who is short of money, and he doesn't want to do such a bad thing.
Therefore, $10 million is a price that Qin Feng thinks is very reasonable.
In this way, even if "Harry Potter" is popular in the future, JK Rowling will not be displeased, but will be grateful to Qin Feng.
After all, the $10 million can now completely make his life rich. Change their life class.
"But I think it's too high!" JK-Rowling's eyes are red, but she is also a very sentimental person, not the kind of person who is greedy for vanity.
This money, too much!
"That's all!" Qin Feng smiled, "Otherwise, it's too little, in case it gets popular in the future, I'll take advantage of it too much! Especially, I'm sure it will definitely be popular! Okay, JK, don't say more, if you approve of it, just find a lawyer to see, and then we'll sign a contract." ”
J.K. Rowling shook her head.
"No, such a staggering number, you don't need to find any lawyer, I'm taking advantage of you!" JK-Rowling immediately took out a pen and signed his name on the contract.
Qin Feng smiled.
"JK, I believe that our cooperation will be successful!" Qin Feng said with a smile.
"Haha, aren't you afraid that I'll take the money and stop writing books? It's not a rule on how many books I'm going to write and when!" J.K. Rowling asked.
"Even if it's this one, I think it's worth it!" Qin Feng laughed.
After signing the contract, Qin Feng was completely relaxed.
The two talked happily, and Qin Feng revealed a general idea of follow-up writing in all aspects.
Of course, Qin Feng didn't dare to say much. A lot of them just stop at the point, otherwise saying too much may constrain their thinking, which is not good.
Subsequently, Qin Feng stayed for three more days and wrote the script of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" with JK Rowling.
This is Qin Feng's capital to convince Time Warner.