After getting Wu Qian's compliment, Xiao Xiaoxiao was even happier, she hugged the camera and kissed it several times, and finally instructed Wu Qian to pay attention to her body outside or something, and hung up the video chat.

After watching a plate of alternative dishes, Wu Qian didn't feel disgusting anymore after knowing that it was made of special materials, just like he felt disgusted at first when he watched "The Walking Dead", and then after watching the relevant shooting tidbits and knowing what props they were made of, he didn't feel sick to his stomach at all.

"Rosalind, arrange the restaurant, go to dinner. Wu Qian commanded.

Back in the city, Wu asked Kuks to find a random Michelin-starred restaurant for lunch, and then he walked towards ITV's headquarters in a prime location on the south bank of the Thames.

"Tell the lawyer to come and wait for me, I'll take a walk after dinner. Wu Qian told Rosalind that he would spend the afternoon working on the rights to BBC and ITV episodes.

At the same time that Wu Qian finished eating and walked towards the ITV headquarters building, another group of people had just had dinner, and they were rushing towards Sotheby's Auction House.

David and Bauer were very well prepared, because their own Chinese is not very good, specially invited a translator to accompany them, to ensure smooth communication, at 12 o'clock London time, David and Bauer received the appraiser team at the airport, just in time for noon, they had a meal before going to the auction house to do appraisal work.

When previewing the lot, it is not allowed to take it to view, so it will be a great test of skill to identify, Wu Qian explained to Bauer, you only need to write down the lot number that you have a great deal of confidence as the real thing, but if there is any doubt, do not consider it.

The appraiser team has a high attainment in the identification of cultural relics in the Celestial Empire, although it is an aerial identification, and cannot be touched. Because Wu Qian explained the prerequisites, then the appraisers can do it, and if it is judged to be true, it will be sure to be true, but if it is judged to be false, it is not necessarily false.

In other words, Wu Qian bid according to the guidance of the appraiser team, and the auctions were absolutely genuine, but not all the cultural relics that were not auctioned were fake. It is enough to have such an effect.

Wu Qian's most important task now is to take down the copyright of the British drama, and the appraisal can be done by specialized personnel, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

British dramas and American dramas have attracted more and more audiences in China over the years, regardless of cultural differences, British and American dramas have captured many audiences mainly through excellent and sophisticated productions, more diverse plots and excellent acting skills of actors.

British dramas and American dramas have their own distinctive characteristics.

The theme is profound, it is the hardcore of British dramas, and it also has the characteristics of short and concise, well-made, willing to spend money, and explosive acting skills, the plot is compact, not procrastinating, and the most abundant characters and plots are created with the most streamlined volume, with great information, rich in dramatic tension, and showing strong screenwriting ability.

Although British dramas are still relatively niche, the audience in the Celestial Empire is obviously showing a trend of amplification, and this phenomenon has been discovered by many video network companies, and there have been actions.

At 1:30 p.m., Wu Qian and Rosalind were sitting in a small conference room in the ITV building, accompanied by lawyers. To Wu Qian's surprise, he was not the only one who came to buy the copyright of the episode, but a department manager of Youkeyi Online Video Company was actually there, and the other party had been inking with ITV for many days.

Wu Qian didn't know anyone from Youkeyi's company, and Youkeyi's people didn't know which company Wu Qian represented, but the competitive relationship had been determined.

Rob Bridge, the head of the ITV department, sat in the first place with a helpless expression, looked at the department manager of Youke B, who was full of iron, and said: "Mr. Wang, I can see your sincerity, and we have lowered the conditions, and there is really no way to make concessions." ”

Manager Wang and his assistant looked very bad, originally they thought that after a few days of tug-of-war, they could negotiate things today, but this would kill a Cheng bite gold, and ITV decisively refused to lower the requirements.

Manager Wang buried his head together and communicated in a whisper, glancing at the old god in front of Wu with not very kind eyes from time to time.

At this moment, Rosalind was muttering in Wu Qian's ear translating the documents in front of him.

"It's clear on the ITV side, they are now looking for a strong partner. If you buy TV series rights, you need to buy the rights to at least 200 episodes at once, of which 100 are specified, and the other 100 episodes must be arranged by them. In terms of price, it is 50,000 pounds per episode, 10 years of exclusive broadcasting rights, which can assist in passing the review. ”

200 TV series, at first glance it sounds so spicy, but in fact, it is not, because many British dramas are no more than 10 episodes, some short ones such as "Detective Charlotte", there are only three episodes per season, the plot is very scary, and the amount of information in the lines is huge, not to mention fast forward, sometimes you even need to pause and think, what did that sentence mean just now.

50,000 pounds is almost more than 400,000 soft sister coins, the exclusive broadcast right at this price is really very cheap, if you compare the production cost of the TV series, the level of the actors, etc., it is simply a bargain to grandma's house, the price of cabbage is the same, much lower than the budget in Wu Qianxin's heart.

Wu Qian knows that many video websites have British dramas played, but there are very few of them, this one buys the copyright of two dramas, and that one buys three dramas, which is not large-scale. ITV probably wants to follow the example of HBO in the United States and find a strong company to cooperate with once and for all.

HBO signed an exclusive contract with Penguin a few years ago, that is, it sold the exclusive rights of 60 dramas to Penguin for about 35,000 dollars per episode.

This move is in the hands of Wu Qian, who wanted to buy exclusive broadcasting rights from the beginning, and only exclusive business can be done. Wu Qian didn't know that Youkeyi and ITV had already talked about buying only 130 units, but the price was not loosened in the slightest.

You Keyi made a good calculation this time, according to the average of 5 episodes of 1 drama, a total of 32.5 million pounds of copyright fees, a total of nearly 300 million soft sister coins. It seems very high, but in fact, this price is only enough to buy the copyright of a popular TV series in China, and you can't buy a big hit, so you can't afford it.

But here you can buy 130 units, 130 VS 1, and it's really hard to say which side is higher in terms of click traffic.

Wu Qian is too lazy to figure out Youkeyi's actions, anyway, it's a competitor, Wu Qian is bound to develop his video network company to the top ten, or even hit the top three, sooner or later, he will have to fight with Youkeyi.

"Rosalind, tell the head of the ITV department that the deal is OK. Wu Qian waved his hand, and if he figured it out, he would do it directly, and he didn't have no money in his pocket, so he wanted to climb up from the bottom and grab the traffic of those big websites, how could it be possible without paying a lot of money.

"BOSS, don't you want to talk about the price?" Rosalind was startled, it was decided so quickly? Wu Qian's light wind and clouds were in stark contrast to the constipated look on the face of the high-level on You Keyi's side.

Wu Qian said with a smile: "If you can talk about it, of course you have to talk about it, I'll leave it to you, how much you can talk about, and 20% of the reward will be given to you." How?"

When Rosalind heard this, her heart suddenly burst, what did she do this profession with such a high risk factor for, just for money, she is a bodyguard, the spirit of contract is engraved in her bones, and she will not betray because of money, but it doesn't mean that she doesn't want to make more money. Originally, her commission was lower than that of the three Cooks, but now that she has the opportunity to earn a little more, she naturally has to grasp it.

Rosalind nodded to Wu Qian and said, "BOSS, leave it to me!" After that, Rosalind changed into a different state and began to negotiate with ITV.

When Manager Youke Yiwang and his assistant heard Rosalind's words, they almost didn't have a urine insipidus, what? Although the head of the ITV department is biting his tongue, anyone can see the happy smile on the other person's face, and it is very easy to succeed in bargaining.

"Xiaohu, can you tell which video network company the other party is from? Why is it so generous, our Youke B Company, as one of the Big Three, just give up this piece?"

Manager Wang's face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth, and Wu Qian could feel the other party's unwillingness when he sat eight meters away. Wu Qianxin said, you are unwilling to care who cares about you, Jiang Boda put me together, I am still unwilling.

Business competition is like this, sometimes it depends on relationships, but the world of capital is more often about money, and money is king.

Manager Wang naturally couldn't stop there, he hurriedly called to "ask for help", hoping to raise the budget again, he hid in the corner and called. Rosalind pulled the price with the head of the ITV department.

Wu Qian and the lawyer sat together with big eyes and stared at each other, the two did not understand the language, the lawyer only needed to play a role when signing the contract, and the negotiation had nothing to do with him. In the UK, as long as it involves laws and contracts, it is best to have a lawyer accompany you, which can save a lot of effort and trouble.

Although Wu Qian couldn't quite understand what Rosalind said, he could still understand words like one hundred.

"Knocking on the door is dead, buying so much at once, is you willing to save a hundred pounds per episode......?" Wu Qian slandered in his heart, he didn't care about so much money, but he had to blush when he saw Rosalind bargaining, it was difficult to see such a side of the ruthless bodyguard, it was very interesting.

If 1,000 episodes are 100 pounds less per episode, that's 100,000 pounds, and Rosalind can get 20,000 pounds, which is equivalent to her commission for more than two months.

"It's only £120 at most...... Please!" the head of ITV's department had a begging look on his face. It is difficult for a man to be better than a woman in this kind of work, and the head of the ITV department is already a little overwhelmed, and the initial joy has turned into pain.

At this moment, Manager Wang of Youkeyi hung up the phone, turned his head in high spirits, glanced at Wu Qian inexplicably, let out a sneer, and then said to the head of the ITV department in English: "200 dramas, we won't pay back a penny, sign a contract with us!"

Wu Qian didn't know how the other party applied with the above, anyway, he got the permission, he had a sufficient budget for funds, and he had enough courage to even pay back the price, and he traded at a fixed price.

Everyone in the small conference room shook their heads together to look at Manager Wang of Youkeyi, Rosalind's eyes narrowed slightly, and the dangerous gaze was like substance, and she gritted her teeth tightly.

Rosalind is angry, she has already talked about 120 pounds, according to the calculation of 1,000 episodes, she can get more than 20,000 pounds of benefits, which is not a small amount of money for her, but she was cut off by the other party, it is strange if she is not angry, but she is not impulsive, waiting for Wu Qian's instructions.

The head of the ITV department was very happy, he smiled, glanced at Rosalind, with joy mixed with a faint apology in his eyes, that means, I'm really embarrassed, this counter-offer game is over.

Wu Qian smashed his mouth, looked at the red-faced manager of Youke Yiwang, and said to Rosalind with a smile: "If we don't bargain, shouldn't we still give priority to cooperating with us?"

Rosalind translated Wu Qian's words to Robbridge, and the other party nodded, indicating that it was true, after all, Wu Qian promised them first, and out of the principle of fair trade, he would agree to sign a contract with Wu Qian's side under the same conditions.

Manager Youke Yiwang chuckled disdainfully in his heart, and said secretly, the directors have spoken, and promised a large amount of money for me to win the copyright of the British drama, and you two or three kittens who jumped out of nowhere will also come to compete with Youke Yi, wait for death!

The British and American scripts are inherently a very big cake, and there are still very few people who eat the cake, so it will inevitably become a key target.

"Not only do we not bargain, but we add 50 pounds per episode! Hmph, don't come to talk about cooperation if you are a little child!" Manager Wang raised his head slightly, that look was very unbelievable, although the latter sentence was not said to Wu Qian, but it obviously meant something.

If Wu Qian signed a contract with ITV, he said that a price increase of 50 per episode and an increase of 5,000 would not be enough liquidated damages, but this will not sign a contract yet, so he will have a chance.

Rosalind's face darkened, and she looked at Wu Qian with apologetic eyes, she didn't expect this copyright to be so sought-after, she knew that she was wrong, she gave Wu Qian a wrong suggestion, if she didn't make a counteroffer, this would probably have signed a contract, and there would be no such bad things.

"BOSS, I...... I was wrong. Rosalind bowed her head and apologized to Wu Qian, the other party had already increased the price by 50, and her boss would have to add more if she wanted to win the copyright, a wrong decision would lead to a loss of 100,000 pounds, and even more, she felt that she was really stupid!

Wu Qian took a breath, looked at Manager Wang, and then looked at Rosalind who was bowing his head, he stood up and smiled, and said: "Rosalind, there is no need to be like this, your opinion is not wrong, even if you don't bargain with Mr. Robrich, less than 2 minutes is not enough time for the lawyer to confirm the contract, it has nothing to do with you, don't take any mistakes on yourself." ”

It is impossible for Wu Qian to sign directly without reading the contract, the lengthy business contract can not be read in a minute or two, and there may be problems in the details that need to be discussed and modified, as long as Wu Qian does not sign, the contract is not generated, and Manager Wang can step in at any time.