As Arthur and the others discussed before, in the cooperation agreement with Du Li TV, the film and television rights of the sequel to the novel "Boleyn Manor" have become the focus of contention between the two parties.

750,000 pounds, Du Li TV is willing to pay this high price, in addition to the need to produce a British era play, but also to buy out the film and television rights of "Boleyn Manor" as a whole, otherwise, with the treatment of a rookie writer like Arthur, he will never get such a generous price, as for Arthur's so-called aristocratic title, in the face of economic interests, there is not much face.

Originally, Arthur's sequel issue was put on hold for the time being, and after fulfilling the contract for the first part and paying the cost of purchasing the copyright, he would talk about the sequel, and promised to give the other party the right of first refusal, but the negotiation team of Du Li TV also rejected it.

It can be seen that the TV station is determined to buy out once, and does not want to leave any troublesome tails, in their opinion, Arthur's side is a little too greedy.

In this way, the two sides held their own opinions, and the negotiations reached an impasse because of this one issue.

"Goo-"

The sound of protest from the imperceptible stomach made Arthur look at his watch, it was already 12:45 noon, no wonder there would be protests, and the two sides in the conference room also changed from the previous arguments to a little gloomy, it seems that everyone is a little tired and hungry.

"Hehe, I didn't expect the time to pass so quickly, it's past 12 o'clock, I'm really a little hungry, so let's adjourn the meeting for the time being, and at noon I invite everyone to taste the seafood in Southampton, and we'll talk again after we've eaten and drunk enough." Arthur chuckled and said aloud, putting a pause in the ongoing stalemate.

"Hehe, don't say it, I'm really a little hungry, it's okay, let's take a rest first, thank you Count Arthur for your generosity. Nigel Mashat, the head of the TV negotiations, smiled and echoed Arthur's proposal.

"You're welcome, please—"

Arthur smiled and stood up from his seat, reaching out to make an inviting gesture.

Everyone in the conference room also changed the serious frowning look on their faces, put away the documents with a smile, stood up, and talked and laughed while following Arthur and Nigel Massat out of the conference room.

After walking out of the newspaper office, everyone got into the car, and James, the lawyer who followed Arthur into the car, and Tom from the publishing house, looked at their boss as soon as the car door closed.

"Boss, it seems that the other party's attitude is very resolute and will not give in on this issue... Lawyer James said with a serious frown.

Arthur nodded slightly, and smiled helplessly: "Maybe in their opinion, I'm a little too greedy... ”

"Purely from the price point of view, the other party is indeed very sincere, no matter what, boss, you are a rookie writer after all, the book has not been published yet, and the film and television copyright can be sold at this price, which will definitely shock the industry.

And, if the TV series is successful, it will be a massive free promotion that will feed back to the boss the sales of your novel published... As the head of the publishing house, Tom, who knows the industry very well, does not want to see this cooperation fail, although he is working for Arthur, but he will not let the boss make wrong judgments and decisions just to please his boss.

"Indeed, the price is very fair, and now it seems that the other party really doesn't want to pay more, and if he really wants to facilitate this deal, we can only make concessions, no way, who made me a newcomer." Arthur knew what his two subordinates meant, and he didn't want to lose this opportunity to make money, but concessions were concessions, but they couldn't have no favorable conditions at all.

"The question of the sequel can be promised to them, but in the future if they want to make a movie, they will pay me a percentage of the movie's profits. ”

Lawyer James nodded and said, "This should be fine, it's conventional." And this price point is generally 5 to 10% of the total net profit after the release of the movie.

However, the concept of this total net profit is very vague and often causes disputes between the two parties, and it may take many days to discuss how to determine the plan for this net profit. ”

"Hehe, then discuss slowly, don't be in a hurry. Arthur smiled with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

When James and Tom heard their boss's decision, they both nodded slightly in understanding.

The White Star Tavern is a traditional British pub and restaurant in a casual and cosy setting, and although it is not a Michelin recommended restaurant, it is one of Southampton's famous restaurants for its cuisine.

Of course, it is time to take a break, and no one will talk about business in a relaxed and harmonious manner.

When the people at Du Li TV talked about how to restore the scenes in the novel, it would take a lot of time and effort to build the set.

“。。。 Actually, you don't need to build a background at all, the content of the novel completely revolves around Boleyn Castle, and the TV station can shoot directly in Boleyn Castle, Boleyn Castle has gone through hundreds of years of wind and rain, and it is still so majestic, so that Paul can also serve as your advisor, and you can count it in one fell swoop. Wouldn't it be possible to restore the content of the novel more perfectly?"

Jerry, the head of the newspaper, was smiling while cutting the beef on the plate, and raised his eyebrows with bright eyes, which made the people of Du Li TV station slightly stunned, and Nigel Massat looked at Arthur who was smiling very tempted.

"That's a really good idea, I don't know, if Earl Arthur is willing to rent the venue?"

"Let my home be on the TV show?hehe, okay, this offer is interesting, why not?" Arthur said with a smile and nodded, but he was very happy in his heart, and sure enough, having a smart, empathetic subordinate is really the key to career success.

"Hehe, I don't know if I'm lucky enough to visit your castle?"

"Welcome, looking forward to your arrival. ”

"Thank you, Earl Arthur, I have more confidence in the success of this TV series... ”

Looking at Nigel Massat's smile, the smile on Arthur's face became brighter and brighter, and Paul, the butler on the side, had bright eyes in his eyes, and his eyes were full of admiration when he looked at his young earl.

Whether it is the rent of the castle, or the publicity role of appearing in the TV series, this is a great thing for Boleyn Manor, to be honest, the best way to maintain the castle is to open the door to develop tourism, when the old earl was in the past, he always wanted to do this, but because the castle is not famous, it is not a tourist attraction, and there is no way to develop tourism projects.

I didn't expect the young new earl to solve the biggest problem so easily, but Paul was also a little disappointed, and he also understood that the young earl would not always stick to Boleyn Manor after all.

Of course, Arthur never thought that he would be a country tyrant for the rest of his life, and Boleyn Manor would become his vacation and leisure place, but it would definitely not be his home base, whether it was Boleyn Manor or Southampton, the pattern was too small for Arthur's ambitions, and he would eventually return to London and enter the world.

The outside world is so exciting, how can he not go and see it and have fun.

The wind and clouds will swim in shallow water, and the golden scales will swim in the pool!