Chapter 623: Upstart
Anderson walked up licking his face and took the initiative to hold Nolan's hand.
Nolan thought he was Wang Ye's friend, and smiled enthusiastically: "Hello." ”
Hearing Nolan take the initiative to say hello to him, Anderson was a little excited.
"Hello Director Nolan, I'm Anderson, I met you with Mr. Barlow, do you remember me?"
Nolan paused visibly and looked at Anderson carefully, but he just couldn't remember when he had seen it.
"Barlow?"
"Yes, Mr. Barlow, Stilwell Barlow. Anderson reminded Nolan hard, looking at the other party with a look of hope, how much he hoped that the other party would remember.
Nolan thought for a while, as if he was a little impressed.
I don't know how long ago, it seems that a man named Stilwell Barlow found himself through a friend's introduction, saying that he wanted to invest in his films.
Nolan thought to himself, is it your turn to invest in his own films?
After eating a meal, I didn't bother with it.
I remember that there was a bald man next to him, serving tea and pouring water next to him, but Anderson in front of him was fatter than at that time, and he had less hair.
Nolan didn't answer Anderson first, but turned his gaze to Wang Ye and asked, "Your friend?"
I thought Anderson was Wang Ye's friend just now, but now it doesn't seem to be.
Wang Ye smiled and shook his head.
Nolan immediately understood, so he said to Anderson with an expressionless face: "I'm sorry, I really can't remember who Mr. Barlow is, and I haven't had dinner with Mr. Barlow." ”
Anderson was stunned for a moment, with a hint of embarrassment on his face, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
At this time, Li Hongmei said: "I'm sorry Mr. Anderson, my boss has a distinguished guest. ”
The meaning is very clear, where do you go back and forth.
Originally, she and Anderson cooperated quite happily, but Anderson's self-assertion and contempt for Wang Ye knew that she had to draw a line with this bald man immediately.
Anderson saw that Wang Ye was from Huaxia, and originally wanted to take care of it, but who knew that things would develop like this, so he had no choice but to leave in desperation.
After Anderson left, Wang Ye chatted very happily with Nolan and Kevin, the vice president of Warner Bros.
Listening to Nolan's introduction, the investors of the new drama "Interstellar" are currently determined to be three, he, Nolan, and Warner Bros., but the specific investment ratio has not yet been discussed.
Nolan was in charge of directing, Warner Bros. was in charge of distribution, Wang Ye was in charge of the script and his special effects studio was in charge of some of the close-ups.
Originally, Wang Ye wanted to hand over all the special effects work to his company, but Yang Qilan told him that the special effects technology was updated very quickly, and if it was just done behind closed doors, it would be eliminated sooner or later.
Yang Qilan's reminder immediately alerted Wang Ye, who had neglected this issue before, and talked a lot with Yang Qilan that day.
Combined with Yang Qilan's suggestion, Wang Ye plans to let Yang Qilan and her team move from the new to Trump Country, to contact with the outside world, communicate more, learn from others' strengths, and make the studio's technology always at the forefront of the world.
At present, Yang Qilan's team has completed the production of the movie "Kung Fu Panda", and without a break, they immediately launched a new project, the new animated film "Frozen", which is also to fulfill Linlin's princess dream.
Kevin is a very talkative person, and his speaking art is very high, and he can always talk about Wang Ye's itch, which makes Wang Ye very happy.
originally thought that Kevin was here to talk about the movie "Interstellar", but who knew that he had another purpose.
Kevin said: "Mr. Wang, I like "Harry Potter" very much, you write it so well, you are the most talented writer I have ever met. ”
A fierce compliment made Wang Ye smile from ear to ear, his mouth was modest, but he was not humble at all in his heart and accepted it all.
"Mr. Wang, I don't know if you've ever thought about making a movie. Kevin suddenly changed the topic, and Wang Ye, who asked, was caught off guard.
I thought about it, why didn't I think about it, I thought about it before I started writing, and the purpose of his writing this book was to adapt it into a movie when the time came.
However, Wang Ye feels that it is too early to adapt it into a movie, and he has to wait for the popularity to ferment and ferment.
"With the popularity of this book, it must be a big IP ...... to adapt it into a movie"
Seeing that Wang Ye didn't speak, Kevin thought that Wang Ye hadn't thought about it, so he analyzed it and analyzed it.
Wang Ye found that this was the purpose of Kevin's arrival today.
"If Mr. Wang is willing to transfer the film and television rights to us, we are willing to buy it at a high price that you can't imagine. ”
Wang Ye was curious about what kind of high price Kevin was talking about, so he asked, "Mr. Kevin, we are very curious about what kind of high price this is." ”
Kevin thought that Wang Ye was tempted, a little excited, and he spoke with body movements, a bit of a hand and foot dance.
"50 million US dollars, if the film adaptation is successful, our company is willing to give Mr. Wang box office dividends, and this can also be written into the contract. ”
Fifty million dollars?
Wang Ye smiled mysteriously.
This price is indeed very high, and with the box office share, if a contract is signed, it may be the highest copyright transfer price.
But Wang Ye was not moved, 50 million US dollars sounds like a lot, but it is still too little, and the little is pitiful, and the economic value of this book is currently more than 50 million US dollars.
If it is adapted into a movie, the box office, DVD revenue, and various peripheral copyrights will be astronomical.
Perhaps in Kevin's opinion, this price is very high, a price that has touched the ceiling.
Adaptation into a movie is risky, and no one can guarantee that the adaptation of "Harry Potter" will be successful after it is adapted into a movie.
Among the many adaptations, there are many examples of failure, and some adaptations end up losing all their money.
Warner Bros. takes a fancy to Wang Ye, and may indeed open up the market for this edited movie.
But this price can't impress Wang Ye, even 100 million US dollars can't impress Wang Ye.
"Mr. Wang, the price is already very high, if you don't believe it, you can inquire, there is no copyright of that book that can be sold at such a high price. Seeing Wang Ye smiling, Kevin immediately frowned, knowing that Wang Ye was a little dissatisfied with the price.
"Not necessarily, I heard that there was a film and television copyright acquisition case some time ago, which seems to be 50 million US dollars. Wang Ye said with a smile.
"No, no, no, it's not the same Mr. Wang, I know you're talking about "A Song of Ice and Fire", but you must know that the copyright acquisition case is different, because they are buying out, and the other party is a nouveau riche who doesn't understand the market, and he was cheated, I dare to conclude that this company will definitely lose money. ”
Kevin explained.
Maybe he didn't know the exact process, but he just heard about it.
Li Hongmei was very low-key when she bought all the copyrights of "A Song of Ice and Fire", almost secretly, as Kevin said, the author only retained the copyright, and the other copyrights were acquired by Li Hongmei, so there is such a sky-high price.
Wang Ye smiled mysteriously again: "Mr. Kevin, the nouveau riche you are talking about is me." ”
Kevin was stunned.
Seeing that Wang Ye was speechless for a while, he didn't know what to say.
Who would have thought that the mysterious nouveau riche turned out to be Wang Ye, it was too unexpected.
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