Chapter 581: No Results
When Brian met Chen Feng again, it was already early July.
Seeing Chen Feng again, Brian found that Chen Feng was more silent and calm than before, and this feeling made Brian have a bad premonition.
Because most of the time, when talking to someone about a collaborative project, the other party will generally seem more eager and excited.
After all, he represents a super large company like Aarongo, and if they can fancy a project, basically the project will be successful and they will make a lot of money.
So, there's no one who doesn't get excited about it.
Even Chen Feng at the beginning, when he talked about the cooperation project "Avatar" for the first time, his face was full of longing and yearning, and he had infinite enthusiasm and expectation.
It's a pity that after Brian euphemistically said the content of the conditions given by Pierce, Chen Feng didn't even give him a chance to negotiate, and directly chose to refuse.
For this, Brian also felt very regretful, but at that time, Pierce was in charge of all this, and he had little room for manoeuvre.
But this time it's different, now Paul is suddenly promoted, and the head office also seems to be very supportive of this project, so there is room for negotiation, as long as you communicate well with Chen Feng, maybe the cooperation can be successful.
However, after coming back, Brian also went to learn about the recent situation of the Chinese film market.
Then he learned that in May, a movie called "Thai Embarrassment" invested by Chen Feng was released, and it got a box office result of 1.8 billion!
This is really amazing, when Chen Feng was preparing for "Avatar", he actually invested in "Thai Embarrassment" at the same time and successfully made a large profit.
If this guy continues to develop like this, it is possible to gradually grow to a very terrifying level.
This puts more pressure on Brian.
……
Sure enough, as Brian expected, he sat down with Chen Feng again, and although Chen Feng was still polite to him, he didn't seem to care much about the upcoming negotiations.
There is no such passion and excitement, on the contrary, it is a calm and rock-solid mentality.
Such people are the most difficult to deal with.
However, Brian gritted his teeth and began formal negotiations with Chen Feng.
For the project of "Avatar", although Aaron Go's company has paid more attention now, the company's inherent rules are not so easy to break.
Like many overseas projects, Aaron has to use the least investment in this kind of cooperation project in exchange for the maximum return, and sometimes even deprive the other party of some overseas copyrights and even the dominance of the work.
The standards that Pierce put forward at the beginning were almost the highest.
Even in this case, there will still be many people who are willing to cooperate with Aarongo.
There is no way, Aarongo's strength is too strong, he will definitely be in a strong position, and what people say, what must be done.
There are not many people like Chen Feng who can directly refuse.
Therefore, although Brian's requirements for the relevant conditions have been lowered a lot this time, he was stunned when he thought of Chen Feng's reaction during the first negotiation.
"That's right, the most advanced technology assets on Aaron's side are generally not open to overseas projects, but because the project of "Avatar" is really good, Aaron Ge also agreed to cooperate, however, because Aaron has paid his own brand influence and the most advanced film technology, it must account for 40% of the share at the investor level, and there are also some overseas copyright ownership issues......"
Chen Feng quietly listened to Brian finish talking about Aaron's conditions, and shook his head gently.
"The conditions are still too much. ”
Brian hurriedly said: "Mr. Chen, this is really not too much, you must know that when we cooperate with other overseas projects, the conditions will be stricter, relatively speaking, these are already very low standards, if you can, I think you can learn about other cases." ”
Chen Feng continued to shake his head.
"There is no need...... I don't care what other people's conditions are, they have nothing to do with me. ”
After a pause, Chen Feng looked at Brighton a little strangely.
"Actually, I've always felt that I just want to use your technology to cooperate with you, you can follow the market price, clearly mark the price, and how much money do you need to pay after making the special effects of the whole film, you give me a bill, and I pay, isn't it? Why do you have to seize our share of investment? Even if you think your technology is the most advanced, you can ask for more money, but why do you have to invest in technology, in case the film loses money, don't you lose more?"
Listening to Chen Feng's words, Brian smiled bitterly.
"Of course, everyone understands such a simple truth, but since we are surviving in the film industry, we must find ways to expand our influence, technology is just our tool, but what we want most is not only to make money, but also to include our own brand value, in the final analysis, we are not a technology company, but a cultural company......
After hearing this, Chen Feng also sighed a little speechlessly.
"Well, that makes sense...... However, the same can be applied to any company that is serious about making movies...... Moreover, technology is always evolving, and advanced technology now may be very ordinary in a few years...... I also have the patience to wait......"
"By the way, in a few days, in mid-July, another sci-fi film we invested in will be released again, if you have time, you can wait a few days to see it, it's very exciting. ”
……
As expected, nothing came of the negotiations.
Brother Aaron's requirements are still too high, and Chen Feng is unlikely to accept it.
"It seems that Aaron will not easily open up his technology to outsiders, we have to plan ahead. ”
After Brian left, Tao Xianzhi, the translator next to him, shook his head at Chen Feng.
In the process of negotiation just now, Tao Xianzhi has tried his best to put forward the conditions and requirements of both sides very softly, but because there is too much gap, it is still impossible to reach an agreement for the time being.
Chen Feng nodded.
"Yes, I'm ready to wait a few more years, but yesterday there were invitations from several companies in Europe, so let's take a look when we have time. ”
"Okay, no problem!"
Although the technical level of several special effects companies in Europe is not as good as the top companies in the trenches, it is not too bad, and if you can, it is not impossible to cooperate with them.
These companies are all provided by Mike and James, and at present, their companies have started the project of "The Wandering Earth 2", and there are not too many people who can help Chen Feng.