Chapter 41 Cooperation Reached
"Twenty-five million dollars! Are you sure you're not mistaken!" Riley Clyde couldn't believe his ears when he heard Jeffrey spit out the number.
That Lei Weidong is a young man on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, who made a popular horror movie, and the lion opened his mouth and shouted a sky-high price!
"I'm not mistaken, it's twenty-five million dollars!" Jeffrey said.
"Is it dollars or ......?"
"It's dollars!" Jeffrey affirmed.
"How dare he ......" Riley Clyde was a little speechless.
"This can only show that he really understands us and understands Hollywood, otherwise the actors of "Ghost Shadow" would not use Europeans and Americans!"
"You say, if we make a film of the same genre, wouldn't it?" said Riley Clyde after a moment of silence.
"No! it won't work!" Jeffrey said after a moment of deliberation and shook his head.
"First, the other party's script has been registered in Hollywood, and secondly, it takes at least a week to shoot such a movie, there are so many reporters at the film festival, I don't know how many people will see "Ghost Shadow", our new film is easy to fall into the imitation storm!"
"Then there is no way, do you really want to be slaughtered by the other party, 25 million dollars is already beyond our authority, we need to apply to the head office!" Riley Clyde sighed.
"Then apply to the head office!" Jeffrey advised, "everyone is the first to shoot now, the reputation of "Ghost Record" has not yet fully spread, if it is a few days, it is estimated that Harvey Waynes, Spielberg and others will come over, and that will be the real trouble." ”
As a top executive at Fox Searchlight, Riley Clyde is already a Hollywood upper-class figure.
But compared to Miramax's Harvey Waynes, Spielberg of DreamWorks is much worse.
In his previous life, he was a Hollywood professional, the boss of Miramax!
Later generations are one of the Big Three of Hollywood's seventh largest dream factory, and Hollywood's most powerful director.
If they come!
Riley Clyde knew he had to step aside in the race for "Ghost Record."
"Boss!"
While Riley Clyde was still pondering, Murphy suddenly burst into the door without even knocking!
"What's the matter, what's the matter so flustered!"
"Someone saw the Lionsgate guy in contact with Lei Weidong, and the guy from DreamWorks was hanging around!" Murphy said eagerly.
"What!"
Murphy's words made Riley Clyde jump straight up.
"Are you sure you read that right! Lionsgate's people have made contact with Lei Weidong!"
"Boss, I'm not mistaken, the people from Lionsgate really came into contact with Lei Weidong! I can swear to God!" Seeing that the boss didn't believe in himself, Murphy swore directly to God.
"What to do!"
Watch Riley Clyde walk around the house without saying a word.
Jeffrey couldn't help but ask.
"Fight!"
Riley Clyde was in the room for about ten minutes before he suddenly stopped.
"Jeffrey immediately contacted Lei Weidong and agreed to his conditions to get "Ghost Record"!"
"Boss, this is twenty-five million dollars, and if we fail, we will have to roll it up!" Murphy said with some concern when he heard the boss's decision.
"I can't care so much!" Riley Clyde shook his head, "Now the headquarters is very dissatisfied with us, if we don't produce any more results, we may all be replaced, so why compete in this case, maybe there is a glimmer of hope!"
"Clyde is right, the situation is that we have no way out, so we might as well gamble!" Jeffrey agreed with Riley Clyde's decision.
"Boss, where is Lei Weidong still in the movie "Nightclub", should we also win it!" Seeing that the two bosses reached an agreement, Murphy was also very happy, and asked about the situation of "Nightclub".
"What do you think, Jeffrey?"
"Let's win it together, since you want to bet, bet on it, the two movies will be won together, if "Ghost Shadow" soars, then when promoting, "Nightclub" can also take advantage of the east wind and win a higher box office!"
"Even if it can be connected to the east wind, the buyout price should be kept as low as possible, and the price of a fixed price of 3.5 million US dollars will be pulled down if it is successful!" Riley Clyde made the final decision.
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"Lei Dao, Jeffrey and Murphy are here!"
Because there are too many fans around!
Even if Lei Weidong recruits ten temporary workers, he is still a little busy!
Just as he wanted to sit down and rest, he heard Ada say that Jeffrey was coming again.
Hurriedly get up to greet you!
"Mr. Lei, you're so lively here!" Looking at the crowd outside, there were more people than when he left, and Jeffrey had to sigh at the other party's luck.
I have been working in Hollywood for almost 30 years, and I have only just become a multi-millionaire.
And the other party just made a movie, and he became a multimillionaire before he was twenty years old, which is really more popular than people.
"Mr. Lei, our company has agreed to your conditions, when will the contract be signed!" Jeffrey made a long story short, directly embedded in the topic.
"Sign the contract, you can sign it now, as long as you agree to my conditions!"
"Twenty-five million dollars, all the rights to "Ghost Shadow" except for the sequel shooting!"
"Yes!"
"Mr. Lei, one guest doesn't bother the two masters, since "Ghost Shadow" has been sold to us, the copyright of "Nightclub" has also been sold to us!" Jeffrey laughed.
"Yes, the copyright of the five million US dollars in all regions except for China has been handed over to you!"
"Five million is too high, at most three million dollars, and the screening rights in Wanwan and Hong Kong will also be handed over to us!"
"Three million is too little, at least four and a half million!" Lei Weidong said with a smile, "The screening rights in the crooked area can be given to you, but Hong Kong can't!"
"The Hong Kong region must be handed over to us, and the film buyout price can be raised to $3.5 million!"
"Hong Kong can also give you it, but $3.5 million is too little, I want $4 million!"
"No, it's only $3.5 million, and "Ghost Record" is $25 million, which is our company's last reserve price!"
"Yes, deal!"
Lei Weidong thought about it for a while and agreed to Jeffrey's conditions!
As for Li Yan, she tried to swallow her saliva.
The business of tens of millions of dollars was negotiated so easily, and Li Yan was a little skeptical that her three views were reversed.
Arrange for the following people to sort out the contract!
Lei Weidong and Jeffrey watched the crowd outside chatting and killing time.
"Mr. Lei, now that "Ghost Record" and "Nightclub" have been sold to us, your still showing them like this is tantamount to infringing on the interests of Fox Searchlight Company!"
"If the money has not arrived, the copyright is not yours, rest assured that as long as the money arrives, I will immediately remove the booth, rest assured that it will not harm your interests!"
"The money will be there in a while, Mr. Lei should remove the booth first!"
"No, you can't withdraw if you don't get the money from the booth!" Lei Weidong shook his head, indicating that he could not be accommodating in this regard.
"Mr. Lei is really embarrassed!" Seeing that Lei Weidong was not fooled and did not let go, Jeffrey could only shrug his shoulders and inform the finance to make money as soon as possible.