Chapter 159: Slaughtering people is a science
Insufficient intelligence is a taboo in negotiations.
After returning to the hotel, Quincy immediately asked his subordinates to collect a lot of information about Tianman.
Thanks to Tianman's recent publicity, their collection work has been carried out exceptionally smoothly.
And then they were terrified.
When they started negotiating, He Chen's young appearance made them think that this was a rich second generation, so psychologically Quincy had a faint contempt for He Chen.
However, judging from the information gathered now, it is found that they are very wrong.
Just two years ago, this was a child from an ordinary family who had just taken the college entrance examination, had accumulated less than one million in savings, had more than enough food and clothing, and was not well-off.
Then he started from scratch, created comics, and established Dmfun, a game adapted from his comics, which swept the country and has now spread to neighboring countries.
He has single-handedly revitalized hundreds of industrial markets, and his status in Huaxia seems to be comparable to Yi Tianxing's - although he is a foreigner, he is very familiar with some celebrities in Huaxia, especially Yi Tianxing, a celebrity who has countless copyrights in his hands, is the object of their attention.
The experience of the "rich second generation" in their eyes is enough to make an inspirational movie in itself...... It seems that it is a bit wrong to say that inspirational movies, because if you don't see these news with your own eyes, I am afraid that their inspirational documentary will be regarded as a nonsense commercial film.
Subsequently, Quincy and the others walked into the world of comics, and he wanted to know if He Chen was just fooling himself, or if he really had countless copyrights that were better than "The Grudge".
He Chen and the others continued to hold meetings, and they discussed how much money was appropriate to slaughter this time.
Although He Chen looked extremely calm on the surface, they were very short of money now. And there is only one film company in North America that is interested and has put itself on their lips. In line with the principle of laziness to make a difference. So He Chen decided to slaughter the Universal Theater as much as possible.
Fortunately. Tianman's lack of money, in addition to Tianman, even the close cooperation of Shengshi and Tianying Studio did not know that He Chen could only do a high profile before Quincy's slowness.
"Slaughtering people is a science, not only to slaughter ruthlessly, but also to make people be slaughtered willingly, the highest level is to let him feel that he has taken advantage of him after being slaughtered this time, and he will send himself to us to slaughter next time!" He Chen said solemnly.
"Overseas Copyright. I haven't been exposed to it! The population in China is much larger than in North America, but the box office is much smaller than that in North America.
"Well, it's three million for Tianying Studio, so it's three million for Universal Theater, US dollars!" Zhuang Bufan said excitedly, three million US dollars, converted into Huaxia currency at the current exchange rate, is nearly 20 million!
As a special consultant, the medicine director was attending the meeting and said to Zhuang Bufan: "Look at you, that's all you have to offer, do you think three million is a lot? For Hollywood." This kind of film with an extremely high rate of return, even if it is a copyright fee for a flop movie. Believe it or not, if you go tell him three million dollars now, I can guarantee that he will sign a contract with you right away. ”
"Medicine guide, then you can build a little bit, and your benefits will be indispensable after the matter is completed. ”
"Really? Well, that's how you should be......"
……
The next day, He Chen was about to talk to Quincy and the others, but Quincy had a pair of dark circles under his eyes and apologized to He Chen: "Mr. He, I'm very sorry, can you wait a few more days?"
This kind of reaction made He Chen scratch his head, but it didn't matter if he waited a few more days, after He Chen agreed, he asked Zhou Zhe: "You won't ask them to do big health care last night, right?"
Zhou Zhe hurriedly waved his hand: "Absolutely not! Finally, the cousin of the cousin of the roommate of the fat man's girlfriend introduced me to a girl I liked, and I went to that kind of place, didn't I look for death?"
"Oops! Why did you leave me!"
If I don't work harder, do you want me to die alone?"
"Then you can also introduce me to it. ”
"I don't want to die. ”
After all, Quincy is an executive of Universal Cinemas, not a wine bag, and after getting serious, he finally found that there was a super huge gold mine in front of him!
So he immediately fed back the comics to Universal Cinemas, asking the company's professionals to evaluate whether the comics were adaptable and their potential value, and at the same time applying for financial support from the top management - he felt that the investment rights he could now use were no longer enough.
It wasn't until five days later that Quincy found He Chen again, and now his attitude was finally a little better, making He Chen look a little more pleasing to the eye.
"Mr. He, I have to say, you are the most genius person I have ever met!" Quincy slapped He Chen as soon as he came.
He Chen was indifferent: "It's not discounted, it's time to increase your sincerity, right?"
Quincy didn't care about He Chen's sarcasm, and said with a smile: "Comics are really a good thing, and reading books and movies is a completely different enjoyment, and I admire your vast and magnificent thinking like a starry sky." We're willing to give four million dollars to The Grudge!"
It has risen eight times at once, and it seems to be full of sincerity, but in He Chen's eyes, this is not enough!
"Only this?" He Chen asked.
Quincy asked his assistant to take out an A4 piece of paper, looked at the content recorded on it, and said, "The adaptation rights of "Doraemon" are five million dollars, the adaptation rights of "Mobile Suit Gundam" are three million dollars, the adaptation rights of "EVA" are three million dollars, the adaptation rights of "Dragon Ball" are eight million dollars, and the "9999 Ways to Die of a Porter" is one million dollars. ”
Quincy is more interested in the potential of film adaptations, "Pokemon", "Digimon", and "Conan", although they have a high popularity on Dmfun, but after the evaluation of directors and screenwriters, the potential in the Western film market is limited.
Universal Cinema's appetite is really big, and it has almost exhausted all the anime that He Chen thinks has the potential for film adaptation, even the "Mobile Suit Gundam" Gundam, which has only been serialized for a long time.
But "The Grudge" has only one story that can sell four million copyrights, while there are so many other stories. If He Chen agreed. Isn't it a big loss?
So He Chen didn't do nonsense. Directly told Quincy about the conditions discussed with him: "I want 10% of the net profit of your film as the adaptation fee." ”
He Chen's comics have a lot of stories, which means that they can be published into series. If it is bought out at one time, then the sequel in the future will have nothing to do with He Chen at all. But if it's this kind of sharing, although you have to take a certain risk, as long as there is a sequel, then you will have the money.
"WTF!" Quincy couldn't help but burst out with a foul mouth, the box office of the movie was supposed to be divided by several parties. The cinema chain usually gets the lion's share, and only barely half of it falls into the hands of the producer, after removing the cost, let He Chen take 10%, then they will make a dime for making movies!
Although Universal Cinema has a big business, the producers and theaters can be monopolized by themselves to achieve maximum profits. But He Chen only gave them the copyright, and he didn't do anything for himself, so he tried to take ten percent for nothing, and Quincy dared to agree. Not tomorrow, ten minutes later will be fired.
"He Chen, are you kidding? It must be a joke! But now we're talking about business. Please don't bring the humorous tricks you used in the comics to the negotiating table, it will be very unpleasant!" Quincy muttered.
Seeing Quincy's reaction, He Chen knew that his asking price had broken through their bottom line. However, as the so-called sky-high asking price, pay back on the spot. If you don't set the starting point a little higher, how can you bargain?
The other party always insisted on buying out at a fixed price, but He Chen knew the value of the series in those works, how could it be as they wanted?
After Zhou Zhe and Quincy's boring, grinding and chirping, He Chen was drowsy and bargaining.
Eventually, after Quincy reported back to Universal Cinema and got authorization, he signed a profit-sharing contract with He Chen, but it was reduced from 10% to 3.5%.
Judging from the standard of the drug-guided version of "The Grudge", the box office of 200 million is divided into 100 million, of which the cost of 10 million is divided by He Chen from 3.5% of the 90 million, and finally 3.15 million.
It can be a little higher than He Chen's psychological bottom, and the most important thing is that no matter how many series they shoot, He Chen has a share!
The more he shoots, the more He Chen profits. And He Chen believes that with Hollywood's super skill of frying cold rice, as long as the series of movies can still make money, it will never stop. So overall, this is a very cost-effective deal for He Chen.
In terms of copyright, He Chen only sold the copyrights of "The Grudge", "Nobita's Dinosaurs" and "9999 Ways to Die of a Porter", thinking that the Hollywood version of "Dragon Ball" almost blinded him, and the connotation film of "EVA" also has the potential to change into a commercial film of "Pacific Rim".
Therefore, although Universal Cinema very much hopes to get other adaptations now, He Chen still refuses in order to ensure quality. However, He Chen promised that if He Chen wanted to sell the overseas adaptation rights, and several of their other works were shot well, He Chen would give priority to Universal Cinema.
"Mr. He, happy cooperation!"
"There was cooperation, not pleasant. Hollywood Globe is so stingy!"
“……”
For example, using dinosaur eggs and time baggage to resurrect dinosaurs, and then building a dinosaur park on a small island, and then the story of tourists and dinosaurs out of control seeing each other and fighting wits and courage ......"
"How do you know!"
"Don't you just like to make other people's stories a mess? Dinosaurs are such brutal things, how can they dance with them without blood and stumps? But it doesn't matter, I just ask you that when the movie comes out, don't call it Nobita's Dinosaurs." ”
“…… He is a master of creating so many wonderful stories. ”
""9999 Ways to Die of a Porter" must be a story about someone who escaped from an accident, but then died in the end of all kinds of messy accidents, right?"
“…… No, our original plan was to extract the bizarre ways of dying and make a low-budget movie, but what you said seems to be even better! Thank you for the point, and I will tell our writers and directors what you are saying!"
"......" (To be continued......)
PS: To commemorate today, there is no change in a month!hahaha