Chapter 116: The Collaboration of Two Series Novels
First the child died, then divorced his wife, and finally his ex-wife died in a traffic accident, this series of blows, so that this buddy's spirit has a big problem, since he is a friend of his own queen, if he can help, he will definitely not stand idly by. And the joy of his last housewarming, this guy also came over to say goodbye.
"Okay, you can set a time, call or text me when the time comes, and I'll be there on time. ”
After saying this, David put his arms around his queen and started the nightlife.
Los Angeles, Rodeo Avenue, a nice café, John, David, Adam Ferguson, Brad Gray, four people sat in an open-air booth and chatted happily. Looking at the situation of their chat, it is like a family, of course, this is all superficial, and a large part of it is business blowing each other.
A few people chatted for a while, and Brad Gray first led the topic.
"Mr. Wang, we are very optimistic about the novel you wrote, what do you mean at the party you held, the people from our company have reported to me after they come back, after my discussion and study with the board of directors, we have decided to agree to your cooperation, that is to say, we agree to several parties to invest in the development of your work, I don't know your opinion?"
David did say at the moving party that he could work with several other big companies to develop his own work. But he doesn't have a film company now, and the negotiations with DreamWorks are still ongoing, and they haven't been finalized yet.
And I did say these cooperation requests in the queue, if I deny it, then I must have slapped myself in the face. So David thought for a moment before he spoke;
"It's okay to co-develop, but I don't have a film company right now, and recently DreamWorks is selling, and my people are negotiating with them, and I think both of you already know about it, and I can work with my two series of novels, so what sincerity will you show?"
After listening to David's words, the two glanced at each other, knowing that the main drama was coming, and if their side did not put forward some sincere conditions, I am afraid that this cooperation would be difficult to achieve.
Because everyone has investigated David's information, and they know that he is not short of millions of dollars in copyright buyout fees. It was Brad Gray who spoke first;
"I don't know Mr. Wang, which two series of novels do you plan to use to cooperate?"
There is no need to think about this kind of problem, because everyone understands people, although David still has five novels to publish, but those novels are being promoted, and there is no customer base of his own, so the cooperation can only be "The Lord of the Rings" and "Twilight".
So David spoke directly;
"My other novels are still in the promotion period, but "The Lord of the Rings" and "Twilight" already have a certain mass base, and I believe that these two novels are the most suitable, and both novels are big series, enough for the three of us to make a lot of money. ”
The two also came because of these two series, so David's words made the two of them shine. So Adam Ferguson also prescribed the conditions they came up with;
"We can take cash into the shares, you only need the copyright to invest in the shares, of course, the proportion of shares will not be very high, and we can also complete the rest of the publicity, of course, these must account for the proportion of investment. ”
This condition made David feel that they were very insincere, because the copyright fee was only a few million dollars, and they didn't account for many shares at all, so there wouldn't be a lot of dividends, so Dawei laughed out loud with a very faceless poof, looked at the two old men opposite, and said in a mocking tone;
"Is this your sincerity? I don't hear any sincerity from the conditions you give. If that's all there is to it, let's end this discussion! Everyone's time is precious, so there's no need to waste it here. ”
After saying that, David got up and was about to leave, Brad Gray quickly got up and stopped David, and looked at David with smiling eyes, with a harmless expression of my humans and animals;
"Don't be like this, we just need to negotiate at one point and one point! If you are not satisfied with the conditions we give, you can also make your conditions. ”
After speaking, he still looked at David with a smile, looking like he was looking forward to cooperation. And when David saw his appearance, he began to complain in his heart;
It's no wonder that Universal Pictures will be cut off by you halfway and directly take down DreamWorks, your smiling tiger appearance is indeed very confusing.
Although he thought about these things in his heart, David's face did not show it, but he took advantage of the situation to return to his original position and set his own conditions;
"I'm going to go to Hollywood, so I'm going to buy a studio, and DreamWorks is a great deal, and I want you two to be high!"
David's words immediately made the expression on Adam Ferguson's face not so good-looking, and he spoke in a cold tone;
"Universal Pictures is an imperative for DreamWorks, and this can't be a condition for us to negotiate, you can consider other aspects. ”
David smiled disdainfully, then glanced at Brad Gray across from him with a meaningful look. David's eyes also made Brad Gray alert, did this guy know that his company was planning to raid DreamWorks and catch Universal Pictures off guard?
So what does this guy's look mean? Hmmm...... I really can't think of it, so I have to be cautious about doing things recently to prevent being yin by this guy.
Avril's affairs are no secret to these big people! These things are all children's tricks for these big people, and it is very easy for them to inquire about them, but they all report the principle that it is not their own business, and no one takes the initiative to stand up and find out about this matter.
So until now, Avril has always believed that there were no external factors involved in her breakup with her boyfriend. And these big names know that David is yin with Avril, and they do it well.
If it weren't for their strong energy in the entertainment industry, they might not know about this matter, so these two came to negotiate with David, and they also worked up 12 points to prevent being cheated by this guy.
David, who glanced at Brad Gray, ignored the old yin 13 opposite him, and said directly;
"Both of them are busy people, we can make a long story short, as for the details of the problem to be discussed by my subordinates, I don't beat around the bush here, I think it's better to put things on the table, save trouble afterwards." ”
Without giving the other side a chance to speak, David spoke directly;
"First of all, I want to cooperate with the two of them, and the potential value of my novel should already have the answer in their hearts, the copyright fee plus the box office share, this is a must. Secondly, DreamWorks is a dispensable company for you, and your acquisition of DreamWorks is nothing more than valuing Spielberg as a person.