Speaking of which, even if you don't mention how dramatic the stories in articles and film and television works are, even in real life, the same drama abounds.

Just as Li Wenxing repeatedly postponed his return to Xiangjiang due to the failure of "Star Wars" to be implemented, he still failed to do so in the end.

As a result, as soon as he got on the plane, Fox learned about it, and during the negotiations on Monday, June 14, his attitude took a 180-degree turn.

It took almost half an hour to finalize dozens of terms that had been debated before.

For example, regarding copyright ownership, although Fox does not have the sequel copyright of "Star Wars", the sequel copyright is still in the hands of Lucas, but Fox is unwilling to let go.

Because anyone with a little insight knows that as long as "Star Wars" is a big hit, its copyright value will be unimaginably large, and at that time, it will become the first science fiction film to redefine the meaning of science fiction films in history.

Not only the ownership of copyright, but also the proportion of investment sharing, there is also a stalemate.

Fox had already spent $8 million on "Star Wars", which was already a huge investment project for them, but now Superstar Pictures had to join in and raise the budget to $20 million.

The risk in this is, originally, a budget of 8 million, only need the box office to reach 25 million to pay off, but if the budget is increased to 20 million US dollars, then the box office must reach at least 60 million US dollars to pay off.

Even if the top management of Fox had a brain pump, they would not agree to shoot such a naïve children's drama with such a large amount of money, including the president Alan Ryder Jr., who was very confident in "Star Wars", and he did not dare to bet so big.

As a result, the negotiation work between the two sides has been deadlocked on the issues of these two general directions.

Even if Li Wenxing proposed that everyone can use a phased revenue sharing method to cooperate,

such as

With a three-year period, if the global box office of "Star Wars" does not reach 100 million, Superstar Pictures will only enjoy 20% of the revenue sharing.

If the box office exceeds 100 million, then for every 100 million increases, the share ratio of Superstar Pictures will increase by 10%,

That is to say, if the box office is 200 million, it will be divided into 30%, and so on, if the box office of 800 million in the previous life is reached, then Superstar Pictures can share at least 90% of the revenue, and all Fox employees will cry and faint in the toilet.

However, the idea is very good, Li Wenxing's abacus is crackling, but Fox is not a fool, how can he agree to this brainless agreement? What if the box office really sells hundreds of millions?

Then, it has been a stalemate, Li Wenxing waited until the flowers and thanked him, waited until the contracts for "Third Kind of Contact" were signed, and waited until the cooperation of "Star Trek" was almost implemented, and even waited for Madonna, but there was still no result,

Finally, Li Wenxing lost all his patience, and the affairs on the Xiangjiang side were urgent, so he had to go back to preside over the filming of "Tomb Raider", and finally had to board the Boeing 7 series civil aviation with regrets.

Who would have thought that it was such a move to leave, and Fox suddenly panicked,

The two companies have been talking for so many days, and they are impatient with each other, that's for sure, but if you can't talk about it, let's talk slowly, what's the matter with you leaving directly?

Originally, Fox had already reached an agreement internally that there could be cooperative films, so that Fox could also reduce some risks, the copyright could also be given, as long as the price was in place, and the sharing ratio could also be discussed, as long as the proportion was appropriate.

Of course, this consensus is also obvious, otherwise Fox will definitely not be patient, so it will accompany Superstar Pictures to grind foreign workers for more than ten days.

The reason why Fox has always refused to let go is just to test the bottom line of Superstar Pictures and strive for greater benefits for itself, which is also obvious.

But you, the big boss, are now talking and leaving, and you don't leave sooner or later, but you leave at this time, does that mean that Superstar Pictures has lost interest in continuing to talk?

Isn't it cool that the intended collaborators here have withdrawn, and the producer and director over there are still in the hospital and have not recovered?

signed, this contract must be signed immediately, and on the night of Li Wenxing's departure, Fox and other senior executives were urgently recalled on the weekend night, and everyone discussed countermeasures together.

Then, at the beginning of the routine negotiations the next day, the representatives of Superstar Pictures had not yet adjusted from their weekend leisure state, but after Fox mistook it for the boss and left, the people below relaxed and waited for the withdrawal notice.

Seeing that this is the case, Fox had no choice but to directly come up with a solution to the worst-case scenario, and carefully and quickly passed the terms of cooperation.

It is hoped that the details of these cooperation will be drawn up before Li Wenxing, the big boss, withdraws from the negotiation team.

After all, as long as these are finalized, there is no need for Li Wenxing to withdraw to the negotiation team, otherwise they will not be easy to mess with if they release the Fox pigeons like this.

It was also in such a mistake that when Li Wenxing flew back to Xiangjiang and slept well, he received the news of winning "Star Wars" after almost reversing the jet lag. Negotiation Results:

Within five years, Superstar Pictures and Fox shared the copyright income of "Star Wars", with Fox investing $8 million, accounting for 65% of the overall revenue of "Star Wars", and Superstar Pictures investing $7 million, sharing the remaining 35%.

At the same time, it was agreed that within three years of the film's release, if the total box office exceeded $300 million, the share ratio would be increased by 5%, and then for every 100 million additional box office, the score would be increased by 5%, but not more than 60%.

It's not a loss, this result is a consensus reached within Fox,

Because of the strong entry of Superstar Pictures and the increase in the budget, but the risk of making a profit for the film has increased, then Fox will have to take a part of the income more than the proportion of investment.

But Superstar Pictures will also have investment risks, so if the film really sells high box office, there is the credit of the superstar's additional investment, and naturally it will have to be a little more.

However, Fox does not believe that "Star Wars" can sell more than 500 million at the global box office, so the best result is that everyone will get 50% of the revenue.

Before Li Wenxing left, the final bottom line for Carla was that as long as he could get more than 30% of the income and the investment amount was less than 10 million US dollars, he could sign it.

The result is also obvious, Kara has overfulfilled this task, investing seven million dollars, taking three into five, and if the box office exceeds five hundred million, he can get fifty percent.

In the end, when all this dust settled, listening to Kara's invitation on the other end of the phone line, Li Wenxing was holding Mei Yuzhen, who was lying on the bed, snickering:

After suffering for half a month, did Fox still compromise?

However, this time next year, you will be even more uncomfortable, the box office of "Star Wars" is more than 500 million, and it may even be that after adding 15 million US dollars in production costs, the total box office will be more than the original 800 million. You have to find the latest chapters by yourself to read books?