Jin Yufan laughed: "The second one is even simpler, that is, Twentieth Century Fox directly paid for the rights to adapt the film." I'm not a greedy person, and without knowing how much the box office will be able to make, these are potential box office markets for the current Twilight novel series, which has a huge fan base. Therefore, I don't ask for anything for the change fee for the first adaptation of "Twilight" into a movie, a flat price of $5 million. ”

Simon and George Lucas were both a little surprised, and couldn't help but glance at each other, this price really surprised the two, not because the price was high, but because the price was low.

You must know that Twentieth Century Fox is not stupid to send someone to negotiate with Jin Yufan directly, Twentieth Century Fox has done a very detailed investigation and research before, and has also made a preliminary calculation of the cost of adapting the novel to the movie.

According to Twentieth Century Fox's plan, the price should be around $10 million for the current huge number of fans of "Twilight".

In fact, the original author's adaptation fee given by Peak was $7 million, which is the result of detailed investigation and evaluation. As for why Kim Yu-beom is more than $3 million, the reason is simple: Kim Yu-beom is not only the author of the "Twilight" novel series, but also the author of the "Percy Jackson" novel series.

The two equally popular and popular novel series are both by the same author, and their influence and value are naturally different, and they are definitely much more valuable than Stephanie Meyer, the original author who simply wrote "Twilight".

“Kim。 I'm sure it's more than that. After a few seconds, Simon asked, squinting his eyes.

"Of course, I'm not greedy. But again, I don't want to give up my share. The first part of the film was co-op for the $5 million film adaptation, because none of us knew what the final box office of the film would be. But again, if the box office of the first film can reach hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide, then the cooperation of the second film. Twentieth Century Fox has to give me fifteen million dollars for the rights to adapt the film. ”

When Kim Yu-fan said this, Simon and George Lucaston suddenly realized. Is this normal, then what's the good thing, so cheap, I sold the rights to adapt the first movie of "Twilight".

Although it is a bit straightforward for Kim Yu-beom to look at the box office to ask for money, for Simon and George Lucas. This is normal. Americans are like this, how much you give, how much you get.

"Twilight" was adapted into a movie, and the box office was high, so as a novel author, the cost of asking for film adaptation rights in the future will also increase, and increase it several times, which is normal.

Simon and George Lucas, as Americans, have long been accustomed to this kind of thing to ask for a price when looking at the market. So the two were very calm, and they didn't have any dissatisfaction or disgust.

This is also American. If you are Asian, you will definitely talk to you about your feelings, and if you don't talk properly, you will get angry and dissatisfied, thinking that you are a person who wants money to die.

"The box office of the second film, the global box office can exceed 200 million US dollars, then my film adaptation rights must continue to grow. To put it bluntly, except for the first one, because I can't estimate the film market, I only want a conservative five million dollars, and the rest of the subsequent films, we will directly determine the film adaptation right at the box office of the previous movie, based on five million dollars, the box office of the previous movie will exceed 100 million dollars, and the global box office of the movie, for every additional 100 million dollars, the film adaptation right must be increased by 10 million dollars. ”

Simon frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded and said: "This is very reasonable, but there are still some problems, that is, 100 million US dollars will increase the film adaptation rights of 10 million US dollars, if the box office of the movie exceeds 500 million US dollars, the adaptation rights of the film will not be 55 million US dollars, which is also too high, it will affect the market and break the rules a little." ”

"Hehe, there are so many rules in this world, in the final analysis, it depends on the interests, as long as there are enough interests, a qiē rule can be broken. ”

"I agree with that. George Lucas, who had been silent, nodded and suddenly interjected.

Unexpectedly, George Lucas suddenly spoke up and agreed with this sentence, Simon, who originally wanted to say something, couldn't help but laugh awkwardly.

"Hehe, I'm not a greedy person, but I also said just now that it should belong to me, and I won't back down. As a very simple example, if the movie grosses $500 million worldwide, then Twentieth Century Fox, as an investor, has an income of $250 million, and that's just the income from the investment. I believe that Twentieth Century Fox will definitely not give up the release of this piece of meat, which can get another $100 million at the box office of the movie, especially the overseas rights and DVDs in the future, I believe this will definitely make a lot of money. "Twilight" doesn't need too many computer stunts, it doesn't need to burn money, it doesn't need to spend much on investment, it is estimated that it is only between tens of millions of dollars and 200 million US dollars. If you actually make a movie, it doesn't cost that much money. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Yufan took out the pen from his hand, and then took out a piece of paper and calculated it in front of Simon: "For example, if the film has invested 100 million US dollars and the publicity has spent 30 million US dollars, then the total investment is 130 million US dollars." And if the global box office is 500 million US dollars, then 20th Century Fox, as an investor and distributor, can get 350 million US dollars at the box office alone, not counting the income from overseas rights and DVDs. Even if it is $350 million, I was given $55 million in film adaptation fees, and then I can still earn $160 million after deducting the investment of $130 million in production fees, and if I count overseas rights and DVDs, the most conservative estimate is that Twentieth Century Fox can earn more than $200 million. ”

Speaking of this, Jin Yufan smiled and looked at Simon with a tangled face and said, "How is it." Such a business can be done and made money. What's more, if the movie doesn't do well at the box office, it fails. Twentieth Century Fox only paid five million dollars, which is not much. And I believe that with the huge number of fans of the "Twilight" novel series, it will definitely not be impossible to recover the $5 million film adaptation cost spent by Twentieth Century Fox. ”

Simon nodded with a wry smile, admitting that what Jin Yufan said was very reasonable, although I don't know how much the box office of "Twilight" can reach when it is put on the big screen. But the thought that if the movie reaches $500 million at the global box office, it will have to give Kim Yu-beom $55 million in film adaptation rights, which is indeed too much. Some of them affect the market.

Thinking of this, Simon couldn't help but smile bitterly and asked, "Why are there such a big difference between the two choices, if you don't know Kim, you are a smart person." I must have my own ideas and plans. Otherwise, I really thought your first choice was to tease me. But it doesn't look like you, I guess it's the first choice, you still have something to say. ”

"Of course!" Jin Yufan nodded without thinking about it: "I don't need the right to adapt the movie, I only ask for 10% of the box office of the movie, of course, this 10% is not the total box office of the movie, but 10% of the income of Twentieth Century Fox after deducting the distribution of interests in all aspects of the theater." ”

Jin Yufan looked at Simon lightly. Waiting for Simon's answer. In fact, in Jin Yufan's view, the second choice is indeed a bit exaggerated. The most important thing is that Jin Yufan himself knows how terrifying the box office of the "Twilight" movie series will be, and if it really follows this way, it will definitely disrupt the market at that time, because with the example of "Twilight", the cost of other film companies to sell novels and adapt them into movies will rise wildly in the future.

In this way, Twentieth Century Fox, the main party involved in the qiē of the director, will be scandalized and even hated by Hollywood studios.

Twentieth Century Fox is one of Hollywood's eight major studios, but it's not strong enough to stand up to the league of all studios.

So, if nothing else, Twentieth Century Fox would definitely choose the first option if it really wanted to get the Twilight series.

Although, in the eyes of Simon and Twentieth Century Fox at this time, the first choice will suffer a lot, but when the box office comes out, Twentieth Century Fox will know that in fact, the first choice is the most correct choice, and if you choose the second choice, it will be called a loss of money.

Simon was keenly aware that Jin Yufan had not finished his words, so he shrugged his shoulders with a smile and reached out and motioned for Jin Yufan to continue.

"I'm like that, I like to make money and make strong profits, but this doesn't mean that I want to dominate everything alone, if that's the case, it's too ugly to eat. On the contrary, I prefer a win-win situation, where everyone has money to earn. If Twentieth Century Fox had taken a choice, I could have given Twentieth Century Fox the rights to the film adaptation of the Percy Jackson novel series, and I could even back down on the cost of the film adaptation rights. ”

"Oh, how do you back down?" Simon's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked very curiously.

You know, Twentieth Century Fox is obviously more interested in "Percy Jackson" than "Twilight", at least in the eyes of Twentieth Century Fox, the storyline of "Percy Jackson" is obviously more attractive and able to get a high box office than the vampire love story of the "Twilight" series.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of Simon's arrival this time is to get the film adaptation rights of the two novel series "Twilight" and "Percy Jackson", even if he can't get two of them, he must try his best to get the film adaptation rights of the "Percy Jackson" novel series.

"If you choose to cooperate in the first way, then I won't talk nonsense about the film adaptation rights of the "Percy Jackson" novel series, and the film adaptation rights of the "Percy Jackson" novel series will be sold for eight million dollars. ”

"Really!" As soon as he heard Jin Yufan's words, Simon couldn't help but look at Jin Yufan in confusion, he really couldn't understand why Jin Yufan attached so much importance to "Twilight", but not "Percy Jackson", it was obvious that one was born and one was adopted!

"Of course it's true, if you don't believe it, we can sign a contract now, of course, this premise is that "Twilight" will work together in the first way, and I will also play the male lead. Twentieth Century Fox also had to start filming "The Twilight Zone" first. ”

Kim Woo-beom certainly knew why Simon was excited, obviously for Simon, or twentieth century Fox. More emphasis is placed on the "Percy Jackson" series than on the "Twilight" series.

In fact, the "Percy Jackson" series was also won by Twentieth Century Fox and put on the big screen.

Therefore, Jin Yufan began to suspect before, and now after seeing Simon's reaction. It was also determined that the target of Twentieth Century Fox was "Percy Jackson", and "Twilight" was only incidental.

Therefore, Jin Yufan made a special request. Twentieth Century Fox had to shoot "Twilight" before he could shoot "Percy Jackson." The purpose is very simple, that is, I am worried that "Twilight" will not be taken seriously by Twentieth Century Fox and will not be able to be put on the big screen at that time.

Truly. A vampire love story from the Twilight Slasher fiction series. is indeed not favored by major film companies, and even in the end, it was just an indifferent attempt by the summit to win the film adaptation rights, who knew that in the end it would be out of control and make a lot of money, which made countless film companies blush and regret it.

But now, the "Twilight" novel series is on the big screen. It is true that the major film companies will not be optimistic about it, thinking that there will be no box office. I can't make much money.

In fact, this week, almost all major film companies came to the door and talked more about the film adaptation rights of the "Percy Jackson" novel series than "Twilight".

But Kim Yu-fan has his own ideas, insisting on the two novel series "Twilight" and "Percy Jackson", and the film adaptation rights are either not sold, or all of them are sold to a film company, saving trouble. Because of this, the representatives of major Hollywood film companies and Jin Yufan could not talk and broke up unhappily.

The romantic vampire love story of "Twilight" is indeed not favored at present, but Jin Yufan knows that once "Twilight" is put on the big screen, it will explode with terrifying power.

And countless ladies will also go completely crazy with "Twilight", and truly achieve the most faithful, powerful, and united fans of the movie series, and they are stunned to send the box office of the "Twilight" movie with no reputation to the championship, and the box office records are broken one after another.

At that time, with the crazy box office scene of "Twilight", countless people will know that in fact, if the ladies completely explode, this ability is unimaginable, and ladies can be crazy.

Therefore, Kim Yu-fan deliberately explained that if they cooperated, Twentieth Century Fox would have to shoot "Twilight" first, and then "Percy Jackson" could be filmed.

Jin Yufan believes that after the release of "Twilight 1", the terrifying global box office of more than 300 million US dollars, he does not need to say anything at that time, and it is estimated that Twentieth Century Fox will also be in a hurry to start filming the second part.

Simon thought for a while and felt that it was not a problem, so he asked curiously: "Kim, I don't know why, why do you attach so much importance to "Twilight", even at the expense of "Percy Jackson", and still star in it?"

Jin Yufan stood by the window of the office with his hands behind his back, his back to Simon, looking at Yuanwang and said lightly: "Actually, it's very simple, that is, everyone has their own dreams. Then, Jin Yufan suddenly turned around and looked at Simon and the three of them: "And "Twilight" is my dream, I want to make my dream more perfect and personally participate in my dream, so I can sacrifice certain interests." ”

If there were people who crossed the scene, they would definitely be tempted to jump up and point at Jin Yufan and scold, it was too shameless, his face was too thick, and he looked great for the sake of his dreams, but those who knew Nima knew that Jin Yufan was pretending to be forced, not only to take the benefits, but also to pretend to be very great.

Can "Percy Jackson" be compared with "Twilight", at least in terms of popularity and influence, and box office, it is definitely "Twilight".

Therefore, Jin Yufan insisted that 10% of the box office revenue of "Twilight" be good, or play the male lead himself, in the final analysis, all the benefits are accounted for.

As for "Percy Jackson", Nima's movie is really good, but the box office is not good, and being able to sell the film adaptation rights at a unified price of 8 million is definitely a lot of money.

If you really finalize the film adaptation rights of "Percy Jackson" according to the first choice of "Twilight", then Jin Yufan will definitely lose money and will not get any income at all, at least compared to "Twilight", it is really not profitable. Jin Yufan aimed at the fact that "Twilight" was not taken seriously before it was put on the big screen, at least no one knew how terrible the madness of women was, and they would retreat into advance if they couldn't look at it, and bundled the film adaptation rights of "Twilight" and "Percy Jackson", and used the more popular and valued "Percy Jackson" as a bargaining chip to achieve the goal of "Twilight".

After listening to Jin Yufan's explanation, Simon and George Lucas were stunned for a moment, and then both of them couldn't help laughing, Simon nodded and said: "OK, I don't think your dream should be a problem, but before that, I have to contact the company first, but I don't think there will be any problems." ”

After Jin Yufan signaled you to be free, Simon nodded and said hello to George Lucas, Jin Yufan, and James Steve, and then got up and left to find a place to contact the Twentieth Century Fox headquarters, and get the research and decision of the headquarters on this matter.

As Simon left, George Lucas also looked at Jin Yufan with a smile and said, "Although I don't know why, I always feel that you attach great importance to "Twilight" not only for dreams, but because the benefits and benefits of "Twilight" are greater and more. But I really can't understand why, if that's the case, then think it's your dream, toast to your dream. ”

Facing the coffee that George Lucas raised, Jin Yufan couldn't help but be afraid for a while, Nima is a great god in the end, and he is also an old god who is about to become a god, which is keen, and it is really sharp.

It's a pity that this time the great god happened to run into such a strange movie series as "Twilight", no one was optimistic about it before it was put on the big screen, and he couldn't see any value, once it was put on the big screen, with the madness of the ladies, it completely shocked everyone, leaving no one stunned, helpless and shocked. (To be continued......)