Chapter 33: Nothing is impossible
Zou Wenhuai in front of him didn't seem to have recovered from Walter's words, and he didn't dare to think about the box office of 20 million or 30 million US dollars that Walter said, because he never thought that a co-produced movie would reach that box office.
For Zou Wenhuai, although he has excellent ability in the entertainment industry, no matter how good his ability is, he must have a suitable market to develop, and the market in Hong Kong's small place can only make him make a small fuss all the time, and that's why he has been stumbling for almost half his life.
"Walter, may I think about it?"
Finally, the "Godfather of Jiahe", who has been sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, can no longer hold his breath, and he doesn't even have the arrogance when he talked to Walter today, but he spoke very respectfully, after all, what he encountered today was something he didn't expect at all.
"Raymond, my time is as precious as yours, I have already replied to you, now should you reply to me in the same way?" Of course, Walter will not let Zou Wenhuai go, even if today's written agreement cannot be reached for a while, but he must reach a verbal agreement with Zou Wenhuai.
Of course, if the other party regrets the verbal agreement afterwards and does not admit it, Walter will definitely have no problem with him, but in the end, it is better to have a verbal agreement than not to have it, at least Zou Wenhuai will not regret it for a while, unless other film companies can put forward more favorable conditions, but it is basically impossible for Walter to think about this. He doesn't believe that under the premise of not guessing the box office of the movie, there are other Hollywood companies that will be like him, and they will have to play a ladder box office share when they invest in the film in full, especially if they are most likely to win less than 10 million US dollars in the year, and they will give 40% of the income to the cooperative Concord Company.
"This, this...... Walter Zou Wenhuai's speed of speech was a little unnatural, but he still finished his words and said: "Can you mention the box office of the cooperative film again, for example, if it is less than 20 million US dollars, Concord can be divided into 40%?"
Walter was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he was stunned, and scolded this old fox in his heart for being so greedy, and wanted to divide it into 40% under 20 million US dollars, why don't you just say that you don't agree, and the total revenue of the movie box office should be given to Concord 40%.
However, Walter thought that "Enter the Dragon" was released in North America in history, and in the case of unfavorable theaters, just using Bruce Lee's death to build momentum a little bit could win more than $25 million at the box office.
Therefore, agreeing to Zou Wenhuai's conditions now is not a loss for Walter, after all, the part of the supplementary agreement that Walter just thought of was to take advantage of Zou Wenhuai's ignorance of the box office of "Enter the Dragon" to completely let him enter the pit, anyway, the higher the box office of "Enter the Dragon", the more he suffered.
After thinking about it carefully, Walter was ready to say yes, but looking at Zou Wenhuai's very calm face in front of him, his psychology was not tense for no reason, because Zou Wenhuai seemed to be giving him the illusion that he was watching a play, which made him very uncomfortable, and swallowed the "yes" in his mouth alive, and stared at Zou Wenhuai in front of him so straight without saying a word.
lasted for about a minute, just when Walter didn't know what to do, he couldn't think of how to deal with the old fox in front of him, but he didn't expect Zou Wenhuai on the other side to suddenly laugh, and then said as if laughing at himself: "It seems that I thought too much, and Disney can't guess the final box office of the cooperative movie, okay, I promised, as soon as the contract arrives, I will sign it." ”
"Okay, okay. ”
Walter came back to his senses, and responded vaguely, and at the same time scolded his mother in his heart, MMP, and almost fell for this old fox again, obviously this old fox just wanted to talk to himself, just to see if he proposed this supplementary agreement, did he already know that the box office of the co-produced movie would be very high, so he gave him a trip.
After all, Walter's agreement is much cheaper than the Concorde, and Disney can make Disney make a lot of money according to the agreement unless it reaches the point where the box office of the movie is outrageously high, otherwise as long as the box office of the movie is less than 10 million US dollars, he Zou Wenhuai can sit back and enjoy it and get the money safely, isn't it very good? So, after reversing Walter's words just now, and confirming that he didn't pretend that he knew that the box office of the new movie would be very good, Zou Wenhuai hurriedly changed his words and verbally agreed to Walter's agreement.
"Ok! I'll report to the board as soon as I get back. ”
"Okay. ”
Walter got a confirmed reply, his face was a little calmer, and finally the screenshot of "Enter the Dragon" had an eyebrow, and the rest was to see how he could get the directors of the board of directors to agree to his "absurd behavior", after all, when others looked at this agreement, they would feel that Disney had been wronged from the beginning, and it was the same as their later acquisitions in real history.
The two continued to talk a lot after that, their faces were very happy, obviously the atmosphere was excellent, but in the lobby of this hotel, there were countless eyes staring at Zou Wenhuai, and seeing Zou Wenhuai and Walter chatting so happily at this moment, they were naturally in a bad mood.
"What are you talking about? Can I participate?"
Soon, a voice that Walter had just heard came over, and the reason why he said he had heard it was because Walter had just spoken to him, and that person was Winterdur, the president of Warner Bros.
"Nothing, I'm talking to Raymond about a film collaboration, Fred. Walter pulled the train casually, and at the same time, he was also preparing to return the dismount he had just given himself to the other party, if you dare to provoke me, then I will make you regret it.
"What kind of movie?" Winterdurd's face showed a hint of alarm, and he hurriedly asked, secretly praying in his heart that it would not be a co-produced movie.
Although Winterdur deliberately scared Walter just now, saying that they and Bruce were about to cooperate with the news, but in his heart he knew that those cunning Chinese were simply insatiable people, and they had been dragging on providing such good conditions.
"I'm going to talk to Bruce about a film, and Raymond and Bruce have agreed. ”
"What? Winterdur exclaimed, then looked at Zou Wenhuai and asked, "Raymond, Walter must be joking, what about the agreement between us?"
As soon as he said it, Walter called MMP in his heart after hearing it, sure enough, the two of you have hooked up a long time ago, and you have been cheating honest people like me, fortunately, Zou Wenhuai, the old fox, is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he doesn't have such a big blood, so he probably has been doing things notified by both sides!
Zou Wenhuai raised his eyes, then said with an expressionless face: "Fred, I'm sorry, I have promised to negotiate specific cooperation with Disney." ”
"How is this possible, he ......"
"Smack, smack" twice, Walter patted Winterdall on the shoulder, interrupted him, and said mockingly, "Nothing is impossible in this world, just like Bruce never promised you anything." ”
Then, he turned and left, leaving Winterdur alone.
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