Chapter 31: I Agreed
Compared with Warner Bros., Disney gives far worse conditions?
This is probably the most ridiculous joke Walter has heard since he became the deputy director of Disney's live-action film production department, and according to the information that Disney has received, the terms of cooperation proposed by Warner Bros. and Concord are obviously not as good as Disney's.
Think about it, in addition to the shooting funds that Warner Bros. gave to Bruce Lee, and the box office share of the two companies after the co-production of the two companies Warner Bros. and Concord is similar to Disney, the other conditions are not a little worse than Walter's conditions for Concord?
You must know that Warner Bros. not only has to send professional producers to supervise the whole process of shooting, from the shooting director, to the follow-up screenwriter and the personnel in the post-production of the film, they have to send people to follow up. It can be said that in addition to allowing Bruce Lee to play the starring role, and Warner Bros. is responsible for the later publicity and release, the other conditions are simply dead for Zou Wenhuai in front of him, and the only benefit is that Concord, which is separated from his Golden Harvest Company, can get a share of the box office.
This point, compared with Disney's funding for production, only sending people to supervise the flow of funds and post-hairstyles, and other production issues are all compared to Concord, it is simply a world of difference, it is completely Disney pays, Golden Harvest production, and Disney pays for all dangers. However, Zou Wenhuai in front of him didn't agree, and felt that Disney's conditions were far worse than Warner Bros., which in Fu Quan's view, was not a danger or anything?
From this point of view, the reason why Zou Wenhuai, the old fox in front of him, said this was obviously to force Walter to continue to make concessions, so that he could further expand the benefits obtained by the Concord Company. After thinking deeply, Walter felt that it was likely that Disney and even other Hollywood companies could easily get the contract conditions proposed by Warner Bros., and it was estimated that this also had the credit of the "Godfather of Golden Harvest" in front of him.
"Raymond, can't you think about it? Is Disney really worse than Warner Bros.? As far as I know, the conditions given by Warner Bros. are obviously not as good as Disney offered, and I am sure you will regret it. Walter asked again, his tone unnaturally accentuated, secretly exerting pressure on Zou Wenhuai.
Zou Wenhuai has gone through half a life of ups and downs, and he has never seen any situation, so he naturally will not be afraid of Walter's threat, only to see him hold the eye frame on the bridge of his nose, and then said with a smile: "But just now Fred told me that the senior management of Warner Bros. has agreed to do everything according to the requirements put forward by Disney, and even increased the box office share of Concord in the original agreement in the contract."
When the words fell, Walter's face changed, but he scolded MMP in his heart, it was obvious that the old fox in front of him must have already revealed the news of Disney to Warner Bros. Otherwise, why did the old fox take the initiative to mention it to himself, it was obviously an appearance of waiting for the price to be sold, Walter would not agree to sign a contract between Concord and Disney if he didn't pay a higher price, this was taking the initiative to force himself to raise the price.
Wait, the person I have been looking for who said bad things about Disney in front of Bruce Lee, and even deliberately belittled the content of Disney's contract to Bruce Lee, will it be the old fox in front of him?
The more I think about it, the more likely it is, because only Zou Wenhuai can have the strength to fake the news that Bruce Lee got, after all, the people of Concord Company brought by Bruce Lee from Hong Kong are, in the final analysis, all of them are subordinates of his Golden Harvest Company, after all, Concord is just an empty shell paid by Golden Harvest.
Of course, now that I don't need these things for Walter, since Zou Wenhuai is willing to take the initiative to talk to him about film cooperation, it means that he has taken Disney to heart. Therefore, what Walter needs to do now is to give the old fox in front of him, who has calculated Disney from the beginning, a price that he is satisfied with.
"I don't like to talk around the corner, Mr. Zou, you just make a condition, right? If it is feasible, I can reply to you on behalf of Disney now, I am determined to win this cooperation." ”
Walter held his breath, looked at Zou Wenhuai and replied coldly, at this moment he has made preparations to be slaughtered, the big deal is to let Zou Wenhuai and Bruce Lee's Concord Company make a little more money. Anyway, what I want is the box office after the release of "Enter the Dragon", as for letting the other party earn more and less, this is not in my consideration, because even if Disney makes more now, it will not be of much use to him for the time being, after all, at this stage, what he needs is to use his performance to improve his status in Disney, after all, this small deputy director of the live-action film production department is not what Walter wants to do.
"Okay, I'll just say it, and give Concord a 5 percent share of the box office, and I can have Bruce sign it with me right now. Zou Wenhuai is obviously very familiar with this scene, and he is very happy to quote the price in his heart, he is not a mediocre person, he will not have no vision, and he can't see that the box office of this co-production will be very high, otherwise, he will not be able to break away from the Shaw Brothers, and he can still compete with the Shaw Brothers by himself.
From the beginning of signing Bruce Lee, who was treated very low in Shaw Brothers, Zou Wenhuai saw the potential of this grumpy, not high emotional intelligence, but obsessed with martial arts and kung fu, and even after signing the contract, he directly filmed "Tangshan Big Brother" starring Bruce Lee, all of which shows that Zou Wenhuai's vision is so accurate.
Now, now that we understand the potential of the film co-produced by Concord and Hollywood, it is no wonder that Zou Wenhuai has a higher box office score. After all, don't look at Zou Wenhuai's establishment of Golden Harvest in Hong Kong to fight against the behemoth of the Shaw Brothers, it looks brilliant, but his Golden Harvest in the mainland has always been very short of money, after all, the market in Hong Kong is still too small, even if Golden Harvest has released a lot of good movies in recent years, but the buyer's market is just that little person, how can you create more smiles?
Plus five percent of the box office?
Hearing this number, Walter also frowned a little, this time and space has already changed a lot because of his arrival, and originally in order to quickly cut off Bruce Lee, he promised to give Concord a very high box office score.
In Walter's agreement to Concord, there is a 30 percent box office share for Concord, and now if this 5 percent is added, then Concord, a shell company that has not paid a penny, will have 35 percent of the box office account, and it is estimated that if it is reported to the board of directors, it will be difficult for those directors who do not know the future to pass it.
After all, a Hong Kong leather bag company, without a penny, has to pay for Disney's investment, and it also accounts for 30% and a half of the box office account, so it is strange that those capitalists can be happy.
"OK! ”
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