"We have a two-year cap and meet every six months to determine the propensity of the two sides to cooperate. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info The specific terms of cooperation will be negotiated after you feel that it is suitable, what do you think? Sid's well-organized and thoughtful conditions made Howard Stringer nod his head secretly, and it seemed that this would be a potential partner to work with.

Then he nodded, "Yes, I have no problem with such conditions." ”

Sid added: "Of course, no matter how other conditions change, the entire copyright of "Harry Potter" belongs to Fire Lion Pictures, which is unshakable. ”

"That's fine. Howard Stringer nodded in agreement, knowing that copyright is the lifeblood of entertainment companies in Hollywood, and no one will give it up. Luckily, he didn't expect to get the rights from Sid, just when he thought the negotiations were over today.

Sid spoke again, "By the way, I have one more string attached. I want Jive Records from Sony Records. ”

Howard Stringer raised his eyebrows, the negotiation has reached this point, and with the addition of conditions, the other party's previous performance is not like such a low IQ.

But he still turned his head to look at his entourage, and one of them immediately reminded: "Jive Records is a subsidiary of Sony Records, and currently owns the group Backstreet. ”

At this time, Howard Stringer finally frowned for the first time, and he still knew the name of the world's No. 1 boy group, the Backstreet Boys, which is in full swing today.

But before he could speak, Sid waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in the backstreet boys, you can take it." All I wanted was Jeve Records. ”

"Why?" Howard Stringer asked, narrowing his eyes curiously, "Sid, are you still interested in the music industry?"

"This ......" Then Howard Stringer was surprised to see a rare scene in a hundred years, Sid, who had just advanced and retreated in a certain degree and had a comfortable wrist, actually showed a shy expression, his face was rarely dyed with a layer of red, twisting and squirming.

Howard Stringer and the others waited for goosebumps to fall to the ground, "Uh, Sid, what's the reason?"

"It's because ......" Seeing everyone's curious eyes, Sid gritted his teeth and said, "Because my neodymium friend is a prep singer for Jive Records, so ......"

"Oh-" Howard Stringer and the others suddenly laughed in understanding, and they were really young people, so they made such an abrupt request for the sake of their neodymium friends?

"Who is your neodymium friend, Jive's prep singer?" asked Howard Stringer with a pleasant face, while making a covert gesture to his subordinates.

"Oh, her name is Britney Spears, and she's a prep singer for Jive's record. Sid said as if he didn't notice their little movements.

"Oh~~" Howard Stringer looked at one of his assistants quietly, and the latter spoke: "Mr. Leon, you said that Britney was signed to Jive Records the year before last. ”

"Oh, you know?" asked Sid, surprised.

"Hehe, I don't have any other skills, but my memory is pretty good. The assistant was humble on the surface, but in fact he said proudly.

"Oh, Howard, you Sony are really hiding dragons and crouching tigers, and you are very talented. Sid smiled and praised.

"It's nothing, it's just a little trick of carving insects. Howard Stringer smirked.

"And ......?" Sid asked, with a questioning expression.

Howard Stringer carefully examined Sid's expression through his glasses, if it was just a small record company after pulling the backstreet boys out, then it was not impossible to sell a favor to Sid, a Hollywood rising star.

After all, Jive Records is just a subsidiary of Sony's record division, and it is not irreplaceable for the entire huge Sony Group. But what to get in exchange? That's the question.

Howard Stringer pretended to be embarrassed and said, "After all, Jeve Records is an important member of our record department, and if it is just taken out, it will be difficult for me, the chairman of North America, to do it." ”

Hu Nima bullshit, Sid complained strongly in his heart, just now you didn't even know the existence of this subsidiary, now tell me what important assets of the company!

"The Da Vinci Code! We at Fire Lion can work with Sony to develop a movie version of The Da Vinci Code. Sid didn't say much, and a simple sentence caught Howard Stringer's attention.

"What did you say!?" Howard Stringer betrayed him, his slightly trembling hand, although his face was calm. How simple was it to blow up Sid's hole cards? Howard Stringer couldn't believe it, maybe it was too simple.

As a phenomenal bestseller that has topped the New York Times bestseller list since its launch and has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide, The Da Vinci Code has become Sid Leonhardt's golden signature.

There have long been speculations in the film industry that Sid will put this on the big screen, and even "Variety Weekly" predicts that with the current fan base and growing influence of "The Da Vinci Code", as long as the fire lion finds the right team to shoot and release, the box office of the movie can be at least more than 500 million US dollars.

And Sid just threw out the movie version of "The Da Vinci Code" in such a "child's play"?

Instead of roaring and biting the bait like a frizzy little boy, Howard Stringer took two steps back and looked Sid's seemingly crazy actions up and down. Is it really for the sake of a chick that he threw out the foundation of his own society?

He didn't believe it!

Before this negotiation, Howard Stringer had people gather information about Sid. Sid was completely unknown until he became independent from the orphanage. And it's such a kid who jumped out of nowhere, and since the second half of 1997, he has blown a hurricane that shook the two industries in the fiction industry and the film industry.

Whether it is the sky-high price negotiation of 180 million US dollars at the end of 97, when 12 novels were packaged and sold, or the unprecedented small-cost box office storm of "Ghost Shadow" at the beginning of 98, it shows that Sid, this kid, is definitely a thoughtful and determined character. How could such a hero-level character throw out the foundation of the establishment of the club for the sake of a chick?

"And what do you have?" asked Howard Stringer with his backhand.

"The box office is evenly divided, and all the costs are equally divided, and the production and North American promotion are handled by Fire Lion, and the overseas promotion is handled by Sony...... , but when it is advertised overseas, we have to send personnel to learn the whole process. Sid counted them one by one, and finally made Howard Stringer's eyelids jump.

That's it!

Using Sony's overseas publicity strength to train his talents and connections is Sid's real purpose! Howard Stringer thought that he had finally seen through Sid's intentions, and then laughed lightly, "It's not impossible to exchange cooperation for Jive records, but this condition ......."

Howard Stringer laughed: "We're going to split half of the revenue from the videotapes and DVDs of The Da Vinci Code." ”

@#¥#!Sid scolded in his heart on the spot, Sony's film and music business in North America is now very damaged, and he dares to open his mouth so much.

According to the practice in Hollywood circles, the box office split between producers and distributors is usually 3:1, which means that Sony, as the distributor, can only get 20%~25% of the box office profit under normal circumstances. And Sid has doubled the other party's box office share in exchange for Jive records.

Sony's gang of goods, now they even want to share half of the revenue from videotapes and DVDs!?

Sid smiled but shook his head firmly: "The cooperation of Hollywood film companies has always been only shared by the box office, and there has never been a peripheral share. Even for "Titanic", Fox and Paramount only shared the box office in North America and overseas. ”

"If it's a normal film collaboration, that's true. Howard Stringer nodded, but then his face changed, "But we're also going to have a Jive record exchange, and that's a record company that produces backstreet boys, isn't it?"

Vampire!Sid scolded in his heart, but his face still laughed without leaking: "Then I can only agree to the equal sharing of profits from the videotape, but not the DVD." ”

As DVD technology gradually matures, the videotape market will die out rapidly at the dawn of the new millennium.

Sid thought to himself.

"In that case, I'd rather have a DVD split!" Howard Stringer missed! his shrewd eyes radiating from behind his glasses.

Sid patted his head and suddenly thought that the earliest DVD technical specifications were invented by Sony in 1994! The entire DVD was invented, popularized, and popularized by Sony. Damn, this time I ran to Guan Gong to play a big knife.

Sid looked at Howard Stringer, who was smiling like an old fox, gritting his teeth and remaining silent.

Howard Stringer saw Sid's serious expression, and finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, this kid was really pretending before, what a deep city. Is this really a 17-year-old?

But no matter how powerful it is, it's not my opponent! Howard Stringer is secretly proud in his heart, what about a genius prodigy, ginger is still old and spicy!

Sid pondered silently for a long time, and found that there was no better bargaining chip to bargain with Howard Stringer, and was about to say yes in desperation. Suddenly a flash of inspiration, DVD!?

Its rival Toshiba is the owner of another DVD format, SD, and Sony has lost to Toshiba in the historical battle for DVD formats.

So......