Edward looked up at him and said with a smile: "At least the film company doesn't have to be so 'miserable' anymore." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The two talked a few more words, and the reporters of the press conference arrived one after another.

After a while, the host of Fire Lion Pictures came out, and it was their distribution manager, Sean. During this time, he was mainly responsible for communication with the media.

However, Edward keenly noticed that there were two empty seats on the long table that the fire lion had moved out. Just as he was guessing who else would come, two men came out from behind, and when they saw the two of them, there was a commotion.

Edward recognized one of them at a glance, Ali Emmanuel!

Hollywood's famous thorn head, the boss of Endeavor elite brokerage company. What is he doing here!?And the other tall middle-aged man, although his face was unfamiliar, but Edward felt that the other party was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

After the three people on the stage sat down, Sean picked up the microphone in front of him: "Hello everyone, thank you for coming to our press conference at Fire Lion Pictures." I'm Sean. ”

Then he pointed at Ali and said, "I believe everyone is very familiar with this person, so I won't talk nonsense." ”

Ali said into the microphone in front of him, "I'm sure there are still a lot of people who hate me." The statement of self-deprecation immediately caused a burst of laughter.

Sean pointed to the last middle-aged man and said, "This may be a stranger to everyone." Then he nodded at the other.

The middle-aged man said into the microphone in front of him, "Hello everyone, I'm Montgomery, the CEO of Random House. ”

A bolt of lightning struck Edward's brain, and he immediately remembered who this man was!

At the end of last year, the sensational 12 novels in the United States were sold at sky-high prices. On behalf of Random House, it is the man in front of him who signed a contract with Leon Hart, the number one best-selling novelist in the United States!

No wonder Edward felt familiar, the photograph that made the front page of the New York Times at the time was this guy Montgomery and Ali Emmanuel. The photo of the two smiling and shaking hands was the only news that could be compared to the release of "Titanic" during that time.

Ali Emmanuel and Montgomery appeared at the same time, and when they realized this, the reporters in the audience immediately couldn't sit still. Everyone raised their hands in unison, and Roy, who was beside Edward, couldn't help it, and asked loudly: "Mr. Montgomery, is Mr. Leonhardt's "The Da Vinci Code" going to be filmed in a movie version?"

This seems to be the most plausible explanation at the moment, and the only point of intersection between Ali Emmanuel and Random House is Leonhardt. This mysterious writer, who has debuted less than a year ago, has already secured the position of the No. 1 best-selling novelist in North America with the crazy sales of "The Da Vinci Code". Not to mention the 12 new novels that have already been included in the Random House bag.

Along with Roy's question, everyone else couldn't help but shout for questions, and the scene became a little noisy and chaotic for a while.

Sean didn't expect to cause such a stir just by introducing himself, and he immediately shouted, "Be quiet, please be quiet." At today's press conference, we have really important news to announce. After chanting N times, the enthusiasm of the reporters was barely stopped.

Sean looked at Ali Emmanuel, Ali Emanuel nodded and picked up the microphone: "Everyone knows me, I am the agent of the mysterious writer Mr. Leonhardt. ”

The reporters nodded their heads one after another, and the impatient expressions on their faces seemed to say, Ali (Emmanuel) you guy, what are you talking about all this nonsense that we all know!

Ali saw the expressions of the reporters in the audience and smiled: "But what everyone doesn't know is that I am also the director of "Ghost Shadow" and Sid's agent. ”

As soon as these words came out, the reporters in the audience couldn't help but be stunned for two seconds. Edward felt a little dry in his throat, and he looked around the others with the same bewildered expressions.

With great self-control, Edward tried to ask, "Excuse me, are you saying that Leon Hart, the author of "The Da Vinci Code", and Sid, the director of "The Ghost Record", are actually the same person!?"

Ali smiled and nodded, "Yes, his name is Sid Leonhardt!"

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Joanne Rowling is a middle-aged lady who exudes intellect and tenderness, and although her blonde hair and blue eyes are gorgeous, it is fair to say that Rowling is not a beautiful woman who is all over the country and the city. But between her eyes, the intellectual brilliance unconsciously revealed is more eye-catching than ordinary people.

A middle-aged man next to Joanne Rowling was looking at her watch with some impatience. He was Rowling's literary agent, Ritter, and it was he who auctioned the publishing rights of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone to Scholars in the United States for $100,000 at the Bologna Book Fair in Italy last spring.

Although this amount may seem insignificant, it is already an extremely rare high price in the children's literature market.

They were sitting in a private room in a high-end coffee shop in London at the moment, and after looking at his watch repeatedly, Litt couldn't help but say, "Joanne, they're late." ”

Joanne Rowling flipped through the novel in her hand, looked up and smiled, "Don't be in such a hurry, Ritter. It's not good that you've been so impetuous since we announced our bid. Weren't you calm when you used to sell Harry Potter?"

Ritter smiled awkwardly: "That's different, I know the book market in Europe well, but I'm not sure about the Hollywood vampires." And...... I really don't understand, why do you want to meet this little-known small company?"

"Didn't you say that we were going to find a big established company to fully develop the Harry Potter film and merchandise? But such a small company that we have never heard of is of no use to us. Is it just because the Hollywood agent named Ali Emmanuel is bragging about it?" asked Ritter curiously.

"How could it not be useful?" Joanne Rowling smiled and took a sip of her coffee, "When our negotiations with Universal, Disney, and Warner are not progressing much, we need to use these small companies that want a piece of the pie to sound the alarm bells for them." ”

"Ah, I was angry when I talked about this, I thought that these companies would raise the price of each other in order to compete for "Harry Potter", but they actually bid the same price, and they are simply deliberately monopolizing the price and trying to squeeze us. Ritter was indignant when he talked about the big Hollywood companies that came to bid.

Although several film companies competed fiercely with each other in the design proposal, they invariably lowered the price and reduced their rights in terms of copyright fees and Joanne Rowling's authorship rights. This made Rowling and his party, who were still thinking about selling at a price and watching the film company tear up, extremely disappointed.

In fact, this is also the tradition of Hollywood companies, which are fully competitive in the United States because of antitrust laws and strict regulations. But as long as they go abroad, several major film studios will join hands openly or covertly to monopolize the pricing power to obtain the maximum profits. That's what they did in the South American film market back then, and of course it won't change when they go to the UK.

"Let's hope this small company can surprise us a little. Joanne Rowling said with a slight sigh.

"Ah, here they are. Ritter first noticed the person who came in front of the coffee shop, and it was Henry, the production manager of Fire Lion Pictures, who had been in contact with him many times.

But it was strange that he actually took the initiative to open the door for a young man behind him.

Joanne Rowling also turned around and stood up, and she also saw the young man who had walked into the café first. I saw that his black hair was neatly combed, wearing a navy blue suit, a red, white and blue striped tie, and a pair of black shiny oxford shoes.

Serious and traditional British formal attire, with his youthful sunny face, he looks like a young gentleman from the Victorian era.

When he got closer, Joanne Rowling and Ritter couldn't help but be surprised to find that this young man actually had a pair of gold and silver demon eyes with black left and blue right blue. This made his already sunny and warm smile bring a demonic aura, like an elf descending into the world.

But before they could think about it, the young man smiled and said, "Hello, Ms. Rowling, I'm Sid Leon, CEO of Fire Lion Pictures, please call me Sid." It was pure American English, and Rowling felt a little disappointed for some reason, but she quickly got rid of this emotion and smiled and stretched out her hand.

"Hello, I'm Joanne Rowling, and this is my bookseller agent, Ritter. Joanne Rowling introduced with a smile.

After introducing each other, the four of them sat down around the coffee table.

"Well, I didn't expect your person in charge to be such a young and promising young talent, it's amazing. As soon as he sat down, Ritter began to pick and provoke, which became a routine before almost every negotiation began. Before the formal negotiation, suppress the momentum of the other party, and then discuss the right matter, it will have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.

"I guess that's what we're all about in the United States, where people who are talented, whether they're old or young, can have a place to show what they are best at. Not to be outdone, Henry said with a smile.

But Sid and Joanne Rowling don't say anything, Sid is observing each other and considering the timing and means of negotiation.

Joanne Rowling looked at Sid's face and felt a little familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen it.

"Ms. Rowling?" Sid immediately noticed Joanne Rowling staring at her, (strange, could it be that the clothes were worn incorrectly? No, today's clothes are all in Tailor Street, let those old gentlemen help take care of them).

"Ah, what?" said Joanne Rowling, who immediately felt her cheeks burn, and she had forgotten as she stared at a young man who was a lot younger than herself.

"I, I guess it's going to get into trouble, sorry. Joanne Rowling quickly apologized with a blushing face.