"Would you like to hear about my plan on this?" Sid asked with a smile. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Well, yes. Joanne Rowling was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Then ......" Sid looked at the people next to the two, and Joanne Rowling immediately said to Ritter beside him, "Ritter, I'm sorry, please wait outside." ”

Ritter glanced at Sid, and although he looked slightly dissatisfied, he left without saying anything. Sid turned to look at Henry and nodded, and Henry got up and left the private room.

After the two left, Joanne Rowling suddenly relaxed, after all, she is a writer who makes a living from creation, so that her face is a businessman, and the bargaining with people is actually beyond her needs.

"And your plan?" Joanne Rowling looked at Sid curiously, wondering what secrets this young man had hidden when he was mysterious in the first half of the year, and then revealed his identity in one fell swoop, and gained the attention of most of the world.

"Well, in my opinion, whether it's a movie or a novel, Harry Potter should be a whole. Sid's words weren't long, but they hit Joanne Rowling's heart accurately.

"So I'm going to set up a 'Harry Potter Production Committee' to oversee all things Harry Potter, from film production, to merchandising, and even the promotion of the book club. Sid's words immediately intrigued Joanne Rowling.

"Is that okay?" she asked, hesitantly.

This system was not created by Sid, but came from the tradition of RB's film and television animation circle, because the related industrial chain of RB animation is relatively scattered, and it has not formed a comprehensive group like the six major Hollywood groups. Therefore, in order to coordinate management, RB Film and Television Industry gave birth to such a loose alliance management organization.

However, for Sid, such a method is more to better manage the comprehensive projects between its various companies, and then integrate the related business development to give full play to the synergy effect that a group should have. It will not be like Sony Group and Time Warner Group, which will become full of internal mountains and internal friction between their own people.

"And the supreme decision of this production committee is - you and me!" Sid's words were quiet, but they left Joanne Rowling dumbfounded.

Almost easily, Sid threw out the biggest chips that the major studios used to weaken JK Rowling.

"You, are you serious?" asked Joanne Rowling in disbelief, and then she came to her senses, "Do you want to ...... royalties?"

Sid smiled and shook his fingers, "I can pay hundreds of thousands of acquisition fees like other film companies." But......" Sid stopped abruptly.

Joanne Rowling was wondering when Sid raised his head, "Do you know why I started my own business?" Ms. Rowling. ”

Joanne Rowling shook her head, and although there were many guesses in her mind, she didn't know which one was right.

"Because I was just a kid who liked to write novels. Sid smiled, "But I've found that if you don't get involved in business, you're just going to leave your destiny in the hands of someone else." And I especially don't like to be controlled by others. So…… I don't like really talented artists being manipulated by businessmen. ”

Side paused, and looked at Rowling with a bright gaze: "So I'll give you a 10% profit share." ”

Only then did Joanne Rowling understand the reason why Sid let the others out, such an almost "stupid" act of concession would definitely be stopped by his subordinates, and even affect the team and people's hearts.

So this matter can only be kept secret, and it must be kept secret.

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Abel Samiton walked into the conference room first, and when he looked around, he quickly noticed that Disney's CEO and Universal's production executive were standing at opposite ends of the room, distinct from each other.

But Abel Samiton didn't care about them, and with Warner Bros.'s absolute strength and careful planning, the others would not have any chance at all for the copyright of "Harry Potter", although the plan of secret negotiations at the beginning was bankrupt. But even an open bid can't change Time Warner's advantage.

As for the RB game company in that corner, it has not been in his eyes from beginning to end.

In today's Hollywood, there is hardly a film company that has a one-stop integration ability in film production, publicity and distribution, and peripheral development across the entire industry chain like Warner.

What's more, now Disney is in civil strife, and Universal's parent company, Canada's Seagram Group, is also losing money, and these two so-called rivals simply do not have the strength to compete head-on with Warner Bros.

After a while, J.K. Rowling's agent, Ritter, walked in.

"Thank you, gentlemen. Once everyone was seated, Ritter said.

"What about Ms. Rowling?" asked Abel Samiton unceremoniously.

Ritter frowned, he had always disliked these American vampires, especially the director of this Warner Bros.

"Ms. Rowling has something to do on the spot, but she did hand over the results of the Harry Potter film and television rights bidding to me to announce. Ritter said.

"Then please announce it now. Abel Samiton said arrogantly.

Ritter took out an envelope from his suit, then opened it and looked at it, and said: "The overall rights to the film and television peripherals of the Harry Potter series of novels, Ms. Rowling decided to sell it to ......"

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"In my opinion, book lovers, especially school students, are the starting point of Harry Potter. So in the UK and the US, the first thing we have to do is not elsewhere but in schools. Sid said.

"School?" asked Joanne Rowling thoughtfully.

"Yes, what if most primary and secondary schools in the United Kingdom and the United States had Harry Potter novels on their compulsory reading list?" Sid said in a casual manner.

"Isn't that a natural place to cultivate a loyal book lover?" said Joanne Rowling.

"No, not just book lovers, but fans of the Harry Potter series! We can also provide free Harry Potter books in the school library for students to borrow for free, as many as possible, so that each class can have five people borrow at the same time. Sid's words made Joanne Rowling's heart suddenly brighten,

"What about outside the UK and the US?" asked Joanne Rowling.

"It's simple, popular library!" said Sid, holding up his fingers, "and we're taking the form of reading in partnership with libraries, and it's being promoted in other countries around the world, for example, through municipal libraries and private libraries in cities across Europe." ”

"Book lovers are the spark, and we not only want to promote Harry Potter to the world, but also use book clubs to maintain and grow them. So that the Harry Potter series can spread. Sid said.

"To put it simply, it's about grabbing these fans, poking at their excitement, and spreading word of mouth through their mouths, so as to build momentum for the next film!" Joanne Rowling suddenly realized.

"Yes, and based on that, we can also create a snowball effect between the film and the novel. Book fans lead to an increase in movie fans, and movie fans in turn become book fans. In this way, the further the series is filmed, the more potential fans there are. Sid explained in detail, "Moreover, with this kind of marketing, we can minimize the cost of publicity, and it is also conducive to our initial development." ”

In fact, the model that Sid is proposing now, using book fans to drive movie fans, is the marketing and promotion method of "Twilight" and "The Hunger Games" later. This is indeed the most in line with the small-scale development of Fire Lion Pictures, after all, Fire Lion does not have as strong and all-round media promotion channels as the six major groups.

Joanne was about to say something when her phone rang.

"I'm sorry. Joanne Rowling smiled and apologized, then got up to answer the phone. Sid faintly heard a noisy voice from the other side of the phone, mixed with excited voices, quite loud voices, even Sid could faintly hear them here.

After answering the phone, Joanne Rowling smiled and walked back and sat down.

"Hehe, it looks like it's very lively over there. Sid asked with a smile.

"Those film companies are arguing, it's really embarrassing Ritter. Joanne Rowling said with a wry smile.

"Well, now that they know about us, it looks like there won't be much peace after we go back to Los Angeles. Sid grinned slightly.

"Won't it cause you trouble, will it?" asked Joanne Rowling.

"No, we're running a film company, not an Italian gangster. There will be more or less restrictions and off-the-table attacks, but Hollywood is not the only big conglomerate, and we can start to solve the problem of overseas distribution of "Harry Potter". Sid smiled slightly.

"Oh, you mean the ...... last time," Joanne Rowling nodded.

But just then, Sid's phone rang as well, "Oh, sorry, it looks like it's my side this time." Sid picked it up and saw that it was Sean's phone.

Then he got up and walked to the corner of the balcony to the side and answered the phone, "Hey, Sean?"

"Boss, great, I've finally got in touch with you. Sean's voice came from the other side of the phone, it turned out that since Sean, Ali and others announced Sid's identity at the press conference, Sid has been busy filming the "Harry Potter" sample film since he came to the UK, and has been in a state of invisibility that cannot be contacted.

"Well, what about after the press conference?" asked Sid.

"What else, the media are going crazy! they're digging all over the ground to find you!" Sean's voice couldn't help but be excited.

"It's not the media, I mean the movies and novels. Sid was completely uninterested in the media's reaction, instead asking directly about what really mattered.

"As you expected, Boss, as soon as your identity was revealed, everyone rushed into the cinema to watch your movie like crazy. Last week, "Ghost Record" bucked the trend at the box office, rising to $26 million from $10 million the week before. Sean said excitedly.

"Oh, that's good. Sid nodded and said calmly.

"It's not bad, last week's "Heaven and Earth Collision" was expected to have a box office of 20 million, but we were directly squeezed to 10 million. Sean said.

"Hehe, it looks like Paramount and CAA are going to hate us to death. Although he said that he was the most powerful first-order group in Hollywood, Sid's tone was calm and pleasant, as if he was just discussing the neighbor's dog fight.

"Haha, wouldn't it?" said this, and immediately began to suffer.

"Don't be led by the nose so easily, Sean. What about the novel?" Sid said with a smile.

Ali said sales of The Da Vinci Code have risen accordingly, and Random House has released 24 Hours, Lost and Desperate Housewives last week. I heard that the sales are also quite impressive, and all three novels have already squeezed into the top 10 of the New York Times bestseller list. Sean said.

"Well, it's not bad. Sid nodded, "Anything else?"

Sean was already numb to his boss's precocious precociousness, and was about to end the call when he suddenly remembered an unexpected incident.

Sean took a deep breath and lowered his voice, "By the way, Boss, there was something I almost forgot to tell you. Last night, there was a 16-year-old girl in Los Angeles who was paralyzed by fright while watching "Ghost Record"!"

"What!?" Sid froze, he frowned, "How about that girl? Why did you talk about it last......?" Wait, if there are any serious consequences, you won't have it so easy. Sid was immediately keenly aware.

Sean scratched his hair, "There's really nothing wrong with that girl, so I forgot about it." ”

"Damn, say this kind of thing early next time, otherwise you will be scared out of the heart attack. Sid said speechlessly, this Sean is usually very shrewd, how can he be stupid and cute at a critical time.

"By the way, what do you want to do with this?" Sid suddenly thought of the highlight of the event.

"Deal with it?" Sean didn't expect it at first, but when Sid mentioned it, he immediately reacted, "Yes, yes, this is a good publicity opportunity......! We can apologize to the girl and ask them to go to Disneyland. Then the news is publicized through the press and the media. ”

"Well, it's not bad. Sid saw that after his own training, Sean was able to handle these propaganda matters independently, and couldn't help but nodded, and then when he was about to hang up the phone, his heart moved, and he asked temporarily: "By the way, that girl, do you know her name?"

"Name?" Sean was stunned for a moment.

"After all, she was in the hospital because of my film, and I wanted to visit her if I could. Sid said.

"Wait a minute, I'll look for ......" Sean's voice rummaged through the phone, and after a while, his voice came again: "Oh, I found it, the girl's name is Britney, Britney Spears." ”