Chapter 318: Warcraft

Taylor Swift was able to have these huge sums of money at a young age, which were already astronomical for ordinary people, but it was not enough in front of the real rich.

She knew very well that her entire net worth was not even enough to buy the yacht. If there was still a trace of resistance to Zhang Fan before, Taylor Swift at this time had already begun to think about how he could really win Zhang Fan after getting on the yacht? Even if you can't get married, getting a girlfriend is a very good result.

It is as natural that women like money as men like beautiful women. There is no one in the world in this day and age who doesn't like money, except for certain areas of the environment, because money can do almost anything.

Zhang Fan and the beautiful women around him are unrestrained and chic in the vast Pacific Ocean, and the wine and beauty live a beautiful life. waited until the Avengers were about to be officially released, and Zhang Fan couldn't get enough of letting his yacht return to Los Angeles.

At this time, the North American film market has entered the Christmas schedule, and as the release date of the powerful Avengers is approaching, all other film companies, including several major companies, have chosen to die at this time, and there is no plan for the release of the film at all.

Many previous superhero movies have accumulated huge word-of-mouth and expectations, and a huge film market of a new genre has been built. When the protagonists of multiple popular movies are brought together in one movie. Even outsiders can clearly know that this movie will inevitably come with a sweeping attitude.

In this environment, various film companies know that they don't have a movie that can compete with Zhang Fan's Avengers. Since you can't fight it, you can only choose to give up. Except for some small and medium-sized film companies that have no choice to release some new films, none of the major film companies has released new movies to fight the Avengers.

After Zhang Fan bought AMC Cinemas, Hollywood's most effective weapon against Zhang Fan has become ineffective. But several giant companies have not chosen to give up. They are still trying their best to make trouble for Zhang Fan. And one of the means is to provoke the main actors in those movies.

It doesn't matter what the director is, because this kind of commercial film can be made well by any director. What really matters is the actors, because the previous movies have made the roles played by these actors deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and if there is a problem and replace, it will inevitably seriously affect the audience's viewing complex.

Robert Downey Jr. to Scarlett Johansson, from Captain America to Hulk. All the superhero actors were instigated to express to Zhang Fan that they wanted a salary increase.

These actors have signed contracts before, and their salaries will be increased according to the proportion and number of films filmed. But people are always greedy, and no one doesn't like more money. And they also know that their role is very important, and it has reached the point where they can't give up for the series. That's the most important reason why they're asking for a raise.

Zhang Fan agreed to their request because he knew he had no choice. You can't really go to court with these people, right? In that case, the entire series would have to come to a halt, and the loss of money would be more than giving the actors a raise.

Of course, it's not an unreserved raise. Zhang Fan gave them a salary increase and re-signed the contract. After the contract was signed, Zhang Fan made it clear that I met your requirements, but if he continued to threaten this matter in the future, then he would not accept their requests even if he started over with the entire series!

People who can stand out in Hollywood, whether they are actors or staff, are not stupid. They also knew that Zhang Fan was a person who could do what he said, and they quickly agreed to Zhang Fan's words after their requirements were met. Said that he would not mention these things again.

For these assurances, Zhang Fan does not believe it. But as long as it can have an effect, it's fine.

For this much-talked-about movie, Zhang Fan set up a huge theater chain with AMC Cinemas as the core. The network of three major film companies and some small and medium-sized cinema chains covers almost all cities in North America, especially in the heart of the city.

More than 90 percent of the North American box office is provided by theaters in these cities. Scattered throughout the small towns and villages, the cinema box office is far from comparable to that of these cinema chains. With more than 8,000 movie screens, the Avengers were able to reach a major audience throughout North America on the first day of release.

In fact, the result was the same, and the Avengers took more than $130 million at the box office on the first day of its release, directly breaking all the box office records that could be broken. And after the statistics of the first week of release came out, the movie won more than $370 million at the box office in the first week of release!

The terrifying box office made the entire industry tremble, and in the North American film market, neither Titanic nor Jurassic Park had ever had such terrifying results. All the movies released in the same period have their total box office totals that are not enough for a fraction of the Avengers!

Zhang Fan didn't seem to know that Sony Columbia had participated in the operation against him before, and still handed over the overseas distribution rights of the Avengers to Sony. Looking at the elated Sony, Zhang Fan squinted in front of him but sneered in his heart, this is the last time. After he won Disney and had his own overseas distribution network, the first thing to suppress was Sony Columbia! It's not so easy to stand on your own!

The Avengers began to be released worldwide, and the hot box office created one miracle after another. At this time, Zhang Fan had already shifted his attention to EA. The Warcraft contract with EA has expired.

"EA is furious." Li Ruhui, who was in charge of related matters, dragged her tired body to Zhang Fan's office. She has been busy negotiating with EA all this time. But EA was furious, saying that Zhang Fan was crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, saying that he was not willing to give up Warcraft.

After two years of promotion and painstaking management by EA, this world-famous online game has now become the most popular online game in the world. The reluctance to give up is also a matter of course.

"What do they want?" Zhang Fan sat beside Li Ruhui with a water cup, and fed her water with a smile and drank it with his own hands.

Li Ruhui gave Zhang Fan a roll of the eyes, but did not push the water glass. After a brief ambiguity, Li Ruhui continued to respond, "EA said that they can give us more dividends, but the operation must still be carried out by them. They also said they could pay for all the copyrights if they wanted. ”

"How much are they going to pay dividends?" Zhang Fan hugged Li Ruhui's waist and held her in his arms: "How much can I pay if I buy the copyright completely?" ”

"They are willing to raise the dividend to 30 percent, and they don't need us to do anything, as long as they give the copyright use, they can get 30 percent of the dividend." Li Ruhui, who has been busy and a little haggard recently, leaned on Zhang Fan's warm arms and closed her eyes, "As for the copyright, they are willing to buy all the game rights of Warcraft for $1.2 billion." ”

"Do you know how much the game Warcraft is making this year?" Zhang Fan laughed: "Do you know what the expected income will be next year?" ”

"The actual earnings this year are more than $600 million." Li Ruhui responded softly, "The expected earnings next year are more than $800 million." ”

"With so much income, I can only get 30 percent?" Zhang Fan leaned back on the sofa, "Twelve billion dollars want to buy out?" When I have never seen money? ”

"This game will be popular for many years." Zhang Fan explained with a serious expression, "And the annual income will be very huge." I expect to be able to make more than $10 billion in revenue. With such a huge amount of money, how could I possibly let EA share the big one. ”

"But if you do that, it's going to bring a lot of reputation to the entire gaming world." Li Ruhui whispered: "After all, EA spent resources and channels to make this game. Now if you kick them away, it may be difficult for other game companies to cooperate with us in the future. ”

"First of all, we have a contract with EA before." Zhang Fan explained with a smile: "It's just because I didn't foresee that Warcraft would be so popular." After all, it is tens of billions of income, and no one will be willing to give up. However, this game is ours. Because we own the copyright. ”

"As for the other game companies you mentioned cooperating with or something." Zhang Fan chuckled and shook his head: "Any company is for profit. I was angry enough with Sony Columbia, but I still gave them the rights to distribute the film overseas. The reason for this is because I need to rely on them to make money before I don't have an overseas distribution network. Those game companies do think so, but if you can make money working with me, those ideas will be forgotten in an instant. ”

"Tell EA." Zhang Fan took a light breath: "There is no need to discuss the matter of recovering the copyright and the right to operate the game. It's a matter of contract. In the past two years, although they have invested a lot, they have also earned a lot. Don't take an inch. If they know the times, the game adaptation of Resident Evil can also be left to them. If you don't want to, then shoot it off. ”

EA has put a lot of thought and resources into promoting Warcraft around the world. But in the past two years, they have taken the lion's share of the operating income, and they have also made a lot of money. And the reason why they are reluctant to give up the right to operate is because they know that this game will make more money in the future, and they are just unwilling.

It is expected that in the future, it will be able to earn tens of billions of dollars, and no one will be reconciled.

EA is unwilling to give up, and Zhang Fan is also unwilling to give up. At this time, it is natural that Zhang Fan, who has copyright and contract, has the upper hand. [.]