Before coming to Paramount, Wei Xiong and the others had already been to Twentieth Century Fox, and they were received by Royce Schmidt, vice president of Twentieth Century Fox, who was a friend of Wu Siyuan. Of course, this 'friend' is just an ordinary friend who has a good personal relationship.

It is also through this relationship that several films that Cheng Long planned to break into Hollywood, such as "Cannonball Speed", were all released by Twentieth Century Fox, although the final box office was not very good, but this is not a problem with Twentieth Century Fox's distribution ability.

This time, "The Love of People and Ghosts" originally wanted to cooperate with Twentieth Century Fox, after all, with Wu Siyuan's relationship, the cooperation should be relatively smooth, but the 37% share given by Twentieth Century Fox obviously did not meet Wei Xiong's psychological expectations.

You must know that in his memory, the North American box office of "Ghost Love" exceeded 200 million US dollars, and the box office outside North America exceeded 300 million, such a huge box office, even 0.1% is a huge amount, Wei Xiong of course has to do his best to fight for it.

So after coming out of Twentieth Century Fox, he asked Michael Eisner in a private capacity, although he didn't know the president of Paramount, he is still very famous in the United States, but Michael Eisner obviously took him as a Kaizi.

"The price they gave was 36 percent, and if Paramount's price couldn't be higher than that, I thought it would be more enjoyable to work with someone you know. ”

Hearing this, Michael Eisner frowned slightly, he couldn't accurately predict how far the box office of "Ghost Love" would reach, but from his perspective from decades of filming, "Ghost Love" is undoubtedly very potential, so it is enough.

There's no reason for him to let a film with good potential fall into the arms of a competitor, especially if he doesn't have a stellar track record to pull it off. But as a qualified senior manager, he must also maximize the company's interests.

As for whether Wei Xiong's so-called offer of 36% of the 20th Century Fox is true, he doesn't care too much, because no matter whether Wei Xiong has been to Fox or not, and what offer Fox has given, he himself recognizes that "Human Ghost Love" is worth this price.

"It seems that Mr. Wei came prepared, okay, please forgive me for my recklessness just now, 37%, this is my sincerity, and it is also the highest price I can give, you should know that we still have to promote the film, and we have to copy it, etc., these are huge expenses. ”

"No, no, no, that's not how the account is calculated, for a film with huge box office potential, the more publicity investment, the higher the box office, the higher the distributor's share will naturally be, which is complementary to each other. So I think 45% is reasonable. ”

"Oh, it can't be, it's too high, even the most well-known director in Hollywood, his work rarely has such a high score. And it makes me doubt your sincerity, if you really want to work with Paramount, you should make a mutually acceptable condition. ”

"Mr. Eisner may think that the 45% request is insincere, but I think my film is definitely worth the price, and since the differences between the two sides are so big, it is better to have a VAM agreement, so that both parties can accept it. Wei Xiong finally said his true purpose.

"VAM agreement?" Michael Eisner raised his eyebrows and said with interest, "I'd love to hear Mr. Wei's opinion." ”

"Hehe, I don't dare to take it seriously, based on the global box office, if it is less than 100 million US dollars, I only need to share 33%, if it is between 100 million and 200 million US dollars, the share will be increased to 39%, if it is more than 200 million US dollars, the share will be 45%, what does Mr. Eisner think?"

Michael Eisner smiled after a slight sigh, and according to his predictions, the global box office of "Ghost Love" should be between 100 million and 200 million US dollars, which is a very good box office. Of course, more than $200 million is also possible.

"It seems that Mr. Wei is really confident in this film, and there is no problem with the VAM agreement, but I think the detailed terms should be changed slightly, if it is between $100 million and $250 million, the share will be increased to 39%, and if it is higher than 250 million, the share will be 45%. ”

He thinks that the box office of $250 million is already the highest estimate of "Ghost Love", and it is also a very safe estimate, you must know that "Back to the Future", which topped the North American box office with $210 million last year, has a total global box office of just over 400 million.

Not to mention, if the box office of "Ghost Love" really exceeds 250 million US dollars in the end, he will admit to giving Wei Xiong a 45% share.

"Deal, I wish us a happy cooperation. This time, Wei Xiong did not bargain again, as long as he had a 45% share, his goal was achieved.

"Of course, I'm also very optimistic about "Ghost Love". The two shook hands happily, no one took advantage of anyone in this gambling agreement, at most it was mutually beneficial, and when the box office came out in the future, Michael Eisner would probably be as happy as Wei Xiong.

After that, the two sides had some discussions about the promotion of the film and some other things. After discussing everything, it was already time to get off work, and Michael Eisner invited Wei Xiong and others to dinner again, which was obviously not just a verbal politeness like the Chinese.

Therefore, Wei Xiong readily agreed, and there will be many more films of Wei's movies released in Hollywood in the future, and it is necessary to have a good relationship with Michael Eisner. However, Michael Eisner seems to be a bit drunk, and he always talks to Cui Muqing at dinner.

In this regard, Wei Xiong was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't say anything, after all, people were just talking, and they behaved quite gentlemanly. After dinner, on the car back to the hotel, Wu Siyuan frowned slightly and said, "Ah Xiong, will the box office of 250 million be too high?"

He didn't know why Wei Xiong didn't insist in the end, you must know that the difference between 45% and 39% is 6 points, and when converted into dollars, it may be millions or more, even if it can't avoid the 50 million raised by Michael Eisner, it would be good to lower it some.

"If it's just the North American market, 250 million is indeed a bit high, but the VAM agreement is calculated based on the global box office. Romance films like "Ghost Love", in addition to North America, also have a very large market in Europe, and the final global box office is at least more than 300 million. ”

Wei Xiong smiled, no one knows better than him the huge box office potential of "Ghost Love", although it is now released more than three years earlier than he remembers, and the heroine has also changed, but the content of the film is not much different, and the box office of 300 million is only his minimum estimate.

Since Wei Xiong said so, Wu Siyuan naturally didn't want to say anything. What's more, even if he only gets a 39% share in the end, it is a huge amount of at least tens of millions of dollars, and I don't know how many high-grossing pure Hong Kong-made films he has to make to make money, which he never thought of before.

"Then cooperate according to the plan discussed this afternoon, and tomorrow I will go to Paramount to implement the specific contract. When are you going back to Hong Kong?"

"The day after tomorrow, you know I'm going to the American Music Awards tomorrow night. What, what's the matter?" Wei Xiong looked at Wu Siyuan suspiciously.

"The celebration banquet of "The Saint of Gambling", this time "The Saint of Gambling" has set another record, and it is unreasonable for you, the big boss, not to participate. ”

"The Saint of Gambling" starring Chow Xingchi was painted a few days ago, and it was released for more than a month, winning 38.35 million at the Hong Kong box office, breaking the previous record set by "A Chinese Ghost Story", and breaking the box office record in Hong Kong during the non-prime period.

It is precisely with this achievement that today's Zhou Xingchi can be said to be so red and purple, which is better than the predecessors of the Xu brothers in the comedy industry. Of course, there is always no shortage of criticism, but the rise of every superstar is accompanied by controversy.

"Don't you say that I almost forgot, I will go back to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow, it should be in time. The two chatted and chatted, the car had stopped outside the hotel unconsciously, and the door of the car near Wei Xiong was facing the hotel gate, and as soon as he got out of the car, he saw several people coming out of the hotel.

Walking in the middle was a young man about thirty years old, followed by four big men in black in front and behind, who seemed to be bodyguards.

At this moment, suddenly a security guard at the door of the hotel took out a pistol from his suit pocket and pointed it at the young man, because it happened so suddenly, everyone at the door of the hotel, including the four tall bodyguards and the young man himself, did not react at all.

But there is one person who is an exception, that is Wei Xiong, because the security guard is less than two meters away from him, he saw it when the security guard just pulled out his gun, saying that it was too late and that it was fast, he didn't have time to flash any thoughts in his mind, and he almost reflexively threw out the sunglasses in his hand.

"Be careful. With a loud shout, the sunglasses smashed accurately on the hand of the security guard's gun, and at the same time, the security guard pulled the trigger.

"Bang. Although the sunglasses were small, Wei Xiong used a lot of strength, although he couldn't stop the security guard from shooting, he successfully made the security guard shoot off and shot on the glass door of the hotel, and a peanut-sized gun hole and dense cracks immediately appeared on the huge glass door.

"Bang, bang......" Then several gunshots rang out, including the supplementary shot after the security guard found that the shot was missed, and the young bodyguard shot back, mixed with a few screams, including Cui Muqing's, she must have seen such a thrilling scene for the first time when she was so big.

The young man's bodyguards were obviously not ordinary bodyguards, they were quite well-trained, and the security guard only had time to fire a second shot before he was shot into a beenet's nest by four guns. It was only then that the other people at the door of the hotel realized what had happened and immediately became a mess.