Chapter 39 Studios and Adaptation Rights

The next morning, Li Wei woke up in a suite at the Hilton Hotel. Diaz was holding his head with his right hand and looking at him with a smile on his face. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

"When did you wake up?" Li Wei rubbed his eyes, he felt a little pain in his head, he drank too much last night, and he played too crazy.

"Dear Lee, I heard you're working on a new movie?" Cameron. As Diaz spoke, he handed over a glass of boiling water.

"Thank you!" Li Wei took a sip, put the teacup on the table, turned over and pressed it, and kissed the girl for three minutes before he replied: "I don't have the right to cast, I can only say that I will definitely be able to call the shots in the next play, and I can help you fight for whatever role you want at that time!" ”

Cameron. When Diaz heard this, she didn't show dissatisfaction, she raised her hand and touched Li Wei's face, and said softly: "I'm not embarrassing you, Li!" You know, I was only sixteen years old at the time, and I slept with a fat pig of 200 pounds, he was the boss of the modeling agency, and he promised to praise me, but he lied to me, I wanted to be on the big screen, but he couldn't help at all! ”

Li Wei sympathizes with her very much, this girl will not have a chance to become popular for the time being, it will be two years later, she will only star in her debut in 1993 "Strange Masterpiece in Disguise", and she will have to audition more than a dozen times to succeed, during this period, she must communicate well with the producer, otherwise she will not get this role.

"The movie I'm currently shooting has completed the cast screening, my dear, I'm really not pushing you!" Li Wei felt very unhappy, can everyone's mutual attraction be limited to the charm of their respective bodies, and not involve the movie!

Cameron. Diaz is only eighteen years old and started modeling two years ago, and the modeling world is completely a sewage tank, as muddy as showbiz, she is not a young girl who is new to the house, she is mature enough in every way.

She put her arms around Li Wei's neck and smiled softly and sweetly, "Then Li, when will your next drama start filming, can you fight for the heroine for me!" ”

"Aren't you afraid that my film will lose miserably, and there will be no filmmaker willing to invest in the next film?" Li Wei did not answer positively.

"It can't be!" Cameron. Diaz is more confident than Li Wei, "Although the media is scolding you all day long, do you know what your peers say about you? They say that in the current Hollywood, you are a rare animal, your film has innovated film history, monopolized an action movie genre, no one can replace you, this kind of action movie can only be shot by you, and no director or actor can complete it, and you are more likely to fail than Steve. Spielberg is even lower! ”

"So I'm so good!" Li Wei laughed and began to consider the girl's request, if he is fast, "Hurricane Rescue" will be completed in May, plus post-production and publicity, he will be able to start preparing for the third drama in the summer, so he said: "It will not exceed the summer season, I will prepare a role for you, but my dear, forgive me for not directly inviting you as the heroine, I am responsible for the investment, I will give you the opportunity to audition, and the result depends on your acting skills!" ”

"You want to see acting?" Cameron. Diaz blinked his eyes and said with a coquettish smile: "Can't you look at the appearance and charm!" ”

The girl seems to be born to be sultry, Li Wei couldn't help it, and was about to fight, when the door of the suite was suddenly pushed open, and Tracy's voice came in: "Will, please get up immediately, I have something important to discuss with you!" ”

Cameron. Diaz looked angry, bit his red lip and said, "Who is that Bichi?" ”

"My agent!" Li Wei smiled: "Have you forgotten who rented this suite for us yesterday?" ”

"Wait for me!" Li Wei scratched her nose and walked out of the bedroom in her nightgown.

Tracy glared at him and said coldly, "I thought you wouldn't mess around, Will!" Most of all, you're humiliating Lenny! ”

"Do your job, Tracy!" Li Wei sat beside her and warned her very solemnly: "If you let Leni know about today's events, I will re-sign a brokerage contract with you, and I will reduce your commission!" ”

After he finished speaking, he suddenly lowered his voice and leaned into Tracy's ear and said, "I don't love this chick, but I like her body, and an occasional indulgence before getting married can be forgiven, right?" ”

"Can we get down to business?" Tracy didn't want to continue this topic, she was worried that she would be angry with Li Wei, thinking of the call she received from Li Wei last night, she was furious, and asked her to go to the hotel in the middle of the night to book a room, and hire a professional bodyguard to escort her, isn't this a way to toss people, the key is that she can't refuse yet!

Tracy took out a document, spread it out in front of Li Wei, pointed it and said, "Bauer. Bennydyck's agency has agreed to our terms and will help us set up 'Will as soon as we sign it. Lee Film Studios', when Hurricane Rescue comes offline, they'll pack up your third movie! ”

"They agreed?" Li Wei picked up the document and looked at it, looking very happy.

Tracy has been with Ball these days. The negotiations between the two bosses of Bennedek's agency are now in the final stage, and as long as Li Wei has no objection to the contract, he can sign the contract immediately.

'Packaged service' is the killer feature of Hollywood brokerage giants, and it is also a gold-swallowing machine.

Anyway, as long as there is no shortage of cast and crew involved in the production of the film, 'packaging' means that the agency finds its own script, invites producers, prepares film projects, and then sells them to film companies.

In the project budget, the brokerage company enjoys a certain percentage of the commission.

Li Wei's packaging contract is the same, except that the film company has become himself, he invests in his own films, and let the agency help him find distribution channels, so that he can obtain more benefits, at least he can hold the film copyright firmly in his hands.

The copyrights of "Killer Tragedy" and "Hurricane Rescue" are not in Li Wei's hands, he only enjoys a box office share, and he must have suffered a big loss, you must know that action movies have always been the sweets of the home video market, and the loss of this copyright alone can be greater than the box office share that Li Wei gets, and he will not continue to tolerate it.

So from the third movie, Li Wei decided to become the producer, Will. Lee Film Studio is his home base.

To convince Bauer. Bennedyck's agency, Li Wei is willing to take out part of the income from the film copyright, that is, as long as the agency helps him make movies and find distribution, he can not only get a package commission, but also enjoy copyright profits.

In fact, six years later, it merged into UTA's Bauer. Benedict's agency will set up an independent film department that functions with Will. Lee Film Studio is exactly the same, but the difference lies in the ownership of the copyright.

Li Wei read the contract in detail, felt that there was no big problem, put it aside, and said to Tracy: "You don't want to go to Paris for the time being, in addition to signing a brokerage company, you need to help me do something!" ”

"The matter of pickling girls?" Tracy still has emotions.

"I only pick up girls on vacation!" Li Wei said with a smile: "ABC produced a TV series in 1963, I want you to buy back the film adaptation rights of this TV series, no matter how much it costs, I am willing to pay!" ”

"In 1963? Is it the TV series about Dr. Kimbell on the run? Tracy retains a deep impression that she lived through the era when the show was a hit, and ABC had re-aired it once a few years ago.

"That's your third movie?" Tracy was a little curious.

"If nothing else, it is!" After Li Wei finished speaking, he picked up the newspaper on the table, and there was an eye-catching title on the front page,

"The Tragedy of the Killer" landed overseas, and the box office exceeded 100 million!"

He glanced at it, then dropped the newspaper, stood up and walked to the bedroom, "Get me a ticket to San Francisco at noon, I'm going to see Lenny!" ”

"Fack!" Tracy let out a low scold, she felt very immoral.