Chapter 817: An Unexpected Invitation
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Even if Jack is a fan of Ye Leiyang, because the more fans he is, the clearer he knows what kind of work "Twilight" is, and what kind of benefits this work will bring to Warner Bros. once it is made into a movie.
According to Warner Bros. estimates, "Twilight" would not have invested more than $40 million if it were made into a movie, and its potential fan base, that is, female consumers between the ages of 20 and 30, would bring more than $80 million in returns to the film.
Not to mention the profits from movie peripherals.
The most important thing is that "Twilight" is a series of movies, which means that as long as the first part is not too bad, Warner Bros. can sit on a cornucopia and continue to tap the potential of "Twilight".
That's why Warner Bros. promised Ye Leiyang to invest in that inexplicable movie.
"Dear Ye, I think you should understand that although the books of "Twilight" have sold well in Europe and the United States, none of us can guarantee that after being filmed into a movie, it will definitely sell well at the box office."
Jack looked at Ye Leiyang and said with a smile.
Ye Leiyang shrugged: "Mr. Jack, first of all, you made a mistake, it's not that I asked your company to sign a contract with me. "Twilight" is just one of my works, and I have other works that I myself can make into movies. The cooperation between Warner Bros. and our Xinyang Entertainment, I thought that Ms. Yu Wanrou, who was far away in the United States, had already negotiated with you, but I didn't expect your company to think so. β
Warner Bros.'s methods are too naΓ―ve, obviously they have already negotiated with Yu Wanrou about a 7% share of the box office, but now they are actually thinking about pressing down on 2%, and I don't know if it is because of the water in the brain, or if they think that they are as easy to bully as other Chinese people.
It seems that he didn't expect Ye Leiyang's attitude to be so resolute, Jack and his assistant looked at each other, lowered their heads and discussed for a while, and finally said: "In this case, then let's sign according to the original plan, but please pay attention to the supplementary terms of the contract, once "Twilight" can't recover its costs, you won't be able to enjoy seven percent of the box office." β
Ye Leiyang smiled and didn't speak, but he despised Americans for a while in his heart.
I don't shed tears when I don't see the coffin, and I always like to play useless scheming.
The next thing is that there is no need for Ye Leiyang to do anything, Anna naturally took over the rest of the work, and Ye Leiyang only needs to sign at the end.
The negotiations soon came to an end, Ye Leiyang signed his name on the contract, politely declined Jack's request to invite him to dinner, and Ye Leiyang left the company alone.
He never had doubts about his confidence in "Twilight". After all, although it is not as violent as the box office of the movie he is about to shoot, several movies in "Twilight" have a box office of more than 100 million.
That's dollars, not yuan.
With an investment of less than 50 million and a box office of more than 100 million US dollars, or even nearly 200 million, such a movie is not a big profit, what movie is?
However, he also understands that the reason why Warner Bros. is so cautious is largely because the box office of the movies they have produced in recent years has basically ended dismally, and they have even lost hundreds of millions of dollars, otherwise they would not have accepted such harsh conditions.
At this time, Ye Leiyang's phone rang, and after glancing at the number, his brows furrowed, but he didn't press the connect button immediately, because he didn't understand how this person could call him.
Ye Leiyang didn't answer, but the phone kept ringing. After hesitating for a long time, Ye Leiyang finally picked it up.
"Hey, hello." Ye Leiyang said lukewarmly.
A hearty laugh came from the microphone: "Teacher Ye, long time no see." β
It was a woman who spoke, obviously not young.
Ye Leiyang smiled faintly: "Sister Hua, don't be so polite between you and me, we met a few days ago, at Huayi's cocktail party, didn't we?" β
The person who called, naturally, was Wang Jinghua, who was known as the No. 1 broker in China.
To be honest, for this woman, Ye Leiyang can't talk about any likes or hates. People don't have any holidays with themselves, even if they hollow out most of the Huayi brothers, it is a grudge with the Wang brothers, and they have nothing to do with Ye Leiyang. Even, Wang Jinghua has always been polite to Ye Leiyang.
But I don't know why, maybe for the purpose of vigilance, Ye Leiyang always feels that this woman is not simple.
The reason for this should be that Ye Leiyang knows very well that she and the current owner Orange Field will not be able to cooperate for a few years, and it will not be long before they will part ways and start their own business.
This is a woman who will not be satisfied with being subordinate.
Ye Leiyang gave Wang Jinghua such a definition in his heart.
It is precisely because of this image that Ye Leiyang rarely interacts with Wang Jinghua, and even if he does, it is only on the surface.
But he didn't expect that Wang Jinghua would call him at this time, did she hear any rumors?
Thinking of this, Ye Leiyang smiled and said to Wang Jinghua: "Sister Hua, you are looking for me, is there something wrong?" β
Anyway, he is the number one person in the entertainment industry, has a wide range of contacts in the circle, and is a good friend with Chen Zhiming, since Wang Jinghua did not choose to contact Ye Leiyang through Chen Zhiming, it shows that she disdains to use her friends, which still makes Ye Leiyang agree.
Therefore, there is no need for him Ye Leiyang to go around in any circle with Wang Jinghua.
Wang Jinghua smiled: "Teacher Ye is really refreshing, since you asked, then I will say it directly, I want to invite Teacher Ye to dinner in the evening, I will be the east, how about it?" β
Ye Leiyang just wanted to refuse, but hesitated, but nodded: "Okay, I have time at night, where is it?" β
Wang Jinghua was also a little surprised, she just tried to say what she thought, but she didn't expect Ye Leiyang to agree, originally she even thought that Ye Leiyang would reject her.
As soon as he heard Ye Leiyang agree, Wang Jinghua hurriedly reported an address and said, "In this way, I'll send someone to pick you up." β
Ye Leiyang shook his head: "It's okay, I know where the address is, I'll go over by myself when I turn around." β
Putting down the phone, Ye Leiyang showed a thoughtful expression, he knew that Wang Jinghua was looking for him, nine times out of ten it was because of the signing of a contract between Warner Brothers and Xinyang Entertainment, as the so-called nothing did not go to the Three Treasures Palace, Wang Jinghua took the initiative to contact him for no reason, if there was nothing to do, it would be strange.
But Ye Leiyang is not ready to refuse Wang Jinghua's olive branch, although he is working well with the Huayi brothers now, but when can people just hang themselves on a tree.
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