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"Okay, Mr. Justin, you should understand that what we need to think about now is not whether this movie can make $300 million or $400 million at the box office, but the question of the sequel to this movie. If Mr. Justin you feel like you can't call the shots, then you can report upwards and we can wait slowly, as long as the movie can be released before Christmas, there will be no problem. "Li Mingbao didn't understand that Justin was actually changing the topic by grasping the problem of the box office, so Li Mingbao didn't save face for Justin at all.

After hearing Li Mingbao's words, although Justin had a little bad look on his face, he was also relieved. Because what Li Mingbao said is indeed the truth, he really can't be the master in this matter. If it were an ordinary movie, Justin would have watched it, but when it comes to movies like "Home Alone", Justin can't play a role as the vice president of the department.

Not to mention that he is the vice president of the bank, even if he is a genuine boss, it is impossible to make a decision on this matter, and he still needs to discuss with other departments and even the directors above. It's not that their rights are not big enough, like Hollywood, it's normal for them to set contracts of tens of millions of dollars, and they don't need to intervene from above, but movies with hundreds of millions of dollars are not so easy to talk about, let alone movies like "Home Alone" that can be speculated to have two or three hundred million dollars at the box office, even in the United States, this is not a small amount of money, and the people above don't nod, even if Justin talks well at this time, it doesn't have much practical significance.

"Mr. Li, I think we at Twentieth Century Fox should have a good discussion about your movie, you don't have to worry, our efficiency has always been very high, and it won't take us a few days to give an answer." Justin spoke.

"Well, then I can wait a week, and if after a week, you Twentieth Century Fox haven't responded, then we might try our luck at another company." Li Mingbao's answer was soft and hard, which not only gave them face for the company, but also showed that Li Mingbao and they had the right to negotiate with any company before this matter was negotiated.

By the time Li Mingbao and Jiang Zhiqiang walked out of the office building of Twentieth Century Fox, Jiang Zhiqiang's mind was still buzzing. Although it was true that he was negotiating with Justin at the beginning, since Li Mingbao spoke, Jiang Zhiqiang felt that what he talked about before was not very useful compared to this movie.

He never thought that Justin would give this movie such a high evaluation, a box office of 300 million US dollars, if this was just from Li Mingbao's mouth, then Jiang Zhiqiang might think that Li Mingbao's confidence was too inflated. But this is coming from the mouth of Justin, an old Hollywood man, so the credibility of this statement is very high.

Justin's ability to sit firmly in his current position proves that his vision is not bad and he is very demanding, but he has such a high opinion of "Home Alone". Originally, Jiang Zhiqiang was shocked enough, but he didn't expect Li Mingbao's confidence to be even higher than Justin's, and he raised the global box office by a full 100 million dollars.

You know, it's dollars, not Hong Kong dollars. Even if it is a Hong Kong dollar, 100 million is quite a staggering number, and judging from the current box office record in Hong Kong, it will take at least two and a half highest-grossing movies to make so much money. And when the 100 million was converted into dollars, Jiang Zhiqiang didn't know how to calculate it.

It wasn't until the two got into the car that Jiang Zhiqiang came back to his senses: "Boss, were you really discussing the box office of the movie "Home Alone" just now?" And not other movies? How do I think this thing is so unreal. It's not like this movie hasn't been released in Hong Kong, and it has also broken box office records. But the box office in Hong Kong is more than $5 million when it comes to the United States, but you say that this movie was released in Hollywood and has a box office of several hundred million dollars, which is amazing. ”

Hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's words, Li Mingbao knew that Jiang Zhiqiang was frightened by the numbers he was talking about with Justin just now, but Li Mingbao was not ready to appease Jiang Zhiqiang's feelings. Because he really wants to show in Hollywood in the future, such a box office movie is not only "Home Alone", and it will not be strange to wait for Jiang Zhiqiang to be surprised a lot in the future.

"How many movie theaters are there in Hong Kong? Even with the addition of Japanese movie theaters, compared to Hollywood, the whole of North America, and the whole of Europe, the Asian market is simply barren land. In such a place, there can be such a box office, and in Hollywood, of course, it is easier to shine.

Don't be surprised by this number, you know, you're doing something for me right now. There will definitely be no less such things in the future, and every time I am surprised, how do you negotiate with others? You really came to the United States when I came to the United States, and I was completely forced by Uncle Six? In my imagination, even without the influence of Uncle Six, I would come to Hollywood, after all, it is easier to make money here. It's just that the reality of the situation made me come here earlier, but after all, I didn't get out of the goal of the reservation.

"Home Alone", a very pure Hollywood film, can cause such a big sensation in Hong Kong and Japan, and it is not surprising that there is such treatment in the United States. I'm thinking now, if you knew what I expected from the beginning. When negotiating, will there be such a table? Li Mingbao said playfully.

"If I knew you had such high expectations for the film, when Justin said 20 percent, I couldn't resist signing the contract. Like Justin said, twenty percent would have a $44 million interest, and I can't help it. With so much money, you can make money in a movie with an investment of less than one million, and it's so easy to make money, I'm afraid of long nights and dreams. Boss Zou said that he mixed well here, but compared to the movie Boss You, I think he has really been in Hollywood all these years. Jiang Zhiqiang smiled bitterly.

This is definitely not a joke on him. You must know that Boss Zou invested $60 million in Hollywood for Chen Long, but giants like Warner couldn't hold back and stretched out their hands. Now Li Mingbao can make so much money with a small-budget movie, compared to Boss Zou's steps of throwing money first and then making money, Li Mingbao is undoubtedly much smarter.

"It's good to get used to it, you see now, Justin must be tempted to talk to the people above, and when the time comes, negotiate again, as long as we don't have more demands, Twentieth Century Fox has a good chance and will agree to our terms.

Although it seems that the 46 split is very unfair to a company like Twentieth Century Fox, even the local Hollywood studios are not easy to get such a percentage in their hands. But that was when the future of the film was not very clear.

And now this movie is different, not only am I optimistic, but they are also optimistic, just by doing a business, they can make hundreds of millions of dollars from it, even if the contract seems to be harsh, but they will never let it go. Face is not as important in the West as in the East, as long as there is money to be made, let them call God it. Although Li Mingbao does not know Jiang Zhiqiang about Hollywood, he definitely understands more about the ideas of these Westerners than Jiang Zhiqiang.

"What about other companies, should we go and talk about it?" Jiang Zhiqiang began to hesitate a little at this time. If he didn't get a satisfactory contract here at Twentieth Century Fox, he naturally wouldn't mind going to other companies to negotiate and then make Twentieth Century Fox feel pressured.

But the current situation is that here in Twentieth Century Fox, it is very likely to get a satisfactory contract, and Jiang Zhiqiang hesitates to negotiate with other companies, he doesn't know if other companies can give a high price like Twentieth Century Fox.

If other companies don't have the same knowledge of 20th Century Fox and give low prices, not only will it not increase the pressure on 20th Century Fox, but it will make them reduce their prices, because other companies are not optimistic, why should you increase the price? We, Twentieth Century Fox, are not Kaizi. If the negotiation reached such a result, Jiang Zhiqiang might vomit blood in frustration.

Regarding Jiang Zhiqiang's question, Li Mingbao said: "The negotiation with other companies will be put aside first. At least don't negotiate with other companies until Twentieth Century Fox has given you any definite information.

Naturally, I did this not because I had to follow the rules with them, but because if we couldn't negotiate with other companies, we would have a lot less chips in our hands, and instead of taking risks, it would be better to put this chip in our hands first and scare them. Although the effect of this is not as obvious as that of real negotiation, it will have some effect, so that all the chips will not be spread out, and the negotiation will not be so easy to negotiate at that time, and the room for activity is not very large. ”

What Jiang Zhiqiang is worried about is naturally what Li Mingbao is worried about, so Li Mingbao has also made up his mind, unless the final negotiation of the Twentieth Century Fox Company does not give a good result, otherwise the matter of negotiating with other companies can only be talked about, and no real action can be taken.

In the next few days, Li Mingbao and Jiang Zhiqiang became relaxed, they had been busy before, and they didn't have time to go sightseeing at all, but now they have time, so they naturally take a walk around and take a look.

Compared with Li Mingbao's leisure, in the Twentieth Century Fox Company, their senior management has been arguing endlessly in the past two days. For the movie "Home Alone", most of the other executives of Twentieth Century Fox are optimistic, and no one would think that such a film will lose money.

The focus of their argument is nothing more than how much money to make. And the amount of money they make determines the final result of their final negotiation with Li Mingbao on the share ratio.

If it can make more money, it is not impossible to raise the proportion a little, but if the total box office of this film is only tens of millions of dollars, such a ratio of four or six is not a good deal for Twentieth Century Fox.