The next day, Rachel went with Erica to set up a venture capital firm.

Su Zhen went to the publishing house, and Aikman had already contacted several film companies to meet today.

At about half past eight in the morning, when Su Zhen arrived at the publishing house in the special car provided by the hotel, Aikman was already waiting at the gate.

"BOSS, the representative of Fox has arrived, now the reception room," Aikman told Su Zhen.

Oh? It seems that Fox is very anxious, Su Zhen secretly thought, the better the time, but nine o'clock, actually arrived so early.

Marco is very excited today, this time to be able to get the author of "Twilight" and "Night" to talk about the film adaptation rights, it is a very rare opportunity for him, if the negotiation is completed, then it is not a problem to get a salary increase or something. So I came to Sequoia Tree Publishing House early, thinking of a quick solution.

When Aikman accompanied Su Zhen into the reception room, Marco was very surprised when he saw him come in with a teenager, but when he heard that the boy in front of him was the author of Twilight, his face was wonderful.

Su Zhen knew that after this negotiation, the secret that the author was a teenager under ten years old would definitely not be able to be kept, but Su Zhen didn't care, it was a matter of time, it was better to advertise his book and the movie adaptation earlier, and create some gimmicks.

After Marco confirmed Su Zhen's identity to Aikman again, the negotiations began, although Marco knew that his suspicions were undoubtedly very rude, but fortunately, Su Zhen and Aikman did not show dissatisfaction, which made him relieved, and he had better expectations for the outcome of this negotiation in his heart. So he proposed Fox's conditions to Su Zhen.

"Mr. Su, we at Fox are willing to buy your novel for 5 million, I don't know what you think." This is the advantage of Su Zhen using his surname SU as his pen name, avoiding the habit of American surnames and the embarrassment of being called Mr. Zhen.

Su Zhen didn't respond immediately, just stirred the coffee in front of him with a spoon, and for a while the entire reception room fell into silence, only the sound of the coffee spoon hitting the cup echoed in his ears, which made Marco very uneasy. Aikman sat on the sidelines, sipping his coffee as if none of this had anything to do with him.

Finally, Marco couldn't bear it anymore, "Mr. Sue, our Twentieth Century Fox is very sincere and ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a sneer, and the laughter was naturally Su Zhen, "Sincerity?" I don't see any sincerity, five million? Is it five million per volume? Or all? If it's five million copies, I might consider it. ”

"Naturally, it's five million to buy the movie rights to your two novels, Twilight and Tales of the Night," Marco said seriously, "and as a rookie writer, the price is already very good."

Su Zhen smiled, "The Twilight four-part sales in North America are 60 million copies, even if it is just converted into movie tickets with this data, as long as the copyright fee is 5 million, any film company will probably make a profit."

"Mr. Su, I came with sincerity, please don't be unreasonable, your algorithm is very inaccurate, not to mention whether all the people who buy books will enter the cinema, even if this number of movies is reached, the film company will not be very profitable except for the shooting cost and profit sharing and later publicity" Marco hurriedly explained, if it is really operated according to Su Zhen's statement, then the copyright fee is estimated to be a sky-high price, which is absolutely unacceptable to Fox Company.

In fact, Su Zhen also knows that it is very unreliable to predict the number of movies watched by the sales volume of novels, but for the Twilight series of movies, it is not too much. The sales of four books in North America are 60 million, each volume is more than 10 million, which means that about 10 million people have bought a full set of books, and the ticket price of American movies is generally 10 US dollars, according to this algorithm, the box office can reach more than 100 million US dollars, and the box office of the first movie in the previous life of the twilight zone happened to be more than 100 million, and the box office of the next few films was only a lot more.

"Our 20th Century Fox is the best film company in the United States, and the movies we produce are popular in the world, I wonder if you have seen the Titanic released last year, which was produced by our company. Our company has the best publicity channels, and if you hand over the rights to adapt your novel and film to us, your novel can also get the best publicity and expand its popularity...... "Marco is still talking about the advantages of Fox, trying to dispel Su Zhen's "5 million per volume" statement. But Su Zhen has lost the desire to listen, this Marco is simply deceiving himself as a child, although Su Zhen is indeed a "child".

"Okay, Mr. Marko, I don't think we need to continue talking" Su Zhen interrupted Marko's high-minded talk, "In fact, even if it is five million copies, I will not sell them, which is far from my heart's expectations, five million all?" Delusion! Also, I know very clearly that the Titanic was produced and released by Fox and Paramount, not your Fox's patent, please go through the brain next time you brag about it."

Marco was stunned, he didn't expect Su Zhen to have such a big appetite, and the copyright fee of five million copies was not satisfied, so how much did he want? Million? Million? Or ten million? So what else does the film company make to make money? What made him even more embarrassed was that he bragged in front of a child and was punctured, "Mr. Su, you are simply whimsical, no film company will offer such a high price for a novel"

"The copyright is in my hands, I can pay whatever price I want, and I don't want to buy it." Su Zhen impatiently issued an eviction order, "Aikman, send off the guests." ”

"You'll regret it" Marco slammed the door in frustration, he thought Su Zhen was unreasonable, but the copyright couldn't be discussed, and he needed to sort out how to get back to his boss.

When Marco walked to the park, the person who swept into the other car and got out of it was stunned. That's Paramount's chairman, Shirley, Lansing? What is she here for? Do you also want to buy film and television copyrights? But I guess she will also return disappointed, after all, the conditions for that kid's expulsion are too outrageous, Marco and Lansing thought when they staggered.

Shirley. Lansing didn't know what Marco was thinking, as the top boss of a veteran film company, she naturally wouldn't know a little person like Marco. This time, her goal is to bring Twilight back to Paramount.

She was also very surprised when she saw Su Zhen, but it was only for a moment, and she calmed down, she was over fifty years old, and she had managed several large film companies, she would not make a fuss like a stunned young man like Marco, nor would she underestimate anyone, even if the other party was just a child, let alone a child who wrote a novel with tens of millions of sales.

"Mr. Su, our Paramount is willing to buy the film rights of the Twilight Zone for three million dollars per copy" Lan Xin tentatively quoted the price, obviously Paramount is much more sincere than Fox, and the total price of 12 million is indeed good, but Su Zhen still shook his head.

"So what kind of price does Su Zhensheng hope to transfer the copyright?" Lan Xin put the choice in Su Zhen's hands.

Su Zhen secretly praised the calm lady in front of him in his heart, and slowly spit out the two words that made Lan Xin speechless, "not for sale".

Lan Xin frowned, "Su Zhensheng, what do you mean by this?" The tone is very unfriendly, and he made an appointment to negotiate with others, but he said that he would not sell it, isn't this funny, but his good cultivation did not make Lan Xin make any radical moves, and his heart did have an extremely bad impression of the young man in front of him.

Smiling slightly, Su Zhen was not annoyed, and explained, "I mean that I don't plan to sell the copyright directly, but I plan to cooperate with you." ”

Cooperate? As soon as Lan Xin heard this, he knew what Su Zhen's idea was, "Is Mr. Su planning to use copyright as a shareholder to enjoy the box office share?" But Lan Xin obviously underestimated Su Zhen's appetite.

"So to speak" Su Zhen raised his eyebrows, smart, worthy of being at the helm of a Hollywood card film company.

"It seems that Mr. Su is very confident in his works, so how much does Su Zhensheng want to get" Lan Xin sighed in his heart, this young man is not easy to deal with.

"I don't know how much your company plans to invest, how to shoot Twilight?" Su Zhen didn't answer Lansing's question, but asked about Paramount's plan.

"We plan to make the four Twilight novels into four series of films, one per year, and the preliminary estimate is that the shooting investment of each film is about 30 million." Although the plan is a secret of the company, it must be told to Su Zhen, the author, so Lan Xin is very happy to tell it all.

"I hope to invest together with your company, the investment in each film will be expanded to 50 million, and I will adapt it myself, and the adaptation fee and copyright fee will be discounted by 5 million into the investment, and I will invest another 20 million, and I will share it with your company fifty-fifty of the final income" Su Zhen's opinion was completely unexpected by Lan Xin, and he couldn't help but fall into silence.

Su Zhen didn't bother the other party, and Zhilu Dao was weighing the gains and losses in his heart. Originally, Su Zhen didn't plan to cooperate with these big-name film companies at the beginning, and it was unknown if he cooperated with those small companies, and he even won a higher share, so he didn't care when Marco slammed the door and left.

But Su Zhen was very surprised when he learned that the chairman of Paramount actually came to negotiate in person, and after meeting with Lansing, he did feel the sincerity of the other party, and after weighing it in his heart, he mentioned his interest in cooperating with Paramount, after all, large companies obviously have more advantages in terms of production and publicity, so it is okay to order more cakes.

After a long time, Lan Xin agreed to Su Zhen's request, after all, this is not a bad thing for Paramount, although it may make less money, but it also reduces the risk, after all, there are many examples of best-selling novels being adapted into movies and hitting the streets. However, Lan Xin finally asked that the script be adapted by Su Zhen, but the final draft must be approved by Paramount, and Su Zhen cannot interfere in filming things without authorization, Su Zhen naturally readily agreed, although he also likes to watch movies, it does not mean that he is interested in making movies.

In fact, Su Zhen only cares about how much money he can make in these four movies and who will play the heroine, because at this time, the original version played Kristen Stewart is just a little girl, so naturally she can't play the heroine.

After finalizing the Twilight collaboration, Su Zhen asked, "Paramount doesn't seem to be interested in Tales of the Night?" ”

"Yes, while I thought Tales of the Night was a great adaptation, the directors thought that Tales of the Night was a bit strange and rejected the filming proposal," Lansing explained.

"That's a pity," he said, but there was no expression of regret on his face.

After sending away Shirley Lansing, Su Zhen asked Aikman to inform the film companies that the copyright of Twilight had been finalized, and if you were interested in the Tales of the Night, you could talk about it at the time as originally agreed.

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