As soon as Zhao Pulin saw Li Zeying, he smiled and greeted him, "Mr. Li, I didn't expect to meet you here?" ”

Li Zeying also smiled and said, "Yes, Zhao Gongzi is here for business?" ”

"No, I'm on a business trip, so I'll take a look at my alma mater." Zhao Pulin said casually, but he didn't expect that he also graduated from business school.

Li Zeying looked at the other party with a smile, feeling that he must have another purpose for coming to the United States.

It's just that it's not very clear at the moment.

The two exchanged a few words, and Li Zeying couldn't help but ask each other tentatively, what did you do in the United States, and did you have any place to help?

Zhao Pulin said bluntly: "Actually, I am here to learn from you, Mr. Li. "Batman 2: The Dark Knight" that will be released this year, I want to get the exclusive agency, can Brother Li help me. ”

Li Zeying was overjoyed when she heard it, and said that you are learning my tricks!

Zhao Pulin is a romantic figure in the domestic entertainment industry, and the Sihai Pictures established by himself is also the leading large company in China.

Now that he is coming to compete for "The Dark Knight", it is a lot of pressure on himself.

Originally, Li Zeying was also going to talk about this film, but Zhao Pulin proposed to cooperate, which may be a new breakthrough.

Li Zeying is not afraid of spending money, but he wants to take this opportunity to learn more about Zhao Pulin's situation, especially the inside story of Sihai Pictures.

So he said, "Cooperation? That's a good idea, but I haven't talked to Warner about it yet. ”

Zhao Pulin said: "I have been in contact with Warner, if it is only the agency of Huaxia, it should be easy to discuss, but I need to use Brother Li's good luck to get the agency of the whole of Asia." ”

Li Zeying heard that you also want to eat alone!

said: "My trick is not new, I am only afraid that Brother Zhao will laugh when I say it." The last time I worked with Marvel, it was a one-time investment of $50 million in exchange for agency. This time, Brother Zhao, how much do you think is better? ”

When Zhao Pulin heard this, he was also a little stunned, he hadn't heard the inside story of the rumor, but he really didn't expect it to be so high.

50 million US dollars, which was equivalent to nearly 300 million Huaxia coins at that time.

Not to mention whether the box office of a movie can reach 300 million at this time in China, just the share of the achievements will be given to the theater chain and the film company, and about half of it will be taken.

It is equivalent to not having a box office of 600 million, and it will not be recovered.

Of course, if you are acting as an agent in Asia, there is still hope for selling copyrights.

Zhao Pulin obviously came to Li Zeying after seeing the hot sale of "Iron Man" before.

He thought about it for a while, and asked, "How much do you think should be invested in Batman this time?" ”

Li Zeying smiled and said, "Originally, if it was only me, it might be 40 million US dollars." Because you may not understand, DC's situation is different from Marvel's, Marvel has recently become popular, and the tendency to launch live-action movies and strong thunder, but DC's popularity in recent years is a bit not good, except for Batman is still popular, Superman's last movie has a bad reputation, and others like Flash and Green Lantern have not yet been successfully pushed to the big screen. ”

"Therefore, DC's may require less capital to join. But ......" Li Zeying changed his words, but he said with a smile, "If it is the cooperation of the two of us, we can't be so low-minded." I think the family should pay $30 million and take $60 million to invest. ”

These words made Zhao Pulin breathe a sigh of relief in the front, but he was dumbfounded in the back, why did he have an extra 20 million in a blink of an eye, wouldn't he be taking himself as the wronged leader?

Li Zeying explained: "I don't know what Zhao Gongzi thinks of "The Dark Knight", this film? I'm very optimistic about its prospects, and I'm not just going to get the rights in Asia, but in every country except North America. In order to make Warners excited, I will add 20 million dollars a year to support their films. ”

"Twenty million!" Zhao Pulin began to feel that this was a bottomless pit, he didn't know that Li Zeying was systematically forced and had to lose.

What's more, what he doesn't know is that this "Dark Knight" will be a big hit in all countries in the world, with a total box office of more than one billion US dollars.

Excluding North America, there is also an income of more than 400 million US dollars, plus Li Zeying will definitely use the system to make the film sell wildly, I am afraid that the income will be more than 400 million.

Zhao Pulin would never have thought that at this time, a big pie would fall in front of him, just waiting for him to pick it up and taste it?

Li Zeying looked at him and hesitated, and said in his heart that it was just right, if I scared you away, I would have no one to compete.

was about to say goodbye to Zhao Pulin and leave, but the other party suddenly nodded and said: "Brother Li's suggestion is very bold and unusual, I am willing to take a risk." Because I believe that those who are lucky must be the most reliable. ”

Li Zeying looks at this very boldly, so let's take you to play.

So the two sides agreed to talk to the boss of Warner Pictures about business in the afternoon, and in order to prove his sincerity before leaving, Zhao Pulin specially showed Li Zeying his account funds.

Although it is only a document, it can be seen that the other party can mobilize tens of millions of funds in his hands.

Li Zeying also generously asked to invite Zhao Pulin to have a meal, and the two sides had a lunch together and went to Warner Company.

The person in charge of receiving the two at that time was very surprised when he heard about their intentions.

You must know that when the first part of "Batman" started the war, it sold very well, and a lot of countries came to talk about agency.

But if you want to talk about the general agent, and also say that you want to join the investment, it is still the first one.

The previous cooperation between Li Zeying and Marvel has long been spread in the industry, and if Li Zeying comes to the door again and brings Zhao Pulin, the owner of another major film company in Huaxia, it will be really shocking.

The department manager invited the two to sit and drink tea, and then went to inform the boss, and after a while, a vice president came first, and eagerly entertained the two, saying that the bosses were busy in the past two days and might not be able to come.

Li Zeying was reluctant when she heard this, so she stood up directly and said: "Forget it, let's talk about a big deal of tens of millions of dollars, there is no one who can have the final say, what else to talk about, Brother Zhao, let's go." ”

Zhao Pulin was originally very calm, but he was a little surprised to see Li Zeying so arrogant.

However, he soon realized that Li Zeying was deliberately creating momentum, and sure enough, the vice president comforted Li Zeying while asking Li Zeying what he thought, and he could convey it.

Li Zeying smiled disdainfully and said: "I'm going to invest tens of millions of dollars in your company to support the "Batman" project, isn't it big enough?" You can't convey this, so I'll go to your boss. ”

"By the way, let's go straight to DC, there are a lot of superheroes waiting for me to invest, do I have to spend it here?"

Li Zeying said in his heart that with his current status, he didn't need to be polite to others at all, what he wanted was to be vigorous and resolute.

As soon as he said that he was leaving, he really couldn't sit still, so he immediately said to ask, but a middle-aged white man came in by pushing the door outside, waved his hand to signal the two men in the room to leave, and then sat opposite the two and said, "Two, are you here to talk about the agency of "Batman"?" ”

Li Zeying nodded, he was already looking at the origin of the person in front of him, and quickly came up with the message: Jeffrey Bickers, the CEO who spun off AOL and Time Warner.

Jeffrey Bickers listened and asked noncommittally, "What do you think we will agree to?" ”

"Because I know that your company is about to merge with New Line Pictures, and I am afraid that I will plan to divest some businesses next." Li Zeying also pointed out the details of the other party quietly, "I also know who you are?" I worked well with your subsidiary, HBO, so you should be a senior member of Time Warner, right? ”

Jeffrey Bickers nodded, but there was not much surprise that Li Zeying could recognize his origin.

He turned to forget about Zhao Pulin beside Li Zeying, and asked, "If I didn't guess wrong, this should be Boss Zhao of Sihai Pictures, are you together?" ”

This question was a bit interesting, and Li Zeying immediately saw that this person was scheming, and he probably wanted to split the two.