"Stan, you're joking, put "Transformers" on the big screen, it is estimated that there will be no drama in 20 years, after all, live-action robot movies have too high requirements for technology, with current technology!!" Lei Weidong shook his head and said, "It's still easier to be a cartoon!" If we can, we can collaborate on animation! ”

"Of course it's okay to cooperate in animation, but Mr. Harry, I heard that your comic company in Hong Kong still has a lot of excellent comics, I don't know if you are interested in releasing them in the United States!" Stan Lee's tone suddenly shifted to Mi Comics.

Stan Lee also conducted some investigation on Lei Weidong's situation, knowing that Lei Weidong is not only the majority shareholder of Apple, but also the owner of a Hong Kong comic company, and it is said that his company's comics are very popular in East Asia.

"Marvel is willing to release those comics, I can't ask for them, but Stan, those comics are all Asian-centric, and may not be popular in Europe and the United States!" Lei Weidong is not optimistic about the prospects of comics such as "City Hunter" in the United States.

Although Japanese comics dominated the East Asian region in the previous life, opening up the comic market in one country after another, even Europe is no exception, but how Japanese comics are sold in the American market, whether they are good or bad, is not something that Lei Weidong, an otaku, can know.

Lei Weidong just knew that in the nineties of the twentieth century, the American comic market shrank, and Marvel Comics almost fell to the point of bankruptcy, and then the popularity of live-action comic movies in the 21st century, and Marvel came back to life to become the world's most famous comic company, and then spent billions of dollars to buy it than Disney.

"It's okay, when "Transformers" becomes popular, the company's board of directors will consider my opinion!" Stan Lee laughed, "I believe that if Harry can create a classic comic like Transformers, other comics will definitely be no worse." ”

"Then I'll wait for Stan's good news!" Lei Weidong said with a smile.

Although the language is different, but through the translation, Lei Weidong and Stan Lee have a very pleasant chat, Stan Lee is worthy of being a jack of all trades, Lei Weidong got a lot of useful information in the United States from him, although most of this information is common sense in the United States, but it has been of great help to Lei Weidong's understanding of the United States.

The negotiations continued to see-saw, and they were not completed by noon, so Stan Lee invited Lei Weidong and others to lunch.

A few people came to the internal cafeteria of Marvel Company, and when they saw that there were only fried chicken, hamburgers, cola and fruit salad for lunch, Lei Weidong was greatly surprised, and couldn't help but say, "Stan, you invited me to eat this for your so-called treat, I thought you would take us to a high-end restaurant, and then drink some red wine and have a steak dinner, dare to love just invite us to eat hamburgers?" You're good enough!

"Harry, that's what our company eats at noon, even if the guests come!" Stan Lee held the hamburger and nibbled on it, and said: "We Americans are not as particular as you Chinese, and one lunch makes so many fames, as long as we have nutrition to fill our stomachs!" ”

"That's right." Lei Weidong picked up a hamburger and took a bite and said, "It's still you Americans who do things." Don't pay as much attention to eating and drinking as we Chinese, if you come to my territory, if you don't dry up two bottles of liquor for lunch, it means that our hospitality is not enough. ”

"So in terms of eating and drinking, even in another 100 years, we Americans will not be able to catch up with you Chinese!" Stan Lee laughed: "In terms of eating and drinking, it is estimated that only the French can compete with you!" I'll make do at noon, and I'll treat you to a French dinner in the evening! ”

"Thank you then!" Lei Weidong responded with a smile.

After all, the French food culture is also famous all over the world, otherwise there would be no chef in heaven in Europe who is French, and the chef in hell is a German proverb.

After an afternoon of tug-of-war, Purple Smoke and Tom. Harry's negotiations are finally over, because the general direction of cooperation has been finalized by both bigwigs, so Tom. The negotiation teams of Harry and Zihan Tobacco almost reached an impasse because the main difficulties in the negotiations were the number of releases and royalties.

However, in the end, under the coordination of Lei Weidong and Stan Lee, the negotiations were finally resolved through negotiation. Harry took a closer look at the distribution of the "Transformers" comics in Hong Kong and the distribution price. After a series of details such as the number of Hong Kong's population, income, car ownership, etc., it was agreed that the first issue of the "Transformers" comic should not be less than 300,000 copies, and he was responsible for the promotion of the comic in the United States.

Zihan Tobacco also made concessions on the copyright tax, signing a stepped copyright agreement, with 5% of the selling price as the basic royalty, and a 0.5% royalty for every additional 50,000 copies sold, and the final royalty was 20%.

Although this is much higher than the copyright tax of a best-selling manga artist, compared with the contract signed by Lei Weidong with a Japanese manga company, it has been greatly compromised in terms of royalties.

The main reason is that Lei Weidong did not consider how much money he made on the "Transformers" comics, you must know that "Transformers" is not a long-form comic, and the length is far less than that of comics such as "Fist of the Big Dipper", even if it is sold in the United States, the sales volume can exceed millions of copies per issue, or even tens of millions, but because the current American comics are too cheap, less than $1 a copy. Each issue will not exceed 10 million US dollars, and there will not be much in the hands of Lei Weidong in the end. If the sales of the comics are not good, Lei Weidong may not even be able to collect his lawyer's fees.

Therefore, Lei Weidong might as well give up some of his interests to Marvel, as long as Marvel attaches enough importance to "Transformers" and puts some effort into publicity, posters, television, radio, and newspapers have increased their efforts to publicize, so that "Transformers" can be a hit in the United States.

If "Transformers" can be popular in Europe and the United States, then Lei Weidong can be more confident when talking about toy agent sales with toys such as Hasbro, you must know that Lei Weidong values "Transformers" the most, or its income in the toy market, animation market and trademark licensing, after all, compared with these revenues, "Transformers" in comics can only be a drop in the bucket.

Of course, because Lei Weidong gave up enough benefits, Marvel Comics also made concessions on copyright, it can be said that Lei Weidong, the copyright of "Transformers", only authorized the right to adapt the comics to Marvel Comics, and the other copyrights are all in Lei Weidong's hands. 、

After finalizing the release date of "Transformers", Lei Weidong left Marvel Comics with Chen Dazhuang and others. Next, Lei Weidong didn't stay in New York for a long time and rushed elsewhere non-stop, after all, Lei Weidong's purpose in the United States is not only a "Transformers" thing, but also a lot of things to do.