No matter what Robert Iger thinks, this "broadcast" of the ABC television network still set off a small period of "Quidditch fever" in North America.

With the fact that "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has just been released, and the second "Chamber of Secrets" has been published, this popularity is not small.

Even many people who were not fans of the "Harry Potter" series of books have been led into a lot.

Although in reality, everyone can't fly into the sky on a broomstick, but there are a lot of people who discuss it.

Even, in Silicon Valley startups, some people use Quidditch to describe the special purpose of personal flying devices.

——Even if it is skillful and nonsense, I have to say that this really adds a lot of color to the PPT of entrepreneurs.

And the most intuitive consequence of this "game" is that when the DVD of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released, sales soared all of a sudden.

In particular, the DVD Deluxe Collector's Edition, which was part of the Quidditch match and combined the film version and the TV animated version, that is, the version that was several times more expensive than the average DVD, was also selling very well.

It can be said that since DVDs gradually overwhelmed videotapes and became the mainstream of the market, it is rare to see the popularity of DVD sales of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

can even catch up with "Titanic", which is a box office miracle.

And most of the revenue generated by these DVDs, except for the low cost and a small amount distributed to retailers, belongs to Ghost Party Studios or Charlotte.

This is much more refreshing than the box office revenue.

You must know that even in North America, only about 1/3 of the box office revenue can go into the pocket of the producer, and most of the rest will be eaten by other parts of the industrial chain such as theaters.

And if it is an overseas market, this proportion will be further reduced -

For example, for movies released in China, Hollywood studios may not even get 1/4 of the box office revenue.

What's more, of the box office revenue in hand, the producer also gave a large part of the profit to the director, starring and other investors.

- It can be said that the revenue of Hollywood movies at the box office, if they are not relatively popular films, generally does not bring too much profit to the producer.

After all, there are too many people who want to share this cake.

As a peripheral DVD income, most of it will be affiliated with the producer.

This is the reason why Hollywood production companies are paying more and more attention to DVD peripheral income.

Warner Pictures is also on the list.

It was when they saw the phenomenal DVD sales of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone that they made up their minds to buy the relevant resources and rights from Charlotte.

- Isn't it just throwing more money!

Warner Pictures, which is backed by Time Warner Group and has the ability to make money, is the last thing it is afraid of.

Of course, although they have made up their minds to spend money, Warner's people are not simple Kaizi, and they naturally don't mind if they can find a way to save some money.

In particular, David Heyman, who followed the entire preparation and production process of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" as a representative of Warner, is well aware of Charlotte's important role in the production of this film.

He thinks that it may be possible to take the relevant resources and copyrights from Charlotte purely by throwing money at them, but without the support and guidance of a talented director like Charlotte, it is really unknown whether the follow-up film income of the "Harry Potter" series can still reach the current height.

Therefore, David hopes to get the adaptation copyright and the leading rights of the series from Charlotte by throwing money, but still retains a certain share or share ratio for Charlotte.

This will save money on the one hand, and on the other hand, you will continue to get Charlotte's help in the future.

Although this means that the follow-up revenue of the "Harry Potter" series, Warner still has to give a part to Charlotte, but considering the role that the other party can play, David feels that the price is worth it.

He had even persuaded Warner's management to agree with him, and on this premise, he had started preliminary negotiations with Spectre Studios.

And when Charlotte returned to London from Morocco, the negotiations between the two sides were stuck on two points of contention -

One, naturally, is a matter of specific sharing ratios;

Every penny in this means a large amount of dollars, and the two sides must compete with each other;

the other, David Heyman, who is in charge of negotiations on the Warner side, wants Charlotte to continue directing the series;

In his opinion, if Charlotte can really be the director of the "Harry Potter" series of films, then the future of the series is simply too stable.

To this end, he even proposed that even if Warner completed the acquisition of the copyright and related resources, Charlotte could still be the first producer to lead the series.

This sincerity should be said to be very sufficient.

Unfortunately, Charlotte wasn't very interested.

He was willing to direct this "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", in addition to wanting to put pressure on Warner, more for the purpose of the Philosopher's Stone.

Now that both goals have been achieved, he is really too lazy to be the "child king" in this children's fantasy movie.

Even if David made sense of the original author, J· K. Rowling, come together to lobby him, and he is unmoved.

In turn, Charlotte took the opportunity to pull Alexis and talk to Rowling about Quidditch-

Alexis used the Quidditch rules and tactical system that the Premier League coaches deduced from their dreams would be wasteful if they were only used for a Quidditch match.

Charlotte hopes to compile it into a book that will then be published under Rowling's name as a peripheral spin-off of the Harry Potter series.

- Just like Rowling is currently preparing for the opening of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Rowling welcomed this.

In fact, she had always thought it was amazing that Ghost Party Studios was able to produce a decent Quidditch match, and even a complete game rules and tactics.

"You don't know magic, do you?"

The magic mother asked exaggeratedly.

In this regard, both Charlotte and Alexis laughed and said nothing.

It was Charlotte, who then came up with an idea that left Rowling dumbfounded-

"You'd like to commission Electronic Arts (EA) with a game about Quidditch?"

Charlotte nodded,

"Yes. Joanna, don't you think we should make the most of it now that we have a workable system of Quidditch rules and tactics?"

"Coincidentally, EA, which had previously purchased the rights to the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, had developed the FIFA series of football games. ”

"We work together, using the rules and tactics we deduce, as well as the various 3D model resources in our hands, and with the improved program technology based on the FIFA series on the part of EA, we should be able to make a good virtual sports game——"

"I'm even planning to build a virtual Quidditch league based on this game!"