Chapter 52 Reaching an "Agreement"
Two hours is not a long time, but for Howard and Jeffrey, it is like a year. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The tea in the teacup on the table was already cold, but what was even colder than this was the hearts of the two of them, there was only the sound of the clock ticking in the silent conference room, their mood was very heavy, the anger that Ye Wen had when he left had long since dissipated, all they thought about was the board of directors' entrustment to them, as well as their love for the company, and their dedication, but now it still has to come to an end.
Just when they were about to give up, the door of the conference room finally opened, and the person who walked in was the person they had been looking forward to, although they had already seen Zhang Yang on some videos, but when they met, they couldn't help but be surprised by Zhang Yang's youthful appearance.
At Zhang Yang's age, they had just graduated from college, but this young man was already a senior executive of such a world-famous company.
The two stood up and greeted them, and both sides tacitly agreed not to mention the matter of making them wait so long. What was going on now was a very simple negotiation, and after a short exchange of pleasantries, both sides were seated, including some other staff members from both sides.
The people brought by Howard and Jeffrey were naturally in the same mood as the two of them, but they all knew that there was no place for them to talk on this occasion, and they just had to do their jobs.
As Ye Wen said, Howard also went straight to the point, did not waste time in other places, every minute and every second of time is precious to them now, and they also want to leave the future technology as soon as possible, which is not friendly to them.
"Mr. Zhang, hello, the purpose of our visit this time is to reach cooperation with Future Technology. We want to merge the six major studios and pay $2 billion each to acquire the rights to your holographic technology. Howard was also very frank, and Jeffrey didn't say a word.
Zhang Yang smiled, then pointed to the clock on the wall: "See that clock?" “
"Of course." Howard was also a little strange, why did Zhang Yang suddenly turn to this topic.
Zhang Yang also said a stalk that ordinary people don't understand: "My time is precious. If you're still so insincere, then I don't think there's any need for us to continue talking. Zhang Yang made an intention to go.
Howard was also anxious, he didn't expect Zhang Yang to play his cards so unreasonably, but he didn't expect such a problem that he was not qualified to bargain at all. Jefferson remained silent. At this time, they are equivalent to fish on the chopping board.
"Sir, if you're not happy with the price, we can add $1 billion to it, so that your company has $18 billion in revenue a year." Howard gave up the last bit of luck in his mind and said the maximum amount of authority he really had. In his and the members of the board of directors, this price was already the limit they could give.
Their family's assets are only 50 billion US dollars, but many of them are real estate such as stocks, and the funds that can be used are only about one-tenth, which means that each of them has taken out three-fifths of the funds to buy roads, and yes, this is equivalent to buying roads.
Zhang Yang shook his head, this price seems to be very attractive, but it is still not enough to make Zhang Yang tempted. He also motioned for Howard not to continue: "I'm sorry, your price is still not enough to impress me, if there is no cooperation from other parties, then let's stop here." There was still almost no room for maneuver, and Zhang Yang categorically refused.
The cooperation was not successful, but it didn't matter, it was still hopeful, and the company had already formulated several sets of plans for this. Jeffrey suppressed the anger in his heart and said to Zhang Yang: "We have another aspect that we can cooperate with you, you know that we have so many film and television resources, and these are copyrighted"
"To be honest, there are also a considerable part of the benefits of some follow-up development around the periphery."
"Warner Bros. Pictures is the third oldest film company in the United States and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment. Famous works include the Batman series, the Superman series, the Matrix series, The Shawshank Redemption, the Harry Potter series, The Lord of the Rings series, The Hobbit series, Gravity, and Inception. ”
"Disney has successfully created well-known cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Snow White, and has accumulated a large number of high-quality IP resources. Disney has more than 400 copyrighted animation and film images, and the company revolves around high-quality IP resources. ”
At present, Paramount will continue to release series of movies such as "Transformers", "Star Trek", "Mission Impossible" and "Smart: Ghost Record". One of the oldest is the Star Trek series, which released its first installment in 1979 and is currently produced and distributed by Paramount for all 12 films. Among them, the most influential is the "Transformers" series, which has a total box office of nearly $3.8 billion. ”
"Universal Pictures has never lacked big productions, and the Fast and Furious franchise is one of Universal's most successful film franchises. From the first "Fast and Furious" in 2001 to "Fast and Furious 7" released in 2015, these seven films have grossed more than $3.9 billion worldwide, which ranks seventh in the global box office list of the series. And the "Spy" series and the "The Mummy Returns" series are also very successful film series of Universal Pictures. ”
I have to say that the things in this are still a little tempting to him, not that these IPs in film and television, these things have nothing to do with him at all, if you are willing Zhang Yang can create an IP similar to the Fast and Furious series at any time, or even better than what they do, who called Zhang Yang has holographic technology, this unique advantage?
These are the things that their company has established themselves in, if there are no these things, their company will exist in name only, but Zhang Yang is still not too surprised, because on the one hand, it is the root of life, and on the other hand, it is really their life, so they can still distinguish which is more important.
Mainly for the sake of the game, even the game needs copyright, and Zhang Yang doesn't want to get into any trouble because of this problem. If he had these copyrights, his games would naturally be able to involve so many games. However, they naturally don't know Zhang Yang's plan, and in their opinion, it seems that Future Technology is not particularly interested in the IP of Zhejiang West, but they still have to try this problem.
After introducing their glorious historical achievements, Jeffrey's face also changed alternately, they used to have that kind of history, but had to bow to the future of technology.
Zhang Yang still has the same attitude as always: "Are you finished?" I'm not here to listen to your story, how you used to have nothing to do with me, don't let me talk about any feelings, I'll ask these questions, you want to sell, what price to sell, just treat it as a collection, make a bag. “
But Zhang Yang never thought about it, he actually can't buy it now, although he makes a lot of money, but there are also a lot of places to use money, the game commission and the money from the sale of holographic equipment are invested in the new building, as well as the construction of high-tech equipment and factories.
"No, we don't sell for money, we need to sign an agreement, we don't want you to pay anything, as long as you keep the agreement secret, and the agreement can only be seen by you alone." Howard didn't know the contents of the agreement, but he knew that the board of directors must be for the good of the company. After speaking, he took out one of the two copies of the agreement from his bag, pulled it out and handed it to Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang took the agreement, then opened it, and after reading the content of the agreement, Zhang Yang smiled. The content of the agreement is very simple, it is not to Zhang Yang to pay anything, but it is to keep it secret, announce the agreement reached with them, and stabilize their stock price.
In fact, there is nothing wrong with it, what is wrong is the content of the agreement, that is, it is not an agreement with them in terms of holograms, but an agreement on their free transfer of these important IPs. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with them, and how to pit their shareholders is their own business.
After Zhang Yang saw that there were no other problems in the agreement, he also signed his name, which was the prologue of a big drama.