Chapter 68 The Issue of Copyright
"No, can't I pay for it?" Qiao Feng raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I'm very optimistic about its prospects, and the copyright will never be sold." Anne didn't want to say no again.
"If the rights don't belong to me, I can't invest in this film." Qiao Feng shrugged and said.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Qiao, in this case, we can only find other investors." As she spoke, Anne made a stride to go.
However she didn't go, and James Cameron didn't move.
Qiao Feng didn't move, let alone say anything to keep, he just looked at it with a smile, as if he was watching the two leave.
This is the same as going to the mall to buy clothes, it is a negotiation strategy, obviously very tempting, but because the conditions are not negotiated, so make a look of giving up and leaving, if the seller feels that the previous price is profitable, he will say to keep it.
Now Anne is the same in her heart, she wants Qiao Feng's investment, but she is reluctant to pay the copyright of the movie, so she makes such a posture to go, hinting to Qiao Feng, it doesn't matter if you don't invest, some people invest, if you are optimistic about the film, just keep me.
However, Qiao Feng knew that the birth of the film Terminator was quite difficult.James Cameron don't look at it now, it's almost thirty, but he has only directed a film until now, it was last year, Piranha II breeds, and the box office is dismal and can't be watched.
He also studied physics in college, dropped out halfway through, and then worked a lot of jobs including driving trucks, which is why he is called a truck driver.
It was only in 1980 that he got his first full-fledged job in the film industry, working as an art director for Roger Cove's film "Fight for the Century", making special effects models.
Such an unprofessional, late entry into the industry, made a movie and lost money, which film company will look at the script he wrote.
Didn't you look at the Bob just now and didn't even bother to look at it and refused, no matter how beautiful Annie, an acquaintance, said it was useless.
Now that someone can be interested in investing, it's too late for the two of them to steal the fun, so they just refuse and leave.
In fact, it is indeed as Qiao Feng thought, after writing the script of "The Terminator", Cameron began to look for a production company to sell the script, he thought that he was talented and the script he wrote would definitely be recognized and even sought after. But in fact, Cameron is too whimsical. Many of the production companies he went to were rejected without seeing the person in charge, and the few who received him were basically not interested, and there were only two film companies that were interested in him, and they just wanted to buy his script, and as for the directing rights he wanted, he was completely in accordance with his idea to shoot the requirements, and he was despised and ridiculed when he said it.
But God just likes to joke, and just when Cameron was disappointed, he met Roger Comen's colleague Jill Anne Hurd.
At this time, Jill Anne Hurd was not comparable to Cameron in terms of identity and net worth, and she was very beautiful, but it was such an outstanding woman who took a fancy to Cameron's talent.
Jill Anne Hurd, an old acquaintance and glamorous acquaintance, has just set up her own Westpac Productions, and when Cameron talks about the script she wrote, Anne is very interested, and it just so happens that her company has not yet made a work and is ready to take Cameron's Terminator about robots as a pioneering work, and promised to give Cameron the right to direct and let him shoot according to his own ideas.
Out of gratitude, Cameron sold the script directly to Anne for a dollar, and what he got was a promise of directing rights.
However, the ideal is very plump, the reality is very skinny, Anne is indeed a lot, but the amount of investment in a movie is much worse.
Yes, she is indeed richer than Cameron, and she also opened a production company, but you must know that she used to work in other people's companies, and how much money can she have.
That is, Cameron is a poor bastard at this time, so he can show that Anne is rich.
So although Anne got the copyright of the Terminator, she still has to look for production companies everywhere to attract investment like Cameron did before.
However, this is a business negotiation that requires real money to pay dollars, and no one would be stupid enough to use money to invest in the script of a newcomer who is not a fart, let alone let him direct, nor an acquaintance.
So one after another was rejected, not to mention the small companies, they all ran all over the seven major Hollywood film companies, Twentieth Century Fox came for the second time, the first time I didn't see Bob, the person in charge, and today I still broke in directly to catch Bob, otherwise the two of them have recently been rejected for investment everywhere in the film industry, Bob still won't see them.
Then I broke in and saw someone, and I was still rejected.
Therefore, Qiao Feng, who suddenly appeared, is the last hope for the two of them now, how can they be willing to let go.
As for copyright, thinking about Annie's hesitant pause when Bob said that he wanted to buy the script before, you can know why Qiao Feng confidently proposed to buy the script.
The situation is stronger than people, and the two of them have little choice.
"Mr. Qiao, are you really not thinking about it anymore?" Since the pretense did not achieve her goal, Anne could only pull back her long legs and ask again.
"Miss Anne, don't think about it, I won't invest without copyright." Speaking of this, Qiao Feng looked at James Cameron and said: "James, I know your appeal, I can give you all the permissions, how you want to shoot and shoot, how you want to edit and how you want to edit, everything about the movie is up to you, I am only responsible for the investment, I can take out the six million dollars at any time, if it is not enough, as long as the excess is not much, I can add it."
Qiao Feng's promise undoubtedly made James Cameron very tempted, why would he sell the copyright to Anne for a dollar, it must not be because of Anne's beauty and moving, but also because Anne promised to give him the opportunity to direct, now Qiao Feng is willing to invest, and willing to let him direct the editing, why hesitate?
"Annie." Cameron shouted Anne's name and didn't speak, but his eyes had already made his meaning very clear, "Promise, hurry up and agree."
"But..."Anne understood what Cameron meant, but she was a little reluctant, just now she was very tempted by Bob's proposal to buy the script, that is because Bob is unwilling to invest, if the script bought for a dollar can be sold, no matter how much it sells, it will make a lot of money.
But now, Anne couldn't help it.