Chapter 178 "Nikita" Adaptation Rights
The knock on the door rang out in time, and Sanchez walked over and opened the door.
A waiter wearing a white shirt and a black vest on the outside, holding a plate of cigars in his hand, whispered: "Disturbate, this is the inventory left by Mr. Quark in our store, seven-year-old special Havana cigars. Please call me if you need anything, and I will stand at the door."
"Thank you." Sanchez handed him the tip, took the tray and returned to the house.
"In fact, we are here today to seek the release of the next movie. Now the conditions given by Time Warner are pretty good, but for the sake of this cigar, I can give you a chance to convince me."
Bastion took a root under his nose and sniffed it, and said lightly, like a bad uncle teasing the child, continuing: "And you are very interesting. As long as you can impress me, this Leon is yours."
An unknown film company encountered outstanding movies, and the situation evolved from a seller's market to a buyer's market. It was originally the producer who asked for a distribution company, but now it has become the other party's advantageous position. Leon's preview review was very good, which is why Bastian has confidence.
When it comes to tens of millions of dollars in business, a little concession will cause great losses. After thinking about Bastion's words, Han Xuan thought that Time Warner also wanted this movie, and he would not have been scheming with his child.
Besides, today we are just discussing the specific details. The signing of the contract requires grandfather to handle it. The documents signed by minors do not have legal effects.
When I was in business negotiations for the first time, my grandfather clearly had enough time to come from Los Angeles, but he let himself lead the negotiations, which was clearly training himself.
Even if you just want to put this world-famous classic movie under the name of Dimen Pictures, you have to win the most profit for the company. Otherwise, for a long time, if you want to gain enough autonomy from your grandfather, you will become a luxury. You don’t want to become Zhao Kuo, who is talking about it on paper.
The two of them crossed their hands and pressed them against their chin. The two of them knew that he was thinking. They were also curious about what conditions they could say. They took care of children not smoking and smelled the smell of Havana cigars in a few seconds. At this time, they heard Han Xuan speak.
"Our company's distribution channel is definitely not as good as Time Warner. But I will help you win from A-Cinema to schedule it to be released in November.
There are two legal holidays in the schedule, Halloween and Thanksgiving. I think Time Warner will not leave the prime time for Christmas for you. This is the best release date for the second half of this year.
There are two months left before November, during which Dimen Pictures can spend $1.5 million to advertise and promote the film.
Regarding the issue of premiere screens, I promise to be no less than 800 yuan in the United States. As long as the box office exceeds five million US dollars in the first week, another thousand screens will be added next week.
Two gentlemen, are you satisfied with this condition?”
After the filming, there was nothing to do with the director, but Luc Besson and Bastion had a good relationship with each other and knew more people in the American film industry, so they came with him.
I just sat aside and didn't interrupt. Now I heard Han Xuan's words, and looked at Bastion and questioned: "Does those conditions count? Sorry, I mean Mr. Quark agreed?"
"Mr. Besson Leon is what I want to buy, and I am now serving as secretary to Mr. Quark."
Han Xuan sat upright and said, "The conditions just now can be marked in the contract. He will come to New York tomorrow. If you are willing to delay the afternoon flight, you can talk to him in person.
In fact, I definitely hold a private company with assets worth over 100 million US dollars. You can believe what I say."
He was too young to suppress the situation, so he could only rely on money to suppress it. Han Xuan thought helplessly, no wonder Mr. Pierce of Brown University taught in private and told himself that he appropriately stated that his value is very important.
Now the two people on the other side were shocked, they didn’t know that Xueshan Investment Company had assets of over 100 million yuan and debts of over 100 million yuan.
Bastion is a handmade factory owner and entered the French film industry by chance. He had never heard of Dimen Pictures before yesterday, so he asked Luc Besson and learned that it was a third-rate film company, so he didn't care much.
I had nothing to do today, and I just wanted to explore the road for another movie in my hand, so I agreed to meet. I was not familiar with the place in the United States, so it would be fine to know more people.
Later, he learned that it was a child who met them. Bastion was originally going to refuse, but Luc Besson became interested and pulled him over and took a look.
I don't know, but now I don't see anything right.
For example, those bodyguards, what do ordinary people do to take bodyguards, and the chandeliers on their heads are not made of glass, and the cigars on their hands suddenly change their taste.
I thought to myself no wonder I was so experienced at such a young age. It turned out that it was because of my family background. I completely forgot the doubts just now. Dimen Pictures suddenly became dazzling and said, "No, no, no, we don't mean to underestimate you."
I just want to ask about the issue fee and if I can guarantee those conditions, I will consider Dimen Pictures carefully."
I noticed the change in the other party's tone, and Han Xuan did not interfere and changed the topic: "Mr. Lucbesson, I have seen the Nikita you took. It's very interesting. I don't know if the copyright is in your hands now?"
"Nikita, you want to continue making this movie in my hands. It was my personal investment at that time." Lucbesson asked in confusion.
"It's not a movie, what you're shooting is already a classic, and it's hard to surpass it anymore.
There is a comic company under Dimen Pictures. I want to buy you Nikita's animation adaptation rights and TV series adaptation rights."
After Han Xuan finished speaking, he showed a harmless smile: "The plot of the female killer is very interesting, and I think it will be very popular to make comics."
"Have you seen that there are movie ratings in the United States? You were only so big four years ago." Luc Besson gestated about one meter in height, and was very happy to be praised by the boy. He kept grinning when he spoke.
"It was a DVD disc I rented later. I only watched the opening credits, so my dad didn't let me watch it." Han Xuan skillfully followed the topic and looked up and saw the two people on the other side with ambiguous smiles. He asked in a confused way: "What's wrong?"
"Children really can't watch it. The American Film Association gave it a rating of NC7. You have to wait until you are 7 years old to watch it. It's too sexy.
But it should be fine to adapt it into a comic. I don’t plan to release another sequel. How much can you give me these two adaptations?”
"Two no, $150,000."
"Hey, you can't talk about business like this. If you say 200,000, it's 200,000, you can't change it at will." Lucbesson said with a wicked smile: "It's 200,000."
"Okay OK."
Han Xuan was afraid that he would laugh when he saw his face again, so he quickly turned his head.
He spoke to Bastier: "I can only charge Leon's distribution fee of 25%, but you have to hand over the distribution rights of Mr. Besson's next movie to us." To be continued.
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Chapter completed!