"Warner said it wants to hold a celebration party for your movie [Interstellar], Qin, please watch"

Martin continued to talk about trivial matters.

Qin Dong, his employer, was too lazy to ask about many things. As an agent, Martin would only talk to Qin Dong after gathering a lot of chores at once.

"It's up to you."

Qin Dong wanted to shake his head, but stopped and said this.

He really doesn't need a celebration party to become famous, but there are some interpersonal relationships that he needs to maintain, and he can't refuse like this every time.

Furthermore, this kind of celebration banquet is all in the evening, so it won't delay Qin Dong's official plan to shoot a movie.

"Okay, I will discuss it with Barry later, and I will let you know when the decision is made."

Martin smiled, it was something he liked.

This is also the reason why Qin Dong went out of his way to say it even though he knew he didn't like this kind of dinner.

This is a good opportunity for his CAA artists to be exposed.

This is no joke. Celebrities need exposure. Many celebrities spend a lot of money every year to the media to have their photos on the covers of magazines and newspapers:

"Qin, have you ever played a game called [World of Warcraft]?"

"What?"

Qin Dong drank the red wine and was stunned for a moment, suspecting that he didn't hear clearly.

This guy is talking about serious business, what kind of games are you talking about? Think of him as a young man.

"There is a game called [World of Warcraft]. The game was made many years ago and has been popular all over the world for many years."

Of course Martin knew why Qin Dong asked back, and continued to say with a smile without caring at all:

"This game is produced by Blizzard, a world-famous game company."

"Ten years ago, many game fans around the world called for this game to be adapted into a live-action movie."

Only then did Qin Dong realize why Martin mentioned a game. How could he not have heard of the famous [World of Warcraft]?

In other words, anyone who plays games in China knows one thing, that is, you may not know other games, but you must know two games: [Legend] and [World of Warcraft].

These two games are the most famous games in China in the first ten years of the new century.

"Then what? Martin, you said that game fans made the appeal ten years ago. It's impossible to wait until now, right?"

Qin Dong remembers watching the movie adapted from [World of Warcraft] in his previous life, but the box office data was not good, and the second part was directly difficult to produce.

I forget the year it was released, but I just remember that this movie completely disappointed countless game fans around the world.

"Qin, I have actually waited until now."

Martin smiled mockingly when he heard this.

"Oh, it looks like the story inside is very interesting."

Qin Dong knew as soon as he heard that there must be a lot of things happening in it, otherwise wouldn't it be possible to adapt a mere movie and still have no results after ten years?

There is a great director in the world who has been sharpening his skills for ten years, and that is James Cameron.

The result of ten years of sharpening the sword is this: one movie has made 2.7 billion US dollars globally and earned a fortune.

But why should other people and companies spend ten years sharpening their swords?

"Yes, I also checked it recently. If people from Blizzard hadn't taken the initiative to find me, I wouldn't have paid attention at all."

Martin filled Qin's glass with a quarter of the red wine again, and then said:

"According to our CAA investigation, after Blizzard contacted most of the first- and second-tier companies in Hollywood in 2005, it was not until a year later that Legendary Pictures was willing to meet Blizzard's requirements and won the film rights to [World of Warcraft] in 2006."

"Sources revealed that Blizzard made many demands, which directly caused most companies to immediately cut off contact, including the six major Hollywood companies."

When Qin Dong heard this, he became interested and asked:

"Martin, tell me, let me see what requirements Blizzard, a game company, has put forward, which has made so many professional film companies shrink back."

Martin held out three fingers playfully:

"Qin, I will briefly explain three points and you will understand."

"The first requirement: The script creation must be in accordance with Blizzard's plan. No modification is allowed, nor is it allowed to damage the overall worldview of [World of Warcraft]."

"The second requirement: only sell movie copyrights. No derivatives of related products will be sold, and there will be no peripherals. Only the DVD market can be added to the movie copyrights, but Blizzard requires a high share of the DVD market."

"The third requirement: The investment in the film must be more than 100 million. Blizzard must have the initiative and absolute say in the filming of the film, including the selection of directors, screenwriters, actors, etc."

"Papa"

Qin Dong handed the red wine glass to Yun'er and clapped his hands:

"I like the way Blizzard does things."

"The perfect layman guiding an expert."

"No wonder it's been ten years since the movie was still in production."

"No wonder the other film companies immediately ran away as soon as we came into contact with him."

"Martin, it seems that in the past ten years, Blizzard has been looking for directors and screenwriters, right?"

"Well, I guess I'm not looking for just one or two, right?"

Although Qin Dong was asking a question, his tone was firm.

"yeah"

Martin nodded silently and said:

"However, Blizzard has too many demands, and there are basically no major directors to take over. The most famous director is Sam Raimi, the director of the [Spider-Man] trilogy at the beginning of the new century."

"The others are all small directors. There are six or seven directors in total."

"Even Sam Raimi only lasted less than a year before he angrily announced his permanent departure from the project."

"I heard that in the past ten years, these directors and screenwriters have provided at least twenty scripts to Blizzard one after another, but none of them passed Blizzard's review."

Qin Dong leaned on the chair and asked:

"OK, I understand."

"So Martin what do you want to say?"

Martin went out of his way to introduce this game and the game company, and also told so many tidbits, so he definitely wouldn't make small talk.

"Haha Qin, you still understand me."

Martin was not embarrassed and explained with a smile:

"People from Blizzard came to us and wanted you to take over the movie."

"Of course, I know your habits Qin, and I will definitely not let Blizzard make those messy requests."

"I told Blizzard about your style of conduct. You have the final say on the script, you have the final say on the actors, you have the final say on the shooting, and you have the final say on the editing and final version."

"It also includes a basic salary of 20 million, plus a director's fee of 25% of the global box office."

"The people from Blizzard said they would get back to me after going back to the company to discuss it."

Qin Dong shook his head without hope after hearing this:

"If Blizzard can survive ten years, it will definitely not agree."

"NO, NO, Qin, Blizzard later replied that he did not agree, but he also did not say death."

Martin emphasized the word NO one after another:

"I can see that the confidence within Blizzard has almost disappeared in ten years."

"Ten years ago, the game [World of Warcraft] was popular all over the world, but now, this game has completely lost its former glory."

"Maybe there are still a lot of game fans, but most of them have definitely dispersed."

"I recently researched the games around the world and found that too many games have appeared. Many new games appear every year, and many of them are very attractive."

"Actually, I think we should talk about it. At least Blizzard is no longer insisting on it."

"As for Legendary Pictures, which owns the copyright, they have no initiative and have to listen to Blizzard in everything."

"Just thinking about Qin, you will be very busy in the next year or two, so I wanted to ask if you are interested?"

"I checked this game specifically and read the introduction on Blizzard's official website. I found that the world view of [World of Warcraft] is very complete and very large."

"If a live-action movie is really adapted and released, and the box office reputation is excellent, the series of movies that this movie can produce will definitely far exceed Warner's [Harry Potter] series, and at least there will be more than ten movies.

"

"Of course, everything depends on Qin, what you want"

At the end, Martin emphasized again.

He is eager for Qin Dong to win this game series of movies. How many actors are needed for such a series of movies and the huge world view in the game? This is a good thing for CAA.

But Martin didn't want to worsen the relationship with Qin Dong.
Chapter completed!