After Lin Shu signed the sequel investment agreement with Han Sanping, Weng Li took him to China Film's finance department.

I don’t know if Han Sanping had said hello in advance, but Lin Shu only waited at the door for less than 5 minutes before Weng Li walked out.

"Okay, I'll settle part of the box office split with you first. Take a look at the contract and sign it if there's nothing wrong with it."

Taking the contract from Weng Li, Lin Shu looked at the contents carefully.

The terms of the contract are not complicated. It is actually an advance payment agreement. China Film will pay Lin Shu a share of the 100 million box office share in advance, and the remaining box office share will be paid after the movie is released.

After confirming that the payment account was OK, Lin Shu signed his name. As the sole producer of the movie, Lin Shu was able to share 33% of the 100 million box office, which is 33 million.

This number is very reasonable, because if a movie wants to maintain its capital, it must get a box office of three times its cost after it is released.

After conversion, movie producers can only get 33%! Only in a few years, after the upstream distributors and producers join forces and negotiate with the downstream theaters on sharing, can this ratio reach 35%.<

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After signing the contract, Lin Shu and Weng Li went upstairs together to meet with representatives from Lionsgate Pictures.

……

Lin Shu followed Weng Li into a conference room.

After entering, he found that three foreign friends were waiting here. The leader was a middle-aged white man with blond hair and blue eyes, a high nose and deep eyes.

After seeing the two people coming in, the other party took the initiative and walked towards the door.

"Hello, Mr. Wilson, this is Director Lin Shu!" Weng Li took the lead in introducing him in English.

Wilson came to Lin Shu and reached out to him, "Hello, Director Lin Shu!"

"Hello, Mr. Wilson!"

Lin Shu replied to the other party's greetings in English and shook his hand politely.

"Oh, Director Lin Shu, your English is very good. This will make our subsequent communication much smoother."

"Mr. Wilson, you can just call me Lin Shu. I heard from Manager Weng that you requested this meeting. I wonder what you want to talk about when you come to me?"

Lin Shu knew that when talking to foreigners, there was no need to beat around the bush, just say what you wanted directly and save each other's time as much as possible.

Wilson was also very satisfied with Lin Shu's directness, "Since you said so, I'll call you Lin Shu. Lin Shu, I would like to ask, did you create the Sherlock movie?"

"There is no doubt about it! However, using the word "create" is not quite accurate. This movie is adapted from Sherlock Holmes. I believe you also know that the adaptation of Sherlock Holmes does not require copyright permission."

Conan Doyle has been dead for 78 years. Even according to British copyright law, the copyright protection of Sherlock Holmes has ended.

The adaptation rights of this work now belong to public resources, and Lin Shu chose to film it in the first place to avoid copyright disputes.

"We are very aware of this, but I am still surprised that a Chinese like you can actually shoot such a pure modern British style!" Wilson said with admiration.

"Mr. Wilson, I don't think you asked me to come here specifically to hear you praise the movie?"

Lin Shu didn't know anything about British style. Everything he filmed was copied from the British drama in his memory. In order to prevent the other party from continuing the topic, he could only take the initiative to remove the topic.

Wilson was a little surprised by Lin Shu's reaction. He had stayed in China for several years and thought he had understood the way of speaking here.

As a result, before he even said a few words of flattery, Lin Shu directly asked to get into the topic. This style was even more like a foreigner than him.

However, Lin Shu asked to get down to business, so there was no need for Wilson to continue talking casually.

"Ahem, the truth is, regarding Sherlock, we plan to have it debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May."

"If the film can win awards, it will also be beneficial to the distribution work in Europe. By then, we hope that Lin Shu and your team can go to Cannes to participate in the film festival."

"Cannes Film Festival!"

This term was directly called out by Weng Li. After he finished speaking, he immediately realized that his behavior was inappropriate. However, after closing his mouth, he kept using his eyes to signal Lin Shu to agree to the other party.

"Mr. Wilson, I would like to know if I only need to appear, and you will be fully responsible for all activities of the film's exhibition."

Lin Shu is naturally familiar with the Cannes Film Festival in mid-May. It's just that he needs to hurry up and shoot the sequel to Sherlock, and he has no time to go to Cannes for a preview of the film to try to get a place in the exhibition.

"This is no problem at all. Lionsgate will be responsible for the film's participation in the exhibition. You just need to be there at the opening ceremony."

"OK, that's no problem. I will definitely be there with my team when the time comes!"

There is no trouble and he can travel abroad, so Lin Shu is naturally willing to go to France. After all, the sequel should have been filmed in mid-May, and it should be no problem for him to be away for two days during post-production.

Seeing that Lin Shu agreed so readily, Wilson didn't care about the rudeness that Lin Shu had just committed.

After discussing the matter, the two parties immediately signed a sale agreement for the overseas distribution rights of Sherlock.

After signing the contract, Wilson said to Lin Shu: "Lin Shu, you are a talented director. If you want to make movies in Europe and the United States in the future, you can contact me directly."

"I think there will be a chance, and the time may come much sooner than you think, Mr. Wilson!"

With the memory of his past life and the fact that Lin Shu has successfully gained a career in China Film and Television, how could he not go to Hollywood to make money with these two conditions?

Wilson definitely didn't understand Lin Shu's subtext. He only regarded this sentence as the arrogance of young people, and forgot all about it after leaving the China Film Headquarters.

After the incident was over, Lin Shu returned to the hotel he rented.

Looking at the 33 million displayed on his account, Lin Shu felt at ease for the first time. Sure enough, money is a person's sense of security.

The money from Lionsgate is estimated to be settled together with the remaining box office accounts, as well as the overseas screening revenue from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea. That money is the bulk, but its purpose has long been assigned to Lin Shaoan by Lin Shu

Made an investment.

It can only be said that although the risks of making a movie are high, the rewards are also great.

When you have money on hand, you will have ideas in your mind. Now the script has been sent to Han Sanping for review and project approval. After it is approved, Lin Shu will return to Shanghai to make preliminary preparations and pay off Zhong Weiguo's debt.<

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He was owed a total of 40 million. It shouldn't be a big problem to sell him 20% of the movie's proceeds for 20 million. If he didn't want to, someone else would want it. Lin Shu was also able to repay the remaining 20 million owed.

Lin Shu, who was thinking about the debt problem, was interrupted by a phone call. Looking at the name displayed on the screen, Lin Shu pressed the answer button in confusion.

"Great director, you are now a celebrity in the industry. Do you have time to say a few words to me, a teacher?"

Listening to Jiang Tao's teasing on the phone, Lin Shu smiled and replied: "Old Jiang, don't tremble at me, just tell me what you want to see me for!"

Lin Shu and Jiang Tao have been together for four years and are already very familiar with each other, so there is no need to be so official when speaking.

"You are such an old ginger, so it means that I have not taught you in vain." Jiang Tao said with a slight sigh, "Isn't it that school is about to start, and the school leaders hope that you can come and give a speech to the students, so let me

I'll contact you to see your time schedule."

For Sherlock to be released so smoothly, China National Opera has helped Lin Shu a lot, so he will naturally have no problem facing this request.

"Then next Monday, the 16th, is this time okay?"

"No problem, I'll pick you up at the hotel then!"

"No, I can just go there by myself!"

Lin Shu didn't want to be thought of as a Zhongshan wolf who forgot about himself after becoming famous. After all, Jiang Tao was his mentor. It would not be nice to come to the hotel to pick him up in person and spread the word.

"Lao Jiang, let's do this. I'll go to the entrance of the Central Theater at 10 a.m. on the 16th. I'll give you a call when I get there."
Chapter completed!