American Fortune Life

The dinner ended in a pleasant atmosphere. Because of the excitement, Carl fell drunk on Andy's sofa and couldn't leave. After sending Nelson away, he saw Carl lying on the sofa in the living room like a dead pig. Said: "Aunt Liu, give him that blanket and let him sleep on the sofa. You can go to rest too.

"Okay, sir." Liu Yan took out a blanket from the guest room on the first floor for Carl to cover, and then turned off the main light in the living room to rest.

Andy walked into the bathroom, closed the door, took off his clothes, and stepped into the bathtub.

He likes the feeling of taking a bath more and more, especially seeing his body that is getting stronger and stronger. It should be a benefit after crossing. The large pores of Westerners have disappeared, and there are no chest hair that makes Easterners look unaccustomed, rough The skin has also become much more delicate.

To sell at a good price, there is still a lot of work to be done. Of course, Nielsen and Carl presided over the preliminary work. Regarding Andy's firing of the former accountant, Nielsen did not ask too much, just told Andy that it would be very good. Get him a new, experienced financial advisor to join the negotiating team.

The comfortable hot bath made Andy completely relax, wiped it off with a bath towel, put on a bathrobe and walked outside, took out a cigarette from the cigarette case on the desk in the bedroom, lit it, and looked at the night sky outside the window. , very confusing.

In the process of getting stronger day by day, the restless heart of the party animal and the thought that likes a quiet and dead house collide all the time.

Suppressing that urge, Andy put out the cigarette and turned off the light to sleep.

At dawn the next day, Carl left in a hurry, got in the car and started making calls, looking for almost all the people he knew in the phone book from the TV station.

After Andy had breakfast, he got into the car and wandered around Hollywood. It's been two months since he came here.

Rodeo Drive is the most high-end and most exquisite clothing commercial street in Los Angeles, where the design works of the world-renowned and most popular international top masters are gathered here. Rodeo Drive's bold use of a lot of ornate decoration is in line with its status as "the most prosperous and expensive shopping boulevard in the world."

At both ends of Rodeo Drive are the Beverly Hills Hotel and the Beverly Four Seasons Hotel, two of Los Angeles' top hotels. There are more than 100 famous brand stores and haute couture brand stores on the top of the ivory tower in the fashion industry.

Right next to Rodeo Drive includes Rodeo 2nd Avenue and some European-style shops, as well as cobblestone streets, fountains, and bistros.

Andy looked at everything so fresh and curious. Except for women's clothing stores, he hardly missed any distinctive stores. He found a lot of favorites from a variety of products. He kept swiping cards and adding up messy things. There are eight or nine bags.

The feeling of being rich is indeed happiness. When you see something you like to buy, you don't need to worry about the price. This kind of economic freedom makes Andy very comfortable.

Thinking about his past self, he was almost out of breath because of the mortgage and car loan, and he didn't dare to get married. When he thought of marriage, he thought of his girlfriend.

Hey. . . . . .

With a sigh, Andy was no longer entangled with the past, and thinking about it now is just annoyance.

After wandering around like this for a few days, Nielsen and Karl led the team to conduct preliminary communication and negotiation with several TV stations that were interested in buying creative ideas. The last two remaining NBC (National Broadcasting Corporation) and CBS (CBS) (CBS) is the most sincere.

After Andy read the document in his hand, he threw it on the desk, looked at Nelson and Carl sitting opposite, gently turned the pen in his hand, and frowned slightly.

"NBC is only willing to bid 8 million to buy out the copyright in the United States, and refuses to share the advertising revenue. CBS is only willing to bid 5 million and also refuses to share the advertising." Nelson looked at the frowning Andy,

Opened to explain.

"Humph." Andy sneered in his heart. They saw that they were unable to make it, so they desperately lowered the price.

"Carl, how's the UK connection?" Andy asked Carl, who had been in a daze.

"ITV is willing to bid 30 million pounds, plus 10% of the advertising revenue to buy out our global copyright!" Carl hadn't woken up from the news he just received from the phone call, but just repeated dully.

Nelson and Andy both looked at each other in surprise, and then asked at the same time, "What's going on?"

"Ah? Ah! We've made a fortune, Andy, we've made a fortune..." Carl, who woke up from a daze, jumped up suddenly, his whole body quivering, very funny.

"Okay, don't get excited, tell us, what's going on?" Andy rolled his eyes and asked loudly.

"Hahaha, I heard that someone from their TV station recently came up with an idea for a talent show, which is somewhat similar to our program idea, but not as complete and novel as ours. After I faxed them, they have never heard back. I just called and told me that they were going to buy it today on the way here!" Carl still laughed excitedly, looking like a villain.

Nelson and Andy looked at each other, and at the same time were glad that they had the copyright in their hands early.

"Congratulations to your boss, you have become a multi-millionaire, maybe soon you will be a young billionaire!" Nelson's eyes flashed with envy, and he stood up and congratulated.

"Hehe, thank you, it's all luck, who would have thought that the by-product of writing novels would be so valuable! However, I won't sell the global copyright, tell them I will only sell them the copyright in the UK, and I can share the advertising revenue. Give up." Andy couldn't stop ecstasy in his heart, but he didn't get carried away, the global copyright can only be held in his own hands.

"Nelson, I give you the authority, you and Carl are responsible for negotiating with them."

"No problem, boss, don't worry." Nelson is equally concerned about negotiating this business, after all, he can receive a large sum of money.

"Also, Carl, the contract with Scholastic Publishing House has also been signed. When will my book be published?" Andy asked the agent beside him.

"I have already asked, and they said that it will be published in the newspapers in the next few days, and the pre-publicity must be in place." Carl was still excited with red cheeks.

Andy nodded lightly, clapped his hands on the table, stood up, and said to Carl with a smile, "I'll give you the place, you're the manager here, I'm leaving, I'll leave the rest to you."

Andy waved his hand, so that Cole and Nelson, who were standing at the door, walked out of the small building without sending them off.

This three-story building is the office of the "Mockingjay" copyright company. It is located in West Hollywood. The walls are also a little mottled. The company's signboard has been hung up, and a Mockingjay badge fluttering in flames is in the sun. Under the illumination, it is very eye-catching.

Scholastic Publishing House moved very quickly. In two days, more than a dozen newspapers in the United States reported the news of Andy's new book.

Walking into the company, there are a few new faces in the company today, especially the two front desk ladies. They are all about 1.7 meters tall, with a hot body and decent facial features, but the makeup on their faces is really a little thick. Andy took a few more glances and lost interest.

"Nima, Carl, this fat fat man, will enjoy it. Although it is not a superlative, it can also be said to be a beautiful woman. Isn't he playing some unspoken rules again!" Andy complained secretly in his heart.

"Hello, Mr. Smith, Manager Carl and Attorney Nelson have been waiting for you in the manager's room." One of the front desk staff said with a smile.

Andy nodded with a smile, looking at the white shirt that was about to burst, he couldn't help but secretly praised, "It's really big!"

Pushing open the door, he saw that Carl and Nelson were both dressed in suits and ties, chatting without a word.

"How is it, can you decide today? It's been hard work for you these past few days." Andy sat on the sofa and looked at the two men who had been working hard for him and said.

"God, Andy, you're finally here, we've been exhausted these days..." Carl complained with dissatisfaction.

"Hey, Carl, don't complain, since I'm here, are we going to leave immediately?" Andy interrupted Carl's ramble angrily and looked at Nelson.

"Hehe, it's almost time, we have some things to talk about on the way." Nelson picked up the briefcase and followed Andy to slowly start talking about the process of the two-day negotiation.

When he arrived at the Four Seasons Hotel, Andy saw five or six people sitting on the sofa in the lounge area and saw them walk into the lobby, and quickly began to tidy up and walked over to them.

Andy still had some impressions of several people. This was his negotiating team. After the two parties had a round, they walked to the elevator.

"Ding"

As soon as the elevator door opened, Andy saw Steve Fry, the head of ITV's distribution department in this negotiation, waiting here.

"Hello, Mr. Smith, it's nice to see you again." Steve Fry smiled and stretched out his hand and Andy's hand held everything.

"Hello, Mr. Fry, I've kept you waiting." Andy's handsome face showed a bright smile.

"Here, please, our TV station's vice president in charge of variety shows has been waiting inside for a long time."

Andy looked back at Nelson, the other party nodded slightly, gave him a reassuring look, and his feet couldn't help speeding up.

Pushing open the door of the conference room, a middle-aged man in his fifties, with a Mediterranean hairstyle and a little fat, stood up from his seat with a smile on his face, and was surrounded by a group of people and walked in front of Andy.

"This is our vice president, Mr. Ed. Childs, Mr. Childs, this is Mr. Andy Smith." Steve Fry introduced.

When Childs heard it, he shook hands with Andy with a smile on his face and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Smith, you are too young."

Andy also shook hands with him with a smile on his face and said, "It's my honor to meet you."

After the two released their hands and exchanged a few words, the two groups sat down separately, but the leader was no longer Andy. Nelson, Carl, and Andy's financial advisor formed the top negotiator this time, and Andy knew that he was a mascot and could only watch them fight for his own interests.