Rebirth of the Super Landlord

The next day, Rachel and Erica went to handle matters related to the establishment of a venture capital company.

Su Zhen went to the publishing house, and Aikman had already contacted several film companies to meet today.

Around 8:30 in the morning, when Su Zhen arrived at the publishing house in a special car provided by the hotel, Aikman was already waiting at the gate.

"BOSS, the Fox representative is here, now in the reception room," Aikman told Su Zhen.

Oh? It seems that Fox is very impatient, Su Zhen thought to himself, the best time would be nine o'clock, and he arrived so early.

Marco is very excited today. This time he can negotiate with the author of "Twilight" and "The Night" for the film adaptation rights. It is a very rare opportunity for him. If the negotiation is successful, then a promotion or a salary increase will not matter.

Problem. So I came to Sequoia Publishing House early, thinking of a quick solution.

When Aikman accompanied Su Zhen into the reception room, Marco was very surprised to see him bringing a young man in, but when he heard that the young man in front of him was the author of Twilight, his expression was extremely wonderful.

Su Zhen knew that after this negotiation, he would no longer be able to keep the secret that the author was a ten-year-old boy. However, Su Zhen didn't care. It would be a matter of time. It was better to do it sooner, and he could still contribute to his book and

The adapted movie is advertised to create some gimmicks.

After Marco confirmed Su Zhen's identity to Aikman again, the negotiation began. Although Marco knew that his suspicion was undoubtedly very rude, fortunately Su Zhen and Aikman did not show dissatisfaction, which made him

I was relieved and had better expectations for the outcome of this negotiation. It's not easy to fool a child. So I proposed Fox's conditions to Su Zhen.

"Mr. Su, we at Fox are willing to buy your novel for 5 million. I wonder what you think." This is the advantage of Su Zhen using his last name SU as his pen name, avoiding the American habit of putting the last name last.

It saves you the embarrassment of being called Mr. Zhen.

Su Zhen did not respond immediately, but stirred the coffee in front of him with a spoon. For a moment, the entire reception room fell into silence. Only the sound of the coffee spoon hitting the cup echoed in his ears, which made Marco very uneasy. Aikman

Then he sat aside and drank coffee with great priority, as if all this had nothing to do with him.

Finally Marco couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Mr. Su, we at 20th Century Fox are very sincere, and..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by a sneer. The person who made the laugh was naturally Su Zhen. "Sincerity? I don't see any sincerity. Five million? Is it five million per volume? Or all of it?"

If it’s five million per volume, I can consider it.”

"Of course it's five million to buy the film rights of your two novels, Twilight and Underworld," Marco said seriously. "As a new writer, this price is already very generous."

Su Zhen smiled, "The Twilight Saga tetralogy has sold 60 million copies in North America. Even if this figure is used to convert movie tickets, as long as the copyright fee is 5 million, any film company will probably make a lot of money."

"Mr. Su, I come here with sincerity. Please don't make trouble unreasonably. Your algorithm is very inaccurate. Let's not talk about whether all the people who buy books will go to the cinema. Even if the number of viewers reaches this number, the film company will

Excluding the shooting cost, profit sharing and post-production publicity, the profit will not be very high." Marco quickly explained that if Su Zhen's statement is really followed, the subsequent copyright fees will probably be sky-high. That's Fox.

This is absolutely unacceptable to the company.

In fact, Su Zhen also knows that it is very unreliable to predict the number of movie viewings based on the sales volume of novels, but for the Twilight series of movies, it is not excessive. Calculating the sales volume of four books in North America at 60 million,

Each volume costs more than 10 million dollars, which means that more than 10 million people have purchased the entire set of books, and the ticket price for American movies is generally 10 US dollars. According to this calculation, the box office can reach more than 100 million US dollars, and the previous life of Twilight Zone

The box office of the first movie happened to be more than 100 million, and the box office of the subsequent movies was only a lot more.

"We at 20th World Fox are the most outstanding film company in the United States. The films we produce are popular all over the world. I wonder if you have seen Titanic, which was released last year. It was produced by our company. Our company has the best publicity channels. If you

Give us the rights to adapt your novel into a movie, and your novel can get the best publicity and expand its popularity..." Marco was still talking about the advantages of Fox, trying to dispel what Su Zhen said.

"5 million per volume". But Su Zhen had lost the desire to listen. Marco was simply deceiving himself as a child, although Su Zhen was indeed a "child".

"Okay, Mr. Marco, I don't think we need to continue talking." Su Zhen interrupted Marco's spiel. "In fact, I will not sell even if it is five million copies. This is far from enough."

To my heart’s expectation, all five million? Delusion! Also, I know very clearly that Titanic was co-produced and distributed by Fox and Paramount. It is not a patent of Fox. Please use your brain next time you brag.”

Marco was stunned. He didn't expect that Su Zhen had such a big appetite. Even the copyright fee of 5 million per copy was not satisfied. So how much did he want? Six million? Seven million? Or ten million? What would the film company still want?

How much money did he make? What made him even more embarrassed was that he was exposed for bragging in front of a child, "Mr. Su, you are simply whimsical. No film company would offer such a high price for a novel."

"The copyright is in my hands. I can pay whatever price I'm willing to pay, whether you like it or not." Su Zhen impatiently issued an eviction order. "Aikman, see you off."

"You will regret it." Marco slammed the door angrily and walked out. He thought Su Zhen was simply unreasonable, but the copyright could not be negotiated. He needed to sort out how to reply to his boss.

When Marco walked to the parking lot, he glanced at the person getting out of another car and was stunned. That was Shirley Lansing, the chairman of Paramount? What was she doing here? Did she also want to buy film and television rights? But

She would probably come back disappointed, after all, the conditions for that kid's expulsion were too outrageous, Marco thought when he passed by Lansing.

Shirley Lansing didn't know what Marco was thinking. As the immediate boss of an established film company, she naturally wouldn't know someone like Marco. Her purpose this time was to bring Twilight back to Paramount.

She was also very surprised when she saw Su Zhen, but only for a moment, she calmed down. She was already over fifty and had managed several large film companies. She would not make a fuss like a stupid young man like Marco, nor would she

Look down on anyone, even if the other person is just a child, let alone a child who has written a novel that has sold tens of millions of copies.

"Mr. Su, we at Paramount are willing to purchase the film rights of The Twilight Saga at a price of three million US dollars per volume." Lansing tentatively quoted the price. Obviously Paramount was more sincere than Fox. The total price

The price of 12 million is indeed not bad, but Su Zhen still shook his head.

"So what kind of price does Su Zhensheng want before he is willing to transfer the copyright?" Lansing put the choice in Su Zhen's hands.

Su Zhen secretly praised the calm lady in front of him in his heart, and slowly uttered the two words "not for sale" that left Lan Xing speechless.

Lan Xing frowned, "What does Su Zhensheng mean?" His tone was very unfriendly. He made an appointment with someone to negotiate, but ended up saying he wouldn't sell it. Isn't this just teasing others? However, good cultivation did not make Lan Xing do anything.

What an extreme move, it really made my impression of the young man in front of me extremely bad.

Smiling slightly, Su Zhen was not annoyed and explained, "What I mean is that I don't plan to sell the copyright directly, but I plan to cooperate with you."

Cooperation? As soon as Lan Xing heard this, she knew what Su Zhen's idea was. "Mr. Su plans to invest in the copyright and enjoy a share of the box office?" But Lan Xing obviously underestimated Su Zhen's appetite.

"You can say that." Su Zhen raised his eyebrows. He was smart and worthy of being the helmsman of a Hollywood poker film company.

"It seems that Mr. Su is very confident in his work. How much profit does Su Zhensheng hope to get?" Lan Xing sighed in her heart. This young man is difficult to deal with.

"I don't know how much your company plans to invest in filming The Twilight Saga?" Su Zhen did not answer Lansing's question, but instead asked about Paramount's plan.

"We plan to make the four Twilight novels into a series of four movies, one for each year. It is initially estimated that the investment in the filming of each movie will be around 30 million." Although the plan is a company secret, for the author Su Zhen, it is

I definitely had to tell him, so Lan Xing readily told me everything.

"I hope to jointly invest with your company. The investment in each film will be expanded to 50 million. I will adapt it myself. The adaptation fee and copyright fee will be discounted by 5 million and will be included in the investment. I will invest another 20 million. In the end, I will make the profit with

Your company will be divided 50-50." Su Zhen's opinion was completely beyond Lan Xing's expectation, and he couldn't help but fall into silence.

Su Zhen did not bother the other party, knowing that he was weighing the gains and losses in his mind. Originally, Su Zhen had no intention of cooperating with these big-name film companies. If he cooperated with those small companies, he would not even be able to obtain a higher share, so

Marco didn't care when he slammed the door and left.

But when Su Zhen learned that the chairman of Paramount actually came to negotiate in person, he was very surprised. After meeting with Lansing, he really felt the sincerity of the other party. After weighing it in his mind, he raised his interest in cooperating with Paramount.

After all, big companies obviously have advantages in terms of production and publicity, so there is nothing wrong with sharing more cakes.

After a long time, Lansing agreed to Su Zhen's request. After all, this is not a bad thing for Paramount. Although it may make less money, it also reduces the risk. After all, there are no examples of best-selling novels being adapted into movies and then flopping.

A few. However, Lansing finally requested that the script be adapted by Su Zhen, but the final version had to be approved by Paramount, and Su Zhen could not interfere in filming without authorization. Su Zhen naturally agreed happily. Although he also likes watching movies, he doesn't

The representative is interested in making movies.

In fact, Su Zhen only cares about how much money he can earn from these four movies and who will play the heroine, because at this time, Kristen Stewart, who played the role in the original version, was only a little girl, so naturally she could not play the heroine.

After finalizing the cooperation on Twilight, Su Zhen asked: "Paramount seems not interested in "Underworld"?"

"Yes, although I think "Underworld" is very worthy of adaptation, the directors thought that the system setting of "Underworld" was a bit strange and vetoed the filming proposal," Lansing explained.

"That's really a pity." Although he said this, there was no expression of regret on his face.

After sending off Shirley Lansing, Su Zhen asked Aikman to inform the subsequent film companies that the copyright for Twilight has been finalized. If anyone is interested in Underworld, they can discuss it at the originally scheduled time.

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