Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

"Will Lin Daoqiu be willing to sell it?"

Although Ashley was very moved by Richardson's proposal, after thinking about it, he felt that Lin Daoqiu would not be so stupid as to sell such a profitable movie copyright to Warner.

You must know that the box office of this drama has already exceeded 100 million US dollars. I believe it will definitely exceed 100 million US dollars when it is finally released.

If you add in the box office and video sales in Europe and other regions, it is impossible to imagine how much money this movie will make in the end.

"Does the president know how much money Lin Daoqiu will get from this drama?"

Ashley didn't know much about this matter, because he didn't care about it at all before this.

If it weren't for Run Run Shaw's relationship, I'm afraid he wouldn't even be able to meet Lin Daoqiu.

Looking at Ashley's reaction, Richardson could tell that the other party definitely didn't know.

"As far as I know, Lin Daoqiu is not only the producer and screenwriter of this "Mission: Impossible", he is also responsible for the entire filming process, and he also paid half of the production and promotion fees, but he and Run Run Shaw actually share the profits equally."

Richardson heard these things from Carls's mouth, so there is no need to doubt the authenticity.

When Richardson finished speaking, Ashley's face immediately showed a surprised expression.

This means that Run Run Shaw only paid half of the production fee and received half of the profit of the entire drama. Isn't the other party making too much money?

"After spending so much effort and effort, and only receiving such a small amount of money in the end, do you think Lin Daoqiu will continue to cooperate with Shaw in the second film?"

"If it were me, I would definitely kick out Run Run Shaw and make it myself in the sequel. Otherwise, it would be a huge loss."

Ashley gave his answer without thinking. After all, it sounded like Run Run Shaw had not contributed much at all, and Lin Daoqiu had no reason to continue to cooperate with him.

"So by paying for the copyright of this drama, we are doing Lin Daoqiu a favor. You must know that Mr. Shao is very powerful in Hong Kong."

Ashley seemed to understand what Richardson meant.

"You mean Lin Daoqiu has to cooperate with Run Run Shaw, otherwise he won't be able to stay in Hong Kong?"

A lot of this happens in Hollywood, and even Ashley himself has done a lot of this, so he's used to it.

"Yes, Mr. Shao not only has a Hollywood-like production factory in Hong Kong, but also a TV station with high ratings. No one there dares to disobey him."

Richardson is obviously exaggerating Shaw's strength, but a large part of it is indeed true.

The more Ashley heard about it, the happier he became. If he could buy the rights to this movie for US$50 million, it would bring huge profits to Warner.

And when the time comes, they can also add a male star to take over Brigitte Lin's role, and then train him to become an action superstar for Warner, opening up the field of action movies for Warner.

"You go find Lin Daoqiu right away and have a good talk with him."

Ashley immediately assigned Richardson to talk to Lin Daoqiu about buying the rights to "Mission: Impossible".

At the same time, Landry also found Lin Daoqiu with little Alan Ryder's idea.

"Why is Mr. Landry free to see me today?"

After pouring a cup of coffee for Landry and himself, and sitting back on the sofa, Lin Daoqiu just stared at each other.

"Mr. Lin should know why I came today."

Landry took a sip of the coffee Lin Daoqiu poured, but it didn't seem to suit his taste, so he took a small sip and put the cup down.

"It seems that Mr. Landry is planning to come to me to buy the copyright. In that case, you should know what my asking price is."

Although Lin Daoqiu said this, he knew very well that the other party would never pay 200 million to buy the copyright of his movie.

If little Alan Ryder really did this, then Lin Daoqiu would really admire him, he was so stupid.

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Lin originally offered us 200 million, right?"

Of course, Landry will not forget the price Lin Daoqiu originally offered.

Lin Daoqiu smiled and nodded. In fact, he casually offered a price of 200 million without even thinking about it at that time.

"If Mr. Lin thinks that someone in Hollywood is willing to pay 200 million to buy the rights to your drama, then I would really like to see who is so stupid."

Landry's words are very straightforward, because it is an obvious fact that no company is willing to spend such a large amount of money to buy a movie.

If Landry had to choose to buy the rights to a movie for 200 million, only the "Star Wars" series of movies would be worth so much money.

For an action movie, the price of US$50 million is already a very reasonable price.

It's a pity that the box office of this drama has been rising steadily, and it has now exceeded 80 million US dollars.

For Landry, who wants to buy the copyright, this is tantamount to increasing the difficulty in disguise.

But the paradox is that Landry is now eager for the box office to get higher and higher, otherwise why would they be willing to pay a high price to buy the rights to this movie.

"In this case, I wonder how much your company is willing to pay to buy my copyright?"

Lin Daoqiu has seriously thought about it in the past two days. It is much more appropriate to sell the copyright of this drama than to negotiate a share with the other party.

Although the money earned is definitely less than the share, time is the most precious, so he has tended to sell the drama to the other party.

Now Lin Daoqiu is just waiting for someone willing to pay a high price to appear.

If he couldn't reach an agreement with Landry today, Lin Daoqiu didn't mind letting the news out.

He didn't believe that Paramount's movie companies wouldn't be interested in the copyright of this drama.

"Seventy million."

The last time before Lin Daoqiu left, little Alan Ryder had already reached 50 million.

In order to show his sincerity in this negotiation, Landry added another 20 million to the original amount.

Although Lin Daoqiu didn't know what Landry's bottom line was, he believed that the final transaction amount would definitely exceed 100 million.

One hundred million US dollars is now equivalent to about 500 million Hong Kong dollars. If you have this money, you don't need to look at other people's faces and can go back to Hong Kong to build your own theater chain.

When he thought of this, Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but smile happily.

However, Lin Daoqiu's smile fell in Landry's eyes, making him feel that the other party was mocking him for being dissatisfied with the price he offered.

"Mr. Lin, I think 70 million is already a very reasonable price. I come to you to negotiate with sincerity today."

Landry looked at Lin Daoqiu with a serious face. Although Alan Ryder Jr. gave him a bottom line of 100 million, it would be best if he could close the deal with 70 million.

"Sorry, I refuse."