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"So, it will take a long time to get the peripheral income?" Xu Zhi asked with a frown.

David nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, this is actually a long-term benefit. Eric, your movie has already made a lot of money from the box office alone, and the subsequent peripheral income is usually one year." Once, which means you can get a lot of money every year in the future.

In Hollywood, many small film companies accidentally make a film with good results, and then they can rely on the future peripheral income to support themselves! "

Xu Zhi smiled and said, "Can the peripherals last for so many years?"

David said: "Looking at the plot of a movie, it is unlikely that it will last for decades, but more than ten years is generally not a problem. For example, Eric's "Home Alone" actually has a way to continue forever!"

Xu Zhi smiled and said: "You mean to make a sequel?"

"Not bad." David gave a thumbs up: "Your movie is currently very famous, and the plot is very suitable for filming a sequel. This is a long-term business."

"I don't plan to shoot it for the time being." Xu Zhi shook his head and said. Sequels are actually more suitable for movies with the same characters but different plots. Such movies can form a strong market, such as: Spider-Man, Transformers, Thor, etc. Avengers and more.

But Home Alone is different. Even if it is filmed again, the routine will still be the same. Take the later "Home Alone 2" as an example, the plot is too repetitive.

The same protagonist was separated from his family again on Christmas Day, and met two familiar thieves thousands of miles away in New York. It was the same routine again, with the kid beating up the thieves.

Of course, this is a comedy movie. In many cases, there is no need to consider logic. As long as everyone is happy, and the box office is still good, from a capital point of view, as long as there is a return, what does it matter about the rest?

Of course, Xu Zhi is not without money, but even if he wants to make a second film, he will have to wait for another two years. Two years has changed a lot.

Xu Zhi said: "David, if you want to cooperate, you can, but I have another idea. Not only the overseas box office revenue, I want to sell it all at once, together with all the peripheral revenue and the rights to the subsequent movie sequels!"

"All at once?" David was startled and said, "Eric, are you sure?"

Xu Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, I confirm it!"

David said: "Eric, this is not a small sum of money!"

If it is an ordinary movie, the box office performance is about 10 million US dollars. At this time, the subsequent peripheral and sequel rights are basically sold out at once.

Distribution companies are generally quite overbearing. For example, various settlements and channel utilization will be counted on top of the producer's costs. The income is not high in the first place. Coupled with this intangible cost, the production company is not willing to slowly share the revenue.

But for a movie like "Home Alone" with a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, if you want to buy it out in one go, the investment is too high. Even if you know you won't lose money, not many companies can spend so much money at once.

Xu Zhidao: "I know, this is what I think. I wonder if your company has the ability to take over?"

David asked: "Then what price do you plan to sell it at?"

Xu Zhi shook his head and said: "It hasn't been decided yet. I will find a professional to price it. If your company is willing, we can negotiate again after the price comes out."

David frowned and said: "I don't have the right to decide on such a big matter. I need the approval of the board of directors. However, a one-time payment is unlikely, but if it is paid in installments, no matter how suitable the price is, I think the board of directors should agree."

"No! It must be sold at once." Xu Zhi refused of course. He wanted to sell them all directly because he didn't want to wait for N years. With this kind of publishing company, the longer the time, the more profits will be deducted. Professional The accounting techniques will make you dumbfounded. The other party has already made a profit at the box office once, so it is just a way of building reputation. Now it is the best choice to choose a one-time sale.

What's more, he knew that some special time points were coming soon. If he had a sum of cash in hand, he would make far more money than if he divided it slowly.

David said: "Okay, I will go back and report to the board of directors, but no matter what, I hope that in the future, if you make another movie, we can continue to cooperate!"

"Yes, under the same conditions I will choose Columbia Publishing Company." Xu Zhi said with a smile.

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As time enters February, the craze for "Home Alone" is slowly fading, and the number of screens showing it has dropped from the peak of 3,500 to 200.

Except for Titanic in the history of Hollywood, no matter how popular a movie is, it is short-lived. People who want to watch it have already finished watching it, and people who don't want to watch it will not watch it again.

In the end, "Home Alone" ended with a box office of $216 million.

The battle on the screen has ended, but the battle off the stage has just begun.

Xu Zhi deliberately spread the news: all the copyrights of Home Alone will be sold off at once.

It is rare in the history of Hollywood for such a popular movie to sell all subsequent copyrights. But then again, there are several Hollywood movies that are popular at the box office that are not the products of a few giants. These companies have their own channels, and slowly Business is about maximizing profits.

As the news spread, Fox, Paramount, MGM, and Columbia, which had already talked about it once before, all had conflicts with the legal team hired by Xu Zhi, but in the end, either the price was too low, or they did not want to do it all at once. The payment has never been negotiated. It seems that these companies have formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

In the luxurious hotel conference hall, Xu Zhi met with a special customer.

"Hello, Mr. Shengtian!" Xu Zhi stepped forward and shook hands.

The person who came was Shao Morita, the most famous CEO in the history of Sony Corporation. Although he was not tall, he said with a bright face: "Mr. Xu is younger than I thought. I have to say that I admire you very much. Even I admire him for achieving such an achievement at such a young age."

"Excellent." Xu Zhi said modestly: "In the shopping mall, Mr. Morita is the real elite. You have managed Sony from a small company to the world's top technology company. This ability has to be admired! "

Shao Morita is a man with extremely developed business vision and mind.

In 1957, because the "pocket" radios produced were too big, Sony ordered shirts with larger pockets and gave them to consumers. This set a record for Sony's annual sales of 1.5 million shirts.

The annexation of Columbia Pictures in 1989 shocked the entire United States.

"Haha..." Morita Shaofu smiled proudly and said: "There are many reasons for Sony's success. It would be biased to say that it is just me. In fact, after investigating Mr. Xu's fortune history, I found that this is the reason. The real way to success!”

"What do you mean?" Xu Zhi was a little confused.

Shao Morita said: "Mr. Xu used movies as his first pot of gold, and subsequently developed games such as claw machines, arcade cubes and tank battles. This is actually the smartest thing.

These are industries without any competition. Mr. Xu is actually the creator of an industry, and those of us are actually just competing with countless others for the fruits that already exist! "

Xu Zhi said: "No matter how profitable a game is, it will always have little technological content. It cannot compare to Sony's countless patents over the years. These are the foundation of a company's strength!"

Shao Morita said: "In fact, I have also studied the game after the emergence of Taito Company's Space Invaders. It will indeed be a very good market, but this industry is different from the traditional electronic field. It is not about technology. Content, but creativity.

Sony's technology is indeed very good, but in the field of games, we have no confidence. In this regard, Mr. Xu's company is really powerful. It has only produced a few games, but almost all of them are high-quality products. "

"Haha... you're just lucky!" Xu Zhi said with a smile.