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"This one needs no introduction from me."

After seeing Qin Dong finish talking to Barry Meyer, Martin introduced the next person.

"Martin, you are talking nonsense, Qin, we meet again."

Brad Gray, the president of Paramount, deliberately smiled and scolded Martin, then stretched out his hand to hug Qin Dong.

"Brad, I actually hate hugging men. Martin knows that, so he has stopped this phenomenon now."

Qin Dong reluctantly hugged Brad back, but after letting go, he still complained.

Anyway, now that they are familiar with each other, Qin Dong has no worries about speaking.

What's more, this kind of thing is not a big deal, it's harmless.

"oh..."

Brad was stunned and glanced at Martin. Martin showed a helpless expression, suddenly understood, and said with a smile:

"Okay, my dear director, I will remember it and pay attention next time."

"Every person, every place, and every country has different customs, which is understandable."

Qin Dong smiled, but still added, these are all big guys. Although Qin Dong doesn't care, there is no need to mess up the relationship or leave a bad impression on others:

"Brad, I only like to hug women intimately, forget about men, hehe..."

"Ha ha..."

As soon as he said this, several people laughed.

These words sounded comfortable. We were all men, and we immediately understood what Qin Dong was thinking. He was a man with overflowing hormones. This age was indeed a man's prime time.

"Qin, this is Adam Ferguson, CEO of Universal Pictures."

Martin watched everyone finish laughing and introduced the last person.

"Qin, director, I've heard of him for a long time."

Adam Ferguson seemed to be the youngest among the few people. Well, he looked the youngest in appearance. He looked about forty or fifty years old. He smiled and stretched out his hand.

Qin Dong stretched out his hand to hold it and said with a smile:

"Adam, nice to meet you."

Adam Ferguson glanced at the presidents of the other two companies:

"Qin, let's talk in private?"

Qin Dong was stunned and glanced at Martin. Martin gave a wink and nodded. Qin Dong suddenly understood that the CEO of Universal Pictures wanted to have a private chat with him. Martin, the agent, agreed, so the conversation must be

That's the thing. Thinking of this, he smiled and agreed:

"Okay, Brad, Barry, wait a minute, I'll talk to Adam."

Brad Gray and Barry Meyer were both mature guys, and they instantly realized that no wonder the Universal president showed up in person at Qin's banquet, which had nothing to do with Universal. It must be about the movie.

Thinking of this, the two of them smiled and nodded, but they felt a little anxious.

The director is just one person. He has no skills at all. If he is roped in, the two of them will have no chance. Which big company wouldn't want to rope in a director who can make money? Even Warner, who has collaborated with Qin Dong on several movies, still wants to make more.

Cooperate more with Qin Dong instead of letting other companies step in.

As for directors who can make money, except for Cameron, Spey, and George Lucas, there is currently no one in Hollywood who can compare with Qin Dong in terms of money-making ability.

After all, this Chinese director is a director with his own ticket bank. Apart from the above three, Barry and Brad know very well that no other director can compare with Qin Dong.

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"Qin, I heard that you are very interested in [Dinosaur Park]?"

Adam Ferguson, Qin Dong and Martin found a remote corner sofa to sit down and asked first.

Qin Dong glanced at Adam's expression and nodded calmly:

"Adam, I'm only 24 years old. Do you think I won't like dinosaurs, creatures from prehistoric times?"

Adam suddenly realized, it turns out that this person is so young and has always known it, but many times he unconsciously ignores this concept:

"Wow, Qin, your achievements and your age are really amazing. I always unconsciously ignore your age, as if you are a mature director."

"Back to business, Qin, Martin has contacted us at Universal a long time ago and wants to buy the copyright of [Dinosaur Park]."

"It's just that this series is one of the most profitable film series in the history of Hollywood. From top to bottom at Universal, neither I nor other people in the company, nor the parent company behind Universal, can agree to sell the copyright.

of."

Qin Dong nodded as he listened. After thinking about this matter, he didn't think he had much hope of buying the copyright, so he didn't have any expectations and wasn't disappointed.

Adam Ferguson saw Qin Dong's expression unchanged, and immediately knew that the director was very self-aware, and continued:

"Qin, Universal also wants to restart [Dinosaur Park]. The third film in this series had a bad reputation at the box office. But more than ten years have passed, and Universal feels that it is almost time to restart this series."

"Although we can't sell you the copyright, Universal would like to cooperate with you."

Finally getting to the point, Qin Dong asked:

"Adam, have you asked about me? I have my own habits when making movies, and I have the final say on my crew, and I don't allow anyone to question me."

Adam smiled without any surprise and nodded:

"Of course, Qin, since I'm here, I won't come here without knowing anything."

"Whether it's your previous movies or [Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol], I've found someone to understand everything that happened on the set and all your habits."

"Although it is different from our Hollywood model, for a talented director, all the rules are irrelevant, and those are not important."

"Just like Cameron, a bastard, even though he is notorious, he often increases the cost of movies during filming for no reason, and he likes to postpone movies frequently. Even so, as long as he makes a movie, companies like us are still rushing to cooperate with him. This is

Reality."

"And the rules are for ordinary directors and artists."

Qin Dong agreed very much with this statement. All rules are for ordinary people.

Because whoever makes the rules knows everything:

"Adam, since you know everything, I think you should talk to Martin about the following matters. My offer is not low."

Adam Ferguson nodded:

"This is inevitable, Qin. Of course I know your offer is not low. I have already seen the [Mission: Impossible] contract you signed with Paramount."

Qin Dong smiled and had no objection to this. This kind of thing was normal.

Although the six major Hollywood companies are competitors, they have united with each other. Any company below that wants to climb up and become the seventh largest company is just a dream.

Hollywood used to be one of the top eight companies, but two of them went bankrupt and were acquired.

For example, Spielberg, an old Jewish director, had the ambition to unite with animation giants and a person with strong business capabilities. The three of them jointly formed a company, dreaming of becoming a giant, competing with Paramount, Universal, Warner and others.

The company is on equal footing.

However, the result was that even though behind the Oscars and behind Hollywood, many old Jewish men supported Spielberg, so what, they still suppressed them severely. In the end, Spielberg was completely disheartened and sold the house.

This is the reality of the company he worked so hard to create.

The current situation of the six major companies is that they love and kill each other and compete with each other, but the bottom line is that the companies below are not allowed to rise up. If anyone dares to take the lead, we will unite to beat him.

Therefore, Qin Dong has no objection at all to Adam Ferguson being able to get the film contract signed by him from Paramount. This is a normal business operation.

"Well, Adam, I agree to direct the movie, but you have to negotiate with Martin about these contracts, and the price will definitely be higher than the contract I signed with Paramount."

Qin Dong bluntly said, one word, increase the price.

The price must be increased, which is a huge amount of money, and Qin Dong has the confidence, because Adam Ferguson will definitely put forward additional guarantee conditions.