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A new day...

Warner Pictures headquarters building.

Reception room.

"Welcome, welcome."

"Qin, you are finally here."

The moment Barry Meyer saw Qin Dong and Martin appear, he immediately stood up with a smile.

He strode forward to greet him, opened his hands, and greeted him politely.

As an old man who has been the president of Warner for decades, he is almost 70 years old.

Barry Meyer knew his time was running out.

He didn't want to wait until the day he retired. In the media's evaluation of his career, the last thing he said was that Warner clearly owns DC, the world's number one comic company, but lost to Marvel, which owns the world's second comic company.

Disney.

It took Marvel less than ten years to defeat DC, which had been in the film industry for decades.

After all, as we all know, movies such as "Batman" and "Superman" under DC were made into movies in the 1970s and 1980s, and became popular all over the world.

And Marvel...hey.

At that time, he, Barry Meyer, the man sitting on the throne of Warner's president, was an old fool, a loser, and a blind man.

Otherwise, why would a great treasure be surpassed by a latecomer in just ten years?

"Oh, Barry, you know,

I really don’t like hugging men, I only like hugging women.”

Qin Dong felt helpless when he saw Barry, who was so enthusiastic that he was beyond imagination.

Because the other party knew that he didn't like hugging men as a courtesy when meeting, and Barry usually paid attention to it, but he was a little carried away at this moment.

Facing Barry's open hands, Qin Dong had to reach out to stop him in advance and emphasized it again.

"Haha... I'm sorry, my, my, I made a mistake. Come on, please sit down."

When Barry Meyer heard this, he did not feel angry or angry. Instead, he laughed and retracted his open arms, then stretched out his hand to invite him to sit down.

It's no wonder that Barry is so excited. In fact, he has already thought about it carefully. In the past two years, he has also consulted many confidants within the company.

The result is that it is difficult for DC's superhero movie universe to surpass Marvel.

In addition, the box office and word-of-mouth failure of "Man of Steel" a few months ago cannot be considered a failure. I can only say that the box office and word-of-mouth were average, very average.

But neither Warner nor DC were satisfied.

Because [Superman] is the world's largest comic book superhero and the superhero with the most fans. The only comic book superhero that can rival [Superman] is DC's Batman.

A superhero with such a large number of fans has an average box office reputation.

That is failure.

"Qin, Martin, let me introduce to you..."

"This is the director of company xx..."

"This is DC..."

"This is DC..."

"This is DC..."

"..."

There are many people in the reception room.

Qin Dong and the people brought by Martin all smiled and greeted each one.

Qin Dong and Martin are not the only two people today.

After all, the contract to be negotiated is complicated.

We directly summoned a team from CAA, which includes not only negotiators, agents, lawyers, etc., but also people from all the professions that are needed.

"Barry, let them talk. Do you have a cigar ready?"

After Qin Dong said hello one by one, he faced Barry Meyer and said this.

This kind of contract negotiation does not require Qin Dong to personally take part, and the same is true for Warner President Barry Meyer.

"I know your preferences and have already prepared them, authentic ones..."

Barry Meyer smiled and extended his hand in invitation.

The two of them walked to a corner of the living room, where there were two single sofas and a coffee table.

Leave the real venue to the real negotiators of both parties.

...

"call..."

In the corner, Qin Dong slowly exhaled a puff of cigar smoke, leaned on the chair, and looked out the window quietly.

"call..."

Barry Meyer, who was sitting on the single sofa opposite, was also smoking slowly.

Neither of them had any intention of talking, although both of them were looking out the window, as if they were enjoying the scenery outside...

In fact, both of them listened to the conversations and exchanges between the two negotiating teams in the room.

Accompanied by frequent quarrels, insults, and loud voices that shook the glass.

"..."

"Hey... your asking price is too high, right? You have no sincerity at all. Are you here to negotiate a contract?"

"Not high, not high at all."

"Fake, you want our DC's 300 superhero copyrights? How can you say that?"

"..."

"Fake...impossible, your request is too much."

"Bichi, what are you talking about? Don't look at your DC's miserable exit. You are suppressed by Marvel."

"Fuck, you motherfucker, James, you son of a bitch, our DC is only temporarily lonely, but we still stand at the head of Marvel."

"You little bitch..."

"Fake, your mother's..."

"..."

"These superheroes you are talking about are no good. These are the superheroes that need to appear in the superhero universe series that our DC will shoot next."

"Nonsense, these are second- and third-tier superheroes in comics, how is that possible?"

"Why is it impossible?"

"Then tell me, which superheroes will Warner and DC choose to appear?"

"Many, first-line [Superman], [Batman], [Green Lantern], [The Flash], [Aquaman], [Cyborg], [...], [...]...

These are part of it, do you still need to read it?”

"Fake, you did this on purpose."

"..."

"If we continue to talk like this, we will have to wait for another day... No one is sincere."

"My employer, Qin, will leave Los Angeles if he stays for one more day at most and will not be back in the short term."

Martin Bob looked at the negotiation team formed by his subordinates and the DC company owned by Warner United on the opposite side. The two parties were arguing fiercely, and they were still far from the details that the two parties could discuss.

At this moment, Martin, the president of CAA, had to speak in person.

This kind of conversation is actually very normal and common.

Even a single artist's film contract requires agents to have such conversations with the production company, which can even lead to shouting matches.

It's a pity that Martin is not satisfied at this moment, because Qin Dong really won't stay here much longer.

Moreover, Qin Dong secretly told Martin that the contract should be finalized as soon as possible.

"Qin's new movie will soon be shot in his home country, and the actors are almost set."

"How many scripts has Qin registered with the Script Guild? I believe you, you, you, you all already know."

"Qin. He doesn't need other people's scripts, and he doesn't need other companies' scripts. Well, that includes superheroes, too."

"If everyone still wastes Qin's time like this..."

Martin stood up and pointed his fingers one by one:

"Then, you can go find the director yourself."

"Or maybe, wait for Qin, one day he will no longer have the talent to write scripts, and his talent will be exhausted."

"When I can't create a script and have to ask outsiders for help..."

"At that time, maybe you can find Qin."

"Now... tell me... can the two of us really have a sincere conversation?"

"Um?"

At the end of the sentence, Martin patted the table and asked loudly to the group of people opposite.

"Oh, Martin, we are really sincere, otherwise we wouldn't be here."

"Yes, Martin, we also want to conclude the negotiation, which is why we invited Director Qin."

"Hey..."

Martin got mad, and the leaders of the group of people on the opposite side immediately calmed down the atmosphere.

This is what negotiation is like, there are always people who are going to play the bad side, and there are always people who are going to play the good side.

"Very good, then let's show sincerity to each other."

After Martin sat down slowly, his voice became much softer:

"I hope to determine the general framework today."

"The contract will be fully signed tomorrow."

"Once again, my employer is leaving Hollywood."

"Well, I'll have to go back the day after tomorrow at most."

"If [Divergent] hadn't been released yesterday, Qin would have left last month."

Cutting the knot with a sharp knife, Martin knew Qin Dong's request, so naturally he was too lazy to write ink for a long time.

A long period of time means great variables.

"Okay, Martin, we get it, but..."

"You ask for the copyright of 300 superheroes right away. This cannot be discussed. It is too outrageous. I hope you will also show sincerity. Otherwise, let alone the framework of the negotiations today, there will be no need to talk."

A group of people from Warner and DC on the opposite side heard the words and exchanged words in a low voice.

The last person came forward and said this.

"Then take a step back, 200..."

"There's no need to talk about it. Martin, please be sincere. How many superheroes do we have in the entire DC comic book?"

"Well, I don't know. I only know that your DC seems to have more than 1,000 superheroes. I can't remember the detailed number..."

"Martin, whether you really don't know or you are just pretending to be confused, there is no need to talk about 300, 200, or 100. If you still insist on saying this, I can express my regret on behalf of Warner and DC."

"..."

King versus king.

Martin looked at the person opposite who spoke decisively.uuReading www.uukanshu.com

That person is the president of DC, an old man who has worked in DC for decades.

What the other party said is most likely not false.

Thinking of this, Martin was silent for a while, thinking about what to say.

The other party has already said, let alone 300, 200, not even 100 superheroes, not even a little bit.

[Qin, 30 superhero copyrights, the bottom line you require is probably really not easy.]

Thinking of Qin Dong's request, Martin knew that the negotiation would last today, at least until dinner time.

I couldn't help but sigh to myself.