Chapter 23: foregone conclusion

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"What? I heard it right? Yang, did you succeed ?!" Zachary said shockedly, and couldn't believe this fact: "Are you kidding? What ?! Isn't it kidding? Then, I'm quick Will become the protagonist of a movie !? "
"Wow, man, I said you will succeed! You didn't let me down!" Joshua yelled happily: "My DV machine will be very valuable right away, it will be robbed by fans!"
"Oh my ...! The merciful Lord agreed to my wish!" Jessica shouted in shock and joy when she heard the good news, so happy she couldn't help herself: "Oh my god! This is great ! Oh my god, is this true? Jan, please tell me this is true! "
After telling Rachel the news for the first time, Wang Yang then called other good friends and shared the joy with them. Of course, Zachary, Jessica and others were very happy and excited, and happy for him; only the fat man Harry George received his phone call, and after hearing this news, he scolded angrily, "Shit, I don't believe it!" "Hang up."
This night, Wang Yang spent in a hotel near the beach in Santa Monica. He lay in bed for a long time and did not fall asleep. He was too excited to close his eyes. He simply got up and moved a chair to sit on the balcony. The beach under the night scene seemed so quiet. The sound of "sand" waves came faintly. He looked at the dark sea in the distance, the moon in the sky, and felt This tranquility slowly calmed down the mood.
The next day, Wang Yang came to the headquarters building of Lion Gate again. The purpose was naturally to discuss the details of the issuance contract with Lion Gate.
"Hello, Mr. Wang." The beautiful white front desk lady Jennifer smiled at Wang Yang with a much more enthusiastic attitude than tomorrow. Obviously she already knew the news that the company was going to buy Wang Yang's movie. She laughed: " Mr. Oldenberg was waiting for you very early, Mr. Wang, please follow me. "
"Well, good!" Wang Yang followed Jennifer and came to Tom Oldenburg's office.
The door of the office was not closed, Jennifer knocked, and Tom Oldenburg, who was busy on the desk, looked over and smiled, "Hey, please come in!" He looked at Wang Yang who came in, interested Asked, "Young man, did you sleep well last night?"
Wang Yang sat down on the chair in front of his desk, smiled and shook his head, and said: "Not very good, sir." He rolled his eyes and mocked himself: "I am so happy for all this, and closed my eyes, It ’s all about movies in my head. I succeeded? I really succeeded? Oh, I could n’t sleep at all!
He laughed again:
You know, I ’m afraid this is a dream, I fell asleep and woke up It ’s nothing. "
Tom smiled with understanding and winked at Wang Yang, saying: "Young man, this is not a dream! Tell you good news, our CEO Mr. Bix, has agreed to the company to release your movie."
"Wow! This is really good news, thank you, Mr. Oldenburg!" Wang Yang clenched his fists secretly, laughing happily, and finally put down the last big heart, now he signed with Liongate , Is already a sure thing.
"This sale is now in my sole responsibility." Tom smiled. He is the manager of the film purchasing department. Negotiations with Wang Yang naturally fell on him. He took out a contract and handed it to Wang Yang. , Said: "This is our plan, take a look."
Wang Yang nodded, took the contract and placed it on the desk, carefully watching the contents inside. This contract shows that he has permanently handed over the distribution rights of the film distribution rights such as the North American distribution rights, overseas distribution rights, VCD, DVD distribution rights, and TV channel distribution rights of "Smart and Ghost Records" to Lionsgate Film Company for compensation. Instead of paying for acquisition costs, Lion Gate uses a share model.
The specific proportion is that in North America, if the pre-tax box office profit is less than one million, Wang Yang will get a 10% share; after five million, 20%; after ten million, 30%; after five thousand 10,000, 40%; more than 100 million, 50%; and if the movie can't recover the cost and lose money, Wang Yang will only get a 5% share.
This share ratio was Wang Yang's assumption yesterday, but there was only one more loss.
In overseas regions, the share ratio is also the same. In projects such as VCD, DVD, and video rental, Lion Gate did not adopt the box office share ratio. They proposed that no matter what the final profit of these projects is, Wang Yang will only get 10%. Of.
Wang Yang probably knows the reason. This should be the box office of Lions Gate Company which is not very optimistic about this movie, but they are optimistic about the movie in the DVD market. This is the case with some movies. It does not sell in movie theaters, but it is extremely popular in the DVD market. Perhaps such movies are not suitable for large screens and movie theaters, but suitable for watching at home at the computer and the TV.
But it was n’t Wang Yang who frowned that it was the DVD ’s share, but he seemed to have forgotten yesterday that the box office profit statistics were divided between North America and overseas, and as a result, he would have difficulty getting a 50% share. Because it refers to the first DV movie released in "Female La Blair", it has achieved more than 200 million box office results, but North America and overseas accounted for only half. After the distribution of the theater line, whether in North America or overseas before tax The box office profit will not reach more than 100 million, and he naturally will not get 50%.
"Can it be modified to determine the proportion of global pre-tax box office profits?" Wang Yang looked at Tom and asked, but he knew that his request was basically impossible to achieve.
Sure enough, Tom Oldenberg shrugged and rejected: "No, you know, the box office statistics work in North America and overseas are different systems, and in time, they are not linked together. This is divided into The implementation is unfavorable, "he said by way of example." For example, after a movie is released in North America, it may be released overseas six months or even a year later. Do we have to wait a year before deciding how to divide it? "
Wang Yang nodded silently, he was very clear that Tom was talking about facts, so he didn't have any thoughts about entangled this request.
Tom leaned on his back and said: "Yang, you can rest assured that we will only consider the issue of overseas distribution when the movie has a good grade." He spread his hand with the pen and said, "In other words If there is an overseas issue, your share will be over 20%, which is not a small amount. "
"Well, I know." Wang Yang smiled and continued to look at the contract. He didn't raise his head until he closed it and said bluntly: "The share of DVDs has increased to 20%." Tom shook his head and said : "Up to 15%, this is the company's decision." Wang Yang slightly nodded after thinking, he did not have too many bargaining chips with the Lion Gate Company, he was in a weak position in the negotiation, he could not ask too much, nor did he ask Would agree.
After agreeing to the DVD's share ratio, Wang Yang again said: "The sequel copyright and name copyright of this movie are still mine."
This request, Tom readily agreed: "OK, you can keep those copyrights." In fact, if it is not bought out, these copyrights should have belonged to the producers, and the Lions Gate Company did not think about occupying these at first. It ’s cheap, let ’s say the film ’s grades are only good enough to make a sequel. They do n’t think
Smart and Ghost Record
has this qualification. Tom laughed again: "However, our company has priority."
"Of course." Wang Yang nodded and smiled in his heart. In this case, after the Lions Gate Company wanted to produce "Smart and Ghost Record 2" and "Smart and Ghost Record 3", he had to pay him a fee. It's a small compensation. He shook his hand to Tom Oldenburg, and said, "Sir, I have no other opinions."
Tom put down the pen in his hand, reached out and shook hands with Wang Yang, laughing: "Happy cooperation, young people."
"Happy cooperation!" Wang Yang also smiled.
Although the details of the contract were basically negotiated, the two parties did not sign the contract immediately. They agreed to formally sign the contract two days later. This is because Wang Yang needed professional legal advice. He took this revised formal contract and rushed back to Los Angeles. He was going to a law firm to ask a lawyer to review his contract. After all, he was not a legal professional. People, do not understand all the legal traps, he can not be careful.
Especially since he has not joined any union and brokerage company now, if something goes wrong, no one will help him.
What will happen to? Take a look at the follow-up report of "The Witch Blair", after it created a box office miracle of more than 200 million, the artisan company that originally promised a 20% dividend to the producer was actually reluctant to pay the money and owed the three young system The dividend of the filmmaker. The three young producers took the artisan company to court for a long time. After a long dispute, they fought for two years before they finally got their share.
Although there was no such scandal in the Lion Gate Company in later generations, Wang Yang could not let himself be lucky in this regard.
After a night of rest in his apartment, Wang Yang took the contract the next day and came to a law firm called "Integrity". This medium-sized law firm was introduced to him by Jessica and has a good reputation. She knows the laws of the film very well and is also the legal adviser to her father's real estate company.
Wang Yang consulted with a young lawyer in his thirties, called Hebrew-Karl. The hourly fee is two hundred dollars per hour, which is a middle-level fee. Hebrew-Karl took Wang Yang's contract and read it carefully several times before he smiled positively at Wang Yang: "Mr. Wang, there is no problem with this contract. You can safely sign your name. If the other party In the case of arrears of dividends, only one lawsuit is needed, and they will definitely lose the case. "
"Oh, thank God." Wang Yang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. The Lions Gate Company did not disappoint him.
Then, Hebrew-Karl gave Wang Yang some suggestions. As the only person who owns all the copyrights of this movie, Wang Yang does not need to register a film company, and he can sign a contract with Lion Gate as an individual, which will be exempted. To pay a lot of corporate tax, only need to pay personal tax.
Wang Yang left the Integrity Law Firm with satisfaction. Although it cost him three hundred dollars, he was once again on the verge of being unable to afford even the fare, but the money was absolutely worth it. The wonderful clauses and inexplicable legal loopholes were owed dividends by the Lion Gate Company, and even won the lawsuit.
Back to the apartment, ready to go to Santa Monica tomorrow to officially sign the contract. Wang Yang took a shower in a good mood, hummed and walked out of the bathroom to the living room, looked at the contract documents on the sofa, he took a kiss and kissed fiercely, smiled at the contract: "God, why are you So cute! "He sat down on the sofa and was about to turn on the TV, but his phone rang suddenly.
"Who?" Wang Yang picked up the mobile phone placed on the TV cabinet, looked at the electric display, and suddenly stunned. It was actually the Thomas Purchasing Manager of Artisan Films, Stephen Thomas! What is he calling? Wang Yang frowned and took the channel: "Hello, this is Wang Yang."
"Hello, Mr. Wang, it's me, Stephen Thomas of the artisan company." It was indeed Thomas's voice.
Artisan said that they will do internal discussions, so now they have discussed? Wang Yang asked with doubt: "Oh, Mr. Thomas, hello, what is the matter?"
Thomas chuckled over there, mysteriously said: "This is it, Mr. Wang, we decided to buy your movie."
Although expected, Wang Yang couldn't help but stunned. The artisan company wanted to buy his movie? ! What happened to them? What happened to them changed their minds? Is Thomas' syncope cured? He couldn't help but shake his head and smiled, it didn't matter. He refused: "No, Mr. Thomas, my movie has already found a distributor."
"What ?!" Thomas was stunned. How could he not think that this Chinese kid's movie was so attractive? He felt unbelievable in his heart, but the company had instructions, he had to ask: "Oh, are we a step late? Mr. Wang, did you sign a contract with them?" Wang Yang said: "Not yet."
Got this answer, Thomas asked again: "So don't know if there is a chance for us artisans? You know, after discussion, we decided to take a risk and try, you can get 200,000 movie copyright fees."
Without thinking, Wang Yang smiled and refused, "I still can't. I have already negotiated with the company. The conditions they offered were very good, and I am very grateful to them for this opportunity." He shrugged and said to the phone: "So sorry, Mr. Thomas." After all, he didn't understand why the artisan company suddenly resolved to be so big. 200,000 is not a small number for a 10,000-dollar DV movie.
In fact, the matter is very simple. When he left the artisan company last time, he left a DVD copy for internal discussion. Stephen Thomas didn't care at all, and left the DVD aside. But in recent days, by chance, the distribution manager of the artisan company watched the DVD. The manager was purely a pastime. The result was terrified. Afterwards, he felt that this was an excellent movie. Thomas discussed, hoping to buy back.
But Thomas ’position was still negative, but the manager did not give up. He took the DVD to the company ’s CEO office, and the CEO of the artisan company was also scared to a cold sweat. He would have bought the Witch in the future. In "Blair", he suddenly realized the extraordinaryness of this DV movie and felt that it was worth taking a risk for it. So he made a final decision and decided to buy "Smart and Ghost Record".
But they were one step late, Wang Yang had already negotiated with Lion Gate.
Thomas frowned and raised the price: "Mr. Wang, what about 300,000?" Wang Yang still said "no". Thomas gritted his teeth and said the company's price limit: "500,000 !?" Wang Yang was still light. Lightly smiled and said "no". Thomas was helpless and angry, and asked, "Mr. Wang, can you tell me something, what price did that company open?"
"Oh, I'm afraid I can't just casually say that this may be a trade secret." Wang Yang smiled and refused to answer Thomas' question. He said directly: "Mr. Thomas, it has been finalized. Although we have not signed the contract, we will not have it. Anything changed. "
Even if the conditions opened by the artisan company are better than that of the lion door, Wang Yang will not consider it. First, he really appreciates the lion door company; second, the limited information in his mind shows that the artisan company "has The incident of owing a dividend to "The Witch Blair" was later directly acquired by Lionsgate Films. Why should he give up a road and go to a dead end?
"Okay, so don't disturb you anymore. Mr. Wang, bye." Thomas said with a stiff tone, and the phone sounded "beeping".
Wang Yang smiled and hung up the phone. I didn't expect the artisan company to suddenly figure it out. Suddenly, he frowned, an idea flashed in his heart, the attitude of the artisan company changed, maybe he could make some articles here, and use this thing to push the release time of "Smart and Ghost Record" ... Think hard and think about it.
On the second day, the Lions Gate headquarters building in Santa Monica purchased a meeting room.
Looking at the two formal contracts on the conference table, Wang Yang in a formal attire took a deep breath. He looked at Jon Filtimer, Tom Oldenberg, and Michael Pa The three Liongate managers of Senneck all smiled with encouragement and goodwill. Wang Yang smiled and nodded to them, picked up the pen on the table, and signed his name on the contract.
"Congratulations, young man!" Three managers including Jon and a white lawyer who came to work as a notary public all smiled and clapped their hands, congratulating Wang Yang.
"Thank you!" Wang Yang smiled and shook hands with them one by one, filled with joy and excitement in his heart, and finally settled down, his movie was really released, he can say to others loudly, I am not a loser! I will not be at McDonald's all my life! The dream won't pass him, he is fulfilling his pursuit from childhood!
After signing the contract, Wang Yang came to the office of Jon Fildimer. Jon was the manager of the distribution department, so he was responsible for all the subsequent distribution of the movie.
"Mr. Phil Timer, I want to ask you a question." Wang Yang sat in the chair at the desk, looking at the opposite Jon, and asked, "I don't know my movie, Lions Gate probably considered When will it be released? "
Jon Filtimer spread his hands with a smile, and said: "Wow, young man, what are you in a hurry? You are still young." He smiled a few times before seriously saying: "We will release, but You know, it ’s late May, and it ’s summer vacation soon, and our screening plan has already been scheduled. Your movie may be more suitable for launching at the end of the year. "
At the end of the year, it will be half a year later! it is as expected. Wang Yang could not help frowning. In fact, the contract was released half a year later. The speed is not too slow. Others will not have any opinions, but he ca n’t, yes, it is the summer vacation soon. With the end of the semester, The news that he was expelled from Nantah is impossible to hide. If there is no achievement, it is difficult not to fight the war with his parents.
And he also needs money to live, need money as soon as possible, the release time must be in advance! Wang Yang made up his mind and shook his head: "Sir, I think the show time needs to be advanced. No, it's not my anxiety. It's ..." He shrugged and said calmly: "The artisan company contacted me yesterday. They bid 500,000, hoping to buy my work. "
Hearing this, Jon stunned, 500,000? You must know that Lions Gate ’s buy-out fee limit is only 300,000. He pretended not to care, and said, "Oh? Artisan Film Company? I know it. Have you been there before?"
Wang Yang nodded and said, "Yes, I went there very early. After watching the movie, they said they needed internal consideration. Then they gave me the result yesterday, of course I rejected them, but I can see that they are very "I am reluctant to lose my movie." He smiled sincerely and said, "Sir, I am not showing off anything. What I want to say is that the artisan company has already awakened. They are bidding 500,000, indicating that they are very optimistic. The potential of DV movies, they want to get the title of "the company that released the first DV movie"! "
Jon finally frowned and nodded slightly, agreeing with Wang Yang's words.
"Sir, you know, my movie only cost 10,000 yuan, and the time of one week's shooting." Wang Yang deliberately used a very low tone, nervously said: "Artisan company is so optimistic about DV movies, if they simply shoot themselves One? It does n’t need a good script, but only tens of thousands of blocks. In a week, they can make a movie, and then grab it in front of us, and put the movie on the market. "
"Hmm ..." Jon kept silent, he glanced at Wang Yang, and if things were really as the young man said, there was indeed a crisis. But is this young man lying? Jon smiled in his heart. Coincidentally, he had a very close friend at the artisan company. Although UU reading www.uukanshu.com is not a senior, he can still inquire about some situations.
Wang Yang looked at Jon calmly, he had no guilty conscience at all, because he didn't lie at all. Besides, he wanted Jon to inquire about this matter. The artisan company did bid for 500,000 to buy his movie. As long as Jon confirmed this information, no matter whether the artisan company revealed the willingness to make a DV movie, Lion The door will be suspicious.
"I know." Jon nodded when he saw that Wang Yang's eyes did not seem to be falsified, "I will consider it." As soon as Wang Yang left the office, Jon picked up the phone on the desk and called his good friend over there, saying, "Hey, I heard that you are interested in acquiring a DV movie? Oh, really? Yours Mr. CEO likes it? So do you have any plans now ... "
After talking for a long time, Jon put down the phone, he looked at the ceiling in silence, Wang Yang did not lie, the artisan company really wanted to buy "Smart-Ghost Record", because of missed opportunities, Stephen Thomas was also criticized by the company After a meal, but whether they will shoot a DV movie, there is no news at this time ... he thought for a while, picked up a 1998 Lionsgate movie release schedule on the table, and looked at it silently.
Back to Los Angeles, it was already night, Wang Yang opened the door of the apartment, and just entered the room, he received a call from Jon.
"Jiang, we have decided that" Spirit-Ghost Record "will immediately enter the stage of publicity, and the preliminary screening is scheduled for early August." Jon Filtim said with a smile: "Of course, it will not The show will also depend on the effectiveness and response of the propaganda. "
Wang Yang clenched his fists tightly, jumped up and waved silently, YES!