Chapter 1035: Superhero crew

Xiao Yunhai had never encountered a copyright dispute before, thinking of hearing that Kerry had vaguely heard that they had fought such lawsuits with MGM, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed his number.
"Hey, Xiao, congratulations on your "Lord of the Rings" sale. On the premiere night plus the first day, the global box office reached an unprecedented $786 million, which is terrible."
On July 21st, "Lord of the Rings" won a global box office of 504 million US dollars, plus the premiere night, almost exceeded 800 million.
And "Hurricane Operation" was affected by it, only received 178 million US dollars, and was beaten by "Lord of the Rings" without fighting back.
Word of mouth is even farther apart. It can be said that "Hurricane Operation" has completely lost in the duel. Unless there is a miracle, it is impossible to restore the defeat.
Paramount now can only pin its hopes on online video and DVD sales.
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "This is all in my expectation. Kerry, I heard that the movie "Green Hornet" is on, right?"
Last time, after Xiao Yunhai sold the film and television rights of "The Green Hornet" to MGM, they asked the company's screenwriter to quickly adapt it. After only ten days, the script was released.
After careful selection, MGM asked Pippen, a leading director in the company, to direct the film, which just started yesterday.
Kerry chuckled and said, "Your news is too unclear. I tell you that it was not just the movie, but the TV series that was turned on at the same time yesterday, but it was relatively low-key."
Xiao Yunhai said: "Then congratulations. Kerry, I heard you say before that your MGM movie accidentally used a singer's song as a soundtrack, right?"
"Yes. This is the stupidest mistake our audit department has made."
"So how did it turn out?"
"What else, lose money. Fortunately, the singer is not well-known, and the song is mediocre. We only lost three million dollars. Otherwise, we would even have a heart to death. Xiao, why are you asking this question? Could it be said that the soundtrack of "Lord of the Rings" also made such a stupid mistake?"
Xiao Yunhai said: "That's not true. It was Paramount's "Assassin" that made the mistake. One of its soundtracks used the melody of "Billiejean".
Kerry's reaction was exactly the same as that of Xiao Yunhai before, saying, "This is impossible."
Xiao Yunhai said: "I also think it's impossible, but after I just listened to it, I found that it was indeed the case. It took about 25 seconds."
Kerry asked, "Are you sure that it is more than 80% similar to your "billiejean" melody?"
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It's not 80%, but 100%. Their soundtrack hasn't changed even a single tune. In terms of music, I am professional and I will never make a mistake."
Kerry chuckled, and said gleefully: "Paramount is so unlucky. Two movies with an investment of more than two billion dollars, you only have to lose money. I didn't expect to make such a low-level mistake. It’s just giving you money. What are you going to do?"
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "Of course it is for money. My song is worth at least 100 million US dollars. Paramount infringed my copyright. According to the copyright law, Paramount needs to pay me 1 billion US dollars."
"Wrong." Kerry said: "At the end of last year, the copyright law of the United States has been amended, and the compensation has been increased from a maximum of ten times to twenty times. Haha, Xiao, Hanks is about to cry."
Xiao Yunhai exclaimed: "So much. Kerry, do you think I should get a lawyer to talk to him privately, and if I can't agree, I will sue him."
Kerry said: "Xiao, you are obviously superfluous. If I were Hanks, I wouldn't have given you so much money. I think I should just go to court. The evidence is conclusive and the facts are clear. Things that don’t allow any denial can basically be sentenced in court. You guy, luck is so good, you didn’t do anything, there was someone who gave you money dryly, and it’s still two billion dollars. I How come there is no such good thing."
Xiao Yunhai said irritably, "You guy with a five-tone tone can't even sing, let alone write. By the way, have you resolved the MGM Cinemas problem? I'm still waiting for money here. ."
Kerry smiled and said: "I'm about to tell you about this. The film company is taking a loan, and it is estimated to be available today and tomorrow. At that time, I will call you, let's sign the contract and send the money to you. That's it."
Xiao Yunhai said: "It's pretty much the same. I won't talk to you, I still have a lot of business affairs here."
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yunhai asked Daniel to come over and handed over the copyright dispute to him.
No way, who makes the person in charge of these four companies the most leisurely?
In the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai met the main creative team of four superhero blockbusters.
Good guy, just looking at your appearance, you definitely have the potential to be a big star.
Some of the actors are young and handsome, some are mature and steady, while the actresses are all beautiful and hot.
After everyone introduced themselves, Xiao Yunhai silently wrote down their names and said with a smile: "Everyone is four directors selected from tens of thousands of Hollywood actors who are most suitable for our superhero movies. The actors, it shows that your acting skills and abilities are very good. By the way, you should have signed with us Marvel?"
"Yes, Mr. Xiao," everyone said in unison.
"That's great. I can assure you that after entering Marvel, you will not be far from the status of Hollywood's first-line movie stars." Xiao Yunhai smiled.
British actress Maeve De Modi asked: "Mr. Xiao, our contract is ten years old, and it is also a new contract. Mr. Lauer said that our treatment will follow our reputation step by step. If the company’s superhero movies are taking the world by storm, when will we be able to change the contract? You know that the salary for newcomers is too low."
Xiao Yunhai glanced at her appreciatively, and said with a smile: "You are all worried about this issue, too."
The others nodded together.
Newcomer contracts in Hollywood are indeed very cheap. The rake is a horrible 9:1. Ninety percent must be handed over to the company. The average artist simply cannot bear it.
Many conflicts between companies and artists are caused by this. The artists are already on the first line, and he will definitely not want to return the second-line contract to others.
Xiao Yunhai said: "Ms. De Modi dared to talk frankly with me about this matter the first time I met. She is indeed very courageous, and she also showed strong self-confidence. Maybe you have also heard of me, Xiao Yunhai is not short of money. The bonus given to the employees of the Magic Special Effects Company was 400 million US dollars a while ago. Do you think I will use the so-called contract to bully you?"
"I will give you the bottom line. As long as the box office of these four movies is not unexpected, they will have very good results. As the leading actors, you will surely be an instant hit. At that time, I will let the company follow Hollywood standards. You sign a contract. If your value reaches the second-tier, that is the contract of the second-tier actor. If the value reaches the first-tier, that is the contract of the first-tier actor, and we will give you 10% higher treatment than the outside world. However, except for the superstar contract. They and The company’s allocation ratio is 9:1. If it is 10% higher, then I’m doing it for nothing."
"Hahaha."
Hearing what Xiao Yunhai said, the only worry in everyone's hearts was to let go.
Xiao Yunhai turned to look at the four directors, and said, "Your treatment is different from theirs. I'm going to use the movie box office to set a standard for you."
James asked puzzledly: "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "Just put it briefly. If you want to make a second movie, use the profits that the first movie brings to the company to determine the amount of investment given to you. For example, James, your "Doctor Strange" ended up being The company has brought in 5 billion US dollars in profits, so as long as your next movie does not exceed 50% of these profits, which is 2.5 billion US dollars, the company will support you. If the second film loses Ben, not only did not make any money, but also lost one billion dollars. Then don’t worry, you still have a chance, we will give you 50% of the remaining profit to continue shooting. Originally 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, after deducting one billion of losses, that is 1.5 billion dollars to continue the third movie, and so on."
Halley asked: "What if the third, fourth, and fifth parts all lose?"
Xiao Yunhai was immediately amused, and said: "Then you still have the face to stay in Marvel? Just retire."
James smiled: "At that point, I don't need the company to rush, I've gone home dingy and dare not come out to see people."
Hughes said: "Mr. Xiao, your method is really good. Everyone eats according to their abilities, and no one can blame others."
Halley said confidently: "I think the investment limit for my second film should be around four billion dollars."
James glanced at him disdainfully, and said: "You mean that "X-Men" will make eight billion dollars in profits, huh, are you kidding me?"
Harley snorted, "Anyway, no matter what, my "X-Men" is definitely better than you."
The two originally had grievances. Now that they enter the same company, it is naturally impossible to attack each other again, but you still can’t understand me and I can’t understand you. Whenever there is a chance, it is a sarcasm.
James angrily said: "Harley, don't say too much~EbookFREE.me~ dare to use the box office of the two movies to make a bet?"
Halley raised his eyebrows and said, "What can't you dare? So, whoever loses will give out his director's pay to the winner, how about?"
James said: "Then I would like to thank Mr. Halley in advance. The agreement does not need to be established. With Mr. Xiao as our notary, I believe some people should not dare to go wrong."
Harley made a disdainful cut.
Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "You don't need to bet this big, just bet half of the pay, lest one of you still needs to borrow money from the company to survive."
Xiao Yunhai is still very willing to see this kind of healthy competition, which is not a bad thing for a film and television company.
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