The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 54 For what?

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lorenzo, I actually want to be able to bring Harry Potter to the big screen one day." Zhang Chen did not say the price was low.

"Leon, excuse me, but it seems like you have no experience in making movies?" Lorenzo pointed out the loophole in Zhang Chen's words.

"Of course, but I didn't say we have to shoot it now, right? My company can accumulate a certain amount of experience before filming Harry Potter." Zhang Chen would not continue to follow Lorenzo's words.

Lorenzo's words simply meant that he wanted to get involved, whether it was Warner who came to shoot, or Zhang Chen who took the initiative to ask Warner to join. But in this kind of situation, how could Zhang Chen give him a breakthrough before the other party took the initiative to ask for it?

What you need to show the other party now is that you are not in a hurry. The more stable your attitude is, the more benefits you can get.

"Leon, won't you disappoint all the children in the world by doing this?" Lorenzo changed his angle and asked Zhang Chen to start the project as soon as possible.

"Mr. Lorenzo, as your company is one of the top companies in the world's film and television industry, there should be no shortage of high-quality projects, right?"

For Warner, which owns DC Comics, comic IP with a huge fan base is a project that can continuously make money.

But unfortunately, after filming "Batman & Robin", Warner suffered a double blow in box office and reputation, and no longer had the courage to film comic characters in the DC universe in a short period of time.

Zhang Chen knew the reason, but it would be more effective if the other party could say it out loud himself.

"To be honest, Leon." Lorenzo touched the cup in front of him with an unnatural expression, "I'm sure you know about the box office and reputation of Batman & Robin."

There was no need to rub salt into other people's wounds, so Zhang Chen did not respond.

"A movie with a huge fan base is definitely safer than making a script out of thin air. But the previous failure made us urgently need a brand new story to create profits for the company."

Seeing that Zhang Chen still had no intention of responding, Lorenzo had to continue: "Of course, I also know that Leon doesn't have to choose us to make this movie, but since I'm here, I must come with sincerity."

Sincerity? Zhang Chen had to question whether the sincerity of the Hollywood studios was real.

"As you said, Hollywood is capable of making movies like Harry Potter that use magical special effects, but I don't necessarily have to work with you." You have to make your position clear first.

"We have plenty of experience!" Lorenzo affirmed.

"Batman and Robin? Sorry, you said that yourself." Zhang Chen spread his hands innocently, reminding Lorenzo that you have already shown me the precedent.

"Leon, you have to know that any film investment is risky." Lorenzo was caught off guard by Zhang Chen's question, but he still wanted to fight for it.

"Of course." Zhang Chen stretched out his hand and gestured for him to continue.

Zhang Chen felt that the other party seemed to have fallen into a misunderstanding, that is, as if they could prove that they could make "Harry Potter" well, Zhang Chen would grant them the authorization.

But Zhang Chen would not really do as he said, and license the film to Warner at a low price just to let children all over the world be able to see the beauty of the magical world.

This production director of Warner Bros. didn't understand the key issues at all.

To put it bluntly, add money!

If you add money, everything will be easy.

However, Zhang Chen had to wait for an opportunity, an opportunity to turn the topic to the distribution of benefits.

"Warner has great strength to launch this super A-level production." Lorenzo said loudly. Zhang Chen couldn't help but applaud his speech. It is said that Western leaders are all masters of speech. Today he has seen it, but he has one thing to remind him.

"So, Mr. Lorenzo, what does this have to do with me?" After applauding, Zhang Chen looked at Lorenzo puzzledly and asked a key question.

"Don't you want to see such a great movie on the big screen as soon as possible? In previous interviews, you have often mentioned your love for this novel." Lorenzo looked puzzled.

At this moment, Zhang Chen felt strange. Is this guy really stupid or just pretending to be stupid?
"Sir, why do you think I am so dedicated to recommending this novel to the world?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows and asked.

Hearing Zhang Chen's question, Lorenzo obviously hesitated for a moment: "Didn't you say that you wanted everyone in the world to see a world full of magic?"

"of course."

"So?"

"Sir, if I just want to publicize my love, why should I advertise it again and again?" Zhang Chen said in a persuasive manner.

"So what you mean?" Lorenzo seemed to understand something.

"I bought the copyright after I saw this book. After that, I started to promote this novel. It took two years for it to become a global bestseller. I hope you understand the sequence of these events."

The motivations for promoting first and then buying copyrights and buying copyrights first and then promoting are completely different.

The former is to introduce something to others out of love, and then collect it when the thing you love bursts into great value.

The latter is to first buy the copyright and then create hype for it to artificially create value.

Zhang Chen explained the cause and effect relationship to Lorenzo in order to tell him that my original intention was to fatten up this IP before slaughtering it. Now the IP has been fattened up enough and it’s time to slaughter it. Moreover, Zhang Chen has been preparing for this move for two years. Why should you, Warner, take advantage of me halfway?

"Oh, by the way, I asked my father to translate this novel a long time ago. According to the plan, this novel will also be published in our country this year. This is a huge market with a population of more than one billion." Zhang Chen added.

By adding layers of pressure, Zhang Chen needed to let the other party know the status of the "Harry Potter" IP in his heart, and what everything he did from beginning to end was for.

After listening to Zhang Chen's words, Lorenzo fell silent.

For him, this should have been an extremely simple negotiation. As long as he revealed his identity as Warner and offered a price higher than Zhang Chen's purchase price at the time, he should be a sure winner.

However, no one expected that Zhang Chen's ultimate purpose in purchasing the copyright was to remake it into a movie.

Moreover, Zhang Chen has made many preparations for this step, and now it is obviously the time to do so.

If I hadn't visited them in advance, it might not be long before Zhang Chen would have brought his script to the major Hollywood studios.

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