The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 70 Negotiations Begin

"What were you two doing just now? Why does Xixi have that expression?" Sun Fangping said, and couldn't help but poke Liu Yifei's angry face.

"We? I was just teaching her to sing." As Zhang Chen spoke, he moved far away.

"Aunt Sun, he bullied me!" Liu Yifei became even angrier when she saw that Zhang Chen dodged her kick. The most obvious thing was that her originally angry face turned into a frown and pout, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Student Liu Qianqian, can you please be reasonable? Did I teach you to sing? And it was a new song?" Zhang Chen loudly refuted Liu Yifei's words from five meters away.

"Aunt Sun, he used me as the prototype and wrote a horror nursery rhyme, and said it was because I was too scary!" Liu Yifei complained aggrievedly.

When Zhang Chen heard this, he knew that something was wrong. This little girl knew how to shorten sentences.

If a few words are missing, the meaning of the sentence will change completely.

He was about to correct what he said, but his mother beat him to it: "Then your brother is really bad, Auntie will help you deal with him later!"

After hearing what Sun Fangping said, Liu Yifei turned around and looked at Zhang Chen, her expression changing from indignation to pride.

Seeing that expression, Zhang Chen automatically thought of the word "humph" in her mind.

While Sun Fangping was watching the two children fighting, the three of them had already arrived at the door of the reception room.

Zhang Chen dodged Liu Yifei's soft waist attack again and coughed.

Liu Yifei looked up and saw the door of the reception room. She naturally knew that Zhang Chen was going to start working, so she gave Zhang Chen a look that said "just wait and see" and quickly left Zhang Chen and his mother.

For Liu Yifei, any business negotiations that Zhang Chen participates in should not be something she can participate in.

If she were present at the scene, it would be easy for the other party to use her as an excuse.

For example, when the opponent is forced into a corner by Zhang Chen, if he suddenly turns around and praises Liu Yifei, the deadlock may be broken instantly.

Liu Yifei was thinking about how she could really help Zhang Chen during her stay in Yingguo, while walking towards the kitchen.

As for Zhang Chen, he had already arrived at the reception room, where Lorenzo, the production director of Warner Bros. Pictures, had been sitting on the sofa waiting for a long time with a white man who was obviously his superior.

"Sorry for the long wait." Zhang Chen apologized to Lorenzo and the others before sitting down.

"It didn't take long, and I believe our wait was worth it, wasn't it?" Lorenzo was the one who spoke. After that, he introduced the people around him to Zhang Chen, "This is our Warner Bros. director, Kevin."

Zhang Chen also had a general understanding of this person, and after greeting each other, the two of them got down to business.

"I believe Mr. Kevin has understood the conditions I proposed last time?" Zhang Chen picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip.

"Leon, you should know that we can never accept the conditions you proposed." Kevin looked into Zhang Chen's eyes with a serious tone.

In fact, he had thought of other means to obtain the copyright of "Harry Potter", including but not limited to dirty tricks.

But Warner Records was very optimistic about Zhang Chen, and Zhang Chen's public relations team also passed the test. And most importantly, Zhang Chen took very effective protective measures.

During his stay in the United States, Zhang Chen was always accompanied by four bodyguards. He also never went to places with a large flow of people, let alone bars, which are the favorite places for young people in the United States. Social activities were even less frequent.

This meant that Kevin had no chance to use any of his tricks.

"Are all the conditions unacceptable?" Zhang Chen raised his eyebrows and put down the cup. "No, no, no, I know you have your own ideas, Leon, and you don't want to suffer any loss in this project, which I can understand, but the conditions you proposed are really hard for us to accept." Kevin waved his hand quickly.

"Then I wonder what Mr. Kevin means?" Zhang Chen knew that the other party must be well prepared.

"This is the contract we drafted, you can take a look." Kevin took a contract from Lorenzo beside him.

After Zhang Chen opened the contract, he read the terms carefully and found that they were far from what he had proposed:

1. Zhang Chen’s Hollywood production company can participate in film investment, and the investment amount shall not exceed %, but it must be controlled by Warner.

2. In the “Harry Potter” series, Zhang Chen only enjoys the dividends from the movie investment, and the dividends from the discs are not included.

3. The producer must be from Warner.

4. The entire "Harry Potter" series must be signed, and Warner will determine the shooting time of each film.

5. The dividend distribution method is profit sharing.

6. Zhang Chen needs to cooperate with the promotion of the movie.

Zhang Chen looked at every clause above and analyzed it word by word, fearing that he might misread or miss a word, thereby misinterpreting the other party's meaning.

After reading it completely, Zhang Chen pushed the contract back and said, "Mr. Kevin, I have something else to do. Would you please go back?"

Is this a charity? He only gave 30% of the investment quota, and did not leave any of the other profits or rights to Zhang Chen.

"Leon, are you dissatisfied with this contract?" Kevin looked at Zhang Chen curiously.

Zhang Chen looked at him without saying anything, just stood there and looked at Kevin quietly.

"Leon, why don't you sit down first?" Kevin stretched out his hand and motioned Zhang Chen to sit down. "Okay, I admit that the conditions I proposed are indeed a bit harsh, but aren't you the same? How about we call it even?"

Zhang Chen thought, so this guy came here to take revenge for the harsh conditions he put forward?
However, since the other party said so, and Zhang Chen did make many unreasonable requests in his previous requests, it can now be considered a draw.

"In that case, how about both of us show some sincerity?" Zhang Chen sat back in his seat.

"Let's take it one by one. First of all..." Kevin paused and raised a finger, "Warner must be the master of this film."

Zhang Chen pondered the impact of this condition: "In principle, there is no problem, but it depends on the conditions behind it."

He motioned for Kevin to continue.

"Second, Leon, you can only share profits from the movie box office. The profits from the discs are not included. At the same time, we adopt a profit-sharing model. As for the reason, Leon, you should know." Kevin put forward the second condition.

Zhang Chen knew that the disc business was the real source of profit for many Hollywood studios. Many films might lose money at the box office, but they could make back the losses from the disc business, and this was a long-term source of profit.

In addition, the reason Kevin mentioned for adopting profit sharing instead of box office sharing is much more complicated.

　Everyone, please vote for the monthly tickets and recommendation tickets you have left~
　　It is estimated that this book will be put on the shelves after three rounds of recommendations next week. It is difficult to be put on the shelves in Sanjiang, but I still hope that everyone will support it.

　　Let's put it this way, after I'm on Sanjiang, I'll update 1 words every day during my time on Sanjiang. If I can't do that, I can only update after it's on the shelves.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)