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Ye Zhiqiu's decision to cooperate with Universal Pictures on the "Harry Potter" IP was a well-considered one.

In terms of scale, Disney, Universal, and Warner Bros. are large film and television companies well-known in the United States and even the world, and they are all very strong.

But compared to Warner, Disney and Universal Pictures have a huge advantage, which is that they own theme parks - this is also the reason why Ye Zhiqiu excluded Warner first.

The operation of a world-class IP can be roughly divided into several steps: novel adaptation, film and television creation, derivative product development, theme park construction, IP enhancement and continuous operation. This is the experience summarized by many successful IPs.

Among them, the "theme park" is the most important one.

It is of great significance for successful film and television IPs that their characters and scenes can appear in reality, especially in amusement parks.

From the two-dimensional to the three-dimensional, it can provide fans with a unique experience and greatly enhance the influence and commercial value of the IP.

Currently, there are 6 Disney theme parks and 5 Universal Studios in the world. Although Disney theme parks are more numerous, they are the industry leaders after all. Although they are equally sincere, they cannot meet all the requirements raised by Ye Zhiqiu.

In comparison, Universal Pictures is much more flexible, which is also related to their eagerness to catch up with Disney.

Last year, Universal Studios' revenue was $89 billion, only one-third of Disneyland's.

Among them, the biggest gap is in well-known IP. If "Harry Potter" can be incorporated, it will be a huge supplement.

In addition to "Harry Potter", Ye Zhiqiu has longer-term plans.

He also owns the copyrights of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Game of Thrones", which are all IPs that are very suitable for theme park development.

Not only that, Universal Pictures also gave Ye Zhiqiu greater power in the cooperation.

The music company that Ye Zhiqiu signed with is "Universal Music". Although it and "Universal Pictures" operate independently, they have a deep relationship behind them, which makes communication on many things much easier.

Many of the music used in Universal Studios are directly licensed by Universal Music.

Ye Zhiqiu’s goal is that one day in the future, Universal Studios around the world will be filled with themed exhibition areas based on his film and television works, playing his music and bringing the most immersive experience to audiences around the world.

In the next few days, Ye Zhiqiu completed the signing of the first phase of the film and television adaptation contract of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" with Universal Studios and set off to return home.

Meanwhile, in Burbank, California.

A script decision meeting is taking place in the conference room of Warner Bros.’s headquarters building.

Including Frank, the head of the content department who had visited Ye Zhiqiu a few days ago, everyone had two scripts placed in front of them.

——Script name: "Twilight: Twilight".

This is the script that Ye Zhiqiu just sent over, and everyone at Warner Bros. takes it very seriously.

Normally, large companies like Warner Bros. have a very strict internal review process for acquired scripts. Only after preliminary analysis and evaluation by a professional team will they enter the high-level decision-making stage.

But for works from screenwriters of Ye Zhiqiu's level, the first two steps are omitted and the work goes directly to the decision-making stage.

Earlier, the entire team had spent nearly two hours going through the script in detail.

"How about it?"

Frank looked at the people in the audience and asked, "What do you think of the rating of this script?"

In the audience, someone raised their hand to express their opinion: "I must say, this is a very good script, worthy of Ye's ability as the best screenwriter."

"What surprised me was that previous works on the 'vampire' theme have always been more thrilling and exciting, but this story is different."

"Strictly speaking, this is a teenage fantasy love story that combines the mystery and fantasy of the 'vampire' genre with elements of forbidden love, romance and danger, and youthful coming-of-age."

"There is no doubt that Ye Zhiqiu understands the preferences of young audiences very well, which has greater appeal to them. This has also been the strategic direction of Warner Bros."

"I give this script an S rating."

After the words were spoken, many people present nodded slightly.

Although it is a pity that we did not obtain the copyright of "Harry Potter", which has an internal unified rating of "S+", the story of "Twilight: Twilight" is also very excellent, which is also a good result.

However, some people have expressed different opinions.

"I think we should be more conservative at the beginning and perhaps position it as A+."

"This type of movie requires a lot of special effects and the production cost is not low."

"Obviously, this is a series, and we don't know the quality of the subsequent installments. If we invest too much at the beginning, but the subsequent quality doesn't keep up, it may cause losses."

This analysis made sense and sparked a lot of discussion among the crowd, with those holding different opinions split into two camps.

After a while, Frank spoke up and said, "Ye has only given me the script for the first film, but he has revealed to me that there will be five films in the Twilight series, and the subsequent stories will become more and more exciting."

"As you can see, this is a film and television production aimed at teenagers. When it comes to casting, we don't need to look for established stars; we can use a lot of newcomers. We just need to carefully select those who fit the character's temperament. This will save a lot of money and effectively control production costs."

"The key point is, the latest news I got is that Universal Pictures has acquired the copyright to Harry Potter, and they are gearing up to invest huge sums of money to make a big move."

"So, we don't have much time left. If we hesitate any longer, the opportunity will slip away. Warner Bros. must not fall behind Disney and Universal!"

After these words were spoken, everyone had no objection, especially when they heard that Ye Zhiqiu had reached an agreement with Universal Pictures, their eyes were filled with envy.

Anyone can see that Universal is planning to develop "Harry Potter" into an amusement park project.

For a screenwriter, this is definitely the pinnacle of his career...

One day later, September 25th.

At Huahai International Airport, a figure wearing sportswear, a hat and a mask walked out of the exit pushing a suitcase.

Even though Ye Zhiqiu was low-key enough, he was discovered by entertainment reporters who were waiting at the airport before he walked 50 meters.

He just won two major awards at the Emmy Awards, one of which was the most prestigious "Best Drama Screenwriter". In addition, his new song "My Heart Will Go On" has already topped the Billboard weekly chart. Now Ye Zhiqiu is extremely popular.

Many reporters have been waiting at the airport for several days. Although they don't have Ye Zhiqiu's exact flight information, they all guess that he will be back in the next few days.

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