Chapter 1035

Xiao Yunhai has never encountered a copyright dispute. He thought that he had heard Kerry say that MGM had made such a lawsuit, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed his number.

"Hey, Xiao, congratulations on your big sale of Lord of the rings. On the first night and the first day, the global box office reached an unprecedented $786 million. It's terrible."

On July 21, "the Lord of the rings" won a global box office of $504 million, and with its premiere night, it almost exceeded 800 million.

However, operation hurricane was affected by it and only got 178 million US dollars. It was beaten by the Lord of the rings and had no ability to fight back.

Word of mouth is far behind. It can be said that "operation hurricane" has completely lost in the duel. Unless there is a miracle, it is impossible to recover the defeat.

Paramount now can only hope for online video and DVD sales.

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, "it's all in my expectation. Kerry, I heard the movie "Green Hornet" is on, isn't it? "

Last time, after Xiao Yunhai sold the film and television rights of "Green Hornet" to MGM, they asked the company's screenwriters to quickly adapt it. Only 10 days later, the script was fresh.

After careful selection, MGM hired Pippen, the company's first-line director, to direct the film, which was just launched yesterday.

Kerry said with a grin, "your news is not very good. I tell you, yesterday is not only a movie, but also a TV series. It's just low-key. "

Xiao Yunhai said, "congratulations. Kerry, I've heard you say before that your MGM movie used a singer's song to make a soundtrack, didn't you? "

"Yes. This is the stupidest mistake our audit department has ever made. "

"What did it turn out to be?"

"What else? Lose money. Fortunately, the singer was not very famous and his songs were not so good. We only paid him three million dollars. Otherwise, we even have the heart of death. Why do you ask this question, Xiao? Is it possible to say that the soundtrack of the Lord of the rings made such a stupid mistake

Xiao Yunhai said: "that's not true. It was paramount's assassin that made the mistake. It has a piece of music that uses the melody of Billie Jean. "

Kerry's reaction is the same as Xiao Yunhai before, saying: "it's impossible."

Xiao Yunhai said: "I don't think it's possible, but I just heard it and found that it is. The time is about 25 seconds."

Kerry asked, "are you sure it's more than 80 percent similar to the melody of your Billie Jean?"

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "it's not 80 percent, but 100 percent. Their soundtrack has not changed a tune. When it comes to music, I'm a professional and I can't get it wrong

Kerry chuckled and said, "Paramount is just too unlucky. Two films with an investment of more than 2 billion US dollars were just beaten up by you. I didn't expect to make such a low-level mistake. It's like giving you money. What are you going to do? "

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile, "of course, it's money. My song is worth at least 100 million dollars. Paramount infringes my copyright. According to the copyright law, paramount needs to pay me one billion dollars. "

"Wrong." "At the end of last year, the copyright law of the United States has been amended, and the compensation has been increased from 10 times to 20 times," Kerry said. Haha, Shaw. Hanks is going to cry. "

Xiao Yunhai exclaimed, "so much. Kerry, do you think I should go to a lawyer first and sue him if I can't get along with him. "

Kerry said, "Shaw, you are obviously overstepping the bush. If I were Hanks, I would not have given you so much money. I think we should go straight to court. Such evidence is conclusive and the facts are clear. Anything that can't be denied can basically be sentenced in court. You're so lucky that you didn't do anything. Someone gave you some money, and it was only two billion dollars. Why didn't I have such a good thing? "

Xiao Yunhai said without good breath: "you are a five tone incomplete guy. You can't even sing a song, let alone write it. By the way, have you solved the MGM line? I'm still waiting for the money. "

Kerry said with a smile, "I was about to tell you about it. The film company is making a loan. It is expected to arrive in two days. At that time, I'll call you. Let's sign the contract and call you the money. "

Xiao Yunhai said: "it's almost the same. I don't want to talk to you. I have a lot of business here. "

Hang up the phone, Xiao Yunhai let Daniel come over, the copyright dispute to him to deal with.

Can't help, who let the person in charge of these four companies, the most leisure.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai met the leading team of four superhero blockbusters.

Good guy, just look at the appearance, absolutely have the potential to be a big star.

Some of the actors are young and handsome, others are mature and steady, while the actresses are beautiful and hot.After they introduced themselves, Xiao Yunhai wrote down their names in silence and said with a smile: "we are all the actors selected by four directors from tens of thousands of Hollywood actors to act in our superhero movies, which shows that your acting skills and abilities are very good. By the way, you should have signed with us marvel? "

"Yes, Mr. Xiao." They all spoke in the same voice.

"That would be great. I can assure you that when you enter marvel, you will not be far away from the status of Hollywood first-line movie stars. " Xiao Yunhai said with a smile.

"Mr. Shaw, our contracts are ten years old, and they are all new contracts. Mr. Raul said our treatment would increase step by step with our fame. If the superhero movies made by the company are popular all over the world, when can we change the contract? You know, the treatment for new people is too low. "

Xiao Yunhai looked at her with appreciation and said with a smile, "you are all worried about this problem."

The others nodded.

Hollywood's rookie contract is really very cheap. The draw is 9:1, and 90% of it is handed over to the company. Ordinary artists can't stand it.

Many of the conflicts between companies and artists are caused by this. Artists have already reached the first line. He will not be willing to give back the second-line contract.

Xiao Yunhai said: "miss demodi was very courageous and showed strong self-confidence when she dared to talk about this matter with me at the first meeting. As you may have heard, Xiao Yunhai is not short of money. A few days ago, the bonus for the staff of magic special effects company was 400 million US dollars. Do you think I will bully you with the so-called contract? "

"I'll give you a bottom line. As long as there's no accident at the box office of these four films, they'll all have very good results. As the leading actors, you'll be very popular. At that time, I will ask the company to sign contracts with you according to Hollywood standards. The second-line actor's contract is the second-line actor's contract. If you get to the front line, that is the contract of the first-line actors, and we will give you 10% higher treatment than the outside world. Except for the superstar contract. The distribution ratio between them and the company is 9:1. If it is 10% higher, I will be in vain. "

"Ha ha ha."

Hearing Xiao Yunhai say so, the only worry in people's hearts is to put it down.

Xiao Yunhai turned to the four directors and said, "your treatment is different from theirs. I'm going to set a standard for you with the box office."

James asked: "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "say it simply. If you want to make a second film, use the profits from the first movie to determine the amount of investment you will be given. For example, James, your "Dr. strangeness" eventually brought about 5 billion dollars of profits to the company. If your next movie does not exceed 50% of these profits, that is, 2.5 billion dollars, the company will support you. If the second film lost money, not only did not make money, but also lost a billion dollars. There's no need to worry about that. You still have a chance. We'll give you 50% of the remaining profit to continue shooting. It was originally $2.5 billion. After deducting the loss of 1 billion, that is, 1.5 billion, we will continue to make the third film, and so on. "

Harley asked, "what if the third, the fourth, and the fifth are all lost?"

Xiao Yunhai was directly amused and said, "do you still have the face to stay in manwei? Just retire. "

"James said with a smile:" to that extent, there is no need for the company to rush, I would have been gray home, dare not come out to see people. "

Hughes said, "Mr. Shaw, it's a good idea. We all eat according to their abilities, and no one can blame others. "

"I think the investment limit for my second film should be about four billion dollars," Harley said confidently

James gave him a scornful glance and said, "you mean X-Men is going to make 8 billion dollars. Ha ha, are you kidding?"

Harley snorted and said, "anyway, my X-Men is definitely better than you."

The two people had a grudge, and now they enter the same company, they can't attack each other again. However, between each other, you still don't like me. I don't like you. Whenever I get a chance, it's a sarcasm.

James said angrily, "Harley, don't talk too much. Do you dare to bet on the box office of the two films

Harley picked his eyebrows and said, "what dare you? In this way, whoever loses will give his director's remuneration to the winner. How about that? "

James said, "I'll thank Mr. Halley in advance. There is no need to make an agreement. With Mr. Xiao as our notary, I believe that some people should not dare to renege. "

Harley gave a scornful cut.

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "you don't need to gamble so much. You can bet with half of your pay, so that one of you will still need to borrow money from the company."

For this benign competition, Xiao Yunhai is still very willing to see, which is not a bad thing for a film and television company.www.novelhold.com , the fastest update of the webnovel!