After all, Blockbuster is a company that rents and sells film and television tapes and peripheral products. They are not a film and television company themselves, so they do not have non-for-sale products such as film libraries and script libraries. All their products can be sold for takeout.
As for the incomplete copyright that Li Yuan needs, 5,000 to 10,000 US dollars should be enough. Unexpectedly, Miss Lai Lin actually added a zero here?
It's not what people think. In the early 1990s, except for a few very popular film and television dramas, the copyrights of ordinary film and television dramas were not that valuable. Especially the copyrights of old movies, and the incomplete copyrights in the hands of Blockbuster.
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Since the audience for old movies is a niche within a niche, the production of video tapes, store operations, warehousing and logistics... these all require costs.
Isn’t it possible that all the more than 20,000 movies and TV series were produced on video tapes, and then put on several tapes in more than 9,000 Blockbuster stores? Just for a few niche audiences?
No one can afford this kind of cost?
Most of the copyrights are just sitting in the film library and gathering dust. Occasionally, a few movies will be played in midnight theaters, but the number will not be that many. And this is Hollywood. Those movie companies can't grab it, so what?
Is it your turn to be Blockbuster?
Therefore, the biggest income of Blockbuster's film library is from selling to overseas film producers. Anyway, if you can sell a little bit, it is enough to rely on the North American market.
In fact, for most movies, their annual copyright income is zero! So even if they sell for 1 dollar, they make a profit.
It’s not like decades later when we entered the video-on-demand era. How convenient is video-on-demand? As long as they have access to the Internet, audiences around the world can watch it, and the cost is almost zero.
And the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds. Even a mess of big bad movies, there are hundreds of hits every year. Maybe there are people who like this?
At that time, copyright is truly valuable! No matter how bad it is, there are still thousands or tens of thousands of copyright income every year.
Of course, the reason why we maintain such a huge film library is that we can at least leave a little hope. What if an old movie suddenly becomes popular in the future? This possibility is also possible.
However, the greatest value of old movie copyrights is to offset taxes.
For example, if you have the rights to a popular movie that other film studios are willing to buy for $1 million, you can package it with four other bad movies that no one wants. The shared cost becomes $200,000 per movie.
Since bad movies are bound to be very popular, the US$200,000 is just to recover losses. Since there is no profit, of course there is no need to pay taxes. And a popular movie can pay US$800,000 less in taxes?
And overseas film producers will not be unhappy either. Who wouldn’t like picking up four films for free? And when he returns to China, he can do similar operations and then package and sell them to others to offset taxes?
Therefore, the film and television industry has always had a lot of fun. There is nothing you can't think of, and there is nothing they dare not do. Everything is clearly marked with a price, and they dare to sell anything.
For example, the film "Hero, Lao Mouzi" that launched the era of domestic blockbusters. One of the producers was Mr. Jiang Zhiqiang from Hong Kong.
Jiang Zhiqiang's family has a small theater chain with four theaters in Hong Kong. Outside of the mainstream theater chain, they have always arranged to show Hollywood films and other independent films. They are quite unique. His eldest brother is responsible for the operation of the theater chain.
Jiang Zhiqiang is responsible for selecting movies in Hollywood. He still has some connections in Hollywood.
Once, Jiang Zhiqiang bought a bunch of scrap films, which were the films that were scrapped by the crew. He went back to Hong Kong to edit, and actually edited a movie? After it was released, it was a hit and entered the top ten at the annual box office?
Can you believe it?
By the way, do you even dare to sell scrap film, or what else do you dare not to sell?
So at this moment, facing Blockbuster's blatant bullying, Li Yuan wanted to leave directly: "I'm sorry, ma'am. Did you quote the wrong price?"
Lai Lin glanced at Li Yuan: "Of course there is no error. You have to believe in the sincerity of our Blockbuster."
"Huh? Is this how sincerity you guys are?" Li Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense. Maybe this was the store's way of cheating customers. No wonder the company would die in the future.
No matter what, it's impossible for Li Yuan to be this big scapegoat. Even without Blockbuster, it's not like Hollywood won't be able to buy the rights to other movies. It's just more troublesome and it's just a matter of running through a few more stores.
Taking a step back, what does it matter if you can't buy it? The era of video on demand is still far away, and Li Yuan can definitely afford to wait.
After a few words, Li Yuan motioned to Huang Jiaojiao to leave together.
Huang Jiaojiao was also very angry. Isn't this a waste of my young lady's time?
"Xiao Yuanzi, it doesn't look like a business here. I don't believe you can't buy it elsewhere."
At this time, Huo Laien was sweating profusely. Is this business going to fly away? And he knows the market in Hollywood, such as mainland China, and even Greater China such as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
Region is almost negligible in the global copyright market. It can indeed be done for a few thousand dollars.
But now it suddenly becomes 50,000 to 100,000?
"Wait a minute." Huo Laien quickly stopped Li Yuan and Huang Jiaojiao, "Madam, didn't I agree when I made the reservation? You said I would give you a preferential price?"
Lai Lin rolled her eyelids, still smiling: "This is a discount price. Don't you know?"
"Wait a minute. We want to buy the rights to 100 movies. Do you think those bad movies are worth ten million dollars?" Huo Laien couldn't help but get angry.
Lai Lin's expression changed slightly: "100 movies? Aren't you just going to pick a few?"
"Fakeyu! I made it clear when I made the appointment, are you just neglecting your customers like this?"
Lai Lin finally became a little more serious, or in other words, a little more patient. She explained: "If it is 100 units, we can indeed give you a discount. But the discount is not much. Your local market
The outlook is good, that’s the price.”
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Fakeyu!" Huo Laien finally couldn't help but yelled, "They are from China! What the hell is China? Look at them like those disgusting things
Is this a dwarf?"
"Ah?" Lai Lin was stunned for a few seconds, "Sorry, it should be a handover error in the program. I will go and see what went wrong. Mr. Li, Miss Lisa, please wait a moment, I will report it to the manager immediately."
"..."
Such an accident occurred, and Lai Lin quickly found an excuse to escape. Not long after, accompanied by the manager of the copyright department, a vice president named Robert personally came to receive her. Finally, a high-level person came.
"Sorry! Our staff made a mistake and there was a problem with the printer. Welcome, Mr. Li and Miss Lisa from China."
Okay! Finally, it’s not the map or the washing powder that caused the problem. This should be Yingjiang’s ancestral skill.
The accompanying department manager also smiled and explained: "We thought you were our clients. Who made them rich? Haha."
In the smile, there is the expression of a copycat who is stupid and has too much money. At this period, this was the common view of books in Europe and the United States. After more than ten years, he became a rich man in another big Eastern country.
Precisely because Li Yuan and the others were regarded as wealthy people in books, Lai Lin, the one in front, was so open-minded. But on the other hand, the market for books at this time was indeed much larger than the market in Greater China, so it increased by more than ten times.
Also quite normal.
Since it is a misunderstanding, then... let's continue!
At this point, for Li Yuan, he is still relatively sincere. He can't go in vain, right? For Blockbuster, after all, this is a big business worth hundreds of thousands of dollars! They can't help but ignore it.
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The U.S. dollar is still relatively valuable in this era. This business is close to one million U.S. dollars, which is already a big sum.
Now that both parties have become sincere, negotiations are progressing rapidly.
In business negotiations, the higher the status, the easier it is. In many cases, it only takes a few words.
Because the top management does not need to ask for instructions and reports, they can make decisions with a single word; the top management also has a high vision and will not worry about trivial matters; and other trivial matters have the people below to run errands, and they do not need to worry about it.
Finally, the two parties reached the following agreement:
Metaverse purchased the rights to 100 movies in Blockbuster's film library, which is limited to the Greater China region including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. These rights include video rental and sales, TV broadcasts, and other derivative rights. The price is US$8,000 per movie.
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In the future, Blockbuster will share all the copyright revenue from the Metaverse. TV broadcasts will be priced separately, at US$3,000 each time.
There are also some messy supplementary terms.
The copyright share of any creators is borne by the Metaverse.
In the "Copyright Laws" of Europe and the United States, creators such as directors and screenwriters can receive copyright sharing every year. Although this copyright sharing is not much, it must not deprive these creators of their rights. Instead, producers and starring actors
None.
Of course, this is only for union members. Western unions are very powerful and have to pay a union fee every year. Here, non-union members have no human rights!
There are also priorities for theatrical release, remakes and adaptations;
Metaverse also has the priority to acquire other Blockbuster copyrights, etc...
It should be said that both parties are quite satisfied with this agreement.
In terms of copyright operations in the Greater China region, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are still a little bit better, but mainland China is almost zero. Now it’s pie in the sky, and you can earn 800,000 US dollars in one fell swoop?
Of course, Robert was extremely enthusiastic about such a God of Wealth.
Witnessed by the lawyer, the two parties signed the contract quickly. Robert accompanied Li Yuan, and Huang Jiaojiao was chatting: "Li, Lisa, there is a party in Beverly Hills tonight, and there will be many Hollywood stars there.
.I wonder if you are interested?"
For Robert, it was nothing more than a few invitations, and it was completely a favor without any expense.
Everyone likes to make friends with rich people. No matter whether they are from Japan, China, or even from Mars, Hollywood will warmly embrace you!
As soon as she heard about the Hollywood party, the eldest lady's eyes lit up: "Robert, can we really do this?"
"Of course, no problem. Miss Lisa, don't you have a film company? There will be many good Hollywood projects there."
"Yes!" Huang Jiaojiao became even more radiant. She almost forgot that I am still a ce!
Realizing that Huang Jiaojiao was already giggling, Li Yuan could only shrug: "Okay! We will definitely participate!"
"hehe."
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Honestly, Beverly Hills? Hollywood parties? Hollywood stars?
Even though Li Yuan was a reborn idiot, he was still quite interested. After all, he had never had such an experience in his previous life.
However, I have participated in a lot of parties in the domestic entertainment industry. Those parties... can't be said. I wonder if there are any new tricks in Hollywood parties?
Even Li Yuan is like this, let alone Huang Jiaojiao. The eldest lady has always liked this kind of scene. It is the upper class society in Hollywood! This is one of the top parties in the world!
At this moment, there is no need to say anything. First, I will accompany Huang Jiaojiao to buy clothes, and then accompany her to do her beauty and makeup.
After almost tossing Li Yuan to death, it was finally time to rush to the party...
After arriving at the party, Robert ushered the two of them through the door, introduced them to the host of the party, and then disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Fortunately, this party was relatively formal.
Hollywood parties are also divided into small circles. Some are purely for enjoyment, while others have some purpose. For example, this party is basically a gathering of film company executives, investors, producers, directors, etc.
But no matter what kind of party it is, it is inevitable to find a few big stars to support the scene, and there will also be some small stars looking for opportunities to sneak in.
As for wine, medicine, applause...? There should be some. But the party shouldn't have reached this point yet. It's still the first half.
Everyone looks like a well-dressed gentleman and lady, and they are constantly communicating with others.
Since this is the case, it seems boring. Especially Li Yuan and Huang Jiaojiao, neither of them knows anyone. Even if they want to join other people's communication, they lack an introducer.
But Huang Jiaojiao didn't mind that much. She kept discovering a Hollywood star who would show off in front of Li Yuan from time to time.
"Did you see that? This is Julia Roberts. You mainlanders don't know her, right?"
Li Yuan:→→
A beauty with a big mouth, who is known as the goddess who dresses the entire crew in pajamas? How could she not know this?
"Wow! Tom Cruise! He is so handsome!"
Li Yuan:→→
p! A pretty boy like this should be shot?
"Jiaojiao, please stop yelling. If you really like it, you can go up and ask for a photo? I don't think they will refuse, right?"
"No, no! I am the ce of the Yuan Universe, and I am also a person with status in the film industry."
"hehe."
"Xiao Yuanzi, when can our Yuan Universe invite them to film?"
"hehe."
"Why don't you even have a dream? Don't let me look down on you, you are just a stinky salted fish!"
