Tony quickly took out a business card from his pocket and said with a smile: "Hi, Mr. Li, I am Tony from Max Films. This is my business card. You should be familiar with this gentleman. He is Ryan S.
Kurt, the most talented director in Hollywood."
Li Qing's brows relaxed slightly as he listened to the other party's pure American English accent. After taking the business card, he said: "I have something to do now. To make a long story short, what do you want from me?"
Seeing that Li Qing had no intention of inviting them into the room, Tony was a little dissatisfied, but still had a smile on his face: "Sorry to disturb your rest, but we are here to talk to you with great sincerity.
, maybe you have been active in Asia and don’t know the influence of the Max company. Let’s put it this way, even if it is Warner Brothers, we at Max have the ability to compete with each other at the box office! We have this confidence! And Scott,
He is no worse than the director you chose, James. In some aspects, I even think Scott is stronger than James!"
Early stage of Lee Green's brow.
He didn't want to hear this middle-aged hippie discuss how great he was, but he felt that Scott, who was standing next to him smiling and silent, looked familiar, so he resisted the urge to close the door.
At this time, listening to Tony talk about James, some impressions gradually emerged in Li Qing's mind.
When the director of "Harry Potter" was selected, the director named Ryan Scott was among the top three choices.
Later, after careful consideration, Li Qing placed the mark on James.
However, he was also very impressed with Scott.
The other party is very famous in Hollywood, and all of his films are commercial masterpieces, all of which are box office hits. His movie "Virgin" even had a box office revenue ratio of 150:1, leading Hollywood legends at the time.
But the other party's fame mostly comes from horror films. In the field of science fiction films, there is no comparison with James.
Although James is only thirty-five years old, he is known as the father of science fiction movies in Hollywood, and his career that he has been immersed in is also in the field of science fiction movies.
In comparison, although Scott has also made science fiction films, his performance and strength are obviously much weaker than James.
This also led to Li Qing being more inclined to choose James Potter as the film director for "Harry Potter".
"Hello, Mr. Scott."
At this time, Li Qing took the initiative to shake hands with Scott and forced a smile: "Please come in."
"Thank you, what are you busy with? I think your spirit is a little depressed. You may not have rested all night?" Scott said with a smile on his face.
Li Qing nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't take any rest. I stayed up all night polishing the script because of a sudden inspiration."
"script?"
Scott and Tony looked at each other.
After Li Qing asked the two of them to sit down, he asked, "What do you two want from me?"
Tony said bluntly: "About the rights to adapt the subsequent film series of "Harry Potter"..."
Li Qing waved his hand and said: "I have handed over the rights to all subsequent film adaptations of "Harry Potter" to Warner Bros. If you two are here to talk about this, you may be disappointed. I
The contract signed with Warner Bros. has already included the entire "Harry Potter" series."
"Can I ask the price?" Tony said disappointedly.
"Isn't this inconvenient? Sooner or later, the media will dig it out."
Li Qing shrugged and said: "The copyright fee for a movie is 10 million US dollars. In addition, there is also a 10% box office share."
Tony and Scott slowly opened their mouths.
The copyright fee of 10 million US dollars, although high, is not too unexpected.
Because investors have already announced this price in the market, even if Max Pictures wants to win the copyright of "Harry Potter", it will definitely be prepared to spend 10 million US dollars to buy the copyright.
But what they didn't expect was that Warner Bros. actually gave Li Qing 10% of the box office share!
"Warner Bros. has really spent a lot of money."
Scott shook his head and smiled bitterly: "But if it were me, I would probably agree. "Harry Potter" does have such value."
Tony nodded dejectedly, the high-spirited momentum he had just had now vanished into thin air.
He didn't have the courage to give Leesin 10% of the box office share after paying him 10 million US dollars in royalties.
In other words, even if the copyright of "Harry Potter" is still in the hands of Li Qing, it is unlikely that it will be Max Pictures' turn to get it.
Just as Tony was about to leave with a depressed look on his face, Scott suddenly pointed to the draft paper on the desk and asked: "Leesin, is this the script you spent all night polishing?"
"Yes." Li Qing nodded.
Scott said in a strange way: "So, can I take a look?"
Tony tugged on Scott's arm, looking a little embarrassed.
The unexposed scripts of famous playwrights have always been top secrets, let alone a world-class novelist like Li Qing. How could a script written by someone who spent all his sleep and food forgetting to be peeped by others?
Scott's abruptness made Tony blush a little, and he kept winking at Scott.
Although I also want to get Leesin's script, you are too impatient!
Li Qing laughed when he heard this.
He turned back and picked up the scratch paper, handed it directly to Scott, and said with interest: "Okay, let's take a look!"
Tony opened his mouth again.
Scott glanced at Li Qing, nodded, then took the script and started reading it.
"Three hours of despair?"
The script is spelled in pure English. Although some words are mixed with British and American usage, it does not hinder Scott's viewing.
However, the content only describes the sinking of the Titanic.
What exactly happened on this huge cruise ship during these three desperate hours has not been written.
It's not so much a script as it is a story outline.
Therefore, it only took Scott ten minutes to read the entire script.
Looking through the draft paper in his hand again, Scott thought for a while and said: "It's a very good script. If you want to make it into a movie, the scenes you have to set up will be very huge."
"You're right."
Li Qing nodded and said: "So, do you think that if you plan to make this movie, with your current ability, can you achieve the effect you want?"
Scott was stunned and said: "If the budget is sufficient, I can give it a try. But, with all due respect, this script is not actually very good. Its selling point is very clear, but it is precisely because it is so clear.
, so it tests the storytelling very much, not just the details in the shot, but the most important thing is the details of the story.”
Li Qing was thoughtful.
"What happened to this huge ship during these three desperate hours? The inner and outer activities of more than two thousand tourists, the various personalities in the world, and so on, all need to be described in detail on paper
, this may be a huge test for you as a playwright!"
Scott smiled slightly: "But I think this is not a problem for the famous Leesin. You stayed up all night and polished it. It should not be just the thousand-word script in my hand. You should have written more.
The split-shot story..."
"And those stories should be what keep you awake at night."