Chapter Five Hundred and Eighteenth $30 Million Copyright Fee
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Today is the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and in two days it will be the Spring Festival.
One year has passed, and a lot of things are waiting for Tang An to deal with and finish. Tang An will return to China this afternoon.
There is nothing to worry about here in the United States. 20th Century Fox is here, and it is not a summer or Thanksgiving period. There are basically no super blockbusters released.
As for the movies that will be released in the next two weeks, none of them, such as Underworld 4, Man-Wolf, Super Man, and The Woman in Black, can break the 100 million mark. Most of them are around 50 to 60 million, so they are not serious rivals.
In terms of publicity, Fox has also done its best, and the movie's success has also driven the original book's sales, and the sales on Amazon's e-book sales are encouraging.
Moreover, the publishing house that originally bought the copyright of the physical book is already doing market assessment and is preparing to start publishing it.
Everything is going well, except for some mental illness.
Facts have proved that every country has brains, and adapting your country’s film is like robbing your family of money.
Fortunately, it is not very famous yet, and there are not many people who are critical of the original work.
However, there were also people who set the pace, and those who didn’t know thought that Tang An, a foreigner, had ruined some of their classic works.
At noon today, before leaving, Fox held a banquet for Tang An as a farewell to him.
Before the banquet, Tang An was interviewed by a local reporter and was asked similar questions.
"When I chose to adapt The Martian, I was attracted by the plot and the rigor of the story. This is a very rigorous film. At the same time, the plot does not tell some big truths throughout the story, but it is full of fun."
"I don't think adapting this movie is the so-called "bandit" or "invasion". Disney also adapted the famous Chinese folk tale Hua Mulan. As long as it is filmed well, it will show respect for the story and itself."
"I think the adaptation is very successful. The box office data in dozens of countries around the world are enough to prove that The Martian is currently in theaters in the North American market and the audience response is very good."
What a big deal, they didn’t sleep with their goddess.
If Tang An takes the Chinese copyrights of movies like Harry Potter and Star Wars and remakes them into Chinese-language movies, then the American people will not be able to kill him.
Entering the banquet venue, Wendy Deng, who had been busy during this period, finally appeared.
"Hello, Ms. Deng, the Martian rescue is really thanks to you."
She also worried about the promotion of this movie, and Tang An really has to thank her for this.
However, no matter how many achievements she made at Fox, it was all in vain. Once she did not have the status of Murdoch's wife, she would no longer be able to get involved in Fox.
"Director Tang, you are so polite. Cooperating with each other will help you make a good movie."
Wendy Deng had a drink with Tang An and took him around to meet some people.
There are executives from film companies, producers, directors, actors, everyone.
Columbia Global Vice President Elizabeth came up and said with a hint of regret, "Congratulations, Mr. Tang. It's a pity that we couldn't cooperate this time."
Tang An smiled and said, "Ms. Elizabeth, there will be opportunities to work together in the future."
"We have always hoped to cooperate with Mr. Tang. I wonder what Mr. Tang has in mind for his next movie?"
She asked very directly, regardless of whether Wendy Deng was right next to her.
The Martian was rejected by Columbia's top brass, and 20th Century Fox's conditions were so good that it was difficult for them to match.
If it were a special effects blockbuster as big as Edge of Tomorrow, I would definitely take it without saying a word, but The Martian is completely a solo performance of the male protagonist. Most of the entire scene is on Mars, there are no exciting special effects, all are static special effects.
After various considerations, Colombia gave up.
Tang An shook his head and said, "I have no plans yet. I need to rest for a while."
Next to her, Wendy Deng frowned without trace, took a sip of the red wine in her glass, and chuckled, "Columbia is short-sighted and doesn't trust Director Tang at all. What else can we cooperate with?"
Elizabeth was not annoyed when facing this woman who was about the same age as herself. She smiled and said, "Not all Fox executives are optimistic about Mr. Tang's movie, and there are some people inside who are attacking each other. This kind of thing can't happen in Colombia, as long as
If Mr. Tang cooperates with us, everyone in the company will support your movie."
Although the box office of Tang An's movies is less than 100 million US dollars, it cannot be compared with those Hollywood blockbusters.
However, if you earn 10 million US dollars from distribution fees, you can earn a lot from other physical media copyrights, online copyrights, TV copyrights, etc.
Even though the two to thirty million US dollars are incomparable to the global box office of some Hollywood blockbusters of 600 to 700 million US dollars, it is still a huge profit for several giants.
The two women spoke tit-for-tat. They made money with Tang An this year and naturally they don't want to miss it next year.
Also wanting to cooperate is Jason Constantine, the purchasing and production chairman of Lion Pictures. When he first took office, he came to China to win the distribution rights for Now You See Me, allowing Lion to make a small fortune.
These three companies have all worked together before. Senior executives from first- and second-tier Hollywood companies such as Sony Classics, Warner Bros. and Paramount have come and more or less expressed their intention to cooperate.
After dealing with it all, Tang An and Wendy Deng came to a small conference room in the hotel to discuss various global copyright fees for The Martian.
Wendy Deng needs results. She wants not only the Internet, TV, and physical media copyrights in North America, but also the copyrights in all markets including Europe and Asia in addition to domestic.
Tang An is fine, as long as the price is fair.
"Dr. Tang, The Martian's performance in overseas markets is better than that of Edge of Tomorrow. Therefore, for other overseas copyrights, I am willing to give a high price of US$23 million. What do you think?"
Wendy Deng gave a number, and the assistant next to her handed over the contract.
Zhang Yi reviewed the contract with a colleague from the legal department, and Tang An smiled and shook his head.
"Ms. Deng, Edge of Tomorrow has a North American box office of more than 50 million, and some box office agencies have estimated that The Martian will be around 90 million, and the original work is also being prepared for publication. It will definitely drive revenue from video tapes, online videos, and TV on demand."
"25 million, this is already beyond the production cost of the movie."
Tang An smiled and shook his head, "The profits it can create are far more than this. The items in luxury stores are not worth the price in terms of cost."
"26 million."
"The Martian is far more popular in the video market than Edge of Tomorrow."
Tang An handed over a piece of statistical data.
Wendy Deng was not angry and asked with a smile, "How much does Mr. Tang think is appropriate?"
"30 million."
"Okay, deal." Wendy Deng agreed after thinking for a while.
The price negotiation went smoothly, Wendy Deng needed results, and Tang An didn't go too far.
The various copyright fees of US$30 million are 11 million higher than the 19 million for Edge of Tomorrow.
It is equivalent to 200 million yuan, and the production cost and publicity cost are only 240 million yuan.
With a domestic box office of over RMB 1.4 billion and overseas revenue of at least US$150 million, this movie can bring him at least a share of over RMB 1.1 billion.
It will also be the most profitable among the films made by Tang An.
The contract was reviewed quickly, and Wendy Deng breathed a sigh of relief after signing the contract.
"Dr. Tang, I'm looking forward to your next movie and hope we can continue to cooperate."
“A pleasure to work with!”
ps: There are only two updates today. I have been thinking about the next movie all night. I had planned it for a long time, but later I thought it would not work and overturned it.
A few days ago, I thought about the original one and watched it again, but today I feel that it still doesn't work.
The time period has reached 12 years, there is no overhead, and there are not many usable films.
Damn it, Hollywood doesn’t have a few original movies that you can watch every year, either superheroes or series.
As for domestic movies, there is nothing to copy.
I just spent a night thinking about it and finished the next four or five movies. They all received good reviews at the box office and were not bad, so there shouldn't be any flaws.
At least it will allow me to write 2 million words, so I won’t be unable to continue writing.