When Brian met Chen Feng again, it was already early July.
Seeing Chen Feng again, Brian found that Chen Feng was even more silent and calm than before. This feeling gave Brian a bad premonition.
Because most of the time, when discussing cooperative projects with others, the other party will generally appear more eager and excited.
After all, he represents a super large company like Aaron Brother. If they can take a fancy to a project, basically the project will succeed and they will make a lot of money.
So, no one is not excited about this.
Even Chen Feng was the same at the beginning. When he talked about the joint project "Avatar" for the first time, his face was full of longing and yearning, and he had unlimited enthusiasm and expectations.
It's a pity that after Brian tactfully stated the conditions given by Pierce, Chen Feng didn't even give him a chance to negotiate and directly chose to refuse.
For this reason, Brian also felt very sorry. However, Pierce was in charge of all this at the time and he had no room for maneuver.
But this time is different. Now Paul has been suddenly promoted, and the head office seems to be very supportive of this project, so there is room for negotiation. As long as we communicate well with Chen Feng, the cooperation may be successful.
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However, after returning, Brian also went to learn about the recent situation in the Chinese film market.
Then he learned that in May, a movie called "Thailand" invested by Chen Feng was released and had a box office of 1.8 billion!
This is really amazing. When Chen Feng was preparing "Avatar", he actually invested in "Thailand" at the same time and successfully made a large profit.
If this guy continues to develop like this, he may gradually grow to a very terrifying level.
This puts more pressure on Brian.
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Sure enough, as Brian expected, he sat down with Chen Feng again. Although Chen Feng was still polite to him, he didn't seem to care much about the upcoming negotiations.
There is no sense of passion and excitement, but on the contrary, there is a calm and rock-solid mentality.
Such people are the most difficult to deal with.
However, Brian still gritted his teeth and started formal negotiations with Chen Feng.
Regarding the "Avatar" project, although Aaron Brother's company now pays more attention to it, the company's inherent rules are not so easy to break.
Like many overseas projects, Aaron needs to use the least investment in this kind of cooperation project in exchange for the maximum return, and sometimes he even has to deprive the other party of some overseas copyrights and even the right to dominate the work, etc.
The standards proposed by Pierce were almost the highest.
Even under such circumstances, there will still be many people willing to cooperate with Brother Aaron.
There is no way, Brother Aaron is too strong, he will definitely be in a strong position, and he must do what others say.
There are not many people like Chen Feng who can refuse directly.
Therefore, although Brian's requirements for relevant conditions have been much lowered this time, he felt frightened when he thought of Chen Feng's reaction during the first negotiation.
"That's right. Brother Aaron's most advanced technological assets are generally not open to overseas projects, but because the "Avatar" project is really good, Brother Aaron also agreed to cooperate. However, because
Brother Aaron has invested his brand influence and the most advanced film technology, so he must account for 40% of the share at the investor level. In addition, there are some overseas copyright ownership issues..."
After Chen Feng listened quietly to Brian's explanation of Brother Aaron's conditions, he gently shook his head.
"The conditions are still too much."
Brian quickly said: "Mr. Chen, this is really not too much. You have to know that when our Aaron brother cooperates with other overseas projects, the conditions will be more stringent. Relatively speaking, these are already very low standards.
If possible, I think you can learn about other cases."
Chen Feng continued to shake his head.
"There's no need... I don't care about other people's conditions, they have nothing to do with me."
After a pause, Chen Feng looked at Brighton strangely.
"Actually, I have always felt that I only want to cooperate with you to use your technology. We can clearly mark the price according to the market price. After completing the special effects for the entire film, how much do I need to pay? Just give me a bill and I will pay. That's fine.
Are you there? Why do you have to seize our investment share? Even if you think your technology is the most advanced and you can ask for more money, why do you insist on investing in technology? If the film is lost by then, won't you suffer even more losses?"
After hearing Chen Feng's words, Brian smiled bitterly.
"Of course everyone understands such a simple truth. However, since we survive in the film industry, we must find ways to expand our influence. Technology is just our tool, but what we want most is not only to make money, but also to protect ourselves.
brand value. In the final analysis, we are not a technology company, but a cultural company..."
After hearing this, Chen Feng sighed speechlessly.
"Well, it makes sense... However, the same words can be applied to any company that is serious about making movies... Moreover, technology always needs to continue to develop. The advanced technology now may become common in a few years...
...I also have the patience to wait..."
"By the way, in a few days, in mid-July, another science fiction film we invested in will be released again. If you have time, you can wait a few days to watch it. It's very exciting."
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As expected, this negotiation ultimately came to nothing.
Brother Aaron's demands are still too high, and Chen Feng is unlikely to accept them.
"It seems that Brother Aaron will not open his technology to outsiders easily. We have to make plans in advance."
After Brian left, the translator Tao Xianzhi next to him shook his head at Chen Feng.
In the negotiation process just now, Tao Xianzhi had tried his best to make both parties' conditions and requirements as gentle as possible, but because there was a huge gap, it was still impossible to reach an agreement for the time being.
Chen Feng nodded.
"Yeah, I'm ready to wait a few more years. However, several companies in Europe also sent invitations yesterday. Let's go and take a look when we have time."
"Okay, no problem!"
Although the technical level of several special effects companies in Europe is not as good as the top companies in Haolaiwu, they are not too bad. If possible, it would not be a bad idea to cooperate with them.
These companies are all provided by Mike and James. Currently, their company has started the "Wandering Earth 2" project, and there is not much that can help Chen Feng.