Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

At the beginning, because of the copyright issue of superheroes, the two had a bit of trouble. Later, Hanks did not give himself face in public at the Oscars, and recently used "Assassin" to snipe his own "Battle of the Red Cliff", plus the 200 With a gamble of billions of centuries, Xiao Yunhai and Hanks can be said to be at odds with each other.

Since we can never be friends, we should just offend him to death.

Chapter 1035 Superhero Crew

Xiao Yunhai had never encountered copyright disputes before, thinking that he had vaguely heard Kerry say that MGM had fought this kind of lawsuit with someone before, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed his number.

"Hey, Xiao, congratulations on your "Lord of the Rings" hit. The premiere night plus the first day, the global box office has reached an unprecedented 7.86 million US dollars. It's really scary."

On July 7, "The Lord of the Rings" earned a global box office of 21 million US dollars, including the premiere night, almost breaking through 5.04 million.

However, "Hurricane Action" was affected by it, and only received 1.78 million U.S. dollars, and it was completely defeated by "Lord of the Rings".

Word-of-mouth is even farther apart. It can be said that "Operation Hurricane" has completely lost in the duel. Unless a miracle happens, it is impossible to recover from the defeat.

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

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "This is all within my expectations. Kerry, I heard that the movie "The Green Hornet" is starting, right?"

Last time, after Xiao Yunhai sold the film and TV rights of "The Green Hornet" to MGM, they asked the company's screenwriter team to quickly adapt it. In only about ten days, the script was freshly released.

After careful selection, MGM invited Pippen, a leading director in the company, to direct the film, which just started yesterday.

Kerry grinned and said, "Your news is too ill-informed. Let me tell you, not only movies, but also TV shows were launched at the same time yesterday. It's just relatively low-key."

Xiao Yunhai said: "Then congratulations to you. Kerry, I heard you say before that your MGM movie has accidentally used a singer's song as the soundtrack, right?"

"That's right. That's the dumbest mistake our auditing department has ever made."

"What was the result?"

"What else can I do? Lose money. Fortunately, the singer is not very famous and the songs are not so good. We only lost 300 million US dollars. Otherwise, we would have given up. Xiao, why are you asking this question? Is it okay to say that the Lord of the Rings soundtrack also made this stupid mistake?"

Xiao Yunhai said: "That's not true. Paramount's "Assassin" made a mistake. One of its soundtracks uses the melody of "Billie Jean"."

Kerry's reaction was exactly the same as Xiao Yunhai's before, saying, "This is impossible."

Xiao Yunhai said: "I also think it's impossible, but after listening to it just now, I found that it is indeed the case, and the time is about 25 seconds."

Kerry asked: "Are you sure it has more than 80.00% similarity with your "BillieJean" melody?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "It's not 80.00%, but [-]%. Their soundtracks haven't even changed a single key. I'm a professional in music, and I will never make a mistake."

Kerry grinned, and said gloatingly, "Paramount is really unlucky. Two movies with an investment of more than 20 billion US dollars, it's nothing more than being beaten by you. I didn't expect to make such a low-level mistake. Just to send you money. What are you going to do?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Of course I want money. My song is worth at least [-] million U.S. dollars. Paramount has infringed my copyright. According to the copyright law, Paramount needs to pay me a billion U.S. dollars."

"Wrong." Kerry said: "At the end of last year, the copyright law of the United States has been amended, and the maximum compensation has been increased from ten times to twenty times. Haha, Xiao, Hanks is probably about to cry."

Xiao Yunhai exclaimed: "So much. Kerry, do you think I should find a lawyer to have an affair with him first, and if we can't agree, then sue him."

Kerry said: "Xiao, you are obviously unnecessary. If I were Hanks, I wouldn't give you so much money if you were killed. I think it's better to go to court directly. The evidence like this is conclusive and the facts are clear. Things that cannot be denied can basically be pronounced in court. You guys, you are so lucky that you didn’t do anything, and someone gave you money dryly, and it was 20 billion U.S. dollars. There is no good thing like this.”

Xiao Yunhai said angrily: "You are tone-deficient, you can't even sing, let alone write. By the way, have you settled the matter with MGM Cinemas? I'm still waiting to use the money .”

Kerry smiled and said, "I was just about to tell you about this. The film company is taking out a loan, and it is estimated that it will arrive today or tomorrow. At that time, I will call you, let's sign the contract and send you the money That's it."

Xiao Yunhai said: "That's about the same. I won't talk to you anymore, I still have a lot of business here."

After hanging up the phone, Xiao Yunhai asked Daniel to come over and hand over the copyright dispute to him.

There is no way, who made him the most leisurely among the heads of the four companies.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai met the main creative teams of the four blockbuster superhero films.

Good guy, just by looking at his appearance, he definitely has the potential to become a big star.

Some male actors are young and handsome, some are mature and stable, while the female actors are all beautiful and hot.

After everyone introduced themselves, Xiao Yunhai silently wrote down their names, and said with a smile: "Everyone is selected by the four directors from tens of thousands of Hollywood actors who are most suitable for our superhero movie. actor, which shows that your acting skills and abilities are very good. By the way, you should have signed a contract with us, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiao." Everyone said in unison.

"That would be great. I can assure you that once you enter Marvel, you will not be far from the status of top Hollywood movie stars." Xiao Yunhai laughed.

The British actress Maeve Dermody asked: "Mr. Xiao, our contract is ten years long, and it is also a rookie contract. Mr. Lauer said that our treatment will be step by step with our fame." If the company’s superhero movies are popular all over the world, when will we be able to change the contract? You know that the treatment for newcomers is too low.”

Xiao Yunhai glanced at her appreciatively, and said with a smile: "You are all worried about this problem too."

The others nodded together.

Newcomer contracts in Hollywood are indeed very cheap, and the commission is a terrifying 9:1, 90.00% of which must be handed over to the company, which is simply unbearable for ordinary artists.

Many conflicts between companies and artists are caused by this.Artists have already reached the first-tier, and he would definitely not be willing to give them a second-tier contract.

Xiao Yunhai said: "Miss Dermody dared to talk about this matter with me openly and honestly when we met for the first time. She was indeed very courageous, and she also showed strong self-confidence. Maybe you have heard of it, I, Xiao Yunhai is not short of money, just a while ago, the bonus for the employees of Magic Special Effects Company was [-] million US dollars. Do you think I will use the so-called contract to bully you?"

"Let me tell you the bottom line. As long as there are no accidents at the box office of these four films, they will all have very good results. As the leading actors, you will definitely become a hit. At that time, I will let the company follow Hollywood standards You sign a contract. If your net worth reaches the second-tier, then it is the contract of the second-tier actor. If your net worth reaches the first-tier, then it is the contract of the first-tier actor, and the treatment we will give you will be 9% higher than that of the outside world. However, the superstar contract is excluded. They and The company's distribution ratio is 1:[-], if it is [-]% higher, then I will be free."

"Hahaha."

Hearing what Xiao Yunhai said, the only worry in everyone's mind was to let go.

Xiao Yunhai turned his head to look at the four directors, and said, "Your treatment is different from theirs. I'm going to use the movie box office to set a standard for you."

James asked puzzledly, "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by that?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "Let's put it simply. If you want to make a second movie, use the profit brought to the company by the first movie to determine the amount of investment you will give. For example, James, your "Doctor Strange" ended up being The company has brought in $50 billion in profits, so as long as your next film does not exceed 50.00% of these profits, which is $25 billion, the company will support you. If the second film loses money, not only does it not earn You still have a chance, and we will give you 50.00% of the remaining profit to continue shooting. Originally, it was 25 billion U.S. dollars, and after deducting the loss of one billion dollars, that is $15 billion to go on to a third movie, and so on."

Halley asked, "What if the third, fourth, and fifth all lose?"

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

James said with a smile: "At that point, I don't need the company to rush me. I have long since gone home in despair and dare not come out to meet people."

Hughes said: "Mr. Xiao, your method is really good. Everyone eats according to their ability, and no one can blame others."

Harley said confidently: "I think the investment limit for my second film should be around $40 billion."

James glanced at him disdainfully, and said, "You mean that "X-Men" will make a profit of 80 billion US dollars, hehe, are you kidding?"

Harley snorted, and said, "Anyway, my "X-Men" is definitely better than yours."

The two had a grievance before, and now they are in the same company, so it is naturally impossible to attack each other, but they are still like you can't understand me, I can't understand you, and whenever there is a chance, they will be sarcasm.

James said angrily: "Harley, don't talk too much. Do you dare to make a bet with the box office of the two movies?"

Harley raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you dare? How about this, whoever loses will give his director's salary to the winner, how about it?"