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The next day, news about this year's Grammy Awards dominated the headlines of major entertainment news outlets.

Among them, Ye Zhiqiu, who won the most awards, naturally became the first subject to be reported.

[The 63rd Grammy Awards were announced, and JACKSON YE became the biggest winner! ]

[Shocking! Ye Zhiqiu swept Grammy, he is the new music legend! ]

【Grammy Awards, Ye Zhiqiu won 6 awards and led the music trend around the world! 】

[The shining star of the Glam Night, Ye Zhiqiu is crowned with honor! 】

This time, in addition to European and American media, domestic media also reported extensively on this year's Glamour.

In the past, even if Ye Zhiqiu won an award at a domestic award ceremony, there would inevitably be some unconventional media or black fans who would always find some different angles to criticize him. But this time, almost without exception, the entire network was filled with praise and flattery.

It can only be said that Ye Zhiqiu’s achievements this time are so great that even the online trolls can’t criticize him anymore.

In the past, we were competitors, so of course we had to criticize each other from our standpoint. But when the gap in strength between the two sides reached a certain level, the contradiction no longer existed. It probably became a mentality of "He is so awesome, it's not shameful if I lose, since we are all the same anyway."

In this case, it would be better to brag about Ye Zhiqiu a little bit, which might even help to raise one's own status invisibly.

Look, he is the winner of 6 Grammy trophies. I once competed with him on the same stage!

The heated discussions on the Internet did not have much impact on Ye Zhiqiu.

The next day, he turned down numerous interview invitations and came to the headquarters of DreamWorks Animation Company in Glendale, north of Los Angeles.

In the more than 20 years since its establishment, "Animation DreamWorks" has produced more than 30 films with box office revenue of over million yuan and is very famous in the industry.

Although the company reported a loss of $2.3 million in its just-released first-quarter financial report and laid off 500 employees last year, it is obvious that its recent situation is not very good, but it does not affect the fact that it is still the most well-known animation company besides giants such as Disney and Pixar.

In fact, the rather bad situation in the past two years is also the reason why "DreamWorks Animation" is eager to find a breakthrough and decided to cooperate with Van Loon on "Kung Fu Panda".

It's not that they will definitely succeed, this is just one of several projects being tried. After all, if they don't do something immediately, the anger of the shareholders will be difficult to bear.

However, the good news is that in addition to Fang Long, another collaborator this time - Ye Zhiqiu, the screenwriter of "Kung Fu Panda", has just won 6 awards in a row at the Grammy Awards. Although it has little to do with the movie itself, it is also a good publicity point, which makes the "Animation DreamWorks" more confident about this cooperation.

Therefore, when he saw the arrival of Hollywood legendary stars Fang Long and Ye Zhiqiu, Carter George, vice president of "DreamWorks Animation", grinned with a warm smile on his face.

"Hey! Look who's here! Our Grammy superstar!"

"Ye, welcome to the 'Animation Dream Factory'. Seriously, if the media knew you were here, the paparazzi would definitely swarm here and crowd this place!"

Fang Long, wearing a Tang suit and black-framed glasses, had his signature smile on his face and said, "Hey, George, are you ignoring me?"

George laughed and said, "Jakie, of course not."

"We are already very familiar with each other, but you know that Ye is the most influential figure in the entire European and American entertainment circles these days."

After a brief greeting, both parties sat down.

The producer of this animated film is "DreamWorks Animation", which is also the largest investor in this film.

The total investment in "Kung Fu Panda" was 8000 million yuan, of which DreamWorks Animation invested 4000 million yuan, accounting for 50% of the shares, and Van Loon personally invested 1500 million yuan - after reading the script, he added 500 million yuan.

Ye Zhiqiu's investment amount is the same as Fang Long's, which is 1500 million, but the investment was made in the name of an offshore company specially established by the "Yi Ye Zhi Qiu" studio. This is also to facilitate the operation of related overseas projects in the future. Therefore, George currently does not know that Ye Zhiqiu is the actual second investor of this film.

The main reason for Ye Zhiqiu's visit this time was to sign the relevant copyright agreements as a screenwriter, while Fang Long participated as the middleman between the two parties.

In Hollywood, the various legal agreements and regulations regarding film and television copyright transactions are extremely complete, and every detail will be reflected in the contract in written form.

The two parties had naturally communicated about this contract before, but Ye Zhiqiu's accompanying lawyer still looked at it very carefully. After reading it carefully, he handed the contract to Ye Zhiqiu and whispered something.

This detail caught the attention of Fang Long, who was standing nearby. He stopped chatting with George and looked over here.

Ye Zhiqiu didn't say anything. Looking at the contract in his hand, his brows gradually frowned.

Then, he put down the contract in his hand and said calmly: "Mr. George, this contract is a little different from what we discussed before, right?"

"First, I only authorized the Kung Fu Panda script for film and television adaptation as an author, but as a screenwriter, I have no obligation to accompany it to a fixed number of promotional activities. This is an additional commercial behavior."

"Second, I want to emphasize again that the film and television adaptation of Kung Fu Panda is limited to this script and does not include subsequent original sequels."

"If these two points are not changed, I cannot sign this contract."

Hearing this, Fang Long's face changed slightly, but George laughed and said, "Ye, don't be so nervous, everything can be discussed."

"You are the screenwriter of Kung Fu Panda. This movie is like your child. It is only natural for you to help promote it."

"Indeed." Ye Zhiqiu nodded and asked, "Then, should I be the screenwriter or the Grammy Award-winning singer Ye Zhiqiu?"

George was stunned. His little thoughts hidden in the contract were seen through, and a hint of embarrassment flashed in the depths of his eyes.

If he was just an ordinary screenwriter, it would be fine. Even if he attended the crew's promotional activities, I guess not many people would pay attention to him.

But Ye Zhiqiu is different. Although he is unknown in the Hollywood film industry, he is the hottest superstar in the music industry. In the entertainment circle, his appearance can definitely provide a great boost to publicity.

Therefore, the meaning of Ye Zhiqiu’s words just now was very clear.

It’s okay for him to attend promotional activities, but this is not the screenwriter’s obligation. Rather, it is an additional commercial behavior and should be treated clearly.

Although his thoughts were exposed, George did not feel embarrassed. Instead, he felt a little unhappy.

I am the person who controls an animation giant with annual revenue of over 10 billion US dollars. Although you, Ye Zhiqiu, have some achievements in music, animated films and music are two different things. How can an unknown screenwriter have the confidence to talk to me like this?