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The next day, Ryman took the negotiating team to a business building next to Random House.

The head of the cultural company that represented Stephen King's novel copyright also warmly welcomed Lehman and his party.

If you want to buy the adaptation rights, you must first get the consent of Stephen King himself, but if you agree, you still have to go back to business negotiations.

Appreciation is appreciation, business is business.

Stephen King is no pedantic person.

However, with his consent, the price will be an appropriate discount.

That is to say, the upper limit of negotiation is artificially lowered, but it is still whimsical to get something without paying anything.

Ryman also didn't expect to be able to buy Stephen King's best-selling horror master's work at a very low price.

And because Stephen King said hello in advance, Lehman cooperated very sincerely. Although the counter-offer between you and me is not less, it is still controlled to a certain extent. That's it.

Both sides are testing the bottom line...

$8 million.

5.5 million?

It's impossible. The transfer fee for the film copyright of Stephen's novels is basically this amount. I'm already very sincere. A middle-aged man across from him said loudly.

In fact, what he said is also true. Since Mr. Stephen notified the matter last night, he has also held the attitude of reaching a cooperation.

After all, the average market for the best-selling author's adaptation rights is basically around 10 million US dollars. If The Mist is not long, it is possible to raise the price by more than 10 million.

Well, he said that 8 million is a good deal.

But negotiation cannot always be what others say. As the chairman of a film company, Lehmann must of course try his best to reduce the risk of the film and appropriately control the shooting cost.

As much as possible, try to lower the price as low as possible.

Lehman did not speak, and the negotiator next to him frowned and retorted: Your company has already sold the TV copyright of The Mist, and it seems that only one movie copyright cannot be claimed at the market price. If we are responsible for all the film and television copyrights, of course we Also willing to spend $8 million. What do you think?

The middle-aged man's expression did not change: That was more than ten years ago. In eight or nine years, we can also make up for this piece.

Well, generally, the time limit for signing the copyright procedures for film adaptations is 20 years at most. After 20 years, the relevant copyrights will also return to Stephen King.

The negotiating team continued to negotiate, $6 million?

7.5 million.

It's still too expensive, it's just a movie adaptation. 6.5 million?

The middle-aged man hesitated.

It's hard to get a business to come to the door. If he promotes the cooperation, as a senior agent entrusted by Stephen King, he can extract 8% of the income from this transaction. Naturally, he wants the price to be higher.

But Stephen King has also spoken, agreeing to transfer the adaptation rights, and he can't mess around.

In the end, he persisted for a while, and each took a half step back, $7 million. It can't be any less.

make a deal.

Lehman's psychological price is about 8 million US dollars, and it is enough to be able to lower the price by 1 million.

The middle-aged man opposite heard the words and heaved a sigh of relief.

When the deal is done, he can also make a fortune.

He stretched out his hand and said, Happy cooperation.

“Pleasant to work with...”

Afterwards, all intentions were agreed.

The following trivial matters naturally have the following people to help Lehmann run the formalities.

In the United States, issues related to copyright must go to the Copyright Office to re-identify the relevant records after the change.

In other words, after the change is determined, it is difficult to regret it, because there is already legal protection.

Stephen King can't sell again unless the deadline to sign the deal expires.

Three days later, the adaptation copyright of The Mist officially belongs to Firefly Pictures...

Lehmann parked the car in the company's underground parking lot and took Thomas out of the car upstairs.

Occasionally encounter one or two company employees, they will greet him warmly.

He treats the company's employees well. The salary is above the average level in the industry. The work is not very busy, and there are holidays every month.

Still pretty good.

When I went upstairs, I saw Nicolas Cage waiting in the office.

He received the invitation of Lehman's male protagonist, and immediately ended his holiday travel and rushed back to Los Angeles.

As a first-line movie star with a guaranteed box office in the past two years, he still prefers to cooperate with Lehmann.

Not only because he got along with Laiman, but also when Laiman pulled him a hand when he was at a low point. Although he didn't say it, he still had thoughts of gratitude in his heart.

And with his current status and coffee status, making money or something is no longer in demand.

After all, as long as there is popularity, it means that the resources of the film and television industry are automatically concentrated for him to choose. He understood this very early.

So to be honest, the reduction in the paycheck also involves participating in Lehmann's works, also because he recognizes that Lehman can make him more famous, and the reputation of the work will be better.

Of course, there will be no honest people who can mix in this circle, but it is indeed a fact that he has a good impression of Lehman.

Anyway, they have both worked together on two works, and there is no actor who doesn't want to play a better work...

I haven't seen you for a month, why do you seem to have gained a lot of weight?

In the office, as soon as Lyman saw Cage, he joked to him.

Haha, I haven't worked during this time, and I have less time to exercise.

Cage is not embarrassed at all. As for gaining weight, it's not that he eats too well...

A few people chatted with each other, and some of the life quickly disappeared.

As for the topic of the new drama Mist, it is rarely mentioned.

Cage had confidence in Lehman, and he didn't want to ask what the character was or what the script was like. When Lehman wanted to say, he would know anyway.

After all, Cage still understands how Lyman chooses actors for the role, and will never compromise for some external factors unless he approves it himself.

Of course, Lehmann did.

There is no pressure from the management, just to be able to shoot according to their own intentions.

On the contrary, he has become an employer himself and often gives opinions on other projects-he can understand why investors always like to push, after all, everyone has different ideas.

Afterwards, the three went out for dinner.

At the dinner table, chatting and chatting, the topic returned to the new work.

Your character is a painter, with a calm mind, focus on things, and image, you should keep a little beard and try to experience the feeling of painting with a deep heart. The story is an adaptation of Stephen King's novel The Mist, You can look for the original book and think about it first, the general main line of the script is still the same, and there are not too many deletions.

The Mist? Okay, I got it.

Well, you will ask your agent to come to the company in a few days, sign the contract first, and set aside a schedule around February next year.

Talking about money, I still need a broker to do it, so as not to hurt the peace, there is also a place to turn around.

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