Standing in front of the window and watching Karl's car slowly disappear, Andy is a little speechless about Carl's enthusiasm. In his words, he will make the CCA regret, he will use his tintin to shoot a little bitch. face!
Mcmiller hurried into the meeting room and sat down in his place, followed by all the colleagues in front of his eyes. Although most of them were expressionless, the gloating in his eyes could not be more obvious. He could not help but sigh, It's no wonder who used to ridicule the stubborn fat man.
Thinking about Mcmiller is a bit sad. The customer he is in charge of has a problem, and what he will face is being fired.
With the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man in his forties or forties walked into the conference room.
"Who can tell me what's going on?" The middle-aged man sat on the head and took a stack of manuscripts on the conference table. "We can only publish such a wonderful story. Are you kidding me?" ?"
Elton. Bull is roaring loudly like an angry bull. As the head of Xuele Press Los Angeles is under great pressure, Xuele Press is a world-renowned children's book publisher and distributor, and Harry Potter is popular all over the world. The American version of the series is published by Xuele, and the "Dark Fairy Tales" in front of Elton is definitely the first book of a series. This is a new big IP.
But now, someone even told him that this series can only publish the first volume in their publishing house, and the rest is irrelevant to them. It was a thunderbolt in the sunny day, which made him not angry.
McMiller hesitated for a long time before he stood pale and said carefully: "I'm sorry, I didn't maintain good customer relations."
Snapped!
Elton stood at the table and roared loudly: "I don't want to hear sorry, today, just today, I don't care what method you use, I want you to sign me back Andy Smith! You stay, others Please go back."
Soon, there were only two people left in the conference room. The angry Elton calmed down slowly, his eyes staring at the nervous sweaty Mike, "I don't care what the cause of the matter is, you have to send the good news Bring it back this way...Tell Andy Smith's agent that we can prepay the manuscript, and the royalty share can be increased to a maximum of 15%. As long as his book is published in our publishing house, these can be discussed."
"15%? It's just that Andy Smith's agent is very greedy. What should I do if there is any excessive demand?" Mike was very surprised. 15% of the royalties are the treatment enjoyed by the top writers, thinking of the dead fat man. 'S abominable expression, still asked cautiously.
"FUCK! You can talk as long as you have a request! Can you take a long-term view? Have you read the manuscript? Idiot, where is this? This is Hollywood, it's a movie factory! Such an excellent story will make Hollywood studios rush , The movie is released, and our book can be followed by the big sale!"
"Yes, I'll go to Andy Smith's agent right away!" Mike lowered his head, daring to look at the Elton editor who was yelling again, picked up the folder on the table in panic, and trot out of the meeting room.
Elton, who remained in the conference room, stared at the manuscript on the table for a long time, "I hope everything goes well!"
The funny guy, Andy shook his head with a smile, and turned his gaze to the side of Carl, who was gloating, and then looked at the representative of Xuele Press, who was almost crying and running.
"Okay, the conditions you gave are very generous, you can talk about it, Carl gave it to you."
Ignoring Mcmiller's gratitude, he gave Carl a vague glance, then stood up and walked up to the second floor. He didn't want to continue to waste his energy. As long as the result was good, the process was still left to professional people.
After more than an hour passed, the fat man, Karl, walked into the study with a smug look.
"Looking at you like this, it seems to be a good talk." Andy took off the decorative glasses and used his fingers to pinch the bridge of his nose and gently rubbed it to relieve non-existent fatigue.
"Haha, who am I? I'm Karl, a vampire, let the boy look at people, and don't give him a hard lesson!" Carl sat happily on the sofa, his face happy and happy after the hatred. .
Andy took a cigarette out of the cigarette case and threw it to Carl, and ordered another one himself, beckoning him to continue.
"15% royalties, $1 million in prepaid remuneration, hey, of course, after tax, they promise to do their best to promote your work, write soft articles in the newspaper, and expand your influence."
Andy laughed when he heard it, and he smiled proudly. After smoking a cigarette and exhaling, he secretly said, "Lao Tzu is now short of money. One million can relieve economic pressure."
Andy bought most of Apple's stock, leaving only 400,000 deposits in the bank and the 300,000 compensation paid to him by the Seventeen-Year-Old magazine, and gave 100,000 registered companies and rental offices to Karl, leaving $600,000, the salary of your own babysitter and fitness coach, attorney's fees, private doctors, all kinds of living expenses are not small amounts.
In the United States, as long as the cost of service is close to people. Andy raised an eyebrow and pretended to be angry, "What happened to the company registration? And, why did I bring the person to my house?"
Carl completely ignored Andy's performance and rolled his eyes. "Of course the company is going to be registered in Bermuda. California's taxes are too high! Didn't you see that too? He looks like he's going to die today. If I don't reach you, I'll rely on me. I'm really annoying him and I've got to see you."
Andy pointed at Carl and said very seriously: "Don't bring strangers to my house in the future, you can get the office location as soon as possible, and you will see everything in the company in the future."
Carl nodded to say he knew, looked at the clock on the wall, and seemed to want to leave.
"Stay to dinner, Nelson will come over in a while, and some things need your help." Andy said to him by smashing cigarettes in the ashtray.
"OK, that's great, and you can eat delicious Chinese food again." Hearing what he ate, Karl would not miss it.
In the United States, the relationship between a private lawyer and a rich employer is a lifetime, and it belongs to an extraordinary existence.
"Hi, Nielsen, it's really nice to see you." Carl looked like an old acquaintance, and he still respected Andy's personal lawyer very much.
"Hello, Carl, you are a lot fatter. Pay attention to your body, or eat less!" Nielsen and Carl shook hands and joked.
"Hey, MAN, I'm a dragon JING, very healthy!" Karl screamed as you undressed and you will undress.
"Okay, okay, let's get down to business first. Nielsen, this is some of my TV program ideas created at the time of writing. I want to register global copyright, is there no problem?" Andy handed a few printed documents Nelson.
Nielsen browsed quickly, and the astonishment in his eyes became stronger and stronger. These papers were written with three TV program ideas and specific processes. Among them, the show of "The Talent Show" was the most detailed.
"Boss, I have to say, you are indeed a genius!" Nielsen sighed while looking at Andy who was sitting opposite. "In fact, there is no need to register global copyright. The easiest way is to save it with the screenwriter union. The copyright protection of the union is for the whole world."
"No, no, I know the function of the union, but these are just ideas after all, and they are not made into programs, and we don't have the resources to make these programs at present. I'm afraid that other countries will have similar situations in time. It's a waste of time to fight a lawsuit."
Andy naturally knows that the copyright protection of the scriptwriters union can prevent his own interests from being harmed, but he probably remembers that the production time of the talent show in the United Kingdom and the United States is roughly during the summer vacation this year, although he put the script and these in early May. The creative outline is kept in the screenwriter union, but in the event of a crash, no matter which side will suffer, he is now seeking money, but not to pit people.
After Nielsen listened to Andy's explanation, he seemed to understand his concerns, but registration in the world could not be completed in a moment and a half.
While both were in deep contemplation, I heard Karl shouting excitedly, "Wow, it's a genius idea, Andy, your brain is really great, I love you."
"Quiet! I know I'm a genius, but can you please lower your voice!" Andy glanced at the shouting Carl annoyed, and just scared him a moment ago.
"Oh, God, why do we need country-by-country registration, as long as we find two TV stations in the United States and the United Kingdom to cooperate, they will definitely be able to find the value in it, and we will sell them their copyrights at that time, according to the efficiency of the TV station. It will be broadcast soon, and it will become an established fact at that time, so there is no need to be so troublesome at all." Karl said with excitement.
"Nonsense, I have thought about this method long ago, but I hope to maximize my interests. The creativity of the Talent Show has some shadows of American idols. FOX spent $67 million when buying copyrights. Now it proves to be a very good sum. Successful business, but my idea is only on paper, after all, how much money can be sold is really unknown." Andy gave Carl a distressed look.
"Isn't it business negotiations? The most important thing now is that we want to establish our copyright. We can issue invitations to several major TV stations to let them get together to bid. They know that with such an idea, there will be no collision of ideas. Things are going on." Karl Fei's face was filled with excitement and he kept rubbing his hands back and forth in the study. "We should proceed in the United States and the United Kingdom at the same time, first to seize the English market, and then those with higher prices."