Chapter 212: Signing of overseas sale contract
Jin Shuguang Publishing Group.
"Crow, are you kidding me?!"
Ms. Hassan, President of Publishing Group, smiled and looked at the blond middle-aged man in front of her.
The blond middle-aged man, named Crow Farwell, is the senior vice president of Random House. The purpose of his coming to Jin Shuguang Publishing Group this time is very clear, that is, to win the overseas distribution copyright of the "Harry Potter" book.
"Ha ha!"
Hassan sneered and said: "I want to get Harry Potter for $450,000, and our Golden Dawn Publishing Group only enjoys 18% of the copyright profit?! Who are you fooling? It's just an A-level contract. Insult everyone's IQ. Crowe, don't forget, your current position of vice president was originally mine!"
Hearing this, the representative of Random House, Crofwell, was not annoyed either.
Because Ms. Hassan is right.
If she didn't leave, then it would not be his turn to take the post of senior vice president of Random House.
Well, even if there are twelve people in the senior vice president of Random House, not everyone can serve.
at the same time.
The negotiators of both sides sitting in the conference room, Gu Shi chose to remain silent.
Boss, let them talk.
"Hassan, my old leader, there is a saying in the East called this one time then another time." Crowe said slowly.
"What do you mean?"
Hassan was not in a hurry, but waited for him to explain with interest.
"Hassan, the Random House is no longer the former Random House. At the end of May this year, after it was acquired by Bertelsmann Group, it merged with the oldest and largest Bantam Publishing Group in the United States."
"As of now, our Random House has 9 publishing brands with different publishing directions in the United States alone."
"Subsidiary Banyan Publishing Group, with 8 publishing houses, mainly publishes popular novels;"
"Nine publishing houses under the Crown Publishing Group, the main publishing houses for academic and business novels;"
"The 14 publishing houses of Sojitz Publishing Group mainly publish high-end popular novels with high cultural content;"
"Six publishing houses under the Knov Publishing Group, mainly publishing high-end literary works and books on political figures;"
"In addition, it also includes Random House Children's Publishing Group, Random House Information Group, Random House Audio Publishing Group, and Random House Film and Film Publishing Group."
Crowe introduced the current situation of Random House to Ms. Hassan in one breath, full of pride in his words.
The negotiators on the Random House side in the conference room are also with You Rongyan.
A big company, it's an honor to go everywhere.
"You said this, do you want to say that your Random House is currently the world's number one publishing group in terms of comprehensive strength?" Ms. Hassan laughed.
"That's right." Crowe was confident.
In fact, Random House is indeed the largest publishing group at present.
Of course, after it merges with the British Penguin Publishing Group in the future, it will become the overlord of the global publishing industry in one fell swoop.
Well, the kind that occupies half of the country.
The book "Harry Potter" is currently in hot sales. It looks like a bestseller. As the world's leading Random House, I naturally don't want to miss the overseas distribution copyright of the book.
"Hassan, my old leader!"
Crowe said meaningfully: "I know "Harry Potter" is very good, but the current popularity is mainly due to Dylan's strong influence. It has not started the film and television itself, and its influence is always limited. Therefore, Our Random House offers an A-level contract second only to an S-level contract, which is completely reasonable."
After a pause, he said: "According to the A-level contract, you only need to pay for the authorization and then do nothing, and you can get 18% of each book of "Harry Potter" for nothing. This sincerity is not low. "
The voice fell.
Representatives of the Golden Dawn Publishing Group turned their attention to Hassan, the president.
The people who can make the final decision are not them after all.
"Crow, you're still the same thing, you don't have much to improve!"
Hassan smiled.
Yes, Crowe’s contract is really sincere.
However...
Hassan said lightly: "In fact, the film and television of "Harry Potter", the Wald Pictures under our group, has already started the project, and it is expected to start shooting next year. At the same time, the operation of book gamification, also Will start soon.
So the question is, now do you still think that the 18% A-level contract is still sincere? "
"..."
Crowe was suddenly dumb.
Damn~~
Crowe cursed inwardly!
Actually, he didn't want to come over to have Hassan to talk about the contract at first, because he was too familiar with it. He knew very well about the abilities of his old boss.
is very difficult to deal with!
"Shh~~~!"
After being dumbfounded, Crowe also breathed a sigh of relief and vomited: "Old leader, you won! I knew this was the result before I came here. I don't know how the new CEO thinks about it? I know I am not your opponent. , He just asked me to come over, isn't this giving me eye drops?!"
"Hahaha!" Hassan also laughed unkindly.
The next negotiation will be very easy.
Under the witness of the teams on both sides and drafted by the team of lawyers, the overseas distribution rights of the first book in the "Harry Potter" series were finalized.
Preliminary drafting of a letter of intent!
Random House will execute an A-level contract and pay 1.2 million US dollars for the purchase of overseas distribution copyrights, and each book will be given a 25% share of the Golden Dawn Group.
Some detailed issues in the follow-up of the contract, such as the authorization period, etc., will take a few days to discuss, but it will probably not be changed too much.
...
Random House.
Crowe, who had just negotiated the contract, returned to his own group company and reported the details of the contract to Bertelsmann as the boss.
"Do you know why I let you go? Crowe." Bertelsmann asked with a smile.
Hearing this, Crowe immediately said: "Boss, at this point, I am also puzzled. You clearly know that I am not Ms. Hassan's opponent in terms of negotiation, but you just let me go."
Bertelsman smiled and said: "Do you know how many publishing houses are staring at the overseas copyrights of "Harry Potter" books? I tell you, there are 12 of them that I know alone, and among them, there are some who have heard of Penguin. Publishing Group."
"Uh...that's how it is." Crowe's expression condensed.
Speaking of this, why doesn't he understand? !
A-level contract?
That is a temptation!
In fact, the contract that Bertelsmann signed at the beginning was exactly the S-level contract.
Knowing that Crowe is not Hassan’s opponent, he still sent him there. It is precisely because Hassan is Crowe’s old leader that he can win the competition to the greatest extent and take the copyright of Harry Potter.
...
Golden Shuguang Entertainment Group.
"Hassan, you are so cunning."
Zuke looked at Ms. Hassan in front of him and smiled: "You can persuade 12 large publishing groups, including Penguin Publishing Group, to make a posture that the copyright of "Harry Potter" will not die."
Hassan unceremoniously accepted Zhuke's praise.
"Bertelsman is also cunning enough to let Crowe take charge of the negotiation. He wants to relax his vigilance!" Hassan laughed.
In fact, Bertelsmann guessed Hassan’s idea;
Hassan also anticipated Bertelsmann’s plan;
But the two did not make clear behind them, one would like to fight and the other would suffer, UU reading www.uukanshu.com has nothing to say. Mainly because the old guy Bertelsmann is really optimistic about the prospects of "Harry Potter", especially on the eve of the opening of film and television.
Therefore, none of the people who have been in the workplace for many years are simple things.
After Hasan left, Zhuke looked at the draft contract again.
"Very good~"
1.2 million US dollars of overseas copyright payment, the price is actually not low.
Books are books after all. In the current commercial market, their influence is much worse than that of movies, and their prices vary greatly.
In the future, the famous "The Da Vinci Code" will continue to dominate the North American bestseller list for up to 6 months. The overseas copyright price of its books is only 900,000 US dollars; of course there is a share, but also Only 19%.
Can sell this price now, Hassan's operation is already very good.
In the history of the original time and space, "Harry Potter" was first released in the United Kingdom and then in the United States. The North American copyright cost it sold was only $12,000, not to mention the achievements. It was only later that Time Warner helped J.K. Rowling file a lawsuit before regaining a high score.
Selling the overseas distribution rights of "Harry Potter" books this time is actually a helpless move.
Zuke lacks the ability to issue overseas.
The next day.
Zuke received good news.
The scripts adapted from "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" are officially finalized!
The second update of "" is sent.
