Chapter 79: Little wizard got it
In the face of Rowling, a woman whose wealth surpasses the Queen of England in the future, Zhuke seemed calm on the surface, but in his heart he was extremely vigilant.
After all, this involves a market of hundreds of billions of dollars.
For this reason, Zhu Ke prepared two completely different contracts to curb the possibility of "tearing the contract" in the future.
Zhu Ke showed Rowling the A version of the contract right now.
"Ms. Rowling, the content of the A-version contract not only involves the film and television copyrights of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", but also involves the subsequent copyrights of the "Harry Potter" series, including but not limited to film and television copyrights. Book sales, peripheral authorization and other agency contracts are also included. In addition, the contract states that Wald Pictures will help you to promote the book sales." Zhang Wei explained the contract.
Rowling nodded.
Subsequent film and television copyright;
Book sales and peripheral authorized agency contracts;
These two points are displayed in bold font in the contract, and Rowling can of course see it at a glance.
Actually, the agency contract for book sales, as a film and television company, Wald Pictures, can be completely abandoned, but Zhu Ke can't bear it!
God!
The 7 novels of "Harry Potter", but in the global market, the sales of the original books alone exceed 400 million copies!
What a shocking sales data!
"Lawyer Zhang, is there any major difference between your company's version A contract and the version B contract?"
Rowling didn't sign it directly, but asked.
You know, Rowling is now extremely poor, relying on government relief funds to survive.
To be an ordinary person, when I saw the 100,000 copyright purchase fee involved in the contract, I must have signed the name as soon as possible. From this alone, it can be seen that even now Rowling has always maintained a shrewdness that is difficult for ordinary people to match.
Zhang Wei: "..."
He didn't answer Rowling's question immediately, but glanced at Zhu Ke.
After seeing Zhu Ke nodding, Zhang Wei explained: "Ms. Rowling, the main difference between the A/B version of the contract is not the copyright content, but the purchase price."
While talking, Zhang Wei also took out the B version of the contract.
The content is the same, the price is the price? !
The content of the A/B two-version contract includes the entire series copyright of "Harry Potter", not just a "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
At the same time, related copyrights such as books and peripheral licenses must be included in it.
As for the different price codes of the A/B versions of the contract, it is mainly reflected in the amount of copyright payment fees and liquidated damages.
A version of the contract:
Wald Pictures paid a one-time payment of US$100,000. Take down the film and television copyrights and related copyrights of the first part of "Harry Potter", and use a 10% incremental price as the purchase price of each subsequent copy of the copyright. Liquidated damages of 80 million US dollars;
B version contract:
Wald Pictures paid a one-time payment of 10 million US dollars to obtain the film and television copyrights and related copyrights of the entire series of "Harry Potter", and provided an additional 100 for each subsequent film and television copyright of "Harry Potter" Ten thousand US dollars, liquidated damages of 800 million US dollars.
And, if you want to get the box office share of the subsequent adaptation of the film, the amount of liquidated damages will be increased accordingly.
Of course, a series of supplementary explanations have been set up under other breach of contract clauses.
"Hiss......!"
Without a doubt, Rowling took a breath at this moment.
is nothing else, it is really the price of the A/B version of the contract, the difference is too big!
One is only 100,000 U.S. dollars, even if the future copyrights are included, the total is only one million U.S. dollars. This is already a sky-high price for Rowling, who is now in a desperate situation;
But!
The price of the second edition of the contract is so tempting!
"Oh my God!"
"A one-time payment of 10 million US dollars, even if there is no net profit sharing at the box office, it is too much."
Rowling was stunned!
In fact, the same is true. Looking at the entire Hollywood, copyright transactions with a price tag of 10 million are also very high. You know, Zhuke obtained a series of copyrights for "Spider-Man" from Marvel, but only paid 10 million US dollars.
Rowling was shocked, and Christopher Nolan on the side was the same.
Although Nolan said that he has not yet entered Hollywood, his knowledge of Hollywood is not low. Knowing what a $10 million copyright transaction means is a huge benefit.
"Mr. Wald, how important is this magic novel?" Nolan thought inwardly.
Rowling took a deep breath and groaned: "Mr. Wald, Lawyer Zhang Wei, I need to think about it."
The shock that brought Rowling today, no, it was shock!
too much too much!
She needs a buffer.
So, Zhu Ke and his party did not stay much, but left.
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in a hotel in downtown Edinburgh.
Nolan, who was curious in his heart, asked first: "Mr. Wald, are you really so optimistic about the film and television rights of this novel named "Harry Potter"?"
"That's right!"
Zhu Ke did not hide it at the moment: "In my opinion, it is a gold mine. If it weren’t for copyright transaction prices and liquidated damages, and international copyright transaction laws existed, I would definitely set the liquidated damages to US$2 billion or even higher!"
Nolan was shocked.
If the copyright transaction price is 100,000 U.S. dollars, and the liquidated damages are set to 1 billion U.S. dollars, this is of course possible in Zucker’s unilateral setting contract.
But, it's illegal!
If you go to court for this, the court can completely rule that this contract is invalid!
At that time, Zhu Ke is just playing with a bamboo basket.
That’s why Zhu Ke asked Zhang Wei to prepare the B version of the contract, increase the payment price, set high liquidated damages, and increase the betrayal price that Rowling might tear the contract, so that she dare not tear the contract easily.
You need to know that because of copyright transactions, every year in Hollywood, there are many scenes of court cases and mutual complaints.
"For contract issues, don't be afraid of trouble, otherwise you will have endless trouble in the future!"
This is a famous aphorism circulating in major Hollywood studios~www.wuxiaspot.com~Well, it is regarded as the most logical quote by many people.
Zhu Ke said solemnly: "I would rather pay more now than be coerced by others in the future!"
Nolan nodded again.
The film and television adaptation of "Harry Potter", Warner Company, Rowling, and the leading actors, these three parties are all arguing about money in the original time and space.
As the producer and distributor, Warner is of course unwilling to pay more;
Rowling as the author of the original novel, she tore up the contract more than once and went to court with Warner Corporation. The lion opened her mouth wide, and cut off piece after piece of fat from Warner. Otherwise, how do you think her net worth of more than 2 billion US dollars came from?
The three little protagonists of the movie, in the later films, also asked Warner for a high box office share, otherwise they would refuse to appear;
This kind of thing can be said to have caused a lot of noise and made the American people become a melon-eating crowd.
A few days later.
The copyright of Little Wizard was finally taken down by Zhu Ke.
Rowling finally chose a B-type contract.
Although the amount of liquidated damages is very high, there are too much money to be given! For Rowling, who is now impoverished, this is a temptation that cannot be rejected at all.
"Thank you, Mr. Wald. I really appreciate it."
After signing the contract, Rowling expressed her gratitude to Zhu Ke more than once.
But Zhuke sneered inwardly.
This greedy woman, sooner or later, because of interest, will choose to go to court with Wald Pictures!
Zhuke has no doubt about this.
The first update of "" is here!
