Chapter V Conditions

In a coffee shop in North Hollywood, Eric and Michael are negotiating the details of a Jurassic Park collaboration.

Eric didn't get entangled in the royalty share, and took a 7% royalty share that is common for newcomers. It's just that the two people negotiated and confronted about the film and television copyright of the novel.

With Michael's more than ten years of experience in the industry, of course, we can see the great potential of this novel in film and television adaptation. In addition, Eric did not raise any objection on the royalty share, which made Michael feel that Eric was very young and easy to fool, so he proposed that Night Elf and Eric share the copyright of film and television, and the copyright of the film and television was handed over to Night Elf for publishing. agency plan.

After patiently listening to Michael's proposal, Eric categorically refused: This is impossible, Mr. Claus.

Michael Claus was stunned for a moment, as if he couldn't react to Eric's decisive rejection. After adjusting his emotions, Michael Claus continued: Eric, listen to me, you know, I just Selling a novel from our publishing house to 20th Century Fox costs millions of dollars for adaptation. If the author talks about it himself, he may not even get half a million dollars. This is publishing The advantages of agency agency...

The two talked for more than ten minutes, and Michael Krause wanted to trick Eric into accepting his conditions, and actively reduced the publishing house's share of film and television copyrights.

In the end, Michael Krause was disappointed to discover that this little guy was a fledgling young man. He was just like him, an old fritter who has been in the society for more than ten years. I'm not too familiar with it, but I can keenly perceive the hidden secrets in some seemingly favorable conditions.

What surprised Michael even more was that this young man was not at all impulsive like a young man of this age. Even if he found a trap, he did not point it out directly, or simply slapped his blood on the head, but implicitly hinted that he understood. out of the trap.

In the end, Michael gave up the plan to intervene in the film and television rights of Jurassic Park with a wry smile.

The next negotiation was naturally unimpeded, and the two quickly signed a cooperation agreement.

Happy cooperation, Eric, I believe you will not regret handing over Jurassic Park to me to operate. After signing the contract, Michael became the uncle with a bookish temperament, making people feel like a spring breeze. It seemed that the shrewdness and cunning on his face during the negotiation just now were hallucinations.

It's a pleasure working together, Michael, and I hope so too.

The two shook hands, sat down, and chatted a few more words. Eric seemed to casually ask, Michael, do you have connections in those film companies?

Michael Krause raised his eyebrows: Of course, how else would I recommend the novel from my publisher to Twentieth Century Fox? Actually, I also know people in some other film companies, you know, I am in Simon When I was at Schuster, I was in charge of cooperating with film companies on book rights for a period of time. So Eric, please hand over the film and television rights of Jurassic Park to the Night Elf, I can directly transfer the novel Recommended for producers at the Big Six studios.

Eric shook his head and said: Let's not talk about this issue, Michael, I will not give up a cent for the film and television copyright of Jurassic Park. However, I am now finishing a script, if If possible, I hope you can help me recommend it.

The hope that Michael Krause had just ignited was extinguished again,

Hearing Eric's script, he wasn't too interested, but out of courtesy, he said patiently, Can you tell me the general plot of the script?

That's it, Eric sorted out his thoughts and said, Eighteen years ago, seventeen-year-old Mike O'Donnell was about to participate in a basketball game that was very important to his life, because as long as he performed well, He will be admitted to an Ivy League school with a generous scholarship. However, before the game, his girlfriend suddenly told him that he was pregnant, so during the game, Mike threw away the basketball in his hand and turned away from the arena. I chose to take on my own responsibilities. Eighteen years later, the glory and glory of the past have gone with the wind, Mike has become a middle-aged man who has failed in his career, and his marriage with his wife Scarlett is about to come to an end...

Eric didn't tell too many details, just briefly narrated the story. After he heard the quarrel between the Langkels and his wife, he quickly thought of Return to Seventeen, to realize his plan, this film. Movies couldn't be more appropriate. A seventeen-year-old young man has the soul of a middle-aged uncle hidden in his body, which is tailor-made for Eric.

The eyes of Michael Claus, who was listening in, became brighter and brighter. He was very optimistic about the young man Eric, but he didn't expect to get the novel Jurassic Park. Eric immediately gave him another one. surprise.

Movies like traveling through the past and returning to the future or transforming into the future have only just emerged in recent years, and they are not as popular as later generations, so as long as the quality of the movie is good, it can usually get a good box office.

Not to mention the annual box office champion Back to the Future in 1985, just this year, there are two such films that have achieved good box office, one is Back to Eighteen in April, and the other is Only two weeks after its release, the cost of Flying Beyond the Future, which may eventually exceed 100 million at the box office, has already recovered. This film also made Penny Marshall the first female director in North American film history to have over 100 million at the box office.

This is a good script, Eric. But don't you think there are too many movies of this time-traveling genre over the years? Besides, you're just an unknown newcomer. In order to gain the initiative in the negotiation, Michael Of course, he has to be a little bit more careful. The negotiation on the film and television copyright of Jurassic Park just made him feel a sense of frustration.

Eric smiled slightly, and of course he could see that Michael was pretending, and directly stretched out five fingers: 50% commission!

What? Michael couldn't believe it. Why was this guy so generous all of a sudden? Could it be that he heard it wrong?

Eric repeated: Michael, you heard it right, if the script is successfully sold, I can give you 50% of the script fee as a commission! However, I have one condition?

Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world. Michael was slightly relieved when he heard Eric's last words. It seemed that things had returned to the original track, and the opposite was the shrewd little guy.

Tell me?

I'm going to be the hero of this movie, the Mike O'Donnell of my youth.

It's impossible. Michael said subconsciously: Even the director doesn't necessarily have the power to decide the role of the movie, let alone you, a rookie screenwriter.

In the far east, there is an idiom that people make things happen, and things happen to heaven. Eric said: If you don't try it, how will you know it's impossible, not to mention, with the release of Leap into the Future, It's going to be more likely.

Michael Krause is a little bit stuck: What does this have to do with Flying Beyond the Future?

Eric casually stirred the hot coffee just poured in front of him with a spoon and said, I think this movie is likely to gross over 100 million yuan. Not necessarily considering my conditions.”

Michael Krause had not seen the movie Flying Beyond the Future, but he still believed Eric's words and said: Okay, Eric, I can try, but the commission...

Michael, you are too greedy, do you want to take more than the original author of me!

Michael couldn't help but touched his nose with his index finger, and was rarely embarrassed: It's not as serious as you said, and if you become the male lead, even if you are a newcomer, the salary will be around 500,000 yuan, and the script I think It would be nice to get 200,000.”

Having said that, Michael Krause did not mention the commission aspect again. When saying goodbye outside the coffee shop, Michael Kraus suddenly said: Actually, Eric, I have an illusion that you are indeed suitable for you. The role of the hero in the script. Because, when I first negotiated the contract, I felt that I was negotiating with my peers, not an eighteen-year-old high school student.

Eric smiled: Don't pay attention to these details, Michael, I will hand over the script to you in two days, I hope you can bring me good news.