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The next day, Lyman led the negotiation team to a commercial building next to Random House.

The person in charge of the cultural company who represented the copyright of Stephen King's novel also warmly welcomed Lehman and his party.

If you want to buy the right of adaptation, you have to get the consent of Stephen King himself, but if you agree, you still have to return to commercial negotiations.

Appreciation belongs to appreciation, and business belongs to business.

Stephen King is not a pedantic person.

However, with his consent, the price will be appropriately discounted.

In other words, the upper limit of the negotiation has been artificially lowered, but it is whimsical to want to get it without paying anything.

Lehman never imagined that he could get Stephen King's best-selling horror master work at a very low price.

And because Stephen King greeted him in advance, Lehman was very sincere to cooperate. Although the counter-offer between you and me is not small, it is still controlled within a certain degree. No lion opens his mouth and hangs as a person. That's it.

Both parties are testing the bottom line...

"8 million dollars."

"5.5 million?"

"This is impossible. The film copyright transfer fee for Stephen's novels is basically this amount. I am already very sincere." A middle-aged man on the opposite side said loudly.

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

After all, the best-selling writers’ right to adapt, the average market in the industry is basically around tens of millions of dollars. If it weren’t for the length of "The Mist", it would be okay to raise the price by more than 10 million.

But, he said 8 million is a good deal.

But negotiations can never be what others say. As the chairman of a film company, Lehman must of course try his best to reduce the risks of the film and appropriately control the shooting costs.

If you can keep the price down, try to keep it down as much as possible.

Lehman didn't speak, and the negotiating member next to him frowned and retorted: "Your company has sold the TV rights of "The Mist". It seems that only one movie rights cannot be claimed at the market price. If we are responsible for all movie rights, of course we I am also willing to spend 8 million dollars. What do you think?"

The middle-aged man's complexion remained unchanged: "That was more than ten years ago, and in eight or nine years, we can also make up this piece."

Well, generally, the time limit for signing the copyright procedure for the adaptation of the film and television is 20 years at most. After 20 years, the relevant copyright will return to Stephen King.

The negotiating team continued to negotiate, "6 million dollars?"

"7.5 million."

"Still too expensive, just an adaptation of a movie. 6.5 million?"

The middle-aged man hesitated.

Finally, business comes to the door. If he promotes cooperation, as a senior agent entrusted by Stephen King, he can extract 8% of the proceeds from this transaction, he naturally wants the price to be higher.

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

In the end, he persisted a little bit, and each stepped back, "7 million dollars. It must not be less."

"Deal."

Lehman’s psychological price is around US$8 million, which is enough to keep the price down by one million.

The middle-aged man on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words.

He can also make a fortune when the deal is concluded.

He stretched out his hand and said: "Happy cooperation."

"Happy cooperation..."

Subsequently, all intentions were agreed.

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

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

In other words, it is difficult to regret after the change is confirmed, because the legal protection is already in place.

Unless the time limit for signing the agreement expires, Stephen King cannot sell it again.

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 and upstairs.

Occasionally, when I meet one or two employees of the company, they will greet him enthusiastically.

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

Still pretty good.

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

He received the invitation from Lehman's male lead and immediately ended his holiday trip and hurried back to Los Angeles.

As a first-line movie star with a good box office guarantee in the past two years, he still prefers to work with Lehman.

Not only because he got along with Lyman, but also when he was at a low point, Lyman gave him a hand. Although he didn't say anything, he still held grateful thoughts in his heart.

Moreover, with his current status and position, there is no such demand for making money.

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

So let's be honest, even if you want to lower the pay, you must also participate in Lehman's works, because he recognizes that Lehman can make him more famous and the reputation of his works will be better.

Of course there will be no honest people who can mix in this circle, but it is true that they have a good impression of Lehman.

How to say, they have collaborated on two works, and there is no actor who does not want to perform better works...

"I haven't seen you in a month, why do you seem to have gained a lot?"

In the office, Lehmann joked at Cage when he saw Cage.

"Haha, there is no work during this time, and there is less time for exercise."

Cage is not embarrassed at all. As for gaining weight, it is not too good to eat...

A few people chatted well, and some of the students quickly disappeared.

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

Cage has confidence in Lehman, and doesn't want to ask what the role is or what the script is. When Lehman wants to say it, he will know it anyway.

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

Of course, Lehman did.

Without pressure from the management, I can shoot according to my own intentions.

On the contrary, he has become an investor himself, and often advises on other projects-he also understands why investors always like to push, after all, everyone's ideas are different.

Afterwards, the three went out for a meal.

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

"Your character is a painter, cool-headed, focused on things, imagery, you have a little beard this time, try to experience the feeling of sinking heart painting. The story is an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel "The Mist." You can find the original work first, and the main line of the script is still the same. There are not too many deletions."

"The Mist? Okay, I get it."

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

When it comes to money, you still need an agent to do it, so as not to hurt your peace, there is also a place to turn around.

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