Hollywood starts with animation

In the face of Rowling, a woman whose wealth surpassed 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.

To this end, Zhuke prepared two completely different contracts to curb the possibility of "tearing the contract" in the future.

What Zhu Ke showed Rowling now was the A version of the contract.

"Ms. Rowling, the content of the A-version contract not only involves the film and television copyright of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", but also involves the subsequent copyright of the "Harry Potter" series, including but not limited to the film and television copyright. Book sales, peripheral authorization and other agency contracts are also included. Moreover, 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;

Agency contract for book sales and peripheral authorization;

These two points are shown in bold in the contract, and Rowling can of course see it at a glance.

In fact, the book sales agency contract, as a film and television company, Wald Pictures, can be completely abandoned, but Zhu Ke can't bear it!

God!

The seven novels of "Harry Potter", but in the global market, the sales of genuine 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.

As an ordinary person, when he saw the 100,000 copyright purchase fee involved in the contract, he definitely 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 for the first time, but glanced at Zhu Ke.

When Zhu Ke nodded, Zhang Wei explained: "Ms. Rowling, the main difference between the two versions of the AB contract is not the copyright content, but the purchase price."

While talking, Zhang Wei also took out the B version of the contract.

Same content, price price?!

The contents of the AB two versions of the contract include the entire series copyright of "Harry Potter", not just a "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

At the same time, related copyrights such as books and peripheral licenses must be included.

As for the different price codes of the AB and AB contracts, 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 $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 film.Liquidated damages of 80 million US dollars;

Version B 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......!"

There is no doubt that Rowling took a breath at this moment.

Nothing else, it is really the price of the AB two versions 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 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 attractive!

"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."

Today, the shock brought to Rowling, no, it was shock!

Too much!

She needs a cushion.

Ever since, Zhu Ke and his party did not stay much, but left.

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...

In a hotel in downtown Edinburgh.

Nolan, who couldn't help being curious, asked first: "Mr. Wald, are you really so optimistic about the film and television rights of this novel called "Harry Potter"?"

"Yes!"

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 exist, 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.

However, it is illegal!

If you go to court for this, the court can completely rule that this contract is invalid!

By then, Zhu Ke will just be empty-handed!

That's why Zhu Ke asked Zhang Wei to prepare the B version of the contract, increase the payment price, and set high liquidated damages. It reminded Rowling that she might tear up the betrayal price of the contract and made her afraid to tear the contract easily.

You know, because of the issue of copyright transactions, every year in Hollywood, there are not few scenes of court cases and complaints.

"For the contract, you really 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.

Well, it is regarded by many as the most logical saying.

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 protagonists, these three parties in the original time and space are all wrangling about money.

As the producer and distributor, Warner Corporation is of course unwilling to pay more;

Rowling, as the author of the original novel, broke the contract more than once and went to court with Warner Corporation.When the lion opened her mouth, she cut off pieces of fat from Warner's body. Otherwise, how do you think her net worth of more than 2 billion dollars came from?

The three small protagonists of the film also asked Warner for a high box office share in the later films, or they would refuse to appear;

These kinds of things can be said to have caused a lot of noise and made the American people become a melon-eater.

A few days later.

The copyright of the little wizard was finally taken by Zhuke.

Rowling finally chose a B-type contract.

Although the amount of liquidated damages is very high, the amount of money that cannot be held is also too much!For Rowling, who is now impoverished, this is a temptation that cannot be rejected.

"Thank you, Mr. Wald. Really, thank you very much."

After signing the contract, Rowling expressed her gratitude to Zhu Ke more than once.

However, Zhu Ke sneered inwardly.

This greedy woman will choose to go to court with Wald Pictures for profit!

For this, Zhuke has no doubt.