Chapter 409

After a while, Bu Bu Yun Suan Yuan ran over with a schoolbag, which contained the things he entrusted Wei Ming to bring back to the country.

Wei Lindi asked: "These are not confidential documents, right?"

"No, I still want to continue studying for a PhD here," Bu Bu Yun Suan Yuan said, "These are all the most cutting-edge public works in biology internationally, especially in the field of cell biology I study. These books were also bought with my own money. I have corresponded with domestic classmates and confirmed that the country has not introduced them yet."

Wei Ming agreed readily. He still has to buy two computers, and it's nothing to bring a few more books.

"Then is there anything for your father? I heard that you didn't go back for the New Year." Wei Ming asked again.

"No more. I just wrote him a letter two days ago." Then Bu Bu Yun Suan Yuan invited Wei Ming to have a meal in the school cafeteria.

Wei Ming waved his hand: "I still have to fly back to Los Angeles. Let's not eat. Let's gather again next year when Xiao Hong comes here to go to university."

"Wei Hong is coming to study abroad next year?!!" Bu Bu Yun Suan Yuan said in surprise.

"It should be about the same. Her self-study speed is very fast, and graduating a year early is not a problem." Wei Ming is very confident in his sister's strength.

On the way to the airport, Wei Ming flipped through the books Bu Bu Yun Suan Yuan gave. They were all professional terms he couldn't understand. Let alone him, Melinda felt strenuous looking at them. Many professional English related to medicine and law were completely two worlds from daily English.

Melinda is not familiar with classmate Bu from Tsinghua, but she also has acquaintances in the United States.

"Ming, how about we go see Xiao Cha?" The two were roommates for more than a year.

Wei Ming opened the map of the United States he carried with him: "She is at the University of South Carolina, right?"

"Yes, I wanted to see her when I came to the United States before, but I was too busy and came and went in a hurry."

Wei Ming: "Sure. Aren't you going to Orlando Disney World? It just so happens that it's not far away."

Melinda, who was happy, kissed Wei Ming passionately in front of Wei Lindi and Gong Biyang in the car: "You are so good."

Wei Lindi felt that if she and Gong Biyang were not in the car, they could park the car on the side of the road and do it directly.

Arriving at San Francisco International Airport, when Gong Biyang was saying goodbye to the three, he specifically agreed with Melinda: "The traditional Chinese version of Teacher Wei's new book must be reserved for us."

Melinda: "This is for sure."

Although Sanlian Bookstore can also do traditional Chinese, they cannot enter the Taiwan market, so except for "The Human Righteous Path is Vicissitudes", the traditional Chinese copyright of Wei Ming's novels is more inclined to cooperate with Chinatown.

Especially now that I know Chinatown is the great-aunt's family industry.

After arriving in Los Angeles, they went directly back to Wei Ming's hotel. Li Aiguo had already rented a conference room, and the negotiation was carried out here.

When they returned to the hotel, the other party hadn't arrived yet. After waiting for about an hour, one black and one white man walked into this conference room. They were from MGM's copyright department. Wei Ming didn't remember their names, so let's call them Xiao Hei and Da Bai.

The negotiation was obviously dominated by the older Da Bai. He first glanced at the two beautiful ladies, and finally his eyes fell on Wei Ming.

On the way here, they had already discussed the issue of copyright price. Because of MGM's terrible production situation, it was not the buyer Wei Ming wanted. Wei Ming expressed: No need to be humble, our works are very excellent, call the price at the level of a super bestseller writer.

Maybe the other party felt that Wei Ming was Chinese and Melinda was British, so the price offered was very outrageous, wanting 500,000 US dollars to buy out all adaptation rights of "Jurassic Park" except for publishing, and it was the kind without a time limit.

Hearing this kind of request, Wei Ming laughed, and Melinda also laughed. Wei Lindi didn't laugh. She closed the opened notebook, hugged her chest with both hands, and looked straight at the other party.

Then Melinda spoke: "The book "Jurassic Park" has been on the shelves in the US book market for less than half a year, topped the New York bestseller list for a month, and now the North American market sales have exceeded one million, and the global market has exceeded two million. This can be said to be the most successful science fiction novel this year and last year, without one. 500,000 to buy out, it's just a joke."

The price of 500,000 in Hollywood is actually not cheap. There are not many writers and novels that can call this price now, but the key is lifetime buyout, which is a bit bullying to laymen.

After Melinda finished speaking, Wei Lindi also reported her teacher's door in fluent English. Her teacher at Stanford was a titan in the American legal world. She hoped that the other party would not treat them as suckers who didn't understand anything.

Da Bai and Xiao Hei looked at each other. Although they were exposed, they were not embarrassed, and then asked humbly: "I don't know what conditions you want."

Wei Lindi said directly: "First, the option fee is 100,000 US dollars a year. If the script can be completed and successfully started within a year, the final purchase price is 1 million US dollars. This is the adaptation fee for a movie. If you invite to be a screenwriter, that is another price."

The option fee means that the producer pays a small fee to obtain the development rights of an original work for a period of time. If it fails to start, the copyright returns to the author.

And if the producer cannot complete the preliminary preparation work within the time limit, it can also be renewed.

Xiao Hei said: "We will hire screenwriters from the Screenwriters Guild ourselves, thank you." And the option fee of 100,000 US dollars a year is also something they cannot accept.

Wei Ming shrugged. It's not difficult for him to join that guild, but it doesn't matter. It feels like it's difficult for them to succeed.

Wei Lindi continued: "Alright, no screenwriter fee. And then there is the box office share after the movie is released and global derivative rights. We can accept profit sharing for the share, but we need our legal team to supervise the movie's costs and output. As for global derivative rights..."

Hearing such excessive conditions, Da Bai was also angry. Still need a legal team to supervise? Do you think our big company will cook the books? And actually excessively demanded global derivative rights!

Even if Mark Twain were alive, it would be a bit too much, right!

"Miss Wei, you are too insincere. Hollywood has not yet offered such conditions for a novel, let alone for someone from Red China. Don't you think 1 million US dollars is too hot?"

Wei Ming smiled: "It's not that I don't have 1 million, I don't think it's hot. Our country is not as fierce as you think. Now it has allowed some people to get rich first."

Wei Lindi: "We have researched the proportion of total costs occupied by Hollywood script development. If "Jurassic Park" is made into a movie, it will definitely be a very amazing big production. This copyright fee is very reasonable. I even feel that I have opened the price low. If you are reluctant to pay even this little money, then we seriously doubt your determination to perfectly present "Jurassic Park"."

Melinda smiled: "You should still consider it seriously. If the movie is made and can become popular all over the world, then the giant dinosaur props in the movie can be placed in the MGM Hotel. Your boss Kerkorian will definitely be very happy."

Da Bai felt a thud in his heart. This transaction was directed by the big boss, and his main purpose was actually to place giant dinosaur models in the hotel. But what's the point of ordinary models? But if it's a prop in a movie that is a global hit, then it's too meaningful.

However, the three people who asked for sky-high prices did break the bottom line of the two Hollywood filmmakers. It was too harsh and couldn't be played at all.

According to what they said, if the movie really explodes in the future, not to mention the level of "Star Wars," even at the level of "Jaws," Wei Ming could even obtain millions of income from it, comparable to Hollywood top superstar Eastwood!

Da Bai and Xiao Hei went out to discuss it. The three people in the room also whispered in Chinese.

Melinda: "They won't really be scared away, right? We ask for sky-high prices, they can land and cut prices."

What was just proposed was their highest expectation, the contract in an ideal state, and Wei Ming's estimation of the copyright value after predicting the 900 million US dollar global box office of the first "Jurassic Park".

However, it certainly won't be reached. Now no one in Hollywood thinks that any movie will exceed the global box office record of "Star Wars." If there is, it must be "Star Wars 3."

Not long after, Da Bai and Xiao Hei came in. They said they wanted to go back to the company to ask their superiors.

Wei Ming didn't know if this was an excuse to refuse cooperation, but he also performed quite magnanimously.

"Of course no problem. But next we are going to the eastern United States. If there is news, you can leave a message at this hotel. I will return to Los Angeles before leaving the United States. I hope you can make up your mind by then. I believe other Hollywood film companies can also see the value of "Jurassic Park"."

Hearing that Wei Ming was going to leave Los Angeles, the black and white men looked at each other. That sentence that other companies could also see the value of this book made them panic.

Just after sending the two away, Li Aiguo appeared.

"A Ming, tell you a good news. Elton John came to Los Angeles in person to visit you!"

Wei Ming didn't think that his Grammy trophy could make this British superstar run over in person. It is estimated that he just stayed in New York enough, right? The musical atmosphere is still better in Los Angeles.

Elton John opened a room directly in this hotel. It just so happened that the conference room hadn't expired yet. Wei Ming asked him to invite people over and continue chatting.

Elton John's dress is still a bit demon. He came out in 76. At that time, the atmosphere in the United States was still relatively conservative. His behavior was relatively foreign. Some radio stations even organized activities to burn his records.

Now he is actually much more low-key, and began to call himself bisexual, thereby saving his severely declining career.

Of course, the most important thing is the work. After learning that there was a new song in the hands of the person who made Sarah Brightman popular, he showed great enthusiasm.

He was active, and Wei Ming was also very convinced of his strength. After looking at the score of "Wake Me Up" and listening to Wei Ming expound on the style he wanted to present in this song, Elton called Wei Ming a genius, and the intention of cooperation was reached soon.