The Fantasy Entertainment Empire

"I thought about it before, and I think we can basically accept the cooperation framework given by Dimension Entertainment."

Looking around the entire conference room, Zhang Yanping finally settled on a white man sitting at the long table, and asked, "Andrew, what do you think?"

This man named Andrew is the person in charge of the 'Fist' from the United States.

After he finished listening to the translator next to him, Andrew responded: "I have no objection, and I also think it is acceptable."

Andrew has also participated in the negotiations with many Hollywood companies before.

The ugly eating scenes of those American movie predators made him feel angry and frustrated for a long time.

After a whole morning of communication today, Ye Jiayi gave him a good feeling. Although the woman was always unsmiling and looked very serious, compared to the situation he encountered in Hollywood, Andrew felt that Dimension Entertainment was quite friendly.

Not only him, but many other people in the conference room also agreed.

Zhang Yanping nodded and said, "Okay, next, we can discuss the specific copyright sharing method first, and reach a preliminary opinion first, so that we can continue to talk with Ye Jiayi in the afternoon."

...

It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and Ye Jiayi returned to the headquarters building of Penguin Group on time. At the door, Zhang Yanping's assistant was already waiting for them.

Under the guidance of the other party, Ye Jiayi and the team she brought entered the building.

Walking inside, she looked around.

I have to say that Penguin's headquarters in Shencheng is really grand and modern.

This more or less made Ye Jiayi feel a little envious.

But immediately, this emotion was left behind by her.

She has a belief that maybe, under the leadership of Fan Zhe, Dimension Entertainment may also have an office building like this one, or even better.

Withdrawing her thoughts, she and the assistants and colleagues she brought took the elevator and returned to the conference hall in the morning.

Negotiations between the two parties will continue.

...

At the beginning of the afternoon's talks, Zhang Yanping set a tone: "We are willing to accept the large cooperation framework proposed by Ms. Ye, but we need further discussions on the specific content."

"Okay." Ye Jiayi said, "Then let's do it one by one. The first point is that for the shared heroes, you have no right to develop any other film and television copyrights without the written consent of Dimension Entertainment."

After arguing for a while, Zhang Yanping finally said that this point is basically acceptable.

Since it is cooperation, it is inevitable. Impossible After Dimension Entertainment obtains the copyright sharing, Fist or Penguin can also freely develop the copyright of the corresponding character image, that is impossible.

And then, Ye Jiayi mentioned the second point: "The shared hero role and the interests of film investment are divided equally according to the investment ratio of both parties. This share is not only the profit of the film, but also includes the surrounding copyrights generated by this character. , From figures, toys, to clothing, prints, to advertisements and character image licensing... all peripheral products are divided in this way."

Zhang Yanping quit.

"Mr. Ye, your proposal is too exaggerated, we cannot accept it."

Ye Jiayi took a sip of water, her face remained calm.

Zhang Yanping paused, and continued: "You mentioned that profit sharing involves too many items, and all peripheral products are involved. This is impossible. According to your statement, this is equivalent to the fact that all copyrights about this hero are Entering the sharing mode, which is inconsistent with the sharing of film and television copyrights we discussed before."

"In addition, we can't accept this plan to determine the share purely according to the investment ratio. This does not reflect the copyright value of "League of Legends" at all. We paid for the copyright, but we enjoy the same profit sharing ratio as you, Ms. Ye, With all due respect, your idea is too wild and unconstrained."

"You have paid for the copyright, and we have also paid what we deserve. Not only in China, but even in the whole world, the visual technology level of Dimension Entertainment is the top. Except for us, I am afraid it will be difficult for you to find a company with the same A company with strong technical capabilities.”

Ye Jiayi paused, and continued: "Even if you go to Industrial Light \u0026 Magic or Vita, I believe that we are stronger than the other party, and the cost is lower."

"But, please allow me to interrupt." Andrew, who was next to Zhang Yanping, also spoke. He spoke English, but Ye Jiayi didn't have any difficulty listening, and her English was also very good.

Waving his hand and interrupting the translation, Ye Jiayi switched to English and said, "You can continue talking."

"Okay." Andrew said: "I believe what you said, and I also believe that Dimension Entertainment's technology is very incredible. But, there is a key point, no matter how good the special effects are, these things will eventually be reflected in the production Included in the budget cost. And this part of the money is shared by us and your company. Therefore, it is not appropriate for you to use the level of special effects production as a bargaining chip."

Ye Jiayi chuckled lightly, shook her head, and glanced back and forth between Zhang Yanping and Andrew: "If you think so, you are completely wrong. Our technical ability is only one aspect, but you may Ignoring the latter advantage I mentioned: cost."

"All the projects of Dimension Entertainment are produced by ourselves. Therefore, in terms of cost budget, we don't need to be responsible to anyone, so we tend to estimate in a more conservative way. But in fact, the corresponding For the production of special effects, if it is the production of external works, our charges cannot be so low.”

"This point, you can see it from "Fantasy Three Kingdoms", "Martial Arts Master", "Hell Apartment" and other film and television works produced by Dimension Entertainment. From the level of special effects, the number of shots for making special effects, and the cost of the work If you make a comparison, you will have a very obvious feeling.”

"Especially in "Hell Apartment", the same level of special effects can be made in the world, there are many, but the total investment of that film is only 20 million yuan. You can go to Weta and Industrial Optical Demon, let’s see if 20 million yuan is enough for them to do one-third of the special effects of "Hell Apartment."

The more Ye Jiayi said, the stronger the momentum became: "This is what Dimension Entertainment has given, and it is irreplaceable."

In the arena, there was silence.

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The addition is complete.

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