Standing in front of the window and watching Carl's car slowly disappear, Andy was a little speechless about Carl's high enthusiasm, in his words, he would definitely make CCA regret it, and he would definitely smash his little in the face with his own Tintin!

McMiller hurriedly walked into the conference room and sat down in his place, followed by all the colleagues in front of him, although most of them were expressionless, but the schadenfreude in his eyes could not be more obvious, he couldn't help but sigh, no wonder, who let himself always sneer at that lewd fat man before. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Thinking about McMiller is a little gloomy, the client he is responsible for has a problem and will face being fired.

With the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man about forty to fifty years old walked into the conference room with a heavy face.

"Can anyone tell me what's going on?" the middle-aged man sat on top and slapped a stack of manuscripts on the conference table, "Are you kidding you guys that we can only publish one volume of such a wonderful story?"

Elton. Bull roared loudly like an angry bull, as the head of Scholastic Publishing House in Los Angeles, the pressure is very great, Scholastic Publishing is a world-famous publisher and distributor of children's books, and the American version of the popular Harry Potter series of books is published by Scholastic, and the "Dark Fairy Tale" in front of Elton is definitely the first volume of a series, which is completely a new big IP.

But now, someone told him that their publishing house could only release the first volume of this series, and the rest had nothing to do with them. It was a bolt from the blue, and it made him not angry.

McMiller hesitated for a long time before he stood up with a pale face and said cautiously: "I'm sorry, it's me who didn't maintain customer relations. ”

Syllable!

Elton slapped the table and stood up, roaring loudly: "I don't want to hear sorry, today, just today, I don't care what method you use, I want you to sign Andy Smith back for me! ”

Soon, there were only two people left in the conference room, and the angry Elton slowly calmed down, his eyes staring at the nervous sweaty Mike, "I don't care what the cause of the incident is, you have to bring back the good news。。。。。。!" Tell Andy Smith's agent that we can pay the manuscript upfront and increase the royalty share to a maximum of 15%, as long as his book is published by our publishing house, these can be discussed. ”

"15%? It's just that Andy Smith's agent is very greedy, what if he makes any excessive demands?" Mike was very surprised, 15% royalty is a treatment that only the top writers can enjoy, thinking of the hateful expression of the dead fat man, he still asked cautiously.

"FUCK! You can talk about it as long as you ask for it! Can you take a long-term view? Have you read the manuscript of the book? Idiot, where is this? This is Hollywood, it's a movie factory! Such an excellent story will make Hollywood studios flock to it, and when the movie is released, our book can be a big hit!"

"Yes, I'll go to Andy Smith's agent right away!" Mike lowered his head, not daring to look at Elton's editor-in-chief who was scolding again, and picked up the folder on the table in a panic, and trotted all the way out of the conference room.

Elton, who remained in the conference room, stared at the manuscript on the table for a long time, "I hope everything goes well!"

Funny guy, Andy shook his head with a smile, and looked at Carl, who was gloating, and then at McMiller, the representative of Scholastic Press, who was almost about to cry.

"Okay, the terms you gave are very generous, you can talk about it, and Carl will leave it to you. ”

Ignoring McMiller's gratitude, he just gave Carl a vague look, and then stood up and walked up to the second floor, he didn't want to continue to waste energy, just one result, as for the process, it was still left to a professional to do.

After more than an hour passed, the fat man Carl walked into the study with a smug and obscene look.

"You look like this, it seems like you're talking well. Andy took off his decorative glasses, pinched the bridge of his nose with his fingers and gently rubbed them to relieve the fatigue that was not there.

"Haha, who am I? I'm Carl the vampire, how can I let that kid look at people with a dog's eye and not teach him a hard lesson!" Carl sat down on the sofa happily, with a happy look of revenge.

Andy pulls a cigarette out of the case and tosses it to Carl, lighting another one himself, motioning for him to continue.

"15% royalties, $1 million upfront, hehe, after taxes, of course, and they promise to do their best to promote your work, write you advertorials in newspapers, and expand your reach. ”

Andy couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and he smiled a little proudly. After taking a puff of cigarette and spitting it out, he secretly said in his heart, "Lao Tzu is short of money now, and this million can relieve the economic pressure." ”

Andy bought Apple stock with most of his money, only 400,000 yuan in the bank and 300,000 yuan paid to him by "Seventeen" magazine, 100,000 yuan to Carl to register a company and lease an office, and 600,000 dollars remained, and his nanny and fitness instructor salary, lawyer fees, personal doctors, and various living expenses are not small.

In the United States, as long as the service is close to people, the cost is not low. Andy raised his eyebrows, pretending to be angry, "What's going on with the company registration? Also, why did you take someone to my house?"

Carl completely ignored Andy's performance and rolled his eyes, "Of course the company has to be registered in Bermuda, California's taxes are too high! ”

Andy pointed at Carl and said very seriously: "Don't bring strangers to my house in the future, you get the office location as soon as possible, and meet in the company if there is anything in the future." ”

Carl nodded his head to indicate that he understood, and looked at the clock on the wall, as if he wanted to leave.

"Stay for dinner, Nelson will be over in a moment, and there are some things that I need your help with. Andy snuffed out his cigarette in the ashtray and said to him.

"OK, that's great, you can eat delicious Chinese food again. When he heard what he was eating, Carl naturally didn't miss it.

In the United States, the relationship between a private lawyer and a wealthy employer is a lifetime, which is an extraordinary existence.

"Hi Nelson, it's been so nice to meet you. Carl looked like he had seen an old acquaintance, and he still had a lot of respect for Andy's personal lawyer.

"Hello, Carl, you've gained a lot of weight, pay attention to your body, and eat less!" Nelson joked as he shook Carl's hand.

"HEY, MAN, I'M A DRAGON AND A TIGER, AND I'm healthy!" Cal cried as if he was going to undress and show you if you didn't believe me.

"Alright, alright, let's get down to business. Nelson, this is some of the TV show ideas that I came up with while I was writing a novel, and I want to register the worldwide rights, no problem, right?" Andy handed Nelson a couple of printed documents.

Nelson quickly browsed, the surprise in his eyes growing thicker and thicker, these few pieces of paper wrote three TV show ideas and specific processes, among which the program of "Got Talent" was the most detailed.

"Boss, I have to say, you're a genius indeed!" Nelson exclaimed as he looked at Andy, who was sitting across from him, as he sorted out his papers. "In fact, there is no need to register global copyright, the easiest way is to keep it with the Writers Guild, and the copyright protection of the union is open to the whole world. ”

"No, no, I know the function of the union, but after all, these are just ideas, not made into programs, and we don't have the resources to produce these programs at the moment, and I'm afraid that if there are similar ones in other countries, it will be a waste of time to go to court. ”

Andy naturally knows that the copyright protection of the screenwriters' guild can avoid harming his interests, but he probably remembers that the production time of the British and American talent shows is roughly during the summer vacation of this year, although he put the script and the outline of these ideas in the writers' union in early May to keep, but in case of a crash, no matter which party will suffer, he is now seeking money, not to trap people.

After listening to Andy's explanation, Nelson seemed to understand his concerns, but global registration is not something that can be completed in a short time.

Just as they were both deep in thought, they heard Carl shout excitedly, "Wow, that's a genius idea, Andy, your brain is really amazing, I love you to death." ”

"Quiet!I know I'm a genius, but can you make a little noise!" Andy looked at Carl who was shouting with some annoyance, startling him just now.

"Oh God, why do we need to register one country at a time, as long as we find two TV stations in the United States and the United Kingdom, they will definitely be able to find the value in it, and then we can sell them the copyright, and according to the efficiency of the TV station, it will soon be broadcast, and when the time comes, it will become an established fact, and there is no need to be so troublesome. Carl couldn't help but say excitedly.

"Nonsense, I've thought about this method for a long time, but I want to maximize my profits, the idea of the talent show, a little bit of an American idol, FOX spent $67 million on the purchase of the rights, and now it proves to be a very successful deal, but after all, my idea is only on paper, and it is really unknown how much it can be sold. Andy gave Carl a distressed look.

"Isn't it just a business negotiation, the most important thing now is that we have to establish our copyright, we can send invitations to several major TV stations, let them get together to bid, they know that there is such an idea, there will be no creative collision. Carl's face was full of excitement, and he kept rubbing his hands and pacing back and forth in the study, "We should do it in the United States and Britain at the same time, and seize the English market first, and then the one with the highest price." ”