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Chapter 221 The copyright company that keeps growing

To be honest, Carl understood Andy's arrangement very well. He was not a child, so why would he get distracted from being decentralized? Andy was already very grateful that he did not kick him away when he was most unlucky. He also chose to stick to Andy's silence period and was proud for a long time.

However, I still felt a sense of loss in my heart, not because of my power shrinking, but because of Andy's growth rate. Now Andy is no longer the childish child a few months ago. She is still wise, but she has become mature. She becomes deeper without realizing it. She separates the power in her hands between laughter and scolding, and makes her unable to get upset. After all, Andy also lets him take over the board of directors of Tingfeng Entertainment Company instead.

This is undoubtedly an improvement to Carl's identity. Does Hollywood's power come from the amount of resources in hand? Or is it that opportunity is the gold here!

Looking at Andy, who was lying on the desk, shaking his legs, lying lazy on the boss' chair and drinking coffee, Carl seemed to be in a dream. The boy in his mind who was thin, his eyes were deep, his emotions were depressed, and he cried to him was getting farther and farther away.

"Carl, what are you thinking?" Andy asked faintly with a smile on his face, with bright eyes looking at Carl who was a little lost.

"Hmm? No... I didn't think about anything, I just remembered some things from the past, Andy, you have grown up and matured." Carl did not hide his feelings.

"Haha, you fat guy just realized it! People always have to learn to grow up, this is a good thing. What do you think?" Andy said with a smile.

"Can you respect me a little more? I am the manager of the company. You are fat all day long. The fat man's call this will affect my prestige! You freak little beard!" Carl's eyes twitched a few times, but he remembered that he called him fat man when he first met Andy and called him a nickname, so he fought back.

Andy twitched the corners of her mouth and snorted arrogantly. Andy could not find the meme that Carl said without even finding it after reading through it, so she could only pretend to be angry and perfunctory.

When Carl saw Andy's angry expression, the atmosphere was a little awkward, so he could only smile and cough, change the subject, and said with a shameless face: "Some time ago, I intercepted a project from Twentieth Century Fox. You don't know, they were so angry that they almost went crazy on the spot."

Andy looked at the fat man who was squeaking, but was curious, "Let's hear it."

"Hehe, didn't you get a part of your music record money some time ago? Add to the copyright fees of the novels that Xuele sent, the company had already had more than 8 million yuan at that time. I originally wanted to acquire the copyrights of some old movies. However, after you serialized the novels in the Observer newspaper, Xuele Publishing House was a little worried that our cooperation with them would be interrupted, and they ran here again and again to contact each other.

During a chat, I learned that a writer named Reclairton wrote a series of teenage magic novels in 1995. Recently, it was successfully lobbying by Xuele Publishing House and was scheduled to publish. At first I didn't care much, until I heard that Fox was contacting the writer and wanted to buy the film copyright of the novel, so I asked Xuele people to take a printed book. After reading it, I decided to buy the film copyright. Hehe, Fox only wanted to buy the copyright for 5 million yuan. The main thing was that they did not agree with Reclairton writing the script himself.

At that time, Reclairton happened to be in Los Angeles, so I immediately contacted him through the people who were studying and bought it for 5.5 million plus the conditions for participating in the script writing. Haha, when Fox found out, he jumped and scolded me in front of Reclairton. He was really not at all cultivated, and it was so embarrassing!"

Andy listened to Carl's story and always felt that this Ray Claireton was a little familiar, but couldn't remember the more detailed information. He frowned and asked, "What book is it?"

"Posey Jackson and the Thieves of the God Fire...a series, but there are only 3 copies at present."

Andy stretched out his brows and smiled slightly. It turned out to be this series. Well, it's pretty good, and he can make a fortune. After all, when the movie came out, the promotion was overwhelming. The first one was pretty good at the box office, and the second one was filmed, and then there was no such thing as a money-burning special effect blockbuster.

"Haha, you can tell from the name that the story of modern people and Greek mythology intertwined. Damn, it's not about the kids who are unconventional Greek gods and mortals who mess with each other... It's a subject that the film company likes, commercial special effects, good, you have the courage, fat man!" Andy commented in a pretentious manner.

"Awesome! You can guess the main line of the story by just listening to the name. You are still Andy, you are really a genius!" Carl was shocked when he listened to Andy's analysis. He really admired Andy's genius from the bottom of his heart. He had never read the book, but he could analyze the main line of the story by just listening to the name. This is so awesome.

"This is not a matter of courage or not. It's mainly because of you as an example. I didn't understand the copyright of "Twilight" at the time, but who would have thought that when I turned around, it would immediately increase the value by 50%. Thinking about what you said, Hollywood will become more and more popular with some excellent IPs in the future, so I will naturally not miss this opportunity. This is not, Twentieth Century Fox has contacted me, I hope to talk to me, haha, what do you think?"

Andy's mouth curled up, and his nose made a slight hum that was undetectable. He smiled mysteriously, and said, "Haha, what's the point of saying this? We are not a film company. We bought the copyright just to change hands. You can talk to them well. The transfer money doesn't have to be too high, 78 million yuan, and then... let's share the box office of the first movie. I think their Fox family's great business should eventually agree. Anyway, the film's copyright will last for 50 years, so don't worry!"

"Haha, I know what to do! By the way, you happen to be here. I have read this book recently and feel that the story is well written. However, I asked about the sales situation. Well, it's a failure. See if there is any need to buy it?" Carl YIN smiled slutty, but suddenly thought of something. While saying that, he stood up and walked to the desk and took out a book from his briefcase.

Andy took the book handed over by Carl, looked at the bloody cover with "Zombie World War" and couldn't help but smile and looked up at the fat man standing aside, and cursed: "You think this book is a failure?"

"Yes, is there any problem? It's been two weeks since it was listed, and I have only bought 100,000 copies across the United States. Isn't it still a failure?" Carl asked with an innocent look on his face.

"No..." Andy looked at Carl with surprise, confirming that he was not joking, and quickly looked it through. That's right, just like the original story, after being bought by the scumbag Pete at a high price in his previous life, the movie produced by Paramount was sold at a box office. I remember it should be a bestseller, how could it fail?

"Are you sure this book has sold only 100,000 copies?" Andy asked with a frown on his head again.

"Confirm, very sure. I'm quite interested in zombie-themed stories, so I'm puzzled after reading them. Such a good story shouldn't be so miserable."

Andy closed the book, tapped the writing with his fingers, frowned, thinking, no matter what the reason, this is an excellent novel. The copyright that Pete obtained in 10 years in his previous life seemed to have spent nearly 10 million yuan at that time, and there were many restrictions on the adaptation of the movie script. I looked at the author's name again, and it was Max Brooks.

As for why the sales are so poor, Andy really couldn't figure it out. Since there was no answer, he didn't think about it. He stretched his eyebrows, took his feet off the table, sat up straight, and said to Carl seriously: "Buy its copyright! As soon as possible, maybe this frustration is only short-lived. This is a good book. Now we can spend a lot of money less when buying it!"

"Okay! I've found out about the author's phone number, and I'll contact him in a while. There should be no problem, but how much is the right amount?" Carl was still very excited when he saw Andy's emphasis on this novel. This is also a reflection of his work ability. He likes his current job very much and has a high salary. He knows that all this was given to him by Andy, but it's more because of the emotional bond between him and Andy that Andy chooses to use him. Carl hopes that Andy will appreciate him and trust him because of his work ability.

"Well...500,000?" Andy frowned slightly, held it in for more than ten seconds, and finally said with a grin.

Carl's fingers twitched, his head was covered in black, and he looked at Andy with a contempt look on his face and whispered: "You are much crueler than me..."

Andy listened to Carl's sarcasm and smiled awkwardly and covered up: "Or you contact the author first and see what price he paid for. If it is appropriate, buy it. I hope he won't speak loudly, and it's all gone. I'll be very happy that someone can buy his movie copyright, haha..."

Carl looked at Andy who was talking to herself with disgust. She was so much more business than herself. She gently shook her fat head and was powerless to complain.

"You...what's your expression! I'm all for our company. If you can spend less money, you have to spend less!" Andy forced himself to explain, never admitting his business.

"Boss, no matter how hard this book is sold, he is not a new writer. People know about the market, 500,000? Haha, do you think it's possible?" Carl looked at Andy with contempt and teased.

"You are going to ask me what price you pay! You fat man, don't look at me with that look! Damn, okay, you must take the copyright of this novel, but don't be too eager to show it, let him speak up..."

Before Andy could finish his words, Carl looked at him squintly, as if he was talking again, are you teaching me how to negotiate?
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