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Chapter 175 bargaining chips

Please give me a monthly ticket! Please give me a recommendation ticket! Please give me a collection!

As soon as Murphy finished washing up in the morning, Bill Roses came to the door. In addition to asking for a breakfast for Murphy, he also brought a bunch of newspapers that could be bought in Cannes.

"Sit as you like." In the suite, Murphy sat on the dining table, enjoying the French bread and bacon fried eggs, and looked at a stack of newspapers placed on the sofa by Bill Roses, and asked in surprise, "Can you buy newspapers in English and Spanish here?"

"It's not usually possible to buy it," Bill Roses sat down and sorted out the pile of newspapers. "It's now during the Cannes Film Festival, and many famous European newspapers have temporarily released supplements here, which is also their opportunity to show their influence."

He took out a page from multiple newspaper supplements separately.

Murphy put down his knife and fork, picked up the coffee and took a sip, "Is this related to "Scary Planet"?"

"That's right." Bill Roses was still smoking a newspaper, "this is all about the pages that publish our video reviews."

Looking up, I saw that Murphy had almost finished breakfast, so I picked up a few portions I pulled out and stuffed them over, "If you are interested, please read it yourself."

"Are they all good reviews?" Murphy put down the coffee cup and took the newspaper. "I don't read the pages that are not good reviews, as this will hit my fragile psychology."

"Will it hit you?" Bill Roses shook his head, did not continue speaking, picked up the newspaper and started to read it.

This is just the third movie Murphy filmed. Although it will not be hit by the media's negative reviews, it is impossible to say that it is not affected by media comments.

After flipping through a newspaper, Murphy only took a look and threw it aside. It was a newspaper from Spain. He could not understand Spanish at all. The newspaper behind him was also thrown aside. He also knew nothing about French.

Fortunately, the next few pictures are all from Fleet Street across the English Channel, and Murphy can see these clearly.

Yesterday, many reporters attended the premiere of "Scary Planet", and many British journalists were also there.

What Murphy saw was a Cannes Film Festival supplement from the Daily Telegraph.

"The Horror Planet can be so exciting that it makes people excited. The director of this film, Murphy Stanton, puts his thoughts into the sky. This film throws out the elements that the audience likes and the scenes that the cult films likes without reservation... The film is so refreshing, mainly lies in the creation of Murphy Stanton's atmosphere and scenes; the story is absolutely unremitting, and it tells a horror story straight to the point. The unconventional gun battle scenes are very good. This is a non-mainstream and unconventional American B-level movie. Its wonderful features will naturally be unique!"

Seeing this, Murphy nodded. The British were still very good at it.

He opened another "Times" and easily found content related to "Scary Planet".

"The dark yellow background and unimpermeable colors used by the director make the film exude a special charm and it seems to put people in the story. Violence, blood and **** are just right without being offensive, like a tank that runs through a pool of blood, everywhere there are corpses, blood, decay, violence, and endless imaginations that are amazing and exciting."

Both media have rated "Horror Planet" a high score of 7.5!

After taking away a few unintelligible Spanish and French newspapers, Murphy took out a relatively professional magazine, which is the famous British magazine "Visual and Audio". Their special issue also included reporters' comments on "Horror Planet".

"This movie can be said to be empty. Films produced in Hollywood have always been like this. The scripts are so bad that they can't be bad, but the details are well taken care of and there is also a sense of art. I personally rarely comment on commercial films, but I like to watch commercial films. After all, that kind of visual effects and sense of presence is impossible for traditional literary films. It is also a great thing to appreciate literary films, explore human nature, think about life philosophy, and watch commercial films while cursing and swearing."

"The Horror Planet is a commercial film that focuses on details and perfect shooting. It is successful. Although many bloody shots are not handled realistically, it still brings people a sense of pleasure, a sense of excitement that makes people motivate and produces confidence and power to overcome all evil."

Compared with the two British media Murphy had just read, Video and Audio magazine only gave a 7.1 rating.

However, it is rare for such a highly professional magazine to give a video with a selling point of ****, blood and violence of more than 7 points.

This also shows that "Horror Planet" will not have a bad review in the industry.

Putting down the magazine, Murphy looked at the time, stood up and said, "Let's go to the eleventh floor."

The negotiations between Miramax and international publishers will be held on the 11th floor. The project is packaged by Caa. It is normal for Bill Roses to participate in the negotiations, but Murphy does not have to participate. However, he himself made such a request. Since it does not involve any interest division, the share he can enjoy has nothing to do with the film's overseas income. The Weinstein brothers also agreed to Murphy to participate in the negotiations.

Just like the various programs running the Cannes Film Festival with Erica Steinberg, all of this is a rare experience for the rookie Murphy.

This is the opportunity to accumulate experience and increase your knowledge. If you miss this, you don’t know when it will happen in the future.

After leaving the elevator and entering the corridor on the eleventh floor, Murphy asked Bill Roses next to him, "Can you understand French and Spanish?"

"Learn." Bill Rossis graduated from a prestigious university.

"No wonder," Murphy nodded in a clear way, and asked again, "How is the French and Spanish media's evaluation of the film?"

"The Spanish media is better. Spanish movies also produce this type of film. They basically have relatively positive comments," said Bill Roses. "The French media has poor ratings, and most of them are used..."

He looked at Murphy, and Murphy made a gesture to say something, and Bill Roses continued, "Adjectives such as disgusting, cruel, boring, etc."

Murphy shook his head, "It seems that the French don't like American plasma tablets very much."

Bill Rossis spread his hands, "Everything in Hollywood knows it."

The two walked into a conference room and sat down on the side of Miramax's long conference table. After waiting for a while, Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg walked in together. Murphy had just finished saying hello to them. The other party to the negotiations, Mike Gervin from an Australian distribution company, also entered the conference room.

This is a commercial negotiation, time is money. After a few simple greetings between the two sides entered the formal negotiation. Although Mike Gerwen loved the director Murphy and his films very much last night, during the negotiations, all this seemed to have never happened. He did not give in to any of his money in terms of the price of the issue and buyout.

It’s one thing to enjoy a video, and it’s another thing to do with a commercial deal with this video.

The negotiations did not go very smoothly.

"Mike, selling off Australian copyright for four million dollars is Miramax's bottom line!"

On the side of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, this Jewish fat man's voice was loud, "We have shown enough sincerity to your company. If we really can't reach an agreement, Miramax can only change the partner..."

"We are also very sincere!" Mike Gerwen frowned, "This video is indeed very interesting, but you have to leave us some profit margins, right? No company will do anything without profit. Australia has so many people. How many box offices does "Horror Planet" have to earn us?"

Harvey Weinstein gritted his teeth, as if he was cutting his flesh, "Three million and five million dollars!"

"Harvey..." Mike Gervin wanted to speak again, but was interrupted by Harvey Weinstein. "Mac, don't forget, this is not only the theater screening rights, but also the videotape copyright!"

The Jewish fat man suddenly stood up, walked behind Murphy a few steps, held the back of his chair, and said loudly, "I want to remind you one more thing, don't forget that the director of this film is Murphy Stanton! His last film, "Saw", received nearly $7 million in the theater box office in Australia alone!"

Murphy didn't expect that he would become a bargaining chip for the Harvey Weinstein negotiations.

"Your company has cooperated with us more than this time!" Harvey Weinstein used Murphy as a bargaining chip in negotiations. "Director Stanton is one of Miramax's best partners and is also one of the most promising young directors recognized by Hollywood. His creative journey has just begun and is far from reaching its peak!"

His voice is getting louder and louder, "In the subsequent cooperation, we will give priority to your company in all the movies made by Murphy! Under the same conditions, your company must be our partner, and this can be written into the contract!"

Murphy looked at Bill Rossis, who shook his head and signaled that he had no need to speak.

"Saw! "Horror Planet"! From these two films, Mike, you should be able to discover the style of director Stanton." Harvey Weinstein completely took the initiative in negotiations. "This kind of plasma cult film originated in Australia and has always been the most popular type in the Australian film market. As long as you have a high-quality film source, profitability is a breeze!"

Mike Gerwen frowned even deeper, obviously thinking about Harvey Weinstein's words.

Of course, the negotiations were not so easy to reach an agreement. After another half an hour of tug-of-war, the Australian issuing company represented by Miramax and Mike Gervin finally reached an agreement, and the two parties completed the transaction for $3 million.

This includes the film's theater screening rights, videotape and DVD copyrights and TV broadcast rights.
Chapter completed!
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