Shahai Film, Ronan's office.

Faced with Navas, who came to talk about the copyright of the sequel of "The Witch Blair", Ronan could only say with some regret: "It's not that I don't want to cooperate with Lionsgate Pictures. The copyright of the 8 million sequel shooting is too low for a movie with a box office of $150 million in North America."

Navas stood up and shook hands with Ronan and said goodbye: "This is my highest authority. Mr. Anderson, I'll think about it again."

Ronan didn't force himself and said, "Yes."

He sent Navas out of the Sand Sea Entertainment.

This is the third person to come to Ronan to talk about the copyright of the sequel to "The Witch Blair" in the morning. A Warner Bros. producer director and Tom Cruise's agent passed one after another.

Tom Cruise does not want to buy the copyright of the sequel, but plans to cooperate with Ronan to shoot the sequel. Of course, he will not jump to the pit that Ronan dug out, and the cooperation to shoot is not considered.

Although co-shots can find ways to cheat the partners' funds and have many means to make profits outside the movie, Tom Cruise is not an overseas investor, and cheating Tom Cruise is not the same as investors outside the circle. Ronan will not do such a self-inflicted problem.

Maybe others can't see clearly, but Ronan has memories of his past life. In the future, the success of "Blair the Witch" will be irreplicable.

Warner Bros. is now the best performing film company in Hollywood, which is a bit aggressive, and the sequel copyright is only $5 million.

Unless there is no other option, Ronan will not sell it at such a low price.

This is not the normal price in Hollywood.

Not to mention successful works like "The Witch Blair", like some popular novels or other works on the market that have not been verified by the film market, the copyright of the movie is more than $5 million.

North America's copyright law is relatively perfect and also attaches importance to the protection of copyright, and copyright prices will only rise all the way.

If you don’t have an ideal bid, you can go overseas to invest.

Capital operations are often more attractive than making movies steadily, but Ronan also knows the risks and must balance the relationships.

Back in the office and after watching the promotional and distribution plan for "Ace Agent" and "The Death is Coming" formulated by the Embassy Film Company, Ronan received a call from Susan Arnold, saying that he would come at around 1:30 p.m.

Ronan sent another text message to Carmen Cath, confirming that she was not working for the time being. He called and made an appointment to have dinner together after get off work.

Ronan was busy with work all morning and approved the Embassy Film Company to dismiss three employees. In the past, Embassy Film Company was at a very slow pace. Now the entire work rhythm has been raised. Some of the old employees cannot adapt, and some of them lack abilities.

Such people are naturally no longer suitable to stay.

Everything from the Embassy Film Company followed the legal dismissal procedures, and the severance payment was also paid.

The union here is not a decoration. Once the work is not in place, the union will be involved, and the price will be paid will only be greater.

In addition, among the newly recruited employees of Relativity Entertainment, Mary also suggested dismissing one person. This person has a beautiful resume and has work ability, but unfortunately he is irresponsible in doing things.

Everyone who runs a business will encounter this situation. The best employees in the eyes of the boss are always hard-working, willing to give without asking for anything in return.

Unfortunately, in a free city like Los Angeles, there are no simple and good employees.

I think about it, Gotham is better.

The folk customs are simple and the big brother-treasures are full of talents.

Just arrived at 1:00 p.m., Susan Arnold from DreamWorks brought his assistant to Ronan's office. Both sides didn't talk nonsense and directly talked about the copyright of the sequel to "Blair the Witch".

"Dreamworks is not the first company to be interested in the copyright of this sequel." Ronan said in a very targeted manner: "If it weren't for raising funds, director Daniel McLeak ended his cooperation with Relativity, I wouldn't sell the copyright."

Susan Arnold asked with a smile: "Mr. Anderson, what price do you want to sell?"

Ronan said calmly: "25 million US dollars!"

Hearing this number, Susan Arnold's eyelids twitched and said slowly: "Dreamworks is willing to buy out all copyrights of the "Blair Witch" series for $40 million. Of course, except for the North American box office you are about to get."

Ronan refused without hesitation: "The Witch Blair has been a great success, and I cannot sell the profit I received." Seeing Susan Arnold say something, he raised his hand to stop it and said: "What I want to sell is the copyright of the sequel shooting, which has nothing to do with the release of "The Witch Blair". If DreamWorks wants to buy the copyright of "The Witch Blair", we don't have to talk about it."

Susan Arnold is just a test. After all, if you can buy "Blair the Witch", you will make more money.

This is also a negotiation strategy, reducing the other party's psychological expectations.

"Only the copyright of the sequel shooting..." Susan Arnold seemed embarrassed: "This is too different from DreamWorks' original intention."

Ronan looked at the female producer without speaking.

The first choice for the transaction is DreamWorks, but it does not exclude other companies. If DreamWorks insists on buying "Blair the Witch", then sell it to other companies.

Susan Arnold has been observing Ronan. He has already learned a lot before coming. Ronan Anderson's company's capital flow has always been problematic. Whether it is basic operations or film investment, it all comes from financing. Although the strategy of borrowing chickens to lay eggs is very clever, if you do it too much, the company's finances will be very unhealthy. If you have a little accident, it may collapse all the money.

In her opinion, the copyright sale of this sequel was a helpless move by losing the director on the one hand, and on the other hand, Ronan Anderson was adjusting the company structure.

Such a young man has achieved success one after another and must have the ability to do so, and it is impossible for him to see no financial problems at all.

Susan Arnold gently buckled the armrest of the chair and said, "The copyright of a separate sequel is $5 million." She seemed a little despised: "This is just for DreamWorks to get a filming subject, the copyright of scripts or other literary works on the market, even the highest one is only a few million dollars."

Ronan echoed: "Hollywood has never lacked subject matter and scripts."

This is the truth, and no one can deny that which larger film company does not have hundreds of scripts in its script library?

"But these themes and scripts are not "Blair the Witch"!" Ronan emphasized his tone slightly: "They do not have a North American box office of $150 million! They do not have huge fame and influence! They have not been tested by the market! They will not bring an audience base!"

His tone slowed down: "Ms. Arnold, I'm very young, but I also know that the success rate of sequels for big-selling movies is extremely high, and the sequels can be copied. The name and popularity of "Blair the Witch" alone is more than $5 million! What's more, "Blair the Witch" brings not only the title, but also the successful model and the basis for watching nearly 30 million people in North America!"

Why is Hollywood keen on making sequel movies? Susan Arnold certainly knows it.

She did not refute Ronan's words, and took another approach, saying: "In the model of "Blair Witch", the sequel production budget is at most several million US dollars. Using funds far higher than the production investment to buy copyrights is not a precedent for such a transaction, and DreamWorks will become a joke in the industry."

Ronan laughed: "The value of copyright lies in how much profit it can generate, not the outside world's opinion. Even if everyone is laughing, can they still laugh when DreamWorks earns hundreds of millions of dollars in box office?"

Susan Arnold thought about it and the same is true.

Ronan said at the right time: "When I bought the copyright and movie website of "Blair Witch", many people didn't understand it, including many employees of the company, but now? They are all grateful that I bought this video without any objection."

Susan Arnold frowned. The other party was well-founded and had nothing profound. They were all the simplest truths in the circle. It was not that they could not refute it, but it would seem mentally retarded to refute it without considering the simplest facts.

"The Witch" currently has a $150 million North American box office, which is Ronan's greatest confidence.

The ultimate goal of filming and producing movies in Hollywood is always commercial profit. The huge success of this film can overcome all rebuttal language.

"This morning, Tom Cruise's representative, Warner Bros. production department, and Mr. Navas of Lionsgate, went there one after another." Ronan said the truth: "They all have the interests of the sequel copyright of "Blair the Witch", among which Lionsgate's bid was very high, but I didn't respond immediately because I agreed to interview you last night."

Ronan said seriously: "I admire director Steven Spielberg very much, so I want to prioritize cooperation with DreamWorks."

Susan Arnold said, "Dreamworks wants to work with you, but you're asking for a price that's too high."

"Then let's take a step back," Ronan said: "Take one-tenth of the North American box office from "Blair Witch" to the present day as the transaction price."

"$15 million?" Susan Arnold frowned.

Yesterday, she asked Spielberg, who was in charge of live-action film business, that the price far exceeded the upper limit.

Susan Arnold said: "This is just the copyright of the sequel shooting, and my budget is only $8 million."

No one would believe this. Ronan knew very well that DreamWorks wanted to copy the success of "The Witch Blair".

The bargaining negotiations lasted for an afternoon and were finally set at $12 million.

But Susan Arnold has no final decision, and this result must be reported to DreamWorks' top management for approval. Ronan can wait, but he also explicitly stated that he can only wait for three days and will not delay negotiations with other companies because of an undetermined business.

"The rest is just routine." Susan Arnold assured.
Chapter completed!