American Fortune Life

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 shoot some bitch in the face with his own penis. !

Mac Miller hurriedly walked into the conference room, sat down in his seat, and followed all the colleagues in front of him. Although most of them were expressionless, the gloating in his eyes couldn't be more obvious. He couldn't help but sighed, No wonder, who made himself always sneer at that wretched fat man before.

Thinking about it, McMiller felt a little sad. The client he was in charge of had a problem, and he was about to be fired.

Following the sound of footsteps, a middle-aged man in his 40s to 50s walked into the conference room with a heavy face.

"Who can tell me what's going on?" The middle-aged man sat at the top and patted a stack of manuscripts on the conference table, "We can only publish one volume of such a wonderful story, are you kidding me? ?"

Elton. Bull roared loudly like an angry bull. Being the head of Scholastic Publishing House in Los Angeles is a lot of pressure. Scholastic Publishing House is a world-renowned publisher and distributor of children's books. Harry Potter is popular all over the world. The American version of the series was published by Scholastic, and the "Dark Fairy Tales" in front of Elton is definitely the first book of a series, which is completely a new big IP.

But now, someone told him that their publishing house can only publish the first volume of this series, and the rest has nothing to do with them. This is simply a bolt from the blue, which makes him not angry.

Mac Miller hesitated for a long time before standing up with a pale face and said cautiously, "I'm sorry, I didn't maintain good customer relations."

Snapped!

Elton clapped the table and stood up, growling loudly: "I don't want to hear sorry, today, just today, I don't care what you do, I want you to sign Andy Smith back to me! You stay, everyone else Please come back."

Soon, there were only two people left in the conference room, and the angry Elton slowly calmed down, his eyes fixed on the nervous and sweaty Mike, "I don't care what the cause of the matter is, you must bring the good news Bring it back! This way... tell Andy Smith's agent that we can pay up front and the royalty share can be raised to a maximum of 15%, as long as his book is published in our publishing house, these can be negotiated."

"15%? It's just that Andy Smith's agent is very greedy. What if he asks too much?" Mike was very surprised. The 15% royalty is only the treatment enjoyed by the top writers. Thinking of that dead fat man With a hateful expression, he still asked cautiously.

"FUCK! You can talk as long as you ask! Can you take a long-term view? Have you read the manuscript? Idiot, where is this? This is Hollywood, this is a movie factory! Such a good story will make Hollywood studios flock to it. , the movie is released, and our books can follow the big sale!"

"Yes, I'm going to find Andy Smith's agent right away!" Mike lowered his head, not daring to look at Editor-in-Chief Elton who was yelling again, picked up the folder on the table in panic, and trotted out of the conference room all the way.

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

Interesting guy, Andy shook his head with a laugh, and turned his eyes to Carl, who was gloating on the side, and then to Mac Miller, the representative of Scholastic Press, who was about to cry.

"Okay, the conditions you gave are very generous. You can talk about it. Carl will give it to you."

Ignoring Mac Miller'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 wasting energy, as long as there was one result, the process was left to professionals.

After more than an hour passed,

Fat Karl walked into the study with a proud and wretched look.

"Looking at you, it seems like a good conversation." Andy took off the decorative glasses, and pretended to pinch the bridge of his nose with his fingers and gently rubbed to relieve the non-existent fatigue.

"Haha, who am I? I'm the vampire Karl, let that kid look at people, how can he not teach him a hard lesson!" Karl sat on the sofa happily, with a look of happiness after the revenge .

Andy pulled a cigarette from the cigarette case and threw it to Carl, lit another one himself, and motioned him to continue.

"15% royalties, $1 million upfront royalties, hey hey, after tax of course, they promise to do their best to promote your work, write you an ad in the newspaper, and expand your influence."

Andy couldn't help laughing when he heard it, and he smiled proudly. After taking a puff of cigarette, he secretly said in his heart, "I'm short of money now, this million can relieve the economic pressure."

Andy bought most of the Apple stock, only 400,000 in the bank deposit and 300,000 paid by Seventeen Magazine, gave Carl 100,000 to register the company and lease the office, and that's all $600,000, the salary of my nanny and fitness trainer, legal fees, personal doctor, all kinds of living expenses are not a small amount.

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, "How about the company registration? Also, why did you bring people to my house?"

Carl completely ignored Andy's performance and rolled his eyes, "Of course the company has to be registered in Bermuda, the tax in California is too high! Didn't you see it too, he looked like he was going to die and said he would see you today. If I don't have you, I'll rely on me, I really annoyed him and couldn't do anything, so I brought him here to see you."

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

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

"Let's stay for dinner, Nelson will come over later, and I need your help with some things." Andy said to him, putting out the cigarette in the ashtray.

"OK, that's great, and you can eat delicious Chinese food again." Karl naturally wouldn't miss it when he heard the food.

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

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

"Hello, Carl, you've gained a lot of weight again. Pay attention to your body and eat less!" Nelson and Carl shook hands and joked.

"Hey, MAN, I'm a fierce dragon and a tiger, and I'm very healthy!" Carl exclaimed as if you didn't believe him, he was about to take off his clothes for you to see.

"Okay, okay, let's get down to business. Nelson, here are some of my TV show ideas that I came up with while writing a novel. I want to register the global copyright, no problem?" Andy handed over a few printed documents. to Nelson.

Nelson browsed quickly, and the surprise in his eyes became stronger and stronger. These pieces of paper were written with the ideas and specific processes of three TV programs, of which "The Talent Show" was the most detailed.

"Boss, I have to say, you are indeed a genius!" Nelson complimented Andy, who was sitting across from him, as he sorted out the documents. "Actually, there is no need to register the global copyright. The easiest way is to save it with the screenwriters union. The copyright protection of the union is for the whole world."

"No, no, I know the functions of the trade union, but after all, these are just ideas and have not been made into programs for broadcast, and we currently do not have the resources to produce these programs. I am afraid that in the event of a similar occurrence in other countries, It's a waste of time to fight a lawsuit."

Andy naturally knows that the copyright protection of the Screenwriters Guild can prevent his own interests from being harmed, but he probably remembers that the production time of the British and American Got Talent shows is roughly during the summer vacation of this year, although he put the script and these in early May. The outline of the idea is kept in the screenwriter's union, but in the event of a car crash, no matter who it is will suffer losses. He is seeking money now, not to cheat people.

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

When they were both in deep thought, they heard Carl shouting excitedly, "Wow, it's a genius idea, Andy, your brain is really amazing, I love you so much."

"Quiet! I know I'm a genius, but can you lower your voice!" Andy glanced angrily at Carl who was yelling, and he was startled just now.

"Oh, God, why do we need country-by-country registration? As long as we find two TV stations in the United States and the United Kingdom to cooperate, they will definitely be able to find the value in it. Then we can sell them the copyright, according to the efficiency of the TV station. , it will be broadcast soon, and it will become an established fact at that time, and there is no need to be so troublesome at all." Karl couldn't help saying excitedly.

"Nonsense, I have thought about this method for a long time, but I want to maximize my interests, the creativity of the talent show, a little shadow of American Idol, when FOX purchased the copyright, it cost 67 million US dollars, and now it has proved to be a ten-thousandth dollar. A successful sale, but my idea is only on paper after all, and how much it can sell is unknown." Andy gave Carl a distressed look.

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