Chapter 1035 Superhero Crew

Xiao Yunhai had never encountered a copyright dispute before, thinking that he had vaguely heard that Kerry had said that MGM had fought such a lawsuit with someone, so he picked up his mobile phone and dialed his number.

"Hey Xiao, congratulations on your "Lord of the Rings" hit, the premiere night plus the first day, the global box office reached an unprecedented $786 million. It's terrifying."

On July 21, "The Lord of the Rings" won a global box office of 504 million US dollars, and with the opening night, it almost exceeded 800 million.

And "Hurricane Operation" was affected by it, only received 178 million US dollars, and was beaten by "Lord of the Rings" without a fight back.

The word of mouth is far behind. It can be said that "Operation Hurricane" has completely lost in the duel. Unless there is a miracle, it is impossible to save the defeat.

Paramount can only hope for online video and DVD sales now.

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "This is all within my expectations. Kerry, I heard that the movie "The Green Hornet" has started, right?"

Last time, after Xiao Yunhai sold the film and television rights of "The Green Hornet" to MGM, they asked the company's screenwriting team to quickly adapt it. In about ten days, the script was freshly released.

After careful selection, MGM invited Pippen, a top director in the company, to direct the film, which just started yesterday.

Kerry giggled and said, "Your news is too ill-informed. Let me tell you, not only the movie, but also the TV series started at the same time yesterday, it's just a low-key thing."

Xiao Yunhai said: "Then congratulations. Kerry, I heard you say before that your MGM movie once accidentally used a singer's song for the soundtrack, right?"

"That's right. This is the stupidest mistake our audit department has ever made."

"What was the result?"

"What else could it be,

Lose money. Fortunately, the singer is not very famous, and the song is not so good. We only paid him three million dollars. Otherwise, we even have the heart to die. Xiao, why are you asking this question? Could it be that the Lord of the Rings soundtrack also made this stupid mistake? "

Xiao Yunhai said: "That's not true. The one who made the mistake was Paramount's "Assassin". One of the soundtracks used the melody of "billiejean"."

Kerry's reaction was exactly the same as Xiao Yunhai before, saying: "This is impossible."

Xiao Yunhai said: "I also thought it was impossible, but after I just listened to it, I found that it was indeed the case, and the time was about twenty-five seconds."

Kerry asked, "Are you sure there's more than 80 percent similarity to your 'billiejean' melody?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It's not 80 percent, but 100 percent. Their soundtracks haven't changed even a single tune. In terms of music, I'm a professional, and I will never make a mistake."

Kerry smiled and said with schadenfreude: "Paramount is so unlucky. Two movies with an investment of more than two billion US dollars were beaten down by you. I didn't expect to make such a low-level mistake. It's just sending you money. What are you going to do?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Of course I want money. This song of mine is worth at least 100 million US dollars. Paramount has violated my copyright. According to the copyright law, Paramount needs to compensate me one billion US dollars."

"Wrong." Kerry said: "At the end of last year, the American Copyright Law was amended, and the compensation was increased from the maximum ten times to twenty times. Haha, Xiao, Hanks is probably going to cry."

Xiao Yunhai exclaimed: "So much. Kerry, do you think I should find a lawyer to have a private affair with him first, and then sue him if we can't agree."

Kerry said: "Xiao, you are obviously superfluous. If I were Hanks, I wouldn't give you so much money if you killed me. I think it's better to go directly to court. The evidence is solid and the facts are clear. Basically, anything that can’t be denied can be pronounced in court. You guy, you are so lucky, you didn’t do anything, and someone sent you money dryly, and it was two billion dollars. I Why isn't there such a good thing on the table?"

Xiao Yunhai said angrily: "You phonological guy, you can't even sing a song, let alone write it. By the way, has the matter of your MGM Cinemas been resolved? I'm still waiting for the money here. ."

Kerry smiled: "I was about to tell you about this. The film company is taking a loan, and it is estimated that it will arrive today and tomorrow. When the time comes, I will call you, let's sign the contract and call you the money. That's it."

Xiao Yunhai said: "It's almost the same. I won't talk to you anymore, I still have a lot of business here."

After hanging up, Xiao Yunhai asked Daniel to come over and hand over the copyright dispute to him.

No way, who made him the most leisurely among the heads of these four companies.

In the afternoon, Xiao Yunhai met with the creative team of four superhero blockbusters.

Good guy, just looking at the appearance, there is definitely the potential to become a big star.

Some of the male actors are young and handsome, while others are mature and steady, while the actresses are all beautiful and hot.

After everyone introduced themselves, Xiao Yunhai silently wrote down their names and said with a smile, "Everyone is the most suitable for our superhero movie selected by the four directors from tens of thousands of Hollywood actors. It shows that your acting skills and abilities are very good. By the way, you should have signed with us Marvel, right?"

"Yes, Mr. Xiao." Everyone said in unison.

"That's great. I can assure you that once you enter Marvel, you will not be far from the status of Hollywood's first-tier movie stars." Xiao Yunhai laughed.

British actress Maeve Dermody asked: "Mr. Xiao, our contract is ten years old when we sign it, and it's all newcomer contracts. Mr. Lauer said that our treatment will follow our reputation step by step. If the company's superhero movies are taking the world by storm, when will we be able to change the contract? You know the treatment for newcomers is too low."

Xiao Yunhai glanced at her admiringly, and said with a smile, "You are all worried about this issue too."

The others nodded in unison.

Hollywood's newcomer contracts are indeed very cheap. The cut is a horrible 9:1, and 90% of them have to be handed over to the company. The average artist simply can't stand it.

Many conflicts between companies and artists are caused by this. Artists have already reached the first-tier, and he will definitely not be willing to give them second-tier contracts.

Xiao Yunhai said: "Ms. Dermody dared to talk openly and honestly about this matter with me at the first meeting, she is indeed very courageous, and she also shows strong self-confidence. You may have heard that I am Xiao. Yunhai is not short of money, and the bonus for the employees of the magic special effects company was 400 million US dollars a while ago. Do you think I will use the so-called contract to bully you? "

"I'll give you the bottom line. As long as there are no surprises at the box office of these four films, all of them will have very good results. As the leading actors, you will definitely be an instant hit. At that time, I will let the company follow Hollywood standards. You sign a contract. If you are worth the second-tier, that's the contract of the second-tier actor. If you reach the first-tier, that's the contract of the first-tier actor, and we will give you 10% higher treatment than the outside world. However, except for the superstar contract. The company's distribution ratio is 9:1, if it is 10% higher, then I will do it for nothing."

"Hahaha."

Hearing Xiao Yunhai say this, the only worry in everyone's heart was to let go.

Xiao Yunhai turned to look at the four directors, and said, "Your treatment is different from theirs. I'm going to use the movie box office to set a standard for you."

James asked puzzled, "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by that?"

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "Let's put it simply. If you want to make a second movie, you should use the profit brought by the first movie to determine the amount of investment given to you. For example, James, your Doctor Strange finally made a The company brought in $5 billion in profits, and as long as your next movie doesn't exceed 50 percent of those profits, which is $2.5 billion, the company will support you. If the second film loses Ben, not only did not make any money, but also lost a billion dollars. Don't worry, you still have a chance, we will give you 50% of the remaining profit to continue to shoot. Originally 2.5 billion Dollars, after deducting the billion in losses, that's $1.5 billion to continue with the third film, and so on."

Harley asked, "What if the third, fourth, and fifth all lost?"

Xiao Yunhai was directly amused, and said, "Then do you still have the face to stay in Marvel? Just retire."

James said with a smile: "At that point, I don't need the company to rush, I've long since returned home in despair and dare not come out to meet people."

Hughes said: "Mr. Xiao, your method is really good. Everyone eats according to their ability, and no one can blame others."

Harley said confidently: "I think the investment limit for my second film should be around $4 billion."

James glanced at him disdainfully, and said, "You mean that "X-Men" is going to make eight billion dollars in profits, huh, are you kidding me?"

Harley snorted and said, "Anyway, my "X-Men" is definitely better than yours."

The two used to have grievances and grudges. Now that they are in the same company, it is naturally impossible to attack each other again, but they are still sarcastic.

James said angrily: "Harley, don't talk too much. Do you dare to make a bet with the box office of two movies?"

Harley raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you dare? Well, whoever loses will give his director's salary to the winner, how about that?"

James said: "Then I will thank Mr. Halley in advance. The agreement does not need to be established. With Mr. Xiao as our notary, I believe some people should not dare to default."

Harley squeaked in disdain.

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "There is no need to gamble so much, let's gamble with half of the salary, lest one of you need to borrow money from the company to survive."

Xiao Yunhai is very willing to see this kind of healthy competition, which is not a bad thing for a film and television company.

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