Chapter 361

Harvey knew that "crazy love" had won.

Try to interview the distribution right of each work in person, even if the other party is a nobody who jumps out of the stone crack, it is no exception. This is the consistent strategy of the Weinstein brothers to express their sincerity, assess each other's potential, and lay a solid foundation for long-term cooperation. Who knows, among these independent filmmakers, will there be another Quentin Tarantino?

Before today's meeting, Harvey was more or less curious about Langley. In just half a year, Harvey took the rocket like strong rise, carried the name of genius, and quickly established himself in Hollywood. Harvey wanted to see if Langley had the potential to be cultivated.

In addition to distribution, Weinstein film also involves in the production field, impacting every year's award season. They also have a group of actors who work closely with each other, such as Judy Dench, Michelle Williams, Scarlett Johnson, Samuel Jackson and so on. Excellent actors are not only the guarantee of film quality, At the same time, it is also the best choice for the actor department in the award season.

So, every once in a while, Harvey will inspect a group of potential new people, spread the net, catch big fish. At present, on Harvey's investigation list, Jennifer Lawrence and Langley hall are both outstanding.

In the short contact just now, lanli's confidence and sharpness left a deep impression on him. It can be seen that he was only 21 years old after all, and the pride of the young man was revealed.

It's good to be young, but it's hard to control cooperation. Harvey thinks that he should sharpen his spirit again and wallow in Hollywood for two years, then he will grow into a qualified Hollywood employee.

In his mind, the judgment of Langley just flashed by, and Harvey immediately focused on "crazy love". He has now started to think about the film's distribution arrangement and public relations strategy.

"October." This is Harvey's idea. He leans forward slightly, full of oppression, but confidently says, "my orientation for movies is' growth education ', not' Blue Valentine's Day '. I think we will have a good chance in the award season next year, especially in the actor and script departments. "

This is Harvey's second bomb; The first is $1.5 million.

Harvey believes that Drake has absolutely no power to fight back under the bombing of two successive heavyweight bombs, so the cooperation case is completely settled. Other competitors did not even have the opportunity to negotiate, Weinstein pictures has completed the signing, far ahead.

What is the difference between "growth education" and "blue Valentine's Day"?

In 2009, "growth education" won three heavyweight nominations for best film, best original script and best actress at the Oscars; Although the list of nominations for the 2010 "blue Valentine's Day" has not yet been announced, the impact has slowed down significantly. The most likely is that only one nomination for best actress will be received, and even it is not impossible to be squeezed out.

The two works are also small pattern of love movies, the core of the connotation is not too much ambition, does not involve the background of the times, social change and other big pattern, which are similar to "crazy love".

Now, Harvey defines "crazy love" as "growth education" this year.

Sony classic is responsible for the distribution and operation of "growth education". The whole publicity curve is very clear. Sundance made its debut and then landed in Berlin Film Festival. In the second half of the year, it appeared in many film festivals in Toronto, Helsinki, Chicago, New York, London, and trilliureid. It was screened in North America in October and fully released in late November and early December.

On the one hand, the accumulation of word-of-mouth is enough, and the film festivals in major cities are all on the stage; On the one hand, he was not too greedy. His goal was always focused on the heroine and the original script. He received the nomination for best picture by accident, which is also the result of the accumulation of excellent word-of-mouth.

Harvey believes that "love crazy" can completely copy this development track and create good results.

However, Harvey's calculation failed. "In our cooperation agreement, can we make it clear that lanli can get 10% of the box office bonus?" Drake's words made Harvey's heart jump, and he almost had a heart attack.

Harvey looked at Drake stupidly, thinking he was joking, but he couldn't find any hesitation on that face. His face was sincere, unquestionable, and his eyes were a little uneasy.

Lan Li, who had been watching, noticed the stiffness of Harvey's mouth and couldn't help laughing. To make Harvey almost unable to control his expression, Drake is also a wizard.

Harvey did not expect that, whether it is "growth education" or "blue Valentine's Day", it is meaningless for Drake. Drake is a film fan, who devotes himself to the film. The glory of the award season certainly makes people feel happy, but what he is more looking forward to is that "crazy love" can meet the audience. Because this movie has a special meaning for him.

So Harvey's second bomb didn't work at all. Drake was more concerned about the treatment of Langley.

However, the problem is here again. Drake is a complete layman who doesn't understand negotiation skills and industry rules. In a word, "10% bonus" is already the treatment of first-line actors. From the perspective of the proportion of box office bonus, it's equivalent to taking a quarter of his profit from Harvey's pocket directly.

This is not only unreasonable, but also naive and romantic.

"Cough." Harvey coughed a little, then laughed and passed the brief gaffe. "I don't think you've heard me clearly. I'm talking about buy-out, not share. 1.5 million, buy out the North American copyright of "crazy love."

Drake frowned slightly and looked at lanli. He didn't seem to understand the difference between buy-out and share. He hesitated and said, "even if it's buy-out, lanli will take 10 percent."

So not in accordance with the common sense of the card's reckless, let Harvey some irritable.

In fact, if it's a buyout, it's entirely up to Drake to decide how much he wants to give to lenley after paying Drake 1.5 million, not to mention 10%. Even if Drake gives all 1.5 million to lenley, no one else can control it.

Such a simple truth, Harvey took it for granted that Drake should know. Well, Drake's request just now means that due to the relationship of Langley, we need to increase the quotation by 10%.

Harvey thinks that this is no longer the arrogance of young people, and even a little arrogant - just a rookie, he asked for 10% of the dividend. Even if "love crazy" is an independent film, it is often the whole crew who share the cost and income together, which is too ridiculous.

"Drake, we can discuss the details of the contract slowly, and we have enough time to discuss them one by one..." Harvey used the most classic "drag" formula, playing a Tai Chi, let Drake make a decision first, and then grind the details slowly. I believe that under the constant efforts of lawyers, everything is not a problem.

But Harvey miscalculated again. Drake shook his head and said directly, "I don't have a problem with anything else. This is the only one. 10% of the box office bonus of Langley."

For Drake, the 1.5 million royalties have satisfied him. He can not only repay the debt of "crazy love", but also pay all the actors and staff——

In order to make the film, Drake only got 150000 sponsorship from an independent film company, Pittsburgh Indians, which has just been established for less than a year; The rest of the cost is for Drake to borrow money from the bank in his own name. This is also the reason why Drake couldn't pay more for the film.

At the same time, he can harvest a lot of money to prepare for the next film.

Drake is a man who is easy to satisfy. He is not greedy and has no ambition. He thinks this is very good. There is only one. At the beginning, lanli only paid 20000 US dollars for the film, which is the level of the third tier even in the TV industry. This friendship was firmly in Drake's mind.

In the face of Drake, Harvey's anger ran up.

It's not that there's something wrong with the "10%", but that 10% is only 150000 if you count it at 1.5 million. It's still a good deal to buy out the "Crazy" North American distribution rights; It's that he doesn't like the feeling, the feeling of authority being provoked, the feeling of being reckless, especially the mess caused by an actor.

He didn't like it.

As a result, Harvey gave up the plan to continue to communicate with Drake, turned his eyes to lenley, looked at him a little more, joked a little more, and scanned up and down, "I thought you were an actor."

The subtext is that actors are so greedy that they should not ask for too much money.

In fact, Lan Li didn't care much about the box office bonus. He didn't want to pay for the film. But it doesn't mean that he will watch Harvey eat the "crazy love" crew; What's more, Harvey has aimed his gun at him now, hasn't he?

Lan Li showed a shallow smile, calmly retorted, "you are really a producer."

The subtext is to say that the goal of a producer is to squeeze actors, directors and screenwriters for more benefits.

Harvey not only didn't get angry, but calmed down. He turned a little and looked at lanli formally. "So, 10% bonus? Clam

However, Lan Li did not show any weakness, and his eyebrow tail was just like, "buy out of 1.5 million? Clam

"Why, are you not satisfied with this number?" Harvey motioned for Langley to come down the road.

"Should I be satisfied?" Lanli's rhetorical question made Harvey frown slightly, and his eyes showed a look of thinking. He said curiously, "I thought you just said, 'crazy love' is not 'Blue Valentine's Day', but 'growth education'

Before Drake could react to the irony, Harvey had been fighting with blue for several rounds, and the air was tense.