Chapter 26： Victory in the first battle

After entering the end of July, "Sixth Sense" began to drop. Looking at the jaw-dropping number, many people realized that this year's North American box office champion has already belonged in advance.

In Burbank’s office, Harvey Weinstein is watching the latest report. Even though the room is full of air-conditioning, the sweat is still shed.

I just believed in a clever and weird boy, and I was optimistic about the stories he created. The investment of 20 million US dollars actually returned more than 290 million US dollars in the box office. You must know that this is only the North American box office. With the opening of the Eastern European market, the overseas box office has already surpassed the North American box office. What kind of revenue will this movie get?

Even if the share of the movie theaters exceeds 50% of the box office, it will be severely slaughtered by the tax bureau, but the net profit of this movie is still more than 70 million US dollars, even if the seven major film companies are in the box office. Last year's profit was just a little more than this figure.

Especially, with the help of this movie, Miramax has established its own position in Hollywood, and many independent producers have come to seek investment.

Harvey Weinstein wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out the two cheques he had prepared long ago, with a wry smile on his face. According to Hollywood practice, after the movie went viral, the producer had to distribute red envelopes to the crew. As for the amount, it depends on the position in the crew.

As long as he remembered the red envelopes that had been distributed to the siblings, and then looked at the numbers on the cheques in his hand, he couldn't help but feel pain. Who would have thought that in order to save expenses, he signed the seemingly trivial share clause. , Turned out to be a reality.

Okay, the boy is a gold mine. The 8 million dollars spent on them both before and after was treated as an early investment. He has heard that Disney’s Touchstone Pictures is in contact with the boy’s agent. , And Nicole Kidman holds another script written by the boy.

Although the boy has only one script that has succeeded so far, Harvey Weinstein believes in his vision, just as he believed that "Sixth Sense" would make money, he was very convinced this time. Success is not accidental. If possible, he really wants to buy all the adaptation rights of the boy's works. These are just like the adaptation rights of the "Lord of the Rings" he just bought. They will get huge profits in the near future.

Similarly, he also knows that this is almost impossible, not to mention his long-sleeved, dance-like beauty guardian and cunning agent like a fox. He is only ten years old and it is difficult to deal with. He has known each other for a year and he has been talking more than once. He was taken into the ditch by him.

Even, he was a little skeptical. When he first met him, the little guy dug a hole and waited for him to jump down.

Of course, he has no regrets or complaints, after all, the huge gains are real.

It is said that Touchstone Pictures has reached a preliminary agreement with him, so I must hurry up and not let the script in Nicole Kidman's hands fall into their hands.

"Mr. Weinstein, Ms. Kingsley, Ms. Nicole Kidman, and Mr. Ryan Jenkins are here." The secretary interrupted his thoughts.

"Let them come in."

Ryan followed Nicole into the office and looked around. The office specializes in very simple. Just like the rumor, the Weinstein brothers are not only stingy to the outside world, but also stingy to themselves.

Both parties are acquaintances, and there is not so much politeness. They simply greeted her. After serving coffee and juice, the secretary quickly got into the topic.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, Harvey." When Nicole and the rest of the conversation came to an end, Ryan said with a smile, "The North American box office of 290 million US dollars should be ranked in the history of movies. It's a pity. Ah, if the schedule can be extended for another period, it may exceed 300 million U.S. dollars."

"Congratulations too, Ryan." Harvey Weinstein handed two checks for $2.9 million to Nicole. "Jurassic Park is still the champion of the best-selling books in the United States, two Haripal books. Te has entered the top 20 again, not to mention your age, even Stephen King has never done it."

"Come on, Harvey, you don't know it, it's all tainted with books of all ages, haven't you heard those critics say, if it's not for the noisy children, these books won't sell a few copies."

The boy finished speaking, naughty snatching the check from Nicole, and looking at the numbers on it, there was not a pile of green bills that made people feel exciting.

After Nicole nodded, Ryan stuffed the check to Jinsli, and said triumphantly, "Pat, I didn't expect it."

Pai Jinsli rolled her eyes helplessly. She really did not expect that the original contract did not reduce her income, but increased a lot. You must know that there are 10% of the two checks. The money belongs to her.

After chatting for a few more words, he simply hid and asked Harvey's assistant to take a tour of the company. The boy knew that Nicole and the others might talk about "Night Sleep in Seattle", but they didn't want too much. Blended.

He didn't want to be like Tom Cruise in his previous life, because he interfered too much in Nicole's affairs, which caused a conflict between the two.

In the end, I don’t know what conditions Harvey Weinstein offered. Nicole agreed to cooperate with Miramax, but from her expression, the conditions should be pretty good.

"Four million dollars in salary, plus 1.5% of the North American box office share." This is what Jinsili told him after getting on the bus, "Your script, Harvey opened a hundred thousand dollars."

The boy shrugged and did not say anything. In fact, one hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount for him, who only sold one script. He believes that after the scripts he provided have sold out one after another, he can rely on his screenwriting status to request The box office is even the peripheral share.

In the negotiations with Touchstone Pictures, when the box office of "Sixth Sense" exceeded 250 million, the two parties reached an agreement. I have to say that Jinsli was so famous in her previous life, she was indeed very skilled, to fight for the boys. When it comes to 3 million dollars in remuneration and 2% of the North American box office share, of course, this is all the compensation for his actors and screenwriters.

The film has entered the preparatory period, and it may start at the beginning of next month. It is said that I will go to northern Canada for shooting. Ryan was relieved after learning the news. Otherwise, although Christmas can also be produced in the studio Snow scene, but if you put on the thick winter clothes to shoot, you have to cover the prickly heat.

This kind of film shooting is not complicated. Chris Columbus said that as long as the boy can have half the state of "Sixth Sense", he can guarantee that it will not take a month to end the location in Canada.

Fortunately, the summer vacation is still very long, otherwise it would be a hassle to simply ask for a long vacation from school.

The car did not return to Westwood, but went straight into Beverly Hills. In the afternoon, they had an appointment with a real estate agent to see some independent villas in his hands.

The terrifying high box office of "Sixth Sense" has caused many media to focus their attention on the boy. The paparazzi downstairs are becoming more and more active, which not only affects their lives, but also causes a lot of damage to the neighbors around them. Trouble, Nicole simply entrusted Jinsili to find a suitable housing.

There are many celebrity and wealthy neighborhoods in the greater Los Angeles area, such as Malibu, Santa Monica, and the Brunkert neighborhood in the city, but Ryan doesn’t know why, Nicole has a love for Beverly Hills. A little bell, it is clear that the villa must be located in Beverly Hills.

Well, Beverly Hills is actually very good. It is close to Hollywood and there are many stars living here. After seeing a few villas, Ryan comforted himself like this.

"Miss Kidman, what do you think of this place?"

Although Cones Miller, who led the way, is a real estate agent, he is a real estate agent who only serves the wealthy. While being able to speak well, he still maintains the necessary respect and etiquette. "This French villa includes a garden, a total of Covering an area of ​​2.4 acres, with an outdoor tennis court and outdoor swimming pool, as well as a four-car garage, it is the masterpiece of the famous villa designer Paul Kosini."

In the previous life, there was only a small nest of less than 30 square meters, which was rented. I spent most of this life in the orphanage. Even after being adopted by Nicole, he never came and did not consider life matters. Ryan was concerned about choosing a house. She was a layman, so she just took Nicole's hand and couldn't tell.

Entering the empty villa, the real estate agent continued, “The villa has two floors on the upper and lower floors. There are seven bedrooms, three cloakrooms ~ www.novelhall.com~ five large storage rooms, an indoor swimming pool and gym, and one on the top floor. Small terrace."

Turning around in and out, this villa is much larger than the one where I live in London. From the details, it can be seen that the design is really original, even if there is no furniture, it looks a little empty, but Rui En Neng obviously felt that Nicole was more satisfied.

"Ryan, what do you think of this place?" Nicole asked for his opinion. The boy believed that as long as he shook his head, Nicole would definitely turn around and leave without even thinking about it.

"Do we have so much money in such a big place?" The boy lived in a country with the most horrible housing prices in his previous life. He has no understanding of American housing prices in this life. Seeing this luxurious villa, he naturally felt a little drummed.

"My dear, what you should ask is if I have so much money!" Nicole smiled.

"Well, this place is not bad, as long as the price is right."

Next, in the conversation between Nicole and the real estate agent, the boy finally understood that this villa is really not expensive relative to his and Nicole’s income, not to mention that he can still apply for a loan, and the land of the house in the United States has been purchased. After that, there is no useful life. Although a tax is paid every year, it is more suitable than a seventy-year long-term lease.

"Nicole, when shall we move?" Ryan asked before leaving.

"Moving?" Nicole shook her head and said with a smile, "It will take a long time. The house needs to be renovated and we have to buy furniture."

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