National Tide 1980.

Chapter 1282 The Aftermath

"Sir, are you satisfied with my work?"

Seeing Henry, who was sitting in the passenger seat, smiling at him, Ning Weimin also responded with a smile.

"of course."

"Well, since my work is done, our employment relationship is over. Normally, for contracts worth over 100 million like this, our law firm charges a fee of 1%. In other words, minus the 1 million you have already paid me, you still need to pay me 2.3 million francs."

Ning Weimin didn't expect Henry to be so anxious, and was slightly stunned.

"That's no problem, but isn't it a little early? What I want to say is..."

However, when Henry heard the word "but", he arbitrarily thought that Ning Weimin thought it was too expensive.

He has seen many rich people like this who were reluctant to pay in his career.

Who says rich people are necessarily generous?

In his experience, rich people are more likely to be petty than poor people, and their generosity is mostly pretended for the sake of face.

Some people are even unwilling to pay child support after divorce, which is inhumane.

So he took the lead and said, "Ahhh! Please don't, sir! No! I know what you want to say. Since we have a mutual friend, Mr. Alain Delon, I don't want to have a conflict with you over money. How about this, you pay me another two million francs. Let's settle this matter with mutual respect, okay?"

"Thank you so much, Henry."

Ning Weimin looked at Qingzi beside him, but shook his head slightly with a helpless look.

Then he took out his checkbook from his pocket.

Unfortunately, Lawyer Henry, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not see what was happening in the back seat.

He didn't even notice that a ridiculous smile appeared on Ning Weimin's lips.

He just thought that his dominance had made Ning Weimin surrender, so he continued to argue with him.

"That's right. I know that sometimes, because things go too smoothly, people tend to underestimate the role of lawyers and erase their contributions. In fact, you have to think about it this way. What's wrong with saving a little time? Besides, I negotiated 10 million francs more than you expected, so..."

This is both Henry's way of maintaining his professional dignity and expressing his dissatisfaction directly.

However, when the barrister sitting in the passenger seat turned around and took the check from Ning Weimin in the back seat.

After just a glance, he was stunned by the numbers on it.

"Three million! Oh my God! Didn't I just say... I just said to you..."

"Yes, I heard you. You only want two million francs."

Ning Weimin confirmed the number he had just reported and smiled slightly.

"Then...then why did you..."

The emotional chaos that ensued was so overwhelming that the barrister didn't even know what to say.

Ning Weimin, however, was extremely relaxed and explained with the attitude of a good guy.

"But you also said that we have a common friend, and you are worth the money. You do your job quickly and well. In fact, I agree with you and admire your efficiency. Like you, I certainly don't want to lose face. So I decided to give you three million. Henry, this money is what you deserve. Take it and thank you for your help."

"This... this... I don't know how to say it. I think I misunderstood just now. This is really... really... I thought you were... Hey, I really shouldn't have drunk today..."

The barrister, who was always logical and emotionally stable, became incoherent at this moment, and his cheeks turned a little red.

He was truly sorry and wanted to apologize.

He was especially aware that he did not seem to have shown any mercy to the other party in front of his wife and his subordinates.

  Now thinking about it, I really went too far. How could I treat such a good customer so rudely?

But because of his damn face and French pride, he was a little embarrassed to say the three words "I'm sorry" directly.

It was Ning Weimin who took the initiative to smooth things over for him.

"Okay, okay, this is our first time dealing with each other. It's normal that we don't know each other well enough. We should have established a certain level of trust now, right? Can we talk about other things?"

"Okay, please tell me."

Henry tried to calm himself down.

I thought to myself, for the sake of this check, no matter what you have to say, I will listen to you carefully and never interrupt you again.

But he turned out to be too confident.

His oath was completely wishful thinking and was soon broken by himself.

If for no other reason, it was because Ning Weimin's next words were so unexpected.

"Henry, in fact, your work may not be really over. At least I hope you can continue. Have you forgotten that there are two French production companies that are interested in doing business with me? Now we have negotiated with the World Television Film Company. But the other company, Imino, has not replied yet, maybe soon..."

"What? You...what do you mean? Do you still want to continue negotiating with Ying Oujiana? But you have already bought what you wanted..."

The barrister was quite taken aback.

And not only was he surprised, he found that this time, even Ning Weimin's wife, Matsumoto Keiko, looked extremely surprised and as if she had no idea at all.

This was all Ning Weimin's strong advocacy.

But Ning Weimin's attitude was extremely firm.

He first comforted Keiko Matsumoto in Japanese, saying that it was okay, and then spoke to Henry in English.

"Why not? I mean, I'm already here, and I have enough money in my pocket. It's a purchase anyway, so if I can reach a deal with two French production companies, it's better than just one. If they are willing to complete the deal, I won't refuse. Of course, I would also like the price to be more appropriate. After all, I still have to pay a 10% tax for such copyright transactions. And after buying them, I have to transport, store, and dub these copies. The more copies I buy, the more costs I have to bear. And our original goal has been achieved. Who made Inoue Garner one step behind the other production company? So this time, if we want to negotiate, my price bottom line is based on 70% of the quotation level of World Television and Film Company. The time is also a bit tight. I'm afraid the latest transaction date cannot exceed the closing of the Cannes Film Festival because we have other arrangements. This goal is not too much, right? If you agree, I will write you another check right away, and it will be an advance payment of one million. How about it?"

After hearing this news, I realized that I had received another legal agency business worth over 100 million yuan.

The barrister was so excited that he danced with joy, just like a child who accidentally caught a big fish at the seaside.

"I...I...I just want to praise God, and of course I praise you, sir! Today is my lucky day!"

  But even so, Ning Weimin is indeed a veteran who is well versed in the ways of the world. He still showed full respect and affirmation at this time.

"Don't say that. The more capable you are, the more work you will do. You've earned it for yourself. It's your work ability that makes me believe that you can help me get what I want in a very short time. So, please praise yourself, Henry."

"You are such a gentleman." Henry praised sincerely, and then expressed his sincere gratitude, "It seems that I really owe Alan a favor..." However, his sincere expression made Ning Weimin smile in his heart, and he said seriously.

"I think it will be very difficult for you to repay this favor. And soon, you will greatly hurt our mutual friend..."

"Why?" Henry was stunned, completely unaware of what Ning Weimin meant.

"Because the second thing I want to tell you is that I plan to spend hundreds of millions of francs to buy real estate in Saint-Tropez, and I plan to cooperate with Mr. Alain Delon to use these real estate investments to open a tourism service company and jointly operate the hotel and catering industry. Recently, I planned to discuss this matter with him formally. I remember you said that if my request is related to his interests, you will be his agent, right? So the cooperation terms for this matter should still be drafted by you, but your legal fees will be borne by him. Sorry, I won't pay a penny..."

This was the first time that Henry experienced what it meant to be "smiling like a happy person, but with a lot of bad intentions in mind."

In his life experience, it seems that he has never seen such a person who can pretend to be cool without making any expression and is good at using the words of others to scare others, let alone deal with him.

And faced with such particularly quick thinking and teasing style, there wasn't really much he could do.

Perhaps apart from the ridiculous helplessness and the embarrassment of not knowing how to respond, he could only passively accept the objective reality.

Fortunately, this guy is not French, nor a lawyer, otherwise, with his talent, he would affect the ecological balance...

Henri René thought so seriously.

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Ten days later, with the closing ceremony, the 40th Cannes Film Festival finally came to a successful conclusion.

However, some of the aftermath caused by this film festival has not yet subsided.

You know, unlike ordinary people, European celebrities, most movie stars and fashion models who gather in Cannes are not concerned about the artistic value of the films screened at the film festival.

They don't particularly care who wins the awards at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Even the new developments of the Prince of Wales and his wife after leaving France were not enough to attract the attention of these people.

All they really care about is what’s going on in Vanity Fair.

For example, which celebrity, which industry boss, which star, or which model had an affair at the Cannes Film Festival.

For example, who is investing in a certain movie and planning to make a certain lucky person famous.

So in fact, these people's attention is now completely attracted by a mysterious man and woman from the East.

The reason is very simple, for no other reason than a shocking news came out in the industry.

As the two most powerful film production companies in France, World Television Films and Ingolstadt, they sold their film libraries to two Orientals who came to attend the film festival in Cannes.

Considering the huge amount of money involved and the wasteful way of throwing money into the sea, almost everyone's first reaction to the news was "Impossible!"

However, when they confirmed through various channels that this shocking news was indeed true, they inevitably became curious.

After all, no one would be uninterested in someone who could spend hundreds of millions of francs to buy all the film copies of the two studios within two weeks of the Cannes Film Festival.

However, there are many different opinions about the origins of these two Oriental people, and not many people really know the inside information.

Some said he was Japanese, some said he was from Hong Kong, and some even rumored he was a wealthy businessman from Singapore, or a descendant of a wealthy family in Southeast Asia.

There are also various versions circulating about the transaction price, with huge differences.

Some say the total cost was 600 million francs, some say it was 800 million, and there are rumors that the total cost was 200 million US dollars.

The only thing that is certain is that among the two Oriental people, one is a man and the other is a woman.

In short, this was an era when there were no convenient channels for disseminating information, and no equipment for taking photos and recording videos everywhere.

Information is not spread as quickly as it did decades ago, and it is even less likely to have conclusive evidence.

As a result, the news circulating was varied and contained all kinds of information.

Everyone who was concerned about this matter was wondering who could do such an amazing thing.

These restrictions exclusive to this era actually suited Ning Weimin's need to keep a low profile, allowing him to successfully conceal his identity and avoid becoming a target of public criticism.

But then again, people of this age are inevitably lacking in knowledge. After all, there are only a few "big melons" to eat in a year.

Therefore, once some shocking news begins to spread among certain important people, it is particularly easy to spread and become a rumor.

This is also an unfavorable factor that goes against Ning Weimin's wishes.

Instead, Ning Weimin's identity was shrouded in mystery, making people more curious about it.

Almost every self-proclaimed "informed person" in the upper class wants to dig out the truth so that he can use it as a topic of self-promotion in front of others.

As for those who smelled the "oil and water" smell, they racked their brains, looking for clues, and swarmed over like flies flying in the air.

In fact, World Television Films and Inoue Garner Productions were among the targets of harassment.

Since they sold their film library, they have been receiving more and more calls every day, almost all of which are from their peers asking for inside information on the transaction.

At first it was only French film companies, but later film companies from Italy, Austria, West Germany, Britain and other European countries began to come to us, and later even film companies from Egypt and India joined in.

Almost all the film production companies that knew the news called to inquire, and some even came to visit.

The purpose was clear: to find out the identity of this Oriental who was willing to spend a lot of money on copies of old movies so that they could sell him their own copies as well.

Needless to say, due to contractual restrictions, the two production companies, which had already signed a confidentiality agreement, naturally rejected most people's requests in a stern manner.

But at this time, because they were unable to bear the harassment, they really felt that they had had enough.

If they had known that this would cause such a big trouble and have such serious side effects, they would have asked for at least another 10 or 20 million to effectively compensate for the pain they were having to deal with.

God knows how long they will have to hold out before the studio can return to its former peace.

Damn it! This has seriously affected the normal work of the studio.

(End of this chapter)