Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 569 Flash Print (Second Update, Tickets, Subscriptions)
Only five days later, Jimmy received Yu Dong's new script.

"Human potential is truly limitless."

The script was better than he expected, and it was written in great detail, even the use of some shots was considered by the director.

If it wasn't for Yu Dong, Jimmy wouldn't believe that this was a script written on the spur of the moment.

After reading the script, Jimmy rubbed his hands and called Ron Howard, telling him that the script had been written and that he would have time to go to Deep Space Corporation to read the script.

After Howard answered the phone, he was stunned for more than ten seconds.

It's only been a few days, and it's finished?
Under normal circumstances, when a screenwriter is hired to write a script, he will first provide a script outline of about ten pages, but what Jimmy just told him is the complete script, not the script outline.

Could it be that Jimmy fooled him, or it just happened that YU had a similar script and just took it out?
Jimmy doesn't think that no matter what kind of script he is willing to pay $400 million.

But it's useless for him to think too much, he still has to see how the script is.

……

When Howard went to deep space, Jimmy had just talked with Bezos on the phone about Amazon.com.

For this deep space annual meeting, Deep Space Corporation plans to give back a benefit to readers through the Amazon website, select some readers, and give them free books.

In addition to giving free books, Deep Space also played a new trick this time. It cooperated with the flash printing company they jointly founded with Ingram and Amazon.com to customize private book business for some readers.

Readers can extract some words from the books signed by Deep Space to form a personalized book of their own. The total number of words does not exceed [-], and the number of words extracted from a single book cannot exceed [-].

If you don't want this kind of book, you can also order personalized greeting cards.

The reason why Jimmy did this was to promote the company's books on the one hand, and to promote Flash Printing Company on the other hand.

After they talked about the cooperation with Ingram, the company started to be established, but the establishment of this company is not easy, and the products cannot be produced immediately. They need to establish a factory with a sufficient scale before they can start taking orders online. .

Nowadays, the company's software and hardware are all in place, so Deep Space joined forces with Amazon to come to this event, directly pushing the flash printing business to users.

In fact, in this event, although Deep Space Company is playing the banner of free, the cost has been collected from Flash Printing Company and Amazon, and the bulk is the several million promotion fees given by Flash Printing.

After talking about this event, Jimmy couldn't help but sigh. The company spent so much effort to organize such an event with the other two companies, and the money it earned was not as good as a script written by Dong Wutian.

Of course, whether the money can be obtained depends on Ron Howard.

Jimmy looked at Howard, who was invited in by his assistant, and greeted him with a smile, "Hello, Mr. Howard."

Howard shook hands with Jimmy, and said straight to the point: "Mr. James, can I read the script first?"

"Of course, I invite you to come here to read the script."

The script had been prepared a long time ago, and Jimmy took a copy for Howard.

"Thank you."

Howard took the script and read it seriously.

He was reading the script, and Jimmy was reading him.

Ron Howard was about the same age as Jimmy, less than forty, but Howard looked like he was in his early fifties. His skin was a little wrinkled, his eyebrows were very light, and the hair on the top of his head was already vacant.

According to Jimmy's investigation of Howard, this guy's family conditions are average, and the scenes he filmed later were the best in "Apollo 13".

Such a director can spend 400 million US dollars to buy a script, which is really incomprehensible.

Jimmy would not be surprised if he wanted the script adapted from "Old Book". After all, the film and television adaptation rights of "Old Book" can be sold at this price, and if he buys it back, he has to find a screenwriter to adapt it and pay an additional screenwriting fee.

But what Howard wants is a new script, which is a bit of a gamble. After all, no one can guarantee that YU's script will definitely make money, and the investment of 400 million US dollars is indeed a bit high.

……

The script wasn't particularly long, but Howard read it for nearly three hours before finishing it, during which Jimmy didn't continue to wait and went to work on other things.

When Jimmy returned to the office from the outside, seeing Howard holding the script in a daze, he smiled and said, "Mr. Howard, have you finished reading the script?"

Seeing Jimmy coming back, Howard hurriedly asked, "Did this really be written by YU?"

"Of course." Jimmy wondered, "Is there any problem?"

"No, no." Howard shook his head and explained: "I just didn't expect that he could write such a script in such a short period of time. Although from the perspective of the overall plot, the story is not complicated, and even the rhythm is a bit It’s slow, but you can see the scriptwriter’s subtle thoughts in the handling of some small details, and...YU even helped me arrange a lot of camera use.”

"Ahem..." Jimmy smiled and said, "Mr. Howard, it's too early to say this. The script has not been sold to you yet."

"Haven't we already talked?"

"We have only reached an initial agreement. You said that you are willing to pay at least 400 million US dollars to buy YU's script, that's all. The current situation is that you don't have to, and we don't have to sell it." Jimmy laughed, "Of course, I'm not saying no to you, Mr. Howard, I'm just reminding you that this is just the beginning, and we still have a lot to talk about."

Howard nodded, "Okay, then tell me your request."

"You have also seen the script, it is very good, if it is not that our company has too many plans on hand, I would like to stay and shoot it myself. Even if it is not written by YU, such a good script can still sell for 300 million..."

"Mr. James, what script can sell for two or three million dollars..."

Jimmy pointed at the script in Howard's hand shamelessly: "That's it."

Ron Howard bit his lip. This Jimmy is just blowing nonsense. For Hollywood scripts, over 100 million is a high price, over 200 million is a sky-high price, and over 300 million may be available, but he has never heard of it...

If he buys the script, it will directly set a record for Hollywood screenwriter fees.

Howard regretted it a bit. He shouldn't have quoted more than 400 million directly at that time. He should have quoted 200 million first, and then talked with Jimmy slowly.But what he didn't know was that if he offered 200 million at the beginning, Jimmy might not even bother him.

Since it was said that it was more than 400 million, it is more or less necessary to raise the price.

After thinking about it, Howard said, "I don't have much money, at most 430 million, how about it?"

Jimmy carefully observed Howard's expression, and asked, "Can this manuscript be finalized? Does it need to be revised?"

"No, I'm very satisfied."

Jimmy nodded: "Since there is no need to change it, let's make it 430 million. One more thing, there will be two conditions written in the contract."

"Well, please say it."

"First, the film must be produced within five years, otherwise we have the right to withdraw the script. Second, the cost of the film must not be lower than 2000 million, otherwise we have the right to withdraw the script and claim compensation from you."

"Does the 2000 million cost include the screenwriting fee?"

"of course."

Howard nodded, "That's no problem."

(End of this chapter)