New York 1988

Chapter 41 For the Future Commander

In mid-May, Han Sheng, who had traveled more than half a circle around the United States, returned to Los Angeles again.

That afternoon, Spielberg personally visited him at the hotel.

The reason is simple-he is a man with a strong desire for control, so he wants to control the "Jurassic Park" project, but he has no copyright in his hand,
It all started when he got the novel and script from Han Sheng on the day of the Oscars.

At that time, he was just very interested, but he didn't really decide to make a film, so he didn't take the copyright directly.Of course, the presence of Warner's Steve Ross at that time was also a factor. In short, he regrets it now.

When he really wanted to buy the copyright to shoot and control the project, it was no longer so easy-the things he was interested in were already seen by Warner CEO Steve Ross that day, and he also It has been spread long ago that Han Sheng is now also a well-known musical talent with extraordinary momentum.

So, now many people are staring at this project.

If he just wanted to be a director, it can be said that the six major film companies are happy, but he wants too much power and benefits, so there is something to say.

Even if it goes too far, the Sixth University will not kick him away.

After all, he hasn't reached the preeminent status he later achieved. In today's Hollywood, there are quite a few people on the same level as him.

Therefore, he can only come to Han Sheng who owns the initiative of copyright.

"The novel is great, but the script is even better, and I feel like you are a very mature screenwriter.

Understand what is needed, what is not needed, and even what needs to be strengthened and which needs to be deleted. "

Spielberg did not deliberately praise Han Sheng.

It's very simple, this script is the version that was finally used for filming in the original time and space, and it is also the finished product after he has edited and edited many plots and characters in the novel under his leadership and after various discussions.

"Uh, there must be many film companies looking for you now, what are your plans?"

Han Sheng is also an old fox, how could he fail to understand what he said.

First of all, this book was "discovered" because of the other party, and he should reciprocate.

What's more, many people still don't know the relationship between the other party and the next commander-in-chief Zizendon, but it wasn't a big secret afterwards.

The friendship between the two originated when they worked for the former Texas Governor Richards, and the relationship has been very strong since then.

In this way, even if it is impossible for Han Sheng to really turn to a specific party in the end, it does not prevent him from reaping benefits from it.Especially the various preparations he asked Elizabeth to make, really needed some help from the great commander.

Therefore, he said without hesitation: "I think Mr. Spielberg, you are the best candidate for this project, unless you refuse!"

Talking about the project, not the director, look at this savvy.

Even an old fox like Spielberg smiled, "Of course I won't refuse, kid, your book is amazing!"

With a tacit understanding, the next step is naturally to talk about how to bundle operations.

Han Sheng will not be polite about the interests that should be fought for.

He hopes that the copyright will be in the form of cash plus box office share. If it is not possible, it can be directly converted into box office share. Only when there is no other way in the end will cash be accepted.

As long as it is not a sequel to a hit movie, no one dares to say that a certain movie will be a success. Spielberg naturally thinks that Han Sheng is optimistic about him. Even though he is now a big director, he is still very satisfied and smiles even more. Sheng, "You have so much confidence in me?"

"Hey, I said that if you have confidence in the two of us, wouldn't it be a little too arrogant." Han Sheng said this at his age, but he wouldn't seem too presumptuous.

Spielberg was also happy again, and responded humorously, "It's okay to be arrogant, but you can't cry to me if you lose money!"

The next thing to be more specific is the negotiation with the film company. This is the matter of Spielberg and Dorothy.

"Jurassic Park" came to an end for a while, and Dorothy told him about two other plays: "Leap of Childhood" and "Pretty Woman".

"Warner has already been urging, saying that the project can be established at any time, waiting for your reply, but also said that you have no experience in directing and producing, so you can't agree to your previous request... Then Universal and Paramount also started Contact us, hope we can talk about cooperation!"

"Just say that I'm busy with the new album right now, and I'm not free!"

With his musical talent and the gems of "Jurassic Park" in front of him, Han Sheng can at most let out a book, but he can't refuse directly.

For Warner Bros., it's not a sequel to a blockbuster film, and they can't guarantee that Han Sheng's two novels will be successful.I just wanted to give it a try, after all, the production cost of these two books is very low.

As for Han Sheng's new album after the three singles that have been sold like crazy, the industry has already said that it will start at least [-] million, which means that it can easily bring them hundreds of millions of revenue.

Compared with the two, Warner's choice is self-evident.

As for the likes of Universal and Paramount, especially Universal, he has directly blacked out the way they behaved when they released their records.

Of course, you won't refuse directly, you can fool around first, and then maybe it can be used to raise his price or something in the future.

……

Han Sheng is indeed busy with the new album.

With the help of Michael Jackson and various resources from Epic Records, everything was relatively simple.Now, even if Michael Jackson continues to support him, he will definitely not be able to use the recording studio of Epic Records, so he will have to do it again.

As for using Warner's, it's not impossible, but everything has to cost money.

Anyway, if he wants to do it in the future, he might as well do it now.

"The recording equipment has already been bought, the recording studio is still looking for it, and the place where you live is also looking for someone to look at it!"

When Dorothy said this, she paused for a moment, "Good recording equipment is very expensive, and the total sum may be millions. If the problem of the house is better, it will cost a lot of money!"

Han Sheng knew what she meant, that is, there was not enough money.

Although he earned nearly 200 million yuan from various commercial performances in the past two months, he spent a lot of money. "Don't worry about the house problem. Let's solve the recording equipment and studio first. Then, let Victoria go to Warner in advance. Asking for money, see if you can pay us part of it first, and say that we are almost unable to record a new album!"

Even if it is single sales, the most popular "I Will Always Love You" is now close to 500 million copies. If the three copies are added up, there are various cassettes, CDs, MVs, and even vinyl discs. Just over 1000 million.

This is not a small amount of money, enough for him to do many things, even make movies.

However, according to the rules, he can only get the first payment half a year after the release, but it has only been released for just over two months now.

Therefore, we can only let Victoria try.

Dorothy nodded and looked at the notebook, "By the way, the copyright of the novel "Jurassic Park" has already been approached by Bantam Publishing Company. What do you think?"

Random House has many publishing sub-groups, such as Crown Publishing Group, which publishes science and business books; Knopf Publishing Group, which publishes high-end literary works and political books, and so on.

Bantam is a subsidiary company that is mainly responsible for publishing popular novels. Han Sheng will cooperate with them a lot in the future. After thinking about it, "Aside from striving for better conditions, you can make up your own mind!"

All in all, there are many and complicated things, and this is also the process he must go through to grow stronger.

In this way, I was busy until almost twelve o'clock before I had time to rest.

But just as she was about to go to bed, someone knocked on the door.

Looking through the cat's eyes, it was Jennifer Lopez.

She was also wearing a very hot nightdress.

"Hi, badboy!" She changed it again after seeing Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Aniston hanging around his place.

"Why, don't you invite me to sit in for a while, or your big white girl, or the girl named Jennifer like me is in your room!"

"I dare not invite you in if you are like this!"

Han Sheng said so, but one hand slipped on his fat ass.

Jennifer Lopez giggled, then jumped onto him with her arms around his neck, humming coquettishly, "You bad boy, I thought you didn't like me, so you have to let me come to you !"

"Uh, I'm also afraid that I'm wrong." Han Sheng replied very smartly.

Qiaohip Zhen smiled even happier, and even gave him a wink

(End of this chapter)