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Chapter 50 The World of Successful People (please read)

In addition to buying stocks, Gilbert Jr. also arranged for his assistant Anna Singer to contact the Tolkien Copyright Trust.

The purpose is naturally to obtain the copyright of the famous "Lord of the Rings". He likes this movie series very much and naturally hopes that he will have the opportunity to produce this movie series himself.

The contact process went very smoothly. After Anna Singer raised the price to one million US dollars, the people from the foundation happily signed the film copyright transfer agreement.

The copyrights for books including the main story of "The Lord of the Rings", "The Silmarillion", "The Hobbit" and other series of books were all obtained by little Gilbert.

The money for the copyright transfer will be paid in full within the next two years.

But it's still early to talk about "The Lord of the Rings". Such a large project cannot be promoted by Gilbert alone.

He must find a film company to cooperate, and both parties can complete this epic series together.

At the same time, Gilbert Jr. submitted the script for "Speed" to Touchstone Pictures, and also sent the script to Universal Pictures, Warner Pictures and other film companies that were interested in him.

The script was submitted and sparked discussion within Touchstone Pictures.

Little Gilbert did not ask for the remuneration to be converted into investment this time, but he proposed a remuneration of five million US dollars, plus a minimum of 10% of the global box office share.

The total box office share and the box office profit share are not the same. The box office profit share comes only after the profit is made, and only the profitable part is divided.

But the total box office share means that no matter how much box office the film gets, it will be divided according to a certain proportion.

And this is global, not just a North American share. Two consecutive films have been a hit, which is enough for little Gilbert to face the lions of the film company.

To put it simply, this split proposal is a beggar’s version of Spielberg’s split on “Jurassic Park.”

The basic salary is US$15 million plus a 20% share of the total box office, in addition to a 5% share of peripherals.

The director contract signed between Universal Pictures and Spielberg made Spielberg the most valuable director in Hollywood in one fell swoop.

Of course, Little Gilbert cannot be compared with Spielberg. He is nothing more than a means of paying high prices and paying back the money on the spot.

Similarly, he disclosed the conditions to other interested companies and proposed a production cost of US$2000 million for the film.

Although this production cost is still not as high as that of A-level large-scale productions.

But from US$350 million to US$2000 million, it confirms the growth of little Gilbert step by step.

If his first film failed, no film company would be willing to pay for his second or even third film.

Now it is not little Gilbert who is anxious, but the film companies who want to cooperate with little Gilbert.

On a weekend in October, the celebration party for "Death is Coming" was held at the Hilton Hotel.

The film was a huge success, allowing Robert Iger to make a big appearance in front of the Disney board of directors, and the celebration party was naturally of high standard.

Many film company executives came uninvited, including Universal Pictures President Akio Tanii, Warner Pictures CEO Jeff Robinoff, 20th Century Fox CEO Thomson Rothman, and Paramount Pictures CEO Shirley Lansing. Waiting for everyone to arrive.

You have to ask why little Gilbert is just a lucky guy who made two movies, why do these film company executives couldn't help but want to make friends with him?
  It can only be said that you can only ask people why, and they have reached the position of CEO, but they still condescend to be friends with little Gilbert.

That’s the difference between you and the movie company CEO, so don’t ask too much, just learn more.

A director who has made two blockbuster movies at the age of 22 cannot be explained by luck.

Success once is luck, success twice is luck. What if little Gilbert also succeeds the third time?

Although Hollywood does not have the custom of worshiping gods in Hong Kong, film companies also believe in luck.

Robert Iger looked at these shameless CEOs and cursed secretly, but he couldn't drive them away.

After all, they came in the name of congratulations, so how could there be any reason to drive away the guests?
  The protagonist of today's celebration party is undoubtedly little Gilbert who is being interviewed by reporters outside.

Before little Gilbert arrived, Robert Egger couldn't help but show off: "Gentlemen and ladies, let us raise our glasses and toast to "Death Is Coming" and to little Gilbert."

"cheers……"

Little Gilbert was still dealing with reporters outside, but he was having a drink inside because of him. This was a change in status.

After little Gilbert finished dealing with the reporters and walked into the banquet hall, many film company executives and people in the industry put on warm smiles and went up to talk to little Gilbert. Robert Egger secretly hated these shameless people, and then he put on his most signature and most friendly smile and walked towards little Gilbert.

Little Gilbert now deserves the warm treatment of any film company CEO.

After dealing with all kinds of people again, little Gilbert finally found a chance to rest for a while.

"How does it feel to be successful? Little Gilbert." Matt Damon's voice sounded behind little Gilbert.

"It's great. What about Matt, how does it feel to be famous?" Little Gilbert turned around and asked.

"Awesome," Matt Damon said with great joy, describing the recent incredible days: "Can you imagine that feeling? Everywhere you go, people recognize you, call your name, and ask you to sign."

"Hey! Matt, calm down, you spit in my face." Little Gilbert motioned to Matt Damon to calm down.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Matt Damon took the tissue and asked Gilbert to wipe it. At the same time, he asked: "Have you submitted a new project to Touchstone Films again? Can I be the leading actor?"

"You?" Little Gilbert looked Matt Damon up and down, shook his head and said, "The face is too tender and too young, you can't act."

Matt Damon was anxious: "How am I young? Film critics all praised me for my very mature performance in "Death Is Coming"."

"That's just scolding you," little Gilbert distorted the facts: "You are playing a high school student, so he should have a youthful feeling.

To say you are mature is to scold you. "

Matt Damon was stunned by little Gilbert for a moment, touched his head and said, "What you said seems to make sense."

But then he saw little Gilbert snickering, and instantly understood that little Gilbert was joking, and he laughed too.

It's quite normal for friends to joke around.

At this time, Warner Pictures CEO Jeff Robinoff found Gilbert Jr. who was chatting with Matt Damon. Although Gilbert Jr. had made two successful movies, he was still a young man after all. Jeff Robinoff Nov didn't feel that little Gilbert was unsteady.

After Little Gilbert noticed him, Jeff Robinoff stepped forward to speak: "Director Little Gilbert, are you interested in cooperating with me at Warner Pictures?

We at Warner Pictures have broad publicity and distribution channels and the best producers to cooperate with us at Warner..."

Jeff Robinoff talks about a lot of benefits.

But little Gilbert was not deceived by Jeff Robinoff, but said: "Mr. Robinoff, let my agent discuss the matter!
  I only care about making movies and I am not very good at other things. "

What else could Jeff Robinoff say, except to say a bunch of nice things and walk away.

After that, film company executives such as Shirley Lansing, Townsend Rothman, and Akio Tanii all came forward to win over little Gilbert, which made Robert Iger anxious.

Akio Tanii was very interesting. After discussion, he asked: "Little Gilbert, are you interested in making a movie about the culture of the island country?"

Who would have thought that little Gilbert simply shook his head and refused: "Sorry, I only make movies that interest me, and I am not interested in the island culture."

Akio Tanii didn't expect little Gilbert to speak so directly, which was a bit embarrassing.

However, he was thick-skinned and recovered quickly, and then put on a smile again, which, coupled with the mustache he had grown, was indescribably vulgar.

“The audiences in our island country also like your movies very much, and both films have achieved good results in the island country.

Movie fans in the island country hope that you can go to Tokyo or Osaka to meet them. "

It is true that "Shark Beach" and "Death Comes" are very popular in the island country's film market, and island country movie fans contributed a lot to the box office.

Before the Chinese film market exploded, the island country's film market was Hollywood's largest overseas market.

No matter how much little Gilbert didn't like the islanders, he couldn't get along with money. Hearing this, he said: "Okay, I will go if I have the chance..."

This celebration banquet was a feast for both the guests and the host, and little Gilbert was the centerpiece of the banquet tonight.

This also gave him a profound understanding of the truth that in Hollywood, one is always chasing the successful.

The world of Hollywood is the world of successful people...

(End of this chapter)