I’m in Hollywood

In a coffee shop in North Hollywood, Eric and Michael are negotiating details of the collaboration on Jurassic Park.

Eric did not entangle the royalties, taking a new 7% of the royalties. It was only in the film and television copyright of the novel that the two people negotiated a confrontation.

With Michael's more than ten years of old-fashioned vision, of course, I can see the great potential of this novel in film adaptation. In addition, Eric did not raise any objection in the royalty division, which made Michael think that Eric was very young and very flickering, so he proposed that the night elves share the copyright of the film with Eric, and the copyright of the film is distributed by the night elves. Social agency program.

After patiently listening to Michael's proposal, Eric refused: "This is impossible, Mr. Claus."

Michael Klaus’s glimpse seems to have responded to Eric’s decisive refusal, adjusting his mood, and Michael Klaus continued: “Eric, listen to me, you know, I just Selling a novel from our publishing house to Twentieth Century Fox, it is a million-dollar adaptation fee. If the author himself talks about it, maybe even $500,000 is not available. This is publishing. The advantages of social agents..."

The next two people talked for more than ten minutes. Michael Krauss wanted to flick Eric to accept his own conditions and actively reduced the publisher's share of film and television copyright.

In the end, Michael Klaus was disappointed to find out, this little guy is a fledgling girl, it is just like him, he has been into the society for more than ten years, although he is winding around the various bends in the publishing industry. Not too familiar, but can be keenly aware of hidden mysteries in some seemingly superior conditions.

What surprised Michael even more was that this young man was not as impulsive as the young people of this age. Even if he found the trap, he did not directly point it out, or simply sneaked on the blood, but hinted that he understood. The trap is included.

In the end, Michael smiled and gave up the plan to intervene in the film copyright of Jurassic Park.

The next negotiation was naturally unimpeded, and the two quickly signed a cooperation agreement.

"Happy cooperation, Eric, I believe that you will not regret to hand over "Jurassic Park" to me." After signing the contract, Michael became the uncle who took the book temperament and made people feel like a spring breeze. It seems that the savvy and jealousy on the face just after negotiation are all illusions.

"Cooperative cooperation, Michael, I hope so."

The two shook hands and sat down and talked a few more words. Eric seemed to be careless: "Michael, are you in the movie company?"

Michael Kraus raised an eyebrow: "Of course, how else would I recommend the novel of my publishing house to the 20th Century Fox? In fact, I also know people in other film companies, you know, I am in Simon. At the time of Schuster Publishing, he was responsible for the cooperation with the film company in the copyright of books for a period of time. Therefore, Eric gave the film and television copyright of Jurassic Park to the night elves, I can directly put the novel Recommended for producers of the six major film companies."

Eric shook his head and said: "We still don't want to talk about this issue. Michael, I don't want to give up a piece of film copyright in Jurassic Park. But I am completing a script now, if If you can, I hope you can recommend it for me."

The hope that Michael Klaus just ignited was once again extinguished. Hearing the script that Eric said was not too interesting, but polite or patient: "Can you tell the general plot of the script?"

"It's like this," Eric sorted out his thoughts. "18 years ago, 17-year-old Mike O'Donnell was about to participate in a basketball game that was important to his life, because as long as he performed well, He will be admitted to the Ivy League school with a generous scholarship. However, before the game, his girlfriend suddenly told him that he was pregnant, so during the game, Mike resolutely threw away his basketball and turned away from the game. I chose to take responsibility for myself. Eighteen years later, the past glory and scenery went with the wind. Mike became a middle-aged man with a failed career, and his marriage with his wife, Scarlett, is about to come to an end..."

Eric didn't talk too much detail, just briefly described the story. After he heard the arguments of the Langkel couple, he quickly thought of "returning to the age of seventeen" to realize his plan. The movie is a perfect fit. A seventeen-year-old man hides the soul of a middle-aged uncle, which is tailor-made for Eric.

Michael Klaus’s eyes were getting brighter. He was very optimistic about the young Eric, but he didn’t expect to get the novel Jurassic Park. Eric immediately gave him another one. Surprise.

Crossing the past and returning to the future or turning into such movies, these years have just emerged, not as rampant as later generations, so as long as the film quality is good, usually get a good box office.

Not to mention the 1985 annual box office champion "Back to the Future", just this year, there are two such movies that have achieved a good box office, one is "Return to 18" in April, and the other is Only two weeks after the release, the cost has been recovered, and the final box office may exceed 100 million "fly over the future". This film also makes Penny Marshall the first female director in the history of North American film with a box office of over 100 million.

"This is a good script, Eric. But don't you think that there have been too many films of this type of time and space in these years? What's more, you are just a newcomer with no name." In order to get the initiative in the negotiations, Michael Of course, I have to take a bit of it. The negotiations on the film and television copyright of Jurassic Park have made him feel frustrated.

Eric smiled a little, and of course he saw that Michael was in his pretending gesture, and directly extended five fingers: "50% commission!"

"What?" Michael is a little unbelievable. How can this guy suddenly be so generous, wouldn't he be mistaken?

Eric repeated: "Michael, you didn't get it wrong. If the script sells successfully, I can give you 50% of the script's remuneration as a commission! However, I have a condition?"

Sure enough, there was no white lunch in the world. Michael heard Eric’s last words, and he breathed a sigh of relief. Things seemed to return to the original track. The opposite was still the shrewd little guy.

"Tell me?"

"I want to be the hero of this movie, that is, Mike O'Donnell in youth."

"It's impossible." Michael subconsciously said: "Even the director does not necessarily have the power to decide the role of the movie, let alone a newcomer."

"In the far east, there is an idiom called "making things in people, and doing things in the sky." Eric said: "If you don't try it, how to know the impossible, let alone, with the release of "Flying the Future", This possibility will become even bigger."

Michael Klaus can't turn around: "What does this have to do with Flying Over the Future?"

Eric casually stirred the hot coffee dish in front of him with a spoon: "I think this movie is likely to have a box office of over 100 million. If this is the case, there may be someone who plays a script of the same type and the script is good enough. It is not necessary to consider my conditions."

Michael Klaus has not seen the movie "Flying Over the Future", but still believes in Eric's words, "Well, Eric, I can try, but the commission..."

"Michael, you are too greedy, don't you want to get more than my original author!"

Michael didn't touch his nose with his index finger. He was a little embarrassed: "It's not as serious as you said, and if you are a actor, even if you are a newcomer, the pay is about 500,000, and the script I think. It’s not bad to get 200,000."

Even so, Michael Klaus did not mention the commission. When he said goodbye outside the coffee shop, Michael Klaus suddenly said: "In fact, Eric, I have an illusion that you really suit you. The role of the actor in the script. Because when I first talked about the contract, I felt that I was negotiating with my peers, not an 18-year-old high school student."

Eric smiled: "Don't care about these details, Michael, I will hand you the script in two days, I hope you can bring me good news."