Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty Negotiations

At nine o'clock in the morning the next day, Xiao Yunhai came to Crown Publishing House and met Jesse.

"Hi, Xiao, I haven't seen you for a week. You seem to be thin."

Jessie hugged Xiao Yunhai with a smile on her face and said.

Xiao Yunhai said, "I'm nervously filming a movie, so it's no wonder that you can gain weight. However, I see that you are in high spirits and you seem to be having a good time."

Jesse narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course. "Harry Potter" has sold 8.32 million copies so far. Can you say that I am not happy? Even if my father is alive At that time, I never got this result. Xiao, congratulations, you will get all the money you spent on Harry Potter in a few days."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It is thanks to your help that this can be done. Jesse, how many publishing houses have they come to?"

Jesse stretched out four fingers, gestured, and said: "The four are well-known large publishing houses in Europe, and they have branches all over the world. They are Mr. Cole of Macmillan Publishing Company in the United Kingdom, and Sergio in France. Mr. Lewis from Italian Publishing House, Mr. Darren from Italian Mondadori Publishing House, and Mr. Galin from German Bertelsmann Publishing Group.

As long as they get the publishing rights, I can guarantee that Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone will sell as quickly as possible throughout Europe and the world. "

Xiao Yunhai has also heard the names of these four multinational publishing houses, and is not surprised that they are interested in "Harry Potter" at the same time.

He thought for a while and asked, "What was the dividend ratio for our publisher's books before?"

Jesse said: "Based on book sales in the United States. Between one million and three million, we are five percent, and between three and five million, we are ten percent. Five hundred Between 10,000 and 8 million, we account for 15%. Between 8 million and 10 million, we can account for 20%. As for more than 10 million, it is 25%. It's the highest point. Even if it sells 50 million copies in America, it's still 25 percent."

Xiao Yunhai thought for a while,

Said: "With the popularity of "Harry Potter" now, if I want 30%, do you think they will agree?"

Jesse frowned slightly, and after thinking about it, he said, "It's possible. "Harry Potter" sold more than eight million copies in just eleven days, which has never happened in the history of American sales. Yes. I think you can have a good talk with these greedy capitalists."

Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "What time do they come over?"

"Ten o'clock, half an hour left."

"Then let's wait for them for a while."

At 9:55, the heads of the four publishing houses came to the reception room of the Crown Publishing House at the same time.

After Jesse introduced everyone, Cole from the United Kingdom spoke fluent London English and said: "Mr. Xiao, I admire your vision and courage. Ms. Rowling's "Harry Potter" has been published by several publishing houses, including our Macmillan Publishing Company, but unfortunately, due to the high price of Ms. Special has never been a hit in the UK. That has to be our loss. Now that you've got the full rights to it and it's been selling all over the US, I think we can work together."

Italy's Darren said: "That's right. All four of our publishers have the ability to distribute worldwide. Through our operation, this Harry Potter can be popular all over the world and set off a magic frenzy. So, it can't be wrong to leave it to us."

Xiao Yunhai asked inexplicably: "The four publishing houses are all world-class publishing houses, wouldn't the sales areas overlap?"

Ge Lin from Germany adjusted his glasses and smiled: "Mr. Xiao, please don't worry about this. Our four publishing houses have cooperated many times, and there will be no problems. The only question is what method are you going to take? Sales?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Dividend."

Green said: "That's really good. I think Mr. Jesse has explained the rules of dividends to you. It's not difficult for Harry Potter to sell more than ten million, so we can give you a percent Twenty-five profits. What do you think?"

Xiao Yunhai shook his head and said bluntly, "I want 30 percent."

Cole exclaimed: "Impossible. Mr. Xiao, you are too greedy. This is against the rules."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "What is a rule? The popularity of novel sales is the biggest rule. Gentlemen, "Harry Potter" is not an ordinary novel, and its potential will be endless. After a while, MGM will This "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" will be made into a movie. Once the box office is successful, its novels will definitely increase in sales. At that time, the movie and the novel will complement each other, and both will be prosperous. It is definitely not comparable to other novels. Thirty percent is not high."

Green shook his head and said, "This is just an assumption. What if the movie fails at the box office?"

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "That is still a free publicity for us all over the world. The sales of the novel will still increase sharply, and it will still be beneficial to us. Gentlemen, you must know that this is only the first book, and I still have it in my hands. There are four, plus the last two that Ms. Rowling is writing. Hehe, once the seven Harry Potters become popular all over the world, it will make a lot of money beyond everyone's expectations."

Lewis, who had not spoken, said, "Mr. Xiao drew a very big cake for us, but whether or not we can eat it is two different things. No matter how good the future is, it is useless if we don't achieve it."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "The sales in America are enough to give everyone confidence. Looking at the comments on the Internet, more than 90% are positive reviews, which is very rare for a work."

Lewis nodded and said, "That's why we are here. If you want a 30% profit, you can, but there must be a premise that our worldwide sales must reach 50 million. "

Xiao Yunhai said: "No. The sales volume is 30 million, which is my bottom line. And I also have a condition. I don't care about other countries. You can't enter Huaxia, because I have a publishing house there that I am very happy to work with."

"No, no, no" Louis exclaimed: "Mr. Xiao, your conditions are too extreme. Huaxia has a population of 1.5 billion, and even if only 1% of the people buy this book, it can bring us data. billions of dollars. We will never say yes.”

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Mr. Lewis, are you sure? I'm a writer from China. I've written four books, with sales of 160 million and more than 40 million fans. As long as I say a word, they will compete with each other. Buy. At least 20 million sales, I can still guarantee. With such a large profit, if it is you, you should also choose the same as me. "

Green said: "Even if the profit is huge, does it have anything to do with you? Your publishing house with a happy cooperation is the big one."

Xiao Yunhai shook his head and said, "My most recent martial arts novel, The Legend of the Condor Heroes, sold 50 million copies, and Sunshine Publishing House gave me 90% of the profit."

"Impossible." Darren exclaimed, "How could he give you such a high. Also, did your novel really sell fifty million copies? That's incredible."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "This is not difficult to inquire about in Huaxia. If you really want the Huaxia market, then you need to give me 35% of the dividends."

Cole frowned, glanced at the three, and said, "Mr. Xiao, we feel that you are too insincere. If you insist on this, we can only give up."

Xiao Yunhai said solemnly: "Four gentlemen, I'm really sorry. Whether it's you or the publishing house, this condition will never change."

Seeing Xiao Yunhai being so decisive, the faces of the four Kerr were very ugly.

They stood up at the same time, made a move to leave, and said, "If this is the case, then we can only give up."

Xiao Yunhai did not have the slightest intention to hold back, and said, "I'm very sorry, I asked you to come here in vain. I'm going to have dinner with Kerry at noon, so I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain the four of you."

Cole narrowed his eyes and said, "Mr. Xiao, is the Kerry you're referring to as MGM's Kerry-Smith?"

Xiao Yunhai asked in surprise: "Mr. Cole knows him?"

Cole smiled and said, "Of course. Our bookstore has a best-selling novel that Mr. Kerry values, so we have a collaboration. The two of you are not discussing the "Harry Potter" movie, right?"

Jesse, who has been watching the excitement, said: "Kerry has decided to shoot "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" two days ago, and the estimated investment is 150 million US dollars. It is estimated that the review process of MGM has been completed. ."

"One hundred and fifty million dollars, isn't it a bit too little?" Cole said.

Jessie pointed at Xiao Yunhai and said, "The 150 million US dollars is only half of the investment, and the other half is borne by Mr. Xiao in front of you. Everyone, if you start preparing now, the movie will be released at the end of the year. By then, our The second part will follow. When that happens, don't blame us for not giving you a chance."

The four looked at each other, frowned, and sat down again.

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