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Hollywood Starts with Animation

Chapter 25

Author: Chief Minister
updatedAt: 2025-05-16

London, it''s great for Zucker.

    Although the air quality in the early morning is average, there is no misty picture in the film. Zucker, Victor and Condi arrived in London at about 10 o''clock last night. Instead of going to BBC, they stayed in a five-star hotel arranged by them.

    Moat!

    That''s right. The feeling of BBC to Zhuke is that he is rich, quite rich!

    This is not only reflected in the fact that they have to arrange a five-star hotel for the three of them, but also in the fact that the staff of Wald pictures, who came to contact us ten days ago, are also staying in this five-star hotel, and the BBC is fully responsible for the expenses.

    "BBC is really rich, I don''t want to kill them. Now it seems that I can''t say it."

    When Zhuke got up, looking at the delicate and rich breakfast, he could not help sighing at Victor. Breakfast is really wonderful. At least Zhuke has never had such a high price breakfast in his two lives.

    Victor said with a smile: "boss, it''s true that BBC has money, but mainly because we are citizens of America."

    Condi cut a piece of bread and continued, "that''s right. After all, people are rich in their ancestors. They always have a natural sense of superiority in the face of America. They pay for our rooms, but they just show their hard power. "

    While enjoying the delicious food, the three talked about the next copyright cooperation.

    It wasn''t long.

    The staff of Wald film, who arrived in England ten days in advance, came to Zhuke.

    "Boos, how was your rest last night?"

    Her name is Martha Hopkins. She is 40 years old. She is a middle-aged woman. She holds the post of manager of legal department and accounting department of Wald pictures. She is a very capable woman.

    "It''s very good. It''s perfect. I don''t want to go back to Los Angeles." Chuckles.

    “oh! Boss, if you say that, all the employees in our company will lose a good boss. " Martha said with a smile.

    "Hahaha, Martha, I said our company is the most interesting one for you."

    When it comes to praising employees, Zhuke has always been generous, and he doesn''t spend money anyway.

    A big breakfast ended in a pleasant conversation between the four.

    9 am.

    The four of them arrived at BBC on time to negotiate with the relevant person in charge of Teletubbies on the copyright issue.

    The early negotiation was very smooth and the atmosphere was very friendly, but in the end, there was a huge deviation in the excessive price of copyright.

    The BBC said it wanted to get the permanent copyright of Teletubbies for a one-time payment of 1.5 million pounds, and the contract did not involve any peripheral profits and advertising share.

    In other words, Zucker got 1.5 million pounds, which had nothing to do with Teletubbies.

    How does this make Zhuke accept?

    The shooting cost of Teletubbies is not high, which means 5-7 million pounds. The main point is the BBC broadcasting platform.

    As soon as Teletubbies were broadcast, they dominated the ratings of children''s channels in Britain; Advertising share is not much, just the annual sales of related books and toys is extremely amazing. Moreover, in the follow-up, the film and television copyright was sold all over Europe and the world. The licensing price alone exceeded 200 million pounds.

    How could Zhuke be willing to get only 1.5 million pounds for such a huge and sweet fat?

    Also too Niang bullies a person!

    Angry or not!

    "Mr. Wald, you know, we are the BBC broadcasting company. We are not afraid of lawsuits. We can broadcast directly after the production is completed." The BBC negotiator said slowly.

    His implication is very clear.

    If you don''t accept it, you have to accept it.

    If it''s a big deal, it''s better to take an international lawsuit.

    International lawsuits are not generally complicated, time-consuming and labor-consuming. They cost a lot of money. Even if Zhu Kesheng sued in the end, he might not get much money.

    "Ha ha!"

    Zucker looked at the BBC representative and sneered, "yes, you are not afraid of lawsuits, but neither are we, and I have money. You may not know that I made a profit of more than $8 million from the stock market just a few days ago. "

    "Er..."

    Several BBC negotiators were stunned.

    Before that, they didn''t know the news at all. After all, they are "arrogant" Brits, while Wald pictures is just a Hollywood low-end company. They are not equal in status.

    "Cough... A few, I add, my client, Mr. Zucker Wald, is a wealthy American citizen and a young man who is not stingy with spending money. Young, rich, impulsive. Well, you can skip our copyright and force the platform to broadcast, but I think your company does not want to trigger a wave of public opinion before Teletubbies broadcast. "

    Condi is condi. His words are quite fatal.

    Public opinion Tsunami!

    Zucker has the ability to lift it up!

    Because although the Americans and the British have more cooperation in the government, they look down on each other between the people of the two countries.

    The Englishman thinks: "you, America, used to be our colony, our territory. What do you have to worry about?"

    The American thinks: "we are the biggest country in the world. You Brits are already yesterday evening. What are you proud of?"

    Among other things, as long as Zhuke is willing to spend money, he can definitely set off a storm of public opinion. This is an unacceptable reality for John Bull, who wants to lose face.

    ......

    The next negotiation went smoothly. It is nothing more than the profit sharing of the surrounding areas and the sharing of the second authorization of copyright.

    Now, the head of the BBC is willing to give Wald pictures a share. The first reason is that they have seen the financial resources of Zucker;

    Second, they don''t want to fight a lawsuit or face the storm of public opinion;

    Third, and most importantly, although they also attach great importance to the future prospects of Teletubbies, they are not walkers after all. They do not know that the future profits of Teletubbies are far beyond their imagination.

    In the following days, several negotiations were held again.

    Finally, a contract was reached.

    The content of the contract: 1. BBC pays 1 million pounds in one lump sum as royalty;

    2. For the second authorization of copyright, including the film and television copyright subsequently sold to other regions or countries, Zhuke''s Wald pictures enjoys 10% of the authorization fee;

    3. In the DVD and video market of Teletubbies, Zhuke also enjoys 15% of the profit share;

    4. Its peripheral authorization, including but not limited to 18 authorization items such as toys, keyhole, clothing, books, etc., is 8% of the profits.

    wait.

    Generally speaking, this licensing contract is satisfactory to both BBC and Junker.

    When the authorization was completed, Zhuke wanted to know something about Harry Potter, but found that it was not on sale, and time was not allowed, because the company still had a lot of things to deal with.

    ......

    London International Airport.

    Several people are waiting for the flight in the waiting room.

    "Jonathan Nolan, stop! But my mother said, "when I come to England, I''ll take care of everything."

    A powerful and slightly angry and helpless voice came into Zhuke''s ear.

    As for the airport, it''s full of people, and Zhuke won''t care.

    But!

    When Zhuke looked over, he was surprised to find that he had actually met the two young people who spoke.

    I''ve seen it in my last life!

    Second, it''s a little late. Sorry, everyone. Today, the minister was moldy. He cut the vegetables, and the blood flowed.

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