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Yes, as Jimmy said, he himself felt that his lower body could not be worth millions.

Luke was completely immersed in the joy of the screening. From the afternoon, there were twenty or thirty people watching each show. Luke looked at the front row audience from behind, but never closed his mouth.

Wayne was thinking about the big guy he would meet at night. At this time, even if the other party had not started playing Oscars, he was definitely a big guy for people like Wayne and the others.

Speaking of Harvey Weinstein, the news he saw in his previous life has definitely mixed praises and criticisms for this famous Hollywood producer, and the comments are severely polarized. Some people say that he is a big liar, yes, when it comes to the object of his dealings, he is definitely a big liar.

Some people say that he is a very successful producer, businessman, filmmaker, and capitalist. That's right, he has won several Oscars and produced countless low-cost independent films.

He also discovered directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez, which gave many young directors the chance to succeed. Even if they ended up in the Mitu movement, there were still famous movie stars speaking for him and using their personal relationships to suppress news reports that were unfavorable to him.

This person is very complicated, a typical Jewish capitalist. Wayne specifically understood the other party. In some aspects, he was a self-centered tyrant and it was difficult to give people a favor.

After all, most of the things he did were pretty rude, especially when it comes to actresses and female celebrities. After forcing them, they don’t recognize others when they put on their pants, and they do a lot of things.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after calling Tallie, Wayne and the other three brought a copy of the film and made a taxi to the Hilton Hotel.

Tali was at the entrance of the hotel and took them directly to the conference room on the seventh floor, and had already prepared the movie screening equipment so that they could start directly.

After the movie began, he and Luke sat behind the projector, looking at the legendary amazingly sensible film company owner. Obviously, the fat man didn't take him as a young director to heart, and didn't even ask Tallie to introduce him.

This is a typical Jewish fat man. He feels very uncomfortable when he looks at him, especially his arrogant attitude, which makes people feel that this is a troublesome person from the inside out.

No matter what, as long as he can give Wayne a better price, he really doesn't care who he sells the film to and who he works with.

The film screening is approaching. When the heroine ends the sun festival cycle and kisses the hero, Luke turns on the lights in the conference room.

"Mr. Weinstein."

Jimmy was interrupted by Harvey as soon as he was halfway through:

"Sorry, can you go out first and let me discuss with Tallie?"

Jimmy shrugged and nodded and agreed to take Wayne and Luke out of the conference room and stand in the corridor.

"Jimmy, has this guy been so domineering? I didn't see anything embarrassed about him."

Luke walked around depressedly, teasing Jimmy.

"Luke, Wayne, there's no way. He's not on the same level as us now. Don't be angry about these things. Think about the hard work of you filming. As long as he can buy it and release it, these are all trivial matters. Don't be too upset with the US dollar."

He listened to Luke's words and nodded silently. Jimmy was afraid that young people like him and Luke would not be able to stand the other person's attitude and messed up the business, for their own good.

Outside the conference room, the three formed a small circle, discussing how to negotiate the price if the other party wants it.

In the conference room, Harvey and Tallie were also discussing the prospects of the film.

"Talie, you did a great job, this movie has great potential. But considering that this is a Virgo who is a novice director or a niche horror thriller, you have to lower the price and buy it out directly."

"I also think this way. There is basically no big problem with the whole film. Instead, the selling points are clear and the design is clever. Do you want me to call them in?"

Talley saw the boss nodding, walked to the door of the conference room, and invited the three of them to come in together. Wayne sat opposite Harvey.

"Director Greenberg, $1 million, buy out the full copyright of this video, I will send it to the theater, how about it, if you agree, we can sign a contract at any time!"

Before he could speak, the fat man opposite directly offered the price. After hearing his words, he shook his head and said:

"Impossible, Mr. Weinstein, the price you said is impossible. I will not sell it without losing money, and other companies are much higher than your offer."

This is just Harvey's tentative offer. Although he said it with confidence, Harvey himself knew that the other party could not agree. Looking at the novice director sitting opposite him, he didn't notice until now that the other party was so young.

At most, he is in his early twenties and may not have graduated from college. Harvey judged the form. This young man should have devoted all his savings to this film. He was obviously impulsive but talented, and perhaps an idealistic one.

"Okay, $1.3 million, the cost of your film will definitely not be as high as this price. How about it, I am very sincere. I promise to send the film to the theater. This should be your debut work. If you can get the first film, you will be screened in the theater. What does this mean for a novice director? I don't think I need to say more!"

Wayne looked at the other party disappointedly. He regarded himself as a naughty man, used his ideals to suppress the price, and acted openly as a hooligan. Even if he really agreed to the other party's conditions, he would not dare to trust him. This person's shamelessness is recognized in the circle.

"Sorry, let's go here today. I'll go back and think about it. See you next time, Mr. Weinstein, Ms. Talley."

He has no patience to listen. This kind of person can take advantage of him and will never spend a cent more, and will never consider others. It seems that he is thinking too beautifully.

After saying that, he brought the packed film and walked out of the conference room with Luke and the other three.

"Director Greenberg, $1.5 million, the film will appear in the theater. I promise there will be at least ten more. This is the last price. If you leave this door, you don't have to contact me again."

He paused when he heard the fat man's words, and walked out without turning his head. It was not only him that the buyer, not only Luke didn't like him, but Wayne also didn't like this domineering fat pig.

The result was not ideal, and the three of them discussed whether there were any potential buyers. Jimmy meant to look for the touchstone and negotiate again. At least their conditions were much higher than the fat pig.

He himself felt that there was no need to worry too much. It was the next day, before the end of the film festival, there would be more opportunities.

As he thought, at noon on the fourth day of the film festival, Tom of Castle Stone Film brought their company's distribution manager and expressed his willingness to talk about the price.

He and Jimmy took two people to sit in front of Starbucks on the side of the road. Each of them asked for a drink before they started to talk about the video.

"Director Greenberg, I am Edward, from the distribution department of Castle Stone Film. Tom told me about this film. In fact, Jennings also talked to me. After watching it today, I think what they said is right and has a lot of prospects, so I can give my conditions directly.

In this way, we are willing to pay 2.5 million to buy the North American copyright of this film and guarantee it to be released as soon as possible. In addition, if the box office of the film successfully reaches more than twice the cost line, we can also give you an incentive bonus. I believe my sincerity is already great enough, what do you think?"

Well, although it is not as good as his heart, he is already the most sincere person to the other party’s offer.

"Yes, but I want to retain the copyright overseas and subsequent copyrights. I also want to try to shoot the second sequel to this movie."

Wayne only put forward this condition. Others don’t know that he knows it himself. Even if the purchase fee is low, as long as he has these two copyrights, he can make a fortune and accumulate capital for his next feature film. This film has been filmed in several previous life.

The usual hair style buyout industry rules is that the distribution company owns the North American copyright of the film. This is the consensus among the people in the circle, and he has already prepared himself. He did not naively want a normal distribution share contract, which is a fantasy for him now.

Even if the distribution company gives it to him, he doesn't dare to ask for it. These Hollywood film companies dare to cheat the money of the vampires on Wall Street and have no reason to make them sue, let alone the young director Wayne.

"Yes, Director Greenberg, that's all the general direction. For the specific contract, you can bring a lawyer to our hotel tomorrow. If there is no problem, we can sign the contract tomorrow."

Wayne was relieved when he heard his words. After shook hands with the other party, he returned to the theater and leaned on the chair. He was under a lot of pressure these days, but now everything is over.

Looking at the audience in the theater, it was the confidence these audiences gave him, and his self-confidence would surprise those who looked down on this movie.

The next morning, he first went to the airport to pick up his lawyer Ryan, and then went straight to the hotel where Tom and his friends stayed in, the fourth-floor conference room. He and Luke Tom were chatting with each other. When the lawyer was checking the contract, he hurried in a staff member of Castle Stone Film and called Edward out.

After checking the contract, the lawyer nodded to him and said that there was no problem. When he smiled and picked up the pen, he was about to sign the contract, Edward pushed the door and stopped him.

"Sorry, Director Greenberg, the signing has been cancelled. I decided not to buy the Castle Stone in this film. You can go to another company to ask, and I hope we will cooperate again if we have the opportunity to do it in the future."

Looking at Edward whose attitude changed drastically, everyone was confused.

"Mr. Edward, can you give me a reason? I need to know what's going on."

Wayne forced himself to calm down, looked at the other party, and smiled when he went out, but when he came back, he said he would not sign the contract and wanted the video. There must be some special reason.

"No reason, sorry, Director Greenberg, let's be here today, I still have a job."

After saying that, he glanced at Tom, turned around and walked out of the conference room.