Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

Not to mention Li Xun, without extraordinary acting skills, how could he become the double best actor in TV dramas and movies.

The weakest link was Yao Na. Although she was a queen-level entertainer, it was her first time acting, so nervousness was inevitable.

Fortunately, she has been filming MVs all year round, and she already has a certain foundation. Coupled with the deliberate drive of the three film kings and actresses, Yao Na's debut was very successful, and her expression was very good.

After the airport scene ended, in order not to delay Li Xun's [-]:[-] p.m. flight, Xiao Yunhai led the crew, and non-stop filmed the scene where Liang Xiaoxiao dragged Qin Fen to meet him.

In this hotel, everyone had a meal together, it was Li Xun and Yao Na's farewell banquet.

After eating, Xiao Yunhai arranged for a car to take the two of them to the airport, and their luggage had already been taken there by their assistants.

In this way, most of the actors left, leaving only the male and female protagonists and Kan Shuwen, who played more roles.

While Xiao Yunhai was filming "If You Are the One", good news came from "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".

Thanks to Xiao Yunhai's reckless publicity and rave reviews from netizens, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" set off a wave of magic fever in the United States.

In the short week after Xiao Yunhai left, the sales volume of novels increased day by day.

On the fourth day, sales exceeded 64 copies.

On the fifth day, sales rose to 72 copies.

On the sixth day, sales dropped slightly, but still won 62 copies.

The seventh day and the eighth day were Saturday and Sunday. The sales volume of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" had increased exponentially, reaching 110 and 120 copies respectively. .

On the ninth day, the results dropped somewhat, and the sales volume only reached 54 copies, but it was still the No. 1 book sales volume of the day.

On the tenth day, for some reason, the sales volume suddenly soared to 140 million copies.

Including the 130 copies in the first three days, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" sold a total of 770 copies in ten days, becoming the largest sales volume in the United States in the past ten years. Best book ever.

Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter", also became a man of the day in the entire United States overnight. Just participating in a talk show can get 100 million US dollars. Compared with the previous embarrassment, it is tantamount to heaven and earth difference.

That night, Xiao Yunhai watched the scenes filmed during the day from beginning to end. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he received a call from Jesse from Crown Press of America.

"Hi, Xiao, I have some good news for you. Due to the popularity of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", representatives from European publishing houses will come to Hollywood tomorrow. Do you want to negotiate with them in person?"

Xiao Yunhai said: "Of course. I'll go book a plane ticket to Los Angeles right away."

Xiao Yunhai made some arrangements for the crew, and then hurried to Los Angeles.

Xiao Yunhai attached great importance to the book "Harry Potter".

This is another weapon for him to break through the gates of Hollywood besides the magical special effects company.

As long as it can really become popular and there is a trend of interest, with the virtues of major Hollywood film and television companies, they will definitely come and scramble to find themselves for the film and television copyright of "Harry Potter".At that time, I will become a guest of Hollywood, and I will get twice the result with half the effort in whatever I do.

Therefore, Xiao Yunhai was not at ease if this book was placed in anyone's hands.

More than ten hours later, the plane landed steadily at Los Angeles International Airport.

At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and Xiao Yunhai took a night's rest in a hotel in the magic car.

Chapter 520 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. It looks like you're a little thin."

Jesse hugged Xiao Yunhai with a smile all over his face, and said.

Xiao Yunhai said: "I'm nervously shooting a movie, so it's no wonder that I gained weight. However, I see that you are full of energy and radiant, and you seem to be doing well."

Jesse narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course. "Harry Potter" has sold 830 million copies so far. Do you think I can be unhappy? Even when my father was alive I have never gotten this result before. Xiao, congratulations, the money you spent on "Harry Potter" will be recovered in a few days."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "It's only thanks to your help that we can do this. Jesse, how many publishing houses did they come to?"

Jessie stretched out four fingers, made a gesture, and said, "The four are well-known large publishing houses in Europe, and they have branches all over the world. They are Mr. Cole from Macmillan Publishing Company in the UK, and Mr. 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 Sorcerer's Stone" will sell well throughout Europe and the world at the fastest speed. "

Xiao Yunhai had also heard the names of these four multinational publishers, so he was not surprised that they both took a fancy to "Harry Potter".

He thought for a while and asked, "What was the dividend ratio for the books of our publishing house before?"

杰西道：“以书在美利坚的销量为基准。100万到300万之间，我们占5.00%，300万到500万之间，我们占百分之十。500万到800万之间，我们占15.00%。800万到1000万之间我们能占20.00%。至于1000万以上，则是20.00%五，这是最高点。就算是美利坚卖出5000万册，也同样是20.00%五。”

Xiao Yunhai thought for a while, and said: "With the current popularity of "Harry Potter", if I want 30.00%, do you think they will agree?"

Jesse frowned slightly, and after thinking about it, he said, "It's possible. "Harry Potter" sold more than 800 million copies in just eleven days, which has never happened before in the history of sales in the United States. .I think you can have a good talk with these greedy capitalists."

Xiao Yunhai nodded and said, "What time are they coming?"

"Ten o'clock, half an hour to go."

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

At 55:[-], the four principals of the publishing house came to the reception room of Crown Publishing House at the same time.

After Jessie introduced it to everyone, Cole from England spoke fluent London English and said, "Mr. Xiao, I admire your vision and courage very much. Ms. Rowling's "Harry Potter" "has been published by several publishing houses including our Macmillan Publishing Company. Unfortunately, due to Ms. Rowling's high asking price and editors' wrong judgment on this novel, "Harry Potter" Special" has never sold well in the UK. It has to be said to be our loss. Now that you have got the full rights to it, and it has sold all over the United States, so I think we can cooperate."

Darren from Italy said: "That's right. Our four publishing houses have the ability to distribute it all over the world. Through our operation, this "Harry Potter" can definitely become popular all over the world, setting off a magical frenzy. Therefore, it will not be wrong to leave it to us.”

Xiao Yunhai asked puzzledly: "The four publishers are all world-class publishers, wouldn't their sales areas overlap?"

Ge Lin from Germany adjusted his glasses and said with a smile: "Mr. Xiao, please don't worry about this. Our four publishing houses have cooperated many times, and there will be no problems. The only problem is what method you plan to adopt. Sale?"

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Dividends."

Green said: "That's really great. I think Mr. Jesse has already explained the dividend rules to you. It is not difficult for "Harry Potter" to sell more than 1000 million copies, so we can give you 20.00% five Profit. What do you think?"

Xiao Yunhai shook his head, and said straightforwardly: "I want 30.00%."

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

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "What are the rules? The biggest rule is the hot sales of the novel. Gentlemen, "Harry Potter" is not an ordinary novel, and its potential will be infinite. After a while, MGM will I will make this "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" into a movie. Once the box office is successful, the sales of its novels are bound to increase. At that time, the movies and novels will complement each other, and both will be prosperous. It is definitely not comparable to other novels. 30.00 % is not high."

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

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "That's still free publicity for us all over the world, the sales of the novel will still skyrocket, and it's still beneficial to us. Gentlemen, you should know that this is only the first volume, and I still have it in my hand. There are four, plus the last two that Ms. Rowling is writing. Hehe, once the seven "Harry Potter" become popular all over the world, the profits it will make will greatly exceed everyone's expectations."

Louis, who had been silent all this time, said: "Mr. Xiao drew a very big cake for us, but whether we can eat it or not is another matter. No matter how good the future is, it's useless if we don't reach it."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "The sales volume of America is enough to give everyone confidence. Looking at the comments on the Internet, more than 90.00% of them are positive comments. This is very rare for a work."

Louis nodded and said, "That's why we came here. If you want a 30.00% profit, that's fine, but there must be a prerequisite, that is, our worldwide sales must reach 5000 million."