Stallone played in Xiangjiang for three days, and on the fourth day he brought his agent and lawyer back to Yameica.

During the three days he stayed in Xiangjiang, Ye Jin had good food, drinks and treatments, and was accompanied by food, drinks and play. It can be said that he did his best to be a landlord.

Although such hard work may not make Stallone devote himself to him, it undoubtedly makes the relationship between the two much closer.

After Stallone returned to America, the production of "Rocky 2" was launched immediately.

Ye Jin hired Alvin Winkler, a well-known Hollywood producer, to serve as the producer of "Rocky 2", and he supervised it to produce the movie.

Ivan Winkler debuted very early and entered the film and television industry in the 1950s. He initially worked as an assistant director on the crew, and then gradually improved. In 1968, he produced the first movie "Family Split", and then produced ten movies one after another.

Among the more influential works are "Dragon Tiger Iron King Kong", "Strawberry Statement" and "The Great Spy", and all three films have achieved good box office and reputation.

Ye Jin asked him to be the producer of "Rocky 2", and he also attracted his rich production experience and rich connections in the circle.

You know, Ivan Winkler has worked with well-known actors Barbara Streisand, Charles Brownson, Porter Young, and Robert De Niro, and was also a popular producer under MGM.

Ye Jin feels that he is qualified to be the producer of "Rocky 2".

Ivan Winkler was also very excited about joining the production of "Rocky 2". The box office of the predecessor of this movie is so influential that as long as the sequel can maintain a certain level, the box office should not be a problem.

Just like "Jaws 2", although the quality is much worse than the first one, it still won 180 million US dollars in box office through the title of the previous work. This is the magic of IP.

If "Rocky 2" is a big hit at the box office, he will also benefit as a producer. At that time, he will not only receive more dividends, but will also be very helpful to his career.

...

Ivan Winkler immediately took office and began to gather the original team of "Rocky".

The male lead Stallone, the female lead Meryl Streep, coach Bugith Medis, brother Porter Young, boxing champion Carl Withers, etc.

The process of convening is full of bargaining, back and forth, threatening counterattack, intrigue, and in a short time it is very disharmonious.

During the negotiation process, the most difficult thing to deal with is Stallone, to be precise, his agent.

Stallone's agent William Smoke hopes Stallone can get back the [ip] of "Rocky". [Rocky] was created by him and played by him. It can be said that he is Rocky, and Rocky is him. The reason why he sold [Rocky] was because he was short of money at the time. Now he is not short of money anymore, and hopes to get [Rocky] back.

In response to this request, Ye Jin's answer is naturally [no]. [Rocky]'s IP is now priceless. It may be a bit exaggerated to say that it is worth 100 million US dollars, but 50 million US dollars is definitely worth it.

Such a valuable IP will not be easily handed over by anyone in his hands. Therefore, Stallone wanted to take back this IP, basically dreaming in the daytime.

After William Smoke was rejected, he was not willing to give up and proposed to share the copyright with the payment. In response, Ye Jin's response was still [no]. He would not share the IP [Rocky] with anyone.

William Smoke was rejected twice in a row, but he still refused to give up and even threatened that Stallone would withdraw from Rocky 2.

At this time, Ye Jin's previous win-win came in handy.

He called Stallone himself, "Hill, I heard you are interested in withdrawing from the filming of "Rocky 2"? I was so sad when I heard this news!"

"It's not that I want to quit, it's William who suggested I quit," Stallone explained.

Although he nodded in agreement to get the copyright back, the so-called "poisonous" and "poisonous" are soft-hearted and short-handed. He is delicious and well-treated in Xiangjiang, so he is naturally not good at flirting with Ye Jin now.

"Hill, I understand." Ye Jin nodded, "But I would like to advise you to think about it carefully. "Rocky" is now the only work you can do. If you give up on it, it will be your loss.

If you go to other movies, can you guarantee that you will succeed? What if you don’t succeed? If you get out of date, your villa, your luxury car, your girlfriend... will all leave you.

Your agent only cares about his commission and will not care about your life or death. At that time, if you can't make money, he will leave you the same.

Hill, I am your friend, he is not."

"If you are my friend, why would you not return [Rocky] to me?" Stallone asked back.

"[Rocky] Even if I want to give it to you, you may not be able to accept it." Ye Jin smiled slightly, "Hill, you probably know that [Rocky] is now a mature IP, and it is worth at least 50 million US dollars.

Even if I sell it to you, do you have that much money to buy it? Even if you don’t want all your salary, you will get at most one percent and two percent of the copyright share. And this copyright share needs to be converted into money, and I don’t know how many years you have to wait. What have you eaten and drunk in these years?

In my opinion, it is more cost-effective to make money. It is more stable to keep real money in your hands. You can also use money to make other investments, which is much better than investing in movie copyright holders."

After hearing his words, Stallone was stunned for a while, and then nodded, "Okay, what you said makes sense."

He had listened to the agent's advice before and thought it would be a good thing to get back the copyright of [Rocky]. At that time, he would not have to rely on Ye Jin and could make the "Rocky" series of movies by himself. The income of hundreds of millions of dollars would be his own.

But now after Ye Jin clarified his interests, he realized that things were not that simple. He didn't want to say that he couldn't afford the copyright of [Rocky], even if he barely invested in the shares, his income could not make up for the loss.

Therefore, it would be better to listen to Ye Jin's words, give up the [Rocky] IP, and choose real money and silver.

...

After getting the hardest Stallone, it became much easier for other actors to do.

Ivan Winkler has been a producer for many years and is still good at dealing with these artists. Finally, after half a month of negotiations, all the actors were basically all here.

The shooting of "Rocky 2" also began. Its total investment reached $6 million, a four-fold increase from the previous work's $1.1 million.

Among them, the biggest increase was the actor's pay. When filming the previous work, Stallone, Meryl Streep, Mai Jiashang and others were not well-known, so the pay was generally five-digit.
Chapter completed!