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Chapter 180 Negotiation

"Two gentlemen, we cannot give up the right to adapt scripts." Laurien said firmly, which represents the bottom line and dignity of a large film company, let alone a Hollywood overlord like MGM.

Jester and Mark Seni also felt the other party's determination, and they had no choice but to do so. At least by persuasion, it was impossible for them to give up. Mark Seni was responsible for this matter. He glanced at Jester and gave a look, meaning whether he could compromise.

In fact, Jester said before that the other party can be held responsible for everything, but when he was really facing a decision, Mark Seni took the initiative to seek Jester's advice. Seeing Mark Seni's search for Mars eyes, Jester frowned. He didn't want to agree, because he wanted to tell the story of "Avengers" in accordance with the Mars Entertainment. He didn't care about other people, but at least he should satisfy the players who like their games.

He didn't want the last movie to be produced, and after watching it, the audience said, "Oh, this is not what they thought "Avengers"!"

This is crucial in Jester's eyes.

So, facing Mark Seney's gaze for his advice, Jester shook his head firmly.

This made Lauren very dissatisfied. He came to negotiate with the other party with sincerity, and even in terms of box office share, they could make great concessions. Moreover, MGM got the right to adapt the script to make the film better and the box office higher, and the audience liked it more. However, why do many people like the two people in front of him always think that the film company got the right to adapt the film to make the film worse?

Which film company is willing to make a bad movie?

Laurion, who was a little dissatisfied, was about to argue, trying to convince the other party to change his mind, but before he could speak. Jester, who had been watching Mark Seney on one side of the side, suddenly spoke. His voice was not loud, but he was very sure. In Lauren's ears, it was like a sign of showing his position.

You agree with my proposal, and we will continue to talk. If you don’t agree, then it’s good, and it’s apart.

Jester looked at Laurien's eyes and said word by word: "We understand your difficulties. However, "Avengers" is a very important game in our company and is also a very influential game in the hearts of players. This game has many fans, so many that you can't even believe it. Moreover, this game gave a full score of 39 points in the most authoritative game magazine "Game", so we don't want anyone to destroy this game, or the status of this brand in the minds of players."

Laurien's investigation was very detailed before, and he knew what Jester said, and this is why he was willing to come and go to the other party in person. If this game had not had too much influence in North America, he would not have come to be a senior executive and executive director of MGM. He would have come to talk about such a movie in person.

Although MGM is different from the past, it is also the eight major Hollywood film companies.

"So..." After Jester finished speaking for a long period of time, he didn't even breathe. He didn't give Laurien a chance to speak. He just paused a little and continued, "We will not give up on the right to adapt the script. You have your bottom line and we have our bottom line. If you ask us to respect you, I ask you to respect us. Based on the idea of ​​mutual respect between us, I can make a regression. First of all, the right to adapt the script must be ours. This is uncontroversial, because only we ourselves are qualified to determine how to compile our own story."

Seeing Laurien, he wanted to speak, but Jester still didn't give him this opportunity.

He continued, "Mr. Laurien, please don't rush to speak. Listen to me first. I also know that you want to ensure that the movie can be sold, so you have to start monitoring from the most important point. Maybe you professional film companies are a little disdainful of us who know nothing about movies, but I still want to explain to you. Although you will still be disdainful, in our company's concept of making games, the concept that has always been adhered to is to make games like movies. I understand your difficulties, so the regression I have made is that we adapt the script, but I can give it to you whether the adaptation can pass."

Hearing Jester's unexpected suggestion surprised Laurien, because in his opinion, if the right to adapt the script is separated, the right to determine the script is the most effective, just like the director's power to shoot, but if the director does not have the final editing rights, then what effect the film will present after the editing has nothing to do with the director.

If you have a little understanding of making a movie, you will know that the shots taken and edited differently, then the content presented will be completely different. If you use an inaccurate metaphor to describe it, the shots are like words after words, and editing is sentences.

Only when a text becomes a sentence can it express its meaning, while a single shot is just a text. A simple text cannot express a specific meaning.

Therefore, in order to confirm whether Jester really wants to hand over the decision of the script to his side, Laurien asked and confirmed: "You really confirm, let us determine whether the script is adopted or not?" Although it was confirmed, and this was also the suggestion the other party said before, Laurien's tone was still a little unbelievable.

Jester said without hesitation: "Yes, but this power cannot be abused, because the distribution of power is unequal to both of us, so I want to limit your power, that is, you only have three chances to reject our scripts. Every time you refuse, you must give reasonable reasons, and then we will make rectifications based on your reasons. Of course, deliberately making things difficult, which conflicts with our impression of this game and the view that this game should be a game in the minds of players, we will not change our original intention."

When Laurien heard Jester's additional opinions on the decision-making power of the script, he breathed a sigh of relief. He felt that this was normal and that he could reach his level. He had success in his career. He climbed up with his corpses and blood. He never believed that a pie fell from the sky would happen. If such conditions were almost the same for them to raise, but if the other party raised them without adding these additional restrictions, then he had to worry about the other party's conspiracy later.

In response, Laurien nodded, saying that he agreed with the other party's statement that this would not only protect their face in the industry, but also be threatened by a company that had never been in contact with the film industry in the face of the company. It also ensures the quality of the movie. This is why he said from the beginning that the script adaptation rights must be in hand. Since there was a different method, both parties could feel it appropriate and could achieve their original intentions, it would be meaningless if they persisted.

After talking about the script, it is a more important role. In this regard, the choice of roles requires that the director writes out the script, after reading it, he puts forward opinions, and then considers it in a comprehensive way. However, Mars Entertainment made concessions this time when choosing a director. Mark Seney and Jester both believed that MGM, who had been immersed in the movie for decades, should be more appropriate. Therefore, they handed over this power to MGM.

Laurien was also satisfied with this. He also felt that this was a clear choice. Moreover, the two people in front of him, the owner of the game company that has become a household name in the United States in a short period of time, are not the kind of person who is proud of after success, and try to interfere with professional matters in the fields they are not good at. Such people only need to give them a little chance and they will definitely succeed.

Then, it is the power of editing.

This movie is not a big name director in terms of Jester's Mars Entertainment or MGM, because it is not necessary. This is not a connotational movie that requires a very high directorial method. The camera level shows different emotions. This is just a pure popcorn movie that makes people happy to watch. Making money is the most important thing. There are countless such directors in Hollywood and the price is not high.

Of course, there are also famous directors who make this type of movie. However, when both parties make this film, MGM wants to make money, and Mars Entertainment wants to make money while increasing the influence of the game "Avengers". Since there is no conflict between the two parties in the general direction, they will definitely not choose a famous director with too high pay.

Since you are not a famous director, the editing rights of the film will naturally be left in your own hands, because no outstanding director is qualified to talk to investors about the editing rights. When facing directors with such problems, investors only have one solution, that is, they love to shoot and not shoot.

The power of editing is too important, and the two sides can't argue, so they can only decide to edit according to the storyboard script.

As for the issue of share sharing, MGM originally meant that if Mars Entertainment could be given full responsibility for the filming of "Avengers" at the beginning, they would make concessions because of the reason. However, since Mars Entertainment did not compromise in this regard, but instead bargained with them in different categories, then there would naturally be no such concessions.

The amount of the share is determined by the total investment scale. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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