Chapter 1713 Put the Shelf Up

""kungfu Panda"?"

Li Mu was shocked by Spielberg's words.

He thought that "Kung Fu Panda" would take at least two or three years to come out, but he didn't expect that DreamWorks had already started the art design related work of "Kung Fu Panda" since last year, which means that the entire "Kung Fu Panda" Projects don't just exist on paper, they're likely to be finalized throughout.

Li Mu hurriedly asked him: "Stephen, can you tell me the story setting of "Kung Fu Panda"?"

Spielberg said with a smile: "Kung Fu Panda is an animated film with Chinese culture as the background. The protagonist of the story is the national treasure panda unique to China. In our film, the protagonist is a man who is very obsessed with kung fu. The story of the panda who was inadvertently involved in a martial arts dispute and eventually became a martial arts master."

Li Mu asked him with a smile, "Have the characters been designed yet?"

"Not yet." Spielberg said: "We are mainly working on the scene design of the film, because we need to have full Chinese elements, so our art team is looking for suitable scenery materials everywhere in China, and they will come back when they come back. Start working on character design."

Li Mu said, "I don't think you need to bother. I will directly use the image of Panda Bear for you, and let Panda Bear play your "Kung Fu Panda". What do you think?"

"Panda Bear?" Spielberg exclaimed, "God! Why didn't I think of this!"

As he spoke, his voice was full of joy, and said, "If we use Panda Bear, it will be of great benefit to both of us. Not only can we directly use Panda Bear's fan base, but we can also create enough background stories for Panda Bear."

Li Mu admired in his heart that Spielberg's eyes were really poisonous, and he could see the pain points of both sides at once.

For DreamWorks, to create a brand new story, the story itself has no foundation, and there will be no fan base. The only thing that can gather fans is DreamWorks' own reputation. However, if you give this story a strong If the fan base is set, then the story will naturally have a strong fan base.

Panda Bear has hundreds of millions of fans around the world. If it can really use its image to create this movie, as long as the news is released, I am afraid that countless people will wait to go to the cinema to see it.

Just when Spielberg wanted to agree immediately, he suddenly realized a very serious problem.

copyright.

If DreamWorks independently develops "Kung Fu Panda" according to the original plan, then there is no doubt that all the copyrights of the entire movie will belong to DreamWorks itself, especially the protagonist Panda itself, which is a large copyright that can be developed on a large scale. However, if you cooperate with Li Mu, then the most important copyright of the protagonist of "Kung Fu Panda" is Li Mu's. You can't not own the copyright of the core characters, right? Then the derived value of oneself in the future will be castrated.

Thinking of this, Spielberg hurriedly asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if we cooperate, how should we deal with the copyright issue?"

Li Mu said: "First of all, I authorize the image copyright of Panda Bear for you to use for free, and at the same time, I will not take any of your box office revenue, and I can authorize you three big movies at one time, which are all free, but copyright issues, this The copyright of the movie belongs to you, and the other characters in this movie also belong to you, but the copyright of Panda Bear belongs to me."

Spielberg hesitated for a moment.

As a successful Jewish businessman, he is very sensitive to the distribution of rights and interests. Although Li Mu gives the copyright for free, and does not share it from the box office, he even authorizes three movies at one time, but he still feels a little uncomfortable because he knows that, If you lose the copyright of the core protagonist, the copyright of other characters will lose the value of development.

For example, if you want to cooperate with Universal Studios to build a "Kung Fu Panda" venue, but you don't have the copyright of Kung Fu Panda's protagonist, Panda Bear, how can this venue go on? Even if it works,

Guests will be very depressed, right?

Thinking of this, Spielberg couldn't help but say: "Mr. Li, if we don't have the copyright of the protagonist, the loss to us will be too great..."

Li Mu asked back: "Your losses? Stephen, you can't only consider what you lost, but not what you got. The image of the panda bear is authorized to you. Have you ever thought about how much extra income you can create at the box office? If you yourself Can Kung Fu Panda be developed at the global box office of $400 million or $500 million?"

Spielberg said embarrassedly: "This is not certain. The global box office of four or five billion US dollars is already very successful."

Li Mu asked, "If you have the image of a panda bear, is the global box office of four or five billion dollars still a problem?"

"This..." Spielberg suddenly mused.

Li Mu said again at this time: "If you originally made three films and could get a billion dollars at the box office, then I believe that if you change to Panda Bear as the protagonist, your three films will add up to at least $1.5 billion at the box office. I didn't say I would share this money with you."

After speaking, Li Mu's tone became a little more serious, and said: "Stephen, sometimes, it is not suitable to be a 100 businessman, just like our previous cooperation, I cooperate with you, and I also regard you as a friend, so You want to cooperate with me in the Muying ticketing system, I readily agreed to you at the time, have I ever complained to you that you will share my profits?"

Spielberg's voice was immediately tense, and he hurriedly explained: "Mr. Li, you have misunderstood. I didn't mean it. I also regard you as a friend. It's just that my mind didn't turn around just now. I'm really sorry."

After speaking, Spielberg hurriedly said: "Then follow the way you just said, you authorized us the copyright of Panda Bear, and we will use it as the protagonist of Kung Fu Panda."

Li Mu's voice was a little cold, and said, "Stephen, I changed my mind a little bit, so let's do this, other conditions remain the same, I will vote 0 for this movie."

A vote of 0 means that it will account for 0. In the future, Li Mu will also take 0 of the box office revenue after the movie is released. For a project that is not sure whether it can make money, it is a good thing for someone to vote for it, but for a project that can be sure to make 100% of the money. It is very embarrassing for someone to vote for a project. It is like holding a cake and just want to eat it, and someone cuts it and goes away.

But Spielberg couldn't say no.

He had already realized in his heart that Li Mu was a little annoyed by his pretensions.

He did regret it a little, and he shouldn't have shown Li Mu his essence as a businessman without thinking.

Now, Li Mu seems to have a lot of opinions about himself.

Spielberg didn't expect that he was a lot of age and was still influenced by the emotions of a young man, but there was no way. The nature of businessmen seeking profit made him yearn for more benefits even though he had a fortune of hundreds of millions. , and Li Mu, represents more and greater interests, and cannot lose this most rare resource line no matter what.

So, although his heart was bleeding, he agreed without hesitation and said, "Mr. Li, just do as you said, I have no problem."

"Yeah." Li Mu was a little satisfied. He coughed and said to Spielberg: "There is an old saying in China, people respect me one foot, and I respect others ten feet, the relationship between the feet and the feet, The latter is ten times the former."

Spielberg said immediately: "I understand what you mean, please rest assured, I will definitely remember this sentence in the future."

Li Mu snorted, thinking to himself, no matter how talented and talented an old Hollywood artist is, he can't escape the essence of a businessman in his bones. In front of such a pure businessman, "Dad" has nothing to do with age, but only how much money he has.

Immediately, Li Mu said: "Well, tomorrow you will send someone to Huaxia, bring a book, and tell me the plot setting and world view background setting of this story in person, and by the way, bring me the contract. , if there is no problem, sign the contract."

In fact, Li Mu knew the story background and plot setting of "Kung Fu Panda", but the reason why he asked Spielberg to send someone to come over from the United States to introduce himself face-to-face was to put on the air of a boss.

Li Mu even felt that he seemed a little too "approachable" to Spielberg before, so that he really regarded himself as an equal class, and he even bothered with himself when talking about such a trivial matter, and he had to put the shelf up. Let him know that he and he are not of the same class at all.

Whenever he still wants to make money with himself, or build his own resource line, no matter how old or how old the artist is, he must honestly put away the edges and corners and the abacus, otherwise, he will immediately stop all future cooperation and go to support after changing hands. His rivals made him miserable to death.

Spielberg's brains are also quick to make money. As soon as he heard that Li Mu wanted to send someone over, he immediately said, "Mr. Li, why don't I come over tomorrow!"

Li Mu asked hypocritically: "Aren't you busy with the later stages of "Flying Tigers"? Do you have time to come? If you don't have time, just send someone over. It's such a trivial matter that you don't need to make a trip in person."

Spielberg didn't dare to borrow the donkey at this time, and immediately said very firmly: "Don't worry, I have time, and I don't need to keep an eye on the later affairs."

Speaking of this, Spielberg said again: "I will rush over as soon as possible tomorrow, and try to meet you in Yanjing in 24 hours."

"it is good."

Speaking of which, Li Mu will naturally not be polite to him any more, and even said lightly: "If you land in Yanjing during working hours, go directly to Muye Technology to find me."

Under normal circumstances, Li Mu would definitely arrange for a team from Muye Technology to meet him at the airport, but now, since he made him uncomfortable, he would not receive any treatment, so let's find a way to come here!

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