Jin Shuguang Publishing Group.

"Crow, are you kidding me?!"

Ms. Hassan, president of the publishing group, looked at the blonde middle-aged man in front of her with a smile.

The blonde middle-aged man named Crow Farwell is the senior vice president of Random House. His purpose of visiting Jin Shuguang Publishing Group this time is very clear, which is to obtain the copyright of the overseas distribution of the Harry Potter book.

"hehe!"

Hassan sneered and said, "I want to get Harry Potter for $450,000, and our Jin Shuguang Publishing Group only enjoys 18% of the copyright profits?! Who are you fooling about? Just a Class A contract is simply an insult to everyone's IQ. Crow, don't forget that the position of vice president you are now is mine!"

Upon hearing this, Crow Farwell, the representative of Random House, was not angry.

Because Ms. Hassan is right.

If she didn't leave, it wouldn't be his turn to Crow Farwell, who will serve as senior vice president of Random House.

Well, even if there are twelve senior vice presidents of Random House, not everyone can handle it.

at the same time.

The negotiators of both sides who sat in the conference room chose to remain silent.

Big guy, let them chat.

"Hasan, my old leader, there is a saying in the East: this time and that time." Crow said slowly.

"What's the meaning?"

Hassan was not in a hurry, but waited for him to explain with interest.

"Hasan, today's Random House is no longer the former Random House. After it was acquired by Bertelsmann Group at the end of May this year, it merged with the oldest and largest Bantam Publishing Group in the United States."

"As of now, our Random House only has nine major publishing brands with different publishing directions."

"The subsidiary Bantam Publishing Group has 8 publishing houses, mainly publishing popular novels;"

"There are 9 publishing houses under Crown Publishing Group, mainly publishing social science and business novels;"

"The 14 publishing houses under Shuangri Publishing Group mainly publish high-end popular novels with high cultural content;"

"The six publishing houses under the Knov Publishing Group mainly publish high-end literary works and political books;"

"In addition, it also includes Random House Children's Publishing Group, Random House Information Group, Random House Audio Publishing Group, and Random House Film Publishing Group."

Crow introduced Ms. Hassan in one breath to Ms. Hassan, and her words were full of pride.

The negotiators from Random House in the conference room are also honored.

As for a big company, it is a kind of glory wherever it goes.

"Why do you mean that you, Random House, is currently the number one publishing group in the world with comprehensive strength?" Ms. Hassan said with a smile.

"That's right." Crow was extremely confident.

In fact, Random House is indeed the largest publishing group at present.

Of course, after it merges with the British Penguin Publishing Group in the future, it will become the overlord of the global publishing industry in one fell swoop.

Well, the one who occupies half of the country.

The book "Harry Potter" is currently selling well, and it looks like a bestseller. As the world's leading Random Bookstore, naturally, I don't want to miss the overseas distribution rights of the book.

"Hasan, my old leader!"

Crow said meaningfully: "I know Harry Potter is excellent, but the current sales are very popular mainly because Dylan has a strong influence. It has not started film and television, and its influence is always limited. Therefore, it is completely reasonable for our Random House to give a Class A contract second only to the S-class contract."

After a pause, he said, "According to the A-level contract, you can get 18% of each book of Harry Potter by simply giving authorization and doing nothing. This sincerity is no longer low."

The words fell.

Representatives of the Jin Shuguang Publishing Group turned their attention to their own president Hassan.

The ones who can make the final decision are not them after all.

"Crow, you are still the same thing and have not made any progress!"

Hassan smiled.

That's right, the contract given by Crow is indeed very sincere.

However.......

Hassan said lightly: "In fact, the film and television transformation of "Harry Potter" has begun to be launched, and it is expected that the filming will start next year. At the same time, the gamification operation of books will also be launched soon.

So the question is, do you still think that the A-level contract with 18% share is still sincere?”

“……”

Crow was stunned.

Damn it ~~

Crow cursed in his heart!

In fact, he didn't want to come and have Hassan to negotiate the contract at first because he was too familiar with it and knew very well about his old boss's abilities.

Very difficult to deal with!

"Shh~~~!"

After being silent, Crow breathed a sigh of relief and complained: "Old leader, you won! I knew it was the result before I came, and I don't know how the new CEO was thinking about it? I knew that I was not your opponent, but I asked me to come over. Isn't this giving me eye drops?!"

"Hahaha!" Hassan also laughed very unkindly.

The next negotiations will be very relaxed.

Under the witness of both teams and drafting by the lawyer team, the overseas distribution rights of the first book in the Harry Potter series were finalized.

Preliminary letter of intent is drawn up!

Random House will execute a Class A contract and pay US$1.2 million to purchase overseas distribution rights, and each book will be given a 25% share to Jinshuguang Group.

Some subsequent details of the contract, such as the authorization period, will take several days to discuss, but it will not be changed much.

...........

Random House.

Crow, who had just negotiated a contract, returned to his own group company and reported the details of the contract to Bertelsmann, who was the boss.

"Do you know why you were asked to go? Crow." Bertelsman asked with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Crow immediately said, "Boss, when it comes to this, I am full of doubts. You know that in terms of negotiations, I am not a match for Ms. Hassan, but you just let me go."

Bertelsman smiled and said, "Do you know how many publishers are staring at the overseas copyright of Harry Potter books? I tell you, there are 12 I know, among which ones have the most powerful people who have heard of Penguin Publishing Group."

"Uh...so that's it." Crow's expression narrowed.

Speaking of this, how could he not understand anything?!

Class A contract?

That's a test!

In fact, the contract Bertelsmann signed at the beginning was exactly an S-level contract.

Even though he knew that Crow was not Hassan's opponent, he still sent him there. It was precisely because Hassan was Crow's old leader that he could beat a number of competitors to the greatest extent and win the copyright of "Harry Potter".

.........

Jinshuguang Entertainment Group.

"Hasan, you're so cunning."

Zucker looked at Ms. Hassan in front of him and smiled: "You can actually convince 12 large publishing groups, including Penguin Publishing Group, to take the copyright of "Harry Potter"."

Hassan accepted Zucker's praise without hesitation.

"Bertelsmann is also cunning enough to let Crow be in charge of the negotiations. He wants to relax his guard!" Hassan said with a smile.

In fact, Bertelsman guessed Hassan's idea;

Hassan also anticipated Bertelsman’s plan;

But neither of them made it clear behind the scenes that one was willing to fight and the other was willing to be beaten, and there was nothing to say. It was mainly because the old guy Bertelsman was indeed optimistic about the prospects of "Harry Potter", especially on the eve of the upcoming film and television production.

Therefore, none of the people who have been able to live in the workplace for many years are simple people.

After Hassan left, Zucker picked up the drafted contract again and looked at it.

“Very good~”

The overseas copyright payment of US$1.2 million is actually not low.

Books are books after all. In the current commercial market, their influence is much worse than that of movies, and the prices vary greatly.

In the future, the famous "Da Vinci Code" has dominated the top rankings of North American bestsellers for as long as 6 months. The overseas copyright price of its books is only 900,000 US dollars; of course, there is also a share, but it is only 19%.

Now that he can sell this price, Hassan's operation is already very good.

In the original history of time and space, "Harry Potter" was first released in the UK and then in the United States. The North American copyright fee it sold was only $12,000, not to mention the share of the achievement. Later, Time Warner helped J.K. Rowling sue and regained a high score.

This time, the sale of the overseas distribution rights of the Harry Potter book is actually a helpless move.

Zhuke lacks the ability to issue overseas.

The next day.

Zhuke received good news.

The scripts adapted from "Spider-Man" and "Harry Potter" are officially finalized!
Chapter completed!