Chapter 7 Failed Negotiations
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The four of them returned to Ike's office. Yaran and Horid sat down with some anxiety, watching the door and looking at Ike's expressionless face, guessing that this time, the 3D company would not buy their movie.
"How much do you want to sell this movie?" Ike asked straight to the point after sitting down.
Yaran and Horid were stunned. They didn't expect Ike to ask, "This man only watched the movie for 20 minutes. Do he want to buy it?"
"$120w, Mr. Ike," said Horid. They invested a total of $300w in this movie, which Horid knew. However, they have sold some copyrights in the market outside North America, so for them, this number will not lose money. More importantly, if it can be released in the United States, it will be considered to have truly entered the mainstream market of movies. After all, the United States is the dream place of all filmmakers.
But this number is undoubtedly unacceptable to 3D companies. They now have less than 50,000 US dollars on their books. If they want to release this movie, they have to borrow money.
Ike frowned and didn't say anything. Jeremy next to him just coughed softly. Ike felt that from the quality of this movie alone, $120w is not expensive. If it was released well, it is possible to make a small profit. What's more important is that there will be the first movie in his own film library, and it can also make a profit if it sells DVDs in North America. Of course, the price must be suppressed in negotiations.
"I think you just found one of our issuing companies. I think other companies will think the price you offer will be high." Ike said after a while. Using other companies to suppress the price is a good way. In fact, Ike saw from seeing them that if there were other companies willing to buy it, they would not have found their newly established rookie company.
"How much can Mr. Ike pay?" asked Horid, thinking that if the boss in front of him really wanted it, it would be impossible for him to give in. After all, it is difficult to find American publishers with such a theme.
"70,000 US dollars." Ike looked at the two and said, of course, this price is impossible for 3D companies to pay it all at once. But Ike had already decided that he could pay them a deposit first, and then go to the cinemas one by one by one by one, relying on the box office sold to make up for the remaining money. This practice has precedents at home and abroad, and it is not surprising.
"Oh, God." Both Horid and Arran shook their heads, "It's too little, Mr. Ike."
"Frankly speaking, I want to buy this movie, not because I am optimistic about how good the commercial prospect it has. On the contrary, in terms of business, I don't think it will have any good results, and it's good not to lose money. I am a film student, and I appreciate its artistic quality more." Ike said, "So, 70w is the highest price we can afford. If the two of them don't want to, I can only say regrets."
After hearing Ike say this, Horid also saw that this is the bottom line that can be reached in 3D, but he is the head of Yalan's United States, so he still has to make the best efforts.
"Let's do this. If your company only sells 700,000 yuan, we need a little box office share, and we won't open our mouths, just 5% is fine." Horrid said.
Ike was silent for a while, thinking that if the box office of this movie could reach 300,000 yuan, he would give the other party only 150,000 yuan and share the profit with the theater chain, then he could make a small profit of hundreds of thousands of dollars. The key is that there is also DVD sales.
Thinking of this, Ike nodded and said to the two, "Okay, since that's the case, our company has made some sincerity and we can share 5%, but I need to pay you the money in installments, pay a part of the deposit first, and sign a contract."
Horid and Yaran looked at each other, and then Horid said, "This is OK, but the contract..."
Just as he was talking about this, the cell phone in Horried's arms rang. After he took it out, his face changed slightly, and then he smiled apologetically at Ike and said, "I'll go and answer the phone." After that, he walked out of the office.
Ike smiled at Yalan, then picked up the coffee on the table and started drinking, but he felt a bad premonition...
After a while, Horid came in from outside the house and said to Ike with a little apology, "I'm very sorry Mr. Ike, we must end this negotiation."
"Why?" Ike asked with a frown.
"Oh, that's it, well... the production company needs to re-evaluate and review the overseas distribution of this video, so... I'm sorry." Horid shrugged helplessly.
Ike spread his hands and asked, "You know, we almost all have to negotiate. Didn't you tell your company?"
"I said," Horid explained, "but the above still made this decision. They probably hope to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival and do overseas distribution."
Ike shook his head, and he guessed in his heart that it might be that their production company was very dissatisfied with this trip to the United States, so they hoped to wait.
"So that's the case," Ike sighed, "It's a shame, but I hope we can work together next time."
"I hope we have a chance next time." Horid and Arran stood up and shook hands with Ike and said goodbye.
Looking at the two of them leaving, Jeremy asked Ike, "Boss, do you think they will come back to find us?"
Ike swept Jeremy like he was, then shook his head, "It's impossible. I now suspect that the phone call just now was not called by their production company."
"Oh?" Jeremy asked, "who could that be?"
"It may be from another independent film distribution company, and the price is higher than that of us," Ike speculated.
Jeremy nodded thoughtfully when she heard Ike say this.
"Oh, Jeremy is fine here, you go to work first." Ike wanted to be alone and quiet.
"OK."
.....................The wonderful thing continues............
Ike sat on the office chair, tilted his head, and refused to press his temples with his hands. He now knew that 90% of the result of this negotiation was because he just clicked no in the game.
While Ix was thinking, Kalyn walked in and she said to Ix, "Does the boss need to change you a cup of coffee?"
Ike's thoughts were pulled back, he smiled at Kalyn and said, "Thank you, Kalyn, no need for it for the time being."
When Kalyn was about to turn around and leave, Ike stopped her, "Kallyn."
"What, Mr. Ike," Kalyn turned around and stood there and asked.
"Oh, that's it. I'm a more casual person. You don't have to be so polite in the future. Just call me Lee or Ike." Ike said with a smile, "Also, are you a native of Los Angeles?"
Hearing Ike ask him, Kalyn smiled and nodded, "Yes, Ike first...oh, Lee."
"Haha." Ike shook his head and smiled. He saw Karin dressing in a simple manner, and there were wrinkles on his face that were not very good. He guessed that the assistant's family conditions might not be very good, so he continued, "Kelly, who else is there in your family?"
"I have two daughters." Karin's face was filled with happiness when she mentioned her daughter.
"Where is your husband?"
"Oh." Kalyn lowered her head, and suddenly the happiness just now disappeared. "He died in a car accident last year..."
Ike was stunned, then said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Kalyn."
"It's okay," Kalyn said, looking up, "Actually, I want to thank you and Mr. Green."
"Oh?" Ike asked.
"The job you provide me is so precious. After my husband passed away, I found a lot of jobs for my two daughters, but they were all rejected. Now I can come here, Oh God, my daughter and I have guaranteed life. So, I want to thank you, and God will bless you." Karin said sincerely.
These simple and sincere words moved Eke. Thinking about when he was in China, he was also a child from an ordinary family, and his parents ran all day long for his family.
"Kelly." Ike said in her eyes, "You are a very good assistant, really, I promise you that as long as the company doesn't go bankrupt, you will always have this job."
"Oh, my goodness, thank you so much." Karin said with a smile.
"Haha, don't be polite, this is what you deserve. By the way, I'll go see your daughter if you have time."
"Of course, they will definitely like you, God bless you," Karin said.
"It's getting late, you can go home early. From now on, you can get off work half an hour earlier. I'll give it a special approval and go back to take care of your daughter." Ike said.
Chapter completed!