YM778.TV Chapter 417: 411: The Entertainment Circle Shaken
Chapter 417: 411: The Entertainment Circle Shaken
It’s no surprise that as a professional in film procurement, she could spot many issues just after watching it once. These people were indeed not bluffing.
“So, Ms. Greer, I wonder if we can move on to the next step in our negotiation?” Finn Lewis decisively asked.
“Of course, we have no reason to reject such an excellent video, oh, no, this remarkable film. We can even promote it on a large scale. As for the advertising costs and other issues, we will discuss them with your company to figure out an appropriate ratio.” Thorne Greer instantly switched into professional mode once the negotiation began.
“For advertising costs, due to its unique nature, I don’t mind adopting conventional movie advertisement methods. Of course, Television advertising is acceptable, but I think the main focus should be to advertise within the game video itself. Ms. Greer, please do not doubt this. Our game currently has a large number of fans in the Federation. Although we can’t confirm it now, I conservatively estimate that the average online headcount would exceed 3 million after the game’s public beta testing in the Federation.” Finn Lewis smiled as he spoke.
3 million average online users is not a small number. You see, this is the average online headcount, meaning that the total registration number of ‘Under the Sky’ players in the Federation could exceed 20 million. As Finn Lewis mentioned, this is not a small number. If we manage to get hold of these players, even if only half of them go to see the movie, the box office sales would be in the hundreds of millions.
But the cost of this movie named “Seven Nights”? You could say it’s practically zero cost! No other movie could compete with this.
“So, what Mr. Lewis means is, we use online publicity, and primarily target the gamer audience who are interested in our game, correct?” Thorne Greer quickly grasped Finn’s idea after a short pondering.
“Of course, we can assist with the publicity as well. You will find out how we could assist once the time comes. This movie, we want to use the gamers who are interested in the game itself to influence their friends, and then attract even more people to the cinemas.” Finn Lewis decisively said.
“Fine.” Thorne Greer thought a moment and then agreed to Finn’s publicity plan, “However, for copyright issues, you will still need to engage in negotiations. Also, our company, HQ, hopes to acquire the adaptation rights to the second and third ranked videos. The price is negotiable.”
“Well, we can sell that, how about we discuss after the first movie is over? This way, it would be beneficial for both you and me.” Finn Lewis chuckled, and outrightly said. In fact, the second and third place videos already have an excellent framework. It could be that their video length isn’t sufficient due to time constraints from the creators and other factors. But for professionals, extending it to the length needed for a movie would be a breeze.
With Damian Bryan acting as middleman, the negotiation process between HQ and WY progressed quickly. They settled the agreement within mere hours. Finn Lewis didn’t care much about the box office income from the film. Not to mention the uncertain ticket income, even if it was a tremendous box office success, it would merely be a drop in the bucket for Finn. What he cared about was the impact if the movie was successful!
Of course, the crucial part is, if the film does well at the box office, he’d love to see how Jay Summer would react. Finn Lewis was impatient, so the contract with HQ was quickly signed. The production team of the movie received 13% of the box-office share, WY company got a 15% share, while the rest went to HQ and the cinemas.
Furthermore, the contract stipulates that HQ’s premier screening should not be in less than 2000 cinemas. Lastly, HQ will invest no less than 10 million Federal coins on publicity for the whole film.
This publicity budget is relatively high. At least many small and-medium budget films in Floral Village does not have such treatment. However, with Damian Bryan mediating, along with Thorne Greer’s complete change of attitude and high expectations for this movie, they agreed on that price.
After signing the contract, Thorne Greer and her team hurried back to the North Federation because the release date was fixed for half a month later. This was right after the Halloween box office season in the North Federation, and before the Christmas period, making it an open spot. Even though the premiere date was rushed, for HQ, the biggest distributor in the entire Floral Village, by the time Thorne Greer returned to North Federation on the second day…
Both Flame Nation and North Federation exploded with massive news. HQ Film and WY company signed a relevant contract concerning the distribution of the movie, which was created from the first prize video of WY’s Video game contest, in the North Federation, and the release date has been confirmed!
People should know that due to the heated exchange between Jay Summer and Finn Lewis, domestic media have been agog with the issue. Who is Finn Lewis? Being the world’s richest man alone makes him a hot topic. Jay Summer is also a controversy maker, but unlike before where his tactics were sophisticated and hence had the media on his side, this time is different.
Despite having reasonable points, the media didn’t dare to openly support Jay Summer. They’re not stupid. If they upset someone like Finn Lewis, no media could handle his fury.
Besides, hasn’t Finn done similar things before? How did he acquire companies like Activision Blizzard, T Company and others? Nowadays, the process of these company takeovers has been reported many times by the media. If these media companies were to be acquired by him, they wouldn’t stand a chance.
So, their media evaluation was quite fair. Although they had their own views, they didn’t solely side with one party. And when this news broke out, it almost rocked the entire entertainment industry!