After Barry Meyer served as executive vice president and CEO of Warner Bros., entering the 1990s, Warner Bros. attached more and more importance to making series of movies in its company development strategy.

Barry Meyer believes that audiences have different hobbies and tastes, and instead of developing uncertain new movies, the series itself has a large part of the fan base.

In addition to the subsequent Harry Potter series, familiar series such as Superman, Batman, The Matrix, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit are all produced by Warner.

But to say that the movie that helped the most at the turn of the century to [Warner Bros.] is definitely the Harry Potter series, which brought more than $11.7 billion in revenue to [Warner Bros.], which gave it the capital to develop subsequent movies.

The novel "Harry Potter" that has been released for more than two years has sold more than 300,000 copies in the UK, winning countless awards for Rowling.

Sales of more than 300,000 copies sold in the UK are no less. After all, there are only a few people in the UK, and don’t think there are no pirated copies abroad...

Britain and the United States are not separated. This novel became popular in the UK and was naturally introduced by the United States.

By early 1999, the "Harry Potter" series of novels had already ranked in the top three and top four in the US book rankings, so this bestseller was naturally followed by Barry Meyer.

Especially when he knew that his company had the opportunity to obtain the film copyright, he was intercepted by a Chinese, and the reason why Ye Fan bought the film copyright made him laugh and cry.

It would be fine if "Harry Potter" was not popular, but now it is so popular. As a big boss in Hollywood, Barry would not have no idea, so he sent someone to investigate Ye Fan who intercepted Hu Warner.

It’s okay if you don’t understand it, but Barry Meyer saw that Ye Fan is not only an Asian superstar, but also a well-known writer.

Especially since "The Savage Girlfriend" became popular in Asia and had a very high box office, he understood that "Harry Potter" had an extraordinary potential, otherwise Ye Fan would not have attached it so much.

He could underestimate Ye Fan, an 18-year-old Chinese boy, but as a Jewish person, he believed in money. Ye Fan's ability to create so much wealth at this age proved his vision.

So Barry Meyer sent Chinese executive Lin Wei to the capital to negotiate with Ye Fan that he would take over the copyright of the movie "Harry Potter"...

No. 25, Beijing

As soon as Ye Fan arrived at the company, he saw Wang Jinghua waiting for him.

"How about it, how much is the box office in the last 10 days?"

"The box office in the last 10 days was 71.1632 million!"

After Wang Jinghua finished speaking, she handed the file to Ye Fan. After Ye Fan took the file, she looked at the specific data:

The box office in mainland China was 14.176 million, Hong Kong Island was 10.678 million Hong Kong dollars, Taiwan Province was 8.513 million, South Korea was 642.7 million, Japan was 77.193 million yen, Lion City...

"Seeking" had a box office of 7.853 million, and "Gambling 1999" had a box office of 3.136 million.

One month after its release, the total box office of "The Savage Girl" reached 337 million, the total box office of "Seeking Away" was 38.9084 million, and the total box office of "The Gambler 1999" was 20.5072 million.

Ye Fan frowned after seeing this data.

"Hong Kong and Taiwan have asked if it is not postponed?"

Wang Jinghua smiled bitterly and said: "The mainland and Hong Kong Island can postpone the screenings, but there is nothing else to do, especially in South Korea. The tone is the most resolute and the postponement will not be allowed."

This made Ye Fan watch "The Savage Girlfriend" in South Korea, with a total of only 3.1611 million visitors, which is far less than the original 4.8824 million visitors.

Ye Fan sneered, is there any local cultural protectionism on the other side of Bangzi now? Before "Return of the Pearl" was affected, his movie was stuck first?

According to the number of viewers in the last 10 days, "The Savage Girlfriend" obviously has potential to tap. If the Hollywood movie might be postponed, it would be released. The stick is really itchy.

"It's okay if the mainland and Hong Kong Island can be postponed, so the box office of "Battle Girlfriend" should exceed 350 million. If it's not postponed in other places, it's fine."

"If you have time to investigate, what are the more active stars in China in the past and which company belongs to South Korea."

Wang Jinghua thought for a while and said, "Recently, the HOT male group singer of South Korea's SM company is very popular in the mainland. I'm going to inquire about the others."

Ye Fan nodded and asked again: "What's going on with Warner Brothers?"

"They sent an executive over here and said they were going to talk to you about the copyright of the Harry Potter movie."

"Then let them come here now, I want to see what price they are going to pay this time."

"Okay, I'll contact them now."

After Wang Jinghua finished speaking, she left and called Zhao Fang, the head of [Warner Bros. (China).

Ye Fanze returned to his office, called Yu Entai and asked him to come over, and then took some time to call "CS" in the office.

On the 20th, "CS" was officially launched. As the backstage... Boss, Ye Fan immediately got a CD and relived this classic game...

After Wang Jinghua made a phone call, she also announced the box office of "Brutal Girlfriend" to the outside world, and the box office of RMB 337 million also scared people in the domestic entertainment industry...

"Hello, Mr. Ye, I am Lin Wei, the creative director of Warner Bros., and I am honored to see you."

Listening to Lin Wei's blunt Mandarin, Ye Fan said directly in English: "Hello Mr. Lin, I'm also honored, please sit down."

Lin Wei smiled and took Zhao Fang and David Haiman to sit down, while Yu Entai sat next to Wang Jinghua and was an interpreter for her.

When he learned that [Warner Brothers] took the initiative to talk to Ye Fan about the movie, his eyes changed when he saw Ye Fan's eyes changed, and his shock was even higher than the final box office of "The Savage Girlfriend".

"First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr. Ye for the box office of the movie he wrote for over 40 million US dollars. This is really amazing. On the way here, I heard the outside world discuss the box office of "The Savage Girlfriend"!"

Ye Fanhao waved his hand and said, "It's only 40 million US dollars. What's this? The Asian market is still too small. If you want to go to Hollywood, I can make a box office of 400 million US dollars."

Lin Wei's smile stopped and he was polite. Why did Ye Fan pretend to be? He was not as good as other domestic people he had come into contact with, and was even more pretending than some Americans!

In the impression of Europeans and Americans, the Chinese people are still very modest in character, and Ye Fan really opened his eyes.

The two continued to greet and used a maneuver, which made Ye Fan understand that Lin Wei was considered a Chinese who grew up under American culture.

Lin Wei also felt that Ye Fan's attitude was not like that of ordinary domestic filmmakers. When he saw Hollywood's momentum, he was looking at Hollywood with an equal attitude, and even looked down on him.

After having a preliminary understanding of each other, Lin Wei got to the point, hoping to buy the copyright of "Harry Potter" again for US$15 million.

Ye Fan naturally disagreed and insisted on sharing the global box office, but Warner naturally disagreed.

"It doesn't matter if you don't agree. At worst, I can take photos by myself. I'm not losing money."

Lin Wei smiled and said, "If a Chinese person came to shoot this movie, I think Ms. Rowling would not agree."

"Although she does not have the copyright of the movie, her words are still very important. As long as she says, even if you make a movie, Mr. Ye, you will not have much box office in Europe and the United States."

Ye Fan shrugged and said, "That's the worst thing I won't shoot, but I think Universal, Disney and Sony should also be interested in "Harry Potter".

"I heard that Sony Columbia was severely suppressed by your major Hollywood companies."

Lin Wei didn't expect Ye Fan to know so well about the Hollywood incident. His attitude towards Ye Fan was both angry and helpless.

Ye Fan felt relieved when he saw Lin Wei and others' cramped expressions. Although he didn't know Sony's specific situation, he still had some impressions, let alone Cao Xin provided him with information.

Seeing that Ye Fan never let go, Lin Wei was so angry that he got angry that he got angry. Who dared not give [Warner Brothers] such a face in Hollywood?

But Ye Fan sneered at this, so what about [Warner Brothers]? This is in China, and his territory, and the United States has to take care of it first when it is old.

The result of the first negotiation naturally ended unhappily, but both sides also knew that this was not something that could be settled in one or two days...

"Damn Ye Fan, he is just a thief and a robber. He takes the copyright first while we are unprepared and the lion opens his mouth. He should go to hell!"

Zhao Fang looked at David Heiman, who was furious and kept cursing in the streets with contempt, and didn't know why he, a British man, had the nerve to say that others were thieves and robbers. What kind of virtues in his ancestors were not aware of it?

Lin Wei scolded in dissatisfaction: "Okay, this is someone else's territory, please be careful when speaking!"

David curled his lips dissatisfied, and he was also a little dissatisfied with Lin Wei. He was too weak. Bass sent a Chinese to talk to Ye Fan, but it didn't work.

After Lin Wei reported the information to Barry, Barry thought about it for a while and told him another new quotation bottom line and other solutions, so that Lin Wei could continue to talk and be sure to take down the copyright of "Harry Potter" movie.

Seeing this, Lin Wei had to bite the bullet and continue talking to Ye Fan even though he knew the matter was difficult...

The next day, when Lin Wei continued to negotiate with Ye Fan, the outside world reported on the box office of "Barish Girlfriend" from many sources!

"The Savage Girlfriend" has a box office of 64.684 million in mainland China, surpassing "Who Am I" to temporarily rank first in domestic movies!"

"According to Ye Fan's box office trend, it is expected to surpass the box office of "Titans" and win back the box office number one in mainland film history!"

"The Savage Girlfriend" has a box office of 337 million in Asia, the first person under Cheng Long!"

"Ye Fan uses two movies to prove that mainland actors can also bear the box office!"

...

"Hong Kong Island Box Office is 49.825 million Hong Kong dollars, "Brutal Girlfriend" is expected to win the Hong Kong Island Box Office Year Championship"

Can the box office of "The Infernal Affairs" and other three Spring Festival movies surpass "The Savage Girlfriend"?

"The Savage Girlfriend" became the top mainland movie in Hong Kong, and Ye Fanyi became a movie star!"

"A pair of actors and actresses is not enough. Ye Fan and Zeng Li are expected to compete for the Best Actor and Actress Awards next year."

...

Taiwan Province and other countries also focused on the box office of the film and Ye Fan and Zeng Li.

It is really a rare and surprising thing for them to become popular in Asia. After all, the current environment for filming movies in the mainland...

There are many awards, but there are almost no box office sales. The 40 million US dollars of "Barish Girl" has refreshed their cognition and views.

Not to mention the domestic Internet, there is a lot of joy, everyone is bragging about Ye Fan’s awesomeness, Zeng Li is beautiful, and the movies are fighting for Chinese people...

In addition to envying people, many people in the circle put aside their faces and began to ask people about Ye Fanxin’s movies to see if they have the opportunity to participate.

In addition to calculating how much money he could get, Han Sanye and others were also constantly asking Ye Fan whether the script of the new movie was written.

Ye Fan was so annoyed that he had to say that he was talking to [Warner Brothers] for a while and had no time to write a script, so he was so anxious.

He didn't give them a chance to ask more questions. Ye Fan asked them to call him again after a while and then continued to negotiate with Lin Wei.

Ye Fan finally gave in this negotiation, and he was willing to win some investment shares through copyright and investment.

Lin Wei did not refuse this time. After all, who is not taking the investment? After all, it is still a matter of interest.
To be continued...