In early 1989, Guan Xiaoguan took her newlywed husband back to China to visit relatives and met Uncle Guan.
Xiang Nan didn't interfere, and took a look from a distance. He felt that the man was average-looking and had a bad temperament. He was submissive, listless, and looked like he was suffering.
He was relieved.
Guan Xiaoguan did not take her newlywed husband to visit the company, lest he might become interested in seeing the money. After meeting Uncle Guan, she took him back to the United States.
Her husband had no idea that she had such a huge property in the capital. He only knew that she was working as a manager in a hotel and she had a fake marriage with him in order to avoid being forced into marriage by her family.
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In January 1989, Xiang Nan's previously released science fiction "Jurassic Park" was successfully promoted by CAA to Simon & Schuster, the second largest bookseller in the United States.
Not only did he help Xiang Nan get a royalties of US$4,000 for 1,000 words, but he also got a 20% commission, which can be said to be quite good.
"Jurassic Park" was written by Xiang Nan in 1983. It tells the story of Chinese scientists in the 21st century who excavated Jurassic amber from Zigong, extracted dinosaur DNA, and mixed it with lizards and frogs. , iguanas, geckos and other reptiles' DNA, using gene cloning technology to create ancient dinosaurs, and build a Jurassic Park on an island in the South China Sea for tourists to watch.
After this book was released, it caused a sensation.
However, domestic science fiction literature has always been very unpopular.
On the one hand, science fiction is always associated with popular science, but in fact they are completely different things. The comic book adaptations of "Star Wars", Marvel, and DC are all unreasonable, but they are still successful science fiction works.
On the one hand, practitioners have limited capabilities. Those who can create may not necessarily understand science, and those who understand science may not necessarily be able to create. Therefore, the creation of science fiction literature is limited, and the audience for science fiction is relatively small.
Xiang Nan's "Jurassic Park" was a typical success but not a hit. Although science fiction readers applauded it and thought it was really great, its sales were at the bottom among Xiang Nan's many. Therefore, Xiang Nan's No more sequels were written.
Unexpectedly, after this book was introduced to the United States, it became very popular and quickly appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, which surprised even Simon and Schuster Publishing Company.
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After this movie became a hit, all major Hollywood film companies took a fancy to its commercial value.
Because monster movies have always been very popular in the United States, such as King Kong, Alien, Godzilla, Jaws, etc.
The ancient Tyrannosaurus rex depicted in "Jurassic Park" is the king of monsters. If it can be filmed, it will definitely be popular. By then, it may be possible to create box office miracles like "Jaws", "King Kong", and "Alien".
Because of this, many companies are vying for the film and television adaptation rights of this film, and they have offered high prices for this purpose.
However, Xiang Nan was not in a hurry to sell the copyright, but made a condition. The film company must ensure that the production cost of "Jurassic Park" exceeds $60 million before he is willing to give up the film and television adaptation rights.
Otherwise, even if the script was offered for five million, he wouldn't bother to take it.
This condition quickly scared off many film companies. After all, 60 million US dollars in 1989 was not a small sum.
Warner Bros. invested only 35 million US dollars in filming "Batman"; George Lucas and Steven Spielberg directed "Raiders of the Lost Ark" with a production cost of only 48 million US dollars; it won 85 "Back to the Future 2," the sequel to the annual box office champion "Back to the Future", cost only US$40 million to produce...
The story of "Jurassic Park" is very innovative and has great commercial value, but no one is sure whether it will be a hit or not. After all, unlike "Batman," "Back to the Future," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," it has been tested by the market.
Therefore, it is impossible for the film company to gamble 60 million US dollars. After all, their lives are not easy now.
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CAA also felt that the conditions proposed by Xiang Nan were too harsh, and asked him to lower the cost, setting it at US$30 million, which was considered a large-scale production.
However, Xiang Nan knows that the reason why "Jurassic Park" is popular all over the world is because it uses the most advanced digital special effects technology, which brings the audience an immersive and extremely realistic audio-visual enjoyment. And this kind of special effects technology is very expensive, and it would be impossible to do it without 60 million.
Furthermore, Xiang Nan's request for a production fee of US$60 million is actually a disguised requirement that the film company must bring out the best team to film the film. Otherwise, there is a risk of losing money.
A good team, a good script, and good special effects will have a greater chance of achieving high box office results. In this way, the IP of "Jurassic Park" will not be wasted.
Otherwise, he would rather wait a few more years.
Seeing that Xiang Nan refused to give in, CAA had no choice.
Unlike domestic brokerage companies that control artists, American brokerage companies serve artists. If the artist is unhappy, he can fire the agency at any time, so CAA can only persuade Xiang Nan, but cannot force him.
However, Xiang Nan did not disappoint caa too much. He later wrote three scripts and handed them over to caa.
One is "Uncensored," one is "Pretty Woman," and one is "Home Alone." These three movies were all high-scoring blockbusters in the 1990s, and I believe they should be welcomed by film companies.
CAA was overjoyed when she received the script and immediately started selling it hard.
In the end, "The Last Day" was picked up by Paramount, "Pretty Woman" was picked up by Warner Bros., and "Home Alone" was picked up by Fox.
Xiang Nan received a royalties of US$600,000 and a 5% profit share. However, generally speaking, because Hollywood film companies are relatively shady, even big-selling movies can turn into losses through accounting.
For example, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" grossed US$610 million at the North American box office, which is considered a huge profit no matter what. But after some manipulation by Warner Pictures, the film not only failed to make money, but also lost $160 million.
Therefore, all staff members who sign a profit-sharing contract with a film company will end up with nothing. So later they learned the lesson and directly asked to participate in the revenue sharing.
But not everyone has this privilege. Unless he has a certain say in Hollywood, he has to be the one.
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In February **, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" was officially broadcast on Yanjing Satellite TV.
Once it was aired, it was well received.
The witty and humorous story, vivid performances, and rigorous and meticulous production make this TV series naturally popular. It is even more popular than "Family Spring and Autumn" broadcast by CCTV at the same time.
For two consecutive times, CCTV's ratings were not as good as those of provincial TV stations, which also made CCTV somewhat disgraced.
What's even more embarrassing is that the script for "Prime Minister Liu Luo Guo" was given to CCTV first. As a result, they were ignorant and refused to film on the grounds that "historical dramas need to be serious".
The result was good, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" became very popular after it was aired. Not only did the masses like it, but public opinion also applauded, making him dumb and speechless.
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