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Chapter 173

 



A Trivial Matter

Eric pushed the door open and walked into the living room . Hearing the sound, Drew immediately jumped up from the sofa and embraced Eric full of excitement . She was smiling sweetly but then snuffled and turned unhappy after sensing that Eric was trying to dodge . Drew pretended to dislike Eric’s reaction and drew a breath near his left cheek . Then she used her sleeves to rub against his face before kissing it .

Eric found the little girl’s act both funny and annoying . Stepping forward, he got rid of the cuddle and put Drew onto the sofa . Then he sat down by her side and asked: “Okay . Why did you hurry to see me?” Eric noticed the striking black file on the tea table and opened it . It turned out to be a copyright transfer contract .

“Haha, you have quickly secured the copyright on An Affair to Remember .  I thought that I would have to wait until the summer vacation ended . ”

Drew smilingly leaned against Eric and put her jaw on his shoulders:“This is Hollywood . As long as you have money, things will become much easier . ”

“How much did you spend?” Eric took the metal clipper away from the file and asked casually .

“3 . 5 million,” the little girl said the price unconfidently and promptly explained:“But it is all-inclusive and permanent copyright . We own the copyright on even the original soundtracks in the movie . ”

Eric nodded . If what Drew said was true, the price would be acceptable . He would just take this as a chance to enlarge the Firefly Film Stock . Maybe he could also wait until Sleepless in Seattle became a blockbuster and invest in the reshooting of An Affair to Remember . Eric had intended Drew to acquire only the 5-year copyright on the film, but the result was a bit different . After all, the original copyright owner would surely grasp the chance to rip off the potential buyer who was interested in the old film dating back 30 years . Five years? No deal! If you wanted to buy it, you had to accept the high price .

Seeing Eric nodding his head, Drew felt at ease and began to explain further, “This film was originally produced by Jerry Wald, an investor who started his own film company . The guy shot a number of fantastic films but then had the misfortune to die from a heart attack . His wife sold the copyright on several films to another film company . Later, that business went bankrupt . The twist and turn sent the copyright to Fox finally . ”

“Wow,” while listening to the girl, Eric saw in the file the name of 20th Century Fox . Then he nearly sprang up .



Drew was explaining carefully when she was shocked by Eric’s exclamation . She opened her eyes wide and asked:“What……What happened? Is there anything wrong?”

“You just said that……This film was bought from 20th Century Fox?” Eric tried his luck and asked once again .


The girl fluttered her eyelashes innocently and moved her chin up and down, “Yes?”

Eric forced a smile, “Gosh, I will court the hatred of Fox . ”

On that evening, Eric was so fed up with the little girl’s disturbance that he suddenly decided to find her a part-time job during the summer vacation . Not for a moment did he think about the copyright on An Affair to Remember .  If the copyright owner was Warners, Universal Picture or Paramount Pictures, Eric would let it go since he had no relations with them . Making films was also a business and you could in no case keep making a profit .



However, never could Eric imagine the copyright owner to be 20th Century Fox . Now he was still in a good working relationship with Fox and he did not want to ruin the relations . For this reason, Eric explained in person to Barry Diller and made compensation by giving the copyright on a TV series when Columbia Pictures wanted the copyright on Running out of Time . Life was playing tricks on him now and God was deliberately spoiling his relations with Fox this time .

After Sleepless in Seattle was put on show, if the videotapes of An Affair to Remember sold 2 million copies like his friend said in his previous life, the sales value would reach 60 million dollars and the film would be like a box-office success . Although film companies announced to the public that the videotape profits accounted for less than 20% and that the cost more than 80%, insiders would easily see through their lies . The percentage of videotape profits would easily exceed 50% and it was even higher than that of box-office profits . In this case, the videotapes of An Affair to Remember would bring Eric at least 30 million dollars .

Eric could almost imagine how some people would fly into a rage .

Seeing Eric’s constantly changing expressions, Drew asked curiously, “How can it be like this? We have spent 3 . 5 million dollars and Fox has made money . Why will they hate us?”

“Yes, it is true that we have spent more than 3 million dollars . The point is that we are likely to make 30 million dollars from this film in less than 1 year . How will Fox feel then?”

The little girl covered her small mouth with her hands surprisedly . Eric asked her to secure the copyright on the film and said the business could bring money . Drew had thought that the maximum profits would be 1 or 2 million dollars . So she was a little nervous when confiding the film had been bought at the price of 3 . 5 million dollars . If they could really make 30 million dollars……

“But……It seems that……Eric, Fox does not know that we are the purchaser . For fear of making them link the business with you, I did not meet Fox’s people in person . Instead, I found an agent who transferred the copyright to me after getting it . All through the process, Fox did not know that it was us that wanted the copyright . ” As she went on saying, Drew’s voice was getting lower . She immediately realized that Fox people, as long as they were sane, would surely link the business with Eric if Sleepless in Seattle gained popularity and then a big fortune was made from An Affair to Remember .

Thinking of this, the girl stuck out her tongue, “Then, Eric, what shall we do now?”

Eric rubbed against his temples and thought for a moment . If Sleepless in Seattle was put on show by the end of this year, then the videotapes of An Affair to Remember would not become a sales miracle until next year . By then, he had already fulfilled his contract with Fox for this year . So he would not worry about Fox making trouble for the film distribution . At most, Fox would play some tricks to delay the process of shared revenue . In that case, there was no need to worry since the contract signed last year had clearly stipulated the rights and obligations of both parties . If Fox breached the contract, the company would be unlikely to win the lawsuit . The filmmakers in Eric’s previous life were so careless that they did not find problems with profit-sharing contracts until the films became blockbusters . At that time, it was too late to rid themselves of disputes that could last for years . Eric was totally different from them .  

“Well, let’s just forget about it . The meat has been readily offered to us and we just cannot give it back . After all, it is Fox that has offered to sell the copyright and we have paid the company a large sum . ”

“Ha-ha,” the girl felt relieved, cuddled Eric and kept rubbing against his body coquettishly, “Eric, but there is also a trivial matter……”





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