Chapter 14301432【Jurassic Park】


    ?At the beginning of 1989, Guan Xiaoguan took her new husband back to China to visit relatives and met Uncle Guan.


    Xiang Nan didn''t get involved and took a look at it 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 making money. After meeting Uncle Guan, she took him back to the United States.


    ?Her husband didn''t know at all 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.


    …


    ?In January 1989, Xiang Nan''s previously published science fiction novel "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 remuneration 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" is a novel 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, The DNA of frogs, iguanas, geckos and other reptiles was used to create ancient dinosaurs using genetic cloning technology, and a Jurassic Park was built on an island in the South China Sea for tourists to watch.


    After this novel 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, the capabilities of practitioners are limited. Those who can create may not necessarily understand science, and those who understand science may not necessarily know how to create. Therefore, the creation of science fiction literature is limited, which also makes the audience for science fiction novels relatively small.


    Xiang Nan''s "Jurassic Park" is a typical example of a success that is not a hit. Although readers of science fiction novels applauded and thought this novel was really great, the sales volume ranked last among Xiang Nan''s many novels. Therefore, this project Nan has not written any sequels since then.


    Unexpectedly, after this novel was introduced to the United States, it would become very popular and quickly appear on the New York Times bestseller list, which surprised Simon and Schuster Publishing Company.


    …


    ?After the novel became popular, 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".


    ?For this reason, many companies competed for the film and television adaptation rights of this novel, and they all 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 would not 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 "Back to the Future" that topped the annual box office, cost only 40 million U.S. dollars to produce... ? ? ? The story of "Jurassic Park" is very innovative and has great commercial value, but whether it will be a hit or not, who will I don''t know what to do. After all, unlike "Batman," "Back to the Future," and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," it has been tested by the market.


    So, it is impossible for the film company to bet $60 million. After all, their lives are not easy now.


    …


    CAA also felt that the conditions offered by Xiang Nan were too harsh, and asked him to lower the fee, 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 make this 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. This way the IP of "Jurassic Park" will not be wasted.


    Otherwise, he would rather wait a few more years.


    CAA saw that Xiang Nan refused to give in and had no choice.


    ?Different from 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 "The Last Day", one "Pretty Woman", and one "Home Alone". These three movies were all high-scoring movies in the 1990s, and I believe they should be welcomed by film companies.


    CAA was overjoyed when they received the script and immediately started promoting it hard.


    In the end, "The Last Day Out" 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 for this work. 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" has a box office of US$610 million in North America, which is considered a big profit no matter what. But after some manipulation by Warner Pictures, the film not only failed to make money, but also lost $160 million.


    Hence, all staff members who sign a profit-sharing agreement 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.


    …


    In February **, "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" was officially broadcast on Yanjing Satellite TV.


    Once it was aired, it was well received.


    The 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.


    (End of this chapter)