Chatty Hollywood

No matter what Robert Egger thought, the ABC telecast sparked a small wave of Quidditch fever in North America.

Taking advantage of the fact that "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" has just been released and the second "Chamber of Secrets" has been published, the popularity is not small.

Even many people who were not originally fans of the "Harry Potter" series have been lured into the trap.

Although in reality, no one can fly into the sky on a broomstick, there are many people discussing it.

Some startups in Silicon Valley even use Quidditch to illustrate the special uses of personal flying devices.

——Even though it’s nonsense, I have to say that this really adds a lot of color to the entrepreneurs’ ppts.

The most intuitive consequence of this competition is that when the DVD of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was released, sales suddenly increased.

In particular, the DVD Deluxe Collector's Edition, which includes the Quidditch game and combines the movie version and the TV animation version - a version that is several times more expensive than ordinary DVDs - is also selling very hotly.

It can be said that since DVDs have gradually overtaken video tapes and become the mainstream of the market, the sales of DVDs of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" are unprecedented.

It can even catch up with the box office miracle "Titanic".

As for the income generated by these DVDs, except for the low cost and a small amount distributed to retailers, most of them belong to Spectre Studio or Charlotte.

This is much more satisfying than making money at the box office.

You know, even in North America, only about 1/3 of the box office revenue goes into the pockets of the producers, and most of the rest has to be eaten up by other parts of the industry chain such as theater chains.

And if it is an overseas market, this ratio will be further reduced——

For movies released in China, Hollywood production companies may not even get a quarter of the box office revenue.

What's more, from the box office revenue received, the producer also gets a large portion of the profits to be given to the director, starring actors and other investors.

——It can be said that the box office income of Hollywood movies, unless they are relatively popular movies, generally does not bring much profit to the producers.

After all, there are too many people who want to share this cake.

As for the peripheral DVD income, most of it will belong to the producer.

This is why Hollywood production companies are paying more and more attention to the peripheral income from DVDs.

Warner Bros. Pictures is also included.

It was after they saw the amazing DVD sales of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" that they made the decision to acquire related resources and copyrights from Charlotte.

——Isn’t it just throwing more money!

Warner Pictures, which is backed by Time Warner Group and has the ability to make money, is least afraid of this.

Of course, although they have made up their mind to spend money, the people at Warner are not just idiots. Naturally, they don't mind if they can find ways to save some money.

Especially as a representative of Warner, David Heyman, who followed the entire preparation and production process of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", is very clear about Charlotte's important role in the production of this film.

He felt that it might be possible to get the relevant resources and copyrights from Charlotte simply by throwing money at it, but without the support and guidance of a talented director like Charlotte, the profits from subsequent movies in the "Harry Potter" series would be reduced. Whether it can still reach its current heights is really unclear.

Therefore, David Heyman hopes to get the adaptation rights and series dominance from Charlotte by spending money, but still retains a certain share or share ratio for Charlotte.

On the one hand, this can save money, and on the other hand, it can continue to get help from Charlotte later.

Although this means that Warner still has to give Charlotte a portion of the subsequent profits from the "Harry Potter" series, but considering the role that the other party can play, David Heyman feels that the price is worth it.

He has even convinced Warner's management to agree with his opinion,

Based on this premise, we started preliminary negotiations with Spectre Studio.

When Charlotte returned to London from Morocco, the negotiations between the two parties were stuck on two controversial points——

One is, of course, the specific issue of the proportion of shares;

Every penny here means a large amount of dollars, and both parties must compare every penny;

The other is that David Heyman, who is in charge of negotiations at Warner, hopes that Charlotte can continue to direct this series;

In his opinion, if Charlotte can really remain the director of the "Harry Potter" series of movies, then the prospects of this series will be extremely stable.

For this reason, he even proposed that even if Warner completes the acquisition of copyright and related resources, Charlotte can still be the first producer and lead this series.

This sincerity should be said to be quite sufficient.

Unfortunately, Charlotte was not very interested.

When he was originally willing to direct "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," in addition to putting pressure on Warner Bros., his more purpose was for the Philosopher's Stone.

Now that both goals have been achieved, he really can't be bothered to be the kid king in this children's fantasy movie.

Even if David Heyman got through the original author J.K. Rowling and lobbied him together, he remained unmoved.

In turn, Charlotte took the opportunity to grab Alexis and chat with Rowling about Quidditch——

The Quidditch rules and tactics system that Alexis derived from the dreams of British generals would be a waste if they were only used for one Quidditch match.

Charlotte hopes to compile it into a book, and then publish it as a peripheral spin-off book in the "Harry Potter" series under Rowling's name.

——Just like "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them," which Rowling is currently preparing and has just begun.

Rowling welcomed this very much.

In fact, she had always thought it was amazing that Spectre Studio could produce an entire decent Quidditch game, and even come up with a complete game rules and tactical system.

Don't you know magic?

Magic Mother asked exaggeratedly.

In this regard, both Charlotte and Alexis smiled and said nothing.

Charlotte, on the other hand, later came up with an idea that stunned Rowling——

Do you want to commission Electronic Arts (EA) to create a game about Quidditch?

Charlotte nodded,

Yes. Joanna, don’t you think that since we have developed a feasible system of Quidditch rules and tactics, we should try our best to make use of it?

Coincidentally, EA, which previously purchased the rights to the "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" game, has developed a series of football games called "FIFA".

We will cooperate with each other, use the rules and tactics we have deduced, and the various 3D model resources in hand, and cooperate with EA's improved programming technology based on the "FIFA" series, we should be able to create a good virtual sports game - —

I even plan to create a virtual Quidditch league based on this game!

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