Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 341 - 325 Art and Merchants

Los Angeles, inside the president’s office at Universal Studios.

President Ron Meyer had just received the third day’s data for "I’m so rich."

"Ah, it’s 5 million US dollars higher than ’Jerry Maguire,’" he sighed, while pulling out several tapes from a drawer and casually snapping them before tossing them into the trash bin.

"Then these recordings of phone calls with that bestselling author are no longer needed."

Now, even with such severe criticism from the outside world, it did not affect the continued rise in box office revenue.

Even readers commented, "I have already criticized the decadent lives of the wealthy three times over!"

Those critics are completely useless, not hitting the nail on the head at all!

"This movie is just a gimmick based on Wang’s personal experiences and his novel!"

If it weren’t for the bestselling author clearly not hoping for success, Ron Meyer would have almost suspected that the critics had been bribed by the other side with US dollars.

He rubbed his face with his hand, his expression instantly transforming from anger to a smile.

After looking in the mirror, Ron Meyer gave a slight nod of approval.

He then picked up the data report and headed towards Little Bronfman’s office.

"Mr. Brown, ’I’m so rich’ will definitely crush ’Jerry Maguire’ and secure the top spot in this week’s North American box office rankings."

"Your proposal to collaborate with wangwen.com, along with the new management approach, have been proven correct by the facts," Ron Meyer complimented softly.

However, to his surprise, this wealthy heir did not show any joy of success, only responding with a nonchalant "Hmm".

To Little Bronfman, a few million dollars was merely pocket change, not worth mentioning.

The reason he sold his continuously rising DuPont stocks and wanted to enter Hollywood at any cost was because he loved the artistic atmosphere here.

Since 1973, getting involved in the production of "Bunker," "Race to the Edge," and even writing songs for the legendary singer Warwick like "Night Whispers," was all for this purpose.

But now, the newspapers were discussing how his Universal had adapted a work of critical literature into something completely off-topic.

This was absolutely unacceptable for Little Bronfman, who had the heart of an artist.

Of course, he didn’t think he was jealous of the bestselling author who was being praised by the critics.

Just that, continuing the cooperation like this, the wealthy heir felt somewhat discontented.

He glanced over the fax, and after confirming there would definitely be a profit, placed it casually on the desk.

"Your next project is ’Cutthroat Island’?" Little Bronfman asked.

"Yes," Ron Meyer was somewhat unable to keep up with his boss’s jumping thoughts.

"Confident about its success?" the owner of Universal looked towards his manager.

"Of course."

"Then, let’s shift the focus of the next phase of work towards the promotion and release of ’Cutthroat Island.’"

"Uh..." Ron Meyer felt as if the previous efforts were in vain?

He tentatively asked, "Will Universal continue the cooperation with wangwen.com?"

"Of course," Little Bronfman smiled indifferently, "I’m not really that heir who is deemed by the media as doing business with an artist’s mindset."

"However, I do think the royalty fee we gave for ’I’m so rich’ is a bit too high."

"For the next one, let’s negotiate with them on ’Arcane Throne,’ which has the most thorough development and largest fanbase."

"The licensing fee for ’I’m so rich’ was 2 million US dollars?"

"Then, for ’Arcane Throne,’ 1.5 million US dollars should be a suitable price," Little Bronfman commented while casually flipping through an evaluation report.

"Also, the rights of the original author should be somewhat limited."

Ron Meyer was somewhat baffled by a string of orders from his boss.

"The Asian bestselling author will definitely not agree."

"Heh heh," Little Bronfman raised an eyebrow, "It doesn’t matter whether he agrees or not, but we must maintain a state of negotiation."

"Even if the negotiations fail, they must be after Cutthroat Island has become a box office hit!"

Hearing this, Ron Meyer finally had an epiphany.

This rich young gentleman is using an artist’s mindset to manage one of Hollywood’s six giants, Universal Studios!

And to keep the public from thinking he’s not a qualified businessman, he even drags the bestselling author into negotiations...

Once Cutthroat Island becomes a huge success, probably no one will remember these movie-related shenanigans.

Ron Meyer glanced at the young gentleman out of the corner of his eye and his mouth twitched involuntarily.

"Is there a problem?" Little Bronfman asked.

"No, no problem," the President of Universal quickly replied.

After returning to his own office, Ron Meyer thought for a while and finally laughed out loud.

"So, this heir to the Bronfman family has this kind of personality."

"But how to persuade the bestselling author to play along with me?" He thought for a moment and began to write down things that might interest the other party.

Wang Jian, who had similar thoughts, was sitting on a plane heading to New York for a promotional event with the cast.

Since he couldn’t stop the film’s box office success, he might as well hurry back to writing novels and get the HBO project, Prison Break Transformation, underway to ride the wave of popularity!

"Mr. Wang, come dance with us!" Beyoncé, who made a cameo as her original character in the film, was singing "bang bang" and messing around with a few lead actresses to relieve stress.

She called out to Wang Jian, hoping the only male in the crew would join in the revelry.

Wang Jian waved his hand, indicating they should continue without him, as he had no interest.

However, Monica and Penelope exchanged glances and came over to Wang Jian, swaying their bodies and starting to dance close to him.

Then, Liu Yuling and Beyoncé joined in too.

"I’m the least fond of women!" Wang Jian, preoccupied with his thoughts, had no energy to indulge their antics.

But considering the male-to-female ratio in the cabin, he held back from shouting out loud.

Fortunately, Director Sofia came to discuss some matters, finally rescuing Wang Jian.

"Wang, anyway, this collaboration was enjoyable, right?"

Enjoyable my ass...

Wang Jian nodded affirmatively and answered, "Of course."

"Then, for the director of Princess Diana’s autobiography, can you consider me as a priority?"

"Uh..." Wang Jian looked at the Coppola family princess somewhat speechlessly, "I haven’t even started writing that novel yet."

"Heh heh, no problem," Sofia responded with a smile, "I’m planning to direct two more films to hone my skills."

"Let’s talk about it after I finish the novel," Wang Jian said noncommittally, "Who knows, by then it might be a work that doesn’t suit your style."

Right now, his focus was on how to respond to Joseph Keller.

The autobiography of Princess Diana was not on the agenda yet.

"Since I’ve borrowed someone else’s connections to maintain my own persona,"

"As reciprocation, I should at least let the old gentleman see that I’m truly working hard to advance the collective goals of the authors, right?"

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"How can I wrap the artist’s cloak around my merchant’s nature?" Wang Jian muttered to himself, "I really wish Universal would join me in performing a play!"

"The name of the play would be: Unscrupulous Capital Exploiting Artists!"

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