The next morning, Du Rulin and Li Yan had breakfast and went back to the farm first. Adam and Semp had drunk a lot yesterday and had not woken up yet. Instead, Melis got up early to have breakfast together. After Du Qi sent his parents away, he asked, "You are now graduating, do you plan to participate in the management of Apple?"

"The time is not yet ripe," Duqi said. "And Apple is operating well now, so I don't need to point fingers for the time being. You know, sometimes more people are involved in management, which is likely to cause internal struggles, thereby reducing efficiency and even causing company turmoil."

"Well, then what do you want to do now? Do you want to keep writing novels?"

"Of course, I have to write the novel, but in two days I will meet a Hollywood director." Duqi said with a smile: "If you are interested, you can meet with me."

"It sounds like this is interesting," Melis's eyes lit up, and she said, "Why do you want to invest in a movie? Do you want to start a film company yourself?"

"Owning a film company in Hollywood has always been my plan, but this is the plan a few years later. This investment just happened to know a script that looks good, and I don't want to miss this opportunity." Duqi said with a smile: "I have lived in Los Angeles for so many years, but I have always wanted to be a big shot in control of Hollywood. Perhaps this is my first step."

"It seems that I should be honored because I met the first investment made by a Hollywood legend in the future? I hope you won't lose money because of this investment."

Melis was also very interested in the movie, so he agreed to go to negotiate with Duches. Two days later, at a cafe near Stanford University, Duches and Melis met the producer and director whom he was preparing to invest in the movie.

"Hello, I am Duchess, this is my friend Melis." Duchess introduced himself and Meliss beside him, looked at the man and woman in front of him, and continued to speak: "The two are director James Cameron and Ms. Anne Hurd. I'm very happy to meet the two."

"Hello, Mr. Du, Ms. Melis."

After both parties greeted each other, they each sat down. At this time, the waiter also came over with the menu. Duqi ordered coffee according to her habits and Melis. After the waiter left, Anne Hurd couldn't help but speak first: "I heard that Mr. Du is interested in investing in "Terminator"?"

"I just overheard that this is a story about robots. It just so happens that I have some interest in robots, so I asked my assistant Todd to contact you. As for whether I will invest, I still need to read the script before I talk about it." Duqi said: "Did you bring the script?"

Although the other party's identity has been confirmed and he is the special effects madman who was famous in his previous life, Duqi will not directly reveal obvious intentions from the beginning. If the other party sees it, it will only put himself in a disadvantageous position in the subsequent negotiations.

"Of course, we have prepared the script." Anne Hurd took out the prepared script and handed it to Duqi. Before coming, she had already learned about Duqi's information and knew that the Chinese young man in front of her was a billionaire. As long as he was willing to invest, there would be no problem with the filming funds for the filming.

Duqi took over the script and read it carefully. The overall plot is 50% or 60% similar to the movies he saw, but there are many differences. This should not be the final mature version, but he is not in a hurry. The script can be polished slowly. Now we can talk about the conditions first.

Putting down the script, Duqi said: "It's a very interesting story. So was the script of the movie written by Mr. Cameron?"

"I wrote it." Cameron said.

Duqi asked casually: "How much do you plan to sell this script?"

"Mr. Du, Mr. Cameron has sold me the copyright of the script," Anne Hurd said at this time: "I am the producer of this movie."

Anne Hurd is a very ambitious woman. After seeing the script of "Terminator", she immediately realized that she had met Bao. Under Anne Hurd's trick, James Cameron actually sold the script of "Terminator" to Anne Hurd for $1, and also agreed to the author of the script to sign Anne Hurd's name. The only requirement was that he must be the director.

In this way, Anne Hurd bought the script of "Terminator" for $1 and became one of the script's authors. Then the woman took the script and invested everywhere, but she was busy until now she hadn't received a penny.

With a raised brow, Duqi said casually: "So that's it, so how much do you plan to ask for? How about 50,000 US dollars?"

Duches does not offer a price casually. Major Hollywood film companies receive countless scripts every day, so scripts in Hollywood are not too valuable. If you are lucky and are attracted by film companies, the screenwriters will usually only get a reward of about 10,000 or 20,000 US dollars, and sometimes they are even only a few thousand dollars, and 50,000 US dollars is already a high price.

However, after hearing Duchi's words, both of them frowned, and Cameron even said directly: "Unless I promise to be the director of the film, we will not sell the copyright of the script."

"You have to be a director," Duchi said: "I am sorry, Mr. Cameron, I have read your information before. The only long story you have directed before is just a small-cost Italian movie, which seems to be called "Pizzard 2". Ms. Anne Hurd has no experience as an independent producer before. How much investment do you think this movie requires?"

After hesitating for a moment, Cameron said a number: "It costs at least five million dollars."

"Yes, it costs at least five million US dollars. If you want to pass the film, the number will increase by at least two or three million US dollars." Duqi said: "It costs at least seven or eight million US dollars. This is not a small amount. Even I, an outsider, knows that for such a large investment, it is best to find a director and producer who has enough experience and proved himself. I want to know why the two of you convince me to invest in this movie, and also let you serve as directors and producers of the movie."

Cameron is far from the God of Cards more than ten years later, so there is no problem with Duqi saying this. The reason why he said this is naturally to reduce the price. As a qualified businessman, he must maximize profits in any case.

Duches' words were obvious doubts. Anne Hurd and Cameron both felt a little uncomfortable, but they were not young people in their teens. They have been struggling in the circle for many years, which has long made them so sophisticated and smooth, so it is impossible to stand up and say something like "Thirty years of Hedong, thirty years of Hexi, don't bully the young man in poverty."

More importantly, this is not the first time they have hit a wall. James Cameron is just a young director. He began to conceive "Terminator" more than a year ago. After Cameron wrote the script, he only received ridicule from his agent, thinking that the movie was extremely boring.

In a fit of anger, Cameron fired his agent and looked for investors everywhere with the script. Later, he met Anne Hurd, who was fooled by her and directly made a fuss to get the copyright of the work.

Anne Hurd has been in Hollywood for many years and has known many people, but it is not that easy to attract investment. Before meeting Duchess, they were rejected countless times.

Faced with Duches' doubts, Anne Hurd also knew that although Duches was young, he was not a good person to fool. However, Duches is the only person who has shown obvious interest in the script so far. She knew that she could not miss this opportunity, so she spoke:

"Mr. Du, Director Cameron has unparalleled talent, and this script was created independently by him. No one knows this script better than him, so he is the director who is most suitable for this movie. And the most important thing is that I have received support from Orion Pictures. As long as you invest in making "Terminator", Orion Pictures will help release it, so you don't need to worry about the release of the movie..."

I have to say that Anne Hurd is very eloquent and is good at seizing opportunities. After saying a few words, he quickly showed his advantages.
Chapter completed!