Hong Kong Variety Show: Me, the Traffic Enforcement and Control Team?

Afterwards, the lawyer approached Lin Zhengyi and said with a fake smile, "Sir, if you don't want to receive complaints, then treat my client with the normal procedures and processes."

With that, he left without looking back.

"How arrogant!"

Lin Zhengyi looked at him and made a sarcastic remark.

However, I didn't pay much attention to it.

The lawyer said a few words to protect the rights of his client, but he had nothing to say in return.

Lin Huai-le remained silent for the rest of the time.

Lin Zhengyi was naturally happy to have some free time.

Finally, after spending a day and a night with him in the interrogation room, Lin Zhengyi officially went off duty, and Lin Huai Le was also released.

In the following days, Lin Zhengyi and his men continued to raid Lin Huaile's territory.

After sweeping for almost half a month, Lin Zhengyi finally received the order to stop, and then he stopped.

And that's basically the end of the matter.

-

"It's finally over!"

Lin Zhengyi let out a deep breath.

He swept for half a month straight, all at night. As the commander-in-chief, he couldn't be absent. He was busy from night to morning every day. Even though his physical condition had exceeded the limits of a normal person, he was still a little tired.

However, such exhaustion was not without its rewards.

In the past few days, Lin Zhengyi has discovered that as the commander of normal operations, he can also gain experience in closing cases when his men raid places that involve prostitution, gambling, or drugs.

Although Lin Huai Le received advance notice and closed many venues and stopped some of his own businesses, he still couldn't stop customers from bringing their own goods or thugs from other gangs from secretly coming to his venues to sell their goods.

and so!

During the crackdown, quite a few such people were still apprehended.

Of course, they were all caught a few days ago. After that, as the venue was raided more and more often, the customers stopped coming. And even if they did come, they wouldn't bring anything. Needless to say, the thugs from other gangs wouldn't be willing to go looking for trouble during this period.

Even so, his experience level increased to seventy again.

Also!

After bringing Lin Huai Le back for interrogation, Lin Zhengyi also gained experience from him, 20 points!

That is, a B grade rating.

This pushed his experience level to a high of 90 points.

He hadn't expected that inviting someone back for tea like this would be considered a successful arrest, and that it showed experience.

Although this experience is somewhat limited for a leader of a top-tier triad like Wo Luen Shing.

But the source of this experience was simply that he invited the other party for tea, and he didn't encounter any resistance at all. Everything was simple and easy, and those twenty points came quite easily.

Anyway, he was quite happy!

He even had an idea that if he were to rise to a higher position in the future, he could simply invite the leaders of these gangs to the bureau for tea every ten days or so, using any excuse. That would provide him with a stable channel for gaining experience points.

of course!

That's all in the future.

Given his current position, he cannot and should not do that.

Thinking about it!

suddenly!

"Jingle Bell!"

His phone rang.

Chapter 116 Film Copyright

"Hey!"

Lin Zhengyi answered the call and asked a question.

"I am Ed!" Ed's voice was filled with barely concealed excitement.

"More good news?"

Hearing the barely concealed excitement in his voice, Lin Zhengyi asked with a smile.

"You guessed it, two pieces of good news!" Ed said with a smile.

"Oh? Two!?" Lin Zhengyi was immediately curious.

One of the reasons he could guess was that Harry Potter had sold out again and needed to be reprinted, so they wanted him to sign a reprint contract.

He calculated the time and the purchasing power of the entire European continent. The previous reprints of Harry Potter should be almost finished, and it was time to reprint another batch.

But the other one is unpredictable.

"First of all, Harry Potter is going to be reprinted again!"

"Sales in various European countries are far more booming than our company's assessment. It's only been a little over a month since I last contacted you, and we've already sold out almost all of them, so we need to print an additional five million copies!"

"Four million of them are intended for sale in various European countries, and another million are intended for sale in various American countries, where reading habits are very similar to those in Europe. According to our company's evaluation, they should also sell very well there!"

After saying that excitedly, Ed added, "Secondly, your Harry Potter has attracted the attention of many film companies. They want to buy the film rights and adapt Harry Potter into a movie."

"Among these film companies, there are many from Hollywood, the largest of which is Warner Bros., I think you should have heard of that name."

He paused, then said, "I wanted to ask you, should we give them your contact information and talk to them yourself, or what?"

Warner Bros.?

I've heard of it!

Of course I've heard of it!

They produced films such as Batman, Superman, The Matrix, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Gravity, Inception, and Interstellar.

Most importantly, they also made Harry Potter.

"I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it!"

After answering, Lin Zhengyi said seriously, "I don't object to adapting it into a movie. As for the movie copyright, I would like to ask you to help me negotiate. I will give you 10% of the revenue as a reward."

"However, there are a few conditions. First, it would be best if it were Warner Bros. Second, I need a share of the film's net box office profits, the more the better. Finally, these film companies are very good at manipulating the box office, so you need to be careful when negotiating and also keep an eye on things afterwards."

Yes, Lin Zhengyi wants to entrust this matter entirely to Ed.

He was too lazy to argue with the film company, and he knew nothing about it. Going to negotiate alone would not only waste his time and energy, but more importantly, he was likely to get ripped off.

That's why he entrusted it to Ed.

When it comes to things like negotiating contracts, having one company handle the negotiations with another can not only secure better terms but also undoubtedly better secure greater benefits for him.

The reason he put forward several conditions is quite simple.

The original movie was produced by Warner Bros. If it hadn't been produced by them, Lin Zhengyi was afraid he wouldn't have been able to achieve the original effect. And if it didn't achieve the original effect, it would not only be a regret for Lin Zhengyi, but more importantly, the movie might not have been as popular as it was originally.

It would be even easier to split the box office revenue with the movie.

The original movie series grossed over seven billion dollars, and that's in US dollars!

How could he be content without a share?

The last point about box office manipulation is because Lin Zhengyi had heard in his previous life that Rowling had apparently signed a similar revenue-sharing contract with a film company, but the film company manipulated the profits, turning a profitable deal into a loss, so Rowling didn't receive a single penny.

Although he didn't know if it was true or false, he figured it was definitely safe to be on guard.

"no problem!"

Ed responded with a smile, then added, "However, the 10% is unnecessary. Your book has already made our publishing company a lot of money. I'll handle this small matter for you for free."

"Ten percent is definitely necessary; even close brothers keep clear accounts!" Lin Zhengyi added.

Don't underestimate the small percentage of 10%. If a box office revenue sharing agreement is reached in the future, no matter how much it is, even if it's only 1%, the revenue from that 10% will still be substantial.

The original Harry Potter film grossed over a billion pence worldwide with its very first movie.

Although it's been quite a few years since Harry Potter was released, its box office performance might not be as high as it used to be.

But surely we can reach four or five hundred million?

Even if there are many theaters to be split, there should still be a profit of two or three hundred million, right?

One percent of two or three hundred million is two or three million.

Even a tenth of two or three million would be two or three hundred thousand beautiful coins!

Two or three hundred thousand is quite a lot these days!

Moreover, given Harry Potter's current popularity, the percentage wouldn't be just one percent; it could be around two, three, four, or five percent.

Of course, anything higher wouldn't work, since it's just a script. When people actually make a movie, they have to pay the actors' salaries, do the special effects, and handle distribution and promotion—all of which have costs.

Even so, you'll still have at least hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of Beautiful Coins to earn!

"Alright, alright, if it's free, then it's free. As long as you price your next book at the same rate, that'll be your way of repaying me!" Ed said with a smile.

"Side your company is no problem, but don't regret it when the movie is released!" Lin Zhengyi said with a smile.

Although Ed has a large company to inherit, millions of Pretty Coins are still a considerable sum for him.

At least it will make him feel sorry for you.

"Regret? Whoever regrets it is a little dog!" Ed said confidently.

Lin Zhengyi smiled and said nothing more.

"Alright, I've said everything I need to say. The contract will be the same as always. I'll fax it to you, you sign it and fax it back, and the money will be transferred directly to you. That's it!" Ed said, and then hung up the phone.

Lin Zhengyi listened to the dial tone on the other end of the phone and then hung up.

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the next day!