Chapter 227: The Worst Revenge Deal

In the end, Zhou Ming and Disney reached a 63 box office split agreement. Due to the existence of the cinema circuit, this 63 is not 63% of the total box office, but the remaining box office after deducting various taxes and the cinema's share of the split. 57xs57

In other words, assuming that the box office on the first day of release is one million US dollars, after deducting various taxes of about 70,000 US dollars, and then according to the distribution contract between Disney and the cinema chain, the box office has to be shared with the cinema chain about 330,000 US dollars, and the remaining 600,000 US dollars is what Zhou Ming and Disney will split. According to the 63% split agreement, Zhou Ming will end up with about 380,000 US dollars.

Tang Ran found this calculation a little hard to understand. She asked Zhou Ming, 'Ming, the film was clearly made by Steve Jobs' Pixar animation studio, and you paid for the film's buyout yourself. You even came up with the publicity the solution. Later, when someone prevented the audience from watching it, it was only resolved when we went to Quan'an to deprive Tang Yu of his inheritance rights. Why did we end up with so little money?'

Zhou Ming said with a smile, 'There's really nothing we can do about it. A lot of the money had to be divided up.'

'It's true that we produced and promoted the Toy Story film ourselves, and we also paid a large sum for the distribution rights. Now we have to share the profits with them, which is just not reasonable.'

Zhou Ming suddenly changed the subject and continued, 'But there is one thing you seem to have forgotten, and that is that we ourselves do not have any distribution capabilities. Put simply, no matter how good the movie no matter how good the film is, we cannot turn it directly into money. That is why we have to choose to cooperate with Disney. And since it is a commercial cooperation, it is only reasonable to share the money, regardless of whether Disney has contributed to the production and promotion or not.'

Tang Ran seemed to understand but said, 'Ming, you mean that since we lack distribution channels, we have to rent Disney's distribution channels. Since we are renting, we have to pay them, but the difference is just in how much we pay, right?'

Zhou Ming nodded with a smile and told her, 'That's the whole point. Although their demands are very weak and we can refuse them completely, there is no need to do so. At least for now, this matter. Not only does Disney have the most experience in distributing animated films, they have also made significant concessions for this reason. A win-win situation is the best outcome.'

Tang Ran nodded silently, taking Zhou Ming's words to heart. She wanted to catch up with him, and he certainly didn't begrudge teaching her everything he knew. Later that evening, the president of Disney flew directly from Los Angeles to San Francisco to sign the cooperation agreement with Steve Jobs.

When the Toy Story re-signing ceremony took place at the Light Digital Arts Centre, it was not so friendly to another person who was also in San Francisco. This person was Tang Yu, who had been disinherited.

Tang Yu was a very proud man. Although he was only the second-in-line heir, he considered himself the rightful heir to the throne, as the first-in-line heir had never shown up. He had always thought and done everything as an heir.

He is humble and polite, not only has he kept his business in order, but he has also participated in various charitable activities and has appeared on the covers of many celebrity magazines. He has built up a very good reputation.

Before the family dinner, he was called to the Quan'an old house alone by Tang Jingsheng, the head of the ancestral hall clan association. Several elders talked with him for the whole afternoon. That night, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep. because he almost felt like he had already grasped the crown of the Tang family head and could inherit this powerful and ancient family, and then this family would become even bigger and stronger under his leadership.

But all this was disrupted by the sudden arrival of Zhou Ming and Tang Ran at the family dinner that day. From that day on, they took over the rotten Jieke Company and then enhanced the company's brand value, negotiated a 5 million dollar order with Suffolk, and everything they did was outstanding, to the point that the family elders couldn't stop praising them.

This made Tang Yu feel incredibly panicked, because wasn't he the only heir to the Tang family? Then what are Tang Ran and Zhou Ming? They are bastards who have appeared from nowhere, and they are not even worthy of holding my shoes!

However, it was this panic that made Tang Yu start to constantly join forces with Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er to obstruct Zhou Ming and Tang Ran. At first, he was very restrained, and he left it all to them, but as things got out of hand, he started to intervene himself, and eventually even had people stop everyone on the street who was going to see the Toy Story movie.

In the end, Zhou Ming and Tang Ran went to Quan'an to report the matter to the ancestral hall clan association, and the clan association decided to strip him of his inheritance rights.

When Tang Yu heard his father announce this decision to him, he felt like the whole world had collapsed. He had always regarded himself as the heir, whether doing anything himself instructing Tang Yi and Tang Wan'er to do things. Now he was suddenly told that his inheritance rights had been stripped. Such news was something he could never accept.

'Stupid! Those old family members are the stupidest, most ignorant scumbags imaginable! How dare they disinherit me, the heir! What right do they have to do that? Did they take bribes from Zhou Ming and Tang Ran? Or was it Tang Ran, that little bitch, who was so good in bed that she conquered the old men? A bunch of sanctimonious hypocrites, vermin in a cesspit!'

Tang Yu cursed loudly, while brandishing the bottle of wine, letting the dark brown liquid inside pour over his head and body. At this point, he no longer cared about his identity as the heir.

When he got tired of cursing, Tang Yu gulped down the inferior rum, which he would never have bothered to look at in the past, and poured it into his mouth. It seemed that only the burning sensation in his throat could make him sober up a little. He opened his eyes and suddenly a strange and colourful world came into view, full of bright colours. The heavily made-up and scantily clad waitresses kept tempting men's innermost desires.

Yes, this is an underground bar in the Tenderloin district. If the Tenderloin district is the poorest and most crime-ridden district in the entire San Francisco, and it is even called the whore camp that God has forsaken. Then this bar is the filthiest toilet in this camp.

Those who come here include the cheapest prostitutes, There were cheap prostitutes, skinny drug addicts, drunks who would drink until dawn, thugs with machetes and microphones slung over their waists, and muscular black boxing gladiators... These people represented the lawlessness of the place. It was a place of exile where there was no law, where people might draw their guns at the slightest disagreement and fight to the death.

The air here is filled with a pungent smell, a mixture of the worst alcohol, incontinence from drug use and the smell of condoms left behind after buying sex. It is fishy, smelly, lewd and disgusting.

In the past, the self-proclaimed nobleman Tang Yu would not have wanted to stay here for even a second, but now, this smell made him feel inexplicably excited.

'Damn Zhou Ming, I want revenge, definitely!' Tang Yu said with clenched teeth.

Suddenly his phone rang. Tang Yu picked it up and answered it, but after a moment his face changed and he angrily yelled at the phone: 'What the hell are you? I told you that if it wasn't for me, you'd be a stray dog. I gave you a mouthful of food, but now you're telling me you want to betray me? I should have thrown you in the trash long ago. Get out of here, go be that Zhou Ming's dog, he'll give you bones!

Tang Yuyue became more and more agitated, and finally slammed the phone onto the ground, then gulped down a few more drinks, and angrily cursed, 'You son of a bitch, I always wondered why all my plans against that Zhou Ming were easily failed. It must be the result of this bastard betraying me. This kind of bastard from a lowly background can't be trusted after all, even if he sounds nice. He's still a dog, even if he has a name, Cheng Qian, and was supported by himself to become the former president of Jieke Company.

At this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard. Tang Yu looked up and saw a young man in his thirties running over. He was dressed in a sharp suit and had the air of a white-collar aristocrat. He didn't look like he belonged in this bar.

This is Tang Yu's most loyal little brother, Tang Yu. He changed his name himself, saying that it was missing something compared to Tang Yu, and that he would always be Tang Yu's little brother, just like jade, which never betrays its owner.

Tang Yu came over with a handkerchief over his nose, and only when he was in front of Tang Yu did he hastily put the handkerchief down, forcing himself not to feel sick as he said to Tang Yu, 'Boss, the person you've been waiting for is here.'

With these words, Tang Yu looked up behind him and saw a burly man of about 1.8 metres tall walking over with a few people. There was a slash scar that looked like a fleshy centipede crawling across his face and wriggling with every word he said. It was both disgusting and terrifying.

'He is Nelson, nicknamed the Ghostly Tarantula. He is the biggest employment agency in the Tendron District, and under him are not only the best gladiators, but also the most formidable killers.' Tang Yu introduced him to Tang Yu, but he was obviously terrified by Nelson's terrifying appearance and his voice trembled as he spoke.

Nelson walked straight over and sat in front of Tang Yu and asked, 'I heard it was you who wanted to talk business?'

Compared to Tang Yu, who was scared, Tang Yu calmly nodded and said, 'Yes, I want you to help me get rid of someone in the most cruel, bloody and exciting way. Can you do it?'

Nelson raised an eyebrow: 'Are you questioning my business acumen?'

As Nelson raised his eyebrow, the centipede on his face seemed to come to life in an instant, baring its fangs. Tang Yu was so scared that she screamed.

At that moment, Nelson suddenly stood up and pulled out the pistol at his waist, aiming it at Tang Yu and firing.

A gorgeous bloom of blood blossomed in the centre of Tang Yu's brow, and then Tang Yu just collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open, unable to close in death.

Nelson's shot was like a signal. As soon as the sound of his gun fell, the people around him quickly took out the miniature submachine guns they carried with them and fired several bursts at the bodyguards next to Tang Yu. submachine guns, firing several bursts at the bodyguards next to Tang Yu. Accompanied by the sound of gunshots like popping corns, the bodyguards fell one after the other before they could even draw their guns. At this point, Nelson stepped forward and said to Tang Yu, 'I'm sorry, noble sir, this is punishment for not trusting me.'

Tang Yu's face flushed. He looked at Tang Yu, who was lying in a pool of scarlet blood, and a few of his bodyguards. Smelling the new smell of gunpowder and blood in the air, he let out a smile that bordered on madness: 'Very well, these These bodyguards are all highly trained professionals. I am very satisfied with your skills. I am also very grateful that you killed them, because my identity is very special and they don't need to know about this.'

Nielsen Nelson sat back down in his chair and said to Tang Yu with a hint of meaning, 'It seems I haven't scared you.'

'Because I know you won't kill me. If you kill me, you won't have any money, will you?' Tang Yu said.

'Really are a clever little fellow. I think I like you,' said Nelson with a smile. 'So to get back to business, I can find a way to help you with your request, no matter how difficult it is. Of course, I also have very high demands when it comes to remuneration.'

'As as long as you can help me complete my request, money is not a problem for me at all.'

Tang Yu said, and threw a gold bar in front of Nelson. Nelson's eyes lit up when he saw the gold bar. He grabbed the gold bar, bit it to test the purity, and then replied with a grin, 'Then it's a deal, my benefactor!'

Just like that Tang Yu and Nelson reached an agreement in this messy and dirty bar, while the dead Tang Yu and the bodyguards were ignored the whole time... Oh no, it wasn't that no one cared, but in this lawless place of exile, there are fights, stabbings and even gunfights every day. Although deaths are not commonplace, they are not uncommon at all.

Therefore at most, they will only be excited by the secretion of adrenal hormones and howl in excitement, or buy an extra bottle of wine and a gram of 'medicine', or be sexually aroused and have more than one round with a woman, but no one will make a fuss about it.