Chapter 1282 The aftermath is not over yet
“Sir, are you satisfied with my work?”
Looking at Henry sitting in the passenger seat smiling back at him, Ning Weimin also smiled Smile in response.
“Of course.”
“Now that my work is completed, our employment relationship will also end. Normally, for a contract worth over 100 million yuan, our legal The fee charged is one percent. That is to say, minus the one million you have already paid me, you still need to pay me 2.3 million francs.”
Ning Weimin didn't expect Henry to be so impatient, and was slightly taken aback.
"Of course there is no problem, but is it a little early? What I want to say is..."
However, when Henry heard "but", he arbitrarily mistakenly thought that Ning Weimin Too expensive.
He has seen many rich people like this in his career who push back and hold back when paying.
Who says rich people must be generous?
According to his experience, rich people are more preoccupied than poor people, and their generosity is mostly pretended to save face.
Some people are even unwilling to pay child support after divorce, which is inhumane.
So he was the first to say, "Ah ah! Please don't, sir! Don't! I know what you want to say. Since we have a common friend, Mr. Alain Delon, I don't want to be over money. There is a conflict with you. Okay, just pay me another two million francs and let us settle this matter with dignity, okay?"
"Thank you very much. Henry. "
Ning Weimin looked at Qingzi beside him, but shook his head slightly with a look of helplessness.
Then he took out his checkbook from his pocket.
Unfortunately, Lawyer Henry, who was sitting in the passenger seat, did not see the scene in the back seat.
He didn't even notice the slightly ironic smile appearing on the corner of Ning Weimin's mouth.
He just thought that his strength had made Ning Weimin succumb, so he continued to argue.
“That’s right. I know that sometimes because things go too smoothly, people will underestimate the role of lawyers and erase the lawyer’s contribution. In fact, you have to think like this and save more. What's wrong with time? Besides, I negotiated 10 million francs more than you expected, so..."
This is Henry maintaining his professional dignity and frankly expressing his dissatisfaction.
However, when the barrister sitting in the passenger seat turned around and took the check from Ning Weimin in the back seat.
After just a glance, he couldn't help but be stunned by the numbers above.
"Three million! Oh my god! Didn't I just say...I just seemed to be talking to you..."
"Yes, I heard you, you only want two million francs."
Ning Weimin confirmed the number he just reported and smiled slightly.
"Then...then why did you..."
The emotional confusion that followed made the barrister not know what to say.
Ning Weimin was extremely relaxed and explained with the attitude of a good gentleman.
“But you also said that we have common friends, and you are worth the money, and your work is done quickly and well. In fact, I agree with you and appreciate your work. Efficiency. Just like you, I certainly don’t want to lose my dignity, so I decided to give you three million, you deserve it, take it, thank you for your help.”
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"This...this...I don't know how to say it. It seems that I misunderstood just now. This is really...very...I thought you were...Hey, I really shouldn't drink today..."
The barrister, who had always been very logical and emotionally stable, now became incoherent and his cheeks were a little red.
He truly regretted it and wanted to apologize.
In particular, I realized that I just seemed to have shown no mercy to the other party in front of his wife and his subordinates.
Now that I think about it, I am a little too much. How could I treat such a good customer so rudely and rudely?
Just because of his damn face and the pride of France, he was a little embarrassed to say the words "I'm sorry" directly.
Ning Weimin took the initiative to smooth things over for him.
"Okay, okay, this is our first time dealing with each other. It's normal that we don't know each other well enough. We should have established a certain sense of trust now, right? Can we talk about other things? "What happened?"
"Okay, please tell me."
Henry tried to calm down.
I thought to myself, for this check, no matter what you have to say, I will listen to you carefully and never interrupt you again.
But Clinker is still too confident.
His oath was completely wishful thinking, and it was quickly destroyed by himself.
For no other reason than because what Ning Weimin said next was so unexpected.
"Henry, in fact, your work may not really be over, at least I hope you can continue. Have you forgotten that there are two French production companies interested in doing business with me? Now we are with World Television The film company has negotiated, but the other movie studio hasn’t replied yet, maybe soon..."
"What? You...you mean? Do you still want to continue negotiating with Ying Ojana? But haven't you already bought what you want..."
The barrister was simply frightened. A big jump.
And not only was he surprised, he found that this time, even Ning Weimin's wife, Matsumoto Keiko, looked extremely surprised, looking completely unaware.
This is all Ning Weimin’s strong advocate.
But Ning Weimin's attitude was extremely firm.
He first comforted Matsumoto Keiko with a few words in Japanese, saying it was okay, and then spoke to Henry in English.
"Why not? I mean, I'm already here, and I have enough money in my pocket to buy anyway, and if I can make a deal with two French production companies, it's better than one It's a good deal. If they are willing to complete the deal, I will not refuse. Of course, I will also hope that the price is more reasonable. After all, I have to pay 10% tax on such a copyright transaction and have to transport these copies. , storage, translation. The more copies I buy, the more costs I have to bear. And our original goal has been achieved, so who made Yingogana one step behind the other production company? , if we want to negotiate, my price bottom line is based on 70% of the price quoted by World Television and Film Company, and the time is also a bit tight. I am afraid that the latest transaction date cannot exceed the closing of the Cannes Film Festival, because we have other arrangements for this goal. Isn't it too much? If you agree, how about I write you another check right away, or an advance payment of one million? "
Hearing this news, I realized that I had received another valuable payment. billion legal representation business.
The barrister was so excited that he danced for joy, just like a child who accidentally caught a big fish at the beach.
"I...I...I just want to praise God, and of course I praise you, sir! Today is my lucky day!"
But even so, Ning Weimin really deserves to be a veteran who is proficient in human relations and sophistication. At this time, he still showed full respect and affirmation,
"Don't say that. Those who can work hard. This is what you have earned for yourself. Yes. It's your ability to work that makes me believe that you can help me get what I want in a short time. So please praise yourself, Henry."
"You are such a great person. Gentleman." Henry praised sincerely, and then expressed sincere gratitude, "It seems that I really owe Alan a favor..." However, his sincere expression made Ning Weimin smile in his heart, and he was serious. said.
"I think it will be extremely difficult for you to repay this favor. And soon, you will also greatly hurt our common friend..."
"Why?" Henry was stunned, completely unaware of what Ning Weimin was referring to.
“Because the second thing I want to tell you is that I plan to spend hundreds of millions of francs to buy real estate in Saint-Tropez, and I plan to cooperate with Mr. Alain Delon to use these real estate investments. I have recently planned to formally discuss this matter with him about opening a travel service company and jointly operating hotels and restaurants. I remember what you said, if my appeal involves interests with him, you will be his agent. So you should draft the terms of cooperation in this matter, but your legal fees will be borne by him. Sorry, I won’t pay a penny..."
Henry is the third one. Once I learned what it means to "smile like a spring breeze, but feel bad".
Based on his life experience, it seems that he has never seen such a person who can calmly show off and is good at using what others have said to get rid of guys, let alone deal with them.
Faced with this particularly quick thinking and teasing style, there really isn't much he can do.
Probably apart from the helplessness that made people laugh and cry, and the embarrassment of not knowing how to respond, he could only passively accept the objective reality.
Fortunately, this guy is not French, nor is he a lawyer, otherwise his talent will affect the ecological balance...
Henry René thought this seriously.
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Ten days later, with the arrival of the closing ceremony, the 40th Cannes Film Festival finally came to a successful conclusion.
However, it is closely related to this film festival, and some of the aftermath caused by it has not been resolved for a long time.
You know, unlike ordinary people, the European celebrities and most movie stars and fashion models who gather in Cannes are not concerned about the artistic value of the films shown at the film festival.
They don’t particularly care who wins the award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Even the new trends of the British Prince of Wales and his wife after leaving France were not enough to attract the attention of these people.
All they really care about is what’s happening in Vanity Fair.
For example, which celebrity, that industry boss, and which star, or which model, hooked up again at the Cannes Film Festival.
For example, who is investing in which movie, and who is planning to make a lucky person famous.
So in fact, the attention of these people is now completely attracted by a pair of mysterious men and women from the East.
The reason is also very simple, if not for anything else, just because of an amazing news coming out of the industry.
As the two most powerful film production companies in France - World Television Films and Inogan Productions, they sold their film libraries respectively to Cannes. Two Orientals who came to the film festival.
Considering the huge amount of money involved and the way of squandering it like throwing money into the sea, almost everyone's first reaction when hearing the news was "impossible!"
But then, when After they confirmed through various channels that this shocking news was indeed true, their curiosity inevitably arose.
After all, no one would be interested in someone who could spend hundreds of millions of francs to buy all the film copies from two studios within two weeks of the Cannes Film Festival.
However, there are different opinions about the origins of these two Easterners, and not many people really have the inside information.
Some said he was Japanese, some said he was from Hong Kong, and some even said he was a wealthy businessman from Singapore, or a descendant of a wealthy family in Southeast Asia.
There are also widely varying versions of transaction prices circulating.
Some said it cost a total of 600 million francs, some said it was 800 million, and some said it cost a total of 200 million US dollars.
The only thing that is certain is that these two Orientals, one is a male and the other is a female.
In short, this is an era when there are not very convenient channels for disseminating news, nor are there any equipment that can take photos and videos everywhere.
The spread of news is far less informed than it was in decades, and it is even less possible to have conclusive evidence.
So much so that the news circulating outside is all kinds of things.
Everyone who is concerned about this matter is wondering in their hearts who can do such an amazing thing.
These exclusive restrictions of this era met Ning Weimin's need to deliberately keep a low profile, and successfully allowed him to hide his identity and not become the target of public criticism.
But then again, people in this era inevitably lack knowledge. After all, there are not many "big melons" to eat a few times a year.
So once some surprising news spreads from some important people, it is particularly easy to spread and spread.
For Ning Weimin, this was also an unfavorable factor that was counterproductive.
On the contrary, Ning Weimin's identity has been shrouded in a mysterious veil, making it even more tempting to explore.
Almost every self-proclaimed "well-informed person" in upper class society is determined to dig out the truth so that it can be used as a talking point to show off in front of others.
As for those caring people who smelled the smell of "oil and water", they even racked their brains, looking for clues, and surrounded them like flies flying in the sky.
In fact, World Television and Film Company and Iogan Productions were the targets of harassment.
Since they sold the film library, more and more calls have been coming in every day, almost all from colleagues coming to inquire about the inside story of the transaction.
At first, it was only French film companies, but later film companies from Italy, Austria, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and other European countries began to come to our door. Later, even film companies from Egypt and India joined.
Nearly all the film production companies who knew the news called and asked, and gradually some people even came to visit.
The purpose is clear, just to find out the identity of this Oriental who is willing to spend a lot of money for copies of old movies, so that they can sell their own copies to him.
Needless to say, due to contractual restrictions, the two production companies that have signed confidentiality agreements naturally sternly rejected most people.
But at this time, because they couldn't bear the disturbance, they really felt that they had had enough.
Had they known that it would cause such a big trouble and have such huge side effects, they would have asked for at least ten to twenty million more to effectively compensate for the overwhelming pain.
God knows how long they have to hold on before the studio can return to its former peace.
Damn it! This has seriously affected the normal work of the studio, okay?
(End of this chapter)