Although Harry Potter had made a name for himself, Amazon had also made a lot of money. It was the simplest point.
Before this sale, Amazon only had less than ten thousand registered users, and less than two thousand of them had made purchases. After all, it was not normal to expect a normal person to shop online in 1995.
However, after Harry Potter, Amazon's registered users increased to 150,000, and more than 100,000 of them had made purchases.
Of course, one could say that these were all brought over by Harry Potter, but the data after the sale proved that.
Among the 100,000 users, 90,000 of them did not log into their Amazon accounts in the following year. However, there were ten thousand people who logged in one after another in the next year and continued to buy products. They became Amazon's regular users.
In history, it took Amazon a year to increase its users from 1,000 to 10000. Now, it only took five days. This made Bezos extremely excited, and at the same time, he deeply felt the benefits of being acquired by the Daqian. Otherwise, why would the popular Harry Potter series be put on his own website for sale?
This also gave Bezos a lot of inspiration. So, Bezos began to continue this routine. He began to cooperate with major companies around the world, using his own connections and reputation, or simply giving money, to find a lot of rare things to sell online, attracting all kinds of customers to buy them online.
Although this attracted a lot of one-time users, in the end, a large proportion of users turned into regular users. In the end, within a year, Amazon's regular users exceeded 30,000, achieving an unimaginable and amazing achievement.
Just as Harry Potter continued to sell well, Boss Jia and JK Rowling met again, but this time, they met in the Daqian's Los Angeles office.
Compared to the last time they met, JK Rowling was more energetic. Obviously, the huge success of Harry Potter had changed JK Rowling.
"Mr. Jia, what can I do for you this time?" JK Rowling asked with a smile.
"Of course, let me tell you a piece of good news. Our Daqian Film Company has decided to film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone!" Boss Jia said with a smile.
"Really?" JK Rowling revealed an expression of disbelief. Although her novel was indeed a hot seller, JK Rowling didn't expect that the shooting plan for the movie would come so soon.
Selling the copyright to the Daqian Film Company was the right choice!!
JK Rowling sighed in her heart. The Daqian Group had its own film production company. This year's Titanic, which caused a frenzy all over the world, was produced by the Daqian Film Company. Thinking that such a film company was going to film her Harry Potter film, JK Rowling was excited.
By the way, the global box office of "Titanic" had officially exceeded US $2.2 billion and was heading towards US $2.3 billion.
"But this requires your consent. Do you have any opinions about the filming plan?" Boss Jia asked with a smile.
"No, I have no opinions!" JK Rowling immediately shook her head.
Actually, JK Rowling did not have any opinions. Boss Jia would pretend to ask for her opinion and then persuade her to agree. If she did not agree, then he would force the filming to start.
Of course, it was naturally the best choice if everyone was happy.
"Alright, in order to show the magical magical world in 'Harry Potter', we plan to invest 100 million USD to create the magical Wizarding World!" Boss Jia's words made JK Rowling even more satisfied.
Originally, JK Rowling was still a little worried. She felt that if the Daqian Film Company was unwilling to spend money, then it would not be able to show the magical world described in her novel.
Now that she heard that Boss Jia planned to invest 100 million USD, these worries completely disappeared. It was 100 million USD, what kind of special effects could not be created? It seemed that the magical world in her heart could really appear.
"Right, I know that you plan to write from Grade 1 to Grade 7, a total of seven years. The Harry Potter trio will also continue to grow in these seven years!"
"In order to better express the true story and not change the actors midway, I plan to shoot a 'Harry Potter' movie every year and follow the growth of the young actors. In seven years, I will complete the production of a series of 'Harry Potter' movies!"
"Seven years of shooting in one go!" JK Rowling sucked in a breath of cold air. This speed was too fast.
"But there is a problem during this period!" Boss Jia smiled and said, "If you want the movie to be able to keep up with the pace of seven years, then you must have a script to keep up."
"In my plan, we will start casting in 1996. Because many of the actors will be very young, all the actors will need to go through about half a year of acting training to reach the level required by the movie. In addition, this will give us time to do the preparatory work.
Then, we will officially start shooting the first Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in 1997 and officially release it in 1998. Finally, we will finish shooting the series of movies in 2003 and release the last Harry Potter movie in 2004. "
"Then, according to this speed, I need you to be able to finish writing the last Harry Potter movie in 2002. Can you achieve this goal?" Boss Jia asked with a solemn expression.
The last Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published in 2007. Now that Jia Yapeng asked for it to be released five years earlier, it seemed to be a little difficult. Therefore, Boss Jia needed to confirm with JK Rowling in advance. Otherwise, the script would be gone in the middle of filming and they would be caught at a loss.
"…" JK Rowling was silent. She fell into deep thought and finally nodded. "Actually, I already have a complete outline of the entire story. It should be possible to finish it in 2002, but I have a request!"
"Please say it!"
"I hope that the script can only be used after my approval. I can't tolerate any changes to my story!" JK Rowling said.
"Okay!" Boss Jia nodded and said, "Don't worry, our goal is also to restore the original work. However, there is one thing I have to say, that is, it is impossible to completely restore the original work. After all, the movie's duration is only so long. We have to delete part of the plot. There are also some parts of the plot that may not be satisfied with the special effects, so it can't be filmed. These are all objective conditions that don't allow! "
"So, in the end, if there is a situation where both parties can't reach an agreement, I will make the final decision!" Boss Jia finally said. He didn't want to waste a few months of time arguing over the script.
"Okay, I trust Mr. Jia!" JK Rowling nodded in agreement. "However, other than this, I have another request!"
"Please say it."
"I hope that all the actors are from the Ying State," JK Rowling said finally.
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