Back in the meeting. David is rubbing his eyes. Elizabeth is tapping at the notebook.
Elizabeth: So really your only concern is Andrew?
Mr Hartwell: He’s a risk to take on a project like this, especially in such a substantive role.
David: It was Mark’s choice and it got him along for the ride.
Mr Hartwell: Trust me, I understand loyalty but I’m sure there are other roles for him instead banking everything on a guy who nobody trusts or knows. We have a lot of very good actors in our network and if you’re worried about money, we will front the bill.
David: Money isn’t our concern. I’ve seen Andrew act out these scenes that Mark is writing. The pair of them, they are like to cogs in the machine. They understand eachother and the audience will pick up on that.
Elizabeth: How about this. We get Andrew on TV and in the papers. He does a full tell it all spread on everything that’s happened since Cooper Street. He’s extremely sorry for the hurt he’s caused but he’s turning his life around. Then he says how grateful he is to yourself for giving him this chance when no other network would.
David: Imagine it. Andrew has the charm, the wit and the talent to be an A lister and he will be forever grateful to you and so for that matter will Mark Wilson.
Mr Hartwell: If it wasn’t for the fact that I love the book and see money to be made, I would have laughed you out of the room but I need other assurances.
David: thirty percent merchandising.
Mr Hartwell: Seventy.
David: The property belongs to Mark’s estate, I only have so much I can offer. Let’s say forty.
Mr Hartwell: Sixty.
Elizabeth rights on a piece of paper and slides it over to David who nods.
David: Forty plus you keep ninety percent of advertisement money made during the show.
Mr Hartwell smiles.
Mr Hartwell: I will get the lawyers to work out an agreement.
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