China Connection 4 ..... Behind the scene

No one except for those heavily involve in the negotiation ever saw the signed contract between Polychrome and Chinese.        Actually there were three parties involved; the China National Chemical Construction Company,  a Chinese Government agency responsible for carrying out the 5 year plan the government has established, the Second Film Factory; the  CNCCC designated licensee  and Polychrome.     The package received from Bill Saltzman included a copy of the original license agreement of Dec. 1985 and the follow up agreement to provide additional equipment in October 1992.
At the recent lunch get together with Simon and Jenchi Huang who were very heavily involved in the negotiation at that time together with Bill, both reminisced pretty arduous negotiation in Beijing.      Apparently it was customary in China then to turn off heating at around 10 pm while the negotiation lasted sometime past midnight.         Bill was shivering because of the cold but noticed Simon and Jenchi did not appear to be feeling cold.     He discovered that knowing cold autumn in Beijing, they brought long johns and were less affected by the weather.        Bill was said to have threatened them with law suit should he catch cold!     (Luckily for all Bill Survived without catching cold!)      Long journey to China and to the factory, long negotiation and thorough follow up are all hidden behind the scene.      They can now sit back and laugh at all those trials and tribulations.

Here are the glimpse of original signed contract with Chinse; CNCCC and 2FF