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Chapter 464 Who Can Truman Marry (Earth)

With the progress of the filming of "Blood Battle in Jinling", a large number of stills will be exposed as usual, especially this time, because not only the show crew is buying drafts, but those traffic artists are especially good at this.

A large number of manuscripts of "So-and-so was praised by the international director Truman for his professionalism" and "So-and-so and Nicolas Cage/Dwayne Johnson's suspected dating" were rendered, and they were thrown on the Internet like garbage, while spreading the movie At the same time, it lowers the audience's expectations for the movie.

Hollywood is also paying special attention to "Battle of Kings". After all, this is Truman's first war-themed movie after a year, and he has teamed up with two A-list celebrities, including Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Hollywood's biggest money-maker of the year. The lineup is very strong. The anecdotes that Truman relied on selling characters to make money to supplement filming expenses spread particularly quickly.

Looking at Truman's previous films, some media concluded, "It's not enough to evaluate CH's directorial ability only by the quality of the film. CH has more prospects in business. All his films are for making more money. And this time, he can make money from the actors while shooting the movie, so he doesn’t have to worry about the quality of the movie? Isn’t it?”

As for Truman's promise that the actors who brought money into the group would be nominated for various awards, it was leaked from unknown channels, and THR issued a sharp comment:
"Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Oscars, especially Oscars, CH promised his investors two nominations, you know, CH hasn't won any international awards since "The Wave", so CH filmed a movie in Asia After the TV series in [-], in order to get investment and return to direct the film, has he turned into a liar? "

The news obtained by THR is extremely accurate, including the various awards that Truman promised to those Chinese actors, or there is an inner ghost in the crew, but there is no way to track it down, and this method further reduces audiences and investors. Confidence in Jinling.

After all, how good can a movie that is full of money smell from the beginning of shooting be?
Netflix couldn't sit still either.

CEO Mark Randolph called Truman: "CH, I don't mistrust you, but I hope to get a guarantee that "Blood Battle in Jinling" can be released in mainland China, otherwise we will consider stopping further investment."

The 2 million US dollars Netflix gave to "Blood Battle Jinling" is still a classic "allocation", which stipulates that only when the filming reaches a certain stage can the next part of the funds be obtained.

The entire contract is roughly divided into four stages: construction of the studio, filming, post-production, and publicity. It is currently only in the second stage, so when Lin Yuhang raises funds, it does not mean that Netflix has spent all the money, but this stage The funds are insufficient and must be raised by themselves, and even if they are raised by themselves, it will not affect Netflix’s final dividends from the film.

This kind of contract is a prerequisite for Netflix's non-interference in film scripts, production, and post-production. It effectively avoids Netflix's risk in film investment.

"It will be released in mainland China." Truman said.

"In this case, you don't mind signing some supplementary terms." Mark Randolph said.

"I mind." Truman said his feelings truthfully.

"CH, you are so funny~" Mark Randolph said.

Next, Netflix obtained the same contract conditions as mainland investors through supplementary terms. Once "The Battle of Jinling" cannot be released in mainland China, Truman Studios will return part of Netflix's investment, about 4%. This is according to Estimated by the mainland box office share of "The Battle of Jinling" in the global box office.

It's about $8000 million.

Plus the 1 million US dollars raised by the crew in mainland China.

And the $2 million invested by the crew itself.

The $4 million investment has been successfully converted into debt.

When the Hollywood media learned about the entire investment composition and financial attitude of "The Bloody Battle of Jinling", they couldn't help but feel that this is a typical enough film investment case that is also enough negative teaching material.

THR commented: "I think CH must have miscalculated something, otherwise he would not have put himself in this situation. Once the movie fails, he will bear huge debts. Nicolas Cage is in CH's crew. CH should owe him Please tell me how to adapt to the hardships of living in debt."

In the crew.Nicolas Cage did communicate with Truman.

"CH, you have neither been married five times nor spent $5 on an octopus. I believe you can persevere even if the movie fails."

Nicolas Cage said, "The first suggestion I give you is not to file for bankruptcy. We are superstars. As long as we can make movies, we can always pay back the money. The second is to pay off the debt owed to the Internal Revenue Service as soon as possible. Number one, or they'll stop you from making movies, so you'll be slower to pay off your debts."

Nicolas Cage talked too much, and Truman could only deal with the first part as usual. He said: "Do I need to get married five times? I also need to buy an octopus worth 5 yuan for her..."

"Before you get married, you have to sign a prenuptial agreement." Nicolas Cage said: "I prefer Asian women, but be careful that there are only bad ones between them."

Cage's fourth wife was a Japanese makeup artist who divorced after only four days of marriage, but she took millions of dollars from Cage for a breakup fee, which was really too expensive, Cage thought he be cheated.

"In fact, marrying your own agent is a good choice." Nicolas Cage continued to teach Truman about marriage experience, "Reese Witherspoon ("Legally Blonde" actress) is very happy married life .”

"So, do I want to marry Adam...?" Truman pondered.

Originally, Ting Jun was a little blushing after hearing Cage's words, but after listening to Truman's words, he felt that his brain was not spinning fast enough.

At this time, Feng Zikai greeted the two superstars and prepared to play.

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Cage plays "Zambo Master" in this movie.

Shaving his head is not a problem. Although Cage's head is not too round, with his long face, he has a feeling of bitterness and hatred.

Cage once played a bald character in "Butcher Crossing Town". The original novel of this film is called "the best western novel". It was after watching this movie that Truman decided to cast Cage as Zambo.

In order to play this role well, Cage also watched "Heroes: Six Feet Killing God" several times. He was very satisfied with the texture of the whole film and felt that it was very western style, so he agreed to Truman to play this role. He also did special physical training. Does he know the story of Robert Downey Jr. and "The Bloody Battle on the Eagle Peak".

But after he actually joined the group, he found that his understanding seemed to be wrong. In the script of "Blood War Jinling", there were not many scenes that required him to fight and kill. It's like it can't be killed.

"This is different from my understanding of the character." Cage complained to Feng Zikai.

Although Cage is known as the "King of Bad Movies", it is because he has too many and complicated movies to pay off his debts. As far as Cage himself is concerned, for every character, even if it is a character in a bad movie, he has a lot to say. It is trying to understand and try to interpret.

"In this case...a fight scene will be added tomorrow." Feng Zikai said, and asked Cage, "How many fights do you want?"

"I decide?" Even though Cage is an A-level actor, he did not enjoy such attentive service from the crew, which made him even more worried about the quality of the film.

(End of this chapter)