How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 193
When Zhang Nan and Old Luke were watching [Survival at the End of the World 2.3] and discussing the global box office total of 31 billion U.S. dollars in three weeks.

Hollywood giants and Wall Street institutions were deeply shocked by the box office of the two parts of "Survival at the End of the Day 2.3".

They knew [Survival of the Last Days 2.3] would definitely be a success.

After all, [Survival in the Last Days 1]'s global box office of 19.6 billion US dollars is still there.

But they didn't expect [Survival of the Last Days 2.3] to be so successful.

It took only three weeks for the two parts to cut a global box office of 31 billion U.S. dollars.

And it seems that there is no decline at all, as if it is going to hit the global box office of 40 billion US dollars.

sequel.

There must be a sequel.

This is the first thought of all Hollywood giants, as well as many Wall Street institutions, after seeing the two-part "Survival at the End of the World 2.3", which was released for three weeks at the box office.

But one by one quickly reacted again.

I'm afraid this sequel is not very good.

Because in the ending of [Survival at the End of Days 3], the protagonist played by Zhang Nan is already dead, so the sequel cannot film the story of Zhang Nan becoming a zombie!
That was too insane.

So a group of people immediately began to change their minds with regret, and settled for the next best thing—to find Zhang Nan to cooperate and gain popularity.

Then this group of people was suddenly stumped.

Because if you are looking for someone to cooperate with, you always have to give a price!

But how much should this price tag be appropriate?

Zhang Nan's current situation is too special. There has been no similar example in Hollywood for so many years.

After all, compared to Two Toms and Wilby, the three of them only starred in movies with a box office of over 2000 million, and then in ordinary projects, they got a fixed salary of [-] million US dollars, plus a small percentage of box office dividends.

If it is in a project with a relatively large personal influence, such as Tom Cruise in the "Mission: Impossible" series, he can get even more.

Since 1998, Zhang Nan has never starred in a movie with a box office of less than 8000 million U.S. dollars. According to this calculation, Zhang Nan's fixed remuneration in ordinary projects would have to be quadrupled, reaching an astonishing [-] million U.S. dollars, and the box office dividend is even higher. is going to climb closer to ten percent.

And if the whole project basically depends on Zhang Nan, then the fixed remuneration and box office dividends will be higher.

And it's a bit inaccurate.

Because both Tom and Will have starred in a box office of over [-] million US dollars for several years, but Zhang Nan's output is more stable than that of Jim Carrey.

And in terms of quality, there are works like the "Survival at the End of the World" trilogy that can overwhelm the box office hits of "Titanic".

So... a fixed salary of 20.00 million US dollars, plus [-]% box office dividend?
The price was indeed not low, but everyone felt that it was still difficult to invite Zhang Nan.

Because it's different from Tom Will and Jim Carrey.

Zhang Nan is not only an actor, but also a director.

And he's a good director.

Even if you leave out the co-directed "Doomsday Survival" trilogy.

The combined global box office of the two "Martial Arts" films alone totaled 8.8 million US dollars, which can make Zhang Nan a place among the world's top directors.

Compared with Two Toms and Wills, Zhang Nan does not lack resources, because Zhang Nan will make it himself if there is a lack of resources.

And [Survival at the End of Days 2.3] two parts ago.

The "Matrix" trilogy co-operated by Zhang Nan and Warner has already reached a fixed remuneration of 3000 million US dollars, plus a 30.00% dividend of the total box office.

[The Sixth Sense of Spirituality], which cooperated with non-Big Eight international capital, received a fixed remuneration of 3000 million US dollars, plus 30.00% of the total income of the project.

With Zhang Nan's current situation, the conditions for fixed remuneration and dividend ratio will definitely be higher than before.

After some thinking, a group of people did not come up with a reason for the time being.

After all, although the total income of a project is [-]%, it is actually not too much if the income is excluded.

If it really gave Zhang Nan a minimum of 30.00% of the total project revenue.

Then they probably will lose money and make money.

Then one by one, they could only start to envy and hate Warner's behavior of picking up the leaks in advance.

And Warner Bros. Pictures naturally thought of this.

Immediately sent someone to find the Wachowski brothers who have not yet become the Wachowski sisters, and asked about the progress of the "Matrix" trilogy crew.

At the same time, in order to deepen the cooperative relationship with Zhang Nan, they quickly recruited the director of "Fatal Romeo", the Polish director Andrea Bakovia.

"If you choose Li Lianlian, choose the artist under Zhang Nan's banner as the leading role, and make friends with Zhang Nan when you cooperate. Even if this movie fails, Warner will still vote for your next movie, and it will be the best investment."

Faced with Warner's attitude, Andre Bakovia couldn't refuse, he could only nod in agreement.

Then, in front of Warner President David Morris, he used the phone on his desk to call Zhang Nan to express his attitude.

Then before hanging up the phone, Andrea Bakovia remembered Zhang Nan's previous verbal promise.

"You said before that if you have the opportunity, you can make a guest appearance...?"

Zhang Nan on the phone heard this, smiled and said: "It's not impossible to play a cameo, but now it's not the past after all, I'm afraid the single-day cameo pay here will be a bit expensive, and it's not good to lower the price, after all, you I also know that too many people have been looking for me recently, without such a high price as a shield, I would probably be annoyed to death now, and the total investment of your project seems to be only 500 million US dollars!"

Previously, Zhang Nan's single-day cameo pay was fired to 900 million US dollars a day by "Gladiator".

Now after the blessing of [Survival in the Last Days 2.3], it has broken through tens of millions of dollars.

So director Andrea Bakovia heard Zhang Nan's answer, and thought about the production fee of his "Dense Romeo", and it seemed that he really couldn't afford it.

If Zhang Nan is really invited, half of the production fee is estimated to be gone, so what a fart!

But Andrea Bakovia just wanted to put down the phone in disappointment, and Warner President David Morris over there widened his eyes.

Can you invite Zhang Nan if you have money?

David Morris hastily covered the sound hole of the microphone, thought for a while, and said, "The original production fee is not counted, and I will give you an additional investment of 200 million US dollars."

After speaking, David Morris let go of his hand covering the sound hole of the microphone.

"..."

Andrea Bakovia twitched his eyes, and then said to the phone: "I can pay another 200 million US dollars while maintaining the original production fee, and invite you to come as a guest star."

Zhang Nan on the other side of the phone was silent for a long time before slowly speaking: "Yes, but only for eight hours, and the time must be after March."
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Just like when Monkey King made a big fuss in the sky, he chopped down from Penglai East Road all the way to Nantianmen.

Zhang Nan's "Survival at the End of the World 2.3" was released in North America and global film markets, from the Christmas file at the end of 1999 to February 2000.

32 million.

33 million.

……

38 billion

And whenever the cumulative box office of the two parts of "Survival at the End of the Day 2.3" increases by [-] million US dollars, the major media will scramble to applaud.

But in the end, the total box office of [Survival in the Last Days 2.3] still only made the media cheer 38 times.

The global box office failed to break through 39 billion US dollars, staying at 38.6 billion US dollars.

Among them, [Doomsday Survival 2] won a global box office of 19.4 billion U.S. dollars, and [Doomsday Survival 3] won a global box office of 19.2 billion U.S. dollars.

The last part of the trilogy didn't have the box-office success of the first two, which is really a bit wrong.

But fortunately, there is not much difference between each other, and such box office data makes the "Doomsday Survival" trilogy unexpectedly neat in the box office rankings of film history.

全球19.6亿美金票房的第一部占据No.1，全球19.4亿美金票房的第二部占据No.2，全球19.2亿美金票房的第三部占据No.3。

Next is "Titanic" with a global box office of 18.4 billion US dollars occupying No. 4, and "Star Wars Prequel One" with a global box office of 10.27 billion US dollars occupying No. 5.

Among the top five box office rankings in film history, the films starring Zhang Nan accounted for three, which is still the top three.

If it counts as participating in the show, it is all accounted for.

In this situation, Zhang Nan's prestige in Hollywood has been directly expanded.

Not to mention punching two Tom Wills and kicking Lizi.

Even punching Steven Spielberg and kicking James Cameron are not enough to describe Zhang Nan's status and influence in Hollywood today.

And Zhang Nan also extended his influence to Wall Street.

Because [Survival at the End of the World 2.3] has a total box office of 38.6 billion U.S. dollars, the people who bought the 30.00% shares that Zhang Nan peddled on Wall Street have made a solid profit.

Then someone found out that Zhang Nan himself had set up a Longbow film and television fund on Wall Street.

People who tasted the sweetness rushed here one by one.

Zhang Nan was very annoyed.

Because the entire Longbow Film and Television Fund has completed the projects of the [Matrix] trilogy, [The Sixth Sense] and [Mission: Impossible 2], and they have all been sold out.

He doesn't have any new projects to launch at present, and he is not in the mood to do any new projects, because he will return to the mainland to participate in the Spring Festival Gala in a few days.

But fortunately, the news that Zhang Nan helped Tom cruise quickly redeemed the bonus remuneration for "Mission: Impossible 2" within a month has already spread in Hollywood.

Immediately, a group of superstars and famous directors with bonus contracts came to discuss cooperation with Zhang Nan.

The reason why these superstars and famous directors came to cooperate with Zhang Nan was not because they were afraid that Hollywood giants would deduct their salary and dividends.

After all, firstly, the remuneration and dividends that most of them receive are relatively regular, and secondly, many projects of Hollywood giants still rely on these people to produce.

However, although the Hollywood giants will not skimp, the payment is really slow.

It's not deliberate, mainly because the process of collecting profits after a movie is released globally is indeed relatively slow.

Faster ones will take half a year, slower ones will start in one year, not more than three years.

　There is one more at four o'clock in the afternoon

　　
　
(End of this chapter)