How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 352 The Alliance of Frustrated People adds another general—Li Lianjie
Sources revealed that Disney Pictures will reach a full fixed-remuneration cooperation model with Zhang Nang in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" with no box office dividends and no peripheral profits.

Under this model, Zhang Nan's fixed remuneration will reach an unprecedented level. Disney Pictures is likely to pay Zhang Nan a one-time salary of US$6 million.

6 billion US dollars.

Or a one-time payment.

Even the Hollywood paparazzi, who are known to follow the wind and rain, were surprised in their hearts after receiving this news.

Is the news a bit exaggerated?

Then Disney Pictures directly stood up and held a press conference, and clearly stated at the press conference: "It is not 6 million U.S. dollars, but 6.1 million U.S. dollars, and Disney Pictures will invest in the [Pirates of the Caribbean 2] project. Go ahead and sign a one-billion-dollar global box office betting agreement with Zhang Nan."

After hearing this statement from Disney Pictures, the Hollywood paparazzi on the side believed the authenticity of the news, but they still felt that Disney Pictures was a bit taken advantage of.

But some paparazzi suddenly remembered that there was news that it was due to the excellent box office performance of "Pirates of the Caribbean 1" that Disneyland upgraded the previous pirate ship project to the latest attraction that was closely related to "Pirates of the Caribbean".

It’s just that the news isn’t breaking news enough, so people don’t pay much attention to it.

It seems now.

The latest entertainment projects in Disneyland, coupled with the betting terms of a billion-dollar global box office, coupled with Disney's deep pockets.

Give Zhang Nan a one-time fixed salary of US$2 million to buy out Zhang Nan's earnings from "Pirates of the Caribbean [-]".

Disney’s approach cannot be said to be taken advantage of.

After all, if the box office of a movie exceeds one billion, then according to the specifications of such a blockbuster, it would be very easy to negotiate a [-]-[-] box office share with the theaters.

One billion US dollars in box office is US$[-] million in revenue.

Coupled with some peripheral income, Disney's approach cannot be considered a loss.

After all, the example of New Line Cinema was not long ago. Zhang Nan made 6.1 million US dollars in revenue from "Lord of the Rings: Sauron", which was 9000 million US dollars higher than [-] million.

……

[Star Wars Episode 3] Inside the crew.

Zhang Nan, who was changing clothes and makeup, was sitting on a chair chatting with George Lucas beside him.

"After filming [Star Wars Episode III] this time, I have to take a break. It's so tiring." George Lucas said with emotion.

When Zhang Nan heard this, his face was full of disdain, "I made three films in six years. Counting the co-authorship, I make one film every two years on average. What are you tired of?"

"You can't calculate it like this. Although I have only made three movies in the past six years, my spirit is always tense." George Lucas explained.

Zhang Nan still had a disdainful expression on his face and said weirdly: "Oh, I'm always tense. What happens next? Why are you so tense? Don't make excuses for your laziness."

If it were someone else talking about him like this, George Lucas would definitely jump up and yell at him: I made three [Star Wars prequels] in six years, with a cumulative box office of more than 20 billion. What kind of monster are you, do you say this to me?
But seeing that the spokesperson was Zhang Nan, George Lucas only dared to think about these words in his heart, but did not dare to actually say them out.

Because although he made three movies in six years, the cumulative box office exceeded 20 billion.

However, Zhang Nan has made countless movies in the past six years. The number of movies with a box office of over one billion US dollars is no less than double digits, and there are even a single movie with a box office of over 20 billion US dollars.

The gap between the two is indeed too wide.

So George Lucas hesitated for a while, then changed the subject and said: "Originally, I didn't plan to take a break. What I wanted to do was to follow Steven's example and cooperate with you to make a point in the [Star Wars] series." Derivatives, but your current appearance fee, hiss~" At the end of his words, even George Lucas took a breath when thinking about Zhang Nan's salary, and said with emotion: "You made [-] million US dollars from one movie. , you are really expensive!"

Just at this time, Zhang Nan's change of clothes and makeup were done. Zhang Nan stood up from the chair and continued: "Expensive? You get what you pay for. Besides, I didn't force others to give me such a large salary. They are the ones who came to me willingly and came to me willingly. If they think it is too expensive, they don’t have to come to me! Is it my shortcoming to be expensive? It’s obviously their own shortcoming, okay?”

After hearing Zhang Nan's explanation, George Lucas fell silent.

Indeed, Zhang Nan's price is really expensive, but the effect is really good.

Currently, he is the only artist in Hollywood who dares to sign a billion-dollar global box office betting agreement with a film and television company.

Other Hollywood artists were bold enough to want to learn this trick, but many Hollywood film and television companies didn't pay attention at all. Instead, they just said:

If you want to play like this, you can first make a movie with a global box office of one billion US dollars. Otherwise, I will sign a gambling agreement with you with empty words. Firstly, you cannot rely on your fame to increase the company's stock price. Secondly, Maybe if it fails, you still can’t afford to lose money.

That's a crapshoot.

Seeing that George Lucas was silent, Zhang Nan didn't waste any time and went straight to filming. He was in a hurry to finish filming the scenes here and join the cast of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2" immediately.

It's not that Zhang Nan is impatient, it's that the temptation provided by Disney is too great. As long as he joins the team, the US$6.1 million in funds will be cashed out immediately.

Even he couldn't bear this number.

Fortunately, Zhang Nan was anxious. George Lucas's "Star Wars Episode 3" would be released during the summer vacation, so he was a little anxious.

The two parties went in both directions, so the scene was shot quickly, in less than three hours.

Then Zhang Nan took the appearance fee of 3000 million US dollars and ran away.

It can be said that he has achieved an achievement of earning tens of millions of dollars an hour.

……

2 month 2 day.

"Danny the Wolf Dog" co-starring Kung Fu Emperor Li Lian, voiced by black veteran Morgan Freeman, and written by Luc Besson, was released.

This is Li Lianlian's ambitious work to revive his reputation.

The production fee was 4500 million US dollars, and the global box office was 5087 million US dollars, and the North American box office was only 2453 million US dollars.

It can be said that it was a complete loss, and it also completely ended Li Lianlian's ambition.

After this movie "Danny the Wolf Dog", Li Lianlian couldn't survive in Hollywood at all. He could only wear the skin of a Hollywood superstar and go back to the mainland to reunite with the three giants: Li An, Wu Baige, and Chenglong. .

At the beginning, Li Lianlian thought it was because of the schedule.

But on February 2, Will Smith’s “Rival” was released with a production fee of 11 million US dollars. Logically speaking, romantic movies are very challenging for black actors.

But Will Smith used "Full Name of Love Rival" this time, which directly hit the global box office of 3.71 million US dollars.

He completed a difficult challenge and also shattered Li Lianjie’s excuse for a bad schedule.

Since then, Will Smith has become the king of Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)