How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 421 Wu Jin-[Hurricane Rescue]

"There is no successor~, France!"

Spread out on the sofa, Sophie Marceau was doing yoga next to him, showing off her figure, Zhang Nan said with some emotion.

Because when he came to France this time, Zhang Nan discovered that there were not many top-notch new generations in the French entertainment industry. Compared with the endless number of girl groups like Kimchi Country, they were several notches behind in terms of quality and quantity.

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After finishing his guest appearance in "I Am Legend", with little time left, Zhang Nan flew to France at Luc Besson's invitation to discuss guest and starring roles in the "Hurricane Rescue" project.

Of course.

He guest-starred and Wu Jin starred.

And the matter has basically been settled, he just needs to come over to finalize it.

So now that I've come to France, I can't escape the oppression of the wolf-like Sophie Marceau.

So Zhang Nan could be said to have stayed up all night and was very tired.

"Jingle bell~"

Zhang Nan's cell phone rang.

Sophie Marceau, who was interrupted while exercising, reminded: "Zhang, phone."

Upon seeing this, Zhang Nan quickly turned on his mobile phone, saw the caller ID on it, and said loudly: "It's Luc calling. I have to go out, and I may have to leave immediately after we have settled the matter. I have work in the mainland." Quite busy.”

After finishing speaking, Zhang Nan didn't give Sophie Marceau time to reply, picked up her pants and ran away, feeling quite like running away.

……

Zhang Nan came to the crew of [Taxi Express 4] and found Luc Besson who served as screenwriter and producer.

"Has this film reached its fourth installment?" Zhang Nan was in a daze when he saw the name of the crew of [Taxi Express 4] written on a signboard at the scene.

Tell the truth.

Zhang Nan still has a lot of impressions about the series "Taxi Express".

Because this movie is a relatively harmonious combination of pretentious racing cars and funny taxis in the plot, which is very comfortable to watch.

But no matter how comfortable a movie is, if it keeps repeating the same old routine, it will still be unbearable.

However, Luc Besson did not hear the profound meaning of Zhang Nan's words, but explained: "After the success of "The Fifth Element" in 1997, he returned to France to write and produce "Taxi Express 1", and now it is 2007 It’s been years, ten years, and it’s only been filming the fourth part, so it’s not too soon!”

Zhang Nan nodded upon hearing this.

It is indeed not very fast for a series to only release four movies in ten years.

It was also at this time that I had the time to recall Luc Besson's past career.

It's different from Mainland directors who like to control the director's reins after they become famous.

Luc Besson became famous with "This Killer Is Not So Cold" and then opened the door to Hollywood with "The Fifth Element".

The original Luc Besson did not choose to continue to hang out in Hollywood. Instead, he returned to the European entertainment industry with the gold plated in Hollywood.

But Luc Besson did not rely on the gold plated in Hollywood to cover the sky in the European entertainment circle with one hand.

Instead, he gave up his directing rights and began to work as a screenwriter, producer and producer.

Of course.

This is also related to the fact that the film circles in Europe and the United States do not play a director-centered system.

But in any case, Luc Besson's operation has cultivated many directors for the European film circle.

For example, French director Louis Leterrier, who made "The Incredible Hulk" and "Now Now 1.2", was discovered by the director of "Danny the Wolfhound", which was written and produced by Luc Besson.

Norwegian director Joachim Ronni, who will direct "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" in the future, was also discovered by the director of "Phantom", which was written and produced by Luc Besson.So in the current European entertainment industry, Luc Besson is basically the top and only one.

Zhang Nan and Luc Besson chatted for a while in the crew of "Taxi Express 4". After Luc Besson finished inspecting the crew's work, the two walked towards the crew of "Hurricane Rescue" next to them.

Yes.

[Hurricane Rescue] The crew has been set up and is just waiting to start filming.

……

[Hurricane Rescue] Inside the crew.

Seeing Zhang Nan and Luc Besson coming hand in hand, lead actor Wu Jin and director Pierre Morel, who had been waiting in the crew for a long time, quickly came forward to say hello.

It's just that the starring Wu Jin is from Zhang Nan, and the director Pierre Morel is from Luc Besson.

So Wu Jin said hello to Zhang Nan first and then Luc Besson, and the same goes for Pierre Morel.

Zhang Nan set his sights on Pierre Morel.

The reason why Zhang Nan has some impression of Pierre Morel is because Li Lianlian wanted him to attend the premiere of "Transformers 1" in mainland China, and the movie "Bayman" was also shot by this man.

But there are only two films that this director has made in his directing career, "Hurricane Rescue" and "Battle Knight" that deserve Zhang Nan's attention.

That’s not to say there weren’t other works to follow.

In fact, after the small profits of "Baywatch" and the fire of "Hurricane Rescue", Pierre Morel accumulated enough capital to make a career in Hollywood, which is what he did.

However, when "Call of Duty", a film with an investment of 4000 million US dollars and a global box office of 1000 million US dollars, was directly blocked by Hollywood, it even lost the right to direct "Rescue 2.3".

Of course.

These are all things for later, and filming of [Hurricane Rescue 1] has not yet started.

……

Under the premise that it had been agreed upon long ago, the signing of the contract for [Hurricane Rescue 1] went smoothly.

Even for Zhang Nan's guest appearance salary of 3000 million U.S. dollars, this figure is 1 million U.S. dollars higher than the 2500 million U.S. dollars production fee of the entire "Hurricane Rescue 500".

As the producer of "Rescue 1", France [-] Television wrote the check without blinking an eye.

Because Zhang Nan finished her guest appearance today and was about to take the money and leave.

But after talking about Wu Jin's salary for the starring role, Zhang Nan signaled a pause. He wanted to discuss it with Wu Jin, because France 1 TV, as the producer of "Hurricane Rescue [-]", suddenly gave Wu Jin three choices. Full box office share, half fixed remuneration, half box office share, full fixed remuneration.

Among them, the total box office share was due to the high risk and because of Zhang Nan's guest appearance. France 20.00 TV gave Wu Jin [-]% of the total box office share.

This ratio is already 2000% higher than the 20.00% box office dividend for the top celebrities in Hollywood's 5.00 million salary club.

Of course, the top celebrities in Hollywood's 2000 million salary club will also receive a fixed salary of 20.00 million US dollars when receiving 2000% of the box office dividend.

As for semi-fixed remuneration and semi-box-office dividends, the conditions given by France 500 TV were much less, only [-] million US dollars plus [-]% box-office dividends.

In the end, France 1000 TV gave a full fixed salary of US$[-] million.

This full fixed salary of 1000 million is obviously lower than Wu Jin's previous highest salary.

Because after filming the "Fatal" series, and when the action movie between Cheng Long and Li Lian became a hit, Wu Jin's salary smoothly touched 800 million.

Of course.

Now that Li Lianlian and Cheng Long have returned to Asia, the popularity of action movies is no longer there. Wu Jin's real salary in Hollywood is about 1000 million US dollars. The price given by France [-] TV is very fair.

(End of this chapter)