How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 631: Thank you for winning the award, but I still need it

On stage at the Oscars.

Zhang Nan stood in front of the microphone, holding the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in his hand, and began to give his acceptance speech.

"First of all, I want to thank my good friend Leonardo DiCaprio, who approached me for this role and gave me this opportunity to win the award. Secondly, I want to thank..., and finally I want to thank my family. …”

A very clichéd acceptance speech, worded full of thanks, but appropriate.

Coupled with Zhang Nan's current status, the whole audience clapped their hands in cooperation, and the atmosphere became heated. Only Xiao Lizi, who was sitting in the audience, was reluctant and looked a little embarrassed.

Without it.

The Oscars have always been about ratings, and are accustomed to putting important awards at the back and marginal awards at the front.

But the Oscar awards are about dividing the cake. From the situation of some marginal awards, we can know the results of the later important awards. After all, you can't even give the dregs left after dividing the cake to those who haven't eaten. Well, that would be too ugly to look at.

But this is the bad nature of people. Even if there are some speculations from the previous marginal awards, before the dust has settled, we will always maintain expectations.

This is the case for Zhang Nan's winning streak.

Xiao Lizi was a little excited by Zhang Nan's stimulation, and Zhang Nan quickly said: "But don't worry, as a friend, how can I watch you pursue your dream for many years and not be satisfied? I have recently seen a good script for you. It's you who will star and I will act as the supporting actor, and I will definitely win you an Oscar."

Xiao Lizi: "..."

But Zhang Nan has been reborn for so many years, and the method of making something out of nothing and borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha can be said to be very familiar.

It sounds reasonable, but...

"I'm right! How can those bastards compare to me?"

Johnny Depp's "Pirates of the Caribbean", Tom Cruise's "Mission: Impossible 4", Robert Downey Jr.'s "Iron Man 3", Spielberg's "Jurassic World", Michael Bay's "Transformation" King Kong]... and other projects, Zhang Nan's skills are quite good.

"What do you mean? Are you confused? I have already won an award this year. With the temperament I have developed over the years at the Oscars, there is no chance that I will be given another Oscar next year, so next time I will even put my performance in a movie. No matter how good it is, it will definitely not win the award. It can only improve the quality of the film and add luster to you as the protagonist, so you have to give in to the salary." Zhang Nan explained.

Zhang Nan, who came down from the podium, winked at DiCaprio again, and those silly words in his mouth were referring to his fellow nominees for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, [Dallas Buyers Club] Jared Leto in "12 Years a Slave", Michael Fassbender in "12 Years a Slave", Barhad Abdi in "Captain Phillips", Bradley in "American Hustle" -Cooper.

Zhang Nan's words are true. He really found a good script for Leonardo DiCaprio. However, this good script was the one that DiCaprio himself spotted in the original time and space and won the Oscar for Best Actor. [Wildness] hunter】.

"I'm the lead again, you're the supporting actor, and then you get the award and I watch?" Xiao Lizi said a little nervously.

The reason why I came to you at such a high price this time is to win prizes!

As a result, you didn’t get the award, but you got it, and then you asked me to star in the next movie at a low price. How the hell did you get such a good thing?

"I have to take a look at the script. If it's as you said, I... I always get lower pay, or even zero pay, when I star in art films." DiCaprio said with the last of his stubbornness.

"Don't talk nonsense to me! It's low pay or zero pay. In the end, you still got most of the copyright of the movie and made a lot of money. This project was invested by my Longbow Film and Television.

I brought you with me for the sake of our friendship, and it’s not easy for you to win prizes for so many years. As your good friend, I can’t stand it anymore and want to give you a hand. If you want both a statuette award and a lot of money from me, then don’t blame me for finding someone else. In fact, Tom Cruise is also quite suitable, and Matt Damon..." Zhang Nan said Finally, examples have begun.

Xiao Lizi almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

Good guy, really good guy, what a double standard.

I can't have both. You can have a high-priced cameo in "The Wolf of Wall Street" and an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and you want me to star in "The Wolf of Wall Street" for zero pay. You...

He wanted to have a seizure, but Xiao Lizi also knew clearly that Zhang Nan had said it to this extent, and the quality of the new project was definitely in place.

People have to bow their heads under the eaves!

"As long as the quality is up to standard."

DiCaprio paused for a moment before continuing: "Zero pay."

"Don't worry, the quality is absolutely excellent." Zhang Nan promised as he patted his shoulder when he saw that Xiao Lizi had made up his mind.

Then Zhang Nan began to calculate how much profit he could make from the movie "The Revenant" he invested in.

The total investment of "The Revenant" in the original time and space is about 1.35 million US dollars, of which DiCaprio's salary is a fixed salary of 2000 million and a % share of the global box office.

In the end, with the total box office of "The Revenant" reaching US$5 million, DiCaprio received a total salary of US$2900 million.

But now this sum has been directly saved and turned into his income, and the film's production fee has been reduced to US$1.15 million.

If nothing else goes wrong, the total box office of this movie can still reach the level of 5 million US dollars worldwide, and his current celebrity status has reached the point where even if he is not the starring role, but just a guest appearance in the movie, he can negotiate with theaters for a - Share the box office opening.

So the box office revenue of his version of "The Revenant" is 1.15 million per episode. After excluding the production fee of 1.85 million US dollars, that is a net profit of million US dollars.

Zhang Nan felt that it was still a bit low.

But it doesn't matter, Zhang Nan still has ways to generate income.

The film "Star Wars: Episode VII" can earn 7 million yuan in mainland China, which is close to 4.2 to million U.S. dollars. Zhang Nan feels that the filming contract for "The Revenant", which he cut off, is as good as it is. After a while, it shouldn't be much less.

That is to say, "The Revenant" has almost no female characters, and all the film prospects are male. Otherwise, Zhang Nan would be sure to hit a new high in terms of income generation in this area.

After all, working with Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the desires of many female artists around the world, and the goal of competing for Oscars is very high-end and high-end.

The attraction to female artists is completely fatal, fatal in every sense of the word.

(End of this chapter)