How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 638: Making up for the situation? No, that's three hundred taels of silver here.

Still the crew of [Sherlock Holmes].

In a studio set up in a living room, Zhang Nan is in front of a mahogany desk.

The phone kept ringing, and Zhang Nan kept picking up the phone with various combinations of emotions and gestures, but without even saying a line, the director stopped looking.

After a dozen times, the scene was changed again and the performance continued.

Tell the truth.

This kind of performance without lines, just some actions, is very simple for Zhang Nan.

But always performing such scenes repeatedly makes people feel tired.

"Why take so many shots like this?" Zhang Nan, who was confused, finally asked.

Robert Downey Jr. was a little hesitant when he heard this, but he also knew that paper could not contain the fire, so he hesitantly explained tactfully: "Zhang, the funding for the [Sherlock Holmes] project is not very sufficient, with only 1.5 million U.S. dollars in production fees, of which It also includes my fixed salary of US$ million."

The production budget is only US$1.5 billion, so the funding for the project is insufficient?

If such words are put outside or in other people's ears, it will be a source of criticism.

The production fee of 1.5 billion US dollars is already quite good.

You can imagine such a naughty operation.

Isn't this legal prostitution?

No wonder the tax bureau here in North America is heavily armed. For capitalists like you, you will take advantage of any loopholes you see, and you will take advantage of any loopholes you create if there are no loopholes.

This is because the production fees for Hollywood A-level projects, although they start at US$100 million, mostly stop at US$120 million or US$130 million.

"So?" Zhang Nan continued to ask puzzledly.

Zhang Nan didn't take it to heart at all when he heard it.

Persuasion in the form of words is basically useless. Maybe the tax bureau personnel here will open their mouths, and the corporate accountants over there will drill holes in people's mouths.

Zhang Nan, who had been silent for a long time, looked at the nearly a hundred shots that had been taken, and could only say speechlessly: "This is just one example."

Without it.

Because only gunpowder-smelling gunpowder smoke can scare these North American crocodiles carrying the Stars and Stripes banner.

"Warner has thought of a way to shoot more of your scenes with phone scenes, so that when the time comes to edit, you can use my scene of answering the phone and dubbing to give the audience the feeling that you are in the movie. It feels very involved." Robert Downey Jr. quickly explained.

It is true that the role of Watson is important, but what is more important is the weight of Zhang Nan's appearance.

"So my project can't ask you to guest star for a long time, but in the [Sherlock Holmes] project, Watson's role is too important." Robert Downey Jr. was still being tactful.

But in front of Zhang Nan, whose appearance fee currently starts at US$400 million, this US$500 million production fee is indeed not sufficient. It is not even half of his fixed salary. Even if he is allowed to make a guest appearance, it will be ten It takes just a few minutes to dry out the lens.

"That's for sure. The next one [Sherlock Holmes] will become famous and the production budget will be more generous, so there will be no need to deal with all these things." Robert Downey Jr. quickly responded in agreement.

No matter how generous the production fee is, how generous can it be?

Could it be as high as 400 million US dollars?

But $400 million is not enough! You can't just invite him here alone.

Zhang Nan: "..."

Warner, I really have you!

"Let's talk about the key points." Zhang Nan was a little impatient.

"Let's pause for a moment. I have something to do and I have to make a call." Zhang Nan said.

Of course Robert Downey Jr. couldn't refuse.

Zhang Nan, who walked aside, dialed Old Luke's phone number and then described the situation here. "Didn't our brother-in-law become the president of Disney? Let's make it easier for him and talk to the professional team of Disney's legal department to see what terms can be added to close this loophole." Zhang Nan said in a hurry.

Soon Old Luke over there called back: "I asked, and the person in charge of Disney's legal department said that it doesn't matter whether we make up for it or not. It's best not to make up for it."

"Why?" Zhang Nan expressed confusion.

"They say that the roads here in North America are so wild. They can drill holes into any hole. The operation of making up for it is more like there is no silver here. You should know the broken window effect. The broken window effect here in North America is still there. There needs to be a mix of picking on weak points, so once a loophole appears, the best way is not to solve it, but to cover it up, otherwise if more people know about the loophole, many people will flock to it." Old Luke replied.

Zhang Nan: "..."

What a pure custom in North America! It’s really just about being unqualified, contrary to common sense, and really rude.

……

One day later.

Zhang Nan completely completed her cameo in "Sherlock Holmes" and then returned directly to the mainland.

Without it.

It's already April, and summer vacation is about to begin.

Even now, many film and television companies have begun to promote their movies to be released during the summer vacation.

The first shot of this year's summer vacation is a double-barreled shotgun - "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Pirates of the Caribbean 5" go head-to-head, both released on the same day.

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" without Zhang Nan's influence is probably the last song of the "Amazing Spider-Man" series, which is a bit unlucky. Zhang Nan doesn't want to get involved with it and affect his good reputation as a box office mascot.

Not to mention [Pirates of the Caribbean 5].

Zhang Nan plans to wait for his summer box office to fall below the threshold of one billion US dollars worldwide, so as to establish a prestige for himself and make his reputation as a box office insurance agent even more famous, making it even less likely to stay here for "Pirates of the Caribbean" 5] Looking for topics.

As for why these two films collided.

the reason is simple.

Zhang Nan has scheduled [Transformers 3] for early June.

As for Zhang Nan's version of "Transformers 1.2", the cumulative box office has reached 28 billion U.S. dollars, and it is supported by the box office of "006", which has a box office of 2 billion U.S. dollars, and "Voldemort 3", which has a box office of billion U.S. dollars. , no one will doubt the box office potential of [Transformers ].

The summer vacation in North America seems to be hot, with a full four-month duration, but the real highlights are only in mid-to-late May and early June.

Early May and mid-to-late June to August cannot be said to be garbage time, but they are definitely not as good as the time between mid-to-late May and early June for burning incense.

After all, North American wallets are gone once they are spent.

This has also formed a normal rule. In the early stage of the warm-up period, many people are waiting and watching. In the later stage of the event, many people do not want to wait and see, but they have no money in their pockets to spend.

And Zhang Nanka has a great deterrent effect in early June at the time point of mid-to-late May, so the only choice left for other films is to release it in early May, or in July or August.

And this multiple-choice question is still a quick-answer question, and then [Pirates of the Caribbean 5] and [The Amazing Spider-Man 2] will compete for answers.

And neither side is cowardly.

Standing behind "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" is Sony Columbia. There is only one feeling when watching "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", and that is: With Zhang Nan starring, I might be a little scared, but without Zhang Nan, what are you doing? The remake of "Spider-Man" whose trilogy has grossed nearly billion US dollars in box office!

Disney Pictures, which stands behind "Pirates of the Caribbean 5", feels similarly proud: Can remakes now compete with series like mine, which have three consecutive films that have grossed over a billion dollars at the box office?

(End of this chapter)