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Chapter 835 As expected of you
Everyone was immediately full of expectations for the movie "The Disappearance of Her". Zhang Yang + Liu Yifei + Xiao Lizi, it is not too much to say that this lineup will sweep the world!
If this was the lineup, how could this movie lose at the box office? A sure win!

Can Zhang Yang not know the news that all netizens know? Before Xiao Lizi arrived at the hotel, the assistant sent him the news.

In the afternoon, Zhang Yang was lying in bed. He was supposed to be taking a nap, but he was looking at the roof and thinking about how to distribute the shares of the movie "She Disappeared".

Since it is a film for global distribution, he will be paid US$8000 million, while Liu Yifei and Li Zizi both receive US$2000 million.
This is US$1.2 million, and other production costs are actually cheaper. 5000 million yuan is enough. If you add in the other people's remuneration of about 1000 million yuan, without continuous publicity and distribution, the production cost will be about 1.3 million US dollars.

If Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei directly count their remuneration as investment, and all the remaining shares are given to Paramount, they will probably find it too little.

While he was thinking about something, his cell phone rang.

Zhang Yang had not yet responded, but Liu Yifei, who was sleeping next to her, seemed to be disturbed. She turned to one side, and her beautiful legs and arms were pressed against Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang took her arm away without mercy, picked up the phone and looked at it. It turned out that Jim and Phoenix had arrived.

Interestingly, Jim also stayed at the Regal International East Asia Hotel in Shanghai.

Zhang Yang thought for a while and decided to go there tonight.

Liu Yifei was pushed away by Zhang Yang and opened her eyes immediately. She didn't take a deep nap. She saw Zhang Yang looking at his phone and asked vaguely: "What's wrong?"

"What?" Luo Jing and Liu Jiang were both shocked. Who is Tang Yan? Acting opposite an Oscar winner? Aren't you going to be crushed to pieces?
"What's your expression? Don't you believe me? Xiao Lizi and I are just acting in a commercial film." Tang Yan was a little unhappy seeing the expressions of the two of them. He stared at Luo Jing and asked.

After a scene ended in the afternoon, Tang Yan, Luo Jing, and Liu Jiang were discussing the content together, when Tang Yan's assistant came over.

"Okay, don't let him overwhelm you in this collaboration with Xiao Lizi." Zhang Yang reminded her, touching her head with his head.

Zhang Yang thought for a while: "Then let Tang Yan be careful. It's okay for Shu Chang. He was originally suppressed by Xiao Lizi, but Tang Yan wants to be evenly matched with him."

Tang Yan also nodded seriously, but Luo Jing felt a little strange after hearing this.

In his previous life, the Sunglasses King was able to train Tang Yan, who was considered a shame in the drama, to become Miss Wang.

Liu Yifei was reminded by Zhang Yang and immediately let go of Zhang Yang and sent a message to Tang Yan.

Zhang Yang asked her to play opposite Li Zizi in a commercial film. There was no problem at all. He was very confident that she could do it, but he still had to put a little pressure on her.

She took the phone and looked at the content, her face became much more serious.

The crew of "Return" in Beijing, this TV series will be filmed at home and abroad. Due to Tang Yan's reasons, during this period, the domestic scenes will be filmed first, and the foreign scenes will be filmed after she returns from the crew of "The Disappearance of Her".

"What's wrong?" Luo Jing asked with concern when he saw his wife's serious expression.

"I want to play opposite the Oscar winner." Tang Yan said seriously.

"Believe, I definitely believe you, aren't you the Oscar winner!" Luo Jing supported his wife 100%, even though his voice was a little soft at the end, and he himself was a little lacking in confidence.

Tang Yan curiously took the phone and said casually: "Why did Sissi remember to send me a message? Didn't she have a two-person world with Director Zhang in Shanghai?"

"Don't worry, since Zhang Yang didn't change actors, it means he can train you." Liu Jiang comforted Tang Yan from the side.

Liu Yifei got excited when she heard this. She shook her head to wake herself up, and sat up. She put her arms around Zhang Yang's neck, put her head on his shoulder and said lazily, "I'll go too."

"Are you kidding me? This is a shoot in China. I have the advantage of the location. Will I lose?" Liu Yifei snorted after saying this.

Zhang Yang sat up directly, and while sending a message to his assistant, he said: "Paramount and DiCaprio are here. I will go over to meet them in the evening."

"Sister Tangtang, Liu Yifei sent you a message." The assistant whispered in her ear.

In fact, acting is a very mysterious thing, but as long as an actor is serious about filming, his acting skills will be improved when he meets a good director. Liu Yifei's meeting with Zhang Yang is the best example.

At seven o'clock in the evening, it was still dark in Shanghai. Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei set out from home together to go to the Regal International East Asia Hotel in Shanghai.

After arriving at the place, go directly to the private room Jim has booked.

That's right, after Zhang Yang came over, Jim took the initiative to book a private room.

After the two of them went in with the bodyguard assistant and exchanged greetings with a group of people, they had a simple dinner, and then Phoenix was the first to leave.

DiCaprio, Paramount's five-person team, and Zhang Yang talked about business at the table.

"Director, I don't know what the specific situation of this movie is like." An employee from the Paramount team started to ask directly.

Zhang Yang's assistant took the initiative to answer the question: "Everyone, our movie..."

The assistant told him the approximate budget of the movie.

People at Paramount heard that the total investment was US$1.3 million, and Zhang Yang and Liu Yifei's remuneration accounted for US$1.3 million. Add in Leonardo DiCaprio, of the US$1.2 million, more than US$ million was all remuneration.

From a structural point of view, it is too unhealthy.

But this person is Zhang Yang, so it seems to be nothing! How long has it been since the "Joker" incident!
Several Paramount employees discussed it with Jim, and finally Jim said personally: "We at Paramount are willing to give half of the director's share." "Sir, this is too much. We are only prepared to give up 3000 million US dollars." Share." The assistant explained to Jim that Paramount wanted half of the share as soon as he opened the door. He had a huge appetite.

"We can offer a premium of ten million U.S. dollars. I think this can express our sincerity." Jim opened his mouth again and gave an extra ten million U.S. dollars.

But naturally the assistant would not be moved by him and started arguing with him.

Jim saw that it was Zhang Yang's assistant who had been speaking, so he asked his men to deal with it. There was another round of saliva flying from both sides, and the food on the table could no longer be eaten.

After about half an hour, a group of people had a headache seeing that Zhang Yang's assistant still refused to give in.

Jim took the initiative and looked at Zhang Yang: "Director, what do you have in mind."

"3000 million US dollars is quite a lot. This is our first cooperation." This investment accounted for 23% of the share. Zhang Yang felt that it was enough, and he also hinted to him that there would be opportunities for cooperation in the future, which was also a sign of success. .

But wouldn’t they eat the cakes Zhang Yang painted?
In fact, Jim's team had a general analysis of why Zhang Yang chose Paramount. Zhang Yang just felt that they were the weakest in Hollywood and could have negotiated more conditions!

"OK, let's invest 3300% of the amount with US$23 million." Jim knew that he couldn't ask for more, so he took the initiative to pay a premium of 10%.

Three million US dollars is not much. The important thing is that they have to express an attitude that they attach great importance to their cooperation with Zhang Yang. This is tantamount to giving money.

"Okay, let's sign the contract of intent." Zhang Yang waved his hand and asked his assistant to take the contract. In fact, both parties have prepared contracts, and it doesn't matter who gets the contract.

"No, we will pay directly." Jim waved his hand and said in an imposing manner.

Women say that men who spend money are the most handsome, and now Jim looks very handsome in Zhang Yang's eyes.

In fact, it is easy to understand. Zhang Yang is worth tens of billions of dollars, and his personal business reputation is more than this 3300 million US dollars.

The two parties signed the contract very simply, and Zhang Yang looked at Li Zi again: "Leon, we will also sign the contract directly and pay!"

Today they all focus on one thing.

"OK." Xiao Lizi quickly read the contract himself. When he saw that Zhang Yang offered him a salary of 2000 million US dollars, he said: "Director, I can take the initiative to reduce my salary by 1000 million US dollars, and you can give me 1000 million US dollars." Just the reward.”

"No, no, no, this is a commercial film, not an artistic film." Zhang Yang disagreed. He didn't want to owe Leonardo DiCaprio too many favors.

Li Zi’s salary for acting in literary films is not high, after all, literary films are not very profitable. But before the commercial film Oscar, he earned 2500 million US dollars.
Now that he has won the Oscar, Zhang Yang did not increase his price, but instead lowered it by 500 million. This is his confidence as a director with three gold medals in the world. No matter how little, he Zhang Yang cannot give him.

"But this movie was directed by you." Xiao Lizi said politely. He had other purposes. The less remuneration Zhang Yang gave, the better.

"I'm not short of money to begin with." Zhang Yang shrugged and said casually.

The people at Paramount were also eye-opening. The actors complained about the high pay, and the producers complained about the low pay.

"Then 1800 million, and the remaining 10% will be treated as thank you for recognizing me."

"18 is not a good number in China, so I'll give you 1900 million. Don't be humble anymore." Zhang Yang said in a more serious tone at the end.

That's it for tonight's discussion. Zhang Yang asked his assistant to give the English script of "The Disappearance of Her" to Li Zi and asked him to take it back, as long as he came over for filming in late July.

However, the Paramount team proposed another idea to Zhang Yang: "Director, we want to announce the status of the "Her Disappearance" movie immediately."

Paramount can be said to be the one that values ​​the Chinese market the most at the moment. Their movie "Xx: Return" this year grossed US$3.38 million globally.
The domestic box office revenue was US$1.6 million, accounting for nearly half of the total. In North America, the box office is only over 4400 million US dollars. The reality is that we should not pay attention here.

"Okay." Zhang Yang knew that Leon had been photographed when he came over, so there was nothing wrong with announcing it.

The next day, after talking about the matter, DiCaprio and the Paramount team returned to the United States together. When they came, they were with Phoenix, but when they left, they left him alone.

But although they left, their voices remained.

Paramount directly announced that they have invested in Ocean Studio's latest movie "The Lost Girl", and the lineup is exactly as everyone guessed, Zhang Yang + Liu Yifei + Xiao Lizi.

As soon as the news was released, it immediately caused a great sensation at home and abroad. In the eyes of netizens, those who benefited the most were Tang Yan, Shu Chang and Wu Jing.
They are really enjoying the glory in the eyes of others. They were enviable to be paired with Liu Yifei, and now they have to be paired with Xiao Lizi again! They are simply the chosen ones.

When the box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" comes out, netizens will probably have different ideas. They will say that Zhang Yang is the real destiny's son.

That afternoon, Zhang Yang, wearing a black suit, set out again for the Shanghai Grand Theater.

When he arrived backstage, he greeted a group of people and was chatting with Huang Bo. Zhou Xun came to him unknowingly and secretly patted his shoulder: "Zhang Yang, Oscar winner, I beg you for cooperation. It's you! "

Zhang Yang was startled when he saw someone suddenly tapping him on the shoulder. He hadn't been in such physical contact with someone for a long time. Except at home, bodyguards would have blocked anyone who came into contact with him like this outside.

Xiao Zhao probably didn't stop Zhou Xun because he was an acquaintance, and it's not like he didn't know how to work around it.

After Zhang Yang came to his senses, he said very Versailles: "This is just a small scene. I will never make a literary film again to recreate the grand occasion of the three major movie kings competing for roles."

(End of this chapter)