The Crown Prince of Huayu!

Chapter 101 The King Meets the King (Please subscribe)
Huayi General Manager's Office.

"How is your relationship with Tong Liya now?"

"That's great! We're just about to become sworn brothers."

"Have you met Han Jiadong?"

"See you."

"how do you feel?"

"Young, handsome and talented, and Yaya is a perfect match. I'm a little envious of Yaya."

"How does he treat you...? Do you have any reaction when you see that you and Tong Liya look so similar?"

"No."

……

After letting Dong Xuan go out, Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but rub his forehead.

Things are really not going well for Huayi now!
Han Jiadong made no progress, and Liu Yifei was rejected again.

"I don't know how the second brother's conversation with the foreigner went."

Thinking about it, Wang Zhonglei got up and went out. He was going to his second brother's chairman's office when he happened to bump into the foreigner in the corridor.

Judging from the look on his face, it seems that the result is not that satisfying.

He nodded to the foreigner, passed by, and entered his second brother's office.

"No agreement?"

he walked over and asked.

Wang Zhongjun nodded: "It's a bit unreliable."

The foreigner's name is Rob Minkoff, an animation director. The famous "The Lion King" was co-directed by him and Roger Allers.

He also has a Chinese girlfriend who is a descendant of Confucius, so he is very interested in Chinese culture and has always wanted to direct a Kung Fu movie.

In the past two years, he has seen Chinese kung fu movies such as "Hero", "House of Flying Daggers", "Kung Fu", and "Spring Knife" successively released in North America and achieved good results, which finally made him determined.

I bought the copyright of a novel and adapted it into a screenplay, and then started looking for investment companies, but ended up hitting a wall everywhere.

Finally, Lionsgate Pictures was willing to invest, but the condition was that it must find a Chinese company to share the investment share.

So he came to China.

Wang Zhonglei thought for a while and asked, "Can you tell me more specifically?"

Wang Zhongjun said: "The production cost alone is fifty million U.S. dollars! Not counting post-production publicity, how can such a large investment be repaid?"

"Why so much?"

“He wanted Jackie Chan and Jet Li to star together.”

Wang Zhonglei was silent.

If these two people star together, the cost will not be high, or even lower.

After all, Jackie Chan alone earned as much as 40 million per movie.

Even not counting the later box office share, the highest salary he received was over 20 million.

Add Jet Li, who also has tens of millions to start...

"If you can really get a movie with Jackie Chan and Jet Li for 50 million, it would be worth a try."

Wang Zhonglei thought.

"Spring Knife" has been released in North America, and it finally took more than 20 million US dollars at the box office. Although it is not as good as the one-day box office of "300", it only cost 8 million when I bought it. , Columbia Pictures is making a lot of money.

In particular, the DVD version of "Xiu Chun Knife" sold more than 10 million.

If you really think about it, Columbia Pictures may make more than all of their investors combined.

This may be the benefit of being backed by a large market.

Jackie Chan and Jet Li both have good influence in Hollywood. The two Kung Fu superstars are collaborating for the first time. This gimmick alone will definitely attract a lot of people. There is no way the box office will be lower than that of "Xiu Chun Knife", right?
In terms of DVDs, the two are even more powerful in this area.

It can be said that Jet Li's ability to gain a foothold in North America is either due to his ability to withstand the box office or because his DVDs are very popular!

Wang Zhongjun shook his head: "It still doesn't work. If you haven't read his script, it's just...at the level that a middle school student can write. You fight monsters all the way, and there's no plot at all."

"The plots of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Heroes" are also quite simple. Maybe North American audiences like to watch this kind of movies?"

"It's even simpler than that! Besides, he's just a cartoon director!"

"He is also a director after all. Han Jiadong was just a high school student before!"

"Han Jiadong...that's a genius, ordinary people can't compare."

"But if he succeeds, we will have one more partner in the future, instead of only working with Han Jiadong."

……

The two brothers had a deep conversation, and Wang Zhonglei finally convinced his brother.

But it is not unconditional cooperation.

First of all, we have to make sure we can invite both Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Secondly, Huayi will also have priority in investing in Robert Minkoff’s future works.

In the end, apart from Jackie Chan, Jet Li and those American characters, Huayi had the final say on all other characters.

Rob Minkoff was overjoyed after receiving Huayi's reply.

After he left Huayi, he looked for several companies, but as soon as they heard the production cost of 50 million US dollars, they completely lost interest in talking to him.

Originally, he had almost given up hope, but now he got good news from Huayi, which made him agree to the second option that he could decide without thinking.

After contacting Lions Gate again, Lions Gate also agreed to the third item.

Finally, he went to convince Jet Li himself.

Jet Li has actually always had the idea of ​​collaborating with Jackie Chan. However, the salary for the two of them is too high and they cannot be afforded by ordinary movies, so they have not collaborated yet. There is also a saying that "the king does not see the king", and there are even rumors that the two have an affair. It's said that it has a nose and eyes.

But in the final analysis, isn’t it just that my wife was taken advantage of when filming the movie?
If this is considered a festival, what does the man before Lizhi count?

Not to mention that the two were not together at the time.

Therefore, Jet Li agreed to this cooperation opportunity without much thought, and even took the initiative to act as a lobbyist to contact Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan also had the idea of ​​​​cooperating with Jet Li, so he agreed, and only received a friendship price of 10 million US dollars.

After everything was settled, Huayi began the casting process with great fanfare.

The first person to decide was Li Bingbing.

This person's current English level... it's difficult to even speak, but she still got the second female lead who had to speak English throughout the filming process and had a lot of lines.

The other roles were quickly decided, leaving only the heroine who has yet to be decided.

Nortel Campus.

"Huayi wants to invite me to make a movie."

Liu Yifei was walking beside Han Jiadong in a beige windbreaker, looking at Han Jiadong with a questioning look on her face.

When the two of them walked together like this, the rate of turning heads was astonishing, but neither of them cared.

"Then your level is for nothing."

"So you think I should refuse?"

"I never said that."

Han Jiadong naturally knew that Liu Yifei was talking about the "Kung Fu King" that was being widely reported by the media and claimed to have an investment of 500 million.

A Hollywood blockbuster starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Faced with a production of this level, I am afraid no one in the entertainment industry can refuse it.

Liu Yifei hesitated and said: "My mother wanted to agree, but the condition they offered was that I join Huayi."

Han Jiadong didn't make any comments. He couldn't say that he disliked the dominance of Huayi's family. Just don't cause trouble for me, right?
(End of this chapter)