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Chapter 220: Raging words
"Oh……"

The reporters were quite satisfied with this answer.

At least there was no direct denial, so everyone can express themselves freely and the title can be thought of in an instant.

Huang Ze wants to establish a film award and vows to overthrow the Hong Kong Film Awards.

After thinking up a bunch of words to fan the flames, the reporter finally brought the topic back to the movie, "Director Huang, how much do you expect Pulp Fiction to earn in the U.S.?"

"I think it should be higher than the previous film, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, right?" Huang Ze held up four fingers, "Forty million US dollars, maybe."

“Is this number too high?”

"Director Huang, why don't you say $100 million? It's just bragging anyway."

"Then I will predict $100 million." Huang Ze smiled and looked at the reporter who just said $100 million.

I didn't want to make such a bold statement.

With this reporter taking the lead, everyone can understand even if the goal is not achieved in the end.

We are young, who wouldn’t be full of energy?

But if it can exceed 100 million, combined with what happened today, it would be a different story.

That means the boasting has come true, and bragging has evolved into bragging!
Huang Ze feels that it is still possible.

After all, the previous version of "Pulp Fiction" also broke 100 million in North America.

Moreover, it was released in 94, a year when great masterpieces emerged all over the world. In the North American film market, "The Lion King", "Forrest Gump", "Speed", "The Mask", "True Lies" and "Interview with the Vampire" were all quite popular!
It was definitely extremely difficult to get 100 million that year.

It may not be impossible to achieve it a few years in advance.

And it doesn't have to reach 100 million actually. If you have 95 million or more, Warner will find a way to make it reach 100 million.

After all, there is still a big gap between a box office of over 100 million and one that does not.

Therefore, there is an absolute chance that this boast will come true.

"Wow!" All the reporters present were shocked. No one asked questions for two seconds. After several seconds, the reporters asked in disbelief, "Director Huang, are you sure you are right? One hundred million? The currency unit is US dollars?"

“You can write like this!”

"Okay, I'm already very tired, please make way for me."

Huang Ze began to speak.

The bodyguards immediately cleared a path.

Huang Zeyi and the crew members got into the car sent by Xinghai to pick them up at the airport.

Back at Xinghai Film and Television, everyone in the company applauded.

"Congratulations to Director Huang for winning the Palme d'Or!"

"Huang Daowei!"

“Hahaha, alright.” Huang Ze made a gesture of pressing his palm down, “Tonight the whole company will celebrate my winning the grand prize, let’s have a dinner together! See you there.”

"it is good!"

"Come along too!" Huang Ze discovered that there was also a Wang Rixiang inside, so he specifically called out his name.

"Okay!" Wang Rixiang nodded with a smile, "Mr. Huang invited me, so I definitely won't refuse."

"By the way, how is the God of Gamblers going?"

"It's still a little short of finishing the music." Wang Rixiang said, "In another week, I will definitely have a finished film and it can be released at any time."

"Oh, today is the best day. Let's take a look today."

"No problem. I guarantee Mr. Huang will be satisfied!" Wang Rixiang really thought so. This film was the one with the largest investment among all the films he had made. The main actors were from Xinghai, so he only had to pay half of their salaries. Liang Jiahui's salary alone saved two million.

But even so, the cost of the film reached 10 million.

Such a high investment also made him dare not shoot casually like before.

He has tried his best to achieve perfection in cost. He always remembers what his father told him: the biggest sin of a director is not to make money.

Not only will it affect your pay, but your boss might even hire some gangsters to beat you up.

This film can't hit the top three.

The cost of 10 million can only be recovered through box office revenue, so how could he dare not be careful?

"Okay, let's watch it now!" Huang Ze asked Wang Rixiang to take him to the screening room. After a while, "God of Gamblers", which had not yet been fully completed, began to play.

After watching it, Huang Ze was basically satisfied.

The director and script are the same, only the actors have been changed, so it’s not a big problem.

"By the way, is the music for Gao Jin's appearance ready?"

"This part is already done. I'll go get it from the music room."

"Let's go together." The movie has been finished, who would stay here!
Arriving at the music room, a middle-aged man who looked to be in his fifties immediately stood up to play the soundtrack of this film.

"Teacher Hu, it's you. Please sit down!" Huang Ze was quite busy, with so many things to do, so he never worried about the post-production of the film. He let Wang Rixiang find someone himself. Unexpectedly, he found Hu Weili, who was mentioned casually by Huang Ze during a chat and then poached by Chen Xing to Xinghai Records.

As for why he is called Teacher Hu.

He used to teach at the Beijing Film Academy, came to Hong Kong in 86, and is quite old.

There is no harm in calling you teacher.

"Teacher Hu, please play the background music when Gao Jin appeared on stage for Mr. Huang to listen to." Wang Rixiang also followed suit and called the teacher.

"Okay." Hu Weili operated and a piece of majestic music sounded.

It’s pretty good.

But it is not the soundtrack for Gao Jin’s appearance in the original God of Gamblers.

This made Huang Ze feel like something was missing, so he said, "In 86, the Swedish band Europe released a song called "The Final Countdown". Can we give it a try?"

Huang Ze put it more tactfully.

But the others were not stupid and nodded immediately, "I'll find that song and listen to it."

Hu Weili has already decided that as long as the song is not extremely inappropriate, he will use the song Huang Ze mentioned.

"Okay! Mr. Hu, please continue with your work."

Huang Ze smiled and nodded, then walked out of the room with Wang Jing.

Walking in the aisle, Huang Ze looked at Wang Rixiang and nodded in agreement, "Well done! You really didn't let me down!"

"I also want to thank Mr. Huang for his trust."

"Hey! Let's not talk about this." Huang Ze raised his hand, "I still believe in you. After finishing "God of Gamblers", are you interested in cooperating in another one? I'll give you a 50% increase in your director's fee."

"what?"

"is that OK?"

"No problem!" Wang Rixiang nodded repeatedly, "Then what kind of film should I make?"

"Of course it's a gambling movie!" Huang Ze said as a matter of course, "For this movie, you let Andy Lau and Stephen Chow be the protagonist and the second male lead. As for the story, you can write it like this: Andy Lau's Chen Daozi has obtained the lifelong skills of the God of Gamblers. On behalf of his master, he uses his gambling skills to devote himself to charity. He meets Ah Xing, who wants to worship the God of Gamblers as his master and is nicknamed the Saint of Gamblers..."

After explaining the general outline in a few hundred words, Huang Ze put his arm around Wang Rixiang's shoulders and said, "We can call it The Gambler, is that okay?"

"Isn't this the sequel to God of Gamblers?"

"Yup!"

“But God of Gamblers hasn’t been released yet.”

"What's wrong? Are you worried that the box office won't be high enough?" Huang Ze smiled. "I'm not worried, so why should you be worried? Listen to me and start planning."

(End of this chapter)