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Chapter 308 Deception
"If we can, I think we might be able to hit the 150 million North American box office."

"..."

Huang Ze, who often makes big promises to others, naturally knew that the other party was making a big promise for him.

However, I have to admit that even the pie in the sky looks delicious!
According to Huang Ze's calculations, the goal of "Speed" is to break 100 million, and if it can break 100 million, it will be a success!

One hundred and fifty million, that's quite a bit of pressure.

After all, there were only six such films in 90 and 91 combined.

"Home Alone", "Ghost", "Dances with Wolves", "Pretty Woman", "Terminator 2", and "Robin Hood".

Which one is not famous?

Compared with these six films, there is still a gap between "Speed" and these six films.

The fact that the box office was only 120 million also proves this point.

But on second thought, this is an enhanced version of "Speed"!

Better rhythm, better explosions.

More famous director, leading actor.

The distribution companies are also more optimistic and will make great efforts from the beginning, otherwise the president of Warner Pictures would not have made such a promise.

If you think about it this way, with so many favorable factors, it may not be impossible to reach a box office of 150 million!
"I believe in my work. It will earn 150 million at the box office!"

In order to make Warner more willing to work hard, and to shock the two presidents enough if successful, Huang Ze decided to go all out. With a face full of confidence, he made an accordion-like gesture with his hands, "Believe me, no one knows movies better than me. This film can definitely achieve the goals you two set!"

"Forehead?"

They were both stunned for a moment.

Is this still the humble Oriental man?

This is even more arrogant than the Texas rednecks!

wrong!

The two of them immediately realized the problem, and Huang Ze had the capital to say this.

So, this is a sign of confidence.

This shows that Huang Ze is full of confidence in this movie "Speed"!

Seeing the director so confident, the two of them became more confident. They looked at each other and nodded heavily, "Okay! Let's prepare a celebration banquet for the entire crew!"

"I am waiting!"

……

The film was finally completed and Huang Ze returned to Hong Kong Island.

I finally have some free time, it's time to move forward with the VCD project.

Even Huang Ze in the company had it set up in Hong Kong Island via remote control over the phone during the post-production period.

BBK Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.!

New industry, new atmosphere.

Each step is higher than the last.

The name Xinghai should be used in the media industry.

Of course, the registered place is in Hong Kong Island, and Huang Ze plans to place both the R&D base and the future production base in his hometown of Shanghai.

Because Huang Ze has to focus his main energy on movies, and he doesn't know much about this industry, he needs to find someone who knows about it.

After returning to Hong Kong Island, Huang Ze stayed at home for a day and then went directly to Zhongshan in eastern Guangdong to recruit talents.

Subor Electronics Industrial Co., Ltd.

Four years ago, a small factory called Rihua Electronics Factory, which was losing two million yuan, welcomed a new director, Duan Yongping. Last June, Subor aired an advertisement on CCTV, "Own a Subor and become a millionaire," and Subor ranked first in the game console market!
In three years, the factory was reborn.

Compared to Jiang Wanmeng who failed in the end, Huang Ze is more optimistic about him.

This place is not far from Hong Kong Island, and Huang Ze's network of contacts can easily cover it. Huang Ze found someone to say hello in advance before coming.

So as soon as they arrived, the security guard invited Huang Ze and the bodyguard behind him to the reception room.

After a while, a slightly plump man in his thirties walked in.

As soon as he came in, he smiled and stretched out his hand, "Mr. Huang, I've heard a lot about you, a lot about you!"

"I've heard about your little bully too. You made a great comeback."

"You can't compare with Mr. Huang." Duan Yongping let go of her hand. "Would you like some tea? My friend just gave me some tea, and I can't finish it by myself. I hope Mr. Huang won't complain about the quality."

"Then I have to taste it."

After Duan Yongping finished making the tea, Huang Ze gave two glances and asked the bodyguards behind him to go outside. Duan Yongping knew what Huang Ze was going to do, so he waved his hand to let his assistant go out as well, and then asked in a low voice, "Mr. Huang, I wonder what brought you here? I will definitely help if I can. I am happy to have Mr. Huang as my friend."

"You can certainly help."

"Oh?"

"I'm here to poach people."

“Who to dig?”

"You." Huang Ze pointed at the other party, "I came here for you."

"Hehe." Duan Yongping shook his head. "Then you may have found the wrong person. My only understanding of the film and television industry is similar to that of everyone else. At most, I watch TV series and go to the cinema to watch movies."

"Who said I was looking for you to work in the film and television industry? I'm looking for you to work in your old profession, the electronics industry."

"I'm sorry." Duan Yongping continued to refuse, "I'm very happy working here, the company is thriving, I can't give it all up."

"You'll be happier if you come to my place."

Huang Ze smiled and took a sip from the cup, "How much do you earn here? I'll give you one million a year."

"If you can make the company's output value exceed 100 million, I will give you 5% of the shares. If it exceeds 1 billion, I will give you another 5% of the shares. In total, you can get 10%."

"How many shares can you get here?" Huang Ze looked at Duan Yongping with a smile.

Huang Ze could guess the answer, and there was a 90% chance that it was zero.

"You must be thinking that you can reform the company into a joint-stock company in the future, or that you can ask the senior executives of the internal company who are familiar with you to borrow the power of other funds and use the future earnings of Xiaobawang as a loan to help you acquire Xiaobawang at a low price. In this way, you can also become a major shareholder with a considerable stake."

"But ask yourself, do you think this is possible?"

"..." Most people love money. After hearing what Huang Ze said, he did find that a million-dollar annual salary and the shares that he was sure to get were more appealing, but he also had his own pursuits. "I wonder what Mr. Huang plans to produce? Game consoles?"

"Do you think I can do this business?" Huang Ze crossed his arms and looked at Duan Yongping with a smile.

"Let me ask you a question. Can your game consoles be exported overseas? Will they run into Japanese patents and copyrights?"

"My main business, the film and television industry, is very copyright-sensitive. I can't just comply with it and ask others to comply with my copyright, right?"

"So what is Mr. Huang going to do?"

"A brand new thing, a machine that doesn't even exist in this world." Huang Ze began to make big promises, "Do you know about CDs?"

“This is MPEG technology that came out this year.”

Huang Ze handed a prepared document to Duan Yongping, "If movies and TV were stored on CDs, and then a thing like a VCR that could read them was invented, all the VCRs in the world would be swept into the garbage dump."

"The cost of CDs is much lower than that of videotapes. By then, this market will become bigger and bigger!"

"And the first person to invent this thing will also be remembered by history."

"How's that? This is a lot more advanced than reverse engineering a Neon arcade."

(End of this chapter)