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Chapter 316 New Film Plan

People are accustomed to passing the buck.

Jackie Chan subconsciously forgot the fact that he did not take the cooperation with Huang Ze seriously the first time. The second time he thought that Huang Ze was shooting a Hollywood movie, which could only be successful if the male and female protagonists as well as the main supporting roles were all Americans.

If the protagonist is a Chinese, he may not be able to live up to his reputation.

It was not until the third time, when Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was released, that he completely panicked and accepted Huang Ze's offer of a total of three films.

Now when I think back, the first two times were pushed away by my godfather, and the last time was earned by me compromising.

The godfather seems to have restricted his growth.

Do not!
My godfather is very good to me.

It’s Jiahe!
This company has indeed helped me a lot, but now, it has somewhat limited its own development.

"but……"

"It's still a little too early to think about this now."

Jackie Chan shook his head slightly.

Let’s wait and see the box office performance after I finish the film with Director Huang.

If you fail, all is over.

Successful.

Then it seems that I can't get away from Jiahe.

After two attacks on Hollywood, he knew that the other side did not take him seriously.

Therefore, even with the help of Director Huang, I still have to have my own base, which is the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia. The best choice is definitely to shoot in Hong Kong Island.

If he wanted to make it in the Hong Kong film and television industry, he couldn't possibly offend Golden Harvest. If he did, everyone would call him ungrateful. Besides, Golden Harvest also had some under-the-table tactics, so he couldn't afford to offend them.

Besides, my godfather has helped me so much, and for this reason, I can’t leave Jiahe.

"I can't get away from it. After the three film contracts with Xinghai are used up, I can push for Golden Harvest to work with Director Huang's Xinghai. Isn't that also an option?"

"Speaking of which, Director Huang's three recent films have all grossed over 100 million yuan at the North American box office. How popular will I be after I finish filming my three films?"

Jackie Chan couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, and he walked into the theater he had reserved with a smile on his face.

Two hours later...

"Oh my god, this movie is awesome!"

"Huang Ze has made a pure Hollywood blockbuster. I think it's no less effective than Terminator 2. Judging from the effect, if it can't be shown in the United States, I'm afraid it won't be able to recover its cost at all."

"Isn't Jackie Chan also going to work with Huang Ze? He's not going to make a movie like this, is he? That's really impressive!"

Jackie Chan's martial arts brothers started chattering one by one.

Jackie Chan fell into deep thought.

He felt a disparity that made him feel powerless.

The scenes in his own films are large enough, but the protagonists are more likely to encounter various thrills and excitement. It is completely different from Huang Ze's "Speed", which has plane bombings and subway derailments.

It can't be photographed.

Even if we hire someone to film it, no one would be willing to invest $30 million.

I have to say that this is a very good commercial film.

But this is not the movie I want!
"Can Director Huang make a kung fu comedy?"

Jackie Chan couldn't help scratching his head and went back home. It was around eight or nine o'clock in the evening when he arrived at Huang Ze's place. There should be no more publicity tasks, so he made a phone call.

"Director Huang, congratulations! I went to support your new film, it's so well made."

"That's exaggerated!" Huang Ze in Hollywood changed his sitting posture and crossed his legs. "I can only say it's just okay. I don't think it's great enough."

"No, no, it's really good." Jackie Chan continued to praise Huang Ze.

This flattery lasted for more than ten minutes.

As the topic gradually ran out, Jackie Chan began to stammer, "I, I have something I want to ask Director Huang, but I don't know how to start." "Then don't start."

"..." Jackie Chan was speechless.

This is the first time I've seen someone respond like this. No respect at all.

Before Jackie Chan could react, Huang Ze's voice came from the other side, "I know what you want to ask, when will our cooperative project start, right?"

"Yeah." Jackie Chan smiled sheepishly, "To be honest, I'm a little itchy. Director Huang, you're so famous in Hollywood. I've failed miserably in my two attempts to go to Hollywood. I'd like to trouble you to guide me!"

"Don't worry, I have a plan, and we will definitely start filming this year!"

"Then I feel relieved. By the way, what role should I play? I will prepare in advance."

“I haven’t written the script yet.”

"..." Jackie Chan felt that his spiritual world was once again destroyed

"Don't worry! I'm writing it, I'm already writing it..."

"Oh, someone is looking for me, hang up!" Huang Ze hung up the phone.

He was not just making it up, he was actually writing a script.

The promotion of "Speed" began to cool down, and Huang Ze had enough free time, so he used the evening time to write the script for the new film. This script was also tailor-made for Jackie Chan!

A Jackie Chan-style action comedy that sells well all over the world, preferably a series so that they can squeeze out the surplus value of Jackie Chan.

According to Hollywood conventions, the main actors in movie sequels will be paid very high salaries.

I have a three-film contract with Jackie Chan for a series, and the pay for the sequels can be lowered. Even if the pay goes up due to box office success, the initiative is in my hands, and the actor will not take advantage of me and demand an exorbitant price.

With these three conditions in place, Huang Ze actually had little choice.

"Rush Hour"!
This is Jackie Chan's masterpiece that was a global hit in his previous life.

A total of three films were shot.

The first film grossed $2.44 million worldwide.

The second film grossed 3.47 million worldwide.

The third part is 2.55 million.

The global box office of the three films combined exceeds 800 million!

It certainly can't be compared with series like "Harry Potter" and "Pirates of the Caribbean".

But it is definitely a relatively profitable series.

As to why there is no fourth part.

It's very simple, it's the same reason why Huang Ze chose to work with Jackie Chan on a series of films: the pay.

For the first film, Jackie Chan was paid $4 million.

For the second film, Jackie Chan earned a total of about 26 million US dollars in salary and dividends.

By the third film, Jackie Chan earned 40 million!
But don't forget that this film has two protagonists, and another Heyman actor Tucker also earned 40 million US dollars. The salary of these two people alone is 80 million US dollars.

As a result, the box office was not as good as the second one and was about the same as the first one.

But the first one was in 98, and the third one was released in 07.

Who dares to shoot again?
"Also, the Heyman actor must sign a contract with him for a fixed salary for the sequel."

"I should be the one exploiting their surplus value. If I am exploited by the actors, what will happen?"

By the way, there is no need to look for that Tucker as the actor for Hey Man.

In his previous life, the other party was a nobody before "Rush Hour", and after filming "Rush Hour" he returned to the status of a nobody again. What does this mean?

This means that this person has no star quality.

(End of this chapter)