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Chapter 338 Standing on your own
"Uh-huh!"

"not bad!"

Huang Ze nodded with satisfaction and continued reading.

It is definitely impossible to make it exactly the same as the original film.

But I have to say that the film has great skills in creating some horror scenes.

Anyway, Huang Ze didn’t see any big problems.

After reading it, Huang Ze talked about a few of the shots, and then pushed all the storyboard scripts to Zhang Jianya, "Just modify those parts according to what I said, and the project can be started quickly."

"This time you just have to make your own decisions on some things. I may not have time to keep an eye on you." Huang Ze is also experimenting with a sequel movie. If it works, he can slowly let go of the horror film business and only need to write scripts, unlike "Final Destination", where he would go there for a few days every two days.

Anyway, just follow the script honestly and don't think about adding this or that idea. The box office won't be that bad no matter how bad it is.

There are few horror movie fans, but they are still quite loyal. Besides, this movie is quite unique in Hollywood, so I think there shouldn't be any big problems.

"What about the actors?" Zhang Jianyatai knew how much importance Huang Ze attached to actors.

In the previous film, "Final Destination", he almost defined every supporting role.

For some of these roles, according to general crews, he would not even worry about them and would just leave them to the casting director.

But Huang Ze did just that.

It’s better to ask one more question.

"I'll decide on the male and female leads, and add Zhou Huimin and a ..."

Huang Zeben wanted to add a male actor.

But on second thought, it's not worthy for Liang Jiahui to play a supporting role in a horror movie with his current status, and Stephen Chow is not suitable either, after all, it's not a comedy. So, are there any other successful male actors in the company?

No more.

wrong!

"We can ask Liang Jiahui to play the leading male role!" After all, he had a ten-minute role in Pulp Fiction and also made an appearance in The Wedding Banquet. He is more than qualified to play the leading male role in a horror movie.

The only thing is that his salary is a bit high, 12 million, but it only converts into 1.5 million US dollars.

Besides, he was sensible. He took the initiative to request a renewal after the contract expired. The company also reduced its commission, but it was still 30%. In this case, his salary was only one million US dollars.

The film's budget of $15 million is enough and doesn't account for too large a proportion.

"Well, it's him."

"As for the remaining supporting roles, you can handle them as you wish."

All the supporting characters who appeared in the first film died, so those young actors with promising futures could not be used.

And there are already two Chinese people, it would be bad to have more,
Huang Ze was too lazy to think about it.

"Liang Jiahui plays the male lead, so can we use that woman for the female lead?" Zhang Jianya looked at the ceiling and thought for a while, "I can't remember her name, but it's the woman who played the robbery couple with Liang Jiahui in Pulp Fiction. I think if we choose her, the two of them will be more suitable for publicity."

"Uma Thurman, that's her."

After all, his famous work is gone, so giving her the role of the female lead in a horror movie with a box office estimate of about 50 million US dollars can be considered a small compensation.

The most important thing is to increase its popularity.

After all, there was a series of movies with a strong female lead in her previous life. There are not many such movies. Huang Ze can't think of a more suitable actor to raise her popularity. If Quentin still doesn't know what to shoot, let him and Uma Thurman fight.

"Okay, that's it." Huang Ze waved his hand, let Zhang Jianya go out, and couldn't help but hold his chin in melancholy.

I was thinking of these two directors who would cheer for me in the world film industry in the future, but it turns out that one is better than the other and neither of them is that impressive!

I won't talk about Wang Jiawei, I didn't expect much from him in terms of speed. But Quentin Tarantino, brother, what's wrong with you?

Have you lost contact with someone in the Netherlands?

Or was he hooked up with someone else?
"Hey, it's tough."

"Forget it. We'll see when the script is out. If there's still no news by next year, I'll just write the script myself and let him be a tool."

Huang Ze was too lazy to think about it.

……

result.

Some people were indeed hooked up by others.

This person is not Quentin, of course, he is an American and he has never signed a long-term contract with the company, so it cannot be considered a collusion.

is an actor.

Just now, Stephen Chow found Huang Ze and said he wanted to negotiate to terminate the contract which still had one year left.

Huang Ze blinked when he heard the news, but he was not too surprised.

He likes money, so this is in line with his personality.

In fact, if it were me, I would make the same choice.

But Huang Ze didn't show that he didn't care about this matter. He just nodded expressionlessly, "There's still a year left. Are you impatient? What do you think? Do you think the company's commission is too high?"

"And there are other companies inviting you?"

"Boss..." Stephen Chow paused, "I am very grateful for your kindness in recognizing me, but I want to be my own boss! And when I am filming a movie, I am often constrained by the director, which makes me feel very uncomfortable. I want to have the final say in my own movie, and I hope you can help me!"

"There's still one year left on the deal, and I can also make a buyout offer."

When saying this, Stephen Chow's eyes were full of determination.

He had enough confidence to come to Huang Ze.

It is no exaggeration to say that this year is the year of Stephen Chow.

The Lunar New Year film "All's Well, Ends Well" grossed 48 million.

This year's summer box office is even more exaggerated. "Justice, My Foot" took in nearly 50 million, and "The Deer and the Cauldron" took in 41 million.

"The Deer and the Cauldron 2", which is currently in theaters, has already grossed million yuan, and it will have no problem exceeding million in the end!

He will be in three of the top four box office charts this year.

If it weren’t for Huang Ze’s “Speed”, this result would be even more exaggerated!

Now he can be said to be more popular than Jackie Chan and Leehom Wang in the Hong Kong market, a generation of comedy king!
Among these four films, All's Well, Ends Well is not produced by the company, but the other three are.

This year, he can earn at least hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars in profit for the company!
But how much could he earn from these four movies? Excluding the share given to the company, it was only five or six million per movie!

The reason these films are selling so well is clearly because of me!

But others get 90%, and I can only get 10%!
He earned too little.

The numbers he gets should be commensurate with his contribution!
Moreover, he has someone backing him up. The Xiang family and Wanwan’s boss Yang both support him in starting his own company and becoming a boss to make a lot of money.

At that time, the two will invest, and I will get nearly half of the company's shares!

No more having others eat meat while you can just drink the soup.

(End of this chapter)