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Chapter 341 I want it all
"coax!"

The reporters were shocked and all looked at their colleague who said this with admiration.

Why didn’t I think of such a good question?

You shouldn’t do that!
After being annoyed, the group of people immediately started asking questions at once.

"Director Huang, do you think Stephen Chow's new film won't be able to break 30 million in box office?"

"Did you know that all four of Stephen Chow's movies this year grossed over 35 million, and three of them even grossed over 40 million?"

"I know!" Huang Ze decided to lead Zhou Xingchi into a ditch a little, "But now does not represent the future."

"There have been so many nonsensical films this year, and so many period films. I think the audience will have some immunity to such films."

"A purely nonsensical film without any depth will face a big challenge at the box office."

"So, actually, I said too much, thirty million."

"Twenty-five million box office will be a threshold for Stephen Chow's new film Journey to the West." Huang Ze said with a smile, "I hope he can break this number."

"..." The reporters were stunned for a moment, and they could hardly suppress their smiles. "Twenty-five million, Director Huang, can you give a more accurate number?"

Everyone hoped that Huang Ze would say a lower tone so that they could stir up trouble.

"About 22 million." Huang Ze remembered that this movie was not very popular in his previous life, and it only made 21.5 million. He said a little more to leave some margin for himself.

"Director Huang, what if his film has twice this number, or even more?"

"Of course I'm congratulating you!" Huang Ze said as if it was a matter of course. "There's no hatred between us. I valued him and supported him a lot back then. The better he does, the happier I am."

"But he made you lose a lot of money."

"Please, do I need that little money now?"

The earnings from Speed ​​may not be equal to the top ten Hong Kong movies combined.

"Director Huang, can you predict the North American box office for your and Jackie Chan's new film, Rush Hour?"

"Hahaha!" Huang Ze stretched out a finger.

He didn't even mention any specific numbers, and let the reporter ask loudly, "Did you just say that the North American box office of Rush Hour could exceed $100 million?" Then he turned around and returned to his previous position.

"Director Huang, are you so confident? One hundred million!"

Just thinking about it, Jackie Chan couldn't suppress his smile.

Huang Ze is so confident!

This made him feel a lot more at ease.

"Whether it can be broken or not is not important. The key is to have the momentum and confidence." Huang Ze smiled. "No matter how much the North American box office is, with the publicity of these paparazzi, at least the Hong Kong box office will not be bad."

"Oh, I see."

"Don't worry!" Huang Ze patted Jackie Chan on the shoulder.

Although Jackie Chan doesn't have the audience appeal that he had before the release of "Rush Hour" in his previous life, he is more appealing as a director!
Will Smith's face also has the potential to be more popular with audiences.

Huang Ze is very confident.

"You also have to have confidence in me and our film!"

"Director Huang, I definitely have confidence in you!" Jackie Chan nodded quickly several times, and his hair jumped "duang, duang, duang" a few times along with his head.

Seeing this, Huang Ze held back his smile, pursed his lips and turned his head away, and then he couldn't help but look up at the sky.

"Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi, I wonder if you can see what I said to the reporter."

"Please make the film more profound!"

After all, the previous life's "Jigong" was like this. Like many directors, when the box office was high, they had to pursue depth to show that they were not such a vulgar director, which led to the failure.

If you don't pursue depth, won't my predictions be inaccurate?

...In fact, Huang Ze was completely overthinking.

Even if Stephen Chow didn't read the newspaper, those reporters would not miss the opportunity to add fuel to the fire. On that day, a reporter gave Stephen Chow a copy of the newspaper.

In front of the reporters, Stephen Chow naturally did not take this seriously.

But when he got home, he could no longer suppress the anger on his face.

He had just become the boss of the company and was feeling very proud of himself, but then he felt like he had been slapped hard in the face.

I've become such a mess, yet people still look down on me!
"Damn it!"

Stephen Chow couldn't help but smash a cup.

"Huang Ze, you are such a villain!"

"It's bad enough that you asked me for HK$24 million for a one-year contract, but you still dared to look down on me!"

After venting the great frustration of paying more than 20 million, Stephen Chow sat on the sofa, picked up the newspaper, and pressed it under the glass plate to remind himself.

Wait until the film comes out and dispels Huang Ze’s nonsense, then burn the newspaper.

As he stared at the newspaper, Stephen Chow couldn't help but sneer.

"You just want to see me like this, right?"

"I don't want to do what you want!"

"Wait, I'll show you whether my "Ji Gong" will get a figure as low as 22 million!"

"I'll show you if my film can have depth!"

Stephen Chow closed his eyes and recalled Huang Ze's films that received explosive reviews and his status in the film industry.

Thinking about his comedy films which were not even taken seriously by various film festivals and had not even won an Academy Award for Best Actor until now, he decided to make "Journey to the West" more profound and give a good slap in the face to those who looked down on others.

"Box office and word of mouth, I can have them all!"

One fist was clenched tightly.

……

"It seems like this Stephen Chow movie is going to be dangerous!"

"Maybe we won't even get to 22 million!"

In a thousand-square-foot mansion, Wang Jiawei, whose legs and feet were still a little unsteady, held the newspaper and couldn't help shaking his head.

In the eyes of others, Huang Ze was cursing Zhou Xingchi because he ran away.

But he knew very well that things were not that simple.

Huang Ze may be emotional about anything, but he certainly won't do that when it comes to film and television.

This is most likely a prediction made by Huang Ze based on his understanding of film and television.

I am a very good example.

Before "Ashes of Time", not only was I proud of it, but the entire Hong Kong film and television industry, who wasn't optimistic about it?
Otherwise, Deng Guangrong would not have invested tens of millions.

Besides, he had been following Huang Ze since he came to Hong Kong. Who could have thought that the other party would be unwilling to invest in his new film?
But he did it!

As it turns out, he was right.

Thinking of this, Wang Jiawei felt a wave of regret.

If I hadn't been so self-righteous and had continued to stay in the sea of ​​stars, I wouldn't have encountered such a Waterloo in "Ashes of Time", and my legs wouldn't have been...

Looking at his legs, he put the newspaper aside and looked at the script in front of him. Wang Jiawei smacked his lips and raised the corners of his mouth. "Director Huang will definitely like this script!"

"Wait till I finish writing, and then I'll knock him over!"

(End of this chapter)