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Chapter 354 Cooperation
"I rely on it!"

“This bunch of paparazzi.”

When Stephen Chow saw these reports, he became furious and threw the newspapers to the ground angrily.

The reason for the anger is both the paparazzi's reports and the dissatisfaction with the situation.

Even though they can still earn nearly one million yuan a day now, this is the Lunar New Year period and the attendance is not good, so the theaters will continue to reduce the screenings.

Moreover, this bad reputation is spreading more and more widely, and the box office is also declining.

Such a number is simply the biggest shame he has ever faced since he started starring in a movie.

What's even more amazing is that it's not just Taiwan that has bad box office results. The Taiwanese film distributors who bought "Journey to the West" chose to release it simultaneously with Hong Kong Island. As a result, the box office just reported was 8 million.

There is almost no need to hold out hope, as in the end the box office of Taekwondo will not exceed 20 million.

Even if the box office in Taiwan could double, that would only be 40 million.

But they spent 30 million to buy it, and the box office has just passed the cost line. Forget about making a lot of money. It’s good enough if they don’t lose their pants, right?
When he called the other party, Stephen Chow could already hear the suppressed anger in the other party.

Of course, these are all small matters. After all, the film has been sold and you can’t ask for a refund. At most, it will affect the next film sales. But if the next film’s box office in Hong Kong is high enough, there will still be a bunch of Taiwanese film producers coming to buy it.

He has this confidence.

Western films, even Hollywood films, can only have eight copies at most in Taiwan.

Commercial films in the Taiwanese market are not doing well.

If he doesn't buy his own, whose will he buy? Leave the cinema empty!
Most importantly, he really began to doubt his own abilities.

Why is this happening?

It had always been successful before, with every movie selling like hotcakes, so why did it fail this time?

Could it be that there is luck in the star sea? Or is it that I am in harmony with the star sea, and once I leave the star sea, I will fail?
Or is it really because Huang Ze is in charge?

Zhou Xingchi only felt that he both loved and hated the figure that appeared in his mind. He loved him for supporting him, but he hated him for causing him to fail so badly. "

After some thought, Stephen Chow considered another very realistic problem.

Will the next film fail as well?
Stephen Chow is really a little unsure. After all, it is not just about collecting the film fee. If he loses money, he will lose real money!
Besides, those two are not good people.
He still owed those two more than 20 million. He couldn't sell the house to pay off the debt, could he? He was very optimistic about the property market in Hong Kong Island and was really reluctant to do so.

But what if the box office isn’t good?

I didn't lose money this time, but the only reason I didn't lose money was because I sold the issuance rights at a high price. I won't be able to get such a price next time.

If the box office in Hong Kong doesn’t do well, I will really lose money.

"This is difficult!" Stephen Chow felt a little confused for a moment, and at this moment, someone pushed the door open.

"Who?" Zhou Xingchi wanted to get angry, but when he found out that the person was Xiang Huasheng, he changed his anger into a smile, "Boss Xiang, you're here."

"Ok!"

"It seems that you are not very happy."

"Mr. Xiang, you know, the box office is really..." Stephen Chow smiled bitterly and didn't know what to say.

"You should stay calm when things go wrong." Xiang Huasheng pressed his palm down and sat down. "No matter how the word of mouth or box office is, we didn't lose money, did we?"

"Movies are commodities. As long as they don't lose money, they are good commodities."

"Okay, we have to look forward. You can prepare for the next movie." Xiang Huasheng took out a script and said, "Let's shoot this one."

"Ah?" Zhou Xingchi raised his eyebrows, took the script, and asked casually, "Who wrote this script?"

"Huang Ze."

"Ah!" Zhou Xingchi's hands trembled, and he tightly grasped the script in his hand, "Boss Xiang, who are you talking about?" "Huang Ze! Huang for yellow, Ze for swamp." Xiang Huasheng smiled, "It's the Huang Ze you mentioned. He asked Liu Zhenwei to find me to discuss working together on this script."

"The investment and profits of our two companies are 50-50!"

"I read the script, it's very interesting. I also spoke to Mr. Yang on the phone, and he agreed to cooperate with Mr. Huang!"

"Of course you agree!" Stephen Chow couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Yang Dengkui invested in his own company just to take the films back to Taiwan to sell. If he made friends with Huang Ze, Xinghai would be able to sell him more films in the future. He would definitely be happy to do him a favor.

Xiang Huasheng in front of him may have lost confidence in himself, so he used Huang Ze's script to stabilize himself.

It may also be that they want to make friends with each other so as not to affect the future entry of the film into Xinghai Cinemas.

In short, they all have other hidden interests.

only myself.

No, I have my own interests too.

After the failure of "Journey to the West", it is urgent to prove its box office appeal.

Filming Huang Ze's script may increase the chances of success.

After all, the other party is a world-renowned director and screenwriter.

Once it can be proved that "Jigong" was just an accident, the road ahead will be much easier.

Thinking of this, Stephen Chow began to read the script attentively.

"'Flirting Scholar'?"

It took an hour to finish watching it, and Stephen Chow was still shocked for a long time.

"Do you know why I agreed?" Xiang Huasheng said with a smile, "I still have my own criteria for judging whether a film is good or not. This is indeed a very good nonsensical comedy."

"It's really good, and the script is very mature. We can even start filming right away."

After thinking about it for a while, Stephen Chow asked tentatively, "We already have the script, right?"

You really love money!
Xiang Huasheng knew what he wanted to say and shook his head. "It's common for Hong Kong movies to imitate, or even copy literally."

"But who are we? Who are we copying from? How did this script end up in our hands?"

"By then, not only will your reputation be ruined, but we will also have completely offended Huang Ze."

"It's not good to have such a situation when we could have cooperated and benefited from each other."

"Then cooperate. I have no problem with that."

"The cost is 16 million, your salary is 8 million, and our family will pay 8 million."

"Six million." Stephen Chow wanted to say that his market value was 12 million, but the market value follows the market. Four consecutive films were among the top five of the year, so they were naturally worth more than 10 million.

But "Jigong" failed miserably.

Moreover, he pulls you to make a movie together, and he owns half of the shares in the company. It is normal that the pay is lower. The key is to make a comeback at the box office.

"I'm fine." Zhou Xingchi took a breath and said.

……

As soon as they agreed, Liu Zhenwei called Huang Ze to report. After the report, he was a little puzzled. "Mr. Huang, there is something I shouldn't ask, but I can't help asking. We can shoot this film by ourselves! Why do we have to give away a piece of the pie?"

(End of this chapter)