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Chapter 373 Questions
"Dollar?" Huang Ze raised his eyebrows.

"of course."

"Does the copyright of Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and China also belong to me?"

"Yeah." George still nodded.

The other party's nod made Huang Ze feel something was wrong.

The conditions are too favorable.

Even if all these copyrights were added together and sold to Warner, the price Warner paid for it would be considered relatively high at 50 million US dollars.

After all, the North American box office of "Rush Hour" is only about 130 to 140 million, and 50 million is only 40% of the North American box office.

Before the advent of DVDs, movies didn’t make that much money!
Sure enough, just as Huang Ze had finished speaking, George added, "But this includes the copyright for the sequel to Rush Hour."

"It's priced at 20 million, isn't that reasonable?"

"It's reasonable." Huang Ze's doubts were resolved. Looking at George's expectant eyes, he couldn't help but smile, "But I'm not going to sell it!"

"Ah? Why not? Isn't it good to be like Speed?"

"Do you feel okay?" Huang Ze shook his head without waiting for the other party to speak.

What feels good now may not necessarily feel good to you when the time comes.

Elevators, buses, and subways, three places that are dangerous for ordinary people, were all filmed in "Speed". There are not many things that can increase people's sense of immersion.

You can't shoot a plane at a certain speed, or it will explode, right? The plane is in the air, has contacted the tower, and can't fly any way it wants.

When taking pictures of yachts, everyone thinks that the dead are rich people, and it doesn’t feel thrilling or exciting anymore.

Even if there is, the first part has already brought out that feeling, and no matter how good the sequels are, they will be a bit boring.

Based on these judgments, and the fact that the previous life's "Speed ​​2" was indeed a hit, Huang Ze was willing to sell it.

Rush Hour is different!
His sequel was even more popular than the first one. If the salaries of the two leading actors in the previous life had not been too high, Jackie Chan and Stark would have earned more than 80 million US dollars from the film, and maybe the third part would have made money as well.

How could Huang Ze sell the rights to shoot a sequel?
Moreover.

If you think it's good, that means you can make a lot of money, but it's different for me.

"Fifty-five million?"

"No need to quote." Huang Ze smiled and continued to shake his head, "For the sake of our relationship, I'll tell you a piece of news for free. Don't bother with it. The filming rights for its sequel are not for sale to me!"

"Can't we discuss it?"

"It can't be discussed." Huang Ze said jokingly, "I'm planning to shoot the second part myself, how about selling the third part to you?"

"Forget it then." George didn't dare to make such a decision. He didn't even need to ask the president. The other party would definitely not agree.

The second part hasn’t even come out yet, how can we sell the rights to the third part directly?

What if the second part gets bad reviews? Then wouldn’t the third part be a failure?
And the pay of the two actors will definitely skyrocket.

I won’t do it no matter how much money you offer!

Unless the second part is a big hit, I can still consider it.

But if the second part sells well, whether Huang Ze is willing to sell the third part is another matter.

George paused, thought for a while, and shrugged, "Well, let's talk about the copyright of the remaining places."

"Why do you want Neon copyright this time?"

“Why don’t you ask South Korea?”

"They are too small and not very rich."

"That's the reason!" Japan is rich enough, and Japan is comparable to Jackie Chan's home market. Jackie Chan's films usually sell for millions of dollars in Japan. If it's a big hit in the United States like "Rush Hour", wouldn't it be more expensive?
By the way, he can also build up his network and pave the way for selling the TV series "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" which is about to be completed.

"Okay, then I can only give you a price of 20 million US dollars."

"Otherwise, twenty-five million is no problem."

"I want twenty-five million."

"That won't work."

"You haven't eaten yet? Let's go, we can talk while we eat." The gap is not a big number, so there is no need to make it so tense. Business is not about friendship.

Although it is a friendship based on money.

After the meal, everyone found a price that they all agreed on, US$23 million, and the deal was successfully concluded.

"Huang, I watched your company's Final Destination 2. It's still very good, and your script is even better."

"You know how to flatter people?"

"Flattering?" George shook his head. "This is not flattering. To be honest, we already have the publishing rights. There is no need for me to flatter."

"Hahaha."

"Speaking of my new film, how much do you plan to pay?"

"Is this your Chinese film? Is there an English script?"

"without!"

“Are there any martial arts?”

"No." Huang Ze shook his head, "It's opera, a traditional culture of the East."

"Opera." George immediately understood what it was. He had been working with Huang Ze for so long, and he had learned a lot about their traditional culture. When he heard that it was not martial arts that could be demonstrated intuitively with actions, the excitement in his eyes disappeared.

In fact, in his opinion, even if it is a martial arts movie, it has to be shot by Huang Ze himself.

After Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon became a hit, many distributors tried their hand at oriental martial arts films, but few were successful. Only Wong Ze's two Once Upon a Time films were able to recoup their investment.

This made him not have high expectations for Huang Ze's film.

"But after all, it's your work. Even if I haven't seen the finished film, I think I can still offer $6 million for the North American copyright. This is really a fair price."

"Deal." Huang Ze stretched out his hand again. This price for selling the North American copyright was not low.

Huang Ze's filming schedule was very tight, and he only spent two or three hours chatting with her. Then he arranged for other people to take her to the plane when the time came, while he continued filming "Farewell My Concubine".

Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou suffered a lot of hardships in the opera troupe.

"I am a man, not a woman."

"I am a man, not a woman."

Cheng Dieyi resisted, but eventually became a prostitute. In fact, all of this was implied when his fingers were cut off. The fingers were a metaphor for his male identity.

Continuing filming, they captured Duan Xiaolou being captured by the Japanese and refusing to sing. Cheng Dieyi went to rescue him, but was spurned by Duan Xiaolou.

After finishing the filming of this scene, Zhang Fengyi found Huang Ze and said, "Director, there is something I can't figure out."

"You said that this section of the small building was captured by the Japanese, and he would rather die than perform for them. Logically speaking, he is a tough guy."

"But why did he later point to Cheng Dieyi and Juxian for self-protection?"

"Did you understand it after reading the script?" Huang Ze asked with a smile.

"A little bit, but I still want to hear what you think, Director."

(End of this chapter)