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Chapter 417: Chicago Premiere

"what?"

"I don't care about the TV station enough!"

Huang Ze adjusted his sitting position and counted on his fingers for Liang Shuyi, "How to Become a Millionaire, The Voice, Teletubbies, just these three projects, which one of them didn't bring in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue?"

"That's true." Liang Shuyi smiled embarrassedly.

"But……"

"But what?" Huang Ze continued to ask.

"With so much revenue, the station has also produced a lot of films and variety shows. We have surpassed TVB with the money. Now we account for 65% of the ratings. It's a case of the tide turning."

"Today's achievements are inseparable from the several projects planned by Mr. Huang, and your wise command..."

"Stop!" Huang Ze was made to laugh by Liang Shuyi and raised his hand to make a pause gesture.

"Let's stop flattering!"

"Although what you said is also true, it is indeed the truth."

"But between us, I don't need you to flatter me." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Skip the flattery and continue talking."

"Forehead……"

Liang Shuyi paused for a moment, "Other people's wisdom and vision are very different from yours, Mr. Huang."

"Many of our variety shows have good ratings in Hong Kong Island, but none of them can sell the copyright to the whole world like "How to Be a Millionaire" and "The Voice of China". Not to mention the whole world, there is no one that can cover Southeast Asia."

"Besides, Teletubbies is indeed making more and more money, but the other two variety shows have been around for several years, and the revenue is getting lower and lower every year. Mr. Huang, why don't you give us two more projects to help maintain ATV's reputation?"

"What?" Huang Ze raised his eyes, "Come to me, the project I come up with can ensure the maintenance of ATV's reputation?"

"I think Mr. Huang, you can do it! You have the ability!"

"Haha, you're flattering me again..."

Huang Ze smiled and pointed at Liang Shuyi, then raised his hand and touched his chin.

I didn't feel uncomfortable about Liang Shuyi asking me for a project.

After all, the entire company belongs to you, and you can make money by working hard.

It's only right that you suffer.

"Okay! Stop talking, let me think about it."

"You go out first."

Huang Ze picked up the pen and started spinning it in his finger.

“Variety show.”

"Variety show!"

"I go……"

"Where can you find so many variety shows that are popular all over the world?"

After searching his mind for a while, Huang Ze still couldn't think of a suitable variety show project.

After all, this variety show needs to be a global hit and also needs copyright protection. It cannot be filmed simply by making some changes.

Not just any cat or dog will do.

After much thought, Huang Ze felt that the infant and toddler drama market segment had more potential.

Since we have already filmed "Teletubbies", why not another one?

With the fame brought by "Teletubbies", people are more confident in ATV's capabilities in this market segment.

It’s you.

Igubigu, Wusidisi, Makkabaka, Tom Bliber.

Huang Ze smiled, picked up the pen and started drawing. These are the main characters, so it's easy to draw.

As for the script.

Huang Ze didn't know what to say. Although "Teletubbies" was childish, at least these characters had lines. The characters in "In the In the Garden With Baby" could only call their own names.

Yes, there is narration, but it is much less than that in "Teletubbies". More content is expressed through actions, so Huang Ze had to write the program content in more detail.

After spending a week writing the script for twenty episodes, Huang Ze handed the script to the ATV project team that produced "Teletubbies". After watching them make one episode and explaining the key points, Huang Ze was too lazy to worry about it anymore.

You have a lot of things to do, so you should focus on enjoying yourself.

There wasn't much time left to enjoy it.

……

As September approaches, "Life is Beautiful" is also released in North America.

There are only twenty art galleries open for exhibitions.

It's not to say that it was silent, but the publicity was far inferior to those blockbusters.

Even Huang Ze was enjoying life in Hong Kong Island and did not go out for publicity.

But director Huang Ze still has a certain appeal in the eyes of the audience. "Life is Beautiful" won the Golden Bear, and it is quite famous and of high quality, and twenty venues were packed.

The number of theaters increased to one thousand, and after a week, these one thousand theaters earned thirteen million U.S. dollars at the box office. Combined with the previous accumulation, the box office has exceeded twenty million.

The situation is very good!

After receiving a call from Harvey and starting public relations, and considering that Warner Bros. would release "Chicago" on November 9th, Huang Ze set off for Los Angeles again.

……

airport.

"Huang, you are a genius!"

"I knew this movie would be a big hit at the box office."

Harvey Weinstein's face was shaking with laughter. "Although it's not as high as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, it will definitely be no problem to exceed 50 million US dollars."

"By then, your films will be the top two foreign-language films at the box office! You'll be way ahead of the third place!"

“You are simply the most amazing film talent I have ever met in all my years in the industry!
"We will strive to win another Best Foreign Language Film award this time."

"By the way, is there anything you need?" Harvey hugged Huang Ze, "There are many beautiful young girls with dreams who want to meet you."

"No need." Huang Ze shook his head, "I have a wife!"

Huang Ze is not so hungry that he would eat anything.

If you are going to find someone, you have to look for someone famous. At the very least, they have to be aware of the impact and won't do anything too outrageous.

Those models and stuff, who knows what they can do?
Maybe I could write a book about you and him.

Besides, if you are hungry, you can’t find food abroad!
Whenever Huang Ze felt impulsive, he would tell himself to think about Brother Qiang.

All in all, Huang Ze would not give others the opportunity to take photos of him wearing yellow clothes.

Moreover, the fat guy in front of him is not a good person either. Who knows if this guy is setting a trap for himself.

"Haha!" Fatty Harvey didn't force it, but just kept chatting with Huang Ze.

He told Huang Ze about his arrangements for winning awards for "Life is Beautiful".

In the following month, Huang Ze also began to accompany Harvey everywhere.

Attending one banquet after another.

In just one month, "Life is Beautiful" successfully raised another 10 million, gradually moving towards the 50 million mark.

But Huang Ze didn't care about it. On November 9, Huang Ze came to the premiere of "Chicago" and continued his boring signing moment.

After more than 20 minutes of signing, "Chicago", a film that contains Huang Ze's ambitions to win the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director, was officially released in North America!
(End of this chapter)