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"Oh!"

“That’s a really sad thing!”

Huang Ze pretended to be surprised, with his mouth wide open, controlling his facial muscles to prevent himself from laughing.

But the more this happens, the stronger the urge to laugh becomes.

This caused Huang Ze to make a "whoosh whoosh" sound when he inhaled.

It's the whole Hamjik way of holding back laughter in "Yes, Minister".

"Don't laugh anymore." George glanced at Huang Ze, only to feel the pain in his heart worsen. He touched his face helplessly, "It's very uncomfortable to hold it in."

"No, I'm just too surprised, that's it." Huang Ze had almost controlled his expression and returned to normal.

"You were obviously laughing just now."

"Hahaha!" Huang Ze laughed out loud without trying to hide it, "Don't worry about it."

"As a human being, you should smile more."

"An ancient in our country once said, 'Smile often and good luck will come naturally.'" Huang Ze tried his best to translate it.

George could understand the meaning of this passage, but his focus was a little unusual. He frowned and asked, "Which ancient said this?"

"..."

Huang Ze paused.

But it's nothing.

When you don't know who said a sentence, it's "Lu Xun said it!"

“Have you heard of Lu Xun?”

"Of course!" George nodded. "After meeting you, I learned a lot about China, including Lu Xun."

"But as far as I know, they are not ancient people, right? Can people born a hundred years ago be called ancient people?"

"That may be because our two countries have different ways of classifying ancient people." Huang Ze was amused. "George, who are the ancient people in your country?"

"Maybe. Maybe." George took a sip of water. "Indians?"

"Let's talk about Speed ​​​​2."

George didn't think this topic was funny, because the scalps of ancient people were once worth a hundred dollars, which in modern times would still remind people of some things that affect the glorious image of the United States.

"Did you know that Speed ​​2 wouldn't do well at the box office when you sold the rights to the sequel?"

"Oh my god, this is wronging me!" Huang Ze raised his hands and gave a French salute, "There's not even a script for the second part, how can I know whether it will be a hit or not?"

"I can predict the future, right?"

"I was just short of money at that time, and you guys insisted, so I gave it to you. So I gave it to you wrongly?"

"It's not nice to treat your friends like this!"

Huang Ze shook his head.

"By the way, what is your second film?" Huang Ze asked, as he had never heard of this film.

"Yacht." George said, "You've already taken pictures of buses, subways, and elevators. We don't have any other means of transportation!"

"If you think about it this way, then that's true. Of course I didn't consider these things." Huang Ze nodded seriously, "Then you can take pictures of the plane!"

"There was an accident on the plane."

"It costs too much." George shook his head, "Plane is not that easy to photograph."

"If you're filming a plane crash, there's no need to borrow the gimmick of Speed ​​and rewrite the stories of the pilots who saved the day. That's another movie."

"I can't deny it!"

"Hey!" George sighed, "Let's talk about Rush Hour 2."

"If you still want to buy it out, 100 million!" "No, no, no, I mean we sign a contract. According to the old rules, you get 20% of the North American box office, Hong Kong Island, Southeast Asia and the Mainland, and you package the distribution of other places for us."

"The old rules seem to suggest that the number should be higher than this, right?"

"It's different. Rush Hour's overseas box office is not as high as its North American box office."

Well, that's a reason.

The situation of "Rush Hour 2" in its previous life was even more serious. In the first film, the North American box office of 1.45 million corresponded to an overseas box office of just over 2.26 million US dollars. The second film's box office of million US dollars corresponded to a box office of million US dollars.

The pros and cons of a shrinking share.

Thinking of this, Huang Ze almost agreed.

When the words came to my lips, I thought of another variable.

main character!

The previous version of "Rush Hour 2" used Chris Tucker.

Apart from Rush Hour, there are no other popular dramas, and they are not well known worldwide.

But this time it's Will Smith!

Or Will Smith in the upcoming Independence Day.

This is this year's annual champion, with North American box office exceeding 300 million and global box office exceeding 800 million.

Just based on Will Smith's appeal, I don't know how much more box office revenue the movie can earn.

"I think we should wait for the North American box office to come out." Huang Ze said directly, "Besides, Rush Hour 1 is Rush Hour 1, but I think after Independence Day is released worldwide, Will Smith is likely to become popular all over the world. I don't think its overseas box office will be that bad."

"Let's just say the North American box office, what if it breaks 200 million?"

"I can make the decision. If the North American box office exceeds 200 million, we can increase the purchase price in other places to 23% of the North American box office!"

"Don't you need to discuss this with the company?"

"I still have a position in the company, especially when it comes to cooperation with you," George said.

"Oh, I see!"

Huang Ze understood.

The price Warner gave George was at least 23%!

"Let's put it this way, 23% for box office revenues within 200 million U.S. dollars, and 27% for box office revenues over 200 million in North America." If the box office revenue exceeds 200 million, the influence it brings is incomparable, so it is reasonable to get a larger share.

"I need to think about it again." George pretended to be serious.

"Don't you want to discuss this with the company?"

"of course not!"

"Hahaha, let's go and eat first!" Huang Ze patted George's arm.

……

The next day, George gave a new answer. Within $200 million, 23% would be acceptable, but if it exceeded $200 million, the distribution rights in other places would be reduced to 25% of the North American box office.

There was no problem in the general direction, only the minor details remained. Huang Ze was too lazy to deal with it and left the matter to the company's negotiation experts.

Within two days, the contract was signed.

It's only 200 million, 23%. The North American box office exceeded 200 million, and the distribution rights in other places are 26% of the North American box office figures.

Warner may have spent a little more, but it ensured that the overseas distribution rights of the film would not fall into the hands of others.

For Huang Ze, it allows Warner to distribute the film in North America without any scruples. After all, the higher the North American box office, the easier it will be to distribute the film overseas.

If it can really exceed 200 million, it will most likely be among the top three in North America. This information can save a lot of trouble for distributors in other countries!

This is definitely a win-win cooperation! (End of this chapter)