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Chapter 445: I Have to Jump After All

Huang Ze has a guess that if the movie "Sixth Sense" co-produced with Jackie Chan can achieve the expected box office.

Plus, Will Smith's momentum in Hollywood is even better than in his previous life.

In a few years, when "Rush Hour 3" is released, the basic salary for the two actors will be million, that is a foregone conclusion, needless to say.

As for the box office share.

Considering that it's the third film, they really can't be without these two people, and they didn't make much money from the first two films. Not asking you for a 20% share of the North American box office is just a token of gratitude for your kindness.

But relationships are relationships, and you shouldn't make others bleed heavily to maintain this relationship.

This kind of relationship cannot be maintained.

Therefore, a person still has to pay 15% of the North American box office share.

That adds up to thirty percent.

Excluding the distribution share, the share that I got as the producer was not even 30%, only a little over 20%!
Not to mention that the third film in the previous life only earned 2.55 million in North America in and million in the global box office.
Nine years have passed, and the box office is only $10 million higher than the first one.

According to this figure, plus the share for the actors, the cost would have increased by more than 70 million US dollars!

Just calculate based on the cost of $100 million.

If I were like those Hollywood giants, with North American and global distribution channels, as well as countless relationships with TV stations and major newspaper media, I might be able to make money from this deal, even if it only helped to support the distribution channels.

However, its own distribution is limited to Southeast Asia.

That's it.

As long as you dare to play, you will suffer big losses.

And if you want to restart this series after ten or dozens of years, it's impossible.

Not to mention action comedians like Jackie Chan who are willing to risk their lives.

Even action actors are hard to find.

Who among the young people would endure that kind of hardship?
Therefore, if Warner is still willing to take it this time, Huang Ze is really willing to sell it.

"This..." George was unsure for a moment.

If he were to make a decision based on his intuition, he wouldn't buy it.

The sequel to "Speed" had screwed him over enough, and he didn't want to take any risks.

However, this matter was not something he could decide alone.

As the box office of "Rush Hour 2" is getting higher and higher, if he directly refuses now and the news gets out, he might be fired.

After all, no matter what, this is a sequel that has grossed 200 million yuan!
As usual, no matter how bad the third film is, its box office won’t be too low, and it is likely to exceed that of the first film.

He refused, and in the eyes of many people in the company, he was considered a traitor and a mole.

"Shall I go back and talk to the company's top management?"

"I'll give you an answer after we finish talking?"

"No problem!" Huang Ze nodded. "After we finish talking, just go to Hong Kong Island to find me. You can find me there."

Huang Ze smiled and held out his hand.

"Okay!" George stretched out his hand and shook it with Huang Ze, smiling bitterly and shaking his head, "You've given me a difficult problem!"

"Hahaha, what do you mean by a problem? It should be called a happy trouble, right?"

……

5 number.

The last day of the huge Christmas and New Year's Day period in the United States is about to end.

Rush Hour 2 has grossed over $ million at the box office.

Huang Ze, Jackie Chan and Li Bingbing decided not to stay in the United States and boarded the same flight together.

On the plane, Jackie Chan seemed to have ADHD. He kept chatting with Huang Ze, gesticulating and dancing, and the hair on his head bounced as he talked.

"Director Huang, I really didn't expect the box office to explode to this extent!"

"I've seen many media say that the North American box office of 200 million will definitely be no problem. What do you think?"

"I think it's OK." Huang Ze said honestly, "It may not even be a number like 200 million." "That would be great!"

"You don't know, I really like the feeling of knowing a lot of people wherever I go."

"I'm almost getting that feeling now." Jackie Chan said happily.

"Don't worry, after the next film is finished, your feeling might become even stronger."

"Haha, if that's the case, it would be great!"

"Thank you so much, Director Huang."

"Hey, you're welcome!" Huang Ze waved his hand, "We've known each other for so many years. Why are we being so polite?"

"You, study English well." Huang Ze glanced at Li Bingbing who was sitting in the back.

"You can't rest for two months after going back. You have to join the group again and speak English." It's not that Huang Ze is encouraging others to worship foreign things.

The truth is that I want to promote her to become a world-famous female action star. If her English is not good, she will have to talk to the translator when communicating with others in the crew, and I won't be able to make more money!

It's not bad to earn US dollars.

Besides, after more than ten or twenty years, even the leader of Sichuan University lets his granddaughter learn Chinese. Is this called respecting Chinese?
It's just a skill.

"Well, I will study hard!" Li Bingbing nodded weakly.

I do not know how long it has been.

The plane lands.

After Huang Ze's special request, Jackie Chan did not tell anyone when he would return to Hong Kong.

So Huang Ze didn't encounter any paparazzi and returned home safely.

……

In the following period of time, Huang Ze was still busy.

In the eyes of my family, I am quite busy anyway.

Go out every morning and come back every evening.

Of course, Huang Ze was not busy for nothing, nor was he just spending all his time accompanying Zhou Huimin. He was still doing some serious work.

For example, he assembled his own team and sent them to the United States to do the preliminary preparations for "The Sixth Sense" together with some people who had been used several times in the United States and who seemed pretty good.

For example, talking to people from Warner Bros. about the rights to make a sequel to Rush Hour.

It was finally sold for $35 million.

For example, writing a script.

“Phew, I’ve finally finished writing!”

After Huang Ze typed the last word and waited for it to print out, he let out a long sigh and leaned back in his chair.

The work "Kill Bill" prepared for Uma Thurman has finally come to an end.

The next step is to ask Quentin to start working.

Huang Ze picked up the phone and was about to call him when another question filled his mind.

In this movie "Kill Bill", should I use my real name as the screenwriter?
The producer must be listed as a credited actor. Quentin is not famous enough, so being a producer himself can at least boost the box office, but he is mainly a screenwriter.

Let me list it. I feel a little embarrassed.

Because this film is really too cult and illogical.

He was shot in the head, but he was still able to wake up.

Then he started to eat them all in a rush, and I don't know how many liters of ketchup were thrown away.

Oh my god, it can easily affect your reputation!

People will think, Huang, how could you make such a movie.

What's your style?
What about your talent?

No, this hodgepodge of a movie isn’t rated low either.

(End of this chapter)