Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 231 Blackmail
Li Boda is engrossed in researching the 'Rubik's Cube 4' mobile phone and the updating and iteration of special effects technology, and there has been no progress in the filming of the second part of [Infinite Terror].

At first it was fine, but as time went by, there was still no movement from Li Boda's side.

As a result, some people started to get anxious.

Han Sanye of China Film Group is anxious, as are Enlight Media, Wanda Pictures, and others.

Later on, even Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures started to get anxious.

Then they started urging Li Boda.

After all, such a good project can not only make money, but also greatly help to enhance their reputation.

They naturally hoped that Li Boda could quickly arrange the second part of "Infinite Terror," and anything could happen before the project was officially approved.

What if Li Boda suddenly decides he doesn't want to play with them anymore?
So these people started contacting Li Boda again, urging him to film the second part of "Infinite Terror" as soon as possible.

"I also want to film the second part of [Infinite Terror] as soon as possible. After all, I know that striking while the iron is hot will produce better results. But, I don't have the money!" Li Boda spread his hands.

Everyone, including Master Han, was skeptical of Li Boda's explanation.

"I'm really broke. Although the movie 'Infinite Terror' did bring me a lot of revenue, the money hasn't arrived yet. We're all in the industry, so we all know that it takes at least six months, or even one to two years, for a movie's box office revenue to be credited to my account. So the money I earned from 'Infinite Terror' hasn't even reached my hands yet. And right now I'm researching new special effects technology, which requires replacing more and better equipment, and all of that costs money, a lot of money. I really don't have any money on hand right now. So, let's wait and see about the second 'Infinite Terror' movie. We'll make the second one after we receive the box office revenue from 'Infinite Terror'."

This is how Li Boda answered everyone who asked him when he would film the second part of "Infinite Terror".

Li Boda's response left them speechless, but ironically, what he said made some sense.

Although Li Boda's 'Magic Cube Technology' seems to be making money all the time, the 300 million yuan invested in the filming of 'Infinite Terror' came from Magic Cube Technology. The revenue share from the film's box office has not yet been received, and Magic Cube Technology's 300 million yuan debt has not been repaid.

Moreover, Li Boda also said that he is upgrading the equipment needed for special effects technology, which seems to be another large sum of money.

So it seems quite normal for Li Boda to say he had no money.

However, while this may seem normal, it doesn't mean that Li Boda is really broke. In fact, Master Han, Lionsgate, and Legendary Pictures all know perfectly well that Li Boda is definitely not broke.

Moreover, they would be happy to take away the share that Li Boda had vacated because he didn't have the money. It's just that Li Boda himself was unwilling.

So what should we do? Do we really have to wait until the box office revenue is distributed before filming "Infinite Terror"?
How long will we have to wait? Another year? And then another year for filming, so the second installment of "Infinite Terror" won't be released for at least two or three years.

Such a great money-making opportunity, and you're going to postpone it for two or three years? Who would want that?!
Therefore, Han Sanye, Enlight Media, Wanda Cinemas and other cinema chains began to use their connections to transfer the box office revenue share of the movie "Infinite Terror" to Li Boda as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures also had to use their connections to try their best to secure the revenue share of "Infinite Terror" in North America and other regions for Li Boda, as well as the revenue share from DVD sales.

So, over the next month or so, the profits from the movie "Infinite Terror" began to gradually return to Li Boda's hands.

In fact, Li Boda was targeting Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures.

Well, the situation in China is actually not too bad. After all, with a big director like Li Boda, no one in China would dare to cause him any trouble. Generally speaking, the revenue sharing might be delayed, but it will definitely end up in Li Boda's hands.

But it's different abroad.

Overseas, if they withhold your money or use some excuse to pay you less, there's absolutely nothing you can do about it.

This is why many films, when released overseas, are bought outright in a single transaction, without any intention of revenue sharing.

While a buyout is cheaper, it means you'll earn significantly less. However, if you opt for a revenue-sharing model, you might not earn a single penny.

So this time, Li Boda is targeting Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures, asking them to help him get his money back.

Even though Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures knew Liberty's true intentions, they had no choice but to do so.

After all, if you can't help Li Boda get his money back, then why should they get a share of Li Boda's movies?
In order to be able to continue in the remaining films of the "Infinite Terror" series, Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures had no choice but to grit their teeth and help Liberty win back his interests.

To be honest, this is the first time Legendary Pictures and Lionsgate have encountered a situation like Li Boda's.

The main point is that "Infinite Terror" is a series.

Previous films like Zhang Yimou's "Hero" or Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu Hustle" were huge hits overseas, but no foreign companies helped them fight for profits because these films were standalone productions, essentially one-off deals. Furthermore, these films weren't Sino-foreign co-productions. The situation with "Infinite Terror" is completely different.

There was no other way; if they wanted Li Boda to lead them and get on Li Boda's ship, then they had to help Li Boda fight for the benefits that were rightfully theirs.

The time is almost right.

Just as Legendary Pictures and Lionsgate were helping Li Boda recover the revenue and profits from North America and other regions related to "Infinite Terror," Li Boda's work on the "Cube 4" mobile phone and the special effects technology upgrade was almost complete. The main framework was done, and the remaining parts that needed to be filled in were no longer indispensable to Li Boda.

Li Boda can now let go and hand over the rest to others.

Therefore, the project "Infinite Terror Part 2" is hereby established!

As for the filming location of this second installment, it was Little Day Country.

After all, the second part of "Infinite Terror" starts with Zheng Zha and his group returning from "Alien" to the Main God Space to exchange for rewards. Chu Xuan tricks Zheng Zha, Zheng Zha is besieged by the army, and they return to the Main God Space. Zheng Zha and Chu Xuan split up and then enter the "Ju-on" world to complete the mission. They return to the Main God Space to exchange rewards, discover the team battle, and finally enter the horror movie world.

Most of the scenes in this second part will be filmed in Little Days Country.

Prices and other aspects in the small country are not much higher than in China, and compared to Hollywood, they are incredibly cheap.

Therefore, choosing to film the second part of "Infinite Terror" in Little Days Country was quite a good decision.

As for the production cost of the second installment of "Infinite Terror", it has already been set at one hundred million US dollars.

Although this second installment didn't feature any Hollywood actors, the various expenses incurred during filming in the small country were much lower than in Hollywood.

But special effects are expensive!
Yes, the special effects are expensive!
The reason why $90 million was enough for the filming of the first "Infinite Terror" movie was because the special effects were cheap, only one-third of the normal price.

However, now that Li Boda's Rubik's Cube special effects company has upgraded its special effects technology, its prices have gone up. Although it is still not as high as Hollywood's prices, it has reached 90% of Hollywood's prices.

You can't say this price is fair, since it's still 90% lower than Hollywood's quotes.

Therefore, even though Lionsgate and Legendary Pictures knew that Li Boda would definitely make a profit from this $100 million investment, everything went smoothly and there were no loopholes. They couldn't do anything about Li Boda.

Moreover, although Li Boda would make a profit from it, his special effects work was indeed cheaper than Hollywood's. If Li Boda weren't hired for the special effects, it would cost even more money.

Therefore, they had no choice but to entrust the special effects work to Li Boda, allowing him to make a profit from it.

Just thinking that what was once only one-third of the normal price has now suddenly become ninety percent of the normal price, almost tripling, makes Lionsgate, Legendary Pictures, and the domestic investors feel a bit of pain.

As for not wanting Li Boda to earn his share of the money and then withdrawing from the investment?
Haha, everyone else is hoping he'll quit.

Even if Li Boda made money off it, the movie would ultimately make them even more money, so who would be willing to let it go?

The sudden announcement of the second installment of "Infinite Terror" has caused some trouble for actors such as Yan Kuan and Huang Xiaoming.

Because there had been no news about filming a second season of "Infinite Terror" before, they had already taken on other projects, and were even filming on set at the moment.

Now that news of a second season of "Infinite Terror" has reached them, they have no choice but to temporarily leave the production team and stop filming.

However, no production team was so blind as to ask them for compensation for breach of contract.

Even these production crews had to happily send Huang Xiaoming and the others off the set, because the reason they hired Yan Kuan and Huang Xiaoming was precisely because of the popularity they would gain from starring in "Infinite Terror".

Now that they're filming the second installment of "Infinite Terror," how could they possibly stop Huang Xiaoming and his team from making this movie?

In fact, to some extent, they even hoped that Huang Xiaoming and Yan Kuan would continue filming the "Infinite Terror" series of movies, so that they could gain more fame and then boost the success of their own films.

Therefore, these production crews either separated Huang Xiaoming and his co-stars' scenes to film scenes for other characters, or they simply stopped filming and waited for Huang Xiaoming and his co-stars to finish filming the second part of "Infinite Terror" before returning to continue filming.

All production teams are making concessions for the second season of "Infinite Terror".

After all, the "Infinite Terror" series is too important.

(End of this chapter)