Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.
Chapter 41 Hong Kong Speed
You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to master MCA step by step. If you want to establish your authority here, you must produce results, otherwise no one will believe you, or at least they won't believe you can lead them to make money.
Zhang San asked a big shot named Liu for help and invited a director named Wu from Hong Kong, who happened to be free this year; when he came from Hong Kong, it was already after New Year's Day.
"Hello, Director Wu, please have a seat! I'm Zhang San, and I'm still a fan of yours. I've seen all of your works."
Director Wu is very famous in Hong Kong. Zhang San had actually seen his movies and therefore remembered them well. Director Wu also saw Zhang San and found him to be too young. Considering his good relationship with bigwigs like Liu and other Hong Kong tycoons, he figured Zhang San must be the son of some wealthy family.
"Zhang..." Director Wu didn't know how to address the young man opposite him, and finally said, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Liu said that Universal Pictures here invited me to make a movie, is that true?"
"Of course it's true. The salary is $500,000 for a gunfight horror movie. This is the script."
Zhang San hadn't expected the other party to be so direct, but it was fine this way; he placed the script that the group of screenwriters had prepared in front of Director Wu.
Director Wu started reading the script seriously. He understands English; otherwise, how would he develop his career in Hollywood?
Zhang San didn't say anything. Chai Xiaofen poured tea twice. She realized that it was really convenient for rich people to get things done.
This is Director Ng, the director of "Little Ma," who was a sensation. She had seen those scenes before. After all, she lived through that era and knew how popular Director Ng was back then.
She heard that Zhang San made a single phone call and summoned people to Hollywood.
Contrary to what they expected, Director Wu initially thought he had been chosen by Universal to make a movie, but when he saw Zhang Sanxin, his heart sank. He felt that he had been tricked by the big boss Liu, and that he was just playing along with the rich kid. But since the other party was certain that it was Universal, he still held a glimmer of hope.
There was hope at first, but then Zhang San took out the script and it seemed like he was just playing along with the rich kid. However, since the other party was indeed a rich kid, he might be able to ask him for investment in the future. So he started to seriously read the script again.
The script is quite thick, after all, it took five or six working days and a group of screenwriters to produce, and the storyboards were all drawn up.
He thought to himself, "This script is too professional. If this young man in front of me had written it, I would have eaten it."
Despite my inner complaints, the more I read, the more interesting the script became.
Zhang San felt that if you put a bunch of white doves in this script, then... he would just cheer for you; after all, he wasn't gold and couldn't shine, he was just an old buddy.
An hour later, Director Wu, having put down the script, said, "I'll take this role."
"Then let's sign the contract. Can this movie be filmed by mid-February and released in March?"
Director Wu thought for a moment and said, "It should be fine. I'll have those people hurry up."
When the legal representative brought over the contract, upon seeing that the client was South Pacific Entertainment Company, he put down his pen and asked somewhat angrily, "Mr. Zhang, didn't you say that Universal Pictures invited me to make a movie?"
"Universal is mine. Do I need to prove it to you?"
Director Wu picked up a pen and signed the contract.
After watching him sign the document, Zhang San said, "A production manager from Universal Pictures will contact you. They've completed most of the preparations, and I've already spoken to them to ask them to cooperate with you."
"This lawyer is one of MCA's legal counsel. You can communicate with him, and he will take you to Universal. I don't know anything about filmmaking, so I'll leave the rest to you."
Zhang San left, and the boss was really carefree; Director Wu didn't find it strange either, in his opinion, this is how a rich kid should be.
Sure enough, Director Wu, who had been somewhat skeptical, arrived at Hollywood's headquarters with the lawyer from yesterday. There was a sign that read "Universal Film." He knew that the man hadn't lied to him after all. He was even more shocked that the news hadn't been published, which showed how low-key this person was.
After the handover and checking the preparation progress, Director Wu felt that North America's work was meticulous, which could only be described in two words: professional.
After achieving fame and success, he thought about developing his career in Hollywood, and today his wish has come true; from this day on, he began his first film in Hollywood.
This law, titled "The Human Purge Act," is set in the future where there are too many humans. To reduce the human population and crime, a specific day is designated as a day of lawlessness, where you can do whatever you want. On this day, you can seek revenge for your grievances and settle scores.
The plot is very simple, and then a family is chosen as the main storyline that runs through the entire story.
The male lead's family was ready, and the other characters were also in place. These people looked like novices with acting experience.
However, directors from Hong Kong naturally have ways to film quickly.
What intrigued these foreigners was that on the first day of filming, Director Wu set up a pig's head and other offerings to the gods. Besides himself, he also invited some behind-the-scenes staff he knew to join in.
The foreign actors were also called over to join in the worship. They found it quite interesting and participated earnestly in the ceremony.
The pig's head and other offerings were obtained from Chinatown.
And so, filming began. Zhang San would come over from time to time to check on the filming progress, and sometimes he would even visit the filming location.
"Are movies made this way really good?"
"Boss, Director Wu is a great director, it's bound to be a great show, especially since you wrote the script."
Zhang San put his arm around Xiao Fen and said, "Tell me, why are you flattering me? Do you want it?"
"Hmph~"
"Just tell me what you want, and I'll make it happen."
Yesterday, he saw off Allen and the other two. They're going to keep up the good work and prepare to take down a thousand of his films today.
The dividends for the three of them have been received. They each received $80 million, and the remaining $130 million belongs to Zhang San.
As long as the money doesn't go back to North America, there's no need to pay taxes. Zhang San used the money for investment, investing in Hong Kong.
"Xiao Fen, do you want to go back to Hong Kong?"
"No, what would happen if I went back? I transferred schools so many times back then, how could those classmates possibly be friends with a transfer student like me?"
Zhang San wasn't good at comforting people; he simply said, "They used to look down on you; now they can't even reach you."
Maybe! Chai Xiaofen had a clear understanding of herself. What was she? Had she been sold?
Director Wu truly lives up to his reputation. Although he makes movies in Hong Kong, he still thrives in Hollywood. He knows how to make movies.
In less than a month, the basic filming was completed; it was already in the rough editing stage. That's the speed of a Hong Kong director, truly amazing. Zhang San sighed inwardly.
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