Unconsciously, "Journey to the West" has been in theaters for a month, and although it is still in theaters, the growth of the box office has basically been in a state of sluggishness. But even so, "Journey to the West" also set a box office record for Chinese films.

1.78 billion!

This is an achievement that all Chinese people can't imagine, and it is also a figure that people in other countries can't believe.

An ordinary flat movie, the special effects are even rougher, and it can't be classified as a fantasy movie at all, but it is such a Chinese movie that has created a legend in the history of Chinese films!

And because Ge Datie didn't think that this movie would be released abroad at the beginning, he didn't go to the overseas market, and it was impossible to produce an English version or other foreign language versions, but the resources of "Journey to the West" in various languages appeared in many foreign countries, but they missed the best time, and now even if they make some foreign language versions or something, it is estimated that the box office will not be much better, and it was not carried out in the end.

However, even so, whether it is an actor, a director, or a team member, this time they are all on fire.

Dong Mengwei and Mo Mirou have been promoted to the ranks of first-line stars, and the film appointments are naturally continuous, many people are surprised that Mo Mirou's acting skills are so exaggerated, and Dong Mengwei's first solo album is already in production.

In addition to these two heroines, Tian Zhizhen, Guo Xin and others also have a lot more film appointments; Ge Datie is naturally hot now, and the title of China's first billion-dollar box office film director is enough for him to brag about for a lifetime, and even in the future, Ge Datie's name definitely has a pivotal position in the history of Chinese films.

It's just that Zhang Liang, who is the actor and screenwriter, has disappeared since the last time those Chinese animation "old-timers" Weibo, and he hasn't squeaked for more than half a month, and he doesn't know what he's doing these days.

However, Zhang Liang's salary and the buyout fee of the script Ge Datie have all hit Zhang Liang's card as quickly as possible.

Zhang Liang was only a fourth-tier star when he participated in "Journey to the West", and the salary of a fourth-tier star was naturally not high, but because of the relationship with Ge Datie and the title of assistant director, in the end, Ge Datie still gave Zhang Liang a salary of 8 million, and now for other popular movie stars, this salary is naturally quite low, even Mo Mirou has never filmed much, but because of the level of a second-tier star and his influence in the music world, the salary is 15 million.

And the script of "Journey to the West", the moment Ge Datie saw it, he felt a shocking feeling, and he directly bought the script for 10 million at the moment, which is actually a very bold act.

You must know that scripts have always been relatively cheap, even for those well-known screenwriters, it is estimated that the cost of a script is difficult to exceed seven figures, and even for some very popular movies, screenwriters only get a few thousand yuan or even only a few hundred yuan in remuneration.

Therefore, what a bold act it was for Ge Datie to directly buy Zhang Liang's script for 10 million, but the final result still shows that Ge Datie's vision is still good.

"Journey to the West" became popular, not only became popular, but also made him a lot of money. Although after all kinds of expenses are removed, the money that Ge Datie can really get is only a little more than 400 million, but this is already a very exaggerated income!

It's just that the contract is like this, and the salary that Zhang Liang can get can only be like this.

However, as a director, the relationship with Zhang Liang is also very good, Zhang Liang is so helpful this time, Ge Datie is not the kind of stingy person, so he naturally added a few million more friendships, so in the end, Zhang Liang still did not reach 20 million after removing taxes, but it was also a huge amount of income, and he finally became one of the tens of millions worth of stars.

Also because of the income of this money, the production of "Those Things About the Rabbit That Year" is more handy, originally because of the above appropriation, everyone is saving and spending, although the entire studio is also all kinds of confidence and hard work for this animation, but as a director, Zhang Liang is still a little unbearable, so the income of this money can naturally improve a lot.

And on Zhang Muyi's side, under all kinds of soft grinding and hard bubbles, Zhang Liang finally helped him write a script - "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The work of the famous director Ang Lee in the parallel world, this work is not only the first film in the history of Chinese cinema in the world to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but also won three other awards: Best Art Direction, Best Original Dubbing, and Best Cinematography. In addition to the four awards it won, there are other awards that have been shortlisted, which can be described as a history-making Chinese film.

And Ang Lee won the Golden Globe Award for Best Director with this film, which can be described as a very important work in Ang Lee's directorial career.

Although "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" was not the pinnacle of director Ang Lee's life, and he later won the Academy Award for Best Director for "Brokeback Mountain" and "Life of Pi", but neither of those works is Chinese-style.

And more importantly, what Zhang Muyi needs is a Chinese-style martial arts movie, so "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the best choice, as for what kind of results this movie can make Zhang Muyi achieve in this world, this is not something Zhang Liang can predict.

However, because of the loss of "Journey to the West", Zhang Liang never directly bought out the script this time, but adopted the method of remuneration + box office sharing.

Although Zhang Liang knew that the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China was not expected to be good, after all, the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China in that world was only 15 million, but the overseas box office was quite prosperous, reaching 205 million US dollars.

Although he came to this world to change a director, Zhang Liang is still very confident in Zhang Muyi, and his grades should not be bad, but it will be money when the time comes!

Can't let me mix up my prestige, can't you let me cheat some money?

Zhang Muyi was not surprised by Zhang Liang's request for a box office share, after all, Zhang Liang in "Journey to the West" has been "pitted" by Ge Datie once, and he must have the consciousness of suffering a loss and growing wise. What's more, sharing this thing is originally for everyone to make money together, so Zhang Muyi has no resistance.

Of course, the premise is naturally that Zhang Liang's script is good enough!

However, when Zhang Liang took the script of "Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger" to Zhang Muyi, who came to his studio every day to cheat and drink when he was okay with his own family, Zhang Muyi signed a contract with Zhang Liang directly, and even looking at Zhang Liang's eyes made Zhang Liang feel a kind of hair.

Director Zhang: We are not as good as Longyang, I am so afraid of your eyes!