Chapter 610: Gambling
Zhou Sheng covered the microphone, as if someone was coming, and after a few words of greeting, he took two steps and changed to a quieter corner, before whispering: "Mr. Luo's news has been confirmed, and "God's Redemption" has been reported to the 'Centennial Filmmaker' selection activity. β
He took a deep breath:
It is said that he signed a gambling agreement with Borgia and the roundabout, betting on the final box office of "God's Redemption". β
Zhou Sheng didn't know much news, although he could find out some internal news about Century Galaxy, but he couldn't get to the inside information of large foreign investment companies.
He still inquired about this news through the company, saying that Jiang Se received a call from Cesare and revealed it to her, and then Xia Chaoqun knew that it spread in a small area within the company.
If "God's Redemption" can reach the global box office of $1.5 billion, he will be able to get the remuneration he originally wrote after signing with the investor, and if the total global box office of "God's Redemption" is less than 1.5 billion, he will not get a penny, and he will not get a penny for directing the "Lost City" trilogy signed earlier. Zhou Sheng didn't care how Tao Cen felt when he heard these words, and then said: "At the same time, he has to sign another contract with Borgia and Huandao, and at least make two more movies for free for investors with zero remuneration." β
In other words, if "God's Redemption" does not get $1.5 billion at the global box office, Cesare will have to work for the investors for free for at least five years, and he will not take a penny.
"If the total global box office of "God's Redemption" exceeds 1.5 billion in the end, he will get what he deserves, and if it is more than 2 billion, the division will be different. β
This is a very bold and risky bet!
As a first-class director, Cesare's remuneration for directing films can be said to be a number of days.
Although Tao Cen chose to reduce her salary to play the role of "The Lost City" in order to knock on her international door in order to take over "The Lost City", her actions at that time were completely different from Cesare's current 'bet'.
After she performed "The Lost City", she successfully opened up the situation in Europe and the United States, and in recent years, she has also talked about some foreign investment and cooperation, which is familiar in the eyes of Europeans and Americans.
But Cesare himself is already extremely famous, even if it is not enough to be 'above', but it is more than enough to be compared to the bottom.
His current fame is enough to make him sit firmly in the position of a first-class director without worrying, and every year, more consortia and investors take money to ask him to take charge of the camera, and there is no need for him to sign this crazy gambling agreement.
Not to mention that if the global box office of "God's Redemption" reaches more than 1.5 billion, he has fully proved his ability and has the qualifications to be on an equal footing with the palace-level famous director.
But once the bet is lost, for Cesare, the reputation accumulated in the first half of his life can be regarded as a waste.
He will become the laughing stock of the whole Hollywood and even Europe and the United States, and his career can come to an end in advance.
If he is now worth tens of millions of dollars, then after the box office failure of "God's Redemption", his price may fall by more than ten times.
The most troublesome thing is that after this bet, good resources in the future may not fall into his hands first, and he will fall from the position of the selector to the position of the picked.
Cesare has been in this business for many years, and should know better than Tautzen.
If it weren't for Tao Cen knowing that Zhou Sheng would never dare to deceive himself in such a matter, Tao Cen would almost have doubted whether Zhou Sheng had been biased towards Jiang Se's party when he said these things to himself, and deliberately said these things to make himself confused.
"Did he really sign a 'bet'?"
She was still a little incredulous, and Zhou Sheng said with certainty:
"Yes. The news came from Xia Chaoqun's side, and it was said that Cesare personally called to tell Jiang Se to make preparations in advance. β
Clothes, jewelry, makeup, and the best state when walking the red carpet all need to be prepared in advance.
The news passed through Xia Chaoqun to Luo Yin, the chairman of the company, Luo Yin held the news very tightly, until the recent "Centennial Filmmaker" activity kicked off, and the members of "Centennial Film Art History" have received invitations to the event, ready to go to the Sacred Grand Theater for a fifteen-day "movie" and voting work, the news leaked a trace of rumors, maybe Zhou Sheng until now, is still in the dark.
The major shareholders of the company should know this matter, Zhou Sheng used to be Tao Cen's confidant in the company, and now he has only gotten the news, which in itself is already a sign of Tao Cen's loss of power.
That's why he was so anxious after learning the news, and he was in a hurry to call Tao Cen to inform him, and he didn't even want Song Yi to tell him.
Carolus's shampoo endorsement is indeed very important, but for Tao Cen, the endorsement is just the icing on the cake for her.
If she loses her advantage in the movie, it is unknown whether these endorsements will favor her in the future.
After hearing Zhou Sheng's exact answer, Tao Cen was once again speechless for a long time.
If she hadn't known that Cesare and Jance were just friends, if she hadn't known that Gance had a fiancΓ©, if she hadn't dealt with Cesare a long time ago, and if she knew that Cesare himself was also an ambitious person who couldn't lose his mind for the sake of a woman, Tauzen would almost have wondered if Cesare was destroying his future and paving the way for Cesare by making such a move.
When she was still glad that she used the kung fu of filming "The Suspect" to loosen the contract between Jiang Se and the Carolus brand and find a way for herself to compete, Jiang Se was already preparing clothes and jewelry for the red carpet show for the "Centennial Filmmaker".
The glory and fame that made her complacent in the first half of her life could not bring her the slightest help in her embarrassing situation at this time.
At this time, in the imperial capital of China, after dinner in the evening, Shu Peien accompanied his wife to go out for a walk, and it was already past eight o'clock when he returned home.
My wife likes to watch a family ethics drama played by Huaxia Movie Station, and she has been chasing it for more than two months, holding a knitted sweater while staring at the TV screen.
Mr. Schuphen has little interest in such television, sitting on the couch with his wife, swiping through the news on his tablet, following the upcoming movies in the final months of the year, trying to pick out the new ones that interest him.
There are not many movies worth letting him go to the cinema in October, and Huaxia has introduced several foreign commercial films, and he has made notes one by one.