Bert didn't care about Kang Hu's jokes, but said seriously: "The movie we are going to shoot now is "9 to 5", the actors have been found, and now we are short of the production fee, 20th Century Fox invested 4 million, and my budget is 5 million." ”

"In fact, it may not be 5 million, as long as there is another 800,000, I am sure to finish the shooting." Hingis waited for Bert to finish the introduction and added.

Seeing Kang Hu nodding and motioning for them to continue, Hingis continued: "The story is probably that there are three female employees in a large company, who have been discriminated against and humiliated at work, and in their spare time, they fantasize about how to deal with conservative managers as revenge, but later they really kidnapped the manager by mistake and carried out earth-shaking reforms in the company in the name of the manager. That's how the story goes. ”

After listening to Hingis's words, Kang Hu can be sure that this "9 to 5" is the second at the North American box office this year, Kang Hu touched his chin and thought for a while, he has 1.06 million in his account in the Bank of America.

He came to the United States with more than 1 million US dollars, just for the opportunities he might encounter, otherwise it would not be better to hand over to Mak Jiahua to invest in the British stock market, as for the idea of making his own movie, he didn't think about it, one is that he is not familiar with life, the other is that the money is too little, and the rice has to be eaten one bite at a time, and the big tree that grows step by step is the big tree that blends with the sky, and he has time to slowly cultivate this big tree.

Kang Hu's final decision to invest in Hingis's films may be a good stepping stone to knock on the door of Hollywood and give himself a ticket to Hollywood, the game city.

Under the anxious gaze of Hingis and Bert, Kang Hu put away his contemplative expression and said with a smile: "Maybe we should find a place to have a drink, and then slowly discuss the issue of the contract." ”

Listening to Kang Hu's first half of the sentence, the faces of the two began to get excited, and after Kang Hu finished speaking, the two of them high-fived each other excitedly.

Hingis and Bert didn't go out of their way to take Kang Hu to any good places, they were eager to settle things, so the three of them found a random café nearby.

The three of them entered the café and walked directly to the innermost position, which was small and quiet, which was suitable for talking about things.

Hingis asked what Kang Hu wanted to drink, Kang Hu said casually, Hingis said to the waiter who came over: "Three cups of black coffee, don't use the rest." ”

After the waiter turned to leave, Hingis said to Kang Hu: "Mr. Kang, let's get things done first, and then we'll go to celebrate and have a drink after signing the contract." ”

Kang Hu smiled and said he didn't care, and then the three of them began to negotiate the contract.

Of course, before that, Kang Hu called Bank of America's customer service and proved to Hingis and Burt that he did have $1 million.

Hingis and Bert are not fools, and they don't want to be ridiculed in the streets.

After determining the basis for negotiation between the two parties, Hingis first introduced the sharing agreement between him and Fox, Fox is both the funder and the distributor, so he has to take 90% of the producer's box office share, and Hingis gives up the director's salary so he can get 10%, and the above share is the distribution agreement of the producer's share after deducting the share of the theater chain and the distributor from the total box office.

This Hollywood movie has not yet entered the blockbuster era, and it is not like the popularization of later generations, where the producer takes 90% in the first week and 80% in the second week, and the Hollywood film of this will be based on the guaranteed share of the theater chain, and the share between the theater chain and the distributor and the producer is about 5:1:4, of course, the periphery of some movies like videotapes and some other things has nothing to do with distribution and theaters.

Because now you have to count Kang Hu's additional investment, it is inevitable to divide the share of Fox and Hingis, but fortunately, Bert is the producer sent by Fox, so Bert can negotiate on behalf of Fox, of course, it will definitely not be Bert who makes the final decision.

After Hingis finished introducing the original sharing agreement, the waiter also brought the coffee, and the three of them all picked up the coffee and took a sip, while also thinking about it in their hearts.

"So, how much should I invest?" Kang Hu put down the coffee cup and asked first.

"900,000, although I am sure that I will finish shooting 800,000, but if there is 900,000, I will be more sure to shoot well." Hingis thought for a moment and replied.

Kang Hu said briskly: "Yes, then Mr. Bert, how much do you think I should take that." ”

Bert also became serious at this time, and said: "5%, Kang, you must know that you will have money if you don't use anything, this is a good share." ”

Kang Hu calculated in his heart that if it was divided in this way, according to the box office of 140 million in the original time and space "9 to 5", he could finally get about 3 million, although it was already more than twice the profit, but Kang Hu was obviously not satisfied.

After all, only Kang Hu knew that "9 to 5" would have a global box office of 140 million, and Hingis estimated that they would be able to jump happily with a box office of 50 million.

"I want 10%, according to the proportion of my investment I should take 18%, considering the pre-release publicity and other things, it should be reasonable for me to take 10%, right?" Kang Hu crossed his hands and put them on the dining table.

"Oh my God, you're robbing ......," Bert said at once.

Finally, after three people... Well, "after a warm and friendly, cordial and peaceful conversation," the three of them finally finished the negotiation, and the result of the negotiation was as follows.

After removing 60% of the theaters and distributors at the North American box office, Fox accounted for 86% of the remaining 40%, Hingis accounted for 8%, and Kang Hu accounted for 6%, of course, it can't be so exact, it's all after the decimal place, this is just approximate, you must know that every 0.1 is tens of thousands of dollars.

Kanghu's score of 6% is obviously a bit less, you must know that such a share, "9 to 5" must have a box office of more than 50 million Kanghu to be considered capital preservation, although Hingis and Bert are confident, they will not have such high expectations.

As compensation, Kang Hu can get another 14% dividend of the videotape, as well as a 10% share of the box office in the overseas market, of course, Kang Hu will not let go of such a good learning opportunity, so he is already the listed director of the crew of "9 to 5", well, the assistant director.

Of course, as a director in charge, Hingis still has discipline, and he made a simple assessment of Kang Hu's film knowledge and agreed only after making sure that Kang Hu really knew how to do it.

After talking about all these issues, Hingis and Bert left the café anxiously, they were anxious to go to Fox to report the results of their negotiations, and start filming a day earlier, because the actors have already been set, and the schedule is all agreed, if you don't start filming and pass the schedule, it will be a big trouble.

Kang Hu looked at the two people who hurriedly walked out of the café, and complained in his heart, you don't even invite me for a cup of coffee!

When Hingis and Bert left, they only left their coffee money on the table, as for Kanghu's share......

Kang Hu was in a very good mood when he walked out of the café, he didn't expect to become an assistant director on the first day he arrived in the United States, which was much faster than when he was in Hong Kong, and in Hong Kong, he took the initiative to find opportunities, and now it is the opportunity to take the initiative to find him.

The circumstances of life are really hard to fathom! Kang Hu sighed and strolled around, because the sudden appearance of Hingis and Burt made him have some vague thoughts when he came to the United States, and now it is also clear, as the first time he has entered Hollywood; Films that were filmed for the first time; The most important thing is that it was the first time to invest in the movie, but it was able to achieve the second place at the North American box office in 1980, so I think it can be regarded as saying hello to my Hollywood counterparts, and I have a little fame!

As for Fox's rejection of Kang Hu's investment, Kang Hu thinks it is unlikely, because it is normal for multiple parties to invest and share risks in Hollywood films, and Fox's current situation is not good, if Kang Hu remembers correctly, Fox will be bought by the big oil merchant M. Davis in 1981.

And the most important point, Kang Hu knew that during the filming of "The Shining" in January this year, Studio 3 was engulfed in flames, so the shooting cost of "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" increased from the original $18.5 million to 22 million, and this is not over, and by July this year, the shooting investment will be increased to 30 million.

And Kang Hu even thought that if McJiahua could surprise himself in another month, maybe he would be able to leave his mark on classics like "Star Wars", and at the same time meet George Lucas, the bull who promoted the rapid development of film special effects, and it would be best to invest in George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic if possible.

If 75 years ago, when George Lucas first started filming "Star Wars" and created Industrial Light & Magic, it was the best opportunity to buy shares, then this year before the release of the second part of "Star Wars" is the last chance, because George Lucas will not be short of money after the release of this "Star Wars".

I didn't catch up with the previous opportunity, but this time I want to try it!

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