Chapter 152: Shao Hero who gambled his life
"The hero Hua Yi won the battle, and the "Grandmaster" Academy Award won four awards alone. Lewen Novel Network is worth your collection. 1xs52oć -- Daily Entertainment.
"Shao Yingying has a big screen trophy, after being tempered by "Accident" and "Embroidered Spring Knife", Ma San of "The Grandmaster" made him the best supporting actor." -- The most avant-garde in entertainment.
Huayi Xiangjiang won the award, Shao Yingying was in charge, and at this time, the subtitles of 'The world returns to the heart' should appear, but Huayi's life is not as smooth as it seems, and it is even a little stretched.
The continuous establishment of several movies and TV series has almost dried up the capital flow in the hero Huayi company, and Shao Yingying, who returned to the big 6 from Xiangjiang, did not smash the '300 million' loan in his hand into the company to alleviate the lack of capital flow in this difficult day, but asked Zhang Wan to go to the ocean to find a woman, this woman is called Stephanie Mayer.
Stephanie Mayer is a mother of three and a stay-at-home housewife, which gives her a lot of spare time, so in her spare time, she records a dream she had in 2oo3. In that dream, Stephanie Mayer saw a young girl and a handsome and charming man sitting on the sunny grass and making love, the man was a vampire, but they had fallen in love, so the man struggled to restrain the ** who hunted the girl......
Twilight!
Shao Yingying's way to make quick money is to let Zhang Wan buy the film rights of "Twilight", of course, at a very low price, after all, Stephanie Mayer has not published the novel yet, and the golden duo of Vic Godfrey and Marty Bowen has not yet realized the value of "Twilight".
At the same time, Shao Yingying contacted Chris, the president of Columbia's Huaxia District, who was a not-so-handsome man in his forties. He has long brown hair and wears a suit that is about the same size as his body and looks custom-made.
"Hey, Chris." Shao Yingying greeted the white man in his office, and although he had returned all the English he had learned before he was famous, a simple greeting was not enough to stop him.
"Mr. Shao, if you want the box office of "The Grandmaster" after its release in North America now, I am afraid that it will be a little difficult, and the box office will pass through our head office from the theater first. Then the head office will call Huaxia District, and then I can give you the money. Chris thought that Shao Yingying was looking for him to ask for accounts in advance, who let the media announce that Shao Yingying ate the shares of the Wang brothers at a price of 1.2 billion, for which Hero Huayi even took out a loan of 1o billion.
The translator converted Shao Yingying's English for Shao Yingying in the office, Shao Yingying smiled and shook his head: "We want to ask you for a favor." However, it has nothing to do with the box office of "The Grandmaster". ā
"Oh?" Chris gave Shao Yingying a strange look, what he could do to help Hua Yi was to sell some blockbusters into the North American market to make dollars, and in addition to that...... Could it be that Huayi wants to contact Hollywood stars to come to China to make movies? God, any A-list Hollywood star is worth more than five million dollars. The top level will even exceed 20 million US dollars, does Huayi have the ability? They should be short of money.
Shao Yingying sat in the office and looked at Chris and said: "If Colombia is willing to help us with this, we can give up 1o% of the net profit at the box office, and in addition, I will give Mr. Chris at least one million dollars in return." ā
That moment. Shao Yingying raised his eyelids and looked at Chris, who was sitting opposite him. He inquired, Chris's annual salary is about one million dollars, and the profit given by Shao Yingying is his salary for a whole year. That's free money!
"Mr. Shao, there is a proverb in my country. It's called 'the more expensive something you get, the more you have to pay'. Chris didn't give it in vain, just: "But I still want to hear what you're trying to get me to do with all this money." ā
The charm of banknotes is endless, and this applies to any race.
Shao Yingying gently took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and when he was about to put it to his mouth, he still chose to put it down, for foreigners, it seems a bit impolite to light a cigarette without asking: "Mr. Chris, this matter is very simple, Hua Yi wants to invest a sum of money to make a movie in your country, we can find other small companies to do this, maybe the box office share will be lower." But we have a long-term cooperative relationship and a good atmosphere of cooperation, so I still chose Colombia and chose Mr. Chris. ā
"Or maybe you're also trying to get a better schedule for a small company on the big screen in North America." Chris did not have the euphemism of the Chinese, and directly exposed Shao Yingying's hole cards.
Hearing this, Shao Yingying smiled, he felt that the Chris in front of him was very interesting, definitely a shrewd and good at seeing through people's hearts.
"That's right." Shao Yingying does not deny it.
"For you, this movie is not a big investment, only 300 million RMB, but for Huayi, it is definitely an unprecedented big investment, if there is no good schedule, you will lose a mess. It's mid-April, and if you act now, you should be able to catch up with a good schedule. ā
The North American film market is not the same as the big 6, their schedule allocation is very interesting, blockbusters will be concentrated in a certain period of time to push the big screen, after this schedule, there will be a variety of large-scale American dramas, and then talent shows, all of which are in a bunched mode (introduced in "Xiaoshuo", I will not repeat it here).
Chris carefully observed Shao Yingying's eyes and asked, "Can I ask what kind of movie is Huayi investing in?" He didn't know where Shao Yingying's confidence came from, with the current situation of Huayi, Shao Yingying should tighten the silver roots, how could he still invest? It takes a lot of courage and determination to do that.
"One, romance film." Speaking of this, Shao Yingying added: "A romance film for high school students. ā
"Oh God." Chris sighed helplessly: "Do you know how small the romantic film market is in North America? ā
"Are you sure you're talking about a high school romance movie that's not what you often call a love action movie?" Chris asked.
Shao Yingying almost choked with laughter, this foreigner still knows a lot about domestic culture, and he also knows 'love action movies': "Don't worry, don't touch the bottom line." There are no overly bloody shots, and in the rating system, it should be in the level that most people can watch. Of course, we won't embarrass you, and we won't let Colombia trouble you, I just want to give up 1o% of the profit and ask Colombia to help me squeeze out a good schedule in the North American market. ā
"I guess it's difficult. After all, it is uncertain how much the 1o% profit of this movie is. Mr. Shao, please forgive my confession, if the movie you invested in only made $5oo at the box office, do you think that 1o% of the profit will allow the Columbia head office to help you squeeze out a schedule? If Mr. Shao wants me to help with this matter, then when my report is typed, I am afraid that the Columbia company will come up with a specific pricing + a small share agreement. ā
It is impossible for Colombia to trade at a loss. Especially when Shao Yingying's description is so vague.
"Yes, please ask me Mr. Chris what kind of price your head office needs, as quickly as possible."
"No problem."
Chris is gone, and he's helping Hero Hua Yi solely for his million-dollar payout, and if he can broker the deal, he'll get a check equal to his annual salary.
The next day. Chris brought back Columbia's reply, saying that the head office needs a channel fee of '$5oo million + 5% net box office profit', and that publicity costs are not included here. If you want Colombia to help spread the word. It is still necessary to take 1oooo million dollars. This '$5oo + 5% net box office profit' would allow Columbia to guarantee the release of at least 2ooo theaters in North America.
Shao Yingying's reply is that Hero Huayi is willing to pay $1ooo + 5% of the box office expenses, and the number of theaters in North America must reach 35oo. And as long as the students are on vacation.
This request is, in the eyes of Colombia, simply idiotic. Does the boss of Huaxia Film Company really think that a large number of theaters can achieve the effect of box office popularity? However, Colombia still agreed, anyway, they got the money for nothing, and they didn't need to help publicize it, at most, they used some theater connections.
A week later, in the afternoon, Shao Yingying signed a contract with Chris, the president of Columbia's China region, that the $1ooo dollar fee would be paid after "Twilight" returned to the box office.
Before signing the contract, Shao Yingying got Zhang Wan's transatlantic call, he had already negotiated with Stephanie Mayer, and he only spent $80,000 to win the film adaptation rights of "Twilight"!
The reason for this cheap is that Stephanie Mayer has not yet negotiated with any publisher for publication, and there has been a bizarre rejection of the manuscript by three publishers in a row. The blow made Stephanie Mayer think that what she had written was not in line with the market trend for a while, and when Zhang Wan appeared, she just wanted to turn her efforts into a little bit of money. It's just that Zhang Wan, who doesn't know much about the price, opened his mouth and offered a high price of $50,000, and when she heard this price, Stephanie Mayer thought that it might be better if it went up, so when the two sides set the price at $80,000, Stephanie Mayer didn't dare to continue to refuse, she was afraid of scaring Zhang Wan away.
In this way, Shao Yingying got the film rights of "Twilight", and at the same time, he asked Chris to help him contact the female director Catherine Hardwick in Hollywood, and now, the female director can only get his hands on the controversial "Nativity", which is negligible; Immediately afterwards, Shao Yingying handpicked Robert Pattinson, a handsome little guy who had starred in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire". The heroine replaced Shao Yingying with Megan Fox, the heroine of "Transformers", he remembered that Transformers would be released in North America in July 2oo7, and now it is definitely the cheapest time to finalize Megan Fox's contract, and then Megan Fox alone can become a gimmick for the entire "Twilight".
In addition to these two, the remaining roles Shao Yingying were left to Stephanie Mayer to choose by herself, and there was only one requirement, the woman should be so beautiful that the country and the people would be ruined, and the man should be handsome, and there must not be any middle-looking actor in the whole film, even if it is an extras who only walk past the big screen and have one shot.
The contracts of these three people were determined, and Shao Yingying first sent the millions of dollars belonging to Chris, so that many small things would not have to trouble Colombia, such as finding a post-production special effects company, Chris could use his connections in North America to do it, and even the production team was helped by Chris, in Chris's words, 'Mr. Shao, the person I'm looking for is an iron rooster, and your money won't be spent in vain'.
At the end of April, everything was completely ready, Shao Yingying made an investment of 200 million RMB, the whole crew started work quickly, and Shao Yingying's heart disease was finally completely put down, so that bank loans were not a problem at all.
A week after the crew started, Shao Yingying received a phone call, it was Catherine Hardwick, she complained that Meghan has increased her salary since filming "Transformers", even if "Transformers" has not been released, but this has also caused a shortage of funds for the crew, if you can add 5oo US dollars, the whole crew will be in a very relaxed environment......
Shao Yingying didn't refuse, Megan Fox he had to use, and the only way left was to use three villas to go to the bank for a loan of 4ooo million!
At that time, Shao Yingying could feel the pressure of Gao Yuanyuan, in the eyes of Gao Yuanyuan, who didn't know the future at all, Shao Yingying's behavior was gambling on his life. In case, if they all lose, the hero Hua Yi will no longer exist, and the Shao family and the Gao family will be homeless!
"Don't put too much pressure, I'll hide it from the old people at home, film with peace of mind, I don't believe you will lose." This is Gao Yuanyuan's words of comfort, after Shao Yingying went home and **, Gao Yuanyuan hugged Shao Yingying's head and helped him massage his temples.
The next day, the media didn't know where they heard the news, but the streets and alleys were covered with news related to the hero Huayi.
"Shao Yingying gambled his worth, after 1.2 billion to acquire the shares of the Wang brothers Huayi,! Win, reign in the world; Lose, there is no place to turn over!! ā
"Hero Huayi's gamble, Shao Yingying's gamble, the Wang brothers' decision to quit Huayi is extremely correct, Shao Yingying is a madman!!"
"According to insiders, Shao Yingying is in a hurry to become bigger, and uses all overseas teams to shoot movies, it is reported that he wants to use a love movie to build a foothold in Hollywood!!"
Shao Yingying has calculated everything, and the only thing he hasn't calculated is that Columbia and Xinxiang are comrades who are closer to them than Hua Yi, as long as Chris and Zhang Weiping reveal the slightest rumor, Zhang Weiping will do his best to trap the hero Hua Yi in a place where there is no return. (To be continued.) (1xs52oć ))
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