Now that it has been negotiated, Kang Jianfei doesn't want to make any more extraneous branches, and it will be troublesome if another investor pops up, so he immediately proposed to find a lawyer to draw up a contract. Cameron and Kang Jianfei have the same idea, for fear that the investors who will not be able to change their minds, they can't wait to sign the contract on the spot.

The only depressed one is Annie? Hurd, she bought the rights to "The Terminator" from Cameron for $1, but it was not as simple as only a 1% share of the box office. But the problem is that she bought the script on the condition that the film must be directed by Cameron himself, which means that if she falls out with Cameron, Annie? Hurd couldn't make a movie even if he had the rights.

In the end, the two compromised, Annie? Hurd only prays that the box office of this movie can sell more than 30 million, then she can get a share of nearly 1 million at the box office, and she has not yet expected to sell 50 million.

As for the box office account calculated by Kang Jianfei, "Terminator" is a Hollywood film, and the producer's share cannot be calculated like an overseas film.

In the United States, even films made by small companies and directors can get at least 25% of the box office when they are screened in China, and some big companies and directors can get more than 50%.

As for the kind of Hollywood blockbusters that are sure to be super hot and have many stars, the producers can even get 90%. Of course, there is a specific algorithm for this kind of ninety-one sharing, which must be divided after excluding taxes and fixed expenses of the theater, generally speaking, the producer can get more than 60%, while the theater gets close to 10% of the net profit.

This is also why Kang Jianfei wants to register a company in the United States to shoot "Home Alone", although overseas films can also negotiate prices, but in general it is much easier to do things.

If "Terminator" can sell more than $70 million at the box office like in the original time and space, then Kang Jianfei can get at least 30 million.

Kang Jianfei's account for Cameron and the others was calculated according to the minimum standards of a small company. And Cameron and Anne? The reason why Hurd did not refute it was also that Kang Jianfei was only a small company and did not hope to get a high percentage of the box office, after all, no Asian producer could have a good time in Hollywood.

Before Kang Jianfei crossed, the theater scheduling system in the United States was already very perfect, and even the film scheduling system was still constrained and protected by political axe legislation. The producer must test the film for the theater one or two weeks in advance, and some blockbusters are even tested half a year in advance, and the film registration staff (responsible for film scheduling, evaluation, etc.) and operators, advertisers and ordinary audiences must be invited to the test screening, and the box office sharing plan will be negotiated between the two parties according to the test screening effect, and it will not be changed after the official release.

However, it is still the early 80s, compared to 30 years later, at this time, there is a lot of room for compromise in the cooperation between the film company and the hospital, and the results of the test film can sometimes be decided by a small number of people.

Because Kang Jianfei and Cameron couldn't wait to negotiate the matter, after the two parties found a lawyer, they signed the contract that night.

Kang Jianfei was crazy about buying land and real estate a few days ago, and the money of several companies was almost transferred by him, plus he had to film "Home Alone", so he couldn't immediately give $4 million to Cameron.

Fortunately, Cameron is notoriously slow to make films, and it is estimated that if "Terminator" wants to be released, it will have to wait at least a year. Kang Jianfei first gave Cameron $500,000 to do the preliminary work, and then slowly gave the money later.

At the moment of signing the contract, Kang Jianfei and Cameron were both overjoyed, and the two even went to the wine to drink a few glasses.

When he returned to the hotel, Guan Zhilin was sitting in the hotel lobby waiting for him. Smelling the smell of wine on Kang Jianfei's body, Guan Meiren couldn't help but be jealous: "I came back so late, I must have drunk with a foreign girl?" ”

Kang Jianfei shouted: "I can't speak English, how can I go to a foreign girl?" ”

Guan Zhilin waited for Kang Jianfei in the hotel for more than an hour, and she had already accumulated a fire in her belly, and then pouted and said, "Who knows where you went to fool around." ”

Zeng Bolin deserved to be a good follower, and he didn't need Kang Jianfei's instructions, so he hurriedly said: "Miss Guan, the boss is really going to do business, I don't believe you look at this contract." ”

Guan Zhilin didn't reach out to pick it up, just glanced at it casually, then took Kang Jianfei's arm and said, "Brother Fei, people have been waiting for you here for a long time, and your waist is sore." ”

Kang Jianfei put away the contract and said to Zeng Bolin: "You go and rest by yourself." ”

"Boss, then I'll wait for you in the lobby at nine o'clock tomorrow morning." Zeng Bolin finished speaking and left.

Guan Zhilin walked into the elevator with Kang Jianfei and asked, "Brother Fei, are you going to Massachusetts the day after tomorrow?" ”

Kang Jianfei nodded and said, "Yes, time is in a hurry. I'm going to make a Christmas movie, and if I don't make it in time for Christmas this year, I'll have to postpone the screening by a year. ”

"Why do you have to wait a year?" Guan Zhilin doesn't have much interest in filming, let alone theaters and schedules.

Kang Jianfei explained: "This kind of film is most suitable for Christmas to be released, and it is best to release it a few days before Christmas. If the response is good, the box office will explode in the two days of Christmas. If it is released at other times, the box office will be at least three or five percent less. ”

"Oh." Guan Zhilin responded to express her understanding, she was too lazy to think so much, and seeing that there was no one in the elevator, she directly hooked Kang Jianfei's neck and kissed her, and said coquettishly, "Brother Fei, people want to kill you." ”

Obsessed all the way back to the room, Kang Jianfei was teased by Guan Zhilin, and as soon as he closed the door, he began to pick off her clothes, pressed Guan Meiren behind the door and stabbed it hard, and then rushed violently.

Guan Zhilin has never stood and loved, and it didn't take long for her feet to become weak, and she had to bend her knees to the ground.

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Since Oriental Film Company, a leather bag company, did not have an office location, Kang Jianfei's audition was held in a café.

The secondary actor Tang Shuxuan has already helped him choose, and only the little protagonist and the two stupid thieves have not been determined, but several options have also been finalized.

The first to come in was a white man in his thirties, slightly chubby and with a somewhat funny expression.

"John? Joyce," Kang Jianfei asked, looking at his profile, "what movies have you acted in before?" ”

That one is called John? Joyce's white man laughed: "I've been acting since I was 14 years old, and this year I'm 38 years old." I've acted in so many movies that I can't even remember myself. ”

Kang Jianfei asked: "Then what kind of roles have you played?" ”

John? Joyce said confidently: "I have played everything, driver, cook, thief, robber, jǐng cha, beggar, ......"

Gotcha, a veteran of the trick.

"Okay, it's you," Kang Jianfei handed him a piece of paper, "Gather at this hotel at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning, and then we will go to Massachusetts to film together, remember not to be late." ”

John? Joyce asked, somewhat surprised, "Don't you want to watch me put on a show?" ”

"No need." Kang Jianfei said with a smile.

After this person left, Tang Shuxuan spoke: "Ah Fei, the thief leader actor still has two spare, don't you see them all?" ”

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said: "The play "Home Alone" does not have high requirements for acting skills, this John's image is very in line with the requirements, and he has been an actor for 24 years, so he is definitely competent. ”

The thief was quickly chosen, but the actor of the small protagonist gave Kang Jianfei a headache. The three little boys picked by Tang Shuxuan are very clever, but maybe it's Kang Jianfei vs. Macaulay? Kim was so impressed that he always felt that the children interviewed could not satisfy him......

However, the shooting time was very tight, and there was no time for Kang Jianfei to pick slowly, so he could only make do with choosing a child with a face and mouth that was more similar to Macaulay, named Cindy? Frida.

Kang Jianfei did not come to the United States to film earlier, in addition to the need to keep an eye on the stock market in Hong Kong, but also because the film is full of snow scenes except for indoor scenes. Even if he came to the United States a month in advance, he couldn't shoot it, unless it was a hand-made snow scene, but there were too many snow scenes, and it was too painful to make them manually.

It hasn't snowed in Los Angeles for 20 years, and there have only been two light snows in New York this year, not to the extent that the roof is snowy, so Tang Shuxuan set the filming location in the snow-capped western Massachusetts.

Shooting equipment and other things, Tang Shuxuan has already been contacted, and the specific shooting location is selected in a wealthy neighborhood, and the camera can be started after renting a three-story building.

Kang Jianfei came to Massachusetts with his royal team and a large group of crew members invited from Hollywood, in order to avoid disturbing the people and save time, he didn't even start the worship ceremony.

Since there are four or five young actors in the film, there are also a lot of parents who come along. Kang Jianfei already had a complete picture of the movie in his mind, and he tried to avoid NG where he could, so it only took one day to finish filming these little actors at home. If it weren't for these little ghosts who needed to be adjusted/trained, Kang Jianfei would have been able to do it in half a day.

Next, the crew was divided into two, Tang Shuxuan, as the director of the second group, took the "whole family" of the little protagonist to the two nearby airports to film, while Kang Jianfei stayed in Massachusetts to shoot the main plot.

Since the storyboard script has already been drawn, Tang Shuxuan only needs to direct in strict accordance with the script, and Kang Jianfei is not afraid that she will make the movie into a "Tang's" literary film.

It only took three days, and half of Kang Jianfei's scene was filmed. But the little boy Cindy? Frida's mother got up first, saying that Kang Jianfei worked too long a day and was child abuse, and even threatened to sue Kang Jianfei.

In the end, Kang Jianfei had to use $10,000 to shut up the woman, and God testified that the little boy's salary was only $5,000, and Kang Jianfei paid double the overtime pay.

Not only Cindy, the little boy, but all the Americans in the crew were promised that they would receive a bonus equivalent to double their wages after the film was filmed.

Kang Jianfei is very helpless about this, if the director is in a hurry in Hong Kong, it is common to work 14 or 5 hours a day to make movies, and if you don't want to do it, you can get out, anyway, some people are rushing to do it.

"Home Alone" is now only filmed for 13 hours a day, and these Yankees are tired of complaining, and they are really sorry for the Hollywood signboard.

While Kang Jianfei was in a hurry to film, "The Voice of China", which had been preparing for several months in Hong Kong, was officially broadcast on Phoenix TV. (To be continued.) )