Chapter 154 Invested in Microsoft and Oracle respectively
After glancing at Sean Corbett in surprise, Zhao Donghuai hesitated, "I'm still worried about the copyrights of a few movies, that is, ...... Not quite right, right? ”
"This is considered to be snatching something from someone else's mouth, what if someone looks at me unpleasantly and shoots me with a black gun?"
Sean held a mouthful of old blood in his throat, almost unable to breathe, hit the street, you big hooligan blackmailed this blackmail, why don't you consider the risk of being beaten by others?
If it weren't for so many pan-Asian elites who have been on the battlefield, you would have been frustrated and dusted a long time ago, okay!
What's even more outrageous is that at this stage, since many citizens have been allowed to bring their own dry food to play financial investment and speculate on foreign exchange, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhao Donghuai's cohesion in the city of Hong Kong Island is rapidly improving to a new level!
Outsiders want to come in and shoot Zhao Donghuai with a black gun, it is really a random taxi driver and passerby, once they find that something is wrong, they may report to the ventilation surnamed Zhao.
Including the police force or some of the mixed clubs!
You said that Zhao Donghuai also brought the club to make a fortune together? This is not an initiative to deliberately bring a bad boy to the community, but at present, there are too many people related to the community in all walks of life and all aspects of Hong Kong.
It is also common for the salesperson cashier to have a big brother and two brothers at home, or an old watch to join the club.
When the employee circle began to raise funds for investment, many times it was natural to integrate the small money of some associations.
There are tens of thousands of direct employee groups who eat with Zhao's family, and there are so many fathers and villagers in the New Territories, and there are too many people from all walks of life in the radiation.
After all, at present, on Hong Kong Island, many people have begun to worship Zhao Donghuai's tablet at home!
Everyone worships Jesus with such sincerity.
Holding back the desire to vomit blood, Sean said with a sincere face, "Zhao, as long as you like it, it's okay, if you have any problems, we will help you communicate." ”
"It's the 80s of the 20th century, everyone is a decent person, and they talk about everything."
Zhao Donghuai hesitated at this time, "I think the Transformers launched by Hasbro are good, can you buy the live-action movie copyright?" Isn't it too hard for you? ”
Sean knew that this guy was definitely not a trivial matter as soon as he opened his mouth, but the Transformers live-action movie copyright?? "We'll take care of it, you must not accept this wave of rich people's investment."
Before taking the citizens to make money, the citizens still called the principal limited.
The money of a Hong Kong Island tycoon has started, and it is a massive amount of capital to rob their meat, you say that Shao Yifu, Lei Juekun, Zou Wenhuai and other rich people have already ended, that is, stars like Cheng Long, Hong Xiubao, and Hu Huizhong have also ended?
And they did.
But compared with Li Zhaoren, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and other tycoons, those are just small tycoons, Li Zhaoren, Li Zhaoji, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and others are currently all big tycoons with a market value of 10 billion yuan!
Once the market is over, the amount of money that can be mobilized is much larger.
500 million can become 2 billion, 10 billion, 20 billion at any time!
There is also the former group is Zhao Donghuai's own people and allies in the film media circle, but the latter is really not!
Even if they snipe with all their strength and smash the plate, it is easy to collapse.
The Transformers animated series produced by Hasbro has been on TV since 1984, and with the strength of Hasbro, it will definitely not easily sell live-action movie rights.
But Hasbro is also the capital of North America, and Wall Street also represents the most high-end American capital, everyone sits together and talks!
Zhao Donghuai was overjoyed and took the initiative to stretch out his hand, "Okay, then I'll trouble you, I won't accept the 500 million sent by the surnamed Wu." ”
Sean shook hands with a quick smile, and as soon as they parted, Zhao Donghuai said again, "Actually, I also like the ...... of the Lord of the Rings."
Sean instantly blackened, you're really welcome!
However, he changed his face at the speed of light, and said with a smile, "As long as you don't bring so many leeks to turn over and be the master together, it is not impossible to talk about it, we will let the British capital do things." ”
Zhao Donghuai was stunned, "What did you say?" I didn't hear clearly, did you hear me? ”
When he looked at Amin and Zhen, the two girls hurriedly shook their heads to indicate that they didn't hear clearly.
Sean took a sip of coffee, then gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, you wait for my news, we will get the live-action remake rights of (Transformers) as soon as possible, however, this may be the same as Universal's (King Kong) copyright, Hasbro and your Zhao also have the filming rights." ”
After chatting for a while, the first meeting between the two sides after half a year of fighting in the financial market was quite pleasant.
Waiting for Sean to leave, Zhang Min smiled happily, "Boss, I just came in and reported that directly, it shouldn't have been wrong, right?" ”
After Amin came in, he said in front of Sean that there was a rich man with white gloves who wanted to invest 500 million, of course, on purpose, hoping to help this negotiation.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "That's right, I didn't expect Sean to be quite talented, he speaks Mandarin and Cantonese so well, I almost thought he was from HSBC or Jardine......"
Ah Zhenjiao smiled on the side, "That ghost guy was outside just now, and he showed us his identity and intention in Cantonese." ”
Zhao Donghuai was stunned, no wonder.
The next moment, he said to Ah Zhen, "Go and check, whose money is this 500 million?" Even if you are a rich man, if you play this kind of hiding head and tail for me, is it an enemy? ”
More than an hour later.
The 500 million funds will be found out, Wang Dehui's ......
Director Zhao was a little speechless, he thought it was Li Copying people's money that would hide his head and tail like this, but he didn't expect it to be Lao Wang.
Forget it, although Lao Wang is super picky, he has been kidnapped once, he is reluctant to pay a high salary to hire a bodyguard, and then he was kidnapped and killed again, he is a bit strange, but he is also a pure capitalist.
Will he bring the low-level and middle-level citizens to make a fortune together and encounter this kind of big capital? What is this capital thinking? Want to fart?
Replaced by Li Copying people in, copying people dare to invest 500 million, he dared to invest in the foreign exchange market and lost all the principal to face the copyists, he has been talking with American capital, British capital, etc., is it not very common to be blown up a few positions.
Lao Wang...... Even if there is no Sean's visit, there is no reason for him to help other capitals get rich, they are rich enough.
Sean came to visit and wanted to help him get the Transformers live-action movie rights??
Then it is even more impossible to collect.
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A few days later.
On March 17, the box office of the second week also came out, with 26 million US dollars, which was 47 million US dollars combined with the first weekend, and (Shark Beach) also hit 18 million US dollars again.
In this schedule in March, the speed of life and death has been the box office champion for two consecutive weeks, and Shark Beach has been the runner-up at the box office for two consecutive weeks!
Let's not talk about how Laura Fangna exploded in popularity in North America, let's just say that Stanley Dewood of AMC Cinemas took the initiative to call over, and praised Director Zhao with all kinds of politeness and enthusiasm, and then hoped that he would shoot as soon as possible (cat and mouse game).
At this stage, with Mr. Huang Weiming's various ZZZQ operations, there are also two blockbuster explosions, (cat and mouse games) are really red before shooting, and the red is in a trance.
If it weren't for the fact that Zhao Donghuai had spent money to buy out all the film and television adaptation copyrights when he first contacted Frank Abagno Jr., it is estimated that Hollywood would have directly set up a project to grab the film, and the prototype of Little Frank's cat-and-mouse game has also been a big hit recently.
So many publishers are looking for him to publish his autobiographical book!
Warner is also in various ZZZQ, cat-and-mouse games are hot, and more than once came to contact Zhao Donghuai, wanting to make a big movie for the male lead.
It was in this situation that Wang Jing, Xu Ke and others, with Cai Shaofen, Cameron Diatz, Richard Norton, Wu Mengda and other (home alone) main creative teams, returned from the mainland.
This is not to say that all the scenes have been filmed, in a month and a half, they have finished filming the indoor department of indoor ghosts fighting stupid thieves in the mainland, as well as the outdoor scene of the snow scene where the street of the little protagonist's house is located.
For the rest, various airport scenes have to be filmed on Hong Kong Island, and the airport scenes are mainly scenes of the protagonist's family, older brothers and sisters, younger brothers and sisters.
As well as the little protagonist going to the supermarket to shop, street scenes, etc.
This needs to be re-made snow, even if the snow is made once, it will melt in a few hours, and the snow must be re-made to continue shooting.
Since they are Cai Shaofen and Cameron Diatz, their parents, brothers and sisters, are also two gangs, one is Chinese and the other is white, but it is easy to say that there is no shortage of a large number of Chinese actors in the Hong Kong film industry, and there are options everywhere.
White guy tricks?? Since Hong Kong film has become another new track and new choice for countless white film and television practitioners with Hollywood dreams, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman, and Naomi Watts have also studied in Asian drama for more than half a year.
Now Zhao's films want to find white actors and tricks, and there are also a lot of various choices.
When meeting with the main creative team of the crew, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said to the two directors, "You guys shoot as soon as possible, strive to finish filming everything by the end of March, and take off to North America to shoot (cat and mouse game) in April, but I can't wait there." ”
Wang Jingcan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, boss, the task will be completed, but if a Christmas movie like Home Alone is filmed at the end of March, is it best to wait until this year's Christmas screening?" ”
Director Zhao nodded, "That's right, theoretically, the Christmas file is the most suitable for this movie, the most appropriate for the occasion, and then the specific ...... It depends. ”
Now Zhao's cinemas are all in a six-hall model, theoretically six different movies can be screened at the same time, what is the schedule, North America and Europe must be the best Christmas file.
When will it be released on Hong Kong Island, it really depends on the situation, he hasn't directed a film in person for half a year, if there is no blockbuster in the summer file, it will be fine in the summer file.
It's not right, if you shoot fast, (cat and mouse game) or (Juno) may not be able to grab the summer file, it's just that these two movies are not good at the box office.
When a group of people finished talking and everyone left one after another, Cai Shaofen, who was not yet 13 years old, suddenly walked up to Director Zhao, bowed deeply and thanked him, "Thank you boss, thank you so much......
Zhao Donghuai was speechless, looking at Xiao Tiantian, who still looked like a tomboy, he could only sigh, "It's okay, you study hard in the future and work hard to film, your mother's situation is a bit bad, but now in a month or two, she can be regarded as temporarily quitting gambling." ”
After a month or two of passive gambling abstinence, as long as it continues for a while, it is not hopeless to quit gambling completely.
In the future, Xiao Tiantian or Mrs. Niu was moved to tears again, leaving a bunch of good words before leaving, which is a matter of saying to Zhao Donghuai, but for Cai Shaofen, it is a major event that directly changes the fate of life.
In mid-to-late March, the shooting of Home Alone continued.
ATV has opened the second round of reruns of (The Legend of the New White Lady), and this popular costume mythological drama has also been sold in Bend Province, South Korea, island countries and other places.
And the prime-time (Xinbai) took over in the evening, which was the variant version (Stairway to Heaven) that Fat Tsaijing made up by himself, and as soon as it was broadcast, it was bleak and dull for TVB.
After all, the popular Zhang Guirong came to act in a TV series, or is he the leading actor of the ladder of heaven? ? This is the dimensionality reduction strike.
Lan Jieying, one of the lead singers of the thigh era and the person in charge of her appearance, I don't know what makes the young SP crazy.
Two men and a vicious female supporting role, holding a TV series acting online, not just a passing Gong Li?? Gong Li has started the road to fire with the hit TV series.
It was during this period that the Hong Kong Island Film Awards, which were won by Zhao Donghuai, started at the Regent Hotel!
ATV live broadcast!
The nominees for Best Movie are (Super Body) (Human Ghost Love) (Lame Hao) (Police Story) (Women's Heart), and the final winner is (Super Body), a big sci-fi popcorn movie can also win the award?
The real significance of this bar (superbody) is that it officially opened the prelude to Hong Kong's big science fiction special effects films, which belongs to the foundation and representative of film industrialization.
This is similar to the Hong Kong Island New Wave Film Movement that was launched just a few years ago.
Superbody won Best Movie, analogous (Star Wars) in Hollywood.
Best Director? No matter how many nominations there are, of course it will be Zhao Donghuai.
Best Heroine, Isabel Adjani in the Unfinished Ghost Love!
Best Film, Best Director, and even Best Actor and other actor nominations, the significance can be regarded as self-congratulatory words in Hong Kong films.
So when Isabelle Adjani really flew from France, received the award on the spot and gave a speech, there was a sensation in the Hong Kong Haowan film and television circle that night, including the Wanwan side.
After all, Adjani's resume is really good, nominated for the North American Oscar, two French Caesar Actress Trophies, and one Cannes Film Festival Actress Trophy!
Such an award boss came to receive the award, which is like directly sublimating the Hong Kong Island Academy Awards to several levels!
And at the award ceremony, although Zhao Donghuai did not end up, all kinds of awards were received by other members of the crew, but Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, and Lei Juekun were all in the venue.
Including Zhou Huimin and Monica Bellucci, two stars who have also been promoted to capital bosses, this lineup is the peak lineup since the creation of the Academy Awards.
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On a new day, all kinds of media in Hong Kong are hyping up this year's Academy Awards, mainly for Isabelle Adjani's rank and porcelain marketing......
You look at the Oscar nominations, Cannes international actresses all come to receive the awards, and they also recognize the Academy Awards, so last night's Best Actor Zhang Guirong, hasn't he also become a first-level actor at Cannes? ?
The aura of honor of other award winners, has it also been raised a lot?
Touch porcelain marketing, play this Zhao's media is too familiar!
In the 32nd floor of the Zhao's Financial Center Building, Isabelle Adjani took a sip of coffee before she smiled, "Zhao, I'm sorry about what happened last time, I really can't spare time, but if you want to run the Cannes International Film Festival Awards and honors." ”
"I can help, superbodies, people and ghosts, those that have been released on a large scale around the world, bombing all over the world, including the speed of life and death and shark beach, it is not good."
"It's a pity, if Shark Beach is not released, there is really a chance to operate the Cannes actress, it is very difficult to win the award, and the probability of winning a nomination is not small."
The Cannes International Film Festival is usually held in May, and its rules are stuck in the awards, there is no large-scale theatrical release, and many films are stuck without participating in other major international film festivals.
This rule is not too rigid, but superbodies, ghosts, and even shark beaches have already bombed so many countries and regions, and they will definitely not be able to operate awards.
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "It's okay, it's good that you can come and get an actress award." ”
To enhance the influence of awards, touching porcelain is the fastest and most efficient.
Let's just say that this year, she and Adjani were nominated for the actress Miao Qianren (movie woman's heart), Gong Li (movie police story), Wang Xiaofeng (movie wrong mandarin duck).
These people suddenly competed with international actresses like Adjani and Oscar nominations? It's normal to lose, and the coffee position feels completely different!
In the future, according to this strategy, the Academy Awards are estimated to be able to beat the Golden Horse all the way, of course, this is also Adjani's face...... Although Adjani was planning (cat and mouse game) by Zhao Donghuai last year, she was unable to continue to cooperate because she had no schedule.
But before January 1, Zhao Donghuai contacted her and asked her if she was interested in taking her salary to invest in financial speculation, and Adjani also got in the car.
The capital of 1 million US dollars, from January 1st to March 20th, the daily yen continued to increase by 6.5%, 20 times leverage, and then earned 1.3 million US dollars.
Even if Adjani has a bit of a weird personality, she doesn't pay much attention to the salary when choosing films and scenes, but she does need to live, raise children, and try to give her children a better growth environment, so money can't really be ignored and ignored at will.
Otherwise, she would not have come to Hong Kong last year to shoot ghosts, and after the ghosts became popular all over the world, it is also evident that she will receive two new films with a salary of two or three million US dollars.
In this relationship, Adjani gave face to accept the award, and was willing to help run the Cannes International Film Festival awards, which is a normal performance.
This is really not called bribery, whether it is the North American Oscars or the three major international film festivals in Europa, it costs money to run the awards, and they are all explicit rules not unspoken rules, (Juno) The film has not yet been filmed in North America.
If you go to shoot now, after filming in more than a month, there is really hope that it will land in Cannes this year, and win various awards first and then follow the release of the landing theaters.
But Nicole Kidman's performance has not yet reached the level expected by Zhang Amou and Huang Jianxin, and he still has to practice again, and he will go after practice.
After thinking about it, Zhao Donghuai suddenly took out a script from the drawer, "Adjani, do you want to think about it and take on a new script??" ”
Adjani nodded with a smile, "I have already finished filming two scenes in Europa, and now there is a schedule." ”
When she took over the script, she saw the name of (Forrest Gump).
Forrest Gump was written by Winston Groom last year and just published this year, but this one, the sales were very ordinary at first, and it was not until 1994 that the film starring Tom Hanks was released, and it hit the box office of 670 million US dollars worldwide.
Forrest Gump is just starting to be pushed to become a bestseller.
It's March 20, 1986, Zhao Donghuai bought the film and television copyright, just spend money.
It was when Adjani was sitting in the reception area reading the script that Qiu Shuzhen ran in and reported coquettishly, "Boss, you have already won 15% of Microsoft's shares, and I also took out a loan to buy 1%, do you want to continue to sell?" ”
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Buy it, don't lose it." ”
That's right, March 1986, a week ago on March 13, was the day of the famous Microsoft IPO, which opened at 21 US dollars per share on the same day, with a market value of more than 500 million US dollars, and closed at 28 US dollars per share, with a market value of 700 million US dollars, equivalent to more than 5 billion Hong Kong dollars.
From that day on, Zhao Donghuai asked the financial investment team to pull out a few traders to help him operate Microsoft.
In 21 US dollars, Microsoft had a total of 25 million shares, and Zhao Donghuai had bought 3.75 million shares, one of the 15% major shareholders.
At present, the money is in his name, and he has spent almost more than 100 million US dollars and 800 million Hong Kong dollars.
Is it worth it?? It can only be said that he understands everything, and the probability of him controlling Microsoft is almost non-existent, but it is not difficult to make a lot of money in the stock market.
Ah Zhen bought 1%, which is equivalent to an investment of more than 7 million US dollars, 50 or 60 million Hong Kong dollars, which was bought with a loan, because her money has been invested in a large number of foreign exchange speculation booms.
In the first wave of foreign exchange speculation, Ah Zhen earned 100 million Hong Kong dollars, bought a big villa for his family, bought a car, bought a commercial store on the street, and then mortgaged his real estate and made 50 million yuan from the bank to continue to invest in the second wave of foreign exchange market.
Now, I borrowed 50 or 60 million again, and I started 1% Microsoft.
Zhao Donghuai also knows that with the development of the times, under Microsoft's various actions, he wants to maintain his current shareholding and make additional investments.
But the additional funding compares to Microsoft's prospects?!! Nothing. As long as you sell and cash out at the right time, you will not be able to make less money.
Ah Zhen laughed again, "Then Oracle also continues to chase after it?" You asked Monica to buy Oracle, and now she has 12% of the shares, and Zhang Min smashed private money into it, including loans, which also accounted for 1%. ”
The well-known Oracle Group was listed on March 12, only one day earlier than Microsoft, opening at $15 per share and closing at $20.75, with a market value of $270 million.
Monica and Zhang Min's operation of chasing that is the same as Zhao Donghuai and Ah Zhen's Microsoft, Monica already has 7% of Hong Kong Island CLP, Marvel's major shareholder, plus AMC's original 20%.
But these assets have always been paid by Zhao Donghuai, and she held shares on behalf of her as a white glove, and only Oracle Investment was the two or three billion Hong Kong dollars she earned from the first wave of the foreign exchange market, and she smashed it into Oracle.
Zhang Min's personal assets are very small, far from enough to buy 1% of Oracle, but the loan is ...... She relied on Zhao Donghuai's status as a personal secretary to easily borrow money from the bank to buy 1%.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Let them continue, they won't lose, even if you don't look at the big and long-term investment, you can make a lot of money in the short term of one or two years." ”
In the early years of the take-off of personal computers, you really won't lose money when you hold these two group stocks, if you can guarantee long-term holding? Then the ranking of the world's richest people is the daily life!
It is nothing more than the long-term holding of shares by the Chinese people, which is unrealistic.
Qiu Shuzhen looked left and right, glanced at Adjani who was concentrating on reading the script for a few moments, and then said in a low voice, "Boss, we should have changed it at the beginning, the two of us voted for Oracle, and let Monica and Amin vote for Microsoft, this name is too unpleasant, isn't it a curse for you?" ”
Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "You have itchy skin again, right?" ”
Ah Zhen gave him a watery and provocative look back.
Okay, Director Zhao can only let her flash first, and then clean her up, and wait for Ah Zhen to run to the wine cabinet, open a bottle of champagne, drink and chat for a while, Adjani put down the script and walked over, with an exclamation on her face, "Zhao, Forrest Gump's true story is really exciting, very inspirational, and very ......."
After a string of compliments, she was curious, "I took the heroine, who are you going to find to play the male lead??" ”
Zhao Donghuai took a sip of coffee, "I'm still thinking about it, and I've already sent an invitation to the actors, I'm not sure, but the ones I chose are all acting schools." ”
In fact, he considered continuing to rub the trend of political correctness in Hollywood, so that Forrest Gump would be recast as the heroine, and Adjani would be the heroine......
However, some things are too much, and with the foreshadowing of the variant version (Home Alone) (cat and mouse game), it is enough to explode first.
There's no need to continue spoiling the classics.
It doesn't matter if he doesn't want the box office in the cat-and-mouse game, if you increase the firepower to burn political correctness, Forrest Gump is not necessary.
As for (Juno) (Shark Beach)? These two are not counted, the original version was the big heroine.
And Forrest Gump, he thought about finding the original Tom Hanks? That guy's salary is too high.
It's too much to pay for, it's not worth it.
Choosing and choosing, he sent film appointments to Zhang Guirong, Zunlong, Wan Ziliang, and Chow Yun-fat, and chose Lao Wan and Ah Fa, because their acting skills were passable, and they were afraid that they would not be able to play the state of North Americans.
Last time (the ghost love is not over), Ah Fa was useless, because his ethics in love and affection scenes were too low, and Forrest Gump didn't have that concern, and there were not many intimate scenes.
The choice of Zhang Guirong is because his status in the music industry is in North America, and playing this can pull the box office and greatly weaken the resistance of white fans.
Respect the dragon is ...... This is a Chinese star who was born as an orphan, went to North America at the age of 18, and has been working hard in North America for more than ten years, and really does not rely on action movies, but on a crime movie (Year of the Dragon) to become popular in North America.
Zunlong's acting skills are not bad, and at this stage, he will not be much worse than Ah Fa and Wan Ziliang.
It depends on the situation, see when the other party comes, and several male protagonists compete in acting.
Adjani thought for a few seconds, "If I take it, will you direct it yourself?" ”
Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "I won't direct anymore, I will choose a suitable director to do it." ”
Forrest Gump's protagonist is the Vietnam War again, and he has been received by the commander of the Black Palace in North America twice, there are too many scenes and clips in North America, and he is not suitable to go to North America.
At present, he is taking the whole Hong Kong citizens and American and British capital to grab meat to eat, and now he is leaving Hong Kong, and it is estimated that there are groups of people who want to kill him, and he can rely on the simulator to predict the prophet again and again, and get the opponent in advance.
But there are so many people in a row, and it's quite annoying.
The Black Palace may not be able to issue an order to detain people directly.
A hint of disappointment flashed in Adjani's eyes, and then she smiled, "Okay, I have a schedule within half a year, and the salary doesn't matter, you watch it, I'll leave first, so I won't bother you." ”
It doesn't matter if you get paid, just give it?
This is, of course, the factor that took out 1 million US dollars to invest in the financial sector on January 1, and has made a profit of 1.3 million US dollars so far.
met a fairy character like Zhao Donghuai, not to mention that she didn't pay much attention to the salary when she took over the play, even if she was a person who lost money, it was impossible to get stuck in the salary.
How much does a movie get paid? How can there be a huge amount of horror profits thrown into the financial foreign exchange market?
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On March 25, Zhao Donghuai left behind Ah Zhen and Zhang Min, who were full of wealth, and flew by helicopter from the Financial Building to Zhao's Pictures.
When he walked down the sixth floor from the rooftop of Zhao's Pictures, he saw a white man in his 30s waiting in the living room.
Director Zhao was overjoyed, smiled and stepped forward to stretch out his hand, "Welcome to Hong Kong Island, Mr. Robert." ”
This white man in his thirties is the director of the original (Forrest Gump), don't think that many years in advance, Robert doesn't have that kind of directorial strength, this guy himself is the director of last year's (Back to the Future).
Back to the Future is one of the most box-office masterpieces in the world film industry in 1985.
Until the future of 2019, the media statistics ranked the directors with the highest box office accumulation in the world, and the first place was Steven Spielberg, James Cameron was sixth, Christopher Nolan was eighth, and Robert was tenth.
Since Robert entered the industry, his ability to bomb the street at the box office is still very strong, and after thinking about it, Zhao Donghuai still wants to ask the original director to try it.
After a polite exchange between the two, they went into the office and read the script.
After waiting for more than an hour, Robert closed the script and exclaimed with a face, "The script is very strong, if it is filmed, it will definitely be a masterpiece for the award, and it is not hopeless at the box office." ”
"This book is so inspirational!"
"As long as the salary is okay, I took this book, but Zhao, you are also the world's top director, whether it is a super body or a ghost love, you are good enough, why don't you direct it yourself?"
Zhao Donghuai smiled and asked the working secretary to hand over two cups of tea, took a sip and sighed, "There's no way, if I go to North America to direct, I may be shot every day." ”
"It's better to stay on Hong Kong Island and wait for the finished product."
Robert's smile gradually became funny, what does it mean to be shot black every day?? Did he hear it wrong, or did he understand it wrong??
After a few dozen seconds of silence, Robert was curious, "Then what is the budget for this movie?" ”
Zhao Donghuai continued, "20 million US dollars." ”
Robert was ecstatic, "20 million dollars is enough to shoot a blockbuster, what about the male protagonist?" The starring salary has to be set, and you can't take too much from the budget. ”
The return to the future he directed last year only cost 19 million US dollars, and as for the 1994 version of Forrest Gump, the cost was 55 million US dollars? That's the actor Tom Hanks, who took too much money.
Tom Hanks earned 40 million US dollars by relying on a Forrest Gump biography, of course, this is a salary plus dividends, and the top Hollywood male stars in the 90s were all paid 15 million or 20 million US dollars, plus 15% or 20% dividends.
There are also American knives in 1986 and 1994, which are also two different things, so let's say that the yen has appreciated...... The sign on the other side of the appreciation of the Japanese yen is the depreciation of the American sword.
In a few years, the daily appreciation is doubled, which is equivalent to doubling the value of the American knife!
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "The protagonist is Leslie from our Hong Kong Island, or John Dragon, you know?" There are two alternatives, and I guess you won't be impressed when you say it. ”
Robert suddenly, "Leslie?" The acting skills are good in the ghost love, and his influence in the music industry is even stronger, and it will be a weapon to pull the box office. ”
"As for John, his Year of the Dragon is simply one of the most handsome Black Gang bosses, I really have an impression, but his salary is much cheaper than Leslie!"
In fact, Zunlong really exploded after it was released in 1987 (the last emperor), this movie won various awards, and it also pushed Zunlong's fame to the peak, and then ...... In a daze, all kinds of traps gradually became nameless.
But last year, he was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor (Year of the Dragon), which is definitely the kind of rare kind in the Chinese circle that uses drama crime films to make a name for himself in Hollywood.
The world that is not hanging, from Bruce Lee to Cheng Long, Li Lianjie, etc., basically rely on action movies to enter Hollywood one by one, Ah Fa seems to be at the peak of mixing on Hong Kong Island, and he is still a variety of villains and supporting roles in North America, and his popularity is not high.
In the world of openness, Zhao Donghuai promoted one Hong Kong star after another to enter North America, and almost all of them plagiarized explosive songs and action movies to open the way.
Zunlong is really an exception...... In fact, the treatment situation of Chinese in North America and Hollywood is well understood.
If it weren't for the identity restrictions, his (Year of the Dragon) might not be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and it would be good for you to say that he is the big male lead, and the nomination is not worth it.
In the works of the film and television industry, gangsters or fierce villains are nominated for actors, are there still few? Leung Jiahui also took advantage of Johnny To's underworld 1 nomination and even won the Golden Horse Best Actor.
This is the reason why Zhao Donghuai said that Zunlong's current acting skills are not much worse than Zhou Yunfa or Wan Ziliang, if he were white, he would have been the actor a year ago.
Then Robert smiled again, "What about the heroine?" ”
When he heard Isabelle Adjani's name, Robert was overjoyed, "Of course, this French rose didn't say anything about her acting skills." ”
The book is good enough, the protagonist's acting skills are online, coupled with abundant shooting funds, Robert feels that this (Forrest Gump) is still very interesting, after all, he also knows that although Zhao Donghuai is a Hong Kong Island filmmaker, he can bypass several major Hollywood companies and directly cooperate with AMC to publicize it.
This, he just needs to do his best to do a good job as a director.
As for the Asian male lead as the absolute male lead in Hollywood blockbusters?? Robert doesn't care about this, after all, the investment is agreed.
I think that in order to prepare for filming (back to the future), it was that he and his friends were entangled with Hollywood from 1980 to the end of 1984 before filming officially started, and it was released in 1985.
Of course, with Back to the Future 1, the total cost of production is 19 million US dollars, and the global record of nearly 400 million US dollars, Robert's coffee position is soaring, and if he wants to direct a new film, countless large groups are already chasing him for money, and the treatment is completely different.
But he still wants to make a good film, and a good film with a good standard is worth doing for him, because he knows that the director of a big explosion will return to the period when no one cares about it once a new work hits the street.
There is no doubt that Forrest Gump's script is excellent enough, and this is definitely an international award-winning work! The box office should not be without a head, this kind of inspirational blockbuster depends on how it is filmed......
(End of chapter)