Partnering with Jiaxing?

Cheng Long actually wanted to refuse at the first time.

After all, he still has a project in his hand for the time being, "Detective Pu Songling", which has already been approved, and it is almost the same as iQiyi.

But the olive branch handed by Xu Jia, it was difficult for him to refuse.

He has heard of the other party's magical reputation in the Chinese film and television industry.

Not to mention anything else, last year's box office of "Wolf Warrior 2" was nearly one billion US dollars, even if he was Cheng Long, he was very greedy.

"If you want to cooperate, I have to state first, I can't be as impressed as before at my age, and I'm very expensive." Cheng Long said.

He is also very entangled in his heart, in case the book given by others is really good, and he wants to take a salary reduction to participate, whether to accept it or not?

He himself knows that he is no longer the Jackie Chan he used to be, he doesn't have so much box office appeal, and such a high salary is too cost-effective.

Now in addition to investing by himself and pulling people to cooperate, he would rather earn more and shoot nothing.

What reputation is not as important as money in the eyes of Xiangjiang artists.

This is also the reason why Cheng Long did not last in Hollywood.

Quite simply, he worked hard to squeeze into the $20 million club, except for a little bit of luck, that is, he didn't pick the script too carefully.

After the failure of "Around the World in 80 Days", it was time to be careful in picking the script, and then several movies in succession were just barely keeping their capital, so they naturally couldn't maintain their value.

Of course, the more objective reason is that he is getting older, especially as an action actor, the audience will only feel sympathy when they see him tossing and turning on the big screen.

"I think if we cooperate, salary is secondary, I have never treated others badly in money, if you are willing to join, a hundred million yuan salary, how about it?" The corners of Xu Jia's mouth rose and he gestured out a finger.

Even if the other party agrees, he really dares to give this price, because he is sure to use the other party to earn the money back.

For Jiaxing now, there are too many channels to recover costs, even if you lose money, there is no need to worry, it is nothing more than a matter of time.

This time, it was Cheng Long's turn to hesitate, and he was also tempted by a reward of 100 million yuan.

But Xu Jia agreed to him so lightly, but it made him feel that it was a loss to only get paid.

Thinking of the latter's record of so many cow beeps, he still decided to gamble on it.

"How about this, I get a salary of 50 million, and the rest is used as film investment, how much can I get a share?" Cheng Long said.

With his net worth, 50 million can still afford to gamble, not to mention that this is a sure deal.

The loss is also a loss to Xu Jia's money, and besides, the latter's credibility is put here, and his face is here, and he doesn't agree if he wants to lose too much.

"I estimate the cost of this project to be $130 million, and I will give you a 5% discount, is it acceptable?" Xu Jia opened his mouth and shocked Cheng Long.

It's not that the latter hasn't made big productions, but in his current situation, Xu Jia is still willing to spend one billion yuan to make a movie starring him, at least the sincerity can definitely be felt.

"It's hard to resist your kindness, if I refuse to continue, it will be a little unkind."

Cheng Long suppressed the joy in his heart and stretched out his hand: "I heard that Zhou Xingchi and Benshan are cooperating with you, and I still wonder why you didn't think of me, an old guy, I didn't expect it to be so big as soon as I made a move, and it is worthy of being the largest private entertainment company in China now." ”

The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and Xu Jia gave a promise of one billion investment in the big production, which also made Cheng Long's already cheerful mood more and more elated.

"This movie is a science fiction theme, probably about an NPC in a virtual game who suddenly has his own consciousness, discovers the conspiracy of the game manufacturer, and finally saves the story of the game world he is in.

"If the director's words, I plan to find Sean Levy, as for the heroine, I will audition when the time comes, special effects are the direction of future film development, and science fiction I think has a common understanding all over the world."

What Xu Jia took out was the movie "Runaway Player" released in 2021 in his previous life, and the cost of 130 million US dollars won a box office of more than 300 million US dollars, barely making a profit.

With the current position of him and Jiaxing, profit is actually secondary, and the important thing is whether they can use it to develop their own film industry.

Science fiction movies are a good direction, after "The Wandering Earth", this film is regarded as Jiaxing's second science fiction movie, which can perfectly inherit the popularity.

And looking for Brother Cheng Long to play the starring role is to value his audience popularity.

On a global scale, when everyone sees his face, at least there will be no geographical distinction.

Then, with the background of science fiction, it is enough to attract young people, and with Cheng Long's consistent reputation, he can also attract older audiences, in short, to expand the audience.

And Cheng Long's influence in Asia is second to none, and it is very convenient to use this film to help Jiaxing reopen the Asian market and the global distribution system.

It can be said that Cheng Long's role is not only to sell box office, but also to his reputation accumulated for decades.

Seeing that no one can take over the baton of Chinese movies, they will not take over and break the generation.

Of course, Xu Jia has to find a way to inherit it, even if it is partial, it will save him many detours.

"I'm acting in science fiction at my age, as long as you're not afraid that I'll mess up your movie."

Cheng Long instinctively rejects science fiction movies, he is more accustomed to staying in his comfort zone, even if he transforms, it is more of a gangster drama film such as "Shinjuku Incident".

But who let Xu Jia's conditions are too fragrant, with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, director Sean Levy is also a hot and well-known director in Hollywood.

He directed the "Wonderful Night at the Museum" series, which has accumulated more than one billion dollars at the box office, and the fantasy comedy theme has something in common with the sci-fi comedy of "Runaway Player".

and has also directed action movies, which can integrate the actions that Cheng Long is good at into science fiction.

Of course, the more important thing is that this guy was the original director of "Runaway Player" in his previous life, and Xu Jia originally wanted Guo Fan to shoot it.

The latter had just finished filming "The Wandering Earth" and happened to be able to take over.

But this movie, Xu Jia is aiming at the global market, so Sean Levy, the Hollywood director, is much more important, this guy is still Jewish, as we all know, Hollywood is the world of Jews.

Coincidentally, this director Sean is still at the awards ceremony, but the latter is a producer, and his crew "Arrival" is one of the nominations for Best Picture, which is a competitor to "Parasite".

"Don't worry, big brother, since I found you, I have a certain certainty, but you, you have to work harder next, exercise more, and there will be emotional dramas at that time, don't rule out hanging Weiya." Xu Jia reminded.

For Cheng Long, these are trivial, just hanging Weiya, he used to film and he was really fighting hard.

(End of chapter)