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Chapter 98 Not a Fuel-Efficient Lamp (Part 2)

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Zhou Wenhuai laughed loudly, his face full of excitement. He stood up, paced in the office, and spoke to Wang Ben with a gaze of eyebrows and hands.

"Hahaha... "Jingwumen" is really popular overseas. Because "Jingwumen" tells the story of Chen Zhen fighting the Japanese. In Southeast Asia, which country has not been invaded by Japanese, it was very popular as soon as it was released. It was designated as a patriotic propaganda film on Baodao, and the military and public education systems are watching.

I originally thought that "Jingwumen" might not be welcomed in Japan, after all, it is a story about fighting the Japanese. But unexpectedly, the movie is very popular in Japan, and Li Xiaolong is called the "Saint of Martial Arts" by them! Alas! These Japanese are really cheap!..."

In Wang Ben's opinion, Zhou Wenhuai was so happy and excited. Looking at his smile, he probably wasn't so happy when he married his wife and gave birth to a son. Zhou Wenhuai kept talking about how popular the movie was overseas and how popular it was, but forgot to tell Wang Ben what he cared about most: box office!

At first, Wang Ben couldn't bear to interrupt his nagging words, and sat there and laughed at him as he turned out to be gentle and elegant, and became scattered. But afterwards, he saw that he was still talking nonstop, and he felt that Zhou Wenhuai's performance was a bit unbearable. Zhou Wenhuai's excitement was a little over. Wang Ben had to cough dryly and laughed: "Mr. Zhou, how is the overseas box office like this?"

Zhou Wenhuai then realized that his performance was a bit artificial. He quickly stopped nagging and embarrassedly helped the golden silk glasses that were smiling tilted, "Cough! Cough! Cough! I'm really embarrassed! I can only blame the box office of "Jingwumen" for the movie was so amazing."

Wang Ben was really impatient and asked simply: "Mr. Zhou, how much box office is there? Can you be so excited about it?"

Zhou Wenhuai suppressed his excitement and said: "The box office of "Jingwumen" in Japan reached more than 56 million Hong Kong dollars, more than 4 million Hong Kong dollars on Baodao, and more than 35 million Hong Kong dollars in Nanyang. In addition, the box office in the United States, Canada, South Korea and other places has steadily exceeded 100 million Hong Kong dollars."

"ah!"

Although Wang Ben estimated that the box office of "Jingwumen" would be amazing, he did not expect it to be so terrifying! This is not later generations, money is worthless. If a movie can achieve this box office, it would be shocking!

A box office of 100 million yuan, then I can get 30% of it, and 30% is... Oh my God! It's 30 million! 30 million! 30 million!

Wang Ben's heart was beating constantly, as if a war horse was running in his chest, and the speed was getting faster and faster, as if he accidentally jumped out of his chest.

He trembled and stretched out his hand to pick up the coffee cup, wanting to drink a sip of coffee to calm his excitement. But as soon as the coffee cup was taken into his hand, he couldn't control the force in his hand. With a "pop", the coffee cup was crushed by Wang Ben. Fortunately, the coffee in the cup had been drunk, otherwise it would definitely spill all over him.

"ah!"

Zhou Wenhuai saw Wang Ben shattering the quilt inadvertently, and his eyelids jumped. He suddenly remembered what Li Xiaolong said that Wang Ben's kung fu was far superior to him. Originally, he thought Li Xiaolong was raising Wang Ben, but it seemed that Wang Ben's kung fu was really shocking!

He couldn't help but exclaim: The charm of money is so great! Under the huge temptation of money, no one can stay calm. Hehehe... Wang Ben, it's indeed not as expected. I see how you will choose under such a huge temptation.

Wang Ben looked at the broken coffee cup, shook his hand, and didn't care. He kept shouting "30 million" and "30 million" in his heart! He still couldn't believe it. Originally, Wang Ben thought it would be great to have 10 or 20 million, but he didn't expect it to be more than 30 million!

Looking at Zhou Wenhuai standing on the side, Wang Ben thought to himself: If it weren't for working with you, if this movie was produced entirely by me, then the box office revenue of nearly 50 million yuan would be mine! It seems that in the future, I will still have to produce it myself independently, own my own theater chain, and contact overseas theater chains to release it myself, otherwise the profits will be eaten up by them. Fortunately, I left a backdoor on my contract with Shaw Brothers!

Zhou Wenhuai was still secretly proud, but he didn't know that his words further strengthened Wang Ben's intention to eat alone.

Looking at Wang Ben's inexplicable excitement, Zhou Wenhuai felt that the time was almost right. He thought: Wang Ben must be very grateful to himself now. An investment of 600,000 yuan will bring more than 30 million yuan in return. No matter whoever is grateful to me, he will be grateful to me.

Zhou Wenhuai said to Wang Ben with great enthusiasm: "Mr. Wang, look at how successful our cooperation is. It can be seen that our Jiahe has a very strong distribution ability. Although we cannot cooperate with "Eight Stars Newspaper", we have many opportunities to cooperate in the future! I wonder what the conditions are for Shaw Brothers to give you? Tell me, the conditions we Jiahe next time will definitely not be worse than Shaw Brothers!"

Hearing Zhou Wenhuai's words, Wang Ben calmed down immediately. Although it was more than 30 million, it could not make him crazy and lose his mind. Moreover, with Shao Yifu's performance demonstration before, Zhou Wenhuai's actions were a bit pediatric.

Wang Ben looked at Zhou Wenhuai coldly, thinking to himself: These old guys are more cunning than the other! Your "excitation" just now was performed, right? But I'm not afraid that you know Shaw's conditions. If you can propose conditions that are more beneficial to me than Shaw, I don't mind changing one another to cooperate.

Wang Ben clapped his hands, shook off the non-existent dust on his hands, and said with a smile: "To be honest, Uncle Liu gave very generous conditions. I don't think Mr. Zhou, you can propose conditions that exceed the conditions he proposed."

Zhou Wenhuai knew that Wang Ben calmed down and was not immersed in the box office and the atmosphere created by his performance. He couldn't help but sigh: Young people nowadays are so calm, treating money like dirt, and even 30 million Hong Kong dollars can't make him lose himself. And it seems that he also saw that I was acting. Since this is not possible, then I'll talk about it even more!

Zhou Wenhuai didn't care that he was seen through by Wang Ben, and was not embarrassed at all. He asked generously: "Oh? Mr. Wang, how do you know that our Jiahe conditions are not as good as Shaw Brothers?"

Wang Ben smiled faintly, "Five-5, priority is given to the screening, and the full screening will be held together. At least three weeks of release time. The same is true for overseas release. Mr. Zhou, look at the conditions of Shaw Brothers. Can you Jiahe propose better conditions? If possible, I will tear up the agreement with Shaw Brothers immediately!"

Wang Ben did not lie, "Eight Stars' Good News" is the condition. As for the release agreement for the subsequent film... Hehehe, will you tell Zhou Wenhuai if Wang Ben is? Wang Ben is reluctant to let Zhou Wenhuai propose a better condition!

When Zhou Wenhuai heard this, his face suddenly became gloomy and he couldn't help but wonder: How could a stingy person like Shao Laoliu put forward such conditions? Impossible! It's absolutely impossible! It must be Wang Ben's nonsense.

However, when Zhou Wenhuai saw Wang Ben's calm expression and open-minded appearance, he became half-believing and half-doubted. He thought to himself: Shao Yifu has his own theater chain, and he still earns a profit in his 50% share of the money. In addition, in order not to let Wang Ben cooperate with me, he might not have offered such conditions. What's more, Wang Ben must have taken advantage of the opportunity of the same phone call with me at that time...

The more I think about it, the more I feel that Shao Yifu is likely to put forward such conditions.

He couldn't help but curse: Shao Laoliu, aren't you hurting people with this? How could you let me get fired from a better condition than you?

Seeing that Zhou Wenhuai had been pondering, Wang Ben knew that he could not put forward better conditions. It was easy to say that the theater chain was in Jiahe's hands, and the 50% share was divided into such a share. Although it was a little less, it could at least make money. However, overseas box office was really difficult. Jiahe himself was still using the Cathay Cinema!

Wang Ben saw that the matter was almost done, and Zhou Wenhuai was also difficult to make a decision, so he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou, I still have something to do, so I will leave first. You should think about it slowly. However, if your conditions cannot exceed Shaw Brothers, then...sorry! I am just a businessman, and making money is the first priority."

When Zhou Wenhuai heard this, he could not think of better conditions. It would be impossible for Cathay Pacific to agree to such conditions if it was divided into 50% and 50%, let alone other harsh conditions.

"Why!"

He couldn't help but sigh, feeling a little sad. He said to himself: It seems that Jiahe has to face the double pressure of Shaw Brothers and Phantom International! I wonder how to live in the future?!

Zhou Wenhuai said in a hoarse and low tone: "It's okay, Mr. Wang. When you are doing business, no one can give up their own interests. I understand this. Let me think about it again! Since you leave in advance, I won't give it away. Once the overseas box office is divided, I will give you the money immediately."

Wang Ben nodded and smiled, "Then I'm waiting for Mr. Zhou's good news. Goodbye, Mr. Zhou, you don't have to send me it."

After leaving the set, Wang Ben turned around and looked at the set of Axe Mountain Road here, and then looked at the set of Qingshui Bay not far away. He couldn't help but pat his forehead and cursed with a smile: "Now these old guys are more cunning than the other. He always wants to take advantage of me. Fortunately, I am smart, otherwise I would have sold it to you!"

To be continued, please stay tuned, and it will be more exciting later. Please collect, recommend and evaluate!
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