Chapter one hundred and seventy-eight is outrageous
"Ah this..."
Zhang Hong was shocked.
How can such a nonsense script work?
But after he thought about it carefully, it seemed that this script... indeed included all the elements that a Hollywood popcorn movie should have.
This is a standard Hollywood script.
The character design of the protagonist is also the kind of character that is particularly in line with the aesthetics of the people of the ugly country.
Sure enough, Donald was very excited.
He said: "Zhang, is this ending of yours... a preparation for the sequel?"
"So be it." Zhang Hong said nonchalantly, "It's not like that anyway. If it does well at the box office, make a sequel. If it doesn't do well at the box office, then give up. But there is no harm in leaving an Easter egg."
He rubbed his chin, "Actually, I don't think it's possible. If your company wants to make some money from this script, it might be okay, but it's hard to turn around."
When Donald was anxious, he burst out in a foreign language.
"Why do you teach me, sir?"
Although the literal translation is not this, it probably means this after translation.
"It's simple, you have to reverse the version." Zhang Hong snapped his fingers.
Bai Tian, who was already out of the situation, smiled and said: "Brother, if you follow my method, it will not be as good as your script."
It seems that Zhang Hong is the same type of person as him.
Bai Tian silently took a sip of wine and felt warm in his heart.
"Well, I don't have that idea." Zhang Hong denied his guess.
Bai Tian took a sip of wine silently, feeling cold in his heart.
Zhang Hong said with a smile: "There are too many movies with this kind of elements, so we need a plot or ending that can make the audience shine."
Donald couldn't care about his old friend at this time. He asked urgently: "What should I do?"
Zhang Hong smiled and said nothing.
Donald suddenly understood.
He turned back and picked up a box, put it on the table and opened it.
It’s full of green dollars!
. dollar!
"Zhang, here is one hundred thousand dollars, which counts as a deposit."
Zhang Hong waved his hand quickly, "We won't talk about knives today!"
"Damn it! If Zhang, you are worried, you can record it on your phone and keep it for business. There is no problem with this."
"That's not good. It seems like I don't trust you."
With that said, Zhang Hong took out his cell phone and turned on the recording.
Donald: "..."
Zhang Hong didn't feel offended by him.
Don't think that all foreigners are upright, everyone is actually the same.
If there is a real loophole, you can only bet on the opponent's character.
Even if Donald’s character is strong, does that guarantee that everyone at Columbia Pictures will be equally strong?
Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Zhang Hong doesn’t believe it anyway.
He was a man who used to record phone calls with his boss in his previous life to preserve evidence.
When everything was ready, he told his "evil plan":
"The ending can be changed. For example... the protagonist only has three vaccines in his hand, and then he injects one for himself and his daughter, and the last one is taken to the vaccine company for development and production. Then...
....
"Then the guy who appeared in the last Easter egg produced a vaccine, and then in the subsequent vaccine, he added nanochips to control humans."
"But this will be the plot of the second part. Only the protagonist and his daughter do not have chips in their bodies. If we want to develop a new vaccine, we can only dissect them and use their antibodies to produce new vaccines."
"In the end, the protagonist refused. He fought his way through the CDC and fled to the end of the world with his daughter, regardless of the life or death of the world."
Well, this is very similar to the plot of "The Last of Us" by Zhang Hong in his previous life.
Alas, it's a pity that he will never see "The Last of Us Part 2" appear in his lifetime.
The sequel was not released until he traveled through time.
As for the one with the same name, it is not a sequel, it can only be considered a fic at best.
Anyway, since the sales of "Beauty 1" are so high and it is still a perfect masterpiece, it means that people in most parts of the world are following this.
This is the so-called "one person against the whole world", "compared with most strangers and a small group of close people, I would choose a small group."
"Wonderful!"
As expected, Donald also fell in love with this trick.
"If you sir are willing to help us, then we, Columbia Pictures, will not have to worry about big things happening."
Well, that’s definitely not what he said anyway, but that’s pretty much what it means when translated.
"Let's wait until my matter is over. After that, I can go and see it with you. If you have the patience to wait another month or two."
Zhang Hong is a master of pastry painting.
He now has several scripts that he has produced but not filmed.
This Hollywood script can be divided into two parts.
There is also a script prepared for the future father-in-law, which can be divided into two parts.
There are only four scripts here and outside.
If you shoot continuously, it will take at least a year.
Not to mention that from time to time there are TV drama scripts from Li Hua that he needs to check.
And there is Bai Tian’s script that I will invest in later.
If only this were the case, we could just skip two years, go get an Oscar, and then finish it all together.
Unfortunately, I can't jump.
His condition is obviously acceptable to Donald:
"Zhang, let me tell you straight, this movie is very important to us, so I'm not sure now. Although this 100,000 yuan is a deposit, we may not make it unless the board of directors approves it."
Donald glanced at his watch, "I will go back and apply for a board meeting immediately. The results will be available within five days, and I will contact you then."
After that, he stood up and said to Bai Tian: "Bai, I'm going back. I'll treat you to dinner when you come."
After that, without waiting for Bai Tian to persuade him to stay, he left in a hurry.
This shows his urgency.
But Bai Tian didn't keep him either.
He knew Donald as well as Donald knew him.
This is an ambitious man.
Generally ambitious people have strong motivation and ambition, which he can understand.
And he doesn't hate this kind of person.
What he hates is rubbish that is incompetent and still pointing fingers.
After Donald left, he raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother, let's talk about our affairs. You said you want to invest in my script?"
"Three hundred million." Zhang Hong changed hands and gave away the box of one hundred thousand dollars. "This is the deposit."
This world is a little different from the previous life. The exchange rate between the two countries is not as exaggerated as 1:7 or 1:8.
However, due to different national conditions, the current exchange ratio is about one to three.
In other words, one sword is equivalent to less than three Chinese coins, but it's close.
This 100,000 knives is roughly equivalent to 2.89 million Chinese dollars.
Perhaps it is for this reason that no Chinese movie has ever had a box office of more than 3.5 billion.
The screen pulls back.
Bai Tian has been completely defeated by Zhang Hong's shamelessness.
He has never seen someone so talented and yet so shameless.
If you collect other people's money privately and then transfer it to me as your own, that's fine.
They collected the money in front of me, and then directly pushed it to me and said it was for my deposit.
And this deposit was obtained by robbing me of my job.
And this Party A was specially introduced by me.
That’s outrageous!
It doesn't matter whether Bai Tian accepts it at this time, or not.
Zhang Hong still felt confused, "Brother Bai, what's wrong?"
Seeing that his expression didn't look fake, Bai Tian suddenly smiled.
He still accepted the deposit, "Okay, then I will get a team here and contact you. The script also needs to be improved."
He felt that he was judging a gentleman's heart with a villain's heart.
Judging from Brother Zhang's expression and eyes, he really doesn't have any strange ideas.
And he is so anxious to make movies...probably for the sake of art.
This is a pure person who only sees movies.
Bai Tian likes this kind of person very much.
At this moment, the remaining dissatisfaction in my heart disappeared.
"Okay, let's talk later."
............
This wait lasted almost two months.
And the final box office battle has basically been settled.