Chapter 154 Investing in Microsoft and Oracle respectively
After looking at Sean Corbett in surprise, Zhao Donghuai hesitated and said, "I'm still worried about the copyrights of a few movies, but... it's not very suitable, right?"
"This is like taking something from someone else's mouth. What if someone doesn't like me and shoots me in the face?"
Sean had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat and almost couldn't breathe. He threw himself on the street. You are a big gangster who is extorting this and that. Why don't you consider the risk of someone beating you up?
If there weren't so many Pan-Asian elites who have been on the battlefield, you would have been crushed to ashes, okay?
What's even more outrageous is that at this stage, since many citizens are allowed to bring their own dry food and play financial investments and speculate in 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!
If an outsider wants to come in and take advantage of Zhao Donghuai, then any taxi driver or passerby could tip him off to someone named Zhao once he discovers something is wrong.
Including those from the police force or some mixed societies!
伱 Zhao Donghuai also brings the bad guys of the society to make a fortune together? This is not because he takes the initiative to bring the bad guys of the society, but at present, in all walks of life and in all aspects of Hong Kong, there are too many people who are related to the society. They may open a rental business and are affiliated with a certain society.
, as well as those who drive minibuses.
Even in the employee system of Wanjia and Baijia, it is very common for salespersons and cashiers to have eldest and second brothers in their families, or for their older cousins to join a club.
When the employee circle begins to raise funds for investment, it is natural to incorporate small amounts of money from some club members.
There are tens of thousands of direct employee groups who eat with Zhao, and there are so many folks in the New Territories. The radiation covers too many people from all walks of life.
After all, many people in Hong Kong Island have begun to enshrine Zhao Donghuai’s memorial tablet at home!
No one worships Jesus so sincerely.
Resisting the desire to vomit blood, Sean said sincerely, "Zhao, as long as you like it, it's okay. If you have any problems, we will help you communicate."
"It's the 1980s, and everyone is decent and can talk about everything."
Zhao Donghuai then hesitated and said, "I think the Transformers launched by Hasbro is good. Can I buy the live-action movie rights? Will it be too difficult for you?"
Sean knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter as soon as this guy opened his mouth, but the rights to the live-action Transformers movie?? "We will take care of it. You must not accept this wave of investment from rich people."
In the past, when we helped citizens make money, they still claimed that their principal was limited.
A rich man in Hong Kong has made a fortune, and then there is a huge amount of capital to snatch their flesh. You said that Shao Yifu, Lei Juekun, Zou Wenhuai and other rich people have already ended long ago, just like Cheng Long, Hong Yanbao and Hu Huizhong.
Are the stars gone too?
They did end.
But compared with Li Chaoren, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and other tycoons, those are just small tycoons. Li Chaoren, Li Zhaoji, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and others are all tycoons holding large groups with a market capitalization of tens of billions!
Once the situation is over, the funds that can be mobilized will be huge.
500 million may become 2 billion, 10 billion, or 20 billion at any time!
Also, the former group is Zhao Donghuai’s own people and allies in the film and media circle, but the latter group is really not the case!
Even if they snipe with all their strength and smash the plates, it's easy for them to collapse.
The Transformers animated series produced by Hasbro has been on TV since 1984. With Hasbro’s strength, it will definitely not easily sell the rights to the live-action movie.
But Hasbro is also a North American capital, and Wall Street also represents the highest level of American capital. Everyone can talk about it when they sit together!
Zhao Donghuai was overjoyed and reached out his hand, "Okay, I'll trouble you. I won't accept the 500 million from this guy named Wu."
Sean quickly smiled and shook hands. As soon as they parted, Zhao Donghuai said again, "Actually, I quite like the masterpiece Lord of the Rings..."
Sean's face instantly turned black, you are so rude!
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 with you to make the decision, that is not impossible to discuss. We will let the British capital do the work."
Zhao Donghuai was stunned, "What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly. Did you hear it clearly?"
When he looked at Amin and Azhen, the two women shook their heads quickly to show that they didn't hear clearly.
Sean took a sip of coffee, then gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, just wait for my news. We will get the rights to the live-action remake of (Transformers) as soon as possible. However, this may be the same as Universal's (King Kong) rights.
Zhibao and your Zhao family also have the right to film."
After chatting for a while, it was a pleasant meeting for the first time after half a year of fighting in the financial market.
After Xiao En left, Zhang Min smiled happily and said, "Boss, I just came in and reported that directly. There should be nothing wrong, right?"
After Amin came in, he told Sean that there was a rich man named White Glove who wanted to invest 500 million. Of course, he did it on purpose, hoping it would help with the negotiation.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect Sean to be quite talented. He can speak Mandarin and Cantonese so well. I almost thought he was from HSBC or Jardine..."
Azhen smiled sweetly on the side, "That ghost guy was outside just now. He used Cantonese to express his identity and purpose to us."
Zhao Donghuai suddenly realized, no wonder.
The next moment, he said to Azhen, "Go and check, whose money is this 500 million? Even if it is a rich man, if he is hiding his head and tail for me, does it belong to the enemy?"
More than an hour later.
This 500 million fund has been found out. Wang Dehui’s...
Director Zhao was a little speechless. He thought it was Li who copied people's money and was so hidden, but he didn't expect it was Lao Wang.
Forget it, although Lao Wang is super stingy and was kidnapped once, he was not willing to pay a high salary to hire a bodyguard, and then was kidnapped and tricked to death again. He is a bit strange, but he is also a pure capitalist.
He will bring the bottom and middle-class citizens together to make a fortune. When encountering this kind of big capital? What is this kind of capital thinking? Want to eat shit?
If the copycat Li comes in, the copycat dares to invest 500 million, so he dares to invest in the foreign exchange market and lose all his principal to face the copycat. Has he been competing with American capital, British capital, etc. How many have been exposed?
Aren't warehouses very common?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Lao Wang... Even without Sean's visit, there is no reason for him to help other capitals get rich. They are already rich enough.
Sean comes to visit and wants to help him get the rights to the live-action Transformers movie??
Then it would be even more impossible to accept it.
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A few days later.
On March 17, the second weekend box office of "Speed" also came out, with 26 million U.S. dollars, which added up to 47 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, and "Shark Beach" also hit 18 million U.S. dollars again.
In the March period, Speed of Life and Death ranked first at the box office for two consecutive weeks, and Shark Beach ranked second at the box office for two consecutive weeks!
Let’s not talk about how Lola Fonna’s popularity exploded in North America. Stanley Durwood from AMC Cinemas took the initiative to call and praised Director Zhao with all kinds of polite and enthusiastic words, and then hoped that he would film it as soon as possible (
cat and mouse game).
At this stage, with the various ZZZQ operations of Mr. Huang Weiming and the explosion of two blockbuster movies, (Cat and Mouse Game) really became famous before it was filmed, and the popularity was in a trance.
If Zhao Donghuai hadn't sent someone to contact Frank Abagno Jr. for the first time and had already spent money to buy out all the film and television adaptation rights, Hollywood would have directly set up a project to snap up the film. Frank Jr., the prototype of the cat-and-mouse game, has also become a hit recently.
Many publishers are looking for him to publish his autobiography!
Warner also came to contact Zhao Donghuai more than once during the period when various ZZZQ and cat-and-mouse games were booming, wanting to make a big movie with a male protagonist.
It was under this situation that Wang Jing, Xu Ke and others returned from the mainland with Cai Shaofen, Cameron Diaz, Richard Norton, Wu Mengda and other (Home Alone) creative teams.
This does not mean that they have finished shooting all the scenes. In one and a half months, they just finished shooting the indoor scene in the mainland where the little ghost fights the stupid thief, as well as the outdoor scene in the snowy scene where the street where the little protagonist lives is located.
For the rest, various airport scenes need to be shot on Hong Kong Island. The airport scenes are mainly scenes with the young protagonist’s family, brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters.
There are also scenes where the young protagonist goes shopping in a supermarket, street scenes, etc.
This requires making snow again. Even if the snow is made once, it melts after a few hours of use. You still have to make snow again to continue shooting.
Since there are two versions of the young protagonists, Cai Shaofen and Cameron Diaz, their parents, brothers and sisters are also from two groups, one is Chinese and the other is white. But this is easy to say, there is no shortage of a lot of them in the Hong Kong film industry.
Chinese actors are available everywhere.
White bit parts?? Since Hong Kong movies have 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 become
I have been studying at Yaxi for more than half a year.
Now Zhao Films' movies are looking for white actors and supporting roles, and there are also a lot of choices.
When meeting with the main creative team of the film, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said to the two directors, "You shoot as soon as possible, try to finish filming everything by the end of March, and take off to North America to shoot (Cat and Mouse Game) in April. People there can't wait."
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Wang Jingcan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, boss, we will definitely complete the task, but if a Christmas movie like Home Alone is to be filmed at the end of March, wouldn't it be best to wait until Christmas this year to be released?"
Director Zhao nodded, "That's right. In theory, the Christmas season is the best time to show this movie, as it suits the occasion best, and then the specifics...it depends on the situation."
Zhao's cinemas now have a six-hall model. In theory, six different movies can be shown at one time. What is the schedule? The Christmas schedule is definitely the best in North America and Europe.
When Hong Kong Island will be released, it really depends on the situation. He hasn't directed a film in half a year. If there are no blockbusters in the summer, it will be fine if it is released in the summer.
That's not right. If they were shot quickly, "Cat and Mouse" or "Juno" might not be able to grab the summer slots. It's just that the box office of these two movies is hard to say.
After 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 said thank you, "Thank you very much, boss, I really appreciate you..."
Zhao Donghuai was speechless. Looking at Xiao Tiantian who still looked like a tomboy, he could only sigh, "It's okay. You will study hard and work hard in filming. Your mother's situation is a bit bad, but now after a month or two, she can be regarded as temporarily recovering."
Bet on it."
If you passively quit gambling for a month or two, as long as it lasts for a while, it is not hopeless to quit gambling completely.
In the future, Xiao Tiantian, or Mrs. Niu, was once again moved to tears and left a lot of good words before leaving. For Zhao Donghuai, this was just a matter of saying a few words, but for Cai Shaofen, it was a major event that directly changed her life and destiny.
In mid-to-late March, filming of Home Alone continued.
ATV has launched the second round of rebroadcasts of "The Legend of the White Snake". This popular costume myth drama has also been sold to Bendong Province, South Korea, island countries and other places.
The one that took over the prime time slot in the evening was the variant version of "Stairway to Heaven" created by Fatty King himself. As soon as it was aired, TVB was once again lackluster.
After all, the popular Zhang Guorong came to act in a TV series, and he was the leading actor in a character like Stairway to Heaven?? This is a dimensionality reduction attack.
Lan Jieying is so popular as one of the lead singers in the Thigh Era and her good looks make all the SPs crazy about her.
Two handsome men and a vicious female supporting role are praised for their acting skills in a TV series. It is not just Gong Li who is passable... Gong Li also started to become popular with the popularity of the TV series.
It was during this period that the fifth awards ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Awards, which was won by Zhao Donghuai, was held at the Regent Hotel!
ATV broadcasts the entire event live!
The nominees for the best film were (Super Body) (The End of Love) (Lie Hao) (Police Story) (Woman's Heart), and the final winner was (Super Body). Even a big sci-fi popcorn movie can win.
Big prize?
Well, the real significance of (Super Body) is that it officially kicked off Hong Kong's major science fiction special effects films, and it is the foundation and representative of the film industrialization.
This is similar to the new wave film movement in Hong Kong that just started a few years ago.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Super Body won the best movie, analogy (Star Wars) in Hollywood.
Best Director? No matter how many nominations there are, the winner is of course Zhao Donghuai.
Best Actress, Isabelle Adjani in "The Ghost Story"!
Nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, or even Best Actor are still self-praising words in Hong Kong movies.
So when Isabelle Adjani actually flew from France, accepted the award on the spot and delivered a speech, the entire Haowan film and television industry in Hong Kong became a sensation that night, including Wanwan over there.
After all, Adjani's resume is really impressive, she was nominated for Best Actress at the North American Oscars, two César trophies for Best Actress in France, and one Best Actress trophy at the Cannes Film Festival!
When such an award boss comes to accept the award, it is like directly elevating the Hong Kong Film Awards to several levels!
Moreover, at the awards ceremony, although Zhao Donghuai did not leave the show and other members of the crew collected various awards for him, the three tycoons Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, and Lei Juekun were all present.
Including Zhou Huimin and Monica Bellucci, two stars who have also been promoted to capital bosses, this lineup is the most peak lineup since the inception of the Academy Awards.
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On a new day, various media outlets in Hong Kong are reporting on this Hong Kong Academy Awards, mainly focusing on Isabel Adjani’s ranking and marketing...
If you look at the Oscar nominations for Best Actress, the Cannes International Best Actress came to accept the award and also recognized the Academy Award. Then last night's Best Actor Zhang Guorong, didn't he become a Best Actor of the same level as the Cannes Best Actor?
Have the auras of honor of other grand prize winners also risen to many levels?
As for marketing, you are too familiar with Zhao Media!
In the large office on the 32nd floor of the Zhao Financial Center Building, Isabel Adjani took a sip of coffee and then smiled and said, "Zhao, I'm sorry about what happened last time. I really couldn't spare the time. However, if you want to operate
Cannes International Film Festival Award Honors.”
"I can help. Super-body, human-ghost romance is not enough, and those that have been released on a large scale around the world and bombed everywhere, including Life and Death and Shark Beach, are not going to work."
"It's a bit of a pity. If Shark Beach hadn't been released, there would have been a real chance to run the Cannes Film Festival. It's very difficult to win the award. The probability of getting a nomination for a Best Actress is still quite high."
The Cannes International Film Festival is usually held in May. Its rules are stuck during the competition for awards. There is no large-scale theatrical release and it has not participated in other major international film festivals, so many movies are stuck.
This rule is not too rigid, but super bodies, unresolved relationships between humans and ghosts, and even shark beaches, etc., have bombarded so many countries and regions, and there is definitely no way to run awards.
Zhao Donghuai laughed and said, "It's okay. It's already great that you can come and receive the Best Actress Award."
To increase the influence of awards, Pengci is the fastest and most efficient way.
Let’s just talk about Miao Qianren (the movie “Woman’s Heart”), Gong Li (the movie “Police Story”), and Wang Xiaofeng (the movie “The Wrong Mandarin Duck”) who were nominated for Best Actress together with Adjani this year.
These few are suddenly competing with international movie queens like Adjani and Oscar nominees? It’s normal to lose. The feeling of being a celebrity is completely different!
If we follow this strategy in the future, the Academy Awards will probably beat the Golden Horse all the way. Of course, this is also the face given by Adjani... Although Adjani was not able to continue to cooperate with Zhao Donghuai when she was planning (Cat and Mouse Game) last year because there was no schedule.
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But before January 1st, Zhao Donghuai contacted her and asked her if she was interested in using her salary to invest in Japanese yen, and Adjani got on board.
With a capital of one million U.S. dollars, from January 1st to March 20th, the daily yen continued to increase by 6.5%, and with 20 times leverage, I made a profit of 1.3 million U.S. dollars.
Even though Adjani has a bit of a weird personality, she doesn't pay much attention to the pay when choosing movies, but she does need to live and raise her children, and try to give her children a better growth environment, so money can't be ignored at will.
Ignored.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to Hong Kong last year to film "Ghosts". After "Ghosts" became popular around the world, she took on two new films with a salary of US$2 to 3 million, which is also proof of this.
Under this kind of relationship, it is normal for Adjani to give face to accept the award and to be willing to help run the Cannes International Film Festival awards.
This is really not called bribery. Whether it is the North American Oscars or the three major international film festivals in Europe, operating awards requires money. These are explicit and not hidden rules. The movie (Juno) has not yet started filming in North America.
If we film it now and finish it in more than a month, we really hope it will be screened at Cannes this year, win various awards first, and then be released in theaters.
But Nicole Kidman's performance has not yet reached the level expected by Zhang Amou and Huang Jianxin. She needs to practice more and get better at it.
After thinking about it, Zhao Donghuai suddenly took out a script from the drawer and said, "Adjani, do you want to consider taking on a new script??"
Adjani smiled and nodded, "I have finished filming two previous films in Europa, and now I have a schedule."
When she took the script, she saw the name (Forrest Gump).
Forrest Gump was written by Winston Groom last year and was just published this year. However, sales of this one were mediocre at first. It was not until 1994 that the film starring Tom Hanks was released, and it became popular all over the world.
It grossed $670 million at the box office.
Forrest Gump was only beginning to be promoted as a bestseller.
It was March 20, 1986. Zhao Donghuai bought the film and television rights from Jie Hu, just spend money.
Just when Adjani was sitting in the reception area reading the script, Qiu Shuzhen ran in and reported coquettishly, "Boss, you have already taken 15% of Microsoft's shares. I also bought 1% with a loan, and I will continue to do so."
For sale?"
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Buy it, you won't lose money."
That's right, it was March 1986. One week ago, March 13th, was the day when the famous Microsoft IPO went public. The market opened on that day at $21 per share, with a market value of more than $500 million, and closed at $28 per share.
, with a market value of US$700 million, equivalent to more than HK$5 billion.
From that day on, Zhao Donghuai asked several traders from the financial investment team to help him acquire Microsoft.
At 21 US dollars per share, Microsoft had a total of 25 million shares. Zhao Donghuai had already bought 3.75 million shares, making him one of the major shareholders with 15%.
The money is currently in his name, and he has spent almost over 100 million U.S. dollars and 800 million Hong Kong dollars.
Is it worth it? I can only say that everyone understands it. The probability of him controlling Microsoft is almost non-existent, but it is not difficult to make a lot of money by buying low and selling high in the stock market.
Azhen bought 1%, which is equivalent to an investment of more than 7 million US dollars and 50 to 60 million Hong Kong dollars. She bought it with a loan because a large amount of her money has been invested in the foreign exchange boom.
In the first wave of foreign exchange speculation, A-Zhen made 100 million Hong Kong dollars. She bought a large villa for her family, a car, and a commercial store on the street. Then she used the property as a mortgage and took 50 million from the bank to continue investing in the second wave of foreign exchange market.
Now, I took another loan of 50 to 60 million and bought 1% of Microsoft.
Zhao Donghuai also knows that with the development of the times and Microsoft's various actions, he wants to maintain the current shareholding and make additional investments.
But the additional funds are nothing compared to Microsoft's prospects?! As long as you sell them for cash at the right time, you can make a lot of money.
Azhen smiled again and said, "Then Oracle continues to pursue investment? You asked Monica to buy Oracle, and now it has 12% of the shareholding. Zhang Min poured his personal money into it, including loans, and it also accounts for 1%."
The famous Oracle Group was listed on March 12, just one day earlier than Microsoft. It opened at $15 per share and closed at $20.75, with a market value of $270 million.
Monica and Zhang Min's pursuit of the investment was the same as Zhao Donghuai and Azhen's investment in Microsoft. Monica already owned 7% of CLP Hong Kong, the majority shareholder of Marvel, plus the original 20% of AMC.
But these assets have always been paid for by Zhao Donghuai. She holds the equity on her behalf as a white glove. Only Oracle's investment is the two to three billion Hong Kong dollars she earned from the first wave of the foreign exchange market, and she poured it into Oracle.
Zhang Min's personal assets are very small, far from enough to buy 1% of Oracle, but the loan... she relied on Zhao Donghuai's identity as personal secretary to easily get a loan from the bank to buy 1%.
Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Let them continue, and they won't lose money. Even if this investment doesn't look at the long term, it will still make a lot of money in the short term of one or two years."
In the early days when personal computers took off, you really wouldn’t lose money if you held the stocks of these two groups. If you could guarantee long-term holdings? Then the ranking of the world’s richest people would be a daily routine!
It's just that it is unrealistic for Chinese People's University to hold shares for a long time.
Qiu Shuzhen looked around, glanced at Adjani who was concentrating on reading the script, and then whispered, "Boss, we should switch now. The two of us will vote for Oracle, and Monica and Amin will vote for Microsoft. This
The name is too unpleasant, isn’t it a curse on you?”
Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "Do you have itchy skin again?"
Azhen gave him a watery provocative look in return.
Well, Director Zhao could only let her get out of the way first, and then deal with her later. After A-Zhen ran to the wine cabinet, opened a bottle of champagne, and drank and chatted for a while, A-Jani put down the script and came over with a look on her face.
He exclaimed, "Zhao, the story of Forrest Gump is really exciting, inspiring, and..."
After a series of compliments, she asked curiously, "I've accepted the role of the female lead. Who do you plan to cast as the male lead??"
Zhao Donghuai took a sip of coffee and said, "I'm still thinking about it. I've already sent out invitations to actors. I'm not sure, but the ones I've chosen are all acting talents."
In fact, he has considered continuing to ride on the trend of political correctness in Hollywood and have Forrest Gump be recast with a female protagonist, with Adjani as the main heroine...
However, some things are too much, and with the foreshadowing of the variant version of Home Alone (a cat-and-mouse game), just explode first.
There is no need to continue to ruin the classics.
It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t want the box office for the cat-and-mouse game, but there’s no need to increase the firepower on political correctness, Forrest Gump.
As for (Juno) (Shark Beach)? These two movies are not included. Originally, the original version had the main heroine.
As for Forrest Gump, he thought about finding the original Tom Hanks? That guy's salary was too high.
The salary is too much and not worth it.
After much selection, he gave film contracts to Zhang Guorong, Zun Lung, Wan Ziliang, and Chow Yun-fat. He chose Lao Wan and Ah Fa because their acting skills were good, but he was worried that they would not be able to act like North Americans.
Ah Fa was not used last time because his ethics in love and intimacy scenes were too low. In Forrest Gump, we didn’t have that concern because there weren’t many intimacy scenes.
Choosing Zhang Guorong is because of his status in the music industry in North America. This role can attract box office and greatly weaken the resistance of white movie fans.
Zun Long is... This is a story about being born as an orphan. He went to North America at the age of 18 and has been working hard in North America for more than ten years. He really became famous in North America not through action movies, but through a crime film (Year of the Dragon).
Chinese stars.
Zun Lung's acting skills are not bad either. At this stage, they are not much worse than Ah Fa and Wan Ziliang.
It depends on the situation, when the other party comes, and several male protagonists compete with each other on their acting skills.
Adjani thought for a few seconds, "If I take the job, will you personally direct the film?"
Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "I won't direct anymore. I will choose a suitable director to do it."
The protagonist of Forrest Gump was involved in the Vietnam War and was interviewed twice by the North American Black Palace Commander. There were too many scenes and clips in North America, so it was not suitable for him to go to North America.
Just because he is currently bringing all the citizens of Hong Kong, as well as American and British capital, etc. to grab meat, there are probably hordes of people who want to kill him now that he is leaving Hong Kong. He can rely on the simulator to predict the future again and again and defeat his opponents in advance.
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But there are too many people in a row, which is quite annoying.
The Black Palace may not even issue an order to arrest people directly.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Adjani's eyes, and then she said with a smile, "Okay, I have a schedule within half a year, and the salary doesn't matter. You can pay it as you like. I'll leave first, so I won't disturb you anymore."
The salary doesn't matter, just give it as you like?
This is of course the reason why I invested US$1 million in the financial sector on January 1st, and now I have made a profit of US$1.3 million.
After meeting a magical person like Zhao Donghuai, not to mention that she didn't care much about the pay when she took the movie. Even if she is a money-hungry person, it is impossible to get stuck in the pay.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! How much is the salary for a movie? How can it be as generous as the terrifying profits thrown into the financial foreign exchange market?
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On March 25, Zhao Donghuai left Azhen and Zhang Min, who were full of knowledge, and took a helicopter from the Financial Building to Zhao Films.
When he walked down the sixth floor from the rooftop of Zhao's Film Studio, he saw a white man in his 30s waiting in the living room.
Director Zhao was overjoyed, smiled and stepped forward, extending his hand, "Welcome to Hong Kong Island, Mr. Robert."
This thirty-year-old white man is the director of the original version (Forrest Gump). Don’t think it was years in advance. Robert doesn’t have that kind of directorial ability. This guy himself was the director of last year’s (Back to the Future).
Back to the Future was one of the top-grossing box office masterpieces in the global film industry in 1985.
Until 2019, media statistics ranked the directors with the highest cumulative box office in the world. The first place is Steven Spielberg, James Cameron is sixth, Christopher Nolan is eighth, and Robert is tenth.
Since Robert entered the industry, his ability to hit the box office has been very strong. After much thought, Zhao Donghuai still wanted to invite the original director to give it a try.
After a polite exchange, the two went into the office and read the script.
After waiting for more than an hour, Robert closed the script with a look of amazement on his face, "The script is very strong. If it is filmed well, it will definitely be a masterpiece that will compete for awards, and it is not hopeless to be a box office hit."
“This book is so inspiring!”
"As long as the remuneration is okay, I will accept this script. But Zhao, you are also one of the world's top directors. Whether it's a super-body or a love affair between a human and a ghost, your films are all excellent enough. Why don't you direct it yourself??"
Zhao Donghuai smiled and asked his work secretary to hand over two cups of tea. He took a sip and sighed, "There is nothing I can do. If I go to North America to direct, I might be beaten every day."
"It's better to stay in Hong Kong Island and wait for the finished product."
Robert's smile gradually became funny. What does it mean to be beaten every day? Did he hear it wrong, or did he understand it wrong?
After dozens of seconds of silence, Robert asked curiously, "What's the budget for this movie?"
Zhao Donghuai continued, "20 million U.S. dollars."
Robert was ecstatic, "20 million U.S. dollars is enough to shoot a blockbuster, but what about the male lead? The lead actor's salary must be set, and not too much can be taken away from the budget."
The total cost of Back to the Future, which he directed last year, was only US$19 million. As for the 1994 version of Forrest Gump, the cost was US$55 million? That was too much for the leading actor Tom Hanks.
money.
Tom Hanks earned US$40 million from Forrest Gump. Of course, this is the salary plus dividends. In the 1990s, the top male stars in Hollywood earned US$15 million or US$20 million, plus 15%.
Or 20% dividend interest.
The U.S. dollar in 1986 and the U.S. dollar in 1994 are also two different things. Let’s just say the appreciation of the Japanese yen... The other side of the appreciation of the Japanese yen is the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.
A doubling of the Japanese yen's value in a few years is equivalent to a doubling of the U.S. dollar's value!
Zhao Donghuai laughed, "The protagonist is Leslie from our Hong Kong Island, or John Long. Did you know? There are two alternatives. I guess you won't be impressed even if I tell you."
Robert suddenly said, "Leslie? He has a good acting ability in The Last Days of the Dead. His influence in the music industry is even stronger. He will be a powerful weapon in attracting box office."
"As for John, his Year of the Dragon is simply one of the most handsome gangsters. I'm really impressed, but his salary is much cheaper than Leslie's!"
In fact, the real explosion of "The Last Emperor" came after the release of "The Last Emperor" in 1987. This movie won various awards and pushed the reputation of "The Dragon" to its peak, and then... I was confused, got deceived in various ways, and gradually became unknown.
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But last year he was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Year of the Dragon". He is definitely one of the rare people in the Chinese circle who has made a name for himself in Hollywood with the help of dramatic crime films.
In the world of Wu Gua, from Bruce Lee to Cheng Long, Jet Li, etc., everyone has basically relied on action movies to break into Hollywood. Ah Fa seems to have reached the peak of his career in Hong Kong, but in North America he is still playing various villains and supporting roles.
It's not very popular either.
In the world of cheating, Zhao Donghuai promotes Hong Kong stars one by one to enter North America, and almost all of them plagiarize popular songs and action movies to pave the way.
Zun Long is really an exception... In fact, we all understand the treatment situation of Chinese people in North America and Hollywood.
If it weren't for his status restriction, his (Year of the Dragon) might not have been nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. It's not wrong to say that he is a leading actor, and he is worthy of being nominated for the best actor.
In the film and television industry, are there too few gangsters or fierce villains who have been nominated for Best Actor? Tony Leung Ka-fai also won the Golden Statue and Golden Horse Best Actor with the help of Johnnie To's nomination for Triad 1.
This is why Zhao Donghuai said that Zun Lung's current acting skills are not much worse than those of Zhou Yunfa or Wan Ziliang. If he were white, he would have been the actor's successor.
Robert followed and smiled again, "Where is the heroine?"
When he heard the name of Isabelle Adjani, Robert was overjoyed, "Of course this French Rose has great acting skills."
The book is good enough, the protagonist's acting skills are online, and there are ample filming funds. Robert feels that this movie (Forrest Gump) is still very exciting. After all, he also knows that although Zhao Donghuai is a Hong Kong filmmaker, he can surpass Hollywood.
Several major companies directly cooperate with AMC for publicity.
For this, he just needs to do his best as a director.
As for the Asian male protagonist being the absolute male protagonist in a Hollywood blockbuster? Robert doesn't care about this, after all, it was agreed upon by the investors.
To prepare for the filming of "Back to the Future", he and his friends struggled with several Hollywood majors from 1980 to the end of 1984 before the filming officially started, and it was released in 1985.
Of course, with Back to the Future 1, the total production cost was 19 million US dollars, and the global record was nearly 400 million US dollars. Robert's popularity has skyrocketed. If he wants to direct a new film, he will already have countless big groups chasing him to give him money.
The treatment is completely different.
But he still wants to make good films, and only good films with excellent standards are worthy of his work, because he knows that once a hit director's new film hits the market, after two or three consecutive hits, he will return to the period when no one cares about it.
There is no doubt that the script of Forrest Gump is excellent enough. Once it is finished, it will definitely compete for international awards! The box office should also be successful. This kind of inspirational blockbuster depends on how it is shot...