Zhao Donghuai smiled, "Do Ju and Huang Baiming know that Depp's salary has increased? Even if the island country guy has bad intentions and wants to do other things, it will be written in the contract that Depp will be paid US$15 million in the end.

"

On the 28th, Depp reported the news to ATV. He was already in Guangdong Province at the time, but after working on the phone, he agreed.

Being able to push Depp to $1,500 in the Hong Kong film industry? This is a display of Hong Kong film’s hard power.

At this stage, not many people in Hollywood can earn 15 million US dollars. As for the 20 million dollar club? That was basically the mid-to-late 90s, when Jim Carrey, Hanks, Michael, John, Harrison and other established white male giants reached 20 million dollars.

club.

Now in Hollywood, only Tom has proposed to increase the share of the remuneration early, asked for the share, and was not cheated, so he can make a profit of 15 million US dollars or more from one movie.

Depp's Spider-Man 1 has reached the 10 million club, which is a top-notch performance.

This represents the explosive remuneration of a Hong Kong film star. Zhao Donghuai will not refuse. Do you think that once Depp signs the contract, his life will begin to collapse? Can the island nation's film and television producers really learn blockbuster production from the crew??

In fact, until now, the island country has not fully understood one thing. They want to control Columbia. Even if they understand the production model, if the global theater chain can't handle it? It's just a waste of time and fuss.

The theater chain is the biggest obstacle.

This is the reason why Zhao Donghuai does not object to Depp receiving a salary of US$15 million when speaking to the outside world.

Wang Zuxian shook his head, "You probably don't know yet. Ah Ju thought that just holding a new movie contract would be enough, but when he and Huang Baiming went to invite Depp, they should know about the new trap."

"What do you think of this project? This project is mainly about Huang Baiming independently setting up New Art City and establishing Yonggao Film's pioneering masterpiece. They also asked you if you want to buy 51% of Yonggao's shares. In addition to Huang Baiming, the other shareholder is Luo Jiecheng.

, is a good friend of Ah Hing, the Tiger of Wan Chai."

Zhao Donghuai shrugged, "I don't care, they can shoot if they want, and I won't invest in it."

If you really want to invest in it, then it will be an internal film. How can Depp, Jennifer Aniston, and Julia Roberts get any amazing salary?

This is really true. I wonder if they will be scared off when it comes to the final salary? No, they all want to hire Julia Roberts, who now accepts movies for six to seven million US dollars.

The whole thing is already much more ruthless. How about an additional $5 million for extra stimulation? Doesn’t it seem too scary?

This lineup clearly shows that they are using the appeal of several white superstars to defraud box office in Europe and the United States.

As for the book? Zhao Donghuai really has a little impression of it. The original track starred Zhang Gedu, Huang Zhan, Mo Shaocong, Zhou Huimin, Li Lizhen, Ye Yuqing and others. It was written by Gao Zhisen's apprentice Ma Weihao and directed by Gao Zhisen.

The lineup was pretty good when it was released in 1992. At that time, Ye Yuqing couldn't help but help herself, and the series "Qingben Jiaren" became popular!!

And the box office? Hong Kong Island took 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars in box office, ranking 45th on the 1992 annual box office list. This is still 45th among Chinese-language movies, not counting Hollywood blockbusters.

Ranked at the box office of Hollywood blockbusters, it would have been outside the 50th place in its original trajectory.

So... Zhao Donghuai was stupid to invest in Huang Baiming's new company. Looking at Yonggao Film and Television from its opening to the end, there is only one movie that belongs to Super Fighter. However, this movie has been filmed and released long ago. It was completed in the late 1980s. The copyright

In Golden Princess.

You say? At that time, Yonggao had been bankrupt for two years.

The next moment, Zhao Donghuai asked curiously, "Aju asked his father to add money again? I really didn't expect that he not only chased funds, but now he can also cooperate with Huang Baiming, and he also wants to invite Julia Roberts?"

Xiaoxian was stunned for a moment, "I think I heard that Ju Shao went to the bank to borrow money. He was taking a big gamble after losing more than 30 million Hong Kong dollars before filming officially started."

Zhao Donghuai couldn't help but fell silent. Depp paid 15 million U.S. dollars, Aniston and Julia received 13 million U.S. dollars, and the film salary investment was 218 million Hong Kong dollars?? Even if Ah Ju has paid 62.4 million Hong Kong dollars, that is still the final payment of 156 million.

“How much did Yonggao invest?”

Xiaoxian explained, "It seems that the remuneration is 50 million Hong Kong dollars, and then the director, assistant director and supporting cast team are all covered. Ah Ju accounts for 70% of the total investment, and there is 30%!"

In terms of salary investment, Yonggao only spent between 22% and 24%.

How many percentages should I add for other productions?? It’s okay.

No, at this stage they don’t know that Depp has increased his price? Do you think the total salary of the three white stars is HK$179 million? The investment of 50 million accounts for about 27%, so they only set 30%?

Good guy, Ah Ju is very good at bargaining.

Forget it, it’s really hard to say whether a mediocre love movie can help those guys recover their profits in the end, what if it turns out to be a money-loser again?

Wait, the script and the plot seem to be pretty good. It's mainly a comedy starring the male lead, Zhang, who plays a drug addict. It always gives people a feeling of watching a movie that is better than a cat and a tiger. That's why the box office is so miserable.

?

Zhang Beidu starred in the original track and followed suit. Except for Ah Xing, almost all the original cast members were invited, including Zhang Min, Qiu Shuzhen, Huang Bingyao, Wu Mengda, and even Huang Xiaogui, the chemistry teacher, etc. Aaron Kwok also played supporting roles for him, and he also grabbed the lead role.

Released before.

The director is Wang Jing.

It's just a rush...

If Ah Ju invites a cast like this, will the movie become a box office hit? In fact, the script is quite interesting.

………………

In an office building in Kowloon Tong, when A Ju knocked on the door of Huang Baiming's office, before Huang Baiming could say anything, A Ju went straight to the point, "Brother Ming, I was scared by the script before."

"This time we are working together. After I went back, I thought about it again and again. I always felt that this script can be changed again? Try to make it better?"

Ah Ju is still in a good mood now. He has a new script structure and is planning to officially start filming. He doesn't know about this because he is the one being kept in the dark.

Wang Yu, Xiang Laoshi and others were not familiar with him, and they only cheated him out of money once. Of course, they had to hide it in the early stage. As for the project submission to Zhao Donghuai, they felt that the new script was good and could be filmed.

Zhao's Pictures will not directly tell Ah Ju in a big way.

He really thought he had jumped out of a big hole. Losing more than 37 million Hong Kong dollars was a big trap, but it was better than throwing all the 100 million Hong Kong dollars invested there, right?

And as long as the new movie is made, big stars like Depp and Aniston can make a lot of money at the box office by just shooting a love story. Have you ever seen how much the Hui family's Ah Heng made?

In the end, the total box office exceeded 2.5 billion Hong Kong dollars!

Compared with this big prospect, the first loss of more than 37 million is not unbearable.

He first got a book written by Li Zhiyi, which is a love triangle. It tells the story of the male lead, a big singer, who has a brilliant career. When he reunites with his childhood best friend, the second male lead, he is introduced to the female lead by the second lead actor and falls in love with her.

But the second male lead got to know the female protagonist earlier and also liked her.

Then the two male protagonists are taking a step back because of their friendship. After the collapse of their careers, the second male protagonist plans to leave completely to make the first male and female protagonists happy. The first male also takes a step back after learning about it, putting aside his love and career first, and completing his childhood with the second male protagonist.

dream.

In the end, the hero and the heroine end up together.

It’s about love, friendship, brotherhood, and the male protagonist’s career is music!

No matter how I looked at it, Ah Ju thought the script was good and wanted to film it all by himself. That's when Huang Baiming came to him, wanted to cooperate, and came up with the script.

At first, Ah Ju disagreed, as he too hoped that the running love triangle would reach glory.

But Huang Baiming asked him, apart from being an actor once, you don't understand the process of film project establishment, location scouting, preparation of shooting plans, building a team from scratch and completing post-production, right? What if you find an unreliable director or assistant director?

What should I do if they join forces to trick you?

It's a trivial matter to cheat you out of your money, but if you don't understand the rules and expose the privacy of a big star to an unscrupulous tabloid in order to make money, and make random hype, which angers several protagonists and stops filming, what should you do?

To describe it simply, Huang Baiming said that Ah Ju can't live up to the rules... Hong Kong Island's general entertainment weekly gossip magazine rarely reports negative news about celebrities, including romantic relationships.

Ever since Murdoch came and took over Daily Daily and Ming Pao, paparazzi from his Sun newspaper and the like have also been active here, with Zhao Donghuai shaking them, and those paparazzi don't dare to mess around.

But they are still keen on following celebrity gossips and scandals. Even if the filming is not published in newspapers, it is still common for them to contact celebrities to ask for hush money.

Ah Ju can also pay hush money, but if it happens too often, is he really not afraid of angering Depp and others? Aniston has no gossip, but Depp... he is not a saint. To be precise, Depp was married before coming to Hong Kong.

, divorced.

At this stage, I am not talking about people in the industry, but it is still common to occasionally give back to his fans for welfare. He likes to be in the rock circle and knows everything about rock.

Ah Ju was convinced and turned to cooperate with Huang Baiming. Not only was this a senior filmmaker, he also had a commanding presence on the set. Another Yonggao partner was a good friend of Sun Kee Tigers of Wan Chai.

After the death of Tiger of Wan Chai, he personally directed a film to commemorate his old friend, and it was easy to control the situation... At least at this stage, the opponent's intimidation power is much stronger than that of Ah Ju, an ordinary rich second generation.

But after thinking about it, Ah Ju just felt that the script was still not quite right.

What does this script say? The male lead has a crush on the female lead 2 at first, and fails to make an appointment with the female lead 2 to celebrate her birthday on his birthday. He feels very lost and dejected.

I went to a laser disc store with my best friend, wanting to choose a disc and watch a movie to relieve my boredom.

The boss who sells CDs gave the man a laser disc and said that if you are broken up, you should read this. It teaches people how to fall in love. When he went home and opened it, the woman ran out of the TV and taught him how to fall in love.

Fall in love, chase a girl.

After he taught the first boy, he gradually became successful, and the second girl agreed to him.

The first girl also fell in love with the first boy, but she disappeared, returned to the CD, and couldn't be found. The first boy fell in love with her, and the second girl angrily married someone else.

Male one's friend and colleague male two took away another laser disc at the same time as him. After seven days and seven nights, his hair turned white. The original pair was Mo Shaocong and Li Lizhen.

The finale is an open ending three years later, when the male meets a beautiful girl who looks the same as the female at work, and after she leaves, he pursues her.

When Ah Ju read the script for the first time, he was impressed by how good it was and how creative it was.

It's like the otakus of later generations hope that the teachers in the D drive will come out one by one and play games with you. It's very gimmick.

It can be funny, shocking, and all kinds of nonsensical misunderstandings.

But after thinking about it, he felt that it was not very reliable. He always felt that something was strange, but he couldn't explain it and couldn't describe it accurately.

Having experienced the psychological shadow of Wu Yusen backstabbing them, Ah Ju now needs a sense of security too much, so he asked to continue changing the script.

Huang Baiming was stunned for a moment, then asked Ah Ju to sit down and poured tea, "Young Master Ju, how do you plan to change it?"
To be continued...