The richest man

Chapter 168 The Hong Kong Director Becomes Self-improvement

"What conditions?" Zhang Jun frowned slightly, then asked.

Spielberg said: "I want 8% of the box office share, 3% of peripheral copyright income!"

When Zhang Jun heard this, his face immediately changed.

"Jurassic Park" has a global box office of almost $10 billion, and only 8% is $8000 million.Perhaps in this era, the box office of movies will not reach the level of 10 billion US dollars, but [-] to [-] million US dollars is still possible.

In the entire United States, there is no director whose salary can be so high.

Not to mention there is still 3% peripheral copyright income...

Of course Zhang Jun disagrees!
With Spielberg's current status, it is normal for the director to earn more than 1000 million US dollars. After all, the films he makes can make money for the company.Zhang Jun intends to offer a sky-high salary of 1250 million US dollars.

However, it is obvious that this amount of money can no longer satisfy Spielberg.

Zhang Jun paused for a while and didn't speak.

There is nothing wrong with Spielberg fighting for his own interests, but it is not in Zhang Jun's interests.

And once Spielberg gets such a high income, it will become difficult for Legendary Films to cooperate with other directors in the future.

Marvel movies have proved that "iron-struck camps and flowing soldiers", IP is more important than the director. If Marvel is not satisfied with the director, it can be replaced at will, and the box office results are still astonishing.

Zhang Jun couldn't help but shook his head. It might be difficult to cooperate with Spielberg now.

"Spielberg, the conditions you mentioned are too harsh, and I can't meet them. I can offer you a director's salary of 1250 million dollars!" Zhang Jun said.

Hearing this, Spielberg remained silent. He made several best-selling movies, especially "Jaws" and "King Kong", which broke box office records one after another. The film company made a lot of money, reaching hundreds of millions of dollars. But can only get 700 million US dollars.

There is a world of difference between the two.

When speaking, it is a bit reconciled to put it on anyone.

Spielberg made up his mind that in the future, when making movies, instead of a fixed salary, he must get a share.

So far, many Hollywood film companies have invited him to make movies, and the director's salary has already risen to more than 1000 million US dollars.Zhang Jun's offer of 1250 million US dollars is not very attractive to him.

"I'm sorry, Zhang, I hope to get the share of the film and a part of the peripheral income." Spielberg shook his head.

Zhang Jun refused: "That's really a pity, it seems that we can only cooperate next time!"

After speaking, Zhang Jun said "goodbye" to Spielberg and hung up the phone.

"Spielberg is not the director, who will direct?" Zhang Jun was worried!
The investment in this "Jurassic Park" is huge, and it is estimated that there must be at least 6000 million US dollars!
It took two years to find an excellent director.

Alas, leave this headache to your subordinates.

First select a group of directors for your own screening.

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December 1976, 2.

The new book "Jurassic Park" was released, and it quickly became popular all over the world!
This sci-fi work was already very exciting, and the previous life topped the bestseller list in the United States for several consecutive weeks, becoming the number one bestseller of the year!

In this life, due to the multiple blessings of Zhang Jun's identity, book sales will definitely be higher.

Long queues formed in major bookstores one after another. At one time, it was unbelievable that there were so many people queuing up just to buy books.

Among the team, there are mostly fans of fans, "Three-Body" book fans and game fans.

On this day, many bookstores were not well prepared, and the fans were so crazy that they did not expect that "Jurassic Park" was sold out that day.

At the same time, "Jurassic Park" also broke the first-day sales record of a new book in the world, reaching 80 copies!

Books in Europe and the United States are actually very expensive. For example, although "Jurassic Park" has only more than 20 words, it is priced at US$40 a book.

This is not too expensive, the teaching materials and books are expensive, more than 100 US dollars.

In any case, the first-day sales of 80 shocked the industry.

Penguin Press also made a name for itself.

The world's major media can't help being a sensation.

It sold 80 copies on the first day. After a year, it could reach tens of millions of copies.

"The book "Jurassic Park" may bring Zhang Jun hundreds of millions of dollars in income, my God, he is a god, he can make so much money!!!" an American writer envied.

"Maybe more than that..." Another writer friend drank coffee and said lightly, "You know, Zhang Jun's status is not ordinary, many fans will pay for it, and he is also a business tycoon, I think, those who are curious about him There are more people, and maybe they will be very interested in "Jurassic Park". In addition, the novel will also be adapted into games and movies. Think about it for yourself. When the games and movies are released, the "Jurassic Park" novel Will it explode again?"

"Yeah, you're right. All in all, he's different from us! The genius is so terrifying!!!"

"Yes!"

It's rare for a book to explode into global debate, but Jurassic Park did.

Book sales are on the rise.

A month later, the sales of "Jurassic Park" reached 1300 million, shocking the world.

In Hong Kong, the popularity of "Jurassic Park" has not dropped at all.

Countless media are calculating how much money Zhang Jun has made!
Books are produced and distributed by themselves, and most of the profits are on their own side.

Du Yinshan, a well-known economic critic of Oriental Daily, said: "After my careful research, Zhang Jun can probably earn 20 dollars from each copy of "Jurassic Park". Within a month, this book alone earned 2.6 million US dollars! You may not be able to imagine, but he did it!! Of course, I don’t know how much the publicity fee is, but I don’t think it will exceed 1000 Ten thousand dollars, many media are spontaneously promoting "Jurassic Park"!"

As soon as Du Yinshan's remarks came out, it immediately caused a sensation in Hong Kong.

"Mother Xipi, I don't know what to say anymore, Zhang Jun is so awesome, he earned 2.6 million US dollars so easily!!"

"Don't be envious. The publishing house is our own, so the profits are naturally high. Otherwise, most of the profits will be distributed to the publishing house. It would be nice to have 1 million US dollars!"

"From this point of view, Zhang Jun is quite prescient. First, he spent a huge amount of money to buy a large international publishing house!"

"Hey, Jin Yong has written novels all his life. I'm afraid his income is not as good as this "Jurassic Park"..."

"Yeah, it's only been a month, and it's obviously not the final sales volume. I estimate that it will sell tens of millions of copies!"

""Jurassic Park" is only about 20 words. I heard that Zhang Jun only spent a week to finish writing it. One week!!! Fuck, this f*cking week created hundreds of millions of benefits. It really compares people to people , pissed off!"

"Don't talk about it, it's very disturbing, jealousy makes me almost unrecognizable!"

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At this time, all the bigwigs in Hong Kong were having dinner and chatting.

When talking about Zhang Jun and his "Jurassic Park", everyone was a little speechless.

Bao Yugang picked up a piece of steak, put it in the corner of his mouth and chewed slowly, with a wry smile on his face.

"This kid Zhang Jun really puts us older generations to shame!" Bao Yugang shook his head and sighed, "One book can make so much money, I'm afraid it's the only one in the world!"

"We can't compare with this monster, or we will be pissed off sooner or later!" Zheng Yutong laughed, "Which writer in the world would be a singer with tens of millions of fans? Besides, he is also a master of science fiction. Very famous. As far as I know, "The Three-Body Problem" is very famous abroad, and many people regard it as a science fiction treasure!"

Li Jiacheng joked: "If I had his talent, I would write a novel as soon as I was short of money. Maybe I would become the richest man in the world after writing it!"

"I think it is difficult to become the world's richest man simply by writing a book. However, if the IP value of the book is developed, it may be possible!" Shao Daheng said at this time.

At this time in Hong Kong, people are no strangers to IP.

Both Shaw Brothers Film Company and TVB are actively learning from Legendary Group and developing IP as much as possible, but the effect is not significant.

But Zhang Jun's creation of IP is as simple as eating and drinking, which makes Daheng Shao extremely envious!
"Indeed, the development of ip peripheral industries is hugely profitable, such as comics, games, novels, movies, toys and others," Li Jiacheng said, then paused, yearning for it, Brilliant Arcade Company is also developing arcade games, and also Bought thousands of "Ling Xiao" game substrates from the current Legendary Technology Company.

A spaceship shooting game developed by Brilliant Arcade did not sell well, but even so, it brought him a lot of income.

It is a pity that the competition in the arcade industry has become fierce.

Many arcade machine manufacturers have cut prices one after another, and now the price of an arcade machine has dropped below $1000, and the profit is far less than before.

Only the legendary technology company is making a lot of money, and the "Lingxiao" game board is still selling for 600 US dollars. You can't do it if you don't buy it...

Shao Daheng looked at Li Jiacheng and thought to himself that the strength of Brilliant Arcade is one of the best in the arcade industry in Hong Kong. Shaw can definitely cooperate with Brilliant Arcade to develop IP together.

"Mr. Li, Shaw Brothers has some well-known IPs. If they can be made into arcade machines, they might become popular! Do you want us to cooperate?"

"Haha, no problem, this is a good thing, of course I am happy!" Li Jiacheng laughed.

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At this time, Zhang Jun has already written the script of "Jurassic Park", because he will not invite Spielberg to shoot, so he wrote the script in great detail, especially the movie storyboard script, almost guiding others How did you shoot it.

Zhang Jun was originally the director, otherwise because he was busy, would he still need to hire someone else to be the director?

Perhaps, after his business empire is stabilized, he may shoot some super blockbuster movies for fun, to let people know what a real audio-visual feast is!

dong dong dong! !

There was a knock on the door, and then, Shangguan Muye, the general manager of Legend Technology Company, walked towards Zhang Jun with a look of excitement on his face.

"Shangguan, seeing your excited face, is there something good to do?"

"Yes, boss, great news!!!"

Shangguan Muye nodded, and continued, "The Walkman has finally been developed!"

"Oh?!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jun stood up excitedly!

Walkman is a gold-absorbing weapon, Sony's logo, and was selected by "Time" as one of the most influential electronic devices in history!

Shangguan Muye walked up to Zhang Jun, and then took out a cuboid electronic device from his pocket. It had a sky blue plastic shell, and the side of the button was painted white.

Zhang Jun took a look, isn't this the Walkman!
"Boss, here is a sample, you can try it out!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Jun took the Walkman, put on the earphones, and pressed the play button. There was already a music tape in it, which was Zhang Jun's previous album "Thriller".

The music came out from the earphones, Zhang Jun listened quietly and nodded slowly, the sound quality was very good, no worse than a tape recorder.

The Walkman Walkman project has been developed for more than a year, and it costs a lot of money. Don't look at this Walkman, but it actually involves a lot of technology. It is easier to make a large product, but it is difficult to make it small and exquisite. The legendary technology company also broke through many technical difficulties to make it like this.

A few minutes later, Zhang Jun took off his headphones, put the Walkman on the table, looked at Shangguan Muye, and asked, "The thing has been made, have you thought about how to promote it?"

"Think it over!" Shangguan Muye nodded.

"What way?" Zhang Jun asked again.

Shangguan Muye smiled when he heard the words, and after a few seconds, he replied: "Boss, if you want the best promotion effect, it depends on you!"

"Look at me? Why?" Zhang Jun wondered.

Shangguan Muye smiled and said: "Boss, tell me, if you release a new album at this time, and the new album can be bundled with Walkman, what do you think will be the effect?"

Zhang Jun was taken aback when he heard the words, but he couldn't help thinking that this method was very good.

Using his fame and new album to promote Walkman should soon make Walkman popular all over the world.

At this time, Zhang Jun couldn't help but think that Philips agreed to cooperate on the CD so happily, maybe because he valued his influence in the music industry...

"Okay, let's improve the Walkman again. If you think there is no problem, you can prepare for mass production. This product will definitely sell well, and there will be no problem selling millions of units a year. Don't wait for my new album to be finished. You Tell me that the stock is insufficient." Zhang Jun reminded.

Shangguan Muye nodded, "Yes", and then asked, "Boss, how long is your new album production time?"

"More than a month is enough..." Zhang Jun thought for a while, and replied, he was only recording songs this time, not shooting an MV, so the speed would be much faster.

"Boss, it will take three months. The Walkman's production line needs to be redesigned. The factory's production capacity is limited at the beginning, and it can produce about 50 units per month..."

"There are only 50 units per month, and the production capacity is low. It is best to increase it to 100 million units."

"Boss, the production capacity has increased so much, will we sell it all by then?"

"Try to produce 500 million units first. If sales slow down, we will reduce production capacity. We must ensure that the number of products is sufficient in the early stage."

With 500 million Walkmans, Zhang Jun is still very confident in selling them.

"Ok."

As soon as Shangguan Muye left, Zhang Jun was thinking about what songs to copy for the new album.

After more than an hour, 10 English songs were transcribed.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jun handed over 10 English songs to Huanyu Records, and first arranged the soundtrack. After everything was ready, he went to record the songs directly.

The next morning, the American branch of Legendary Films recommended a list of directors to him.

Zhang Jun looked at it, but none of them satisfied him.

Just then, Zhang Jun's father walked in.

"Son, I heard that the director of "Jurassic Park" has not been confirmed yet?" Zhang Zhenghao asked.

Zhang Jun nodded: "Well, Spielberg's conditions were too harsh, and I didn't agree, so I plan to try to choose a director again."

"Then what do you think of me?" Zhang Zhenghao asked with a cheeky old face.

"Dad, do you want to be the director of "Jurassic Park"?!" Zhang Jun was stunned.

"Yes, I have also made quite a few movies, but I have never made such a big-budget Hollywood special effects computer, and I want to try..."

Hearing this, Zhang Jun fell silent.

Hong Kong directors hardly have the opportunity to make such a big-budget movie.

In the future, special effects blockbusters will be the mainstream.

Do I have to rely on American directors to make movies in the future?Why not cultivate a group of directors who can make blockbuster special effects films from now on?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Jun said to his father: "No problem, Dad, you will be the director of "Jurassic Park". In addition, some young directors who are studious and willing to endure hardships will be arranged to study in the crew..."

Zhang Jun agreed so quickly, but Zhang Zhenghao was a little embarrassed, "Son, the investment in "Jurassic Park" is so large, what if the filming fails..."

Without saying a word, Zhang Jun interrupted, "Don't worry, you can shoot according to the script I wrote, basically there is no problem. And I will check the content of your film from time to time, and reshoot if it doesn't meet my requirements. All in all , I will also participate in the creation of this movie!"

Zhang Jun would rather spend a little more money to train his father and a Hong Kong director than hire Spielberg.

Moreover, Zhang Jun is very confident that with him as the producer of "Jurassic Park", he will not be too surprised with the original work, and maybe it can be improved even better!
To put it bluntly, Zhang Jun asked his father to make a movie, but in fact he copied the script. The level of Hong Kong directors is actually not bad, but they have no chance to make blockbuster movies.

Zhang Zhenghao was relieved when he heard that his son would also participate in the filming and creation.

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At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Legendary Film Company held a press conference to announce that the candidate for the director had been confirmed, and it was none other than Zhang Jun's father, Zhang Zhenghao.

As soon as the news came out, the audience was in an uproar.

Immediately, a reporter stood up and asked loudly: "Excuse me, why didn't you invite Spielberg to be the director of such an important film as "Jurassic Park"? Zhang Zhenghao is just a Hong Kong director. He can make a good Hollywood blockbuster?!"

Many people questioned.

Standing upstairs, Zhang Jun looked at the skeptical voices at the scene, his face darkened, and he became more and more determined in his decision to use Hong Kong Chinese.

"Who said Hong Kong people can't make blockbuster movies? I'll prove it to you!"

The news spread to the United States immediately, causing an uproar.

A large number of "Jurassic Park" fans expressed their disappointment and hoped that Zhang Jun would re-select the director.

The major Hollywood film companies were originally very interested in this movie, but when they heard that the director was replaced by Zhang Jun's father, they all lost interest in investing.However, the distribution rights of the film can still be fought for. If the film becomes popular, it can still make a lot of money.

"Zhang Jun is really stupid. Looking for a Hong Kong director to make a blockbuster with special effects, I think he will fail this time!" At a reception, a producer of Warner Bros. mocked.

On the side, the executives of Universal, Disney, Columbia, etc. heard the words and laughed one after another...

(End of this chapter)