The richest man

Chapter 39 Sales to Europe and America
Wang Chao had dinner with several colleagues, and after reading today's newspaper, he couldn't help discussing in surprise.

"It was said in the newspaper that Zhang's film company has changed its name to Legendary Films. Alas, it's really strange, why did it change its name? But to be honest, I'm so jealous. "Drunken Master" only gets a share of RB's box office, and Legendary The film company can share 2275 million Hong Kong dollars. It is more than 2000 million, and my monthly salary is only more than 1000 Hong Kong dollars. How long will it take me to save so much money!"

"The combined share of Hong Kong and Taiwan is almost 1000 million Hong Kong dollars! "Drunken Master" is currently being screened in Southeast Asia, and the box office results are quite good. According to media estimates, Legendary Films can get another more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars from Southeast Asia! "

"I can't believe it, "Drunken Master" made Legendary Films more than 4000 million yuan! How can making a movie make so much money?! I want to make a movie?"

"Hehe, it's more than 4000 million? It hasn't been released in South Korea yet, and I heard some gossip that European and American film companies want to buy "Drunken Master" and "Serpentine Hand"! They use US dollars, 1 U.S. dollar is equal to 5 Hong Kong dollars, once these two films are sold, I think they can easily sell millions of dollars..."

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"Drunken Master" really made Zhang Jun a lot of money.

It also attracted the attention of European and American film companies, and now they have sent people over to buy the film.

The most sincere among them is [-]th Century Fox.

At the moment in Zhang Jun's office, Zhang Jun received Patrick Powell, a senior executive from the [-]th Century Fox Film Procurement Department.

Patrick Powell is a typical Jew, very shrewd.

Although Bruce Lee passed away, his influence is still alive, and Kung Fu movies are also very popular in Europe and America.

Cheng Long claims to be the second Bruce Lee, which seems to be a good gimmick, and European and American audiences may buy it.What's more, "The Serpentine Hand" and "Drunken Master" have already sold well in Asia, and European and American audiences should be very interested in these two films.

"Mr. Zhang, you're a lion. It's impossible to share. We, 200th Century Fox, are willing to pay a big price to buy out the two movies for 100 million US dollars. Each film is [-] million US dollars."

"Mr. Powell, after the release of Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", I don't want me to tell you how high the global box office is. "Serpentine Hands" and "Drunken Master" have already proved their strengths in Asia, with only 200 million US dollars, you Just wanting to buy out these two movies, it’s a whimsical idea. Buy out these two movies for 600 million US dollars, or share it!" Zhang Jun is firm.

When Powell thought of the box office of "Enter the Dragon", he couldn't help but feel more eager for "Serpentine" and "Drunken Master".However, the price should be lowered, and the price should be lowered.

Powell said: ""Enter the Dragon" is a Chinese-American co-production, with white and black actors in it, while "Serpentine" and "Drunken Master" are purely Hong Kong films, which may not be popular with Europeans and Americans..."

The two fought with each other and talked all morning.

In the end, Zhang Jun agreed to sell the European and American copyrights of "The Serpentine Hand" and "Drunken Master" for US$450 million. The buyout price for "Serpentine" is $200 million, and "Drunken Master" is $250 million.

If Zhang Jun wants to use Cheng Long to open up the European and American markets, he must first let European and American audiences know him well.These two films can be regarded as a stepping stone, so the sales are not very expensive.

After some time, Zhang Jun plans to open a branch in Hollywood, USA, and start to enter the American film market.

The Hong Kong film market is too small to satisfy Zhang Jun's appetite at all.

In the afternoon, Zhang Jun signed a buyout contract with Powell, the representative of [-]th Century Fox.

Soon, $450 million arrived.

That night, the news spread to the outside world, causing an uproar in the industry.

450 million US dollars, or 2250 million Hong Kong dollars.

If you think about it, Legendary Films has made more money with the movie "Drunken Master" than Shaw Brothers' movies made in a year, which is admirable.

As the leading actor of these two movies, Cheng Long's net worth also skyrocketed further.

Golden Harvest has already signed a film contract. Seeing that even European and American film companies want to buy a film starring Cheng Long, he couldn't help thinking of making a Sino-US joint venture film to continue the legend of Bruce Lee.

"Enter the Dragon" gave Golden Harvest a taste of the sweetness of the European and American markets, and now they want to have another bite.

Therefore, Zou Wenhuai immediately asked the screenwriter to change the script and put the background of the story in the United States.Then I called Zhang Jun and wanted to communicate with Zhang Jun. After all, it would take a long time to go to the United States to make a movie.

After the call was connected, Zou Wenhuai exchanged a few words and then got down to business.

Zhang Jun listened to Zou Wenhuai's narration, pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

It would be good to let Cheng Long go to Hollywood to learn more.

It was his first time making a movie in the United States, and he must have been very uncomfortable.

Movie box office is hard to predict.

In the previous life, "The Killer's Trenches" starring Cheng Long suffered from Waterloo.

There is no doubt that if Golden Harvest co-produces a movie with an American company, the American producer will definitely ask Cheng Long to become "Bruce Lee's second".But Cheng Long does not have the fierce martial arts effect of Bruce Lee, and his own humorous and funny style will definitely be affected, and the action scenes will inevitably be tedious and nondescript.

Zhang Jun can already imagine that this co-production will probably fail in the end.

If this movie fails, on the one hand, it can lower Cheng Long's salary, and on the other hand, it can prove that Jiahe is not good.

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As the share of the film was credited to the account, Zhang Jun was ready to take the money and put it into the bottom-hunting operation.However, the company pays quite a lot of taxes and has to leave some necessary working capital, so it can only invest 2000 million Hong Kong dollars.

In addition to movies, "Hong Kong Youth Comics Weekly" should be Zhang Jun's current cash cow.

It has been able to make a stable profit of 43 Hong Kong dollars per week, which is only the Hong Kong comics market.In the next step, Zhang Jun intends to make "Hong Kong Youth Comics Weekly" enter Southeast Asia, Taiwan, South Korea and other regions.The comics markets in these regions are very weak, and they do not pay enough attention to them, so it is very suitable for "Hong Kong Youth Comics Weekly" to establish branches.

But at RB, Zhang Jun thought about it and decided to take a slightly softer approach.

The RB business community has always been relatively exclusive, and they are powerful. If "Hong Kong Youth Comics Weekly" enters the RB comics market rashly, it will inevitably suffer multiple blows, and I am afraid it will be difficult to open the situation in a short time.

At this time, there is no Internet, and there are few publicity channels, and good works are likely to be buried.

Zhang Jun just wants to make money, so it's okay to cooperate with RB comic magazine, the most important thing is to create IP.You can't make a lot of money just by selling comics.Right now, there is probably no one in the entire RB who understands IP value better than Zhang Jun...

PS: Let’s update another chapter tonight
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