Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 577
After Chen Hao flew to the United States with Xiaoying, he went directly to Liangtianchi Films.

After knowing that Chen Hao was here, Smart walked into Chen Hao's office with a bunch of documents.

Seeing this, Chen Hao sighed helplessly, and after receiving the documents, he said, "How is the company doing recently?"

"The "Human Skin Inn" released at the beginning of the year finally achieved a box office of 4732 million US dollars. Compared with its investment cost of 450 million, the return on investment has reached 10 times!" Smart laughed.

Smart has always been a supporter of low-budget horror films, and this time with "Human Skin Inn", he finally felt proud.

"Very good." Chen Hao nodded in affirmation.

"In view of the good box office and reputation of "Human Skin Inn", I plan to launch the second part next year while the iron is hot." Smart said.

"That would be the best." Chen Hao said with a smile.

The vast majority of sequels are profitable, and often more profitable than the first, and sequels are always one of the biggest tools for making money.

"How is 'Dancing Out of My Life' going?" Chen Hao asked.

"Last weekend also won a box office of 561 million U.S. dollars, and now the cumulative box office has reached 5849 million U.S. dollars." Smart said, "However, this movie has aroused strong coveted by Disney."

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, and then he understood it after thinking about it.

Disney's largest audience is children and teenagers. The "Mickey Mouse Club" it founded is a talent show for child stars, from which many teenage idols, including Disney princesses, emerged.

And the biggest target group of campus youth musicals like "Dancing Out of My Life" are young girls, which is exactly in line with Disney's audience.

It can be said that "Dancing Out of My Life" perfectly meets all of Disney's requirements. At the beginning of the year, Disney itself released the same type of film "High School Musical".

But no one has too many good projects, and "Dancing Out of My Life" is a film that can shoot multiple sequels, which can provide great help for Disney to launch its princesses, so it is not surprising that Disney is eyeing it !

"What did Disney say?" Chen Hao asked.

"It's best to buy out the copyright. If it doesn't work, we can develop together." Smart said, "But in terms of male and female protagonists, Disney wants to have the right to decide."

"What benefits can we get?" Chen Hao asked.

"Get higher box office share with less investment, as well as cooperation in distribution channels." Smart said.

Chen Hao smiled when he heard the words, there are many giants who want to cooperate with Liang Tianchi Films, and it is not certain who will take advantage of the distribution cooperation.

"Let's wait and see!" Chen Hao said.

Smart nodded and said, "I Am Legend is scheduled to be released on December 12."

In order to cater for the awards season in North America, Chen Hao's Chinese films are basically released in December.

"The other thing is that the company's loans and debts this year have been repaid." Smart said, "The loan is 1530 million US dollars, and Marvel's debt is 5000 million US dollars."

Chen Hao nodded upon hearing this.

"The loan is 1530 million US dollars per year, but Marvel's debt is 5000 million this year, and it will be 7000 million US dollars next year. The pressure on the company is not small." Smart said.

Chen Hao's Marvel superhero movie universe project shocked the entire North America, but it was greeted with more ridicule and schadenfreude.

Smart is noncommittal about this, and it is a done deal. As the actual person in charge of the company, he is more concerned about bearing such a large debt every year, which feels like Alexander.

An independent film company is burdened with such a large debt, and if it is not careful, it will go bankrupt and liquidate, or be acquired.

"The company is now able to obtain a lot of copyright income every year, which should be enough to pay for the loan. As for Marvel's debts, we need to work hard to make money." Chen Hao said.

"That's natural, but movies are like gambling, and no one can guarantee that they will always win." Smart said, "Our ability to resist risks is still far from sufficient."

Chen Hao nodded when he heard the words. It is true that no one but himself is sure of victory, but he still has to give Smart a reassurance.

"Don't worry, if it's really not possible, I will pay part of it myself, and the debt will not affect the normal operation of the company. Don't worry about that." Chen Hao said.

Smart was relieved when he heard that, "That's good!"

After Smart left, Chen Hao began to work hard, processing documents.

However, soon Chen Hao received a call from Davis.

"Chen, I heard you came to America." Davis laughed.

"Why, are you in a hurry to arrest me and go to the set?" Chen Hao asked.

"That's not true, I just want to talk to you about our next cooperation." Davis said quickly.

Chen Hao's contract with Sony Columbia ended after the filming of the next film.

But just looking at the box office of "The Da Vinci Code" and Chen Hao's amazing 100% success rate, Sony Columbia definitely wants to renew the contract!
There are too many people who want to cooperate with Chen Hao, and Sony Columbia is naturally worried that Chen Hao will leave him and find another partner.

"We're all old friends. As usual, as long as the conditions are right, I will give priority to cooperating with you." Chen Hao said.

Davis laughed when he heard this, and Chen Hao said that he cooperated with him instead of Sony Columbia, which showed his position in his heart.

At least in Sony Columbia, no one can bypass him and cooperate with Chen Hao, this is his trump card.

The two chatted for a few more words before hanging up the phone.

Later, Chen Hao received a call from Brian Smith of Lionsgate Films. Like Sony, Lionsgate Films lost the qualification to invest in Chen Hao's film after the next movie ended.

It's just that Lionsgate doesn't have the resources that Chen Hao is optimistic about, so Chen Hao just pretended for a while, and then ended the call.

Afterwards, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., and Universal also called Chen Hao, and they were very well informed.

Again, the global box office of "The Da Vinci Code" and Chen Hao's never-missing success rate have made many Hollywood giants very excited.

Even if it's the Hollywood ceiling salary for Chen Hao, as long as they can succeed, they will earn far more than Chen Hao.

As for Chen Hao, he didn't refuse either. As long as the conditions are right and the script is right, then they can cooperate.

Of course, Chen Hao also made requests, such as wanting the copyright of Universal's "Fast and Furious", the copyright of 20th Century Fox's Deadpool, etc. In addition, as long as the box office dividend is paid, no matter how high the profit dividend is.

The "Fast and the Furious" series has been released to the third part this year, but the box office and word-of-mouth have not only failed to improve, but have fallen to the bottom. To be honest, Universal has no more patience.

Now in exchange for the cooperation with Chen Hao, it is very likely to exchange for hundreds of millions of dollars in income, just look at Sony, so Universal is still very excited.

As for Chen Hao wanting the copyright of the Marvel hero Deadpool, 20th Century Fox is not surprised at all. After all, Chen Hao is a Marvel fanatic.

Deadpool is an anti-hero, he doesn't even have a strong independence, he only appears as a supporting role, and Chen Hao doesn't seem to have much loss.

As for dividends, it must be box office dividends, profit dividends?Hollywood tycoons are the best at bookkeeping, no matter how high the box office is, he can make you a loss.

Still, box office dividends can best guarantee benefits!
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