How China Entertainment was developed

Chapter 400: Your salary is higher than when I was at my peak.
"Brother Chenglong, we have been friends for so many years. I won't say any polite words. I will definitely have no problem making a guest appearance. It's just for one day.

But the problem is that my guest salary has been raised to a high level now, and there is no way it can be reduced.

If the film's production costs were not particularly generous, there would be no need for me to make a cameo appearance. "

Zhang Nan used the tone of "we are all the same" to Chenglong. While thinking about Chenglong, he blocked Chenglong's way of lowering the film's salary.

When Chenglong heard this, he also thought of Zhang Nan's current guest appearance salary.

$3000 million for eight hours.

With this thought, Chenglong grinned and couldn't help but secretly take a breath of air.

Because the salary of this horse-riding person is higher than that of his starring roles in Hollywood at its peak.

And in this "Rush Hour 3", it was twice as much as he did, because he only received a fixed salary of 1500 million US dollars, plus 15% of the total box office share.

Even Will Smith, who has been his partner in the "Rush Hour" series, earned more than him in "Rush Hour 3", receiving a salary of 2000 million US dollars and a 20.00% share of the total box office.

Of course.

In addition to a fixed salary and box office share, Chenglong also obtained the mainland distribution rights for "Rush Hour 3".

"With you, I feel more at ease." After thinking for a while, Chenglong gritted his teeth and nodded in affirmative.

Without it.

Although Zhang Nan's prices are expensive, sometimes it's really not possible to not believe in evil.

[Rush Hour 1.2] With Zhang Nan as a guest star, the movie was a hit at the box office and made crazy money.

However, without Zhang Nan's cameo in "Magic Dragon 1.2", "Flying Dragon Reborn" and "Global World [-] Days", the box office of the movies was either half dead or exploded.

"Okay, when it comes to filming, you send me your schedule and I'll choose a time when I'm free."

Seeing Chenglong's insistence, Zhang Nan no longer refused, but continued: "Get a few more schedules. I will also guest star in Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 and negotiate with Disney Pictures [ Pirates of the Caribbean 3], a lot of trouble.”

Chenglong nodded when he heard this, but his eyes were full of envy.

trouble?
Even Chenglong is envious of these big projects.

Seeing that Chenglong was chatting well, Zhou Jieguan hurriedly came forward and said, "Director Zhang, look, the premiere of [City of Golden Armor] is scheduled for December 12th. Are you free to come then?"

The main reason why Zhou Jiegun so enthusiastically asked Zhang Nan to attend the premiere was not because of himself, but because Zhang Yimou had such a strong idea.

Zhang Yimou and Zhang Weiping behind him also want to imitate the operation of the first two "Heroes" and "House of Flying Daggers" through Zhang Nan's distribution channels, and also send "City Full of Golden Armor" to global cinemas in the line.

The reason why Jay Chou is willing to spread the word is that firstly, he is one of the leading actors in the movie, and secondly, he has the idea of ​​directing and acting in it himself.

Jay Chou has even written the script, and the content can be summarized as follows: a time-traveling love between a withdrawn musical genius and a school beauty, and a very literary name - "The Untold Secret".

But when making a movie, especially a quality movie, it’s useless to rely on a script alone. You also need a capable crew.

The Original Time and Space Jay Chou relied on the "Initial Diary" project to establish a relationship with the Hong Kong film and television industry, and then after recruiting some people, he assembled a crew.

However, the previous project of "Initial Place" was recommended to Zhang Nan by Ye Quanzhen, and the relationship between Zhou Jiegun and the Hong Kong film and television industry was naturally interrupted.

True.

Jay Chou can continue to seek help from his aunt in the film and television industry - Ye Quanzhen.

But always begging my aunt is not a long-term solution, so I set my sights on Zhang Yimou’s team, or I want Zhang Yimou to recommend some people for him, so naturally Zhang Yimou’s request to pass on information will be That’s why I was very concerned about it.

When Zhang Nan heard the name "City Full of Golden Armor", the first thing that came to his mind was a row of white steamed buns.

And then... no more.

Zhang Nan has never seen this film, but he has pieced together some of the general plot of this project in his mind.

To sum up, the whole movie is just a royal drama with a strong literary atmosphere.

Cliched stories, empty reasons, colorful pictures...

The most important thing is that the global box office of this movie is lower than that of "House of Flying Daggers".

[House of Flying Daggers] at least exceeded 1.05 million U.S. dollars at the global box office, reaching [-] million.

However, this film "The City of Gold" only had a global box office of US$8410 million, not even US$[-] million worldwide.

This kind of film is really completely unacceptable to Zhang Nan.

Moreover, Zhang Yimou's subsequent directing career has been in decline, and he has basically no place in international commercial films.

Even commercial films in mainland China will continue to sink for more than ten years.

Continuously sold RMB 2.43 million of "Three Guns to Surprise", RMB 1.44 million of "Love in the Hawthorn Tree", RMB 5.92 million of "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins"...

It wasn't until 2023 that we relied on our old talents to produce a movie called "Man Jiang Hong" worth 45.44 billion yuan.

It can be said that Zhang Yimou has no need to invest at all at present. Just like a stock that will continue to fall for more than ten years, it can only be sold, not bought.

But it was not very polite to refuse directly, so Zhang Nan pretended to think for a while and then said to Zhou Jiegun: "I'll take a look at it then. I'll go when I have time, but if one day you direct and act in a movie , I will definitely go to support you."

In the world of adulthood, there is a rule that if you don't directly agree, you will refuse. Jay Chou has been in the entertainment industry for so many years and is now involved in movies and music. Naturally, he doesn't understand.

So after hearing Zhang Nan's words, Zhou Jiegun was not sad at all, but very excited.

After all, he was worthy of Zhang Yimou just by passing on a message, but Zhang Nan's joking promise to support him in his self-directed and self-acted movie made Zhou Jiegun very excited, and he stayed an extra day to express his gratitude. Act as the music instructor for one of Zhang Nan's lyrics.

……

North America.

When Zhang Nan returned to Hollywood after singing in Beijing.

The North American film market is slowly entering the Christmas season.

However, compared to the North American Christmas season in previous years, which always featured one or two top-notch productions, the 2006 North American Christmas season was a bit shabby.

The highest-end project is just a [007] series that has just changed its James Bond cast - [007: Casino Royale].

There is no comparison with the previous "Lord of the Rings" series, "Harry Potter" series, etc.

Because the total volume of the [007] series in recent years is only [-] to [-] million US dollars worldwide.

But this newly recast "007: Casino Royale" seems to have been given a new lease of life.

When Zhang Nan returned to North America, it was being released during the winter schedule.

Not only in the first three days, it made a strong box office of 4087 million US dollars in North America.

According to projections, its total box office in North America will be between US$1.2 million and US$1.6 million.

It also performed very well at the box office in global movie markets where it was released simultaneously.

(End of this chapter)