Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 107 The big one is coming
Send Han Sanpin away.

Gu Ming called the other two families.

One is Xiying Film Studio, which had him last time. In order for his father to think of ways to go further and lay the foundation for his hometown, he was given 5.00%.

The other one is Ying Huang. After all, he is going to Hong Kong Island to shoot, so he, a local coward, will be given 5.00%.

Hua Yi, in "Hero" he was given a little bit of credit, even if he was repaying the original love for buying it at a premium.

Therefore, the remaining 2% share of "Taken 70.00" belongs to Daystar.

Taking into account its own producer fees and screenwriting fees, Daystar will have to spend approximately US$800 million in the end.

Fortunately, the filming period of "Hero" is long.

Of the US$500 million that needed to be invested, only US$500 million has been invested.

There is still US$2000 million in the company's account.

Don’t worry about not having enough money to shoot this sequel.

If it doesn't work, you can also support it with your own salary from Hollywood.

Since the money is enough.

Gu Ming immediately started gathering a crew.

Li Lianlian, Gong Li, and Zhou Xun, these three roles will not change.

The role of a boyfriend who needs a daughter.

Time is urgent, and there is no audition.

There are people in the company.

Huang Xiaoming is filming "Emperor of Hanwu", which is a big drama for the company, so he cannot move around.

On the contrary, "The Best in the World" is still in preparation.

Gu Ming directly called Chen Kun, who competed with Huang Xiaoming for the first brother, "There is a role of the daughter's boyfriend in "Hurricane Rescue 2". He doesn't have many roles. Can he play it?"

"Act! Why not act?"

"Okay, let's talk about it then."

The remaining crew members, except for Gu Changwei who was promoted to director, are all from the original crew.

……

For publicity, Daystar also held a press conference.

In fact, such a big matter cannot be hidden from insiders at all.

Before the press conference even started, the reporters in the audience started chatting.

"I heard that the investment this time is 500 million US dollars, which is [-] million yuan if converted into RMB! Darling, only the monster "Titanic" has received more than [-] million box office in China so far, right?"

"One Gu Ming is enough to cover our bonus for half a year."

"Didn't you notice that Daystar is still in control this time? I heard that Daystar accounts for at least 70.00% of the share, which means that it took out more than 1 million in one go."

A reporter looked at the ceiling and muttered a calculation, "Judging from the North American box office of "Taken 1," it is possible to earn twice as much profit from these two 500 million."

"I have a feeling that when "Rescue 2" is sold, Gu Ming will be on the domestic rich list."

"Mr. Yin, the motorcyclist who was ranked among the country's richest people last year, only has assets of US$4200 million. It's very possible that he can reach that level with just one movie. He also earns all foreign exchange. It's true that heroes are born young..."

Amidst the expectations of a bunch of reporters, the crew and creative staff walked up.

Li Xiaoping announced the formal establishment of the "Hurricane Rescue 2" project.

The rest of the time is left to the reporters and creative staff.

Most of the reporters focused on Gu Ming.

"Director Gu, why didn't you stop directing this film? Instead, it was given to another director Gu."

"There is no big challenge. In addition, I am also the producer of this film, so there is no need to worry about the style of the film. It must be a film with the same style as the first one. Director Gu Changwei is also an excellent director. Director, I believe he can bring everyone a satisfactory experience."

"I heard that you took over the directorship of a Hollywood film. The contract is worth tens of millions of dollars. You become Wu Baige after "Mission: Impossible 2000", which made more than 2 million US dollars worldwide and won the global box office championship in [-]. Is it true that he is the highest-paid Chinese director after the director?" Another reporter was supposed to ask a question, but this reporter asked another question very fast.

As soon as this word comes out.

Everyone was shocked!

The eyes that looked at Gu Ming were full of surprise and shock.

1000 million U.S. dollars is converted into more than 8000 million RMB.

8000 million, ah, 8000 million, you can't spend it all in one lifetime.

You can easily get it by making a movie. The key point is that this is not the same concept as the money Venus earns after investing in the movie. It is equivalent to a salary!

Stable.

For a while, everyone, whether holding the microphone or not, started asking Gu Ming one by one.

Gu Ming was also quite helpless.

Looking at the reporter, "Who told you?"

"I have a friend who works on the crew of "The Bourne Identity"." The reporter smiled, "But I only found out about it when I chatted with him recently."

"Then you don't know enough."

"My salary is the basic salary plus the North American box office share. The North American box office has to reach a very high figure to earn the share. It has to be the best situation to achieve the tens of millions of dollars in salary you mentioned."

As for what the specific situation is.

How can contract details be revealed?

It's better to let reporters guess blindly than to tell the real numbers yourself, right?
Avoid being gossiped about.

Even the owner of the pirated disc had something to say, "Why are you watching the original version? Gu Ming earns hundreds of millions from making a movie. Is he short of your three melons and two dates?"

"Okay, everyone, don't discuss this issue anymore. This press conference is a press conference for "Rescue 2". Please don't ask too many irrelevant questions."

Afraid that these reporters would not let go of this issue, Gu Ming immediately changed the topic.

And gave Li Lianjie and the others the opportunity to answer questions.

Fortunately, Li Lianlian's salary was also an astonishing figure, and reporters' attention was quickly shifted to other actors.Two hours later.

The conference is over.

The reporters returned to their companies with a full harvest, and then headlines appeared one after another in various media.

[The director of Gu Ming’s new Hollywood film is paid nearly [-] million yuan. 】

[Li Lianhe’s salary is 8000 million, which is as much as one person in a company. 】

[A 2-million-dollar production, "Rescue [-]" will completely open up a new era of commercial films in our country. 】

……

Gu Ming has seen a lot of these headline-grabbers.

After looking through it for a while, I put it aside.

The next day I went to Hong Kong Island with Gu Changwei and the others to take the first step of shooting and get a first look at the scenery.

Because Gu Ming also has the task of directing "The Bourne Supremacy", it is definitely impossible to follow the crew throughout the whole process.

Therefore, during the process of appreciating the scenery, Gu Ming first taught Gu Changwei what the picture should look like.

And emphasized a few things.

"This script looks very simple, but don't try to reflect human nature or anything like that. That is not the way to shoot a commercial movie, let alone a commercial action movie."

"There are many scenes that require the use of explosions during filming, so be sure to pay attention to safety."

"In addition, when filming, we shoot two versions, and the parts where Chinese is spoken are shot again in English. Try to have one version entirely in English."

Many places in this sequel are logically speaking in Chinese, such as the protagonist talking to his daughter and then teaching her daughter to save herself.

But doing so is likely to affect the box office.

A tense film that provides brief key messages and has to look down to read the subtitles.

Such a long string of English letters, densely packed.

It ruins the viewing experience of this movie.

Many people may not watch it because of this.

One thing you have to admit is that the majority of the global box office is definitely movies with English dialogues.

Not to mention those countries that speak English. The main box office market, Europe, has many people who speak English. English dialogue can definitely maximize the box office.

Until Gu Ming's rebirth, over the years, there were only a few films with non-English dialogues that could reach US$[-] million in overseas box office.

Four, to be precise.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" goes without saying.

"Wrestle!"The overseas box office of "Dad" and "Journey to Suzuya" can exceed [-] million, which is largely due to China, which has become the second largest box office in the world.

"The Untouchables" stars white people and gay people.

In the face of straightforward statistics, there is no need to struggle with large sums of dollars.

"The first version is all in English." Gu Changwei thought he heard it wrong and confirmed, "The protagonist also speaks English in Hong Kong Island."

"Go ahead."

"Would it make foreign audiences feel disconnected?"

“Do you think it’s divided by speaking Chinese and English for a while, or whether it’s divided by speaking English all the time?”

"I understand." Gu Changwei nodded, "Is there anything else I should pay attention to?"

"be careful!"

"I've already reminded you of this. Our crew's pyrotechnics are trustworthy."

"I'm not talking about filming, but all aspects. Pay attention to safety in Istanbul!" Gu Ming patted Gu Changwei's arm meaningfully, "After all, if you are unfamiliar with the place, don't be tough if you can solve it with money."

The people in that place are too arrogant.

"well enough."

Gu Changwei didn't take it seriously. "The per capita GDP is three to four times that of our country, so the public security won't be any worse, right?"

"My suggestion is to be careful with your ship."

"okay!"

……

There isn’t much to shoot on Hong Kong Island.

Soon, the group arrived at the main filming location, the world’s desire capital, Istanbul.

With Gu Ming taking the lead in working overtime, the situation was completely over by the end of August.

Then Gu Ming rushed back to the capital without stopping.

Come September.

Gu Ming secretly decided not to fly for the time being.

No matter how important it is, I want to rest and enjoy life. If I want to fly again, wait until everything is settled.

In fact, Gu Ming still overestimated himself. Small butterfly wings could not affect such a big thing.

The first day of mid-September.

At nine o'clock in the evening, after watching Show of Swords, I changed the channel out of boredom and saw this scene playing on the TV. Black smoke was rising from one of the Twin Towers.

After a while, another plane sent by Lao Tie arrived.

Yan Danchen on the side was stunned, "Isn't this the World Trade Center? Why was it hit by a plane? Is this a promotional video for a movie?"

"Look what kind of show this is."

"News, is this true?" Yan Danchen looked shocked, "It doesn't look like an accident!"

"Who knows." Gu Ming could only pretend not to understand.

I'm just a young director, so I don't know if this was an accident or who did it behind the scenes!
(End of this chapter)