NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 195 "Transformers" premieres, Jessica becomes popular all over the United States

When the Bulls signed James Jones, they also officially reached a signing agreement with the two second-round picks selected in the draft, Marc Gasol and Ramon Sessions.

Although Garnett is an inside man, he doesn't like playing the center position, which is different from Duncan.

During his time with the Celtics, Garnett basically played the power forward position, leaving the center position to blue-collar center Kendrick Perkins.

Even with hindsight, Garnett is the perfect center position for small-ball lineups, a luxurious and enhanced version of Draymond Green, but Wang Chong still plans to let Garnett play the power forward position for the Bulls. Marc Gasol will still be the starting center.

In the original 07-08 season, Gasol was unable to sign with the Lakers due to poor weight control. He was traded to the Grizzlies as a bargaining chip in the middle of the season before he got the chance to land in the NBA.

In the 08-09 season, Gasol officially signed with the Grizzlies and began playing in the NBA. In his first season of his career, he averaged 11.9 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, quickly becoming the Grizzlies' main insider.

The peak period of Gasol's career was when he formed the Black and White duo with Zach Randolph. He was selected to the All-Star three times, the All-NBA Team twice, the All-Defensive Team once and the Defensive Player of the Year award. DPOY.

In terms of defense, Gasol was as good as Tyson Chandler at his peak. Both players were top players in protecting the rim. Gasol was heavier than Chandler, so he was also better able to protect the rim. It's just that his slow pace puts him at a disadvantage when switching defenses to cover up defenses and when playing big and small.

But he has solid offensive ability and can support with the ball, which Chandler does not have.

Before landing in the NBA, Gasol already had a wealth of game experience. He shined in the European leagues, and obesity will not restrict Gasol's strength. In fact, he is the strongest player on the Grizzlies. For several years, my weight has been above 250 pounds, which is much heavier than during the draft.

Therefore, Wang Chong can be sure that even if he enters the league a year ahead of schedule, Gasol's performance will not be much worse than in the 08-09 season. Even if he does not have the offensive and organizational support capabilities of the black and white duo, just as a player It won't be a problem for the meat-shield blue-collar center to continue Tyson Chandler's work in the paint.

Don't forget, the Bulls currently have Paul Millsap, who is not valued by the outside world, in their current lineup.

Millsap, who is 2 meters tall and serves as a power forward, can definitely share playing time with Gasol. When facing an opponent with a relatively powerful heavy inside line, let Gasol play more. If facing If your opponent is weak inside, you can put Garnett at the center position and Millsap at the power forward.

By then, the interior style will be flexible and changeable, which will also become a major trump card for the Bulls.

The Bulls' starting lineup for the new season, in Wang Chong's plan, should be point guard Billups, shooting guard James Jones, small forward Wang Chong, power forward Garnett, and center Gasol.

The sixth man on the bench is Millsap, and the main substitute rotation player is Ramon Sessions.

Wang Chongxia's recruitment and reinforcement work during the offseason has been basically completed.

As for the other players, there is not much demand. As long as they are players who have reached the NBA level, it doesn't matter who they are. General manager John Paxson can use his subjective initiative here, and he and the new team head coach Tom. Thibodeau goes to study and discuss which role players to sign.

In fact, in early July, Wang Chong had already left Chicago for Los Angeles.

On July 7, the big movie "Transformers" adapted from the animation of the same name premiered across the United States. As an investor in the movie, Wang Chong naturally attended the premiere.

And Michael Bay was also very wise, because during the filming Wang Chong used the knowledge of time travellers to provide him with a lot of advice, and he simply added Wang Chong's name in the screenwriter column of the film.

In this way, Wang Chong can be regarded as one of the players who successfully crossed over in the NBA. Unlike Jordan, O'Neal, Kobe and others who guest-starred in movies or TV series, Wang Chong crossed over as a screenwriter and investor and directly attracted people.

On the day of the premiere, Wang Chong and his girlfriend Jessica Alba attended in costumes.

Wang Chong is handsome and handsome in a black suit, while Jessica is elegant and beautiful in a pink dress.

This well-known golden boy and girl in the entertainment industry have been in love for two years, and I don’t know how many people are envious of them.

Outside the premiere theater, a reporter stopped Wang Chong for an interview.

"Mr. Wang Chong, as one of the most successful stars in the NBA, why do you invest in movies and also serve as a screenwriter?"

"Personal interest." Wang Chong's answer was concise and clear. "Because I like it, I dabble a little bit. It's that simple."

To the outside world, these words sounded very Versailles.

Because some media previously broke the news that the cost of Transformers was about US$1.5 million, which was considered a big production even in Hollywood in 07.

Wang Chong invested US$1000 million in the film at the initial stage. After the special effects production cost for the subsequent film exceeded expectations, he added an additional US$500 million, bringing the investment to US$1500 million.

1500 million doesn't sound like much, accounting for only one-tenth of the film's investment.

But you must know that Wang Chong is an individual, not a major film investor such as professional film companies such as Paramount and DreamWorks. Moreover, it is a cross-border investment. This one-tenth investment is already quite high.

This also means that if the movie makes a profit in the future, Wang Chong can get about one-tenth of the profit proportionally.

Of course, the premise is that the movie can make money.

At least for now, the outside world is not very optimistic about this movie adapted from a cartoon that sells toys. It is generally believed that the investment of 1.5 million will be enough if the global box office reaches to million.

As we all know, including various publicity and distribution costs, if the box office does not reach more than three times the investment, it will not be profitable.

Therefore, the investment of 1.5 million in Transformers requires at least 4.5 million in box office to make back the investment and make a profit.

Of course Wang Chong also knows this, so he enthusiastically invested in this movie, because the final global box office of Transformers was 7.09 million!

This does not include sales of other peripheral products, including videotapes and DVDs.

Even if costs are removed, just in terms of net profit distribution, Wang Chong's investment of 1500 million yuan at a one-tenth ratio will bring in at least 1500 million to 2000 million yuan in income.

This is much more profitable than playing golf!

After Transformers was officially released, Wang Chong was not disappointed.

The movie grossed US$2780 million at the box office on the day it was released, setting a new box office record for a Hollywood movie released on Thursday. The box office in the first week was US$1.55 million, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the producer Paramount.

The success of Transformers is inevitable. Although this kind of popcorn movie does not have much artistic value, the passionate robot fights, handsome vehicle shapes and various large-scale explosion scenes are all stimulating the hormones of young audiences all the time. At the same time, as the standard vase in the movie and the beauty link in the beautiful car, the sexy style of the female lead played by Jessica Alba, especially the most classic water snake waist when lifting the front hood of the car, is really terrible!

Jessica Alba, already known as America's sweetheart, has once again become popular all over the country and even the world with this classic scene that has made its name in film history.

Fashion magazines rated Jessica Alba as the sexiest woman in the world.

Movie magazines commented that although Jessica did not have any acting skills in the movie and played a simple vase role, the beauty of this vase is enough to make people forget all other things. What's so good about her acting skills? We just love looking at vases!

And the audience who knew that Jessica and NBA star Wang Chong were in love almost envied Wang Chong to death.

Why can he pursue the sexiest woman in the world?

But when these people who don't pay much attention to the NBA have a little understanding of Wang Chong's status in the NBA, they can't help but feel that the two are really a good match.

The youngest regular season MVP in NBA history and the strongest scorer after Jordan just signed a four-year, $4 million contract with the team.

In the NBA, Wang Chong is already almost the top superstar, both in terms of status and net worth. Moreover, the movies he has invested huge sums of money in have also achieved success and achieved successful crossover.

On the contrary, Jessica Alba, although she is very sexy and beautiful, does not have many well-known works in Hollywood. Except for Sin City, Fantastic Four and now this Transformers, there are not many good works. .

As a star, Jessica is well-known, but as an actor, Jessica's salary and achievements can only be regarded as that of a second-tier actor.

It is rumored that Jessica was able to participate in Transformers because Wang Chong is a movie investor.

Therefore, when the two fell in love, Jessica was more favored by Wang Chong.

Of course, this is just an outsider's perspective.

Neither Wang Chong nor Jessica had such an idea of ​​comparison, especially Jessica. She is a very pure and pure woman. This is because she was originally an American sweetheart, but she was willing to marry an unknown director's assistant. She gave birth to children, and then gradually focused on her family, which can be seen after she faded away from Hollywood.

Of course, in this time and space, Jessica had already fallen in love with Wang Chong before she met Fantastic Four director assistant Kash Warren, and the trajectory of her life had completely changed.

Jessica, who was originally pregnant in 07, got married in 08 and gradually faded out of Hollywood, was still active in Hollywood because of her relationship with Wang Chong, and became popular across the United States with her performance as the heroine of Transformers.

Wang Chong is about to turn 23 now. Jessica is 2 years older than him and only 25 years old. Naturally, she is not in a hurry to get married and have children.

He also has a series of plans to create a movie queen, hoping to push Jessica to become the hottest and most valuable female star in Hollywood.

His reason is also very simple. He has the most beautiful girlfriend in the world, how could he hide her? I wish I could show it off every day and let the whole world know and envy it.

And speaking of it, Wang Chong was lucky to know Jessica, otherwise he wouldn't have thought of things other than the NBA, wouldn't have known about the big-selling movies in the future and made money by investing.

Originally, Wang Chong planned to invest in a series of Marvel movies after making money from his investment in Transformers. Regardless of how many movies Marvel made in the future, the first, second, and third stages were definitely the most profitable film companies in Hollywood. , the cumulative box office is close to 300 billion U.S. dollars, almost making every movie you make.

If nothing else, if Wang Chong could invest in and acquire a portion of Marvel's shares before Marvel was acquired by Disney, he would spend the rest of his life counting money.

Before that, Wang Chong could only make as much money as possible, because if it was too little, it would be impossible to negotiate an acquisition.

After all, the total cost of Disney's acquisition of Marvel in 09 was 42.4 billion.

Wang Chong's current total net worth, including the Transformers movie dividends, is less than 1 million, and he can't even buy % of the shares.

Fortunately, recently, he has a new big money-making project, which he just recalled is a movie that will cause a sensation around the world - "Avatar".

Avatar, directed by the well-known director James Cameron, began filming in 2005. After the filming was completed in April 2007, computer special effects production began. It took two full years to finally complete the production, and it was completed in December 4. Released on month.

The world's first 3D movie eventually grossed 27 billion at the global box office, ranking first in the world's film and television box office.

This record was not surpassed by Marvel's Avengers 10 until 4 years later. Moreover, Avengers 4 still extended its release time without paying any attention to martial ethics, so it barely surpassed Avatar by a small margin in the total box office.

There is a ten-year gap between the two, and the popularity of theaters is not at the same level. Avengers 4 needs to extend its release time to catch up with Avatar, which is obviously a weak victory.

When the producers of Avatar saw that the other party did not care about martial arts, they decided to see who could compete with the other. In 21, they launched a wave of large-scale global re-releases. This made Avatar, as of 2023, after being re-released in many countries. The box office reached 29 billion US dollars, returning to the top of the global film history.

Compared with Avatar, Transformers, which Wang Chong previously invested in, is like a toy, and the three movies combined are not as high as the box office of Avatar.

At the same time, Wang Chong also knew that during the production of Avatar, Cameron relapsed into his old habit of pursuing all kinds of big scenes, which led to the budget being significantly exceeded. At one point, the producer, Fox, backed down midway and wanted to quit.

Therefore, the production of Avatar is very short of money at this stage, so it will naturally accept all investors.

Taking into account the exaggerated revenue of Avatar's global box office of 09 billion in 27, Wang Chong does not intend to hold anything back and is ready to invest all his wealth in it.

The dividends from the Transformers movie will not be paid until about half a year after its release, which is close to 2008. At this time, Avatar's funding is actually no problem, but Fox, who has decided to continue investing, must still have doubts.

Just like Transformers was not favored as the first comic book movie of this type, Avatar, as the first 3D movie, was not favored by many in the industry for its success.

In this case, someone is willing to take the risk for them, and it is not a competitor from other film companies, but an individual investor like Wang Chong, so there is no reason to refuse.

The production cost of Avatar is about 3 million US dollars. If Wang Chong can invest 5000 million, it can account for 16.6% of the production cost. Of course, as an individual investor, he will definitely not account for this proportion, but even if it is 10% , based on the total box office of 27 billion, the dividend will be at least 2 million!

This is the same as picking a pick in the NBA draft. You're going to get rich!

(End of this chapter)