After the premiere of "Pirates of Gallebi" ended, Kaos did not leave directly. Instead, he invited Chen Kaige and his wife, as well as several leading actors who came to the mainland to promote the film, to have dinner together.

This is something that has been planned for a long time. After all, this project originally belonged to him, and now it is given to Disney Company. But in the end, he is the one who makes the decision behind both of them. These leading actors come all the way from the United States, and Kaos always has to do his best.

Treat each other with friendship.

In particular, director Gore Verbinski and starring Johnny Depp are all people who will need to be used after Kaos. Naturally, the relationship between them is inevitable.

After dinner, after sending the others away, Chen Kaige held Kaos's hand and said politely: "Then let me re-write the script, then we can meet and discuss it again."

"No problem. Please don't mind what I said in the theater before. After all, I am also worried about the project itself." Kaos replied with a smile.

"Of course not. After all, what you said is right. And when it comes to experience in commercial films, Hollywood has more experience. I'm not someone who doesn't listen to good advice." Chen Kaige shook his head and said with a sigh.

Kaos smiled at Chen Kaige's remarks, but did not take it too seriously. Coupled with his life experience, Kaos' actual mental age is not much younger than the other person, and he knows the other person very well.

It was only out of concern for his status and wealth that he would say such a thing. Otherwise, if someone in his early twenties came to him and the other person didn't glare and curse a few words, that would already be a sign of good upbringing.

However, seeing through this kind of thing, Kaos finally complimented the other party a few more times. After watching the other party get into the car and leave, he took Zhang Ziyi, Lin Zhiling and others into the car and left the hotel's underground parking lot.

"It's really troublesome."

As bodyguards drove around the capital, Kaos put his seat down as soon as he got in the car. After taking the hangover medicine handed over by Zhang Ziyi, he exhaled softly.

Since there is a dinner party, drinking is unavoidable. In fact, in terms of drinking capacity, although Kaos does not dare to say that he can drink a thousand drinks without getting drunk, he usually likes to have a few drinks, so drinking is not a burden to Kaos.

The real burden is that there is no one true friend at the wine table, so he is constantly dealing with everyone in the middle, and the art of false feelings and testimonials in each other's words is fully displayed.

Many people don't understand the domestic wine table culture, but the fact is that there are too many profound meanings on the wine table. It can be said that the role of deepening feelings and testing each other's thoughts through drinking is extremely significant.

"There is no way. This is how domestic wine parties are. In fact, with your status, there is no need to participate in such a wine party tonight."

Zhang Ziyi turned her delicate body sideways, placed her hands naturally on Kaos's temples, pressed them gently, and said with some doubts in her eyes.

Although both Mr. and Mrs. Chen and Johnny Depp are celebrities in Eastern and Western circles, they are just celebrities. For a wealthy man like Kaos who is worth tens of billions of dollars, they are not worth mentioning at all.

Even an actress like her, who is extremely dazzling in the spotlight, can appear next to the other party just because the other party needs a beautiful vase. Although describing herself in this way is somewhat objectifying, the fact is not different at all.

This also made Zhang Ziyi a little confused about Kaos taking the initiative to put down his body and go to eat and chat with him.

"You also said it's status, and status is the most illusory thing. If someone else gives you face, then you have status, but what if the other person doesn't give you face."

Enjoying the massage on his forehead, especially the pressure from the other party's slender fingers, Kaos was even more addicted to it. While talking to Zhang Ziyi, he didn't mean to open his eyes the whole time.

"Status and face are earned by everyone, and my own capital is only the basis for accepting favors. And the most important thing is that I don't want to really make myself alone. With such resources, if we don't meet and chat,

That’s a complete miss.”

After a moment of silence, Kaos spoke again, and took out a document from the drawer on the side of the car seat and handed it to Zhang Ziyi.

"Zhou Xingxing's project "Kung Fu"?"

After Zhang Ziyi took the document and took a casual look, she was a little surprised by the content of the document.

"Yes, this is what happened after Yang Shouchen came to Hengdian to talk to me some time ago."

Seeing Zhang Ziyi's surprised look, Kaos said proudly.

Although he is a reborn person, it does not mean that he knows everything. For example, Zhou Xingxing was filming "Kung Fu", but he lacked funds, so he had to contact Hollywood companies.

When Yang Shouchen mentioned this kind of thing, Kaos couldn't believe it for a moment.

After all, the 1990s was Zhou Xingxing’s movie era. Movies that broke local box office records were telling people about Zhou Xingxing’s influence. And with such influence, a film’s salary of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars seemed completely worth it.

It's reasonable.

This also made Kaos know that Zhou Xingxing's movies make money, but he never thought of contacting him, so naturally he didn't know that the other party actually lacked filming funds.

But the fact that the other party is short of money is actually very reasonable. Everyone knows what the box office level of Southeast Asian movies in this era is.

This year's "Hero" has the highest box office in the Mainland, and it is also the first Mainland movie to have a box office of over 100 million. In such a narrow market environment, how many people can believe that there will be three movies with a box office of over 100 million next year?

.

Therefore, although Zhou Xingxing's movie "Kung Fu" only requires 20 million US dollars, no one dares to invest. After all, an investment of 20 million US dollars requires at least more than 40 million US dollars in box office. Only then can the capital be recovered, and Zhou Xingxing

The global box office of the previous movie was only over 42 million US dollars.

Once the box office matters come to Europe and the United States, the work of Hollywood companies and major theater chains is not in vain. Counting the publicity expenses spent, it is obvious that the final profit of a box office of 42 million US dollars will not be

to around US$20 million.

Now that the filming requires only 20 million US dollars, the project naturally appears to be very risky, which makes investors very worried. In addition, Zhou Xingxing's somewhat weird temper means that he does not have many friends to help him.

, which means even less people invest.

As for Zhou Xingxing’s own investment, although he has made a lot of money over the years, the time when the salary could reach tens of millions was actually at the end of the 1990s and about to enter the 21st century. Such a situation

Obviously, Zhou Xingxing cannot afford nearly 200 million yuan now.

This led Zhou Xingxing to seek cooperation with Hollywood, firstly to find financial investment, and secondly to find distribution channels in Europe and the United States to reduce the box office pressure after the movie is released.

After understanding such a situation, Kaos naturally wanted to keep the money from others, and took this project into his own hands. The most important thing was that it was cheap, and he easily won the majority of it, even the film rights.

Handed over by Zhou Xingxing.

Among them, compared with the movie box office revenue, copyright is what makes Kaos happy. After all, the short-term profit of the entertainment and cultural industry is the focus, but copyright is its own foundation, just like patents are as important to technology companies.

"Are you very optimistic about this project? This is an investment of 20 million US dollars. With the current market environment in Southeast Asia, it is difficult to say whether the investment can be recovered."

Zhang Ziyi said with some surprise, although she is now focusing more on Hollywood, she also has some understanding of the market environment here, and naturally understands the truth behind it.

"Yes, I am very optimistic about this project, especially with Disney's global publicity and distribution capabilities, it will not be a problem to pay back the cost of this movie, and it will make a good profit, so I have left five million for you.

dollar investment share.”

After talking so much nonsense, Kaos finally said the key point of tonight. With Disney's channel support, the movie will have at least double the profit. It can be said that for Zhang Ziyi these two days, especially today, An Xin is a vase.

No more rewards for not causing trouble for yourself.

Of course, it also means to ease the gap in the morning and give the other party peace of mind. After all, for Zhang Ziyi, he is unwilling to give a nominal explanation, so the material benefits are inevitable. No one in this world is a fool.

He will make selfless contributions to the other half, and both short-term and long-term benefits must be given to one.
Chapter completed!