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On a hot summer day, Santa Barbara Manor is under the terrace awning facing the sea.

Wu Xiaozu was wearing a white vest, showing his sharp muscles with clear lines. He held a bottle of Corona with frost in his hand, and placed a grill in front of him, leisurely holding a clip to flip the beef.

“Add more black pepper.”

Cheng Long smiled and helped with his breasts and opened his chest and exposed himself in a floral shirt. He held the beer and touched him, "Is the second male lead really sure of that beautiful boy?"

"Do you have any ideas?"

Wu Xiaozu stood beside the oven, turned sideways, and smiled out on his face. He glanced at Leonardo DiCaprio, who was chatting with Harvey not far away, and picked up a piece of meat and handed it to Cheng Long, "How about it taste--"

"It tastes good. Would it be too tender?"

"Are you talking about steak or Leo?"

Wu Xiaozu took a hand towel to wipe the sweat on his face, "Detective Chinatown" is a work invested in North America after all. It invested 6 million US dollars. The movie requires a white man to attract attention, and Leo has the potential to become a young idol star. Harvey also believes that he is very suitable for this role."

In this era, the investment cost of "Detective Chinatown" was a relatively large investment in independent film production. In this era, the mainstream A-level production in Hollywood was only tens of millions of dollars.

Two years ago, the production cost of "Terminator 1" was only 6.4 million yuan. Three years later, "Life and Death Hour" produced by Hollywood manufacturers was only 28 million US dollars. This year, "Terminator 2" of Katha's "Terminator 2" became the first North America movie to invest more than 100 million yuan.

The total production cost of "Detective Chinatown" exceeds 6 million, which does not include later costs. In Hollywood movies, the highest marketing cost accounts for 40% of the total cost, and the lowest is 24%. This does not include physical copies, audio-visual products and their transportation costs.

So, the final cost of this drama may exceed $8 million.

It's really not a small investment.

Fortunately, there are companies with very complete financing channels. Touchstone Pictures can also be put on the agenda smoothly. With Zhang Jiazhen's operation, financing is relatively smooth.

Wu Xiaozu himself naturally converted into the director's form and enjoyed the "income sharing", not the "profit sharing".

You should know that under the operation of Hollywood's damn and cunning accounting system, some movies that originally made a big profit may also become a loss state. For example, in the later generations of Warner's financial report on "Harry Potter 5", the movie still lost $167 million two years after the movie was released, which made the profit share become empty talk. Many investors lost money...

Hollywood has always been less friendly to outsiders.

This is also the reason why Wu Xiaozu started with independent film production. It is also because he relied on the bastard Harvey Weinstein.

"Have~~" Cheng Long nodded, "Okay, follow the local customs."

He shook his head with his head scratching his head, "I'm really annoyed enough of Hollywood production mode. It's like a puppet, you have to listen to people's mercy at every glance. Fortunately, you are Azu..."

The last time he filmed "The Viagra" in Hollywood, he was unacceptable. Finally, he had a bad time with the main creator and later returned to Hong Kong to film "Police Story".

This time I was holding my breath.

"Go step by step. Since we want to come to other people's territory to make a living, we must follow their rules." Wu Xiaozu smiled and patted Uncle Long on the shoulder, "Practice English well. At least you will not be a puppet in this play, and you still need to be responsible for the movements of the whole play."

"No problem. Let those ghosts see our abilities." Cheng Long smiled.

If Wu Xiaozu hadn't invited him on his own initiative, he wouldn't have returned to Hollywood so soon.

It is only out of trust in Wu Xiaozu that he will reduce his pay and choose to cooperate.

He himself really wants to enter Hollywood and prove himself here.

"For the first time we try the waters, we all have to take our time to adapt to this market."

Wu Xiaozu did not think that guiding small-scale films was expensive, and at the same time he adapted to this new system step by step. Therefore, he chose the theme of "Chinatown". At least, he still has a certain degree of "comfort" in this theme.

He didn't want to fall a big fuck when he first entered Hollywood, because it didn't fit Zu Ge's personality.

Outsiders will have their own status in Hollywood. Although he is a Cannes Double Gold, he is no exception. After all, he has not proved himself in the North American market. If he had not said that he had complete financing channels, the first financing might have stumped many people.

In comparison, he is undoubtedly much luckier than many rookies.

As for...

Why don’t you need to invest your own money? This is too a layman.

Not to mention that he has not yet adapted to the North American market and audience, he is a niche director here and is coming back. Even in Hong Kong Island, Yizhen Ersi has always adhered to the principle of spending other people's money.

Movies are gambling, you can only say that you have a big chance of winning, but you can't say that you will definitely win. The directors on "Actors Please Take Place 2" have also remake previous successful works, and there are also original works to learn from, but can they really be shot exactly the same?

Besides, even if you have a big chance of winning, you have to learn to share.

Giants like Warner, Universal, and Sony also have good projects and share investment costs.

"Brother Long, although the cost in North America is not high, at least it will be in line with our wishes. Not a swear word? You can also show your characteristics and let those ghosts see our action design."

For action design, Hong Kong Island was world-class in this era.

"Uh..." Cheng Long also gave up the idea of ​​finding a well-known star to cooperate with.

A slightly well-known celebrity doesn't seem to have the right to let others play supporting roles and conduct commands?

Even if he is bringing funds into the group.

That’s right, Uncle Long also brought funds to the group... Jiahe will also have investment in this drama.

Originally, he thought that Tom Cruise was quite good at his height, but now he is also the number one star idol in Hollywood, and he is not qualified. From this perspective, Leonardo, a handsome boy, actually quite meets the script requirements.

"Where is the villain?"

"Have recommended a black man."

Wu Xiaozu said slowly: "At the same time, he also chose several actors from the Actors Union. After all, he is the producer of this drama."

If this sentence is placed in later generations, it will definitely be politically incorrect.

How can Black Lives Matter be a villain?

But in the 1980s and 1990s, this was normal. Asians, blacks, and Latinos were all synonymous with villains. If a movie with a black protagonist appears at this time, you don’t have to count on the box office at all.
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