Bishop of the Devil

Just as Xiao Hua expected, the next day newspapers across the country, and even many sports newspapers around the world, published the story of Richard sending a cart of steel to pay the fine...

You don't need to think about it to know that Stern must have been so angry about this that he smashed things in his office again.

Since Richard entered the league, Stern has smashed a lot of things in the office, and the TV alone has been replaced several times...

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Just when everyone thought that the Alliance Management Committee would be furious and impose further sanctions on Richard, the Management Committee was unusually calm.

Regarding this matter, they did not hold any press conference, as if they did not care about it at all...

On the contrary, bad news came from the labor negotiations. The two sides have now broken down, and the players union is preparing to hold a players strike.

Although it is the offseason now, it does not mean that the players do not have any work at all. For example, some charity activities organized by the team still require players to attend...

But now it is obvious that these activities cannot be carried out. The players union is going on strike. This is for the benefit of the players. Which player would risk the world's disapproval and stand on the opposite side of the players union at this juncture...

As the news broke that the labor negotiations had collapsed, no one paid much attention to Richard's fine. What everyone was more concerned about was whether the new NBA season would collapse because of the negotiations. affected.

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No one knows whether it has any impact, but it has no impact on Richard anyway.

The training camp will definitely continue, but it is inconvenient for Richard and the Blazers' assistant coaches to stay in West Lafayette. Anyway, the training is on the right track. Whether Richard and the others stay there, it doesn't matter. Impact.

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Just after returning to Portland with Stevens, Richard immediately received good news.

Paramount Pictures is preparing to put "Black Lives Matter" on the big screen, so it came to discuss the acquisition of film and television rights with Richard.

In 1994, Paramount got involved in basketball movies, inviting Shark O'Neal and Penny Hardaway to shoot the basketball movie "The Hot Coach".

At that time, they invested about 20 million U.S. dollars in this movie, and it earned 30 million U.S. dollars at the global box office.

It didn't make much money, but with the box office success of "Space Jam" starring Jordan in 1996, and the box office of "One Man" starring Ray Allen, which easily earned US$70 million, Paramount Pictures again Taking aim at basketball movies.

Space Jam invested a full 80 million U.S. dollars, and it grossed 230 million U.S. dollars at the global box office. It was obviously an insane amount of money...

As for this movie, Dual, which was released just two months ago, the director actually wanted to ask Kobe to shoot it, but Kobe rejected it. In the end, he had no choice but to find a movie that was in the same class as Kobe and looked comparable. With the young Ray Allen, they finally took in a global box office of US$70 million!

It seems to be a lot less than Space Jam, but the one-on-one showdown only invested 20 million US dollars. In terms of revenue ratio, it is even higher than Space Jam...

With the success of these two movies, Paramount could no longer sit still and set its sights on Richard's "Black".

They were thinking of filming high school films first. After all, if they film high school films, they don’t need to invest too much. At least they can save a lot of money in terms of actors’ salaries.

In addition, Violent Black itself has a very high fan base. Once the movie is released, those fans of the original work alone can bring in quite good box office revenue.

As long as it's not shoddy, it's basically a sure-profit deal.

The only thing that will affect the box office is that many fans may lack interest in going to the cinema because there are no stars in the movie.

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"Mr. Richard, five million US dollars is the limit we can give. You have to know that our estimated total investment for this movie is only 15 million US dollars..." Luo Luo, producer of Paramount Pictures Well, Sheldon said very sincerely.

Richard raised a finger...

This finger is not cheap. Judging from Sheldon's words, this finger represents at least 10 million US dollars.

"Ten million US dollars is also my bottom line. Even if I sell it to you for 10 million US dollars, it will be an advantage to you!" Richard did not give in at all.

"Sir, that's 10 million US dollars. It's really not a small amount!" Sheldon looked bitter. He originally thought that Richard could be sent away with two to three million US dollars.

But obviously Richard is not that easy to get rid of. He will pay 10 million to kill him, not even a dime less.

"I know it's not a small amount, but you have to know what this ten million can bring you. In addition to a stable number of movie viewers, I can also let my players star in your movies, all-star level players! "

"In addition to Kobe and Jermaine, there are also some high-ranking rookies who will appear. The average playing time for each player is no less than three minutes. How about it?" Richard knocked on the table and said with a smile.

When Sheldon heard this, he was shocked...

"Are you sure?! Mr. Richard, this is not a joke!"

"Of course I'm sure, but if you want to take pictures, I advise you to take pictures quickly. It happens to be while they are training in West Lafayette. If you miss this time, you won't have such a good opportunity!" Richard said with a smile.

Sheldon was stunned. He knew that the 10 million US dollars would definitely not be wasted. There are currently more than 30 players training in West Lafayette, including NBA All-Star starters and NCAA favorites. …

If it is true as Richard said, the ten million spent is simply worth it!

"Happy cooperation! Mr. Richard!"

"We will start casting as soon as possible and try to start shooting in mid-August!" Sheldon stood up with excitement on his face.

Since there was already a live violent Blake plot, they only needed to revise the script. This process could be completed in less than a week.

After all, it's just a one-and-a-half-hour movie, not a major TV series.

As for casting, this may take a little more time, but one month is enough...

"Okay! Happy cooperation!"

"I wish you a great box office success in advance!" Richard also smiled and stood up, shaking hands with Sheldon.

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Speaking of which, Richard actually thought about investing in a movie by himself, but after thinking about it, he better not to humiliate himself as a layman. Don't make a "Dream Showbiz" and screw himself up. The sign...

Now that Paramount is willing to take over and is sincere, Richard has no reason not to agree.

As for the box office of the movie when it is released, according to Richard's estimation, it will definitely not be much worse...

But if it wants to be a box office hit, that's probably not possible. After all, this is just a plot of a high school volume. It will be considered pretty good if it can have a box office revenue of 40 to 50 million by then.

Maybe if you go to college, the box office will be better...

But when Paramount wants to film a college film, the price will naturally be another matter. By then, Richard's disciples will probably be able to put together an all-star team, and gangster Ramon will star in it, which is only a thousand dollars. Ten thousand dollars is not enough.