Hong Kong Entertainment’s Life Simulator

After looking at Sean Corbett in surprise, Zhao Donghuai hesitated and said, "I'm still worried about the copyrights of a few movies, but... it's not very suitable, right?"

"This is like taking something from someone else's mouth. What if someone doesn't like me and shoots me in the face?"

Sean had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat and almost couldn't breathe. He threw himself on the street. You are a big gangster who is extorting this and that. Why don't you consider the risk of someone beating you up?

If there weren't so many Pan-Asian elites who had been on the battlefield, you would have been crushed to ashes, okay?

What's even more outrageous is that at this stage, since many citizens are allowed to bring their own dry food and play financial investments and speculate in foreign exchange, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Zhao Donghuai's cohesion in the city of Hong Kong Island is rapidly improving to a new level!

If an outsider wants to come in and take advantage of Zhao Donghuai, then any taxi driver or passer-by could tip him off to someone named Zhao once he discovers something is wrong.

Including those from the police force or some mixed societies!

You said that Zhao Donghuai also brought the bad guys from the society to make a fortune together? This is not a matter of taking the initiative to lead bad guys in the society, but at present, in all walks of life and in all aspects of Hong Kong, there are too many people related to the society. Those who may open a rental car are affiliated with a certain society, and the same goes for those who drive a minibus.

Even in the Wanjia and Baijia employee systems, it is very common for salespersons and cashiers to have eldest and second brothers in their families, or for their older cousins ​​to join a club.

When the employee circle begins to raise funds for investment, it is natural to incorporate small amounts of money from some club members.

There are tens of thousands of direct employee groups who eat with Zhao, and there are so many folks in the New Territories. The radiation covers too many people from all walks of life.

After all, many people in Hong Kong are now enshrining Zhao Donghuai’s tablets at home!

No one worships Jesus so sincerely.

Resisting the desire to vomit blood, Sean said sincerely, "Zhao, as long as you like it, it's okay. If you have any problems, we will help you communicate."

"It's the 1980s, and everyone is decent and can talk about everything."

Zhao Donghuai then hesitated and said, "I think the Transformers launched by Hasbro is good. Can I buy the live-action movie rights? Will it be too difficult for you?"

Sean knew that it was definitely not a trivial matter as soon as this guy opened his mouth, but the Transformers live-action movie rights? ? "We will take care of it. You must not accept this wave of investment from wealthy people."

In the past, when we helped citizens make money, they still claimed that their capital was limited.

A rich man in Hong Kong has made a fortune, and then there is a huge amount of capital to snatch their flesh. You said that Shao Yifu, Lei Juekun, Zou Wenhuai and other rich people have already ended long ago, just like Cheng Long, Hong Yibao and Hu Huizhong. Are the stars gone too?

They did end.

But compared with Li Chaoren, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and other tycoons, those are just small tycoons. Li Chaoren, Li Zhaoji, Guo Bingxiang, Wang Dehui and others are all tycoons holding large groups with a market capitalization of tens of billions!

Once the situation is over, the funds that can be mobilized will be huge.

500 million may become 2 billion, 10 billion, or 20 billion at any time!

Also, the former group is Zhao Donghuai’s own people and allies in the film and media circle, but the latter group is really not!

Even if they snipe with all their strength and smash the plates, it's easy for them to collapse.

The Transformers animated series produced by Hasbro has been on television since 1984. With Hasbro’s strength, it will definitely not sell the live-action movie rights easily.

But Hasbro is also a North American capital, and Wall Street also represents the highest level of American capital. Everyone can talk about it when they sit together!

Zhao Donghuai was overjoyed and reached out his hand, "Okay, I'll trouble you. I won't accept the 500 million from this guy named Wu."

Sean quickly smiled and shook hands. As soon as they separated, Zhao Donghuai said again, "Actually, I also like the masterpiece Lord of the Rings..."

Sean's face turned black instantly, you are so rude!

However, he changed his face at the speed of light and said with a smile, "As long as you don't bring so many leeks with you to make the decision, that is not impossible to discuss. We will let the British capital do the work."

Zhao Donghuai was stunned, "What did you say? I didn't hear it clearly. Did you hear it clearly?"

When he looked at Amin and Azhen, the two women shook their heads hurriedly to show that they didn't hear clearly.

Sean took a sip of coffee, then gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay, just wait for my news. We will get the live-action remake rights of (Transformers) as soon as possible. However, this may be the same as Universal's (King Kong) rights. Children Zhibao and your Zhao family also have the right to film."

After chatting for a while, the two sides met happily for the first time after half a year of fighting in the financial market.

After Xiao En left, Zhang Min smiled happily and said, "Boss, I just came in and reported that directly. There should be nothing wrong, right?"

After Amin came in, he said in front of Sean that there was a rich man named White Glove who wanted to invest 500 million. Of course, he did it on purpose, hoping it would help with the negotiation.

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Yes, I didn't expect Sean to be quite talented. He speaks Mandarin and Cantonese so well. I almost thought he was from HSBC or Jardine..."

Azhen smiled sweetly on the side, "That ghost guy was outside just now. He used Cantonese to indicate his identity and purpose to us."

Zhao Donghuai suddenly realized, no wonder.

The next moment, he said to Azhen, "Go and check, whose money is this 500 million? Even if it is a rich man, if he is hiding his head and tail for me, does it belong to the enemy?"

More than an hour later.

This 500 million fund has been found out. Wang Dehui’s...

Director Zhao was a little speechless. He thought it was Li who copied people's money and was so hidden, but he didn't expect it was Lao Wang.

Forget it, although Lao Wang is super stingy and was kidnapped once, he was not willing to pay a high salary to hire a bodyguard. Then he was kidnapped and tricked to death again. He is a bit strange, but he is also a pure capitalist.

Will he bring the bottom and middle-class citizens together to make a fortune, and meet such big capital? What is this capital thinking? Want to eat shit?

It was Li who came in. If the copycat dared to invest 500 million, he would dare to face the copycat by investing in the foreign exchange market and losing all his principal. Has he been competing with American and British capital, etc., and how many of them have been exposed? Isn’t it very common to have a warehouse?

Lao Wang... Even without Sean's visit, there is no reason for him to help other capitals get rich. They are already rich enough.

Sean comes to visit and wants to help him get the Transformers live-action movie rights? ?

Then it would be even more impossible to accept it.

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A few days later.

On March 17, the second weekend box office of "Speed" was also released, with 26 million U.S. dollars, which added up to 47 million U.S. dollars in the first weekend, and "Shark Beach" also hit 18 million U.S. dollars again.

In the March period, Speed ​​​​and Death ranked first at the box office for two consecutive weeks, and Shark Beach ranked second at the box office for two consecutive weeks!

Let’s not talk about how Lola Fonna’s popularity exploded in North America. Stanley Durwood from AMC Theaters took the initiative to call and praised Director Zhao with all kinds of polite and enthusiastic words, and then hoped that he would shoot as soon as possible ( cat and mouse game).

At this stage, with the various ZZZQ operations of Mr. Huang Weiming and the explosion of two blockbusters, (Cat and Mouse Game) really became famous before it was filmed, and the popularity was in a trance.

If Zhao Donghuai hadn't sent people to buy out all the film and television adaptation rights when he first contacted Frank Abagno Jr., Hollywood would have directly set up a project to snap up the film. Frank Jr., the prototype of the cat-and-mouse game, has also become a hit recently.

Many publishers are looking for him to publish his autobiography!

Warner also contacted Zhao Donghuai more than once during the period when the cat-and-mouse game was booming in ZZZQ and wanted to make a male-led version of the movie.

It was under this situation that Wang Jing, Xu Ke and others returned from the mainland with Cai Shaofen, Cameron Diaz, Richard Norton, Wu Mengda and other (Home Alone) creative teams.

This does not mean that they have finished shooting all the scenes. In one and a half months, they finished shooting the indoor scene in the mainland where the little ghost fights the stupid thief, as well as the outdoor scene in the snowy scene where the street where the young protagonist lives is located.

For the rest, various airport scenes need to be shot on Hong Kong Island. The airport scenes are mainly scenes with the young protagonist’s family, brothers, sisters, and younger siblings.

As well as the young protagonist going shopping in the supermarket, street scenes, etc.

This requires making snow again. Even if the snow is made once, it melts after a few hours of use, and the snow still needs to be made again to continue shooting.

Since there are two versions of the young protagonists, Cai Shaofen and Cameron Diaz, their parents, brothers and sisters are also from two groups, one is Chinese and the other is white, but this is easy to say, there is no shortage of a lot of them in the Hong Kong film industry. Chinese actors are available everywhere.

White guy? ? Since Hong Kong Film has become a new track and choice for countless white film and television practitioners with Hollywood dreams, Cameron Diaz, Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts are also studying at Asia Theater. More than half a year.

Now Zhao Films' movies are looking for white actors and supporting roles, and there are also a lot of choices.

When meeting with the main creative team of the film, Zhao Donghuai smiled and said to the two directors, "You shoot as soon as possible, try to finish everything by the end of March, and take off to North America to shoot (Cat and Mouse Game) in April. People there can't wait. "

Wang Jingcan smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, boss, we will definitely complete the task. However, if a Christmas movie like Home Alone is to be filmed at the end of March, wouldn't it be best to wait until Christmas this year to be released?"

Director Zhao nodded, "That's right. In theory, the Christmas season is the best time to show this movie, as it suits the occasion best, and then... it depends on the situation."

Zhao's theaters now have a six-hall model. In theory, six different movies can be screened at the same time. What is the schedule? The Christmas schedule is definitely the best in North America and Europe.

When Hong Kong Island will be released, it really depends on the situation. He hasn't directed a film personally for half a year. If there are no blockbusters in the summer, it will be fine if it is released in the summer.

That's not right. If they were shot quickly, "Cat and Mouse" or "Juno" might not be able to grab the summer slots. It's just that the box office of these two movies is hard to say.

After a group of people finished talking and everyone left one after another, Cai Shaofen, who was not yet 13 years old, suddenly walked up to Director Zhao, bowed deeply and thanked, "Thank you, boss, I really appreciate you..."

Zhao Donghuai was speechless. Looking at Xiao Tiantian who still looked like a tomboy, he could only sigh, "It's okay. You will study hard and work hard in filming. Your mother's situation is a bit bad, but now after a month or two, she can be regarded as temporarily recovering." Bet on it."

As long as you continue to passively quit gambling for a month or two, it is not hopeless to quit gambling completely.

In the future, Xiao Tiantian, or Mrs. Niu, was once again moved to tears and left with a lot of good words before leaving. For Zhao Donghuai, this was just a matter of saying a few words, but for Cai Shaofen, it was a major event that directly changed her life and destiny.

In mid-to-late March, filming of Home Alone continued.

ATV has started the second round of rebroadcasts of "The Legend of the White Snake". This popular costume myth drama has also been sold to various places such as South Korea, Taiwan and Taiwan.

The one that took over the prime time slot in the evening was the variant version of "Stairway to Heaven" created by Fatty King himself. Once it was aired, TVB was once again lackluster.

After all, the popular Zhang Guorong came to act in a TV series, or was he the leading actor in a character like Stairway to Heaven? ? This is the dimensionality reduction strike.

Lan Jieying is so popular as one of the lead singers in the Thigh Era and is responsible for her good looks, which makes all the SPs crazy about her.

Two handsome men and a vicious female supporting role are praised for their acting skills in a TV series. It's not just Gong Li who is passable? ? Gong Li has become popular with the popularity of TV series.

It was during this period that the fifth awards ceremony of the Hong Kong Film Awards, which was won by Zhao Donghuai, started at the Regent Hotel!

ATV broadcasts the entire event live!

The nominees for the best film were (Super Body) (The Love Between Ghosts and Humans) (The Lame Man) (Police Story) (A Woman's Heart). The final winner was (Super Body). Even a big sci-fi popcorn movie can win. Big prize?

Well, the real significance of (Super Body) is that it officially kicked off Hong Kong's major science fiction special effects films, and it is the foundation and representative of the film industrialization.

This is similar to the new wave of Hong Kong film movements that just started a few years ago.

Super Body won best movie, analogy (Star Wars) in Hollywood.

Best Director? No matter how many nominations there are, the winner is of course Zhao Donghuai.

Best heroine, Isabelle Adjani in "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans"!

Nominations for best movie, best director, and even best actor are still self-praising words in Hong Kong movies.

So when Isabelle Adjani actually flew from France, accepted the award on the spot and gave a speech, the entire Haowan film and television industry in Hong Kong became a sensation that night, including Wanwan.

After all, Adjani’s resume is really impressive, she was nominated for Best Actress at the North American Oscar, two César Awards for Best Actress, and one Best Actress trophy at the Cannes Film Festival!

Such an award boss came to accept the award, which is like directly sublimating the Hong Kong Film Awards to several levels!

And at the award ceremony, although Zhao Donghuai did not end up, and other members of the crew collected various awards for him, the three tycoons Shao Yifu, Zou Wenhuai, and Lei Juekun were all present.

Including Zhou Huimin and Monica Bellucci, two stars who have also been promoted to capital bosses, this lineup is the most peak lineup since the inception of the Academy Awards.

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On a new day, various media in Hong Kong are reporting on this Hong Kong Academy Awards, mainly on Isabelle Adjani's ranking and marketing...

If you look at the Oscar nominees, the Cannes International Best Actress came to accept the award and also recognized the Academy Award. Then last night's Best Actor Zhang Guorong, didn't he become a Best Actor of the same level as the Cannes Best Actor? ?

Have the auras of honor of other grand prize winners also improved a lot? ?

As for marketing, you are too familiar with Zhao Media!

In the large office on the 32nd floor of the Zhao Financial Center Building, Isabel Adjani took a sip of coffee and then smiled, "Zhao, I'm sorry about what happened last time. I really couldn't spare the time. However, if you want to operate Cannes International Film Festival Award Honors.”

"I can help. Superbodies and Ghost Stories will not work. Those that have been released on a large scale around the world and bombed everywhere, including Speed ​​of Life and Shark Beach, will not work."

"It's a bit of a pity. If Shark Beach hadn't been released, there would have been a real chance to run the Cannes Film Festival. It's very difficult to win the award. The probability of getting a nomination for a Best Actress is still quite high."

The Cannes International Film Festival is usually held in May. Its rules are stuck when competing for awards. There is no large-scale theatrical release and it has not participated in other major international film festivals, so many movies are stuck.

This rule is not too rigid, but super-body, human-ghost romance, and even shark beach, etc., have bombarded so many countries and regions, and there is definitely no way to run awards.

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "It's okay. It's already great that you can come and receive the Best Actress Award."

To increase the influence of awards, Pengci is the fastest and most efficient way.

Let’s just talk about Miao Qianren (the movie “Woman’s Heart”), Gong Li (the movie “Police Story”), and Wang Xiaofeng (the movie “The Wrong Mandarin Duck”) who were nominated for Best Actress together with Adjani this year.

Are these people suddenly competing with international movie queens like Adjani and Oscar nominees? That’s normal if you lose, the coffee position feels completely different!

If we follow this strategy in the future, the Academy Awards will probably beat the Golden Horse all the way. Of course, this is also the face given by Adjani... Although Adjani was unable to continue to cooperate with Zhao Donghuai when she was planning (Cat and Mouse Game) last year because there was no schedule. .

But before January 1st, Zhao Donghuai contacted her and asked her if she was interested in using her salary to invest in Japanese yen, and Adjani got on board.

With a capital of one million U.S. dollars, from January 1st to March 20th, the daily yen continued to increase by 6.5%, and with 20 times leverage, it was a profit of 1.3 million U.S. dollars.

Even though Adjani has a bit of a weird personality, she doesn't put much emphasis on remuneration when choosing movies, but she does need to live and raise her children, and try to give her children a better growth environment, so money can't be ignored at will. Ignored.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have come to Hong Kong last year to film "Ghosts". After "Ghosts" became a global hit, she took on two new films with a salary of US$2 to 3 million, which is also proof of this.

Under this kind of relationship, it is normal for Adjani to give face to accept the award and to be willing to help run the Cannes International Film Festival awards.

This is really not called bribery. Whether it is the North American Oscars or the three major international film festivals in Europe, operating awards requires money. These are explicit rules, not hidden rules. (Juno) This movie has not yet started filming in North America.

If we film it now and finish it in more than a month, we really hope to be able to go to Cannes this year, win various awards first, and then be released in theaters.

But Nicole Kidman's performance has not yet reached the level expected by Zhang Amou and Huang Jianxin. She needs to practice more and get better at it.

After thinking, Zhao Donghuai suddenly took out a script from the drawer, "Adjani, do you want to consider taking on a new script??"

Adjani smiled and nodded, "I have finished filming two previous films in Europa, and now I have a schedule."

When she took the script, she saw the name (Forrest Gump).

Forrest Gump is a novel written by Winston Groom last year and just published this year. However, the sales of this novel were mediocre at first. It was not until 1994 that the film starring Tom Hanks was released. , which grossed US$670 million at the global box office.

The Forrest Gump novels were just beginning to be propelled into bestsellers.

It was March 20, 1986. Zhao Donghuai bought the film and television rights from Jie Hu, just spend money.

Just when Adjani was sitting in the reception area reading the script, Qiu Shuzhen ran in and reported coquettishly, "Boss, you have already taken 15% of Microsoft's shares. I also bought 1% with a loan, and you will continue to do so." For sale?"

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Buy it, you won't lose money."

That's right, it was March 1986. One week ago, March 13th, was the day when the famous Microsoft IPO went public. The market opened on that day at $21 per share, with a market value of more than $500 million, and closed at $28 per share. , with a market value of US$700 million, equivalent to more than HK$5 billion.

From that day on, Zhao Donghuai asked several traders from the financial investment team to help him buy Microsoft.

At 21 US dollars per share, Microsoft had a total of 25 million shares. Zhao Donghuai had already bought 3.75 million shares, making him one of the 15% major shareholders.

The money is currently in his name, and he has spent more than 100 million U.S. dollars and 800 million Hong Kong dollars.

Is it worth it? ? It can only be said that everyone understands it. The probability of him controlling Microsoft is almost non-existent, but it is not difficult to make a lot of money in the stock market by buying low and selling high.

Azhen bought 1%, which is equivalent to an investment of more than 7 million US dollars and 50 to 60 million Hong Kong dollars. She bought it with a loan because a large amount of her money has been invested in the foreign exchange boom.

In the first wave of foreign exchange speculation, Azhen made 100 million Hong Kong dollars. She bought a large villa for her family, a car, and a commercial store on the street. Then she used the property as a mortgage and took 50 million from the bank to continue investing in the second wave of foreign exchange market.

Now, I took another loan of 50 to 60 million and bought 1% of Microsoft.

Zhao Donghuai also knows that with the development of the times and Microsoft's various actions, he wants to maintain the current shareholding and make additional investments.

But how do the additional funds compare with Microsoft's prospects? ! ! Not worth mentioning. As long as you sell and cash out at the right time, you can make a lot of money.

Azhen smiled again, "Then Oracle continues to pursue investment? You asked Monica to buy Oracle, and now it has 12% of the shareholding. Zhang Min invested his personal money, including loans, and also accounted for 1%."

The famous Oracle Group was listed on March 12, only one day earlier than Microsoft. It opened at $15 per share and closed at $20.75, with a market value of $270 million.

Monica and Zhang Min's pursuit of the investment was the same as Zhao Donghuai and Azhen's investment in Microsoft. Monica already owned 7% of CLP Hong Kong, the majority shareholder of Marvel, and the original 20% of AMC.

But these assets have always been paid for by Zhao Donghuai. She holds the equity on her behalf as a white glove. Only Oracle's investment is the two to three billion Hong Kong dollars she earned from the first wave of the foreign exchange market, and she poured it into Oracle.

Zhang Min's personal assets are very small, far from enough to buy 1% of Oracle, but the loan... She relied on Zhao Donghuai's identity as personal secretary to easily get a loan from the bank to buy 1%.

Zhao Donghuai nodded, "Let them continue, and they won't lose money. Even if this investment doesn't look at the long term, it will still make a lot of money in the short term of one or two years."

In the early years when personal computers took off, you really wouldn't lose money if you held the stocks of these two groups. If you could guarantee long-term holding? Then the ranking of the world’s richest people is an everyday thing!

It's just that it is unrealistic for Chinese National People's Congress to hold shares for a long time.

Qiu Shuzhen looked around, glanced at Adjani who was concentrating on reading the script, and then whispered, "Boss, we should switch now. The two of us will vote for Oracle, and Monica and Amin will vote for Microsoft. This The name is too unpleasant, isn’t it a curse on you?”

Zhao Donghuai was speechless, "Are your skin itchy again?"

Azhen gave him a watery provocative look in return.

Well, Director Zhao could only let her get out of the way first, and then deal with her later. After Azhen ran to the wine cabinet, opened a bottle of champagne, and drank and chatted for a while, Ajani put down the script and came over with a look on her face. exclaimed, "Zhao, the story of Forrest Gump is really exciting, inspiring, and..."

After a series of compliments, she asked curiously, "I accepted the role of the female lead. Who do you plan to cast as the male lead??"

Zhao Donghuai took a sip of coffee and said, "I'm still thinking about it. I've already sent out invitations to actors. I'm not sure, but the ones I've chosen are all acting talents."

In fact, he has considered continuing to ride on the trend of political correctness in Hollywood and have Forrest Gump be recast with a female protagonist, with Adjani as the main heroine...

However, some things are too much, and with the foreshadowing of the variant version (Home Alone) (Cat and Mouse Game), just explode first.

There is no need to continue to ruin the classics.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't want the box office for a cat-and-mouse game, but if he turns up the fire on political correctness, there's no need for Forrest Gump.

As for (Juno) (Shark Beach)? Not counting these two movies, the original version had the main heroine.

And Forrest Gump, has he ever thought about finding the original Tom Hanks? That guy's salary is too high.

The salary is too much, not worth it.

After selecting and choosing, he gave film contracts to Zhang Guorong, Zun Lung, Wan Ziliang, and Chow Yun-fat. He chose Lao Wan and Ah Fa because their acting skills were good, but he was afraid that they would not be able to act like North Americans.

Ah Fa was not used last time because his ethics in love and intimacy scenes were too low. In Forrest Gump, we didn’t have that concern. There weren’t many intimacy scenes.

Choosing Zhang Guorong is because of his status in the music industry in North America. This role can attract box office and greatly weaken the resistance of white movie fans.

Zun Long is... This is a story about being born as an orphan and going to North America at the age of 18. He has been working hard in North America for more than ten years. He really became popular in North America not through action movies, but through a crime film (Year of the Dragon). Chinese stars.

Zun Lung's acting skills aren't bad either, and at this stage he won't be much worse than Ah Fa and Wan Ziliang.

It depends on the situation, depending on when the other party will come, and several male protagonists will compete with each other on their acting skills.

Adjani thought for a few seconds, "If I take the job, will you direct it yourself?"

Zhao Donghuai shook his head, "I won't direct anymore. I will choose a suitable director to do it."

The protagonist of Forrest Gump was involved in the Vietnam War, and he was interviewed twice by the North American Black Palace Commander. There were too many scenes and clips in North America, and it was not suitable for him to go to North America.

Just because he is currently leading the citizens of Hong Kong and American and British capital to grab meat, there are probably hordes of people who want to kill him now that he is leaving Hong Kong. He can rely on the simulator to predict the future and defeat his opponents in advance. .

But there are too many people in a row, which is quite annoying.

The Black Palace may not even issue orders to arrest people directly.

A trace of disappointment flashed in Adjani's eyes, and then she said with a smile, "Okay, I have a schedule within half a year, and the salary doesn't matter. You can pay it as you like. I'll leave first, so I won't disturb you anymore."

The salary doesn't matter, just give it as you like?

This is of course the reason why I invested US$1 million in the financial sector on January 1st, and now I have made a profit of US$1.3 million.

After meeting a magical person like Zhao Donghuai, let alone the fact that she didn't care much about the pay when she took the movie. Even if she is a money-hungry person, she can't get stuck on the pay.

How much does a movie cost? How could there be such huge profits from the terrifying profits thrown into the financial foreign exchange market? ?

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On March 25, Zhao Donghuai left Azhen and Zhang Min, who were full of knowledge, and took a helicopter from the Financial Building to Zhao Films.

When he walked down the sixth floor from the rooftop of Zhao's Film Studio, he saw a 30-year-old white man waiting in the living room.

Director Zhao was overjoyed, smiled and stepped forward, extending his hand, "Welcome to Hong Kong Island, Mr. Robert."

This thirty-year-old white man is the director of the original version (Forrest Gump). Don’t think it was many years in advance. Robert doesn’t have that kind of directorial ability. This guy himself was the director of last year’s (Back to the Future).

Back to the Future was one of the top-grossing box office masterpieces in the global film industry in 1985.

Until 2019, media statistics ranked the directors with the highest cumulative box office in the world. The first place is Steven Spielberg, James Cameron is sixth, Christopher Nolan is eighth, and Robert is tenth.

Since Robert entered the industry, his ability to hit the box office has been very strong. After much thought, Zhao Donghuai still wanted to invite the original director to give it a try.

After a polite exchange, the two went into the office and read the script.

After waiting for more than an hour, Robert closed the script with a look of amazement on his face, "The script is very strong. If it is filmed well, it will definitely be a masterpiece that will compete for awards, and it is not hopeless to be a box office hit."

“This book is so inspiring!”

"As long as the remuneration is okay, I will accept this script. But Zhao, you are also one of the world's top directors. Whether it's a super-body or a romance between a human and a ghost, you've made excellent movies. Why don't you direct it yourself??"

Zhao Donghuai smiled and asked his work secretary to hand over two cups of tea. He took a sip and sighed, "There is nothing I can do. If I go to North America to direct, I may be beaten every day."

"It's better to stay in Hong Kong Island and wait for the finished product."

Robert's smile gradually became funny. What does it mean to be beaten every day? ? Did he hear it wrong or understand it wrong? ?

After dozens of seconds of silence, Robert asked curiously, "What's the budget for this movie?"

Zhao Donghuai continued, "20 million U.S. dollars."

Robert was ecstatic, "20 million U.S. dollars is enough to shoot a blockbuster, but what about the male lead? The lead actor's salary must be set, and it cannot take too much away from the budget."

The total cost of Back to the Future, which he directed last year, was only US$19 million. As for the 1994 version of Forrest Gump, the cost was US$55 million? The leading actor Tom Hanks took away too much money.

Tom Hanks earned US$40 million from Forrest Gump. Of course, this is the salary plus dividends. In the 1990s, the top male stars in Hollywood earned US$15 million or US$20 million, plus 15%. Or 20% dividend interest.

There are also the U.S. dollar in 1986 and the U.S. dollar in 1994, which are two different things. Let’s talk about the appreciation of the Japanese yen... The other side of the appreciation of the Japanese yen is the depreciation of the U.S. dollar.

A doubling of the Japanese yen's value in a few years is equivalent to a doubling of the U.S. dollar's value!

Zhao Donghuai laughed, "The protagonist is Leslie from our Hong Kong Island, or John Long. Did you know? There are two alternatives. I guess you won't be impressed even if I tell you."

Robert suddenly realized, "Leslie? He's a good actor in "The Legend of Ghosts". His influence in the music industry is even stronger, and he will be a powerful weapon in attracting box office."

"As for John, his Year of the Dragon is simply one of the most handsome gangsters. I'm really impressed, but his salary is much cheaper than Leslie's!"

In fact, the real explosion of Zun Long was after the release of "The Last Emperor" in 1987. This movie won various awards and pushed Zun Long's fame to its peak. Then... he was confused and deceived in various ways, and gradually became unknown. .

But last year he was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Year of the Dragon". He is definitely one of the rare people in the Chinese circle to become famous in Hollywood with the help of drama crime films.

In the world without hanging, from Bruce Lee to Cheng Long, Jet Li, etc., everyone has basically relied on action movies to break into Hollywood. Ah Fa seems to have reached the peak of his career in Hong Kong, and he is still playing various villains and supporting roles in North America. The popularity is not very high either.

In the world of cheating, Zhao Donghuai promotes Hong Kong stars to enter North America, and almost all of them plagiarize pop songs and action movies to pave the way.

Zunlong is really an exception... In fact, we all understand the treatment situation of Chinese people in North America and Hollywood.

If it weren't for the restriction of his status, his (Year of the Dragon) might not be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. You can say that he is the leading actor and it is not wrong to be nominated for the Best Actor.

In the film and television industry, are there too few gangsters or fierce villains who have been nominated for Best Actor? Tony Leung Ka-fai also took advantage of Johnnie To's nomination for Triad 1 and even won the Golden Statue and Golden Horse Best Actor.

This is why Zhao Donghuai said that Zun Lung's current acting skills are not much worse than those of Zhou Runfa or Wan Ziliang. If he were white, he would have been the actor's successor.

Then Robert smiled again, "Where's the heroine?"

When he heard Isabelle Adjani's name, Robert was overjoyed, "Of course this French Rose has great acting skills."

The book is good enough, the protagonist's acting skills are online, and there are ample filming funds. Robert feels that this movie (Forrest Gump) is still very exciting. After all, he also knows that although Zhao Donghuai is a Hong Kong filmmaker, he can surpass Hollywood. Several major companies directly cooperate with AMC for promotion.

For this, he just needs to do his best as a director.

As for an Asian male protagonist being the absolute leading man in a Hollywood blockbuster? ? Robert didn't care about this, after all, it was agreed upon by the investment.

To prepare for the filming of Back to the Future (Back to the Future), he and his friends struggled with several Hollywood majors from 1980 to the end of 1984 before the filming officially started, and it was released in 1985.

Of course, with Back to the Future 1, which had a total production cost of 19 million U.S. dollars and a record of nearly 400 million U.S. dollars worldwide, Robert's popularity has skyrocketed. If he wants to direct a new film, countless big groups are already chasing him to give him money. The treatment is completely different.

But he still wants to make good films, and good films with excellent standards are worthy of his work, because he knows that once a new film by a popular director hits the market, it will return to the period when no one cares about it after two or three consecutive films.

There is no doubt that the script of Forrest Gump is excellent enough. Once it is finished, it will definitely win international awards! The box office shouldn't be a failure either. This kind of inspirational blockbuster depends on how it's shot...