Rebirth of Hong Kong 1981

It's all because of Yang Chen's script, which is a one-sided comedy. Comedies are not as popular in the United States as they are in Xiangjiang.

Fortunately, Yang Chen took out the script and directly invested 5000 million US dollars. Even if the script is rotten, he must read it all.

Seeing Michael Ovitz's appearance, Yang Chen just smiled faintly, not being affected by it at all.

The three scripts he produced have all been tested by the market in later generations, and they are one of the most successful series of movies in Hollywood, "Home Alone".

In the early 90s, the first Home Alone, then Home Alone and superstar Sylvester Stallone's Rocky 5 episode five: Dragons and Tigers premiered the same week.

At the very beginning, the two films, Home Alone was an existence that was directly ignored, and no one regarded it as Rocky's opponent at all.

However, the truth is often so unexpected.

Under the pressure of Rocky, the first Home Alone has been the first-week box office champion since the first week, and then won the first place in the box office for eight consecutive weeks, which shocked Hollywood at the time.

The cost of Home Alone was only 800 million, and the global box office reached more than [-] million. The box office exceeded the cost by nearly [-] times. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a miracle at the time.

Yang Chen had only watched the first three of the comedy movie "Home Alone" in his previous life. In any era, comedy movies will never be outdated, and they won't make people feel old-fashioned.

Accustomed to Zhou Xingxing's nonsensical comedies, Yang Chen is not averse to movies like Home Alone, so he took a little time to write down the entire plot.

Series movies are the most difficult to shoot, especially those hit series. After the box office hits, it is even more difficult to make sequels.

After Home Alone was released, it attracted widespread attention at the time, not only at the box office, but also the characters in the play. Rather than wait until it becomes popular and fail to gather familiar actors, it is better to film all three films directly.

Anyway, he is not short of that little money. Once Home Alone becomes as popular as it was in the original world, it will be difficult to multiply the 5000 million ten times, but five or six times is not a problem.

Chapter 607 Pretty Face

You must know that the combined global box office of the first and second films in later generations exceeds [-] million U.S. dollars. Although there is inflation in the middle, there is now a third film.

With a cost of 5000 million, the investment budget for each film is around 700 million, and the three movies are discounted in half, and the total global box office of [-] million is not much less.

With a total box office of [-] million, how can you earn [-] million US dollars.

Of course, the premise is that CAA can help him make a good film of Home Alone. If it fails to meet the standards of later generations, the chance of losing money is very high.

As for finding the original crew for the filming, Yang Chen said that his ability is limited, and he can't do anything for the time being, not to mention the nine-year distance in the middle, where the main actor is unknown, just say the protagonist boy in Home Alone, Whether he was born now is a question.

He doesn't know who the main actor or director is, but he only knows one, that is, Home Alone was produced and distributed by [-]th Century Fu.

However, it is useless to know these things. Whether it can be shot well and whether it can make money can only be known after the film comes out.

After Michael Ovitz finished reading the script, he asked directly: "Mr. Yang Chen, is the investment amount of these three films the average score, or?"

Yang Chen: "Find a director with a budget. If it's not enough, the upper limit should not exceed 1000 million. You can ask Kelly to call me."

"I don't care about the director and actors, but it's best to use the same director and original actors for the three films, and they will be released together on Christmas after filming."

"Show it together?" Michael Ovitz was stunned for a moment.

"One week apart, let everyone watch the first part, and then want to watch the second and third parts, so that everyone can watch the movie as a TV series."

"Uh..." Michael Ovitz was a little dumbfounded.

Chasing movies as TV series, I'm afraid only the person in front of me can think of it, if it's someone else, he really doesn't have that strength.

'rich, wayward'

In his heart, Michael Ovitz put two labels on Yang Chen again.

In fact, I don't blame Yang Chen for doing this, the main reason is that the difference between the box office of the first and second movie of Home Alone is a bit big, so they cut it in half.

Tell me, who has changed, who can bear it?

Anyway, he wasn't short of money. If the three films were successful and won a total box office of more than one billion US dollars in one fell swoop, then he would really make a lot of money. The box office share alone would be enough to bulge his pockets.

In the U.S., movies generally take a long time to release. As long as the box office is not too bad, it is common for them to be released for two months. There is no problem at all when all three of Home Alone are released. The only problem is whether the theaters are willing or not. support.

After all, Christmas isn't a good place for everyone.

Of course, if Home Alone can perform at the level of future generations, then this problem will no longer exist.

In fact, it's not that Yang Chen didn't think about entering Hollywood and buying two movie giants for fun.

But when he thought of the smooth surface of the Hollywood giants in the future, and the bitterness and misery on the inside, Yang Chen didn't have much interest in Hollywood.

The water in Hollywood is deeper and turbid than any other industry. If you step into it, your shoes will be wet.

Especially after the emergence of special effects blockbusters, Hollywood movies will become a golden beast. If a movie wins, it will reach the pinnacle of life in one fell swoop. If it loses, it will be heavily in debt and bankrupt.

Among the later generations of Hollywood film giants, there is no one that does not bear excessive debts, and the entire Hollywood lives relatively well, that is, a company like CAA.

The risk is entirely borne by investors, and CAA is only responsible for collecting money from work. No matter how bad the movie box office is, it will not delay CAA's ability to make money.

"Pfft..." Out of curiosity, Lin Qingxia watched for a while, and finally couldn't help laughing when she saw the highlights.

Seeing Yang Chen and Michael Ovitz looking over, Lin Qingxia couldn't help but blush, "Sorry"

"Then what, Ah Chen, how did you come up with this kind of story? The thief in it is too stupid!" Lin Qingxia's beautiful eyes are shining, and when she smiles, they are slightly aroused, making people unconsciously attracted by it.

Yang Chen was stunned for a while, then recovered quickly, and immediately said proudly: "How is it? Is the script okay?"

Although Yang Chen's smug face deserves a beating, but I have to say that this is indeed a good script, and from her own point of view, it looks like this.

Lin Qingxia reminded: "Ah Chen, ATV can also shoot this script."

"Can you leave these three films to me? I have nothing to do next year. I want to try to transform and see if I can work behind the scenes."

Yang Chen didn't speak, but smiled and nodded to Lin Qingxia, expressing his agreement. Facing Goddess Lin who rarely asks him, Yang Chen will naturally not refuse such a small request, no matter whether Lin Qingxia's filming is good or bad. , the result is not the most important, as long as the other party is happy.

Seeing that Yang Chen agreed to her, Lin Qingxia was so happy that she carried herself away, no matter where she was, she took the initiative to send a sweet kiss, and nakedly ignored the blue beauty and Michael Ovitz beside her.

Seeing Yingying and Yanyan beside Yang Chen, beautiful women competing one by one, Michael Ovitz was envious, but at the same time, he didn't want to stay here any longer and be a light bulb.

Michael Ovitz: "Mr. Yang Chen, I'm going to print two film investment contracts, excuse me."

After Michael Ovitz left, Yang Chen waved to Kaili, pointed to the seat where Michael Ovitz sat, motioned for him to sit down, and then said: "Kaili, last time I told you thing, remember?"

Hearing Yang Chen's words, Kaili suppressed the excitement in her heart, and asked cautiously: "Is the boss talking about the director of CAA?"

Yang Chen nodded, and said: "When Michael Ovitz comes back later, I will tell him that you are my sole shareholder representative in the company. After you go to CAA, you should try not to Meddling with CAA internal affairs..."

"I have a TV station in Xiangjiang. In the future, the Asian media industry will be dominated by your boss and my family. Whether you will be able to return to Xiangjiang to work for me depends on how much you can learn in CAA. "

Kelly said seriously: "Boss, I will work hard."

Yang Chen saw her face tense and serious, and couldn't help laughing: "Effort is a matter of time, there are some things that can't be achieved by just hard work, if it really doesn't work, go back to Chenghui and continue." Work."