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Chapter 147 Earned
Look at the number again, one hundred US dollars!

"so much?"

Zhang Jianya's hand trembled.

Based on the thickness, wouldn’t it be 50,000 US dollars?

Four hundred thousand Hong Kong dollars, converted into RMB at the official exchange rate, is nearly two hundred thousand.

Based on his original salary at the Shanghai Film Studio, it would take him three hundred years to earn that much.

Even with the current fixed salary, it would be enough for him to earn for seven or eight years.

"This is too much..." Zhang Jianya put the envelope back on the table.

"Look at you!" Huang Ze laughed.

"What more?"

"This film has earned me nearly 10 million yuan in profit just from the Hong Kong box office."

"You deserve this money."

"But it was you who reminded me of the script and even how to do the storyboards," said Zhang Jianya.

"Okay, stop nagging me. If you really feel bad about this, then be my assistant director again, the assistant director of the Once Upon a Time in China crew."

"Okay!" Zhang Jianya accepted it. "When do we start preparing?"

"Don't worry, I'll get the leading actor first. Also, I've already considered the shooting location and so on when I designed Yangcheng Street. The most important thing for you now is..." Huang Ze paused and knocked on the table.

"Look at the color of the dollar."

"green!"

"what?"

"green?"

Zhang Jianya was confused.

As a native Chinese, this color has a long history. When used on men, it is even more meaningful and indescribable. "Me, me, and this green?"

"It's okay for now!" Huang Ze gave Zhang Jianya a reassurance, and then his heart rose to his throat again, "But if it continues, it's hard to say."

"When I went to see Zhang Yu, she asked me about my views on immigration."

"If nothing unexpected happens, she wants to immigrate to the United States."

"Come to think of it, you haven't seen each other for several years, right?"

"Yes!" Zhang Jianya smiled bitterly, "A round trip ticket is expensive, how can I afford it? Besides, my English is not up to standard."

"Now that we have money!" Huang Ze raised his eyebrows. "If you feel that you have no feelings for each other anymore and want to break up, then just ignore what I said. If you still want to be together, I will find you a translator from the company and pay for his travel expenses."

"You are responsible for tricking her to come to Xinghai. Then you two won't have to be so far apart, and my company will also have a highly educated talent. It's a win-win situation!"

"I'll pay for the translation."

"It's up to you." Huang Ze waved his hand, "I'll give you a month, then come back and help me."

"Hey!" Zhang Jianya left excitedly.

Huang Ze smiled and shook his head.

I guess this is a bit selfish of mine.

In her previous life, Zhang Yu never remarried after her divorce. If she could bring these two familiar friends together again, wouldn't that be considered a good deed?
It is better to demolish ten temples than to ruin a marriage.

Moreover, the two of them can help me with things, even if it's just playing mahjong together.

It would be more comfortable to get along with friends whom you knew before you became rich.

"Ring ring ring..."

Less than an hour after Zhang Jianya left, the phone in Huang Ze's office rang. He picked it up and heard a cheerful voice.

"Mr. Huang, congratulations on getting rich!"

"Hahaha, no, no, I just made a little fortune. I'm almost broke." Huang Ze recognized that this was Cai Songlin from Taiwan, so he started to tease him, "If you ask me, Mr. Cai is the one who really made a fortune. I heard that Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels did well at the Taipei box office! He must be able to make a fortune, right?"

"Not much actually. Just like you. It's okay."

When Cai Songlin said this, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The box office of "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" in Taekwondo is as high as NT$50 million. Generally speaking, the box office in Taiwan is three times this number.

According to final estimates, the box office should be around 40 million Hong Kong dollars, and the film will be screened in its own theaters and distributed on videotapes.

He imported Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels at a price of less than HK$10 million, which can be said to be a pretty lucrative sum.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have called immediately after hearing that "The Ring" broke the record, for fear that someone else would snatch it away.

Thinking of the huge profits and the reports from his subordinates, Cai Songlin was afraid that things would get complicated, so he said directly, "I want The Ring. How about we take 30% of the box office?"

"Mr. Cai, this isn't a good idea, right?" Huang Ze pretended to be embarrassed.

"If it were any other movie, 30% would be 30%, but The Ring broke the record in Hong Kong Island."

"A horror movie like this broke the record and raised the record by nearly 10%. You are also a filmmaker, so you know what that means, right?"

"It's not that they can only get 38 million, but there are only so many people in Hong Kong Island, and they have seen all the movies they should watch. If they change the movie, they will get this amount."

"But you Taiwanese are different! This year's GDP will probably be twice that of Hong Kong Island, right? Hong Kong Island has a population of over 5 million, while Taiwan's is almost 20 million. The market potential is different!"

"It also means that you can earn more, Brother Cai!"

"How much do you want?" Cai Songlin asked.

"Four percent."

"Round it off, fourteen million."

"Brother, this little change cost you 1.2 million!" Huang Ze and he talked about the price on the phone with a smile.

Because the price difference between the two parties' expectations was not that big, they reached an agreement on HK$14.5 million in just a few minutes.

In fact, it wasn’t just Taiwan. Within three days, many publishers from other countries also contacted us.

Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia.

Wherever there are Chinese people, there are publishers who want to buy.

Of course, there is also South Korea, which has been greatly influenced by Hong Kong films, and Japan, which seamlessly adapts to "The Ring".

Japan, in particular, was extremely optimistic about "The Ring". Huang Ze raised the price at the right time, but because he had not really made much of a push into the Japanese market, no matter how much the other party liked the film, they were not willing to take the risk, and in the end it was only sold for one million US dollars.

After adding up all the other stuff, the film finally earned about 4.5 million US dollars from overseas markets, which is about the same as the box office in Hong Kong.

Plus, you can earn several million Hong Kong dollars here in Hong Kong Island.

Another project with a profit of over five million dollars.

Do not!
More than five million!
Huang Ze smiled and looked in the direction of the United States.

When "The Ring" is released in various countries, if the box office is still as good as before, the Hollywood companies will definitely not be blind, and they can sell some adaptation fees. If they hold on tighter, it is not impossible to get some box office!

Of course, it's about box office sharing and profit sharing, but I don't want to see the superb accounting techniques of Hollywood accountants.

“But I don’t know if this will happen in a few years.”

Huang Ze shook his head and stopped thinking about it, and focused on the next movie.

The first step is to return to China and get the male lead.

(End of this chapter)