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"IMHO."

"World of Warcraft requires a lot of big scenes."

"Can you control it?"

"I will try my best." Peter Jackson, "I will use my greatest effort, work most carefully, and shoot it with the least cost."

"Sometimes hard work is worthless." Huang Ze smiled and shook his head. "There are so many directors and actors in Hollywood, and they work hard too, but you know what I want to say."

"But none of them succeeded." Peter Jackson sighed softly, "I understand. Excuse me."

"But I still want to say something."

"I think with my love for The Lord of the Rings, I can make this movie well."

"Definitely!"

"Don't say for sure!"

"Oh..." The light in Peter Jackson's eyes disappeared.

He knew he had no chance.

It's not just my childhood dream.

And my own career.

Although "The Lord of the Rings" is difficult to shoot, if he can shoot the scenes he imagined, then it is conceivable that he will inevitably become a famous director.

Instead of the current third-tier directors.

"I understand."

Peter Jackson nodded and said, "I still hope you will consider me if you have the chance in the future."

"Since you are so determined, I can give you a chance!"

"Ah?" Peter Jackson raised his head in surprise.

If Peter Jackson were Chinese, he would definitely recite a poem.

Mountain darkly, vista.

When I heard Huang Ze say that before, I thought I had no hope at all.

How come things seem to be taking a turn for the better?

But Peter Jackson didn't care about that anymore, and nodded immediately, "If you are willing to give me a chance, I don't need to pay the salary, just convert the salary into investment, and then we will pay the loss together."

"..."

Huang Ze was stunned for a moment.

Why am I giving you a chance, but you're still thinking of stabbing me in the back?

Do you want to pay for it together?

Do I need your two or three million in salary?

If this is converted into components, how much money would it be?

If I agree to your conditions, wouldn't it be like picking up sesame seeds and losing watermelons?

"Okay, stop saying that." Huang Ze waved his hand, "Your pay is what it should be!"

"Okay." Seeing Huang Ze say this, Peter Jackson couldn't say anything and could only nod, "You are the investor, I will listen to you."

"It hasn't been finalized yet. I need to have a good chat with you to find out if you have the ability to film The Lord of the Rings."

"How much investment do you think The Lord of the Rings would require?"

"At least four hundred million dollars!"

"Oh, of course." Peter Jackson was afraid that he would scare away the person who was willing to let him invest, so he said, "Not one movie, one movie won't cost so much money, it's three movies."

"Three parts?" Huang Ze smiled. "Peter, I have read the original novel. Can you tell me, if there are three parts, how long is each film?"

"Duration..."

Peter Jackson blinked and thought quickly. "Maybe it will take more than four or five hours..." Peter Jackson's voice became lower and lower. "I know it's not feasible to take such a long time. I believe I can reduce it to less than three hours."

“I hope you can do it!”

Huang Ze stretched out his hand, "Since you said three, then three. I also need you to sign a contract with me for three films at once. What is your current director's salary?"

"Two million dollars."

"The first one is $2 million. If there is a second one, it will be $3 million plus 1% of your first film's North American box office. The third one will be 2% of your second film's box office."

Since this involves a series with a box office of about 3 billion US dollars, Huang Ze cannot be too stingy.

For the first one, I knew that the other party would definitely work hard to make a good one, so I just paid him based on his current salary.

But if you still do the same thing in the second or third part, the other party might be dissatisfied.

There is no need to cause trouble on purpose. As long as you are not so careful, you will not know how much you will lose.

So, what should be given must be given eventually.

Huang Ze didn't expect that after hearing what Huang Ze said, Peter Jackson, perhaps because he was afraid that he would only have the chance to shoot the first film, immediately stood up and asked, "Can I shoot three films at once?"

"All three together?"

If it were someone else, they would definitely think that the fat man in front of them was a lunatic, and might even not agree to the conditions that had just been negotiated.

But who can blame Huang Ze for having so much money?

And knowing how successful this series would be.

If you shoot one film after another, even if you have signed contracts with the director and actors in the early stages, it is necessary to raise their salaries when the next film comes around to prevent them from losing motivation.

After thinking for a few seconds, Huang Ze realized that it was not impossible to take a gamble.

"Let's do all three together!"

Huang Ze made up his mind, "But I can't give you 400 million, just 300 million US dollars, for three movies."

As a director, how could you not know what most directors are like?

If you give him 400 million, he will spend it all and then ask you for funds.

Of course, if you give me 300 million, I'm sure I can spend it all.

However, reserving 100 million out of the 300 million as follow-up funds will definitely save money than giving 400 million directly.

We still have to put some pressure on the director.

"Great!" Peter Jackson felt that his heart couldn't bear it today. It felt like riding a roller coaster.

"I will definitely film it well and let you, boss, make a lot of money."

"When do we sign the contract?"

"I'm currently filming a movie. With such a large investment, there's no need to rush. Wait until I finish filming. You can also write a plan for this trilogy so that I can have a better idea instead of just talking about it."

"Okay!" Peter Jackson was already very satisfied with today's results. Now, Huang Ze was his god. As long as there were no artistic disagreements during the filming process, he would listen to Huang Ze.

"Then, happy cooperation!"

Huang Ze ate while chatting. When he was almost done, he stood up and stretched out his hand. "Happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation!"

……

After talking with Peter Jackson, on the third day, Huang Ze put the matter aside temporarily and concentrated on filming "The Sixth Sense".

I don’t know what happened, maybe it’s metaphysics, or maybe it’s because we’ve been shooting for more than ten days and everyone has almost gotten used to each other. Anyway, after Peter Jackson came, the filming became smoother.

By the time Huang Ze finished filming on June 20th, the film was finished.

The entire shoot took only one month and twenty-five days.

After the last scene was shot, Huang Ze couldn't help but cheer, "It's done!" (End of this chapter)