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But when I boarded James Cameron's thief ship, I realized what it means to be speechless.

It was agreed that the budget was 2 million U.S. dollars, but within a few days, there was not enough money.Well, an additional 5000 million US dollars, after a few days, the money is not enough, and another 5000 million US dollars is not enough!Ask him why he spent it, well, Cameron actually took the money to invent the camera himself, he wants to make 3D movies and design a 3D camera!

Haoxuan did not make the executives of [-]th Century Fox very angry.

But the thought of "Titanic" made Twentieth Century Fox feel itchy again, so it had to let James Cameron mess around.It’s just that there is a lot of money here, and there is not much money to make any movies there, especially the box office revenue of the big-budget “X-Men 3” is not as much as expected, which makes Fox’s finances even more difficult. .

Wan Xiaohu swayed the coffee in his cup leisurely, now is a good time, [-]th Century Fox is short of money!

There is great hope that a deal will be done.

Tom Rodman had a gloomy face, and after thinking for a long time, he let out a sigh of relief: "Wan Dao, how much are you willing to pay to buy back the copyright of the X-Men?"

Wan Xiaohu smiled, and sure enough, Rodman was moved: "Yes. I'm only in charge of buying, not negotiating money. You can talk to Kai Fitch."

Kai Fitch has been waiting for this moment, and said with a smile: "We have two plans, one is to buy back the copyright of the X-Men series of superheroes alone, and the other is to buy back all the Marvel comics from [-]th Century Fox. Copyrights for superheroes..."

Both options have given an exciting figure.Of course, it is installment payment.

Now there is not much money on the books of Marvel Comics, and it must be refinanced.This is also one of Wan Xiaohu's goals, so that he can spend more money to occupy more shares by refinancing.The shares of several Internet companies in his private hands.It's almost time to sell, and you can exchange a large sum of cash at any time, and you won't be short of money.

"Let's talk about the X-Men alone." In the end, Tom Rodman chose to be conservative. They still have the copyright of "Fantastic Four" and are ready to give it another go instead of selling them all.

Remaining time.It's just a negotiation, it's not something that can be decided every minute.

When Wan Xiaohu confidently handed over the negotiation to Kai Fitch and prepared for the global release of "Kung Fu Panda", Tom Rodman came to his door within a few days.

"Wan Dao, now the management of [-]th Century Fox, basically agreed to sell the copyright of the X-Men, but. We have two prerequisites."

"Please say."

"First, we heard from Director Wan that there is no shortage of money. We hope to invite Director Wan to participate in the investment of "Avatar."

"What?" Wan Xiaohu almost jumped up, "You don't have enough money?"

Tom Rodman thought Wan Xiaohu was unwilling, so he said: "Wan Dao took away our cash cow, so he must share a little risk for us? Although the budget of "Avatar" has repeatedly exceeded the standard, many companies are willing to cooperate with us. Cooperation. This is also an opportunity, isn't it?"

"Since there is a company willing to cooperate, why did you come to me?" After Wan Xiaohu was surprised, he calmed down very well, but there was something meaningful in his eyes.

He didn't know what [-]th Century Fox meant. "Avatar" is such a big killer, Wan Xiaohu didn't even think about getting a share, thinking that [-]th Century Fox would definitely not want to diversify its investment.Who knew that [-]th Century Fox would come to the door on its own initiative, which is strange.

And it gave Wan Xiaohu the feeling that if he didn't invest, he just wouldn't give him face.

This is simply begging to send money over.

why?Wan Xiaohu didn't understand, but it didn't prevent him from pretending to be stupid and reluctant.

"Because other companies offer more ruthless prices and ask for more sharing, I hope to reach a perfect sharing agreement with Wan Dao."

Wan Xiaohu suddenly realized that [-]th Century Fox was trying to take advantage of it by threatening the copyright of the X-Men.

Tsk tsk tsk, as for who is taking advantage of whom, let's talk about it!

At the moment, Wan Xiaohu reluctantly agreed to this "unequal" precondition. In fact, he was overjoyed. This is a big killer for the future box office of 27.5 billion US dollars. Money here!

Wan Xiaohu is satisfied, and Tom Rodman is also satisfied. In Fox's risk budget, "Avatar" is likely to cost more than 5 million US dollars in shooting costs, and at least 1.5 million in publicity costs. If this continues, the cost will be huge. If you can't replicate the miracle of "Titanic", you will die.

Cooperate with other companies, these companies are not stupid, and they have to try their best to increase their profit sharing.Looking at Wan Xiaohu's appearance, the typical rhythm of "people are stupid and money comes quickly", if you don't knock Wan Xiaohu, you will knock someone else.

So there is such a happy cooperation.

"There is a second prerequisite. We hope to invite Director Wan to collaborate on three films. The first script is "Percy Jackson and the Soul Fire Thief"..."

"Wait, you want to cooperate with me to make a movie?" Wan Xiaohu was surprised again, "Although I made a few Chinese movies and made a lot of money, but I haven't made a Hollywood movie except for a small budget, so you don't have to worry about losing money. ?”

Tom Rodman laughed loudly: "Of course we are afraid, so we did some research, and we found that Director Wan's movie, just change the actors and scenes, is completely a Hollywood movie, so there is no need to worry about anything. How about it, Director Wan, we sincerely invite you, your personal remuneration is definitely at the level of an A-level director!"

0305【Enter Hollywood】

Hearing Tom Rodman say that the movie he made would be a Hollywood movie after changing the packaging, even though Wan Xiaohu had a thick skin, he felt a little bit ashamed in his heart.These movies were originally Hollywood movies, and I just adapted them. The natural style is more Hollywood.

After a pause, Wan Xiaohu said: "I don't like to make movies based on scripts given by others. I like to choose scripts or create scripts by myself. If you let me choose from [-]th Century Fox's script library, I can follow you Make a couple of movies together."

"Of course." Tom Rodman did not insist on this point. In his opinion, Wan Xiaohu's vision is absolutely strong. The script he likes should make money at the box office easily.

After the two prerequisites were agreed, the copyright negotiation of the war police went smoothly.

At the same time, Wan Xiaohu was also rummaging through the resource library of 5th Century Fox, but to be honest, there were not many scripts that Wan Xiaohu liked. With regard to the scripts in their current resource library for "Avatar", they can't make much money, and they probably don't even know what to shoot.

However, Wan Xiaohu, who is a reborn person, still found something.

Then contact Tom Rodman again.

"Chairman Rodman, I think we should change the plan. Let's change the contract of the three movies. I will restart a blockbuster series for you and cooperate in investment. What do you think?" Wan Xiaohu resigned himself from Twentieth Century Fox A few DVDs and a VCD found in the resource library were thrown on the table.

Rodman picked up a DVD at random, saw the label on it read "pl-of-he-pes", and asked in surprise, "The "Planet of the Apes" series?"

"Yes, this is a good theme. I have watched all the movies in this series, including this one." Wan Xiaohu pointed to the vcd.The above is also the title of pl-of-he-pes, "When Tim Burton filmed the restart version in 2001, although it was interesting, it failed to surpass the old version. Obviously the restart failed."

"Wan Dao means that he wants to remake "Planet of the Apes"?"

"Yes, but it's not a remake, but a re-architecture to make a new series, a cooler, more exciting and more interesting series. I believe this series will be successful, and the money it will earn will definitely be higher than if I just made three movies at random. More. After all, the development value of peripheral products of series movies is higher.” Wan Xiaohu smiled.

"The World of the Apes" is a novel written by the French writer Pierre Boule.This author is not very famous, and this novel is not very famous, but based on this novel, Twentieth Century Fox adapted it into the "Planet of the Apes" series of movies, which was a great success and released four sequels in one go.

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Although more sequels were released, word of mouth declined, after the fifth film was finished.Twentieth Century Fox pulled the plug on the series.Until the [-]s, special effects technology had begun to develop.Twentieth Century Fox had the idea of ​​restarting. At first, it wanted to invite Oliver Stone, and then it planned to invite James Cameron.

It was finally confirmed that the ghostly director Tim Burton will direct, and the investment and budget are extremely sufficient. Fox believes that the big sale is a certainty.

Tim Burton also put a lot of effort into this movie.This so-called genius director once created a dark version of "Batman" and gained fame. He is the father of dark superhero movies. He also made the classic movie "Edward Scissorhands", which makes people full of confidence.

But it's a pity.Tim Burton's 2001 "Planet of the Apes" was unsuccessful, lackluster, and was generally criticized as inferior to the old version. It also took the "Golden Plum" worst supporting actor, supporting actress and worst sequel and remake. Award, which became a big stain on his director career, and indirectly led to the restart of the "Planet of the Apes" series of films, which was once again shelved by [-]th Century Fox. Thank you for your kind attention.

But it doesn't mean that [-]th Century Fox has given up on "Planet of the Apes". You must know that in Hollywood, the role of classic blockbuster movies is to take them out for repeated remakes.

Take the two popular superheroes of Batman and Superman under Warner Bros.

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When it was almost recovered, "Superman Returns" was restarted in 2006 last year.After the failure of the restart, it restarted "Superman: Man of Steel" in 2013.

The same is true for "Batman", "Batman" in 1989, "Batman Returns" in 1992, "Batman Forever" in 1995, and "Batman and Robin" finally screwed up in 1997 and lost a mess. It caused Warner Bros. to dare not touch superhero movies for several years.

Later, "Catwoman" was filmed in 2004, and the rubbish broke through the sky. Fortunately, Christopher Nolan, a Hollywood supernova director, was found. The reboot of "Batman Begins" in 2005 was finally a success, so I rushed to shoot again. Sequels "Batman: The Dark Knight" and "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises".

The box office is only a small factor for repeated shootings, and the biggest factor is peripheral development to form a brand effect.With the development of the times, Hollywood film companies have formed a huge film and television industry chain.The box office of a good movie only accounts for about 20% to 30% of the overall revenue.