Burt did not care about Kang Hu's jokes, but said seriously: "The movie we are going to shoot now is "9 to 5". The actors have been found. Now we are not bad at the production cost. 20th Century Fox invested 4 million, and my budget is 5 million."

"In fact, it may be less than 5 million. As long as there is another 800,000, I will be sure to finish the filming." Hingis and Bert added after introducing it.

Seeing Kang Hu nodding and signaling them to continue, Hingis continued: "The story is about three female employees in a large company who are discriminated against and humiliated at work. When they are at work, they fantasize about how to deal with conservative managers in revenge. Unexpectedly, they actually kidnapped the manager and carried out earth-shaking reforms in the company as fake manager. This is roughly the story."

After listening to Hingis's words, Kang Hu could confirm that "9-to-5" is the second largest box office in North America this year. Kang Hu touched his chin and thought about it. He had 1.06 million yuan in his account in Bank of America.

He came to the United States with more than 1 million US dollars just to have the opportunity he encountered. Otherwise, it would be better to leave it to Mai Jiahua to invest in the British stock market. As for his idea of ​​making a movie, he didn't think about it. First, he was unfamiliar with his life, and second, he had too little money, and he had to eat one bite at a time. Moreover, the big tree that grew step by step was a big tree. He had time to slowly cultivate this big tree.

Kang Hu finally decided to invest in Hingis's movie, which may be a good stepping stone, knocking on the door of Hollywood and allowing himself to enter the Hollywood game city.

With Hingis and Bert anxiously staring, Kang Hu put away his thoughtful expression and smiled: "Maybe we should find a place to have a drink, and then slowly discuss the contract issue."

After listening to Kang Hu's first half of the sentence, the two of them began to become excited. After Kang Hu finished speaking, they both slapped and celebrated with excitement.

Hingis and Bert did not take Kang Hu to any good place. They were eager to settle the matter, so the three of them found a cafe nearby.

The three of them entered the cafe and walked directly to the innermost position. There were few people and quiet here, which was very suitable for talking about things.

Hingis asked Kang Hu what he wanted to drink. Kang Hu said casually. Hingis said to the waiter who came over: "Come three cups of black coffee, don't need anything else."

After the waiter turned around and left, Hingis said to Kang Hu: "Mr. Kang, let's get things done first, and we will celebrate and have a drink after signing the contract."

Kang Hu smiled and said he didn't care, and then the three of them started to negotiate the contract.

Of course, Kang Hu called Bank of America's customer service before and proved to Hingis and Bert that he did have $1 million.

Hingis and Bert are not fools, and they don't want to be fooled in the street.

After determining the basis of negotiation between the two parties, Hingis first introduced the share agreement between him and Fox. Fox is both the investor and the publisher, so he has to take 90% of the producer's box office share. Hingis gave up the director's pay so he can get 10%. The share mentioned above is the distribution agreement between the producer's share after deducting the share of the theaters and the publisher's share.

Hollywood movies in this day have not yet entered the era of blockbusters, and they have not become popular in later generations. The producers get 90% in the first week and 80% in the second week. Based on the guaranteed sharing of Hollywood movies in this day, the sharing of theaters, distributors and producers is about 5:1:4. Of course, some movies have nothing to do with the distribution and theaters.

Because Kang Hu's additional investment now needs to be included, it is necessary to divide the share of Fox and Hingis. Fortunately, Bert is the producer sent by Fox, so Bert can negotiate on behalf of Fox. Of course, the final decision will definitely not be Bert.

After Hingis introduced the original share agreement, the waiter also brought the coffee. The three of them picked up the coffee and took a sip, while each of them was thinking about it.

"So, how much should I invest?" Kang Hu asked first after putting down his coffee cup.

"900,000, although I am sure to finish the shooting with 800,000, but if I have 900,000, I will be more sure to finish the shooting." Hingis thought for a while and replied.

Kang Hu said cheerfully: "Yes, then Mr. Bert, how much do you think I should share that."

Bert also became serious at this time and said, "5%, Kang, you should know that you have money by doing nothing. This is a good share."

Kang Hu thought about it in his mind that if he divided it according to this, he would finally get about 3 million yuan according to the box office of 140 million in time and space "9 to 5". Although it was already twice the profit, Kang Hu was obviously not satisfied.

After all, only Kang Hu knew that "9-to-5" would have a global box office of 140 million, and Hingis and his team would be able to jump happily if they had a box office of 50 million.

"I want 10%. According to the proportion of my investment, I should get 18%. Considering the promotion and other things before the release, it should be reasonable for me to get 10%, right?" Kang Hu said with his hands crossed and his hands on the dining table.

"Oh my God, you're robbery..." Bert said a lot immediately.

Finally, after the three of them... Well, after a warm and friendly, friendly and peaceful conversation, the three of them finally completed the negotiation, and the results of the negotiation are as follows.

After deducting 60% of theaters and publishers in the North American box office, Fox accounts for 86% of the remaining 40%, Hingis accounts for 8%, and Kanghu accounts for 6%. Of course, it is impossible to be so straight and good. They are all ten decimal places. This is just about it. You should know that every 0.1 is tens of thousands of dollars.

Kang Hu scored 6% is obviously a bit small. You should know that such a share must have a box office of more than 50 million. Kang Hu is considered to be a guaranteed capital. Although Hingis and Bert are confident, they will not have such high expectations.

As compensation, Kang Hu can get a 14% dividend of videotapes and a 10% share of the box office in overseas markets. Of course, Kang Hu will not miss such a good learning opportunity, so he is already the listed director of the crew of "9 to 5", well, the deputy director.

Of course, as a director in charge, Hingis is still morally honest. He briefly assessed Kang Hu's film knowledge and confirmed that Kang Hu really understood the behavior before he agreed.

After discussing all these issues, Hingis and Bert left the cafe anxiously. They were anxious to go to Fox to send the results of their negotiations to the newspaper. One day before the filming was decided, the filming started one day earlier, because the actors had already decided and the schedule was agreed. If you don’t start the shooting, it would be a big trouble.

Kang Hu looked at the two people who hurried out of the cafe and complained in his heart that you didn’t even invite me to a cup of coffee!

When Hingis and Bert left, they only left their own coffee money on the table. As for Kang Hu's share...

Kang Hu was in a very good mood when he walked out of the cafe. He didn't expect that he would become an assistant director on the first day of his arrival in the United States. This was much faster than when he was in Hong Kong. In addition, he took the initiative to look for opportunities in Hong Kong, but now he took the initiative to look for him.

The situation in life is really hard to figure out! Kang Hu sighed and walked around, because the sudden appearance of Hingis and Bert made him have some vague ideas when he came to the United States, and now it is clear. As the first time he entered Hollywood; the first time he participated in filming; the most important thing was the first time he invested in, but he was able to achieve the second place in the box office of North America in 1980. I think it was a greeting to his Hollywood colleagues and he had a fame!

As for Fox's rejection of Kang Hu's investment, Kang Hu thinks it is unlikely that it is normal for multiple investors to share risks by shooting movies in Hollywood. Moreover, Fox's current situation is not good. If Kang Hu remembers correctly, Fox would be bought by the big oil manufacturer M. Davis in 1981.

The most important point is that Kang Hu knew that during the filming of "The Shining" in January this year, studio No. 3 was swallowed up by fire, so the shooting cost of "Star Wars: Empire Strikes Counterattack" increased from the original $18.5 million to 22 million, and this is not over yet. By July this year, the shooting investment will be increased to 30 million. Kang Hu doesn't think that Fox is still alive and Kang Hu are calculating.

Moreover, Kang Hu even thought that if Mai Jiahua could surprise him in another month, he might be able to leave his own in a classic like Star Wars and meet George Lucas, a great man who promotes the rapid development of movie special effects, if possible, it would be better to invest in George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic.

If George Lucas first started filming Star Wars and creating Industrial Light and Magic in 1975, it was the best opportunity to invest, then this year it was the last chance before the second part of Star Wars was released, because George Lucas would not be short of money after the release of this Star Wars.

Kang Hu didn’t catch up with the previous chance, but Kang Hu wanted to try this chance!
Chapter completed!