Chapter 225: Motherfucker, who would have thought?

Chen Nuo knew that yesterday was the day the domestic opening-week box office for 'The Message' came out. Although he didn't know the specific content yet, looking at Qi Yuntian smiling like this, the results must be good.

After all, this ABC who grew up drinking foreign ink, Chen Nuo knew from the first time he ate barbecue with him that his love for money was second only to his fingernails.

"Speak, don't keep me in suspense."

Qi Yuntian laughed: "Don't be anxious, let's talk about another thing first. China Film has passed the word. The domestic masterpiece plan that Boss Han talked to you about has already been cleared in all aspects, and it's now confirmed that we will lead it."

"If you are prepared to take on this burden, I'll talk to them about the specific details when I go back this time. So, how about it?"

Chen Nuo was indeed quite interested and confident in this matter.

Especially if the start time of this project could be grasped well, it should just happen to catch up with the trend of IMAX and 3D movies brought by 'Avatar'.

Even, if he could find James Cameron, talk about his IMAX camera, and find a way to get one, that would be truly explosive.

By then, as the first true giant-screen 3D movie after 'Avatar', even if Yang Mi were the lead, Chen Nuo felt that a global box office of 2 billion shouldn't be a problem.

"Alright then, you go talk to them when you go back."

"Good." Qi Yuntian nodded first, then held up two fingers, "Brother Nuo, the answer is revealed. This week, we earned this much."

This time Chen Nuo wouldn't say 200,000, and he was sure Qi Yuntian definitely didn't mean 2,000 either.

Although he had a premonition, he didn't dare to believe it for a moment, and hesitated: "20 million?"

Qi Yuntian laughed: "OMG, the opening-week box office is 210 million, breaking the domestic record! Hahahaha. Brother Nuo, your hand was split well, it was really fucking split too well!"

Chen Nuo wasn't as excited as Qi Yuntian, and continued to ask: "Did China Film calculate it? If so, how much can we sell in the end?"

"The first goal is over 300 million. If we're lucky, we can break the record of your 'The Dark Knight', and if we're even luckier, the 350 million of 'Titanic' will also be sunk by us."

"If, I mean if 'The Message' can really sell 350 million at the box office, our company can earn 60 million. I fuck, that's 60 million after tax!"

"And, this doesn't include the overseas markets of South Korea and Japan, where you are going immediately."

Hearing Qi Yuntian two eyes, one seemed to be reflecting, and the other was yen, "The people here in South Korea say that we might be able to hit 5 million viewers. Japan is a bit worse, I think there should be tens of millions in box office."

"Anyway, it's certain that we've made a fortune this time. When we said 220 million back then, our vision was really too small. I really want to give a certificate of merit to the person who prepared to harm you."

"Sometimes I feel that you are a lucky mascot who turns bad luck into good. Alright, I officially announce that you can now think about how many units you want to buy for that Tomson Riviera apartment."

Chen Nuo chuckled and didn't speak.

Qi Yuntian was stunned when he saw this, looked him up and down and said: "Hmm, it looks different from the way you used to show off. Alright, what's wrong? Not happy after making money?"

"Do you really love Wen Yuyan that much? To be honest, although I think it's okay to break up, the key is that she didn't really break up with you, right? According to my understanding, isn't it just one more Xia Yehe?"

Chen Nuo sighed: "It's not that aspect, it's that I feel I still need to buy two houses. The one in Shanghai is for my dad. After the incident in Jingcheng this time, it seems the address is completely exposed and can't be lived in."

"It just so happens that I'll graduate from university next year, so I should have my own little nest. Otherwise, there's always a feeling of living under someone else's roof. Buying one can be considered giving an account for my life as a drifter in Beijing."

Qi Yuntian tilted his head and asked cautiously: "Brother Nuo, that little nest in Jingcheng you want to buy, how many square meters is it?"

Chen Nuo frowned and thought about it, and said: "How many square meters does a three-story little nest usually have?"

Qi Yuntian nodded knowingly and said: "Three or four hundred? Four or five hundred? Hmm, does it also need a big garden?"

Chen Nuo smiled: "Is it called a little nest without a big garden?"

Qi Yuntian laughed, "Indeed. Brother Nuo, your life as a drifter in Beijing does need such a beautiful account. By then, planting grass and flowers in the garden of your little nest, with blue sky and white clouds overhead, and no one around, no one at all, where would there be any living under someone else's roof? Thinking about it makes me happy. Right? Brother Nuo."

Chen Nuo sighed and said: "It won't work without people either; being alone is too lonely. Can't be happy."

"Oh right, yes. Then there must be some long legs and big breasts; not only must there be a main meal, but also one or two small fruit platters to add interest... Indeed, wanting both the Huangpu River and a little nest, the box office income of this 'The Message' can't support it. No wonder you're so worried."

Chen Nuo saw that Qi Yuntian finally understood his difficulties, and nodded with satisfaction.

It's like this.

Back then, the 60 million house purchase money his dad gave him, he prepared to add to 100 million, and when the most difficult days came, send it to him.

In this way, the cost of 'The Message' returning would only be 30 million.

After that, even if the box office of 'The Message' could earn him 100 million, by then, all his assets combined would only be enough to go to Shanghai at the end of the year to buy a house by the river at the bottom.

And buy a little nest in Jingcheng.

I don't know if there will be 10 or 20 million left after that; speaking of which, it's really poor.

This doesn't include the fact that he is preparing to go to the US at the end of the year or the beginning of next year to buy some cheap goods like Apple buns.

He felt that since the iPhone was out, it meant Master Jobs was still that Master Jobs.

By then, the money to enter the market in the US could even be the more the better.

However, where can this money come from?

He really has a headache thinking about it now.

Even if Bong Joon-ho came over in the afternoon and offered him a check for 3 billion won with both hands, he couldn't show a smile.

Seeing him with a straight face, Bong Joon-ho might also feel that the blank check he promised hadn't been cashed, and was quite embarrassed.

A mere 3 billion won, in front of the first Oscar Best Supporting Actor in Asia, indeed didn't have the momentum of the Republic of Korea. After Chen Nuo finally signed his name on the contract, Bong Joon-ho said with gratitude that the producer CJ Entertainment he found this time, although not very generous with the salary, was a production company with ambition and strength for awards. When talking about cooperation with him, they said they guaranteed to provide all convenience for their shooting this time.

Therefore, he would definitely shoot this movie well, and go to Cannes for exhibition next year, and it would definitely be shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section.

Chen Nuo almost snatched the contract back and tore it up.

What is Un Certain Regard? Is that all your ambition?

That year Li Yang was shortlisted for the Un Certain Regard section. Chen Nuo remembers the way Li Yang was treated like a beggar, and feels sad.

Are you, Fatty Bong, preparing to drag me to beg for food?

After Bong Joon-ho left, Qi Yuntian saw him looking worried and worried about money, and advised: "Why don't you take the Chanel endorsement?"

Chen Nuo shook his head and said: "It hasn't reached that point yet."

Qi Yuntian turned his head and looked at Wen Yuyan who was grilling meat on the side, and said: "Don't you persuade him?"

Wen Yuyan pursed her lips, smiled very sweetly, looked at Chen Nuo, and said softly, "I think Nuo-zai is right. Chanel's clothes and bags are called what? Darling, what was that word you said? Oh right, IQ tax. He has so many fans, if he went to collect IQ tax for others because of him, it would really be quite bad."

Yang Ying listened from the side, stunned. Chanel? Is that the Chanel? Chanel's endorsement isn't taken? There is actually such a thing in the world.

Wen Yuyan seemed to know what she was thinking, turned her head and said to her: "It's not just Chanel that has been looking for Nuo-zai during this time, there are also Gucci, Dior, and Prada, all wanting him to be the Asia-Pacific spokesperson, but Nuo-zai didn't take any of them." After finishing, she looked into Yang Ying's eyes, without a smile on her face.

Yang Ying's body shook, and she immediately lowered her head.

Speaking of which, after Bong Joon-ho left, the four of them ran out and ate barbecue in this Korean countryside barbecue restaurant. Although they were all Korean uncles and aunts around, no one recognized them.

However, there were really quite a few people looking at them.

Fortunately, several people were used to being looked at since they were young, and they chatted while eating, so they didn't care.

Chen Nuo ate a piece of meat and said helplessly: "Are there no endorsements for foreign baby strollers or something? Or Lego or something would also be fine."

Qi Yuntian was also quite helpless and said: "At least not yet. Hey, I also think it's quite strange. You declared a women's manifesto on the Oscar red carpet, how awesome is that. These two days, an American independent film company called my mobile phone, saying they were preparing to find you to play the male lead. Why is there no one looking for you to shoot commercials?"

Wen Yuyan wrapped the grilled meat in lettuce for Chen Nuo and asked curiously: "Are there quite a few Americans who want to find Nuo-zai to act in movies now?"

Qi Yuntian smiled: "Yes, this film company is the same. Speaking of which, it's really quite fun. They bought the copyright of a bestseller a few years ago and were preparing to adapt it into a movie. As a result, it was almost ready to start shooting, but the author saw Brother Nuo showing off on the Oscar red carpet a few days ago."

Chen Nuo said unhappily: "Be civilized, what showing off, that is establishing one's own image."

Qi Yuntian tapped his own mouth lightly and said: "I was wrong. Yes, after Brother Nuo successfully established his image as a friend of women, that female author fell in love with Brother Nuo, feeling that the dream lover she wrote in her book was such a person, and made a request to the film company, saying she wanted to change the male lead."

Wen Yuyan listened with great interest and asked: "And then?"

Qi Yuntian looked at Wen Yuyan and said: "Although that film company was established in '93 and has operated several quite famous independent films, such as 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels', the movies they produced themselves have never had results, and there has been no box office. For more than ten years, it has been the kind that is neither dead nor alive."

"I don't know how the copyright contract was negotiated at the beginning, but in short, this female author said she wanted to change the role, which made that company very headache-inducing. These two days, their vice president has called me several times."

Wen Yuyan stuffed a large mouthful of lettuce-wrapped grilled meat into Chen Nuo's mouth and asked with a smile: "Then are you considering it?"

Qi Yuntian hesitated for a moment and said: "Originally I didn't plan to consider it. I have looked into that novel, it is indeed quite a bestseller. Now there are follow-up sequels, all on the American bestseller list. However, the fans of her book are middle school girls, mostly teenagers. If it is really made into a movie and enters the cinema, the box office shouldn't be high."

"Why?" Yang Ying asked.

Qi Yuntian glanced at her lightly, not intending to answer at all, and continued: "It's not just me who thinks so, that film company probably thinks so too. I heard that the director they found is actually a woman! The final operation method is also the typical small-scale independent film type. It is said that from purchasing the copyright to the final promotion, the total budget is only 30 million US dollars. It is estimated that the cost used for shooting is at most 20 million. Hehe, what is this little money enough for in the US?"

"So I guess this company just wants to shoot a rotten movie that looks passable and go to the market to cheat the money of those book fans and fans."

Having said that, Qi Yuntian hesitated for a moment, "So I rejected him several times in a row. However."

"Now that I think about it, Brother Nuo, you don't want your Chinese female fans to pay IQ tax. Then, you shouldn't have a guilty conscience about American women, right."

Chen Nuo frowned and said: "I have a good friend who is an American woman, don't have national discrimination."

Qi Yuntian chuckled: "In short, the conditions given by this company are quite generous, and the schedule is also the most suitable among all the invitations, just shoot for a month."

Chen Nuo was surprised: "Only need a month?"

Qi Yuntian nodded affirmatively: "Over there told me that according to their budget, the shooting plan is at longest 45 days, and ideally, only 25 days. It will start in April and definitely wrap up before the end of May. Otherwise, why would I say that this company is preparing to shoot a rotten movie? But the conditions given are okay, saying that everything can be discussed, and there is no problem with the box office commission."

"Hehe, but only a fool would want its box office commission. Over there, the salary offered to me on the phone is 2 million US dollars, and it can definitely be discussed. This invitation is actually quite good, very suitable for making money. It's just that the finished product of this film will definitely have a rotten reputation, which might affect your image."

"So, from a long-term perspective, I actually don't suggest taking it. If it weren't for seeing Brother Nuo you really worrying about your little nest, I wouldn't have mentioned it to you."

Chen Nuo felt a bit hesitant in his heart.

He really wanted to find something to do for himself abroad this year, and didn't want to stay in the country for the whole year.

This guy Bong Joon-ho, the preparation period for the movie is too long, now some actors and location sites haven't been decided yet, so 'Mother' is expected to start shooting in mid-June.

Then, should he follow Qi Yun's suggestion and spend a month or two to earn these two million US dollars?

Two million US dollars, not a small amount. If there is really a financial crisis in the second half of the year, after it breaks out, can it buy half a little nest in Jingcheng?

However, if it's really a rotten movie, it would be strange if Li Er didn't scold his head swollen.

He was hesitating, and Wen Yuyan on the side heard the end and asked curiously: "Qi Da, what is the name of that bestseller you mentioned that is specifically for girls? Have you read it? Is it good?"

Qi Yuntian smiled and said: "It should be okay, it's just the kind of story we liked to watch when we were young, love at first sight with Prince Charming and so on."

"It's just that the story written by this housewife author is a girl and a vampire. It sounds very childish. Love at first sight with a vampire too? But it just sells well. I'm preparing to buy one to read sometime. As for the book title, it's called 'Twilight', translated into Chinese, it should be called 'Twilight'?"

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