George Lucas' visit surprised Zucker.

"Of course you were surprised. Because I was not here to find you today, I made an appointment with Bill McNick. Well, according to the truth, he should be here soon." Lucas smiled.

In an instant, Zhuke's doubt disappeared.

Although Lucas didn't say anything about finding Old Bill, Zucker had been in Hollywood for many years, and in a few words, he guessed the correct answer.

"Is it a signing of the follow-up supplementary agreement for the special effects production of "Spider-Man" movies?" Zucker narrowed his eyes.

"Hehehe, you know." Lucas blinked at Zucker.

Some things can only be understood but not expressed in words.

To put it bluntly, the so-called supplementary agreement is a means by which Hollywood production companies "trap" investors' funds.

That's right, it's just a cheating investor!

In the Hollywood production company circle, there is a word called special effects fee transfer.

The original total production cost of the "Spider-Man" movie was $140 million. Later, during the filming process, Wald Pictures added another $10 million in funds, and the total cost rose to $150 million.

Among them, in addition to Wald Pictures' own investment, there are four companies participating in the investment.

Carlos Foundation, Mexico: Invest 30 million US dollars;

Ximanke, one of the three major theaters in the United States, invested US$20 million;

Daimler (Benz) Automobile Group, Germany: Investment of US$40 million;

Indian Mountain Capital: Invested US$40 million;

Wald Pictures: Invested $20 million;

.........

Judging from the investment amount alone, Wald Pictures invested the least money in the "Spider-Man" project, which is the same as Ximanke, one of the three major theaters, and only invested $20 million. However, in terms of profits, Wald Pictures has definitely the most profits.

At first, when he invested $10 million, Wald Pictures, the producer, enjoyed 15% of the final box office revenue.

If you add another $10 million in the future, the final profit you enjoyed is one more.

In addition, when applying for tax refunds in Germany, Wald Pictures made another $14 million and stuffed it into Wald Pictures’ own account, which had nothing to do with investors;

Of course, the income from the issuance business is also a big deal.

In addition, there are copyright income, peripheral income, offline market operation income... These are undoubtedly Wald Pictures that occupy the majority.

Further exploitation of foreign investors’ returns!

But, do you think that's all?

Is this over?

No!

Too naive!

Hollywood production companies have scammers of investors.

George Lucas of Industrial Light and Magic, why did he contact Wald Pictures to sign a supplementary agreement?

"Because there is a word called special effect fee transfer."

In terms of special effects contracts, Wald Pictures, as a production company, can also lose some of the investors' money!

According to the market price, the special effects of "Spider-Man" can be completely handled by $45 million. However, this does not meet the purpose of the producer.

He signed a special effects contract of $55 million.

The price has increased, but the special effects are still the same.

Wald Pictures paid an extra $10 million, did it lose?

Not!

There are also two movies, "The God of Death" and "The Butterfly Effect".

The special effects of these two movies were also completed by Industrial Light and Magic. According to the market price, the package contract price is more than 17 million US dollars.

However, the reality is...Walder Pictures only paid more than $7 million!

The problem is here!

——Where does the money go?

Haha, Wald Pictures is doing a fun job.

The film production company cooperated with the special effects company to "appropriate" the money of investors in the "Spider-Man" project into the two projects "Here is Death" and "Butterfly Effect" by some means.

This kind of special effects contract with "high and low" price code is a common method for Hollywood film production companies to deceive investors' returns, and it is not uncommon.

Abounding!

Therefore, as a big audience, you often find that the special effects of some high-cost movies are just that, and it doesn’t feel that it’s worth that much money; the special effects of some low-cost movies can catch up with some high-cost movies, and the special effects are amazing.

All of these are "reasonably misappropriated" because of the special effect costs!

Not long.

Wald Pictures President Bill McNick came to the crew filming scene as promised.

"Old Bill, you're here. If you come, sign the contract quickly." Lucas immediately gave Old Bill a bear hug.

Old Bill first greeted Zhuke and then asked the accompanying lawyer to review the contract.

After a while, the contract was signed.

From beginning to end, Zhu Ke was like an outsider. Yes, he even had a state of "no matter to do, he was hanging up high".

In fact, this is another potential rule for the Hollywood filmmaking industry.

As the company's boss, Zhu Ke must pretend not to know about "the money that cheats investors", "high and low special price codes", and "special effect fee transfer".

Even if this method is reasonable and legal, Zhu Ke will pretend to be "no idea". After all, it is a bit shameless and unconventional.

It's so bad!

Moreover, once the incident is exposed, it will definitely affect the image of Zhu Kewei as the boss. Of course, Zhu Ke, who is unaware of it, can also promptly turn the blame and let others take the blame.

Shameless?

It's really shameless.

But looking at the whole of Hollywood, this is how everyone plays!

"I didn't expect that one day, Zhuke, would become so shameless?" Zhuke felt a little nervous.

"Boss, everything speaks in interest."

Bill McNick, who is old and treacherous, smiled and said, "I also yearn for the gentlemanly style of a clear person, and the turbid person is turbid, but if such people cannot survive in Hollywood, they will become an alien. Well, they will be an alien who is attacked by groups."

"I get it." Zucker nodded heavily.

A unique style of conduct?

Haha, it’s a joke in Hollywood! If you want to be a part of Hollywood, you have to learn to join forces.

Zhuke himself is a person who regards wealth as his life, not a diehard who claims morality. Therefore, these little knots soon disappeared in Zhuke's heart and disappeared.

"What about shamelessness?"

"Even if I cheated some investors' money, it was implemented within the rules of the game. No matter what, I still let investors make money. In this regard, my character is much better than DreamWorks."

In the following time, Zhuke's face was filled with harmless smiles again.

“Huh?”

Just when Zucker was planning to record some things in his laptop, he suddenly found that the ballpoint pen on the small table beside him was gone.

"Mr. Wald, are you looking for a ballpoint pen?" Director Sam Remy suddenly spoke.

"Oh? You know." Zucker asked.

"certainly."

Sam Remy grinned at Juke, and immediately shouted at James Franco, who was resting not far away, who played the little green demon, "Fu Lanlan, you damn bastard, are you holding on with your hands again?"

Fu Lanlan ran over and said aggrievedly: "Director, I didn't take a ballpoint pen."

"Did I say it's a ballpoint pen?" Director Sam smiled with his eyes narrowed.

Fu Lanlan: "......"

Sam Remy said to Zucker: "Mr. Wald, you don't know. On average, I have to throw a few ballpoint pens here every day, and I'm taken away by this kid. Alas, I don't know what to say about this quirk?"

After a pause, he said, "Franco, why don't you hurry up, Mr. Wald is waiting to use it."

As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Lanlan took out two ballpoint pens from her pocket in grievance.

Zhuke was stunned.

Fu Lanlan’s ability to hold her hands is OK!

In his previous life, Zhuke has heard of some of the quirks of Hollywood stars more than once, and that is, he will take action!

Many celebrities have this kind of quirk, and they can't even change it.
Chapter completed!