Three months ago, Wang Quan and his American friend Dorothy jointly invested $2 million to shoot the low-cost suspense thriller science fiction movie "Basement".

After watching so many movies in the "Film Library" and having received systematic commercial film training at the University of Southern California, Wang Quan selected such a script with a single scene, simple characters, low cost, but wonderful story, multiple reversals, intriguing, and very good box office results from the vast future movies.

The film cost is small, and the shooting time only took seven days, which was shorter than the later time. After that, Dorothy took the films to the famous independent film trading market "Sundance Film Festival".

After ten days, today when the film festival is about to end, good news has finally come from the United States.

Dorothy said excitedly, "Guess who I'm going to sell the movie to!"

"It's not Harvey, is it?" That fat man is now regarded as the savior by many low-cost independent movies.

"Harvey? It's a small situation, it's Paramount! Paramount, one of the six major Hollywood giants!" Since Sony annexed MGM last year, only six majors remain in the seventh Hollywood world.

"Beautiful job!" Wang Quan was more concerned about, "Sell the full copyright or share the cooperation?"

"Brother, I chose the former, you won't blame me, right?"

Wang Quan, "Of course not, I also hope to get back the funds as soon as possible. I can't wait to shoot my second feature film! This is the most perfect result, I'm totally OK."

The reaction cycle of theaters is too long, and it may not necessarily recover the investment this year. Selling it out is the best choice for him who is in a hurry to use money.

Dorothy couldn't hide her happiness, "I believe my choice is definitely right. The other party offered a price that I couldn't refuse, which was crazy!"

"Okay, let me guess," Wang Quan felt spirited. "Before I left, the movie "The Little Sunshine" was bought by Fox Searchlight for $10.5 million. This is already a sky-high price. Is our "Basement" higher than "The Little Sunshine"?"

Dorothy, “That’s right!”

Wang Quan boldly speculated, "12 million?"

Dorothy, “You can be bolder!”

Wang Quan, "It can't be 15 million, right? There is no such high price for independent movies in Sundance in history, right?"

Dorothy, "I'm still wrong, it's $20 million, and our investment has earned ten times the returns. Brother, thank you for letting me experience the happiness of millionaires!"

In the middle of winter, Wang Quan was so excited that he had a fire in his heart. He finally had money and could make a bigger investment movie in the future!

"Tell me quickly, how did Paramount agree to this insincere price? The risk of repaying is too high. Are they really crazy?"

Dorothy boasted, “Because you have a super good producer!”

Wang Quan, “Serious.”

"Okay, serious, J.J. Abrams, you know."

Wang Quan felt a little sad. I know so much. The classic American drama "Lost" was his own writing and directed. Before "Prison Break" became popular, the first American drama that many young Chinese people came into contact with was "Lost".

His film director debut is "Mission Impossible 3" which will be released this year. In the future, he will direct "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens", which has a global box office of over 2 billion US dollars.

But his most important identity is the boss of the film company, the film and television producer, his company Bad Robot Film and Paramount is deeply bound to Paramount, and he is considered a younger brother of Paramount, so Paramount handed over the task of restarting the Mission Impossible series to him.

Another more important point is that the film "Basement" filmed by Wang Quan also has a big name called "10 Coloft Road". In parallel time and space, its producer is J.J. Abrams.

Doroth said, "J.J. is also a Jew. He has a very close family relationship with my mother. We are considered old acquaintances."

Wang Quan, "Will the Jews talk about this when doing business? Isn't it because of the interests first? Sorry, I don't mean to criticize your nation."

"It doesn't matter, anyway, half of me are the descendants of the dragon~" Dorothy, a mixed-race middle-age, laughed and gathered the genes of the two most intelligent races. This woman is very cunning.

She explained, "J.J. is preparing for a science fiction disaster film called "Colof Archives". After watching "Basement", he felt that the film was very similar to "Colof Archives" in temperament and could also be matched in the plot, so he planned to make the basement look aside and release it as a prequel to "Colof Archives" to warm up his new film."

Wang Quan laughed, it was not a coincidence. In the film and television curriculum, there was the first "Colof Archives" and the later "Coloft Ten", which is the "Basement".

They were independent movies that had little to do with each other, but because they could be linked in the plot, they were forced into a series of movies by the clever J.J.

So in 2016, "Colof Ten" won a box office of US$110 million worldwide under the title of "Colof Archives". You should know that even in another time and space, the cost of this movie is only US$5 million, which is a typical small cost and high return.

There is also a less famous "The Colover Paradox", which is known as the Colover trilogy. It has a status in the hearts of science fiction fans and has always been rumored to build the Colover movie universe.

Dorothy said again, "Of course, this is just one of the reasons, and there is another important reason, and I have to thank you."

"I?"

"Yes, you chose the heroine, you have a great vision!" Dorothy said happily, "J.J. revealed to me that Meghan was just selected by DreamWorks' super blockbuster "Transformers" and played the heroine. The contract was signed. You also know that DreamWorks was officially acquired by Paramount last month, so Paramount also intends to build momentum for Meghan through "Basement" and will also have an additional promotional point when marketing Transformers in the future."

Megan Fox, a Hollywood star with healthy skin and hot body, was selected as the heroine of "Basement" by Wang Quan. This is a big heroine movie, and her performance is also very eye-catching.

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Wang Quan, "In fact, "Basement" was released better after "Transformers". Meghan will definitely gain world-class popularity because of Transformers, thereby increasing the box office of "Basement", but it doesn't matter. It's my honor to be a stepping stone for Miss Fox."

"I haven't finished it yet," Doroth said, "J.J. is leaving your full version of the script and asks me why I didn't shoot the last paragraph."

"How did you answer?"

"I told him that the director thought it was a long and even more shocking to stop at that place. The latter part actually had little meaning." Dorothy smiled.

The actual situation is that $2 million can only support them to take photos there. There will be alien creatures and spacecraft appearing behind them, and the funding is probably not enough, and the effect of taking photos there is also great.

Doroth said, "J.J. recognized my statement, but he felt that if he wanted to work with his "Colof Archives", it would be best to shoot the alien creatures and spacecraft behind it. The plot was only a few minutes away, so he hoped that you could continue shooting. He would handle the heroine and the funds were also provided by Paramount. This is also an indispensable prerequisite for a sky-high purchase of 20 million yuan. Only if you agree, I can sign the contract. If you breach the contract, I will lose money at that time."

Wang Quan was silent for a moment, a little embarrassed, "But you know, it would be embarrassing to work with Meghan again."

Dorothy laughed, "Please, haven't you just been sleeping? It's more accustomed to eating in Hollywood than eating. As long as you're not embarrassed, no one will be embarrassed."

Wang Quan glanced at Yang Mi who looked at her with curious eyes, and turned around guiltily, "Okay, I'll go back immediately after the New Year and sign a contract with Boss Tao!"

"Congratulations on getting rich, Director Wang!"
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