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371 Chainsaw Horror!

"Okay, now our notarization has been completed. 20 days later, on August 22, the Wei from China must come up with a horror-themed movie, which will be released on the same day as Baldwin's horror movie "Ghost Baby".

"After a month and a half release period, according to the three indexes of Rotten Tomatoes rating index, CD sales volume, and movie box office release, as the bet indicators, as long as one of the two parties wins two indicators, it is a victory."

"If the Chinese Wei wins, Baldwin must post on Facebook as required 'Chinese is a father'. If Baldwin wins, Baldwin will pay him 10 million US dollars."

At the banquet level of Heaton Hotel, Wei Xun invited the notarized lawyer to read the prepared documents, then looked at Wei Xun and Baldwin and asked, "Two, are there anything else that needs to be added?"

Wei Xun replied: "I have nothing to add."

Baldwin sneered and said nothing.

The notarized lawyer said: "Okay, since that's the case, please sign the notarized certificate."

So, under the gaze of everyone, Wei Xun and Baldwin picked up pens to sign each. This notarization worth '10 million US dollars' or '1.3 billion father' would take effect.

“You can start getting the money ready.”

Baldwin looked at Wei Xun and laughed: "I want cash, US dollars, not your Chinese currency at that time."

Wei Xun shook his head, not even bothering to give him his eyes, waved his hands to the people around him, and said, "Let's go, go back to make a movie."

Bao Qiang, Kang Cheng and others looked at each other, but had to quickly follow Wei Xun's pace.

In the Heaton Hotel, a group of people were talking about Wei Xun's words.

"Does he really want to go back and make a movie now?"

"This is crazy. A bet of ten million US dollars is like a child playing house."

"No matter what, after today, I think many people will remember this Chinese named Wei because of this incredible bet of ghosts."

Indeed, not long after Wei Xun and his men left the Heaton Hotel, an amazing news spread in Hollywood's filmmaker circle.

It is said that a young director from China took out a bet of 10 million US dollars and planned to spend twenty days shooting a movie to make a bet with Baldwin's new film "Ghost Baby".

Ten million US dollars is not a small amount. The pay for Hollywood first-line stars to star in a movie may not be so much.

So this bet immediately spread in the filmmaker circle.

Everyone is envious of Baldwin, who can actually meet a Chinese director who is stupid and has a lot of money, and can easily earn ten million US dollars.

At this moment, this Chinese director Wei, who is stupid and has a lot of money, is questioning the other four Chinese directors in the hotel.

"Director Wei, how did you take out a movie in twenty days? Baldwin's "Ghost Baby" was invested by Golden Lion, and he has global release channels."

"This is not in China, no one will know you, and the movies you make must be in English."

"The Film Bureau asked us to communicate and learn, what's going on now."

Facing Bao Qiang, Lin Fan and Xiao Xiaoyang's three sad faces, Wei Xun did not make any statement, but took out a piece of white paper and wrote and painted on the desktop.

He was thinking about what movie to shoot.

In fact, in the movie category, low-cost comedy and horror films are very easy to shoot.

Although it sounds exaggerating to shoot a movie in twenty days, Wei Xun's mind is enough to take out several horror movies, which can meet the current requirements.

But the key is, which one should I choose?

Agile: Ghost Record.

Wei Xun wrote this name on white paper, shook his head after a moment, and typed a big x on it.

This DV movie has a shooting cycle of only ten days and the cost is only more than 10,000 US dollars. However, after its release, it has crazily harvested more than 100 million US dollars in horror box office worldwide, making it the well-deserved first dark horse in the counterattack of small-cost movies.

But unfortunately, although it is very profitable, its rating is not high and its reputation has always been criticized.

Since you want to make a movie in Hollywood, making money is actually secondary. The kingly way is to promote the reputation of Chinese people.

So Wei Xun thought for a moment, his eyes lit up and he wrote another name.

Chainsaw.

The famous work of great director Wan Ziren, cost 1 million US dollars and 18-day shooting cycle, has been reaped more than 100 million US dollars worldwide after its release. What is even more admirable is that this film is very popular all over the world and has an amazingly high rating.

It is also for this reason that Chainsaw followed one after another, from the first to the eighth, and it frantically harvested more than $1 billion in box office worldwide, becoming the most profitable horror movie series in the world.

The 18-day shooting cycle is indeed a bit nervous for the 20-day bet time.

But don't forget that in addition to Wei Xun, there are four excellent young directors here.

If you play together, you can’t get a low-cost horror film "Saw" that is cheap, simple in shooting, and has no technical content?

In the room, Wei Xun kept writing in silence.

Bao Qiang, Lin Fan, and Xiao Xiaoyang were anxious, but Wei Xun didn't even say a word and didn't even raise his head.

"Okay, all three of you shut up." At this time, Kang Cheng, who was sitting on the bed, was silent all the time, suddenly said: "Don't disturb his thinking."

The three of them looked at Kang Cheng in surprise when they heard this.

Because along the way, Bao Qiang and the other two were worried, only Kang Cheng remained silent.

"The notarization letter has been signed, the bet has taken effect. What's the use of saying these things now? Don't he know his current situation better than you?"

Kang Cheng said with a cold face: "Stay quietly and wait for him to find a way."

Only Kang Cheng and Wei Xun have ever been rivals for the four directors in this room.

So although Kang Cheng expressed doubts about Wei Xun shooting a movie in 20 days and then being released worldwide, he would not believe that Wei Xun was a fool who was willing to give 10 million US dollars to Baldwin for nothing.

Moreover, Kang Cheng felt the anger in Wei Xun's heart.

After being driven out by the storm, even Kang Cheng himself felt aggrieved, let alone Wei Xun who led the team?

Hearing Kang Cheng's words, Bao Qiang and the other two fell silent.

Wei Xun, who had been thinking, stopped writing, looked up at Kang Cheng, and smiled and said, "You have confidence in me."

Kang Cheng said with a tense face: "I just don't want to be embarrassed with you."

"Okay, don't worry, we won't be embarrassed."

"The movie has been selected, the script is very simple, and there are only a few lines, so I can just give a rough storyboard tonight. Then Kang Cheng and I will direct the filming together. Lin Fan and Xiao Xiaoyang, you two, go to the shooting venue first."

At this time, Wei Xun stood up from his position and said with a smile: "Everyone should pass the English. In this way, Kang Cheng will play the male lead. I think you should be quite photogenic. For the other roles, Bao Qiang is responsible for the actors' selection of people. Don't be too picky, just choose a few of the acting skills."

After Wei Xun said this, the four directors present were speechless.

Kang Cheng almost thought he had heard it wrong, so he pointed at himself and said in shock: "What a joke, I'll play the male lead?"

"In fact, a good director can be a good actor himself."

Wei Xun smiled and said, "Of course, the Chinese people have to be the male protagonists themselves when they make movies, otherwise what is the meaning of this bet?"

Kang Cheng frowned and said, "In fact, I want to ask you this question too. The Film Bureau asked us to come out this time to use cutting-edge industrial technology to develop Chinese industrial films when shooting movies in the future. But you and Baldwin used horror films as bets. What do you think is the meaning of this?"

Bao Qiang, Lin Fan and Xiao Xiaoyang all looked at Wei Xun.

It seems that everyone is actually very confused about Wei Xun's sudden desire to compete with Baldwin in horror films.

"The production of a special effects film will take at least one or two years to start. The shooting cycle is too long. Moreover, there are no capital parties in China who are willing to spend a lot of money to play special effects. Everyone does not believe that our movies can go abroad, and everyone does not believe that our special effects are comparable to Hollywood. This includes not only domestic filmmakers, investors, but also four of you."

Wei Xun smiled and said, "I dare say, none of you believe that I can win now, right?"

Kang Cheng and others didn't say anything.

"Look, that's what I'm making a bet."

"I'm going to take twenty days to defeat Baldwin and bring you with you to let the whole Hollywood know that there are five young Chinese directors coming to Hollywood, and they can create miracles and win simply beautiful."

"I want to tell you that we can win, Chinese people can win in the land of Hollywood, this time I will take you to win, next time, each of you will win here, and then, more Chinese filmmakers will win here."

Wei Xun handed a piece of paper in his hand to Kang Cheng, smiling with a look of joy: "So the significance of this bet is that I want to give you faith and courage."

After hearing this, the four young directors in the room looked at Wei Xun, who had a confident and ostentatious expression, and were speechless.

There was a flame burning in their hearts.

"I finally know why you can make a career in China and so many people like you. Just say this to you, I will follow you to shoot this movie!"

Kang Cheng took a deep breath, his eyes were filled with unabashed excitement. He took the piece of white paper handed over by Wei Xun, with four words written on it.
Chapter completed!
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