Chapter 465 [Counting the money for the festival, doing what you say]
Celebrities train on Sunday morning and free activities at noon.
Guo Xu met and chatted with Jesse Lisciak, who was preparing to open a restaurant in Los Angeles for a while, and then asked his agents, Happy Waters, Robert Smith and others for lunch.
The investment in Jesse's opening restaurant was put on the agenda. Guo Xu told Meghan about this and generously let the two girls meet so that Meghan would not have a random thought.
Even though Jesse is very beautiful and looks like a supermodel, Meghan is not jealous this time, and her attention is all about another thing.
During lunch, Robert talked about the expected dividends of the movie, and the money to give Meghan was too much to believe.
Meghan did not get a pay when filming this movie, which was considered a 10% dividend. If it were other young actors, it would be impossible to sign such a nonsense contract. Only Hollywood first-line stars can sign a dividend movie contract, and they must be male stars. Female stars generally have low pay in the entertainment industry and are discriminated against by gender.
Robert couldn't treat Meghan as an ordinary young actor. They signed an internal agreement and did not make it public.
At that time, Meghan felt that this kind of low-cost comedy was just for filming, just to be with Guo Xu, and the movie was not lost, and she was successful without dragging her back.
As a result, the movie box office is now so big, her dividend is a terrifying number.
The box office of this movie with an investment of 10 million US dollars is expected to be around 150 million US dollars in North America. Even if the global box office is less than 300 million, it can reach around 250 million US dollars. If fans are willing to collect it, the gross income of North American DVDs is about 100 million to 150 million US dollars, and North American TV broadcast Robert also negotiated with his family's connections, with a revenue of at least 20 million.
Finally, the brokerage team roughly estimates that the net profit will reach about US$150 million.
This is only the net profit on the book of known data. Others include overseas DVDs, etc., which cannot be counted for the time being. The income mechanism in North America is very sound, with many revenue channels, and the conservative estimate is 150 million US dollars.
Meghan's 10% dividend turned into more than 10 million, and she became a top Hollywood actress. The female dunk suddenly became a rich woman.
As the number one investor, Guo Xu earns more money by paying more than playing basketball. Making movies is indeed more profitable than playing basketball. A movie is almost the same as his maximum salary in the NBA for six years.
How much Meghan pays cannot be made public, otherwise it will disrupt the market.
Take Jackie Chan’s 2001 big-selling "Pulse Hour 2" as an example. Jackie Chan, who was given a creator, had a 15 million US dollars plus dividend, Tucker’s one-time pay of 20 million US dollars, no dividend, the director’s one-time pay of 5 million US dollars, no dividend, and Zhang Ziyi’s one-time pay of 450,000 US dollars.
As a fifth-ranked blockbuster in North America in 2001, the global box office was close to 350 million yuan, and Zhang Ziyi only won 450,000 yuan. Under normal circumstances, Meghan would definitely be lower than her. If it weren't for Guo Xu's investment, she wouldn't even get 300,000 yuan.
The reporter asked Guo Xu how to celebrate Valentine's Day? He didn't tell the truth. The two of them counted money to celebrate Valentine's Day, which was much more romantic than sending flowers, eating, and dating.
Meghan was still laughing at the end of the afternoon and would not be jealous of women. She was obviously the boss of the future "Fat Fox Group". How could she eat the jealous of chef Jesse?
When the money is received, Fat Fox Pizza Restaurant will also embark on the road of expansion. In less than two months now, the Phoenix store is already very popular, with customers every day, and they have already chosen a location to open a second store in the local area.
In the evening, the weekend's highlight is the East-West Star Competition.
The gimmick of this star game is relatively alternative, not whether the Lakers star can win MVP, but "a different star game, a more intense showdown". Stern also specifically mentioned Friday's rookie match, believing that the star game can be tried to play more seriously.
In fact, the league is so publicized because they are afraid that the Eastern Conference will lose badly. Judging from the lineup, the Eastern Conference is obviously at a disadvantage, and the stars' fame and strength are different.
Even a center like Magloyle can be selected for the All-Star Game, and there is no one in the Eastern Conference inside. This is why Ben Wallace has become a very high number of votes. Who else can the fans vote for him if they don’t vote for him?
The last time the Eastern Conference Stars won was in 1998, the season when Jordan retired for the second time. In 1999, due to labor-management disputes, the Stars Game was suspended, and the Eastern Conference lost for four consecutive years.
Will there be no defense and main offense in the All-Star Game like the rookie game? It is impossible, because the East has been selected for several blue-collar workers, and they can only defend, not defend, and they can't play.
In order to make Eastern players look normal in serious defense, the media has made fans mentally prepare in advance and brainwashing them to think that the Eastern Conference plays are also pretty good.
Ben Wallace, who was selected for the All-Star lineup for the second time, was elected as the best defensive player. He also has two partners with excellent defensive defense, Ron Artest and Kenyon Martin. Both of them are good at defense, Magloyle and Kidd are also good.
After the game began, the Western Army's inside advantage remained obvious.
Halfway through the first quarter, Yao Ming made 4 of 5 shots, scored 8 points and 2 rebounds, and was the person with the most points in the West. His only time he missed was to take action outside the three-point line. He wanted to perform but was embarrassed to shoot three-pointers.
Guo Xu only made one three-pointer at one time and sent two assists.
O'Neal's substitute Yao Ming also performed very hard after he came on the court, with two heavy dunks and blocked Daben's shots. In this quarter, Western players did not defend hard, leading 35-31.
D'Antoni intends to postpone Guo Xu's playing time, let him play with O'Neal, and stagger the time between Kobe and O'Neal. The "ok combination" is enough to make a fuss in the Lakers. The star game does not pass the ball to each other and makes the media laugh at it, and the teammates are still unhappy.
The nba official originally wanted to invite the three of them to sing the song "seeyouagain" during the halftime break, which was a good gimmick and would definitely attract fans. But O'Neal refused, because they couldn't sing the live version well, but in fact he wanted to sing "Never See Again" to Kobe.
It is very easy for Guo Xu to help O'Neal get MVP. He reduces his shots and just leads over the half-time to pass the ball to O'Neal. Occasionally, two people play a pick-and-roll, and Guo Xu attracts O'Neal to switch defense in the inside and pass the ball to O'Neal who cuts the ball.
This time, the two sides did not play one-sided games, but at the last moment, O'Neal and Duncan's inside combination performed more stably, and the continuous score helped the team win 143 to 132.
O'Neal scored 28 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, successfully won the Star MVP at home.
The Western Conference seven scored in double digits, Guo Xu scored 14 points, 12 assists and 3 steals, Kobe scored 23 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and Yao Ming also performed well, scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.
Guo Xu regarded himself as a pure point guard. After passing the ball, he waited for opportunities outside the three-point line. He made 6 of 8 shots and 2 of 3 three-pointers. He was very efficient. He also had a beautiful back buckle in the counterattack.
Although he failed to win the MVP for the Star Game for the third time, Los Angeles fans did not feel regretful. They just thought he was very righteous and did it when he said he could help O'Neal get the MVP.
O'Neal was very happy. When he delivered his acceptance speech, he specifically mentioned Guo Xu and called him a lifelong brother.
The photographer gave Guo Xu and Kobe a close-up shot, and the expressions of the two formed a sharp contrast.
Guo Xu was sincerely happy for his friends, applauding O'Neal, and smiling happily; Kobe's expression seemed more like boredom or jealousy, and people guessed that he was depressed about his failure to win the award today.
Chapter completed!