Chapter 55 Part 2 Movie

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  The embodiment of American entertainment spirit, on this day became a national carnival footnote. Of course, on this day, Smithwick, the director, may not be a well-known guy or a record holder, but he is probably the first film director to let hundreds of people run naked spontaneously, possibly unprecedented and never again.

  The dust has basically settled, and the box office of "Saw" cannot rise much higher. According to his agreement with Lionsgate, Zhou Shaoming once again came to Lionsgate Films to do a job that was no less exciting than what he did with Christina - extracting the share of profits that he should get.

  Although Zhou Shaoming was very willing to believe others, he couldn't bear being treated as a fool. So, Zhou Shaoming had long arranged for professional lawyers and accountants from the accounting firm to supervise the statistics and calculation of the entire profit. Now, it's just a matter of signing, picking up the check, and that's it.

  A black stretched Mercedes slowly pulled up in front of the main gate of Lion's Gate, all the staff were excitedly standing at the entrance to welcome, when Zhou Shaoming appeared with a smile on his face, dressed in a neat suit and elegant demeanor, the surrounding area erupted in warm applause.

  Zhou Shaoming's face wore a humble smile as he waved to the crowd, while Kristina, dressed in an evening gown with a long skirt that shone brightly on the ground, held his hand and also smiled and waved at the crowd.

  Qiao N had been waiting on the side and hurriedly came forward to welcome Zhou Shaoming into the company.

  In the VIP lounge, several lawyers and accountants stood respectfully until Zhou Shaoming smiled and sat down before they calmly took their seats.

  "Mr. Smith, the total box office of Saw is $180.16 million, and we basically split it 5:5 with the theaters, so we got a pre-tax income of $90.07 million. Then according to our 55% account with Lionsgate, we can get a pre-tax profit of $45.039 million. After paying about 20% tax to the tax authorities, our gross profit is $36.031 million." The accountant handed over a thick stack of reports and briefly reported to Zhou Shaoming.

  "Alright, you've worked hard." Zhou Shaoming was very satisfied. He roughly calculated that after deducting the allocated profits from the invested funds, he should be able to get a final profit of nearly $290 million.

  290 million US dollars! Equivalent to 2.4 billion RMB! Enough to live a lifetime of luxury!

  Zhou Shaoming's 36,000 pores were all shouting with joy, floating and smiling carelessly.

  The Lion's Gate is ready for the celebration banquet, and all the actors of Saw are invited. The excited Zhou Shaoming and Little Robert, Jeremy, Tobin and others were poured wine in turn, and soon they fell down like mud.

  But before he lay down, Zhou Shaoming had already taken out $2 million. This money was to nail his damn brother's side with a big nail!

  For the humiliation you've given me, I'll remember it and pay you back with interest, all at once!

  In joy, Zhou Shaoming's eyes shone with an indescribable light, then he fell drunk into the wine.

  Happy times always pass quickly, and before Zhou Zhaoming could wake up from his hangover, the uninvited director system had already found him.

  "Ding!"

  It's a director system! With a splitting headache and only wanting to find something to drink, Zhou Shaoming suddenly jumped up at that moment. Was it good fortune or bad luck?

  Zhou Shaoming quickly heard the electronic synthesized female voice of the director system: "Host, please start extracting the second movie for filming. This time, a turntable selection method is used, and special requirements are attached. Please begin."

  "Wait a minute, my first movie has just been released for a few days, and you want me to shoot the second one so soon? Too fast!" Zhou Shaoming shouted in his heart.

  "System requirements, host cannot raise objections! Otherwise, it will never be held!" The electronic female voice is always so annoying.

  "Ah! My God, can't you just let me catch my breath or enjoy a few more months?! Please!" Zhou Shaoming wailed in a very Americanized tone. He had never been one to have grand ambitions, but now that he possessed hundreds of millions of dollars, he really hoped to be able to indulge in life a bit more, especially with the beautiful and captivating body of Kristen.

  "The Chainsaw Massacre has come to an end, and filming for the second movie is frozen. The start date of the second movie cannot be later than March 1st, 2000. During this time, the host can make their own arrangements, but if I were you, it's best to get ready early!" The electronic female voice said stiffly.

  "May I scold someone?" Zhou Shaoming was so angry that he became embarrassed.

  "No way!"

  "I have nothing more to say!"

  "Please randomly select a film for the host."

  Zhou Shaoming cursed and rolled his eyes, this damn system didn't consider his feelings at all. He had been suppressed for a whole year and only enjoyed Kristen's fiery body for a few weeks? Now he had to prepare for the second movie, just thinking about it gave him a headache.

  "Alright! I surrender, let me choose the movie!" Zhou Shaoming was helpless, but fortunately this system wasn't asking him to kill people or set fires, and it had turned his life quality upside down in a good way, which made him feel slightly better.

  Innumerable lights and shadows began to revolve in front of Zhou Shaoming's eyes, strange and dazzling, making it hard for him to keep up.

  "Okay, stop!" Zhou Shaoming casually picked one out and prayed in his heart that it wouldn't be some huge investment sci-fi or war movie. Although he had made a lot of money from "Saw", for those big productions with investments of hundreds of millions of dollars, it was simply not enough to even get a glimpse.

  The light and shadow before me suddenly stopped, a movie like an express train rushed past!

  Spring of Putao Class

  Zhou Shaoming, who was rarely heard of, had never heard of this movie. His heart suddenly sank, thinking that this movie wouldn't be one with extremely poor box office and word of mouth, right? This made him even more eager to show off his skills, shouting to the outside world that he was a super newcomer director, but please don't give himself a rotten film!

  There's a large group of people with pinkeye waiting outside to see me make a fool of myself!

  Especially those entertainment reporters from the Chicago Sun-Times who ran naked for a hundred meters under Yahoo's headquarters, they were so angry that they wanted to kill themselves.

  "Oh God! Buddha! Prophet! Don't give me a crappy movie!" Zhou Shaoming prayed in his heart to all the gods and Buddhas, gritting his teeth as he handed over 500 points to obtain all the information about this movie.

  The mind was filled with a loud explosion, countless images, music, dialogue, shot scripts, camera position diagrams, shot structure diagrams and other materials rushed in like a whirlwind, filling the brain to the brim.

  The story is simple, in 1949 rural France, musician Clement arrives at a boys' boarding school nicknamed "the bottom of the pond" as an assistant teacher. Most of the students are difficult children, corporal punishment is common here, and the headmaster only cares about his own future, brutal and oppressive.

  Clement, a man of quiet disposition, tried to improve the situation in his own way. He re-composed music works, organized choruses and decided to use music as a means to open up the closed hearts of students.

  However, things didn't go smoothly. Clement discovered that his student Pierre Morhange had an extraordinary musical talent, but as a child from a single-parent family, he was extremely sensitive and introverted. How to release Pierre's music talent made Clement headache; at the same time, his feelings for Pierre's mother also became subtle.

  Is this a musical film?

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  Everyone can guess who will play the little heroine, announced tomorrow, those who guess correctly I'll give as many points as possible.