America's Big Hero

The only requirement is that when the final attack on the gangsters is made, the X security guard should not appear in the camera, and the glorious image of the police under his leadership should be shown more.

Wells didn't care whether the film was made to make money, let alone the salary, what he wanted was the publicity effect.

Even if the box office was poor in other parts of the country, in Newark, because it happened here, the attendance was bound to be sold out.

This is enough!

As for blocking the streets to facilitate filming, whether the police officers are involved in using their working hours to gain benefits or something.

If you don't give money, it's not prostitution! !

This is promoting the image of the police!

This is a warning to those criminals!

Very aboveboard!

Not only did he not charge money, Wells was also afraid that the shooting effect would not be good enough, so he could provide a lot of convenience through the government, just put on a propaganda guise.

Coming out of the police station, Sean got into the car and made another OK gesture to Norris, "Wells will bring the police to perform for free, and they will take care of road closures and other government matters."

Norris felt both unexpected and admirable. This is not only a matter of saving money, but also can be used in publicity.

"Go, go to the base!" Sean said again: "You may not know that most of the members of my security company are also auxiliary police."

"I don't know what the stuntmen you are talking about look like, but I can guarantee that no one is more professional than them."

"I don't need any imitation firearms, just use real guns and live ammunition, and replace the bullets with blank ammunition. I can do it myself!"

When he arrived at the base, Sean asked everyone to put on the auxiliary police uniforms for a drill. This was the first time Norris saw elite soldiers drill and fight with his own eyes. He gestured with his hands to look like a camera during the whole process, and exclaimed in his mouth. Again and again.

The sturdy aura of these soldiers and the aura shown in the hail of bullets cannot be performed by Hollywood extras anyway, it comes from the bottom of their hearts.

It's just a temporary contact on the one hand, and the ability to eat on the other, it's definitely incomparable.

Historically, such shots in Hollywood have been cut out bit by bit, because there is no way to go all at once with a long shot, and mistakes are almost inevitable.

But this does not exist in this group of soldiers, and there is no need for a director to direct, as long as they are filmed quietly.

"Real banks and vaults."

"Real police include the chief of police."

"The real gun battle scene is restored."

"Now tell me how far the budget can be compressed." The two sat in the office again, and Sean asked.

"It is certain that the cost can be greatly reduced. If you don't hire big-name actors, it will be enough from production to publicity. Not to mention making money, at least the possibility of losing money is not very high." Norris calculated in his heart. About 2000 million, the cost can be recovered after removing the share of theaters and distributors. If the video tape market is added, after some consideration, I gave a conservative estimate.

After all, Sean is not one of those fat sheep investors or ordinary bosses. Norris dare not brag. If he messes up, who knows if this guy will throw himself into the sea and feed the fish.

"Do it well. I'm very optimistic about you. You don't have to be afraid. Even if you mess up, I won't throw you into the sea." Sean thought about it for a while and said a word of comfort.

Norris is stiff all over, please stop comforting me, I'm so scared!

"That's it!" Sean patted Norris on the shoulder, "I'll hire you an action director and stunt team from Hong Kong Island later, and try to save money where it can be saved."

Norris shrugged his shoulders. As a Hollywood filmmaker, he really doesn't like people from Hong Kong Island, but the boss said, and he would not refute, "Boss, how do you choose the director?"

"In addition, there are actors and actresses, and you have to decide on these."

"Me?" Sean frowned, he was not familiar with this.

Norris leaned over to Sean's side and coughed lightly, "Yeah, even though it's a leading actor, it also needs a female vase to set it off. So, boss, you still need to appoint an actress."

On the actresses, Norris added emphasis.

"Huh?" Sean turned his head and stared at Norris, who gave a look that any man could understand.

"Ahem, what are you talking about? I'm a serious person, and I want you to act like a serious filmmaker. Don't make such little tricks for me!" Sean reprimanded with a straight face.

Norris was taken aback for a moment, regretting that he flattered him.

"You have to catch it as soon as you get back to work. This is the first project of a new film company. You must try to be perfect. If I catch anyone fucking doing tricks in private, I'll chop him off Jill!" Sean said coldly Said with a straight face.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm definitely optimistic, and there will be no trouble." Norris nodded repeatedly.

"As for the actor, I will go and have a look at the end and help you to pass the review. You can do the pre-screening work yourself. Okay, that's it, you go out." Sean waved his hand.

Coming out of the office, Norris wiped his sweat, walked a few steps and suddenly stopped again, frowning and thinking, "Passing his eyes" and "preliminary screening work", thinking about it, he suddenly looked stunned!

Or how do you say that he is the boss? This is what he said...

Really shameless!

……

Sean still has a lot of things to do if he leaves Norris.

"How about the private lottery I asked you to check?" Jonas came in, and Sean asked him after he motioned for him to sit down.

'Private Lottery' is popular in every country in the world, and the lottery method is exactly the same as the local lottery.

For example, there are 7 numbers in the regular lottery, and 6 numbers in the private lottery. The chance of winning is higher. People who like to play lottery prefer private lottery.

The only problem is that the 'host' must have local credit in order to make people believe that you will redeem the prize to the other party.

In this regard, Sean... No, the Mafia led by Jonas is completely fine.

In addition, setting up a private lottery requires a lot of sales points, which can also be done by relying on the bars of the gangs below.

Therefore, Jonas is simply sorry for himself if he doesn't engage in private lottery!

"The private lottery here is not large-scale, rather scattered, and is conducted by a small gang in private." Jonas said what he knew.

"So did they pay taxes?"

"Private lottery, what tax do private lottery pay!" Jonas looked puzzled.

"Not paying taxes, not paying taxes is fucking breaking the law, this is a moth of the country!" Sean knocked on the table angrily.

Jonas: ? ? ?

"Collect all the information and send it to Director Wells."

"Is it necessary? At worst, we'll deal with them ourselves." Jonas asked a little puzzled.

"Abiding by the law, obeying the law!" Sean pointed at Jonas with a look of resentment, "We are decent people, don't really think of yourself as a bad person! OK!"

As he said that, Sean couldn't help laughing, and explained to Jonas again, "We are taxpayers, why do we do it ourselves if we don't use the power of the police!"

"Besides, this thing was given to Wells, and he still wants to remember me as a favor."

"Also, let our X security auxiliary police go to enforce the law and give those gangs a warning."

"I don't care what money they make, but I must have it!"

Jonas is totally stupid, I may not be human, but you are a real dog.

Just a private lottery, let you sell it several times, and the capitalists will cry.

Chapter 89: Private Lottery

To be honest, Sean actually didn't do as badly as he did.

After all, Sean is not a demon either.

He just didn't lend a helping hand after the other party was arrested by the police.

Under normal circumstances, when those gangs pay money and encounter something that cannot be resolved, Sean will somewhat extend a helping hand to help communicate.

Now this guy has been arrested, Sean... Jonas immediately ordered someone to take over the private lottery business, and opened sales outlets in bars in several surrounding cities.

How high is the profit of the private lottery?

Let's put it this way, regular lotteries are actually welfare in nature. They first appeared during the Civil War and were used to raise military expenses. In the later period, most of the lottery betting amount actually went to the government, and a small part was used to enter the prize pool.

Take the most popular Powerball in the United States as an example. Choose 55 out of 5 white balls, and then choose 42 out of 1 red balls. If all 6 numbers are matched, you can win the jackpot. The probability of winning is 1.46 million One-tenth, even if Xiao En loses one white ball, the probability of winning is still terribly low.

Moreover, the U.S. federal government stipulates that prizes over $600 need to pay 10% national tax, and prizes over $5000 need to pay 25% national tax.

个人所得税方面，划分了六个档次，6000美元以下10％征税；6000美元—27950美元的部分按15％征税；27950美元—67700美元的部分按27％征税；67700美元—141250美元的部分按30％征税；141250美元—307050美元的部分按35％征税；超过307050美元的部分按38.6％征税。

Even if New Jersey no longer imposes a state tax, the proportion that the lottery winner needs to pay is between 20% and 63.6%.

Therefore, when the private lottery itself has a higher winning rate and does not need to pay taxes, people who like to play lottery will of course be more interested in buying private lottery.

Of course, the probability of winning the lottery is high, and the highest prize is gone. Everyone understands this.

And in the eyes of many people, since private lottery owners cannot intervene in the specific lottery draws, this is obviously more fair.

After all, winning the lottery... ahem, it's the same all over the world.

Although Sean did not stand up for this private lottery platform, due to the sudden expansion of the scale and the blatant sales of all the 'underground bars', the sales amount of the private lottery has doubled several times in one fell swoop.

After the first draw on Wednesday, those who got the money safely made such a publicity, and Jonas used his strength to fuel the flames. Before the draw from Wednesday to Saturday, the sales scale reached a new level again.

In Dart's bar, due to the sale of private lotteries, there were many more people than usual on the night of the lottery on Saturday. When a ball is driven, there will be a burst of cursing and cheering in the bar.

When the last red ball came out, one person suddenly jumped up from his seat, stood on the table and raised his arms high and cheered, "I won the lottery, I won the lottery!"

Of course, he was not the only one who won the lottery. Many people won the lottery, no matter how big or small. Watching this group of people go to claim the prize one by one, it would be a lie to say that they are not envious.

In the voice of "I invite everyone present to have a drink", the sales of the next lottery ticket turned a new level again.

It's just that everyone didn't know that the lucky winner returned the money back after he went out and got in the car. This sneaky scene happened in almost all bars...

Playing a private lottery, Sean didn't forget to ask for it.

With more and more lotteries involved, there are lottery draws in bars every day. Although the gangs below didn't get any money, more people came to the bars, and the sales of alcohol and drugs went up to a higher level. It can be regarded as sharing profits.

Of course, doing private lotteries is also risky. If you are really unlucky and often give out big prizes, the speed of losing money will definitely be beyond imagination.

The rest is the severe crackdown by the police and the lottery company, but this has nothing to do with Sean. After several layers of skinning, someone will take the blame if he is caught. body.

The private lottery business has expanded here, and Norris has also completed the preliminary work of the film project, so Sean also flew to Hollywood with his people.

……

Considering that he will often visit Hollywood in the future, Sean bought a villa directly north of Sunset Boulevard in Beverly Hills. The villa has three floors and a basement, with an area of ​​more than 600 square meters, 12 rooms, and 16 bathrooms. 6 parking spaces, a garden and a full sized swimming pool for easy pool pairing... yuck, party!

In the hall of the villa, Sean was sitting on the sofa, and Knowles introduced a thick stack of documents beside him.

"We need to decide on the director first. After all, we still need to listen to the director's opinion when choosing a role." Norris took out a stack of director materials and put it aside.

Small companies are different from big film companies. Big companies are much more complicated. They have their own considerations when it comes to casting, and they rarely consider the director’s opinion. Even editing rights have nothing to do with the director, because the choice of roles often does not match the director’s, and editing is even more important. Everyone has their own ideas, so don't end up losing too much money.

The most famous one is Warner. Zha Dao is not the first person to be cheated to death. It is normal for a small company like Sean to make such a mistake.

Sean flipped through the documents in his hand, shaking his head without stopping, not because he was picky, but because he never found a name that he was slightly familiar with, "Is that all? There is no better one?"

"This..." Norris looked embarrassed: "There must be good ones, the problem is that we can't afford it."

Sean slammed his mouth, flipped through the documents in his hand again, and finally came up with a name that felt slightly familiar, "John McTiernan, how is this guy?"

"This guy has never made a movie, has no experience, and is a commercial shooter." Norris has no idea why Sean chose this guy.

"Those of you who have made movies here, tell me, is there any one that makes money? No, you don't need to make money, even if it's popular or not!" Sean spread his hands, everyone is losing money, you Let me choose.

Norris has nothing to do, he can't afford to hire a great director, and a good director will not lower his own value, that would be a kind of harm to himself.

More importantly, even if people are willing to lower the price, the production requirements for the film are higher, and the desire for rights is stronger, which may conflict with Sean.

"Okay, let's just make an appointment with him tomorrow to talk." In fact, Sean chose him because he had a vague impression, but more importantly, because he was born in photography.

Chapter 90: Casting

"Mr. John McTiernan, this way please. Let me introduce you. This is my boss, Sean, Mr. Sean K. Rockefeller." Norris walked away with a thin white man Come in.

"Hello, sir." Hearing the surname Rockefeller, John McTiernan unconsciously felt a little nervous. This surname means too many things in the United States.

"Hello." Sean shook hands with the other party, and looked carefully at him. He looked in his 30s and was very young. As for his appearance, he couldn't tell much.

John McTiernan graduated from Juilliard School with a major in drama and later studied photography at the American Film Institute.

This guy became famous in later generations because he directed "Predator" and "Die Hard", so Sean has a slightly vague impression.

But for now, he has only filmed commercials and has nothing to sell, so he cherishes the opportunity that a company invites him to shoot a movie this time.

After a brief chat, he took the script and read it carefully.

In Sean’s impression, many famous directors are photographers. In his memory, there are Liu Weiqiang, Du Kefeng, Zhang Yimou, Gu Changwei, Sunglasses King, etc. There are also many great directors abroad who are photographers.

After John McTiernan finished reading the script, Sean raised his priorities and requirements for the filming of the film.