After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

At the same time, Zach Schneider was asked to start selecting supporting roles around Hollywood.

Except for a few roles that Kevin prepared for his own people, Kevin handed over the other casting rights to Zach Snyder.

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Chapter 72

After confirming the protagonist, Kevin handed over the completed Pirates of the Caribbean project proposal to MGM and Warner Bros. to evaluate the project's success rate.

It includes Kevin's considerations on the current market of fantasy pirate films, as well as later publicity strategies, and considerations for shooting, etc.

The specific negotiation time was set in three days to allow them to investigate the authenticity of the plan. Even if it was Kevin, the procedure could not be avoided.

Thanks to this system, Hollywood film companies will not be fooled at will and cause huge losses to the company.

After finishing these things, Kevin went to the Pirates of the Caribbean crew set up by Zack Snyder, who was recruiting supporting roles in Hollywood. After seeing that he was in good control of the crew, Kevin left with confidence.

The role of the assistant director is to help the chief director do the dirty work.

That’s fine with Saw and Escape from Deadly Town, because the production cost is small and the crew is small, and it’s actually very easy for him to control the crew.

But Mission: Impossible really exhausted him.

With a crew of hundreds of people, plus filming abroad, negotiating with others is really exhausting.

Even with the help of the old crew arranged by MGM, it still gave him a headache.

This is why he wanted to cultivate a reliable assistant director.

Back in the villa, Kevin went to a sex shop and bought something.

After buying a bunch of things to eat and drink, I returned to the villa.

Although Kevin doesn't know how to cook, due to his personality, he is not used to having other people's strangers stay in his villa except for regularly inviting people to clean the villa.

Of course, the exception is the woman he applauded for love.

"Kevin, you're back."

Milla Jovovich came to Kevin's side in a sexy underwear.

With a smirk, Kevin took out the stockings in his hand and handed them to Milla Jovovich.

"Baby, I have arranged for you the role of the third female lead, how can you thank me?"

In Pirates of the Caribbean, there aren't many female characters other than the heroine, but that's not a big deal.

As an extremely attractive man, Captain Jack Sparrow is sought after everywhere. In the first half of the movie, Kevin arranged for Milla Jovovich to play the role of a sexy female owner of a tavern.

At the same time, a short scene of a woman and a beautiful woman saving the hero was added, allowing her to play a role in the process of Captain Jack Sparrow's escape.

This also highlights Jack Sparrow's female popularity in a disguised form.

In fact, after the explosion of three movies, Kevin's self-confidence has slowly grown.

Although he still doesn't dare to make huge changes to these classic movies, he still has the confidence to make small-scale changes.

As for Pirates of the Caribbean 1: The Curse of the Black Pearl, the biggest change he made was that he reduced the roles of the original hero and heroine, turning the movie into a personal show of Captain Jack Sparrow.

In the movie, he added more plots of Captain Jack Sparrow's characterization, presenting this character more completely in front of the audience.

As for whether the audience will not like it?

As one of the fans of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, he deeply understands the psychology of fans. Everyone watches Pirates of the Caribbean to watch Captain Jack Sparrow.

It's not a little blacksmith or the governor's daughter.

Hearing Kevin's words, Milla Jovovich looked excited, threw Kevin on the sofa, and took the fun things Kevin bought from the sex shop.

The two got entangled on the sofa, and the outer clothes were instantly emptied...

...

In the villa with Milla Jovovich, I tried every position and played dozens of tricks.

It was not until three days later that he received a notice from MGM that he went to MGM to participate in specific investment matters.

In the MGM conference room, Kevin was about to enter the conference room when he felt a sudden soreness in his waist, which made him stagnate.

After rubbing his waist fiercely on the spot for dozens of seconds, Kevin put away his painful expression and walked into the conference room.

"Kevin!"

Whether it was Leiter, Robinov or others, they all welcomed Kevin with smiles.

This is exactly what a star surnamed Huang in Kevin's previous life said.

When you are unknown, you are surrounded by bad people.

When you become a big celebrity, you are surrounded by good people.

Kevin, who doesn't eat alone, is surrounded by friends at the moment.

Kevin sat down on the seat on the right side generously, and said confidently:

"Pirates of the Caribbean, with an estimated production cost of 3000 million U.S. dollars, personnel expenditure of 7000 million U.S. dollars, and the other [-] million U.S. dollars, mostly used for the production of special effects and props."

"On behalf of Chenxi Film Company, I account for 30% of the investment share. As a producer, screenwriter, copyright owner of Pirates of the Caribbean, and director, I count it as an investment of 500 million yuan. At the same time, Chenxi Film Company took out Fifteen million in cash as an investment for Pirates of the Caribbean."

"The other 70%, how do you see it distributed?"

Generally speaking, if such a plan is proposed by a film company, no director will accept this situation.

The film industry still follows the [-] rule, that is, only two out of ten films make money.

And among the [-] profitable movies, there may only be one or two big hits.

Accepting such conditions, for the director, he may face the situation of working hard for more than half a year of filming and losing money in the end.

Of course, as an investor, Kevin is undoubtedly doing so at his own risk and making money for himself, which is a good thing.

Let him not have to take out too much cash.

Of course, the most important point is actually the copyright owner just mentioned, that is to say, the subsequent copyright development and copyright authorization rights of Pirates of the Caribbean are in the hands of Kevin's Dawn Film Company.

Chapter 73 The crew starts work

Regarding this point, MGM and Warner Bros. discussed it and reluctantly agreed.

After all, at this time, if Kevin does not cooperate with them, it is actually a very simple matter to find external funds to enter the market.

The capital market is very obsessed with successful people.

Kevin is currently a sweet potato in the eyes of capital.

If he let the news out, his new film will need outside investment, even if it is [-] million US dollars, it may not take long to raise enough.

Although the two of them may not be very optimistic about the performance of fantasy pirate films, Hollywood also has the habit of chasing the winners.

Now that Kevin has succeeded in three consecutive films, they are willing to take another gamble with Kevin.

Compared with Warner, MGM has more confidence in Kevin. After all, Kevin is a shareholder of MGM, so he can't cheat anyone.

Thinking of this, Leiter said decisively:

"MGM, invest 40%, some of the crew members are still handed over to MGM to deduct part of the investment amount."

Robinov no longer hesitated, and followed closely:

"Then leave the remaining 30.00% to us at Warner Bros."

"Subsequent publicity and distribution expenses will also be apportioned according to this ratio. For a large production of 2000 million U.S. dollars, the publicity and distribution expenses will be calculated at [-] million U.S. dollars, no problem?"

Robinoff added.

Everyone nodded.

...

After leaving MGM, Kevin came to the Hollywood crew and began to work officially.

"Johnny Depp!"

"To!"

"Salma Hayek!"

"To!"

"Milla Jovovich!"

"To!"

"..."

As the assistant director, Zach Schneider counted the number of people one by one to ensure that the entire crew of more than 100 people had arrived.

It was too looking up to Kevin waiting for his instructions.

More than 100 people looked at Kevin silently, with different eyes, each with their own thoughts.

"Everyone, the actors who act as pirates or marines in the plot, stand up."

Kevin held the horn and said loudly, his face extremely serious.

Kevin, who is relatively peaceful in life, will be daunting once he comes to the theater.

Even when shooting Escape from Deadly Town, Julie didn't dare to joke with Kevin on the set. On the set, they are just the relationship between the actor and the director.

Dozens of actors, including Johnny Depp, stood up, and then Kevin continued to say seriously:

"Next, you will have two to three weeks of closed training. The training content includes walking posture and sword training that suits your identity. Now, you can raise any questions in advance."

"Once the training starts, if you leave, you have to pay the crew a high liquidated damages."

After all, Kevin looked at everyone present expressionlessly.

A black actor stood up, raised his hand and said:

"I have something to do in a few days, can I ask for leave?"

Kevin said coldly:

"Okay, you are fired, now, immediately, leave this crew immediately."

The expression of the black man instantly changed from a questioning expression to a bewildered expression. He didn't expect that he would be fired just by asking.

Although he had heard that Steve Kevin had a reputation as a studio tyrant, he was trying to test it out, but he still didn't expect to be fired just like that.

Then his expression changed again, becoming dissatisfied and angry, and he yelled:

"If you do this, I will complain to the actor union. It is our right to ask for leave."

"Do you still want to continue acting in Hollywood?"

Kevin said a word directly, and the cold breath immediately cut off the black man's thoughts.

As a major shareholder of MGM, and at the same time the cooperation with Warner Bros. is in the honeymoon period, in his words, it is a breeze to block this little unknown black actor.

If this black actor is not sensible anymore, Kevin will really block him.

The black man lowered his face and didn't dare to shout any more, and left here in disgrace.

Looking at his back, Kevin turned to Zach Schneider and said:

"Find an actor and take his part."

Then he turned his head to the front and continued:

"Now, does anyone else have any other questions?"

Everyone shook their heads.

"Well, now, the actors who stand up, follow director Zack Snyder to the bus outside, and the training location is a training camp near the San Gabriel Mountains, a hundred kilometers away."

"The rest of the crew and the filming staff are temporarily on vacation, and the post-shooting tasks are heavy. Now let's take care of ourselves."

"Other actors, go to the channels to learn about the deeds of pirates that happened between 1720 and 1750. After two to three weeks, I will inform you to conduct a simple understanding and assessment of the events of that period."

"..."

"Okay, let's go now."

After arranging these tasks, the crew started running in an instant.