After buying Marvel, I became the king of Hollywood

And Kevin once again came to Warner Bros.'s self-built studio.

It is located in the wilderness outside Los Angeles, with a huge area, including mountains and forests, suitable for shooting various movies.

The purpose of Kevin coming here is to build the most critical venue among the Gatby pirates, the cave where Barbosa hides his treasure.

That is the cave full of gold coins.

As soon as I came here, the Warner staff who were in charge of setting up the venue greeted me.

After listening to Kevin's description, the staff led Kevin into the studio.

There was no suitable scene in the entire set for Kevin's request, so it had to be built from scratch.

After making the request, estimating the budget, bargaining, and closing the deal.

The construction of the scene was completely handed over to Warner Bros.

Of course, before the official construction, Kevin tortured the experts crazily for three days, trying to restore the cave in his memory as much as possible, and at the same time invited professionals to discuss the shape of the rocks eroded by the ocean currents. , The arrangement of the water channels has been professionally designed one by one.

Finally, there was a cave construction drawing that was very in line with Kevin's imagination and at the same time very scientific.

After the drawings are completed, Kevin naturally has no time to supervise the next construction.

However, as a project where Warner took up 30% of the investment, no one dared to joke about it. Kevin was very relieved about this.

After arranging the most important filming location, Kevin told the staff about some of the scene design requirements of the Black Pearl.

Naturally, it is impossible to complete all the scenes on the Black Pearl and the ship of the Black Pearl, because there is no way to film in that way.

Part of it must be shot at sea, part of it must be shot in a studio, plus post-production.

As for the small town at the beginning of the movie, the seascape by the sea, Kevin has already chosen the location of the filming.

That is the Port of San Pedro in San Pedro City. There is a beautiful sea view nearby, and only a small number of wooden retro buildings need to be built.

Most of this kind of scene must rely on special effects to complete the vision, otherwise, the investment cost will be too high.

unless···

Kevin suddenly thought of an idea, and immediately asked his assistant to contact the local tourist bureau in San Pedro.

As the filming location of a movie with an investment of over [-] million yuan, coupled with Kevin's hot status in Hollywood at this time, it is reasonable and reasonable to apply for a grant from the San Pedro Tourism Bureau to build the Pirates of the Caribbean town. ,

As for why the name Pirates of the Caribbean town was used, it was naturally to catch the popularity of the movie and help San Pedro attract tourists.

Chapter 74 Tourist town plan

San Pedro City Tourism Bureau, the director of the Tourism Bureau, Ronan De, quickly received the news from his subordinates.

A woman who claims to be an assistant to Steve Kevin, the hottest director in Hollywood, will come to San Pedro with Steve Kevin in a day to discuss the shooting of his new movie. matters.

In the office, Ronald said to himself:

"What do you want me to do for a movie? Our tourism bureau doesn't care about road closures, could it be..."

Ronan raised his head and told a staff member:

"You find me all the news about Steve Kevin's upcoming movie."

Ronande has already guessed about Kevin's purpose, and now he is looking for information to prove his idea.

After a while, the staff handed over some newspapers about Steve Kevin's recent news.

Ronald checked them one by one.

After a while, he nodded.

It is a fantasy pirate film, and it is still a masterpiece with an investment of over [-] million yuan. There is no doubt that what Steve Kevin needs is a seaside scene. For this, their San Pedro port in San Pedro is very good. .

The purpose of contacting their tourism bureau is mostly to ask them to pay for the construction of some movie scenes.

This kind of thing also has a precedent in Hollywood. A good movie that sells well can bring a huge flow of people to their San Pedro city, that is, countless tourists.

Of course, if the movie fails, the money they invested will be wasted.

However, with Steve Kevin's current reputation, those coastal cities are not willing to gamble too much. A successful director who sells three films in a row, unless his brain is broken, otherwise, no one will refuse His proposal.

After all, the success rate of the fourth film is also very high.

Now that he has this understanding, what Ronande thinks of is to negotiate with Kevin in detail, discuss the specific investment amount, and Kevin's specific needs.

...

The next day, after getting a response from the San Pedro Tourism Bureau, Kevin brought his secretary Ellie to the San Pedro Tourism Bureau.

The staff of the tourism bureau, after hearing their intentions, led them very politely into the reception room.

Kevin sat on the sofa very calmly waiting for the person in charge to arrive.

Ellie sat next to him with a dignified expression, wearing a female black suit on the upper body, a black skirt on the lower body, and a pair of black stockings, placing her slender legs in front of Kevin.

Looks very tempting.

For a while, Kevin got a little distracted.

Ellie naturally noticed the gaze of his boss, but she was not angry, instead she was a little proud, her legs were slightly spread, and she seduced Kevin to look inward...

Damn, safety pants!

Kevin cursed inwardly, asking if the relationship between people can be better.

Only then did he close his eyes in disappointment, and looked straight ahead.

Ellie secretly smiled, she would not let Kevin take advantage of it so easily, she would not cherish what was too easy to get.

...

"Crench!"

There was a sound of pushing the door, and a middle-aged man in standard white overalls walked in who seemed to weigh more than 200 kilograms.

With a seemingly sincere smile on his face, he smiled and said:

"What would you like to drink, coffee or milk?"

"No, thanks."

Kevin said with a straight face.

"I'm here for work, not for coffee."

"Are you the person in charge here?"

Ronande is not a joke, this is a matter of mutual benefit, so there is nothing to be ashamed of.

"Yes, I am the person in charge of the Tourism Bureau, Ronan, hello, Director Kevin."

"Hello, Commissioner Ronan."

After getting to know each other briefly, Ronande sat across from Kevin, and said straight to the point:

"I probably know why you came here, but I just don't know what kind of budget you want to apply for and what kind of shooting scene you want to build."

"Only after your plan is finalized, can I find someone to approve it and determine whether to sponsor your crew."

Ronald said calmly.

Kevin motioned Ellie to take out the plan that was made overnight yesterday from the bag, and handed it to Ronan, which also included the time when this scene would appear in the movie, to show that this is definitely not an insignificant scene .

Ronald looked carefully.

In the planning book that Kevin handed over, it included the size and scope of the Pirates of the Caribbean town, how many buildings, which buildings, etc., and at the same time, how he would shoot the town for the audience to see, Everything is written in the plan book.

At the same time, a plan was made at the end, and the approximate cost price is between 500 million and 500 million US dollars.

Ronan raised his head and asked with doubts:

"Five million to fifteen million dollars?"

"How could there be such a huge price difference?"

Kevin explained this:

"500 million, refers to building a model Pirates of the Caribbean town. At most, tourists can only watch it from the outside. Most of the buildings do not have actual functions."

"And 500 million, here is a real town, with the appearance of the buildings in the pirate era, and at the same time, it can have modern functions."

"Residents in this area can choose to imitate the characters in Pirates of the Caribbean to serve tourists."

"This will be the only antique town in the United States, full of features, and will definitely attract countless tourists..."

Ronande's eyes lit up when he heard it, and it was great to invest 500 million yuan in exchange for a tourist destination.

Seeing that Ronande took the bait, Kevin went on to say:

"Of course, as a license fee, Chenxi Film Company will get 8% of the annual profit of the entire town after it officially operates."

8% of the profit is definitely not a small amount.

Excluding operating costs, the net income of a tourist town is calculated to be between [-]% and [-]%. Of this, part of the tax is paid, and less than [-]% of it falls to the hands.

As for Kevin, 8% of the [-]% to [-]% of the profit will come up, which is definitely not small.

If it wasn't for Kevin's current reputation and never losing money, he would have been kicked out a long time ago just because he dared to raise this condition.

Chapter 75 Attending the Oscars

Ronande suddenly had a bitter face, dissatisfied:

"Aren't you guys taking advantage of this too much? It's just the authorization that took away nearly 15% of the profits..."

Kevin said forcefully:

"That's because you don't understand how magnificent Pirates of the Caribbean will be in the history of movies, and its influence will last for ten, twenty, thirty years..."

"Even longer."

"I have set up countless settings for it. The countless adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow's life will be born in my hands."

"I swear on Steve Kevin!"

"It's bound to become a classic!"

Kevin stared confidently at Ronan in front of him.

Hearing what Kevin said, Ronande immediately hesitated.

If Pirates of the Caribbean can achieve such results, then their tourism bureau will still make a lot of money.

But there is no doubt that this has huge risks.

unless···

Ronande thought about it in his heart, and then said:

"The box office of Pirates of the Caribbean exceeds 15 million US dollars. At the same time, it must shoot more than five sequels within [-] years before you can get this income. This condition will be written into the contract."

After all, Ronande looked at Kevin closely, trying to see the guilt in his eyes.

With such a large investment, if it fails, he, the head of the tourism bureau, will also be under tremendous pressure. He needs to gain confidence from Kevin, or lose confidence.

So make up your mind to invest, or veto the plan.

However, Kevin's eyes were full of confidence, as if this plan could never fail.

After staring at it for a minute, Ronande finally made up his mind.

He could see the confidence to win from Kevin's eyes, and since that was the case, he believed in him once.

.....

The specific details were negotiated for another hour, and experts and legal professionals will naturally be invited to conduct a professional evaluation of these things in the follow-up.

Kevin didn't care about the details in this regard, and left it all to the assistant.

After the general task was completed, Kevin went to the special effects company and the prop company to arrange the relevant content of the movie one by one.

After all the preparatory tasks before filming started, the time has come three weeks later.

...

In the Caribbean Sea, there is a wooden sailboat behind a huge ship. If anyone sees it, they will immediately realize that it is the Black Pearl.

On the Black Pearl, Kevin sat behind the camera, watching the actors perform the scenes in the script one by one.