A few days later, Brooke Xiaosi's agent contacted Fox Film's production department and jointly finalized the cooperation of "The Wasteful Club".

Fox Films acquired the script of "The Waste Club" for $200,000 and invested $10 million for filming. In addition, Brooke Silk will also become one of the five leading actors, playing the school beauty and cheerleader Jones.

The film was officially launched in November and is expected to be released by summer vacation next year.

...

Enter November.

Jackie Chan's "The Chef of the Lord" was released in January, with a total box office of 78 million US dollars, and his results were quite good. He also became one of the top action stars in Hollywood with two big-name movies: "The Red Fan District" and "The Chef of the Lord".

Although it is not comparable to superstars such as Stallone and Harrison Ford for the time being, Hollywood does not have many movie stars that can compare with him.

This has also caused Jackie Chan's film contracts to increase sharply, and many companies hope to cooperate with him. However, Jackie Chan is loyal and knows that he can have today, most of the help of Ye Jin, so he does not intend to accept the invitation.

After Ye Jin found out, he hurriedly found him.

"Along, it's a good thing for someone to ask you to film, why do you refuse?" he asked.

"Mr. Ye, water has its own source and trees have roots. I can become famous in Hollywood thanks to your support. Although I have become famous now, I have not yet repayed your kindness. How can I be embarrassed to help other companies make movies?" Jackie Chan explained.

In his opinion, helping another company films is to betray Ye Jin, which is an act of unfaithfulness and unfaithfulness. Since elementary school dramas, he told stories about [benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, trustworthiness, gentleness, respect, frugality]. Therefore, he believed that the word "loyalty" is a belief that people must stick to, otherwise they will not be called human beings.

In his previous life, after he signed with Luo Wei, he filmed "Snake-shaped Hands" and became the hottest action star in Southeast Asia at that time.

But Luo Wei did not improve his treatment, and he was only a few thousand Hong Kong dollars a month, and even often he would owe to wages. Even so, Jackie Chan did not leave him.

It was not until Luo Wei was foolish and tricked him into signing a blank contract. He originally agreed to help him earn 3 million Hong Kong dollars, so he let Jackie Chan go out. As a result, Luo Wei changed the contract, and three million turned into 30 million. Jackie Chan ran away angrily.

Even so, a few years later, when Luo Wei failed to invest and even her property was abducted by a woman, Jackie Chan stood up to support him. So in the word "Loyalty and Righteousness", Jackie Chan was still doing very well.

"Hey, you are wrong. I support you not to expect your reward, but to help Xiangjiang filmmakers walk out of Xiangjiang and shine on the international stage." Ye Jin smiled, "Since you have come out now, you should perform well and let everyone in Hollywood know that Xiangjiang filmmakers are talented, capable, and motivated, and can help them make money.

In this way, they will continue to explore talents from the Xiangjiang film industry. At that time, all Xiangjiang filmmakers will benefit from this.

If you are only willing to make movies for me, how can other companies benefit from it? If they don’t make money, how can they enable Hong Kong filmmakers? So you should make movies for them, and the more you sell, the better."

After hearing what he said, Jackie Chan suddenly realized.

"Mr. Ye, I understand. I will work hard." He nodded.

"Well, just be sure you understand." Ye Jin smiled, "But I want to remind you that when choosing a film, don't just look at the pay, but also the quality of the script, production team, investment amount, etc. You only care about making money and making a lot of bad movies.

You have to know that in Hollywood, no matter how big a star you are, as long as you shoot three bad movies in a row, your status will plummet and never turn over, so don’t mislead yourself.”

Hollywood is a world of fame and fortune, and the word "fame" is the most important thing. If an actor or director can make money for the company, the company can support them to the sky and keep the stars from the moon.

For example, when Little Leonardo was filming in Siam, he missed his friend, so the crew specially booked a plane to transport his friend from America to party with him;

When Johnny Depp filmed "Pirates of the Caribbean 4", he asked Disney to prepare a special lounge for him, not only did he have to lay thick wool carpets, but also placed expensive antiques around him. The entire renovation cost was as high as 1.6 million US dollars.

When Kevin Costner directed "Future Water World", he lived alone in a five-star hotel and took helicopters every day, while other crew members had to squeeze in small hotels on the island.

But once an actor or director loses money from the company, no matter how big the brand or how famous it was before, it would be abandoned by the film merchants and would be worthless.

In the early 1990s, Kevin Costner starred in classic movies such as "Dancing with Wolves", "Body Guard", and "Assassination of Kennedy", especially "Dancing with Wolves", which he wrote, directed and acted by himself, and won seven Oscars, and was in the limelight.

But he invested 200 million US dollars in the film "Future Water World" and finally recovered only 35 million US dollars. After a mess, Hollywood has no one to investigate since then. He dared not use him for big productions, so he could only shoot some second- and third-tier small productions.

Johnny Depp filmed "The Mavericks" in 1992 and invested $210 million, and finally the global box office was only $250 million.

The huge loss of this movie caused Johnny Depp to fall from his throne. In the future, except for the Pirates of the Caribbean series, he can basically only play supporting roles in other movies.

This is the cruelty of Hollywood.

We must constantly create box office miracles in order to gain a foothold in this circle. Otherwise, we will be eliminated. This is also why Tom Tom has to catch a plane with his bare hands and jump to the Dubai Tower at the age of time.

...

Cheng Long nodded when he heard Ye Jin say this.

He also discovered that Hollywood is indeed cruel. Once an actor or director is not popular, he will not even have a chance to gain a foothold.

In comparison, the human touch in the Hong Kong film industry is still relatively strong. Even if actors and directors are no longer popular, they can still give them a living, play supporting roles, and work hard, and life is still fine.

So if he wants to gain a foothold in Hollywood, he has to be careful. Otherwise, the reputation he has finally made after he has become famous may disappear all of a sudden.

"Mr. Ye, I understand, I will care." He nodded.

"That's fine." Ye Jin smiled, "You can work hard in the future. You can come here often, don't have any worries. I don't have many friends here who can talk to me, and I would like someone to come to see me more."
Chapter completed!