Harrison Ford became famous in the late 1970s as Han Solo in the Star Wars series, and then starred in the famous "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, both of which were both box office and reputation.

This also made Harrison Ford's popularity very high, and he was the most popular male star in the United States in the 1980s. Naturally, his pay will not be low. According to Xia Tian's estimate, if he wanted to invite him to film, he would have to pay at least $15 million in a movie, plus a certain proportion of box office dividends.

To be honest, the price is a bit too big, and summer doesn't want to pay. To be honest, the story of "Jurassic Park" itself is already exciting enough. Coupled with those overbearing dinosaurs, the whole movie is enough to attract audiences. If you can't afford to invite a big name to join.

In the previous version of "Jurassic Park", both the male and female protagonists and supporting roles, they were almost unknown juniors, but the box office they achieved was incomparable to any big-name star.

When Spielberg heard Xia Tian say this, he also felt something was right.

In fact, when he was reading the script, he focused on those dinosaurs. The might of Tyrannosaurus Rex, the cuteness of the plesaurus, the strength of the triceratops, and the treacherous of the velociraptor... all impressed him. Compared with these radiant dinosaurs, the human characters are really a bit dull.

"Okay, I agree with your suggestion." Spielberg nodded, "But you have to promise me that you will add all the saved paychecks to the dinosaur special effects production. Otherwise, even if I direct the entire movie, I will refuse to sign."

"Don't worry, Mr. Spielberg, I hope it will succeed more than anyone in this world. In fact, I am also planning to invest at least 50 million dollars in special effects production." Xia Tian said with a smile.

"It's true?!" Spielberg couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this.

If the summer invests $50 million in special effects, the film's screen effect will definitely be amazing. You should know that the special effects of the third part of "Star Wars" are so amazing, and the production cost is only $20 million.

He had already been satisfied with his desire to invest 30 million US dollars in special effects production in the summer. Now, the cost has increased to 50 million US dollars, which is 20 million US dollars more than he thought.

Nowadays, there are only a handful of people who have a total cost of 50 million US dollars. It is really generous to dare to invest so much money in special effects production alone in summer.

Spielberg also feels very happy to be able to work with such a generous boss. After all, as a director, who doesn’t want to have more production funds?

"Of course, I don't need to lie to you on this issue." Xia Tian smiled.

Tianxia Animation is his business, with 100% controlling stakes; while Columbia Pictures only holds most of the shares, and most of the shares are in the hands of shareholders such as Sony.

He now says that investing 50 million US dollars in movie special effects is to give the money under Colombia to Tianxia Animation. He not only did not suffer any losses, but also made a big profit.

With this profit, Tianxia Animation can operate it for a long time. And it can also use this cooperation to set up a signboard.

Once "Jurassic Park" has a big box office, the world animation, which is responsible for producing special effects, will surely become famous and become the most popular special effects company in Hollywood. By then, major production companies will flock to seek cooperation, and it will be difficult for Tianxia animation to make money without making money.

Therefore, good things like this that kill two birds with one stone and make others happy will naturally be happy in summer.

Spielberg nodded, "Well, I believe in you!"

As the world's top rich man, Xia Tian has a net worth of tens of billions of dollars, there is indeed no need to deceive him. Fifty million US dollars is a huge sum of money in his opinion. But for Xia Tian, ​​it is probably just pocket money.

"Then let's just say that. Apart from those three actors, you can find any other actors and enjoy full choices." Xia Tian nodded and said, "But I hope the overall salary will be controlled at around 10 million US dollars."

Generally speaking, in a movie, the stars' pay for about 30% of the total cost. The total investment of the movie "Jurassic Park" is about 80 million to 100 million US dollars, and it is logical that it should be spent 30 million US dollars to hire actors.

However, Xia Tian felt that the real protagonist of this movie was dinosaurs, and their production costs had reached 50 million US dollars, so the pay of other actors naturally had to be reduced accordingly. For 10 million US dollars, basically no big names were invited, but it was definitely enough to hire second- and third-tier artists.

Hollywood stars’ pay is in the shape of a pyramid, and only a very small number of people are located at the top of the tower. For example, the top Tom Cruise can earn tens of millions of dollars a year with pay and dividends. The average pay for Hollywood actors is only about 50,000 US dollars, a difference of 2,000 times.

Even in the same movie, the pay between the male lead and the second male lead can be dozens or even hundreds of times. For example, in "Iron Man 2", Robert Downey Jr.'s pay of 10 million US dollars, while the second male lead actor Mickey Locke's pay of only 250,000 US dollars, which is 40 times the difference;

In "Wolf of Wall Street", Little Little's pay is 45 million US dollars, while the second male lead Jonah Hill's pay is only 60,000 US dollars, a 900-fold difference.

So the budget for paying 10 million US dollars seems to be a little less, but if you use it carefully, you can choose a lot of good actors.

Spielberg nodded.

Since Xia Tian has promised him to apply the saved pay to special effects production, the actor's pay budget naturally does not have to be very high. Ten million US dollars is enough for him.

"Then I'll leave first and come here in the afternoon. If conditions permit, I hope I can start making it as soon as possible." Spielberg said again.

"Okay." Xia Tian nodded.

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After sending Spielberg away, Cheng Long asked Xia Tian in surprise, "A Tian, ​​what kind of movie are you going to make? What kind of investment are you going to make?!"

Xia Tian smiled and told Cheng Long about filming "Jurassic Park".

After hearing this, Cheng Long was stunned. After a while, he woke up and grabbed Xia Tian's arm hard, and said with an urgent look, "A Tian, ​​you can't shoot this movie. If you shoot it, then our Hong Kong movie will be over. What can we fight with others?"

After listening to Xia Tian's words, Cheng Long was really frightened. You know, the reason why Hong Kong movies are so popular over the years is not only because of their good quality, but also because Hollywood movies are too bad.

The highest-grossing movies in history are action movies, and Hollywood has been filmed very badly in recent years. For example, Schwarzenegger is known as an action star, but his skills are extremely clumsy. It can be said that any dragon and tiger martial artist in Hong Kong plays better than him. It is precisely because of this that Hollywood movies are obviously not as popular as Hong Kong movies in East Asia.

But now all the dinosaurs were made in summer, and now their Hong Kong martial artists are completely out of the blue. Because no matter how they go to heaven and earth, they are still fighting with others, but Hollywood has already started fighting dinosaurs.
Chapter completed!