Hollywood What If-Chapter 400

Kazir's script was expensive. Yet despite being expensive, many production companies would happily buy his scripts with open hands.

For film companies, Kazir's scripts were equivalent to profit.

A few years ago, The Hangover and Napoleon Dynamite ended their trilogies respectively. It was estimated that both movies had a valuation of more than $1 billion, based on their box office earnings, videotape/DVD sales, and broadcasting rights.

Even now, TV networks all over the globe are paying Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox top dollar just to get the chance to broadcast The Hangover and Napoleon Dynamite. It was a constant source of income.

Just the idea of having a $1 billion-worth movie franchise was so fragrant. Surely, the Big Six and other studios wouldn't be cheap when it came to paying Kazir the money he was worth.

Last time, Lionsgate contacted Kazir to buy Now You See Me and The Expendables. The two sides struck a business deal.

Lionsgate successfully bought Now You See Me. As for The Expendables, this franchise could easily fit into the Continental Cinematic Universe, no explanation needed. Kazir didn't want to sell The Expendables. He was just waiting for the right time to hire Sylvester Stallone and the other action stars at a lower salary. In short, he was waiting for the old action stars to get washed up.

Back in the '80s and early '90s, Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger could command a salary of more than $20 million per movie... Kazir was not insane enough to hire them at that amount.

In fact, an old actor contacted him a few months ago. Harrison Ford expressed his interest in being a part of the CCU. Harrison Ford was actually one of the actors who auditioned for the role of John Wick, but Kazir chose Viggo Mortensen instead.

Anyway, Kazir wanted to use his scripts to make a truce with 20th Century Fox.

"I'm glad we settled our differences that quickly." Kazir shook hands with Tom Rothman.

The two had just signed the contract.

"Come on, Kazir. I will never hate you. You are my friend, haha! By the way, Carl from Blue Sky Studio wants to meet you. He wants to talk about Kung Fu Panda."

"Of course."

The business transaction didn't last long. Both parties wanted to close the contract as soon as possible.

Tom Rothman understood that once the other studios heard Kazir was selling some scripts, they would start acting fast and compete to buy them.

Kazir sold the script for Now You See Me to Lionsgate for $11 million.

But for 20th Century Fox, Kazir sold the three scripts for $5 million each. Meaning, 20th Century Fox paid him $15 million.

20th Century Fox didn't think twice. They immediately bought them, knowing the market value of these scripts. They understood that this was Kazir's goodwill. They gladly accepted his goodwill.

With no further ado, the contract was formed.

"Kazir, what do you think we should film first? I think Paranormal Activity seems kind of interesting... Hmm, 300 is also not bad, but I'm not sure about your idea of making it in a complete 3D background," Tom gave his opinion.

20th Century Fox couldn't start filming three projects at once. They had to study the profitability first before giving the go-ahead.

"I think Final Destination is a good start."

"I'll take note of that. You said Tobey Maguire fits the male lead. We'll invite him once the project starts. As for the director…"

"Tom, don't give me that look. You know I'm busy."

"Haha, of course, of course. We'll look for a director instead."

Tom laughed out loud, but his expression turned serious again.

"Kazir, you signed a contract with Warner Brothers to direct a trilogy. When will you do one for us?"

"…"

Kazir knew that this conversation would come. 20th Century Fox was only the distributor of Grey Pictures' movies. They never acquired any copyrights. Even the upcoming MCU was not owned by 20th Century Fox.

So this time, they wanted Kazir to also direct a trilogy for them, and it should be fully owned by 20th Century Fox. Of course, salary was not a problem. Kazir was worth hiring, after all.

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"Once I'm free, I'll work for you."

"Oh God, when will that happen? Your schedule is packed for five freaking years."

...…

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March had just passed by and Kazir was getting close to completing the post-production of Spider-Man 2.

At the same time, the advertisement for 2 Fast 2 Furious intensified. The movie trailer aired on TV channels, billboards, and movie posters were all over the place.

The cast of the movie also attended many TV shows and interviews. It was hectic, and the premiere day arrived.

At the TCL Chinese Theater, a red carpet was laid out. Celebrities showed up one by one, and the fans were so enthusiastic. Most of the fans were wearing tuxedos. This had become the standard uniform of the CCU fans, derived from the uniform of Grey Fans.

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[Author's Note: Congratulations to me, I guess. I started writing this novel in March 2023. I didn't expect that I would reach 400 chapters. At first, I just wrote HWI as an experiment. I never thought of pursuing this novel that much.]

[I also didn't expect that HWI would be the novel that would help me the most. This novel helped me pay my younger brother's college tuition, helped me build a new roof for our house (this means a lot because our country experiences a lot of typhoons), pay bills, and helped me put food on the table. I'm thankful for all of you guys. I'll do my best to give you a great story, even though sometimes I'm absent and depressed. I appreciate all your support.]

[By the way, I'm having the urge to write another story, and it's about a Talent Agent this time. Although it's an original universe, it's heavily inspired by Hollywood. It's still all in my head, but the plot is already clear. I just have to put it into words.]

[Update: I've already written 19 chapters but it's in haitus since I'm lazy as fuck.]