Chapter 545 The Company Has No Money, but I Do!

USA, Los Angeles, Wu Yuan's home in Beverly Hills.

As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, John took the initiative to visit Wu Yuan before he went to the company for inspection.

"Daniel, World War Z has already started filming in Australia and is expected to be completed before the end of the year."

"Jennifer Lawrence, the company has also negotiated with her and signed a contract for The Hunger Games. She will be the heroine of the three films in this series."

"Gary Ross agreed to direct this series after reading the script, but this film will not start until February next year."

"If everything goes well, it will be released at the end of 2012 or the beginning of 2013."

The three film production projects of Light and Shadow Era this year have all been on track. The fastest "World War Z" has been filmed for more than a month, and Wu Yuan's "The Martian" will also start filming soon.

In general, this year should be the year with the most film projects since the establishment of Light and Shadow Era.

If we count the two parts of Twilight 4, which were filmed at the beginning of the year and are scheduled to be released in November this year and November next year, Guangshidai will set up projects to produce five movies in a year and a half.

The company's original abundant liquidity has almost been used up by these five movies.

After all, in addition to this, the company also has cooperation with Fox and New Line.

The Alien prequel, which was renamed from "Paradise" to "Prometheus", and "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" from New Line, Guangshidai will invest one-third to one-half of the funds for these two movies.

"Prometheus" is almost finished, and Zhu Yawen and Jinsha have also been gilded in this crew. After returning to China, their value will rise a lot.

After "Prometheus" is released, if they are a little thick-skinned, they can also issue press releases to hype themselves as Hollywood stars, or even international stars.

If Fatty Fan can brag about it, there is no reason why the two who really starred in a Hollywood blockbuster and served as the protagonists and background boards in the movie cannot brag about it.

And the real international superstar Cheng Long will continue to shoot the second part of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle".

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" received good responses in North America and even around the world, with a global box office of 386 million US dollars, which is quite different from the original version's 414 million, but the gap is mainly in the mainland market.

The original "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" was released in 2015, and the mainland box office market is huge. It raked in 150 million in the first three days of its premiere, and even won 300 million in the second week.

In 2010, only "Avatar" could achieve this result.

Even with Cheng Long as the lead actor, the box office of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" in the mainland was only more than 200 million yuan, which is a big gap from the original.

However, because of Jackie Chan's fame and influence, which are now at their peak, the international box office performance of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is even stronger than the original version released in 2015.

With this reduction and increase, Jackie Chan's version of "Kingsman" only won 386 million in global box office, only less than 30 million US dollars.

This result is undoubtedly very good, at least New Line and Guangshi still made a small profit.

Later, Jackie Chan was invited by Wu Yuan to make a "The Karate Kid".

Although this "The Karate Kid" has little presence in China, the box office in the mainland is also very flopped, and it is very unpopular.

But the script that caters to Hollywood aesthetics has been a big hit in overseas markets, especially in North America!

With a spark-filled combination of old and young actors, exciting fighting and American-style jokes, "The Karate Kid" has impressed audiences around the world (except China).

The low cost of 25 million US dollars leveraged nearly 170 million US dollars in North American box office, ranking 11th in the North American annual box office list, and the global total box office is as high as 360 million US dollars.

Cheng Long once again proved with his appeal that his international superstar status is indeed well-deserved.

So New Line immediately launched the project of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle". According to the outline that Wu Yuan roughly discussed with New Line at that time, he found a screenwriter to improve the script, arranged the schedule, and tried to shoot and release it before 2013.

In fact, Wu Yuan himself was not sure whether this movie would be successful.

Because this second part has actually been changed beyond recognition. Except for some core settings that have not changed, the plot is completely written by Guangguang and the screenwriter.

However, with Cheng Long still as the leading actor, Wu Yuan believes that the second part should still be profitable.

Cheng Long's kung fu comedy really has a basic market in the international market. He has to make two or three consecutive failures in order to squander the basic market.

Even if the final film of "Kingsman: The Golden Circle" is not very good, at least it can break even and make a small profit. There will be a risk of loss only in the third part.

So Wu Yuan still let Guangshi follow up with the investment in "Kingsman: The Golden Circle".

This also made the company's liquidity completely clean.

John, who was used to being a "miser", was a little uncomfortable, so he came to complain to Wu Yuan.

"Daniel, the current liquidity in the company's account is less than 50 million US dollars, and this money must be prepared as the budget for your next filming overspending."

"If you and Gary Ross both overspend, and New Line wants to make additional investments, the company will not be able to pay and the funds will be cut off."

John's face was a little worried. Guangshi has been established for so many years, and has never encountered such an imminent risk of fund shortage.

"Don't worry, John." Wu Yuan smiled nonchalantly: "Fifty million is enough."

"After this year is over, the company will have money next year when the accounts for "Twilight Saga 4" begin to arrive one after another."

"Don't worry, even if the budget of "The Martian" exceeds the budget during the filming, I will make up for it with my own money first."

"It will not delay the normal operation of the company."

Just because Guang Times is out of money doesn't mean Wu Yuan is out of money.

After ten years of diligent development, the three major companies of Light Times, Light Times, and Light Times Cinemas can now bring Wu Yuan an income of 200-300 million yuan every year.

This income is the remaining balance after deducting the funds needed for the company's normal development and the funds needed to expand operations.

Of this money, Wu Yuan invested half of it in Guangying Kuaibo's Asian expansion strategy, and the rest was saved. Now he has four to five billion.

Light Times is a company solely owned by Wu Yuan. Although John can also enjoy 5% annual dividends, this is only a dividend and he does not hold any equity.

Therefore, Wu Yuan’s investment in Light Times was completely a left-handed move.

This was something he did deliberately, just to facilitate the transfer of large amounts of funds from the Light Era back to China in the future.

Only in a sole proprietorship can he withdraw money and use it for other things at will. If other shareholders are brought in, it will be a lot of trouble.

"John, don't worry about the company's account funds." Wu Yuan said easily: "The company has no money, but I have money!" (End of Chapter)