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Once again, two films in a row were successful at the box office. Matthew had the confidence and the capital to speak loudly in negotiations with any film crew or company, and some companies with swaying attitudes also quickly made decisions.

Helen Herman had a second round of negotiations with Hasbro and Paramount Pictures. As soon as the negotiations began, two representatives of Hasbro and Paramount Pictures told Helen Herman directly After careful consideration, Bipolar Company believes that Jon Zhu is not suitable to be the director of the sequel to "Special Forces", and they will then formally negotiate with Stephen Sommers on the director of the sequel.

Maintaining the stability of the main creative team is the premise for Matthew to continue to serve as the male lead.

The sequel is definitely going to be filmed, and the negotiations are bound to be lengthy, because Helen Herman proposed a base salary of $20 million plus a 20% box office share.

This does not include the use of Matthew's image rights for peripheral sharing.

There are many options involved, and there are as many as 15 items of peripheral income that Helen Herman fought for for Matthew. It is impossible to reach an agreement after a few months of negotiation.

Negotiations for the sequel to "Special Forces" Matthew was completely handed over to Helen Herman. For the time being, his main energy was on the preparations for "Fast and Furious 5".

After more than two months of busy work, Justin Lin and Chris Morgan completed the first draft of the script and preparatory planning. After preliminary discussions with the producer Jack Beard, they immediately found Matthew and David Ellison.

In the conference room of Skydance Pictures, Matthew and David Ellison sat at the conference table with the first draft of the script they just finished in front of them.

"The script is good." David Ellison closed the script, looked at Matthew next to him, and asked, "What do you think?"

What he looks good may not be really good, and what others think is good may not be good, but if Matthew says good, it is definitely good.

To this day, David Ellison judges a project and a script as simply as that.

Matthew thought about it for a while before saying, "I think it's good. The story is closely connected with the previous one. It has suspense and is concise and easy to understand. It also expands the world view, and the scenes of action scenes and racing scenes are also bigger."

David Ellison nodded slightly.

"However, one thing is not outstanding enough." Matthew looked at screenwriter Chris Morgan, "Family, the family view of the racing family needs to be more prominent."

Chris Morgan responded quickly, "I will strengthen these in the second edition."

Matthew was generally satisfied with the script, and said, "The skills of each character are further clarified, and everyone has their own specialties, which can be recognized by the audience at a glance."

"And," he added, "in terms of female characters, the emphasis is on Gisele."

Justin Lin and Chris Morgan looked at each other and said, "No problem."

In their first draft of the script, in addition to the two protagonists Matthew and Paul Walker, the heaviest role is Gal Gadot's Gisele.

This is not the choice of the crew, but the result of market research.

In the past two months, Sky Dance Pictures has been conducting market research for "Fast and Furious 4" without stopping. The most popular person in the film is Matthew, followed by Paul Walker and Gal Gadot.

Probably because the character is independent and powerful, not only does he not need a man to save him, but he can also help at critical moments. Giselle played by Gal Gadot is very popular with female fans. Lane is no different.

Since the audience likes it, the sequel must of course strengthen her role appropriately.

"Matthew, David, there is a question, I hope you will consider it carefully."

As the producer, the bearded Jack said at this time, "$150 million seems like a lot of investment, but it's a little bit for a film like this."

Matthew looked at David Ellison, and the investment was made by the two of them together.

David Ellison nodded lightly and said, "In terms of budget, we will make an evaluation when you come up with a more detailed plan."

After several years of development in Hollywood, he is no longer the kind of person who randomly spends money on projects.

"I agree with David." Matthew echoed.

Additional investment may involve tens of millions of dollars. Even if they trust Beard Jack, it is impossible for the other party to say they want to invest and then give it.

Big-budget commercial films are a bottomless pit, and even the best directors and producers should pull the reins properly.

In fact, the investment budget set by Matthew and David Ellison itself is slightly low. Not to mention other things, Matthew's basic salary of 25 million US dollars in the sequel alone occupies a large part of the budget, as well as Paul - Walker's salary of nearly ten million dollars.

The salaries of other actors are not high, and all together, there is no Paul Walker.

There are no tricks in the big scenes in action movies. If you want to achieve good visual effects, you have to spend a lot of money.

The meeting ended quickly, and when the others left, Matthew and David Ellison negotiated a few more things about the cast, especially adding a new Chinese-American female character.

This matter will be handled by Studio No. 13 and Disney China. The audition is under preparation and is expected to start in mid-August.

The new Chinese female character will appear as the girlfriend of Daniel Wu's character.

Starting from "Fast and Furious 5", the starring lineup of this series will be completely international.

Counting the return of the second star, Tyrese Gibson, the starring lineup includes whites, Africans, Latinos, Jews and Asians.

When he left Sky Dance Films, Matthew was still thinking about whether to add an Arab in the back?

This is a long-term plan, and it is not necessary for the time being. Those countries in the Arabian Gulf region are very rich, but the size of the film market is very limited.

For example, in countries like Saudi Arabia, movie theaters have been banned since the 1970s and 1980s, and they have not yet been released.

Compared with the audience, it may be wiser to pull commercial sponsorship from there. The UAE is a relatively open place, and it is also pursuing advertising effects. Maybe people can get in touch with the consortium there.

As long as the money is in place, it would be good to go to places like Dubai to shoot in the future.

With this idea in mind, Matthew came to a coffee shop on South Bowei Street. Karolina Kekova asked him to meet several days ago, and he never had time, which was delayed until today.

"Sorry, KK."

Found Karolina Kokova in a quiet booth, Matthew pulled out the chair and sat across from her, and said apologetically, "There was a meeting just now and you've been waiting for a long time."

Karolina Kokova smiled, "It's okay, I just came here." She asked, "Do you want green tea?"

Matthew nodded lightly, "Green tea is best."

Karolina Kekova invited the waiter, ordered a cup of green tea for Matthew, then took out an invitation letter from her carry-on bag and said, "This is the VIP invitation to this year's Victoria's Secret show, I I haven't re-signed with Victoria's Secret yet, I can only get this one."

"Have you returned to the Victoria's Secret show?" Matthew took it over and looked at it, "Thank you."

"No!" Carolina Kirkova shook her head, "Matthew, it should be me who wants to say thank you."

She seemed very serious, "Without your help, I wouldn't be able to return to the top runway. Without you, I wouldn't be reborn."

Matthew smiled lightly, "You're too polite, KK."

The waiter brought tea at this time, Matthew thanked him, and said to Karolina Kokova, "You deserve it."

Without Karolina Kokova's unbridled efforts over the past year, how could he possibly support such a supermodel?

Karolina Kirkova looked very grand, "Let's stop saying these polite words." She looked at Matthew and asked curiously, "I heard that Paramount Pictures and Hasbro recently talked to you in " There are disagreements on who to direct the sequel to "Special Forces"? They want a new director?"

She also heard some news, and after the agent learned about it, he communicated with her again, which was completely different from the last time, saying that if the director changed a new person and Matthew quit again, he would persuade her to quit.

The risk of a new director is too great. If she fails, she will have to pay for the fame she finally earned.

"It's all solved." Matthew didn't hide his meaning, "I have reached an agreement with Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, and the main creative team of the sequel will remain unchanged."

Hearing the latter sentence, Karolina Kokova quickly asked, "Will the red-haired Scarlett appear in the sequel?"

Matthew nodded lightly, "As long as you're willing to play this role."

Karolina Kokova breathed a sigh of relief, then bit her lip, "Matthew, I...I think...we got along well before, and the way we got along was very interesting. I recently reconsidered it, and I miss it very much. Those special ones we have together..."

She smiled and didn't say, "Let's continue, shall we?"

"It doesn't have to be like this, KK." Matthew declined politely. "The redhead is yours as long as you want."

Karolina Kokova nodded ~www.readwn.com~ and did not continue to dwell on this issue.

Matthew doesn't intend to entangle with Karolina Kirkova. On the one hand, he has tried too many tricks on her in the past year, and it is no longer fresh; on the other hand, he knows Hasbro and Paramount Pictures' sequel will focus heavily on another female character, and redhead Scarlett will inevitably be undercut.

Hasbro's idea is to make the famous Miss Jay play the heroine of the sequel to "Special Forces".

They even considered having Flint appear in the sequel.

In addition, probably seeing the success of "Fast and Furious 4" on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and that China and the United States will soon have a new WTO negotiation including movies, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro also plan to The other side of the Pacific Ocean increases the promotion of the "Special Forces" series.

They also plan to use a female Chinese character in the sequel.

How exactly, Matthew is not very clear, after all, this is just a preliminary plan.