For Steven, this was probably the most difficult night of his life.
Early in the morning, Steven rushed to Chen Zhao's house.
"Hey, Steven, congratulations on your movie's success." Fali saw Steven walk in. "Chen's still sleeping. There's breakfast in the dining room. I think you need it. After breakfast, drag Chen down. I'm going to work now."
"Thank you." Steven maintained a polite smile and nodded, watching Fali go to work.
Okay, he was indeed hungry.
Chen Zhao's breakfast had always been delicious.
The couple's cooking had always been good.
Both Chen Zhao and Fali seemed to be able to enjoy themselves every time they came.
Splash —
"F * ck, Steven … I'm going to kill you …"
Steven tossed the bucket in his hand and turned to run.
But Chen Zhao grabbed him and pulled him out of the balcony.
"Chen … wait … what are you doing? This is the third floor! "
Chen Zhao didn't care. Hugging Steven, he jumped out.
"Chen, I'm sorry, I'm sorry … wait …"
"Ah …"
Splash —
Steven almost peed his pants. But when he entered the water, he could clearly feel Chen Zhao's palm protecting his head.
He knew that Chen Zhao wouldn't really hurt him, but he was still furious.
If he could beat Chen Zhao, he really wanted to push Chen Zhao into the water.
"Chen, tell me what happened, okay?"
"I told you," Chen Zhao said calmly. "It's all your hard work and a bit of luck."
Before coming, Steven had already guessed that Chen Zhao wouldn't say anything.
Or rather, he'd use such an ambiguous answer.
It was as if he hadn't said anything.
"Chen, I won't hesitate if you have any requests in the future."
"What if I want you to change your sexual orientation?"
"F * ck … Are you …" Steven almost peed his pants.
Chen Zhao gave him the middle finger. Steven continued, "Oh, you said you'd have a wine tasting after my movie's success."
"Wait until I brew some more. You guys drank it all last time."
"Fine, give me a number."
"I don't know. Depends on my mood."
"Are you going back on your word?"
"Your movie has only been released for a few days. Why don't you hold a celebration party after it's released? To be honest, I've never been to a celebration party before."
"That's good. You must come to the celebration feast."
The box office of "Angry Sea Police" was like a monster going on a rampage.
The box office earnings were astronomical every day. 85 million on Tuesday, 73 million on Wednesday, and 69 million on Thursday. On Friday, it rebounded to 80 million, and on Saturday and Sunday, it broke 100 million again.
Everyone in Hollywood stared at the box office in shock.
This kind of adverse growth in the box office once again broke the next week's box office record.
The box office in North America exceeded 800 million US dollars, and this was only the second week of the movie's release.
On the other hand, the movie released at the same time as Sea of Fury Detective was a disaster.
The popularity of Sea Sheriff meant that other movies at the same time were sharing the profits.
Even if it was an anime that was released on Friday, it was of a completely different genre and audience, so it was inevitable that it would be affected.
For "Sea Detective", of course, the situation was good, but for other movies, it was a disaster.
Because of the influence of "Sea Sheriff," PLM's stock soared too.
Not only did it return to a high level, but it even broke the previous record.
The current North American box office record was 936 million US dollars for Star Wars.
No one doubted that this record would be broken by Sea of Fury.
In fact, on the third day of the third week of "Sea Detective", the box office broke the North American box office record.
The third week's box office was halved compared to the 600 million US dollars in the second week. But even so, 300 million US dollars was enough to shut everyone's mouth.
At this time, everyone in and out of the industry was guessing where this so-called masterpiece of masterpieces would end.
1.5 billion US dollars? Or 2 billion US dollars?
This week, it was released in other regions one after another.
Although it was not as popular as in North America, it was still very popular.
And the rating of "Sea of Fury" on Rotten Tomatoes had reached an unprecedented 9.9.
No matter in terms of box office or rating, it was already the new king.
…
These two weeks, Rasfa's mouth was almost crooked from smiling. His net worth had also skyrocketed with the release of the movie.
Of course, the skyrocketing stock prices were only virtual assets to him. They were all immovable assets and could not be converted into cash.
But the share of the box office still made him very rich.
Also, the company's management and board of directors had unanimously approved the project for the second movie.
According to the normal share of the box office, the investment budget of 50 million US dollars would need about 150 million US dollars to recoup the cost.
However, Steven's movie had exceeded their expectations by far.
Even the company's opponents did not dare to talk about changing the director at this time.
They even suggested that Steven could shoot the movie however he wanted. There was no upper limit to the budget, and the company would not interfere with the shooting and editing rights.
Even the roles were up to Steven.
Of course, Steven had to be careful now. He would not agree so quickly.
The movie's release made Steven's career reach new heights again.
Now, the six major film companies were all throwing olive branches to him.
They were treated well, even better than PLM.
Steven would not take on a movie casually. The first thing was the script.
"Steven, tell me. What do you want to do for the second movie?" Rasfa knew that the first movie had been deified. The second one had to be Steven.
Other directors did not have this ability. They could not even make half of it.
Although the first Sea Police had not been released yet, it was already regarded as a bible by all directors.
The text-like layout and jaw-dropping structure were probably something most directors could not study in their entire lives.
"F * ck," Steven said. "You don't even have a script now. How can I sign it? I've built up my reputation with so much difficulty. I don't want it to be ruined by the second movie."
"As for the script, all the screenwriters in the company are working on it. I believe the first draft will be out soon."
"Let's not talk about the second movie first. Have you decided on the director for Animal Supermarket?"
"Do you want to take it? No problem. I'll tell the board of directors now. "
"No, didn't Chen tell you?"
"He did. Chen told me once. He said that James is a good choice, but Chen is an outsider after all. I haven't decided yet …"
"I think James is good too," Steven said.
"You really think James is good?"
"If Chen says so, then he must be good."
"Even though we're friends with Chen, this is still a work-related matter."
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