"You mean, if I pass this audition, will you give me a contract for 10 movies and two advertising endorsement contracts?" Xiao Bu desperately covered his leg with his fingernails, and after feeling the pain in his leg, he was sure that he was not dreaming.

"Yes. Chen Geng nodded.

"With these 10 film contracts and two advertising endorsement contracts, can I get paid $2 million?" asked Xiaobu again.

When it comes to the figure of 2 million US dollars, his mouth is very dry, although Xiaobu has always wanted to blend into Hollywood, in order to become a Hollywood star, he has been desperately mixing in various crews over the years, but his role is basically some small roles with only two or three lines, and the salary can't even support himself, so that he has to go to work in a restaurant to support himself...... 2 million yuan?

Before that, Xiaobu set a life goal for himself to retire after earning enough $1 million.

"Wrong," Chen Geng nodded again with a smile and said, "It's from $2 million after tax, and you can get up to $3 million, depending on your future popularity." ”

$3 million, I have the opportunity to get a total of $3 million?! Although he knows that whether he can get a salary of $3 million depends on the height of his future development, Xiaobu's brain is in a trance: Anyway, 10 movies worth $2 million in taxes and 2 advertising endorsement contracts have just been obtained.

Out of caution, Xiaobu asked cautiously again: "Sir, I don't doubt what you mean, I just want to confirm again, I signed a contract with you for 10 movies plus two advertising endorsements, there is no time limit for these ten movies, I can take over other movies and advertising endorsements when I don't make movies for you, this is not a violation of our contract, right?"

"That's right," Chen Geng said affirmatively: "We just signed 10 movies and 2 advertising endorsements, you can do whatever you want when you are not shooting movies and commercials, but advertising endorsements are exclusive, for example, the advertising endorsement I arranged for you is an advertisement for shampoo, you can't take the endorsement of other brands of shampoo, but you have no problem with washing powder, what's the problem?"

"It's gone. Xiaobu's breath of relief finally relaxed, exclusive endorsement, this is normal, there is nothing wrong. However, thinking of what happened to another Hollywood star, his face suddenly changed, and he hesitated for a while, and finally asked carefully: "Mr. Fernandez, let me ask again, there is no ...... in these 10 movies That kind of movie, right?"

"What kind of movie?" Chen Geng was stunned for a moment, then he understood what Xiaobu was talking about, and pointed at him and laughed: "You think beautifully! Do you think that I gave you such a high salary just to let you make X movies? Which filmmaker can get such a high salary?"

Xiaobu was stunned for a moment, but in addition to this, he also breathed a sigh of relief: It's okay if it's not, it's good if it's not.

That's right, Xiaobu thought of Mr. Stallone, who is now a famous big star in Hollywood.

In 1970, Xiao Shi ...... Let's call Xiaolong, Xiaolong's situation is similar to himself, and he is also running around on various Hollywood sets, full of hunger, in order to make some money, Xiaoshi went to make a movie called "Italian Breeding @ Horse...... Well, it belongs to a movie that you can know what the theme is by looking at the name.

In fact, Xiao Shi didn't make much money, only a mere $200 salary, but this movie has become the biggest stain on Xiaolong's acting career, and it has also become the last thing Xiaolong wants to mention because he became famous with the "Rocky" series of movies, Xiaobu doesn't want this kind of thing to happen to him.

Looking at the relieved classmate Xiaobu, Chen Geng secretly laughed in his heart, buddy has worked so hard to create a classic Hollywood tough guy, in order to make people shoot *****? Wouldn't Lao Tzu lose a lot? waved his hand and said to Xiaobu: "Although the script has not yet come out, I can give you a general introduction to the situation of your character: in this movie, the character you need was President Kennedy's bodyguard before, and he was disheartened because of President Kennedy's assassination......

Knowing that this was Mr. Fernandez's chance to increase his success, and knowing how rare this opportunity was for him, Xiaobu suddenly cheered up his spirit......

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Because of Chen Geng's overall scheduling, and because the powertrain is ready-made, the progress of the "Miata" project is very smooth, and even smoothly beyond Chen Geng's imagination, it only took a month and a half, and the first "Miata" prototype manufactured in the laboratory state was placed in front of everyone's eyes.

It is also because Chen Geng has implemented "weight reduction" from the beginning, this Miata is even lighter than its prototype: the first-generation Mazda MX-5 is 5 kg lighter, and the vehicle weighs only 950 kgWith a weight ratio of 50 and rear-wheel steering technology not equipped on the Mazda MX-5, this manual roadster with only a 1.8-liter inline four-cylinder petrol engine and a five-speed manual gearbox can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 8.7 seconds and reach a top speed of 201 km/h.

Surprised?

But if you know that the 4.7-liter V8 engine on the Ford Victoria Crown has only a maximum power of 140 horsepower, you can guess the power level of the engine of this era, and it is natural that you will not be surprised by the power performance of this small sports car.

At the same time, Rosemary also brought good news to Chen Geng......

"You said that several automobile manufacturers in Dongying are willing to OEM for us?" Chen Geng was a little surprised, this situation was a bit beyond Chen Geng's imagination, he originally thought that it should be difficult to find a suitable foundry.

"Not only are they willing to give us OEM, but they are very sincere, after knowing the approximate data of our sports car, Toyota said that if we can give the number of OEM can reach 30,000 units, then the cost of the production line transformation, customized special measuring tools, fixtures and testing equipment are borne by themselves, and the OEM cost of each car is 9,000 US dollars, if it is 50,000 units, they can reduce the price to 8,800 US dollars.

In addition, Toyota strongly recommended that we use their engine and transmission, saying that if we use their Toyota engine and the five-speed manual transmission made by Toyota's holding company: Aisin Seiki, they can further reduce the OEM price by $8,500, and it is CIF price. ”

$8,500, and it is the CIF price after arriving at the U.S. port, for a car priced at $12,000, it is equivalent to Fernandez doing nothing, and a car can net at least $1,500, which is indeed very tempting.

Chen Geng touched his chin and nodded: "This is indeed quite sincere." ”

Toyota's offer is indeed very sincere, according to Fernandez's own calculation of the manufacturing cost of a single car, with an annual output of 5,000 units, the production and manufacturing cost of each car is about 11,000 US dollars, this cost is simply not able to be sold at a price of 12,000 US dollars, because if the terminal price is set at 12,000 US dollars, the dealer will not make a profit at all.

But if it is 8,500 US dollars, then there is much more room for operation, for example, if Chen Geng is willing to reduce his own profits, give dealers more profits, in order to make more money, dealers will definitely try their best to buy cars; for example, Chen Geng can set up a tiered sales incentive plan, such as selling 10 cars, the profit of a single car is 2,000 US dollars, but if selling 20 cars, the profit of a single car will rise to 2,200 US dollars...... Let the dealer know that the amount of car sales is not proportional to the amount of profit, but gradually increase, and do everything possible to mobilize the enthusiasm of the dealer.

"Yes, and Toyota promises to provide us with an annual production capacity of up to 50,000 units...... Of course, for a roadster, this is basically impossible. Rosemary said.

Of course, even Rosemary doesn't think that Miata's annual sales can exceed 10,000 units, even if Miata is a very small and delicate convertible sports car less than 4 meters, but even if you look at the world, there has never been a sports car that can sell more than 10,000 a year - Toyota does not think that Fernandez's convertible sports car called Miata can sell more than 10,000 vehicles a year, and the reason why they give an annual production capacity share of 50,000 is more to show their attitude.

Since Toyota has made such an offer, Chen Geng is even more curious about what kind of offer Honda will give - the current Honda is still waiting for Fernandez to save his life.

"Honda's offer is similar to Toyota's, depending on the production capacity, the price of a bicycle is a few tens to more than a hundred dollars lower than Toyota's, but there is one company that gives a quote that scares me a little. ”

"Oh?" Chen Geng raised his eyebrows, he was really a little curious, which company would give an offer that would scare the well-informed Miss Rosemary?

"It's Mazda," Rosemary said, "and when I talked to Mazda, they said that if we could give 10,000 units a year and promise that we would have that much every year for the next five years, they would not only be willing to bear the cost of renovating the production line and customizing special molds, gauges, fixtures and testing equipment, but also the price would be reduced to $8,000 per vehicle, and the same CIF price." ”

"Hold the grass!" Chen Geng was a little frightened.

He was frightened not because of this OEM offer given by Mazda, but because of ...... Hold the grass! Go around and around, and finally where is Mazda?