HBWnovel Chapter 212
Chapter 212
Chapter 212
The third week of release of Taken 2 ended and the result was very good. On November 21, 1999, the movie already grossed $132.48 million.
The state of Hollywood was getting better and the power of the media was getting stronger. People loved to watch movies on weekends and that was the reason why the box office was better on weekends.
Kazir Grey made the most of his time, knowing that he didn't have much to do lately.
The director of Taken 2, Fremont Smith, was out promoting the movie with the cast. They visited many national and local TV shows.
Paramount Pictures already promised to promote the movie, they knew that the box office of Taken 2 would make their appetite better. They were also the distributor of the videotapes and DVDs. As long as Taken 2 did well, Paramount would make a better profit from the combined box office and videotapes/DVDs.
Sometimes Brad Grey regrets that he didn't agree with Kazir's decision.
He should have let Grey Pictures invest 30% in the movie, at least Paramount owned the copyrights to Taken.
Grey Pictures would have approval rights, but that was nothing compared to the profit that Taken brought in. The influence of Taken in North America was strong because of the viral kidnapping that happened three years ago. That was the main reason why the movie grossed over half a billion at the worldwide box office.
Also, Taken was part of a huge universe and every movie seemed to be profitable. Even John Wick, which had an average box office, was raking in money in the videotape market.
Obviously, the people who saw Taken also saw John Wick and The Bourne Identity. That means they have to watch the three movies to get the whole plot. So yeah, more money...
Paramount Pictures regretted that they didn't get a share of this huge amount of money! Why the hell did they not agree to Kazir's terms at the time?
If CEO Brad Grey could go back in time, he would slap his past self and yell at him to agree to Kazir's condition of investing 30% in the movie! Hell, he would even twerk in front of the director to convince him.
So many women talked to him every time he attended a party, and they always flirted with him.
Movie? No, I want to talk to you about my feelings and how you can give me a role in your next project.
Editing cuts? What's that? Anyway, I want to tell you about my sweet kitten. If you want, you can see it later, my soft tight "kitten"...
What about the production crew? Nah, I want to talk to you about producing a baby.
Yep, it may sound outrageous, but Kazir has heard these kind of pickup lines lately.
Honestly, Kazir Grey wanted to nod his head and say yes to their advances, but his fear of women made him shake his head and walk away. Beautiful female strangers scared him the most.
After watching the iconic movie, Kazir Grey got up and changed his clothes. He had a meeting with an investment company. He had heard that his investment had already surpassed $120 million last time, so he was sure it would increase again this time.
Now that he was a millionaire, he realized that making money was not so hard... Or maybe he was just delusional. The hardest step in becoming a millionaire was earning the first 1 million.
In his past life, his net worth was just over 1 million. His life back then was not that bad, but he was extremely depressed after he got divorced, lost his father, and had no contact with his older brother. He also had never met his mother in his previous life.
He had a hard time connecting with the opposite sex and could never put his heart into them, as if he was afraid of getting hurt again.
He knew that life was never a bed of roses. This led him to the truth that it was better to be a boring man than a passionate one. At least his expectations would never be high and his pain would be less.
[Author's note: Rereading this chapter, I realized that there is no conversation at all. There's no reason to have a conversation anyway...]