HWI 196

Hollywood What If Chapter 196

Even Harold Witsend and Renner Hector were contacted to leave the crew. Thankfully, the two guys talked to him and Kazir decided to keep the two by increasing their salaries. 

Kazir was not stupid. They were friends but money was important as well. He has to give them more money because they are worth it. Harold and Renner were important people in his crew and he didn't want to let them go. 

'One thing, this is obvious... Someone is trying to cause trouble.'

For this thing to happen altogether was very suspicious. Well, Kazir had idea what was happening. 

'I guess that pig is oinking again.' 

With Harvey Weinstein's connection, he could fix the puzzle and find the root of the problem. In the first place, Kazir watched the Blair Witch Project personally and Harvey Weinstein probably knew about that. 

Harvey Weinstein knew the person who destroyed his plan.  Using a bit of research, he would definitely find that Kazir Grey was interested in The Blair Witch Project as well. 

'We never had a good relationship anyway.'

Their first meeting might be amiable but that was it.

'Harvey is never a good person. The fact that he was sent to jail is a fact.'

The feminist movement was still taking its steps and it won't reach its highest level before the internet age. The #MeToo movement would happen with the help of the internet. 

Having a rare day off with no care about the job, Kazir Grey lay down and relaxed his mind. The nervousness he experienced because of the constant pressure of the movie release dissipated once the movie showed a good performance. 

The movie already surpassed $100 million at the box office in four weeks of screening. More and more people were interested in the Cinematic Universe that Grey Pictures was creating. The path to the success of the Continental Cinematic Universe was getting clear. 

'Once Taken 2 is released, the next movie will be Wanted and it will be the first movie where the three protagonists will show up... Damn, I said I don't want to think about work and relax instead. Yet I can't help but think about work...'

Kazir sighed. Perhaps thinking about his movie projects was indeed a way of relaxation. 

The month of September didn't have strong contenders except American Beauty produced and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, Blue Streak by Sony-Columbia, and Double Jeopardy produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. 

Out of these three American Beauty produced by DreamWorks had the greatest performance in August. 

General Manager Stella Willow reminded the Big Six was getting better with their movies and their local distribution channels were getting compact. She did this to distract them away from Grey Pictures. Still, Stella was not lying. DreamWorks was showing its capabilities. 

Saving Private Ryan, Prince Of Egypt, Antz, and The Haunting which were released these recent years had good box office. DreamWorks released two to three movies every year but they were all good. 

The Big Six started staring at the DreamWorks with seriousness. The Big Six would never be the Big Seven, it could only be the Big Five. Meaning, one of the Big Six would merge... Rest In Peace, 20th Century Fox of the next two decades. Disney would acquire you for $71.3 billion, and quite possibly bamboozle you later and steal all your profitable franchises. 

Anyway, that was far future and it might change now that Kazir Grey was causing a butterfly effect all around. 

Kazir Grey closed his eyes and rested his head against Cameron's lap. The woman giggled and combed his hair, she knew that Kazir was on the edge lately. 

Every director had to carry a heavy responsibility to make sure that the movie would be successful. They didn't have enough sleep, or to be exact, they couldn't sleep because of the pressure. 

It was already a miracle that Kazir could handle the pressure well. He was not impatient, he didn't yell much, and he didn't resort to verbal violence whenever he stepped on the set. As if Kazir Grey was used to the heavy pressure as if he experienced this kind of situation his whole life. 

Still, a person was fragile. Even someone like Kazir succumbed to stress. Now that The Bourne Identity was a success, Kazir could take a breath and relax. 

Cameron leaned down and kissed his forehead. 

"Sleep well, Kazir."

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Just like that, September quickly passed. More than 3 weeks passed and The Bourne Identity grossed $128.36 million. It already surpassed the 2.5 times the production cost basis. 

Unfortunately, the progress of The Bourne Identity would be slower since their theaters went down to 1300 theaters. This was a normal occurrence and it was already good that The Bourne Identity acquired more than a thousand theaters. Perhaps next week the number of theaters screening The Bourne Identity would be further lower. 

Well, even if The Bourne Identity didn't profit from the box office, Grey Pictures had a lot of ways to make money from it. 

While The Bourne Identity was in its 8th week of release in North America, the international release already happened two weeks ago. 

The overseas box office of The Bourne Identity was around $78 million. The impact of Taken and John Wick overseas affected The Bourne Identity and gave it a better performance than Grey Pictures expected. 

It might only take four weeks before The Bourne Identity grossed over $100 million at the overseas box office. 

October 15 arrived. Kazir Grey and Cameron Diaz attended a movie premiere. Kazir was actually the one who wanted to watch this movie and Cameron joined him because they wanted to promote The Bourne Identity that was still in theaters. 

"I'm excited to watch this movie... By the way, we don't talk about the title of the movie."

"Kazir, babe, I have no idea what you're talking about," Cameron muttered while smiling at the camera. 

Kazir Grey and Cameron Diaz were going to watch the F**** C***, directed by none other than David Fincher.