The next day.
Wald Pictures.
Zack Snyder, the director of Hard Candy, received Zucker's invitation and came to Wald Pictures once again.
"Hey, Zack, my friend, welcome."
The moment he saw him, Zucker gave him a bear hug.
Zucker still held Zack Snyder in considerable regard. After all, this was the director who would one day make Man of Steel and 300 Warriors!
"Buddy, how have you been? I heard quite a few film companies approached you recently to direct movies."
Zucker smiled and patted Zack on the shoulder. Before Zack could respond, he pushed him onto the sofa and personally made him a cup of coffee.
Zack shook his head with a bitter smile. "Mr. Wald, I..."
"Call me Zucker. I've said it several times already—we're friends. No need for all that formal stuff." Zucker cut him off.
Hearing that, even Zack, who had spent years working on music video sets, was deeply moved.
A true friend!
Zack said, "All right, Zucker. Since Hard Candy was released, quite a few film companies have indeed approached me about making new films. But those scripts were complete garbage. I simply couldn't work up any interest in filming them. And the highest budget among the projects they offered was less than a million dollars. They were basically treating it like buying a lottery ticket. How could I possibly accept?"
Zucker nodded.
The Zack he knew was still someone with ambitions.
Although Hard Candy had not earned much at the box office, bringing in only a little over five million dollars, Wald Pictures had still made some money because of its low production cost.
Well, not much. After adding everything together, they had only made about 1.5 million dollars.
1.5 million dollars!
All right, people were driven by profit.
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