Knight: "Yes, they were sleeping when they were suddenly killed."
At first, we thought it was done by a person.
We reported it to the police, but after they came to investigate, they couldn't find any trace of human intervention.
Only supernatural forces could accomplish such a thing.
Cao Kun: Where are you now?
Knight said gravely, “After this happened, all work has been suspended. We’ve returned to Los Angeles, but people are still dying. We have no choice but to ask you for help.”
Cao Kun: "I charge very high fees."
Knight: "Go ahead."
Cao Kun: "10 million US dollars."
"What the heck?" Knight was completely dumbfounded.
He knew Cao Kun charged high fees, but this was just too expensive.
The production cost of "M Country Pie" was only a little over 10 million US dollars.
The moment you open your mouth, it's almost as much as the production fee.
Although they bought insurance, even if the insurance fully compensates them, they won't get that much money.
Cao Kun repeated, "10 million US dollars. If you can't accept that, then forget it."
After a long pause, Knight said, "I can't make that decision myself; I have to ask my superiors."
"No need to rush." Cao Kun hung up the phone.
He's genuinely not in a hurry.
Anyway, it's not like someone died here.
The reason he asked for such a high price was that he knew these film companies had money.
The first "M Country Pie" movie was also profitable; otherwise, a second movie wouldn't have been made.
The production company is unlikely to give up, even if it means spending an extra 10 million.
Moreover, part of the money comes from insurance companies.
Saving an entire film crew of so many people for $10 million—Cao Kun felt that was a fair price.
"Which production company produced 'M Country Pie' again?"
Cao Kun thought for a moment, but couldn't remember.
He only knew that this movie was a teen sex comedy, but he had never actually watched it, so naturally he didn't pay much attention to it.
Knight was probably scared off by the price of 10 million, because the other party has not returned the call.
Two hours later, Sivis called.
Cao Kun wondered if "M Country Pie" was produced by Universal.
Sure enough, when he answered the phone, he heard Sivis say bitterly, "Master Cao Kun, can we discuss the price for 'M Country Pie'? 10 million is almost the production cost."
Cao Kun: "Is 'M Country Faction' a project of Universal Pictures?"
Sivis: "Yes."
Cao Kun: "The price has already been set, and it's impossible to change it. Otherwise, what will others think of me in the future? Will everyone come and try to bargain with me?"
After a moment of silence, Sivis said, "Then how about this: we'll pay 1 million of the 10 million. The remaining 9 million will be used as an investment for a certain film."
"Master Cao Kun, you can use this credit line whichever project of ours you are interested in."
Cao Kun said irritably, "You're trying to pull a fast one on me? Why don't you include that 1 million in the calculation?"
Sivis: "In that case, we'll pay 2 million, and the remaining 8 million will still be counted as 10 million, which means we'll pay an extra 2 million."
Cao Kun: "It seems there's a lot of room for maneuver here. Sivis, you didn't swindle me out of money before, did you?"
“How could that be?” Sivis hurriedly said, “I wouldn’t dare to cheat you, I just want to collaborate with Master Cao Kun on a few more films.”
Cao Kun did not refuse again, as Global had quite a few good projects.
When he has time, he can pick out a few from them.
"Let's do it your way," Cao Kun agreed.
Silveston immediately laughed and said, "I'll have Knight contact you right away."
At 7 p.m., Cao Kun saw Knight and the entire crew of "M Country Pie" in a self-service restaurant.
The crew was small, only about a hundred people.
Such a production crew would be considered a small crew in Hollywood.
Large film crews often consist of hundreds, or even thousands of people.
Especially in war scenes, it's common to see thousands of people involved.
Of course, they were all temporary actors.
Moreover, as CGI technology became more and more advanced, film crews using so many people became increasingly rare.
The buffet had a wide variety of dishes, but none of the crew members had much of an appetite.
Each person took a small amount of food, sat down, but had no appetite, and there were very few people even chatting.
They all had extremely dark circles under their eyes, looking like they hadn't slept for many days, and were in very poor mental condition.
When Cao Kun entered the restaurant, everyone looked over.
Immediately, many people recognized Cao Kun and were overjoyed.
Cao Kun is now a top-tier celebrity, at least.
He's even more famous than the male and female leads, so naturally, quite a few people know him.
"Master Cao Kun".
A middle-aged man walked over unsteadily, his face full of surprise.
Cao Kun shook hands with him, and from his voice, Cao Kun recognized him as Knight.
Knight: "It's so good to see you, Master Cao Kun."
The two found a place to sit down, and Knight asked, "Master Cao Kun, would you like something to eat? I'll have someone fetch it for you."
"No need," Cao Kun refused, then asked, "When did people start dying here?"
Knight: "January 22nd, I remember it very clearly."
"It's been almost 10 days." Cao Kun calculated: "How many people have died?"
Knight: "Four, all of them died in their sleep."
After three people died, we dared not sleep anymore. We would only sleep briefly when we couldn't hold on any longer, but we would be woken up quickly.
But one person still died later.
Knight looked terrified.
Cao Kun: "Where did the first person die?"
Knight didn't know why Cao Kun asked this, but he still said, "We took advantage of spring break to rent a middle school in a small town to film a movie."
That town is called…
Knight thought for a moment: "Let's call it Elm Street Town."
Upon hearing this name, Cao Kun no longer needed to ask any further questions.
One hundred percent, this is how "A Nightmare on Elm Street" came to life.
Cao Kun wasn't surprised. Since there was Jason the Greatsword Killer, it was only natural that there was Freddy the Sleep Killer.
According to the movie's setting, Freddy was a psychopath who preyed on kindergarten children.
They were locked inside a house and burned alive by angry parents.
After his death, he became a demon and returned to take revenge on the children who had grown up.
His greatest ability is to enter other people's dreams and then kill them.
And if someone is killed by him in a dream, they will also die in reality.
With this ability, Freddy killed countless people.
But he himself is very difficult to kill.
Because he can hide in other people's dreams.
If this had happened before Samigina, Cao Kun would have had a very difficult time dealing with him.
But now, hehe...
Cao Kun said no more and asked Knight, "Are the checks ready?"
Knight: "It's ready. Should I give it to you first?"
Cao Kun: "You can start preparing now."
"Oh, okay."
Knight reached into his pocket for a check and saw Cao Kun raise his hand and snap his fingers.
The next moment, something surprising happened.
Inside the restaurant, all the crew members except him were asleep, slumped over the table.
Knight's eyes widened. What kind of ability was this?
To get so many people to fall asleep at the same time.
But he quickly realized, damn it, falling asleep is going to kill you.
He was about to speak when Cao Kun said, "Shut up."
Knight immediately shut his mouth and dared not say another word.
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