My Hong Kong Island Filmmaker

Chapter 1175 New York in 1991 and Sugar Daddy's Self-cultivation

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In late April 1991, a 4-storey high-end apartment hotel with a red brick exterior on 56th Street in Manhattan.

Wu Xiaozu, who is as tall as a bird, is standing in front of the window holding a large glass of iced Americano.

As far as the eyes can see are the urban men and women who get up to run and walk their dogs in the morning on the streets of New York. New York 30 years later is similar to the current situation.

It's not far from the headquarters of Miramax Films, also on 56th Street.

For this reason, Harvey, a vulgar white-skinned pig, often corrects Wu Xiaozu's statement that he "defined" him as a member of Hollywood.In his opinion, how could those big country rednecks compare with him, an elite New Yorker?
Behind him, the speech of the Ugly National Commander, the war fanatic, and the old immortal came from the TV.

The third-rate actor in Ugly Country used his "luck" to get rid of the bony bear holding a hammer and sickle, leaving a new world situation for the new commander-in-chief, otherwise he would not have time to go to the green field to fight for oil.

Because, the ghost wandering over Europe and the United States is about to end in the north.

At this point in time, the baby boomers in North America who fought against the war entered middle age and made way for the new generation. Obviously, the new generation will not fuck those Yippie and Yuppie...

Of course, this has nothing to do with Wu Xiaozu. Su Liyao has financial plans, but that's all. He doesn't care about other things.To be precise, I don't dare to think about it...

bald~
Put down the coffee.

In terms of temperament, he is just right.

"Sir, breakfast is ready."

Ruan Yayu came over and greeted her in Mandarin, which she was not very proficient in.

It is normal for a Vietnamese female bank to speak Mandarin~~
As for the Ruan sisters~~
Wu Xiaozu went to the United States alone. In order to encourage himself not to forget his hometown of Asia, he chose to bring special products from Asia, which can also relieve the tiredness of high-calorie food in North America in the future. It is reasonable, right?
After all, Mr. Wu always needs someone to take care of his daily life.

Coincidentally, the sisters Ruan Yazhen and Ruan Yayu don't show off their beauty. After all, the Vietnamese guys come to serve the Chinese in the United States, and they are quite humorous, aren't they?
...

When I came to the restaurant downstairs, I saw a black girl sitting between Harvey and Quentin. The idea of ​​fighting wet.

The black girl in front of her looks very much like the beautiful son of Magic Johnson, who knows best about childbearing.

"Good morning~~Wu~~"

Harvey smelled of flying leaves, yawned, and winked at Wu Xiaozu, "How was your day last night?" His eyes swept across the Ruan sisters not far away, showing a wretched expression.

Wu Xiaozu shrugged and ignored this white pig.

Nearly white idiot~~
"Do you want one?"

Quentin sipped the rolled cigarette with his spit, and pinched the unrolled leaves scattered on the table with his fingers, "It will make you energetic all day."

"Thanks, I've always been very energetic." Wu Xiaozu politely declined Quentin's 404 proposal.

His old man wouldn't jump out of the coffin and shave his head.

"Trick arranged the reading room in the morning." Harvey patted the buttocks of Nigger's two-legged erectus in his arms, sent him away, and took the initiative to pull the chair closer.

Wu Xiaozu sat down, took out a cigar from the aluminum tube, cut off the cap, and lit it evenly with a lighter.

"Wu, for the release of "Chinatown", I have made appointments with distributors such as vestron and cinecom."

Harvey raised his hand and said, "You also know that a good deal is better than the movie itself. We don't pursue the best movie in the world, but a good deal will definitely not treat us badly."

"Hmm~" Wu Xiaozu shook his shoulders to signal the other party to continue.

"Trust me man, the New Hollywood era is over, now Scorsese and his friends are done. This is the era of the distributors.

Independent films rely on the strong marketing capabilities of distributors. We must have the same professionalism as a street criminal to sell this "Chinatown" to everyone who walks into the cinema.I have no doubts that the film will be well-received...”

"I never deny your ability Harvey, please pass me the mayonnaise..."

Wu Xiaozu sniffed it and found that it tasted good. Ruan Yayu helped him spread mayonnaise on the sandwich.

"If you ignore the calories, mayonnaise is really good."

Wu Xiaozu took a bite and put the sandwich back. It takes half a day of training to relieve the guilt after eating a meal.

Seeing Wu Xiaozu's muscular and muscular figure in his shirt, Harvey pushed his stomach against the table depressed.

Nonsense, without a body like steel, how can we save more teenage girls?Fire wraps all over America, happy every day.

"So?" Wu Xiaozu nodded slightly to the waiter, wiped his mouth with a tissue, "Harvey, say what you want to say, it's not like you, a shrewd Jew."

"Oh~" Quentin raised his hand with a smile, and joked: "Do you know why the noses of Jews are so big? Because the air is free——"

"FXXK, you wimpy Southern Italian ruffian~~~"

Harvey couldn't help cursing, but still said cheekily: "You know Wu, I put a lot of effort into this drama...so..." Smiling greedily, he spread his hands.

Wu Xiaozu put down the napkin to wipe his mouth, rolled up the pasta with a fork, stared at Harvey with his eyes wide open, and suddenly smiled.

"My bro, of course I will not forget your contributions, rest assured, I will share these expenses with you.

Also, the story of Martin Scorsese and his friends may be dated, but you can't deny that now is a good time for independent movies.

The New Hollywood era with its iconic Scorsese, Spielberg, Coppola, Lucas as well as Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro...

Why can't we?Harvey Weinstein, or Quentin Tarantino, or the kid next door who just graduated and took money from mom and dad to make a movie... Dude, take a long view, this is a 'big new town' '. "

If the 80s was a swamp for independent film companies, where everyone was crawling and struggling to get ashore, then the 90s were the 'golden age' of independent films.

At this time, Hollywood began to focus on big productions, comic adaptations, action, special effects and other more commercial film projects, which also gave independent films a small "private land".

Just like American movies started in New York and Chicago... The second reform of independent movies this time is also in Xinxiang~~~
Because of what history has seen, Wu Xiaozu is sure that the spark of this wave of independence will not be as ridiculous as the European Super League that was renewed in a few days.

"A movie story is like a clothesline. What we should care about is what is hanging on the rope, not the rope itself."

"Okay, I admit that I'm a little tempted, but what I want to do now is the road show between you and Jack Cheng in the United States." Harvey tugged on the shirt that was stretched out from his stomach, and he was indeed moved by Wu Xiaozu's words.

Ok!

The real reason is that "Seven Sins" did sell 7000 million copies!This is a miracle!
The money he earned from this movie is double the sum he earned in the past ten years!
Don't think that distributing movies will make you a lot of money.

Since the 80s, Miramax has started to import European literary films. Unfortunately, the major manufacturers have more advantages. They directly import Truffaut, Fellini, and Bergman, but the distribution of accounts is actually very general.

In order to find another way, these "outsiders" at the beginning began to take the so-called independent film road with American characteristics.

But the audience for off-the-beaten-track movies is definitely limited, and they are thankful enough for a movie that has achieved millions of hits in theaters and the video market.Therefore, the brothers Harvey and Bob have to calculate the cost carefully and make sure that they will not lose money.

What is earned is nothing but a meager profit margin.

until……

Wu Xiaozu collaborated with them on "SEX, Lies, and Videotapes", which immediately made Harvey feel like a poor man getting rich.

Then--

"Seven Sins"!
It's not that he insists on adding Wu Xiaozu, it's just that this drama earns too much money!

Of course, independent films

Seeing Harvey being tempted, Wu Xiaozu smiled slightly, the dragon-slaying technique of carrots and sticks~~
At the same time, it was also timely for Harvey to recognize what is 'we' and what is 'you'.

Don't you think Quentin is eager to try?
"Is Jack here?"

"He went to Los Angeles." Harvey spread his hands regretfully, and said, "He missed the beautiful scenery of New York."

"Don't worry, the beautiful scenery of America will be late, but it will definitely not stop." Wu Xiaozu took a sip of his coffee, picked up the "New York Times" and flipped through it.

Brother Long was not feeling well in Hong Kong Island these two days.

The incident of the paparazzi blocking the door caused an uproar, and the entertainment reporters wanted to keep an eye on him 24 hours a day.

Fortunately, the stone hammer was not sufficient.

In addition, Wu Xiaozu didn't want to see him take away the limelight of the "Award Award" trade show, so he helped him.

They are siblings after all!
"13 cities in 30 days, I believe he will like it very much." Wu Xiaozu said lightly.

For some reason, the big-nosed dragon who was courting Sister Feng in St. Luo always felt that there was a cold wave passing by in the summer of Los Angeles.

This time, Harvey made several preparations for the promotion of the movie. On the one hand, radio and TV stations promoted it, and on the other hand, print media promoted it. At the same time, he did not lose his old profession - running road shows!

Just like his peers cursed Harvey.

This guy who entered the circle and started to do rock promotion work has his own imprint. Rock promotion has always been cruel, disorderly and ruthless...

If you want to promote an action movie starring Asians in the market of May, you cannot do without such crude means.

What's more, this is a movie with a yuppie shadow in the 70s that pays tribute to the most yearned for by American filmmakers?
This is bound to be a way to overcome obstacles.

　If you love someone, you want to peel a 30-jin jackfruit for him~~~ It's so simple!I just realized that jackfruit is so sticky...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)