The richest man

Chapter 81 "Great White Shark"

Steven Spielberg received the news and bought a plane ticket to fly to Hong Kong the next day.

When Zhang Jun saw him, he was accompanied by a producer from Universal Films.

Steven Spielberg has actually signed a seven-year director contract with Universal Pictures, which ended in 1975, and "Jaws" also has investment from Universal Pictures.

As we all know, the risk of investing in movies is actually relatively high, and Universal Movies also needs other investors to share the risks.

Zhang Jun's "big coin" obviously attracted the attention of Hollywood film companies.

"Mr. Zhang, hello, I'm Steven Spielberg, and this is Robinson Caroline, the producer of Universal Corporation!"

"Hello, welcome to Hong Kong!"

Zhang Jun stepped forward to shake hands with them one by one, and then led them to the conference room to start discussing cooperation.

The moment Zhang Jun saw the producer of Universal Films, he knew that his chance to invest in "Jaws" by himself should be gone.But that's okay, with the investment from Universal Films, it's considered an insurance policy. At least there shouldn't be any problems in film distribution.

After everyone sat down, Steven Spielberg took out the script of "Jaws" and handed it to Zhang Jun, asking Zhang Jun to read the script first.

Zhang Jun took the script and read it carefully.

Zhang Jun had already watched the movie "Jaws" in his last life, and when he read the script now, he suddenly found that there were many differences between the movie and the script.

Zhang Jun frowned slightly, thinking about it, and began to recall information related to "Jaws" in his mind.

He soon discovered that the reason why the movie made in the previous life was so different from the script was because Steven Spielberg often had problems when shooting this movie, such as when shooting the sea scene , There are often unexpected situations such as sailboats breaking into the picture, cameras getting wet, ships sinking, etc., so the shooting progress has been repeatedly delayed.And the Mechanical Shark is also constantly malfunctioning, as the sea water corrodes the internal parts!

Zhang Jun thought for a while, and thought to himself: "The delay in the shooting schedule has actually played a positive role in the film: the long shooting cycle allows the main creators time to continuously improve the script; and the frequent failure of mechanical sharks forced Spielberg to adopt A lot of hints. For example, the film mostly uses floating yellow pontoons to show shark hunting scenes. This passive limitation undoubtedly enhances the suspense, and the film is thus endowed with a Hitchcockian style..."

and so……

In order to reproduce the classics of "Jaws", Zhang Jun felt that it was necessary for him to have a chat with Steven Spielberg about the shooting techniques after finalizing the cooperation!
Otherwise, because of the butterfly effect, this "Jaws" hit the street, and my loss would be huge!
"The script is good, I am willing to invest in this movie!" Zhang Jun put down the script and said to Steven Spielberg and Robinson Caroline.

"So, how much investment is missing for this film, and what is the budget?" Zhang Jun asked.

"The total budget is $800 million," Robinson Caroline said, "Universal plans to invest $500 million, and there is still a shortfall of $300 million!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jun was silent for a while.

Zhang Jun is obviously not satisfied with the investment share of 300 million US dollars.

""Jaws" is a thriller movie. If you want to make this movie more real and horrifying, then the special effects of this movie must be the best, and it must be able to distinguish the real one from the real one! I think the investment budget can be increased to 1000 million U.S. dollars! Universal will offer 500 million U.S. dollars, and I will give another 500 million U.S. dollars! In addition, I have asked George Lucas to create a special effects company in the United States, and the special effects of "Jaws" can be entrusted to this company! !"

Robinson Caroline, as the producer of Universal Films, obviously has more authority than Steven, he thought about it, nodded and said: "No problem, since you are willing to pay, then make that decision! I have also heard about the film special effects company Industrial Light & Magic, and there are indeed many special effects elites in the industry who have joined this company. I am very relieved to entrust the special effects of "Jaws" to them."

Zhang Jun stretched out his hand with a smile, and said, "Then wish us a happy cooperation!"

“Happy cooperation!!”

The smooth negotiation was beyond the expectations of Robinson Caroline and Steven Spielberg.

The remuneration of those directors and actors in the back are all set according to the general standards in the industry.Steven Spielberg is not popular now, and "Jaws" is his famous work.

Zhang Jun asked someone to draw up the contract.

On the same day, Zhang Jun signed an investment agreement for "Jaws" with Universal Films.

Due to the existence of Robinson Caroline, Zhang Jun's plan to win over Spielberg failed.

But the future is long, and there will be opportunities in the future.

In the evening, Zhang Jun invited the two of them to have dinner at the Peninsula Hotel.

At dinner.

Zhang Jun opened his mouth and said: "For the movie "Jaws", I think it is very important to create a thrilling atmosphere. We not only need to let the audience see the terrifying Great White Shark, but also create various horror atmospheres to scare the audience. For example, through the deterrent shark dorsal fin and sudden attack rhythm to create a dignified and tense atmosphere, so that the movie always maintains a high degree of suspense and excitement..."

"Or use a yellow floating barrel to tell the audience the existence and location of the shark, because what you can't see is even more terrifying. Combined with music and sound effects, you can create an extremely scary effect! This is undoubtedly the perfect suspense The application is also a tribute and transcendence to Hitchcock!!!”

Zhang Jun talked eloquently, Robinson Caroline and Steven Spielberg were dumbfounded and shocked.

(End of this chapter)