The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 201 Dispatching Students
Returning to Hong Kong again with a super high movie box office, Xu Guanwu at this moment is really golden, like the god of wealth descending from the earth.

In Hollywood, which is notoriously difficult to deal with, it was able to achieve super high box office twice in a row. If it is purely due to luck, the public may not believe it.

Many filmmakers are curious about Xu Guanwu's investment skills, how can he be so discerning.The film selected for the first time was cast more than 500 times, and no film company was willing to invest in it; the film selected for the second time was severely overrun by half of the shooting, and was rejected by Universal Pictures, one of the eight major film companies in Hollywood. No need.

Like this kind of film that no one is willing to invest in, and even the eight major film companies feel that there is no profit, why Xu Guanwu dares to invest, and I heard that he mortgaged his property loan investment, it is really a waste of money, and he put all his net worth on it. It's breathtaking.

Many financial magazines and entertainment magazines in Hong Kong wanted to do an exclusive interview with Xu Guanwu, asking him to explain how he was so discerning that he chose these two films that no one expected from among many investment plans?
Xu Guanwu didn't bother to pay attention to the interviews of these fly-like media. It's not that he doesn't have media, so he naturally left good news to his own newspaper.

The entertainment and financial pages of "Daily Daily" published an exclusive interview with the boss Xu Guanwu for a week.

Xu Guanwu talked eloquently in the interviews with his own media, from how to go to the United States for development, accidentally bumping into Stallone, a real man, to meeting Lei Shidong, the boss of National Entertainment Company, and becoming a life-and-death partner; from How to get acquainted with well-known Hollywood producers Richard Zanjuk and David Brown, and how to get acquainted with emerging director Steven Spielberg...

The tens of thousands of words are eloquent, not only showing his extensive contacts in Hollywood, but also pointing out the future direction of Hollywood film development, as well as the opportunities and shortcomings of Hong Kong local films...

Xu Guanwu didn't say so much just to deal with the interview.He mainly wanted to take advantage of his high attention and reveal some news in advance to guide the development of Hong Kong movies.

After the report was published, it caused a sensation in Hong Kong society.

Ordinary people only read superficial stories, and feel envy and hatred for Xu Guanwu's fortune-making experience; ordinary filmmakers have noticed Xu Guanwu's extensive contacts in Hollywood, especially the investment in a chain theater chain, which has its own distribution channels, Unavoidably came up with the idea of ​​cooperation; the clever filmmakers saw his views on the future development of films, and began to prepare for a transformation...

In short, the results that Xu Guanwu expects have begun to appear, and how it will develop in the future will have to wait for time to test.

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After returning to Hong Kong, in addition to accepting interviews with our own media for the first time, there is another thing to do is to select a group of students from the company's employees and Xinghui Art School to go to the American Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company to participate in "Star Wars" " special effects production.

Special effects are also unpopular and unpopular in Hong Kong movies. If special effects are needed in general movies, they are usually handled by art, props and other staff. The most important thing is to save labor and money by local methods.

The ten people sent by Xu Guanwu are probably the first batch of professional special effects personnel in Hong Kong, and they will also be the forerunner of Hong Kong film special effects in the future.

After Xu Guanwu proposed to establish Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company, he called his elder brother and asked him to select talents immediately.

Xu Guanwen didn't understand what his second brother did. In his opinion, investing two or three million yuan to set up a special effects production company was a waste of money, and only a prodigal would waste it like that.

Because whether it is Hong Kong movies or American movies, there are not many places where special effects are used. It is absolutely thankless to spend so much money on this one thing, throwing money into the river.

However, under Xu Guanwu's insistence, Xu Guanwen finally strictly screened and selected ten smart and capable young people who were proficient in English, and after Xu Guanwu had a look at them, they were sent to the United States for study.

Xu Guanwu personally met with these ten students, "Some of you may not understand why you have to travel across the ocean and why you spend so much money on special effects. Now I want to tell you that I am definitely not rich or poor. Chuhua is definitely not a prodigal..."

"Cough!" Behind him, Xu Guanwen coughed lightly.

"Computer special effects are one of the mainstream movies in the future, just like the "Jaws" I brought back this time." Xu Guanwu gave an example, "I think everyone already knows that the box office of this movie has already reached 6000 million. gone."

"Wow!" All ten students' eyes lit up, and they looked at Xu Guanwu with admiration.

"The great white shark in this movie was made by machine, and it is not real." Xu Guanwu introduced, "But the great white shark made by the machine is always inferior to the real great white shark in terms of flexibility and vividness. .But we are just filming, and it is impossible to capture a great white shark for filming. I guess it does not know how to pose to the camera.”

The students all laughed when they heard this.

"So in order to make this robotic great white shark look real, special effects have to be used." Xu Guanwu changed the topic and pointed out the main point of his speech, "It is the special effects that make the great white shark so lifelike and give life to the world. The most thrilling visual experience for the audience. It can be said that special effects played a huge role in this movie."

Xu Guanwu's words made everyone present understand the great use of special effects, and they all seemed to have realized it.

"The "Star Wars" you are going to participate in is an interstellar sci-fi film, which will require a lot of special effects shots. The special effects in this film are even more important than the actors. This is also One of the trends in future film development." Xu Guanwu finally said, "I hope you can study hard there, accumulate experience, and return to Hong Kong in the future. You are the pioneers of special effects in Hong Kong, and your names will be left in the history of Hong Kong film in the future. You Do you have the confidence to learn knowledge well?"

"Yes!" Ten young and enthusiastic students shouted together.

"Very good." Xu Guanwu nodded.

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Although the ten trainees were all selected from within the company, and all of them were young people with good character and learning and a flexible mind, in order to prevent bad things from happening in the future, Xu Guanwu still signed a long-term agreement with them. Five-year work contract.

It was agreed that after the training, they could only return to the superstar manager company, and could not go to any company to engage in the production of movie special effects.Otherwise, it will be regarded as a breach of contract, and all training expenses and economic losses of the company will be compensated.

The reason why the conditions are so strict is because cultivating special effects film talents is a money-burning business, and it is possible to invest millions of dollars without even splashing a splash.

In the future, whether it is George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic or Xu Ke's new visual effects studio, it will be an extremely money-burning business.

If these students are lured away by other film companies with high salaries after returning from their studies, then Xu Guanwu will really want to cry without tears.

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After finishing these things, Xu Guanwu was free to sit and chat with his elder brother, third younger brother, and fourth younger brother.

"Second brother, you are tanned. You go to the beaches in the United States. Are there many beauties in bikinis there?" Xu Guanying asked with a smile.

"Of course there are many before the release of "Jaws". Just look at it and it will be a big movie." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "All of them are wearing narrow bikinis, and their bodies are super hot."

Xu Guanying drooled when he heard it, "Wow, isn't that very enjoyable to watch."

"If you have the heart but not the guts, your sister-in-law is watching, and she will notice it if you think about it a little bit." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"Haha..." Xu Guanying laughed gloatingly after hearing this.

"However, after the release of "Jaws", all the resort beaches in the United States closed down, and no one dared to go to the beach to play." Xu Guanwu laughed.

"Is this movie really that scary? Americans are really too timid." Xu Guanying said disdainfully.

"This is the difference between our Eastern and Western cultures. We Chinese are afraid of ghosts, and we always think that invisible things are the scariest; Americans are afraid of giant beasts, dinosaurs, and other real monsters that can be seen." Xu Guanwu said, "On the contrary, if a great white shark appears to us, the first thing we think of is definitely not to panic, but to find ways to catch it for shark fin."

"It's not that exaggerated, escape is still necessary." Xu Guanying laughed.

"Second brother, you are in the United States, do you know that "Blood in Holland" was also released on the same day as you?" Xu Guanwen asked.

"Ah?! I really didn't pay attention." Xu Guanwu scratched his head, "How is the box office of this movie?"

"It's a shame that I went to grandma's house." Xu Guanying said eagerly gloating.

"Don't talk nonsense, Mr. Zou is kind to us." Xu Guanwen patted his third brother on the head and said.

Xu Guanying hurriedly shrank her head, shut her mouth and dared not speak any more.

"Is the box office not high? I really didn't pay attention. For more than a month, I have been busy planning angel investment funds in Silicon Valley." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

"The box office is indeed not high. Although there is no exact figure, I heard from a friend in Golden Harvest that the investment of tens of millions of dollars is estimated to be sold for 100 million dollars." Xu Guanwen said with a sigh.

"It's only 100 million US dollars?! After sharing with the distribution company, the institute and the merchant, and paying taxes, how much money is left?" Xu Guanwu said in surprise, "It really went to grandma's family."

"That's why people in Golden Harvest have panicked recently, even the great director Hu Jinquan was rented to Taiwan." Xu Guanwen said with a sigh.

"Oh?!" Xu Guanwu was slightly taken aback. Director Hu Jinquan's name has long been known, and he is also one of the great Buddhas he has always wanted to invite back to the company.

Although there are not many works directed by Hu Da, each piece of treasure is indeed one of the highest achievements of Hong Kong cinema.But after he went to Taiwan, he made two films in succession. Although the artistry was impeccable, they failed miserably at the box office and almost suffered a lawsuit.

Thinking of this, Xu Guanwu wished he could pay to bring Director Hu Jinquan back, so that he would not be allowed to suffer in Taiwan again.

(End of this chapter)