The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 263 Metamorphosis

"Now that it has expanded so much, how do you plan to solve the content of the film?" Xu Guanwu asked worriedly.

"With you, a partner who can predict the future, I'm not afraid that there will be no blockbuster movies released." Lei Shidong said with a smile, "This is the list of upcoming movies that I found this year. Please help me find out which ones will be the most popular ones." Blockbuster."

As Lei Shidong said, he took out a piece of paper and spread it out in front of Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu was dumbfounded, how did he know that Lei Shidong would actually set his mind on himself.I just made a decision that I don't want to rely on the memory of my previous life for a living, now Lei Shidong immediately took out this piece of paper.

"God, are you in collusion with this guy?" Xu Guanwu raised his head and muttered, "This is obviously trying to play me to death."

"Come on, come on, help me choose one. As long as there are five blockbuster movies, I don't have to worry about those loans." Lei Shidong said happily.

Xu Guanwu gave him a helpless look, and if he didn't want to help, his ally would probably be unlucky, and even the friendship he had established with great difficulty would be ruined.National Entertainment may go bankrupt, and the bridgehead it has captured in Hollywood will also collapse quickly.

If you help, does this count as violating your own words?Going against one’s own heart, if it’s in a cultivation novel, one’s thoughts will be blocked, at least one’s cultivation will stagnate, and at worst one will even go mad, and one’s cultivation will become invisible.

"Forget it, when I said that it is not necessary to use the memory of the previous life, but now it is the time of life and death. It is unforgivable and excusable. It is not a violation of my decision to do so." Xu Guanwu said to himself Comforted, then picked up the list given by Lei Shidong.

There are a total of more than 100 movies on the list, and a long list is densely written, which is really a test of one's eyesight.

Xu Guanwu picked up the names and looked at them carefully, comparing them with the memories in his mind.He now comes to the United States every now and then, and stays for a long time each time, so his English level is already very good, and he has no problems in listening, speaking, reading and writing.

The only problem is that the names of the blockbuster movies in his mind are almost completely translated into Chinese, and it is not clear what the original English version is.Moreover, Chinese translation relies on the three principles of "faithfulness, expressiveness and elegance", so the translated names are very beautiful and pleasant, which is much better than the dry English original version.So knowing the Chinese translation of the name may not be able to accurately match the name with the English name, so this also brought a lot of trouble to Xu Guanwu.

Xu Guanwu watched it carefully over and over again. In addition to reading the name of the movie, he also read the content of the story, the lineup of actors, director and screenwriter, etc., in order to enhance his ability to correct errors.

Then he pointed out the two movies he was most sure of, one was "King Kong" and the other was "The Omen".

The movie "King Kong" is definitely a Hollywood classic. Xu Guanwu is sure about it not only because in the new century, the great director Peter Jackson once remade this work, but also because he still remembers that when Nintendo made a gorilla game Portrait copyright, and fought a world-renowned lawsuit with the film company.

The result is that Nintendo won and gained a firm foothold in the United States, and Donkey Kong has become one of the protagonists of Nintendo games. There have been several generations of best-selling games, and they have become the iconic image of Nintendo named after Mario.If the box office sales of the movie "King Kong" are not high, will any game company adapt it into a game?

And there is another thing that also gave Xu Guanwu confidence, that is, Shaw Brothers also filmed "The Orangutan King" in the 70s, which can be called a copycat version of "King Kong".The protagonist is Li Xiuxian, the representative of the police, and the heroine is a Danish girl with a hot body, and she is very hotly dressed.

Moreover, for this movie, Shaw Brothers even introduced only four professional cameras in the world, which can be regarded as a model of big money and big investment.But it seems that it was because of this work that Shaw Brothers suffered a huge loss of tens of millions, which resulted in a serious loss of vitality and finally had to reduce the production budget of other films, and because of this, they were surpassed by emerging forces such as Golden Harvest and New Art City.

With Sir Shao Yifu's stingy and lonely character, if it wasn't because "King Kong" was a big hit at the box office and he copied and plagiarized because of the box office success of "King Kong", how could he be willing to spend such a large amount of investment?From this, it can also be inferred how popular the movie "King Kong" is.

With these three reasons, Xu Guanwu firmly believes that this "King Kong" will definitely do well at the box office.As for "The Bad Omen", Xu Guanwu remembered that he had seen a post on a certain forum before, "World Horror Movie Recommendations", which introduced this work. It is said that it is a horror classic with more than four and a half stars. , and it seems that two sequels have been made.

Making sequels in the United States is a privilege that can only be enjoyed by blockbuster films, and there are as many as two sequels, which shows the success of the movie "The Omen".

In addition to these two relatively certain films, Xu Guanwu also selected four works: "A Star Is Born", "The Great Conspiracy", "The Battle of Midway" and "Hot Detective Sky Cannon".

These four works either have a strong cast, or the themes Xu Guanwu thinks are good, or they are also remakes, which already have a certain market foundation.Of course, whether these four films can be successful or not, we need to wait for time to test, and Xu Guanwu dare not guarantee it.

After choosing a total of six movies, Xu Guanwu put down the list with a sigh of relief, "Hey, just these few movies, I think they're not bad."

Lei Shidong happily took the list and looked at it, and saw that there were only six movies circled on the long list, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, "Choose a few more, the more you choose, We're making more money, aren't we?"

"Don't be so greedy. If these six movies are all hits, it will be enough for your expenses this year. You have to give others a way to survive, right?" Xu Guanwu shook his head and said, "Also, let's postpone the expansion this year. You have expanded too much in the past six months. Hurry up, be careful of indigestion, let’s wait until it’s completely digested.”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lei Shidong nodded with a smile, and put away the list, "By the way, tomorrow's Golden Globe Awards, you are very popular, especially the "Flying Over Crazy Asylum. I heard that even the old guys from the academy praised this movie, so you have to remember to prepare your award speech, lest you be embarrassed when you are not prepared to go on stage."

"Just miss me a little bit, okay?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help but cry.

After sending Lei Shidong out and back to the room, Xu Guanwu couldn't fall asleep anyway. "Damn it, you're screwing me to death." He muttered while baking sesame seed cakes.

……

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Guanwu had a sound sleep and finally felt refreshed and radiant.

After breakfast at the hotel, Xu Guanwu took the time to visit his old friend Sylvester Stallone.I haven't seen him in half a year. This guy has gained a lot of weight. He looks like a mountain of meat.

"Hey, my friend, it's been a long time, I miss you so much." Stallone couldn't help but stare in his eyes happily when he saw Xu Guanwu, the big money lord.

"Come on, come on, don't touch me, I'm going to participate in the award ceremony with this dress, if you put some oil on me, I won't be able to wear it anymore." Xu Guanwu hurriedly dodged.

"What are you talking about, why don't you call me a buddy if you don't come?" Stallone couldn't help but hugged Xu Guanwu fiercely.

Xu Guanwu immediately smelled a strong smell mixed with perfume, cigar smoke, red wine and body odor, which almost killed him.

Breaking away from Stallone's embrace, Xu Guanwu looked him up and down, and shook his head secretly.

Before, Stallone gave him the feeling that he was strong, strong, and a strong man like a stone pier.Now Stallone is standing there, his belly is protruding, his muscles are loose, and the evil spirit in his eyes is gone. He looks like Mr. Couch Potato that is common in American families.

"Man, I'm ready, when will we start shooting "Rocky 2"?" Stallone asked enthusiastically.

Last year, because he wanted to wait until after the Oscars, he wanted to get more pay for the Best Actor award, so he turned down many movies.But unfortunately things backfired, the best actor was taken away by others, leaving Stallone empty-handed.

Now he has no new work for almost two years, and the aura brought to him by the movie "Rocky" has also faded. His current commercial value has declined significantly, and many advertising endorsements, catwalk events, TV shows, etc. are no longer invited. he.

This caused Stallone's income to drop sharply, unable to support his extravagant life of singing and singing every night.So now he urgently needs a work to restore his glory and let everyone know that Stallone is still a big star and still has his own commercial value.

But after hearing Stallone's question, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but flatten his mouth.You are so fat now, how can you still look like the Rocky before, how can this sequel be filmed? !

Stallone didn't notice Xu Guanwu's expression, and he immediately talked about his idea of ​​"Rocky 2". The relationship with the lover is also on the verge of breaking down.At this time, the boxing champion challenged him again. Rocky was determined to win back his love and career, so he joined the battle resolutely, and won his lover's change of heart at the last moment, then defeated the boxing champion and won the victory again.

To be honest, the script conceived by Stallone does sound very passionate, and Xu Guanwu also thinks it is very good, but judging from his current state, whether he can create a future like last time is a bit difficult to think about.

Stallone in the first movie is perseverant, tenacious and hardworking, a typical representative of the American dream, and he firmly believes that with his own struggle, he will be able to succeed.

But now Stallone's face, his fat body weighs at least [-] kilograms, standing there is like a mountain of meat, it is not suitable for boxing, but it is quite suitable for Japanese sumo wrestling.

Stallone babbled and talked for a long time by himself, and completely passed his mouth addiction, but after he was done alone, he didn't get the slightest response from Xu Guanwu, so he couldn't help but shut his mouth.

"Xu, you don't support me making this movie?" Stallone asked in surprise.In his opinion, Xu Guanwu is definitely his staunch ally, and he will definitely spare no effort to support him.But now it seems that I am a little too naive.

"Stallone, if you really want to make this movie, you must first show some sincerity." Xu Guanwu hesitated, and organized his words, "First quit your habit of drinking and smoking, and then be honest Hit the gym and lose all your fat. Otherwise I wouldn't have put a dime into this movie."

"What you said is true?" Stallone's face suddenly collapsed, "You think I can't move now, so you look down on me, don't you?"

"It's not that I look down on you, it's that you don't respect yourself. Look at you now, with the smell of alcohol, cigars, and bloodshot eyes...you are still the same Stallone Is it?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help shouting angrily when he heard what he said, "If you are still as energetic and evil as the poster, I will never say anything about investing in you. Otherwise, you can go find someone else .”

(End of this chapter)