The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 335 Cooperation Invitation

After the Most Promising Male Newcomer Award was presented, Xu Guanwu and Goldie Han returned to the backstage together, "Miss Han, please speak according to the script next time, your impromptu performance will easily make your partner lose the stage."

"But if you look at the audience's reaction, you know that there is nothing wrong with saying that." Goldie Han waved his hand.

The director of the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony was dissatisfied with Goldie Han for throwing away the script, but seeing that the effect was not bad, he didn't pursue the matter. He just spoke to appease Xu Guanwu. .

Xu Guanwu accepted the director's apology, and then quietly returned to his seat at the venue.

"I said, Xu, do you really want to cooperate with that big guy?" David asked suspiciously, "Listen to his dialect and wooden expression, how can you be a qualified actor?! "

"When you say that you are willing to cooperate with him, this kid must be so excited that he can't sleep tonight." Richard said with a smile, "But I agree with David, and I don't think he can do it." A qualified actor."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile after listening to the two people's suggestions. He didn't blame David and Richard for their lack of vision.In fact, Schwarzenegger is indeed not an actor with a wide range of roles. His roles are very limited. Except for detectives, agents, and titans, he basically has no other suitable roles.

Moreover, Schwarzenegger has starred in "Hercules in New York" since 1970, but there was no response at all.People remember only his strong figure and strong dialect accent.

It was not until the release of a documentary "Iron King Kong" introducing his fitness seven years later that it brought him a little popularity.But he really became a popular movie star when he starred in "Conan the Barbarian" in [-].Although the film aroused great criticism, it still achieved good results at the box office.

Since then, Schwarzenegger has become famous in one fell swoop, and then starred in two fantasy action films "Conan the Destroyer" and "Queen Excalibur", and both have achieved good box office revenue.What really made him a Hollywood action star was the "Terminator" series directed by James Cameron.

The expressionless, determined, sturdy, fierce and violent robot seems to be tailor-made for Schwarzenegger.And Schwarzenegger also became a Hollywood action superstar comparable to Stallone and Bruce Willis because of the popularity of "Terminator".

And another point worth mentioning is that since Schwarzenegger became famous in "Devil Terminator", most of the movies he later starred in have the word "devil", such as "Devil Commander", "Devil Red Star", "Devil Hero", "Devil's End" and so on.

Xu Guanwu is well aware of Schwarzenegger's strengths and weaknesses, and has already made arrangements in his heart for how to make him a Hollywood action superstar.But first of all, the first thing he wants to confirm is that Schwarzenegger must sign a long-term contract with him.Otherwise, he would not invest in making him a popular superstar.

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After the awards ceremony, Xu Guanwu and his wife were enjoying the sumptuous food prepared by the Golden Globe Awards Organizing Committee for the guests. At this moment, two uninvited guests rushed over.

"Mr. Xu, are you interested in chatting?" Edward Pressman said with a smile, and behind him stood the huge Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Xu Guanwu was enjoying the lobster set meal. He had just put a piece of lobster meat into his mouth when he heard Edward's question, which almost choked him.

"Cough! Cough! Cough!" Xu Guanwu coughed for a while, and then drank some fruit juice to suppress his cough.

Moreover, Xu Guanwu also noticed that when he was drinking juice, a disdainful expression flashed across Schwarzenegger's face.

"Pey, now you are begging me to invest, okay?" Xu Guanwu put down the juice, "What do you want to talk to me about?"

"It's like this. I know Mr. Xu that you said you want to cooperate with Arnold. Now I happen to have such a project in hand, so I want to have a good chat with Mr. Xu." Edward said with a flower removed from his face.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help smiling when he heard this, and turned his face to look at him, "Could it be that "Conan the Barbarian" again? This time I got the right to adapt the film and television?"

"I got it this time. I paid US$[-] to help them settle the lawsuit, and US$[-] to buy the film adaptation rights." Edward nodded and said, "Mr. Xu, this is really a very good movie. movie, I can swear to you it's going to make money."

Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "I believe it can make money, but for me, the rate of return is too low."

"The return of tens of millions of dollars is too low?! Sir, are you kidding me!" Edward couldn't help but lost his voice.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing, "I'm not in the mood to make fun of you. Just think about it. I invested 100 million US dollars in "Rocky" and gained more than 1 million US dollars; I invested 2000 million US dollars in "Jaws". Harvested more than 2 million U.S. dollars; I invested 300 million U.S. dollars in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and got back more than 2000 million U.S. dollars. Are you sure that your "Conan the Barbarian" can give me [-] million U.S. dollars at the box office?!"

After listening to Xu Guanwu's example, Edward couldn't help but turn into a scapegoat.According to Xu Guanwu's consistent investment vigor, every investment has at least ten times the return.If he invests 2000 million U.S. dollars this time, according to the previous rate of return, he will not let go without [-] million U.S. dollars.

However, although the movie "Conan the Barbarian" is sure to make money, he may not be able to sell it for [-] million US dollars.In addition to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" reaching US$[-] million, even Stallone's blockbuster "Rocky" only had a combined global box office of more than US$[-] million.

The box office of [-] million US dollars is undoubtedly out of reach for current Hollywood movies.And even if the movie "Conan the Barbarian" really sold [-] million at the box office, it would have to be distributed to theaters, distributors, his producer, and the copyright dealer of the "Conan" series of novels.

In the end, it fell into the hands of Xu Guanwu, with 4000 to [-] million US dollars, which is not bad.In any case, it will not reach the amount of [-] million US dollars.And if Xu Guanwu can get [-] million US dollars, I am afraid that the global box office will be around one billion US dollars. This box office is undoubtedly a dream.

"Then Mr. Xu, you said that you want to cooperate with Arnold, is it just empty words?" Edward thought for a long time, but he couldn't meet Xu Guanwu's request.Seeing the disappearance of this opportunity to attract investment, he couldn't help but fight back with some excitement.

"Oh, you said cooperation. That's right. I have an agency in Hollywood called CAA Agency. I think Arnold has great potential, so I want to ask if you are interested in joining my agency. ?” Xu Guanwu said with a look of sudden realization.

Edward was so angry that his nose almost burst into flames. He couldn't win the funds by himself, and he had to watch others pry his corner.It is simply deceiving too much, it is tolerable, what is unbearable!In a rage, he will walk away.

However, Arnold Schwarzenegger paid attention to Xu Guanwu's proposal. The brokerage company he works for is broken and small, and he signed it when he first entered the film and television industry.But other than getting him a gig in "Hercules in New York," that didn't bring him enough work at other times.This made him really hobbled in Hollywood, unable to make a difference at all.

Moreover, he has also heard of the name of the CAA agency company. It is one of the fastest growing agency companies in Hollywood today, and has obtained a lot of jobs through pioneering cooperation methods.Schwarzenegger is very confident in himself. He believes that if he can enter the CAA agency company, with his talent and potential, he will definitely become the artist that CAA values ​​most.

Thinking of this, Schwarzenegger couldn't help but look at Xu Guanwu meaningfully, only to see that Xu Guanwu was also smiling at himself.Schwarzenegger's idea of ​​defecting to the CAA brokerage company suddenly became stronger.

But Edward didn't notice the expression of the titan under him, he sneered at Xu Guanwu, then turned around and left.

"Sir, I am a little interested in the CAA brokerage company, can you give me a contact information?" Arnold said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu smiled immediately after hearing this, and then gave him the conversation in Michael's office.Schwarzenegger silently read the number twice to remember the number in his heart, then turned and went after Edward.

But after walking two steps, he turned around and came back, "Sir, as a man, I think you should drink more red wine. Juice is for ladies." After speaking, Schwarzenegger smiled and walked quickly walked away.

"Damn!" Xu Guanwu was so angry that he was half dead. Is this Schwarzenegger lacking in heart or a string in his head?He even dared to say such things to his boss, did he know that as long as he signed with CAA brokerage company, he would become a puppet in Xu Guanwu's hands, and killing him was only a matter of minutes.Why are you so stupid? !

Xu Guanwu's angry face turned black on one side, but Zhao Yazhi on the other side couldn't stop giggling. It was the first time she saw Xu Guanwu being teased in person, so she couldn't help laughing, "Ah Wu, In fact, what he said is right, you should practice your drinking capacity and try to taste a pint of red wine. This juice is really not for a rich man like you."

"Take it as if I haven't tried it, and I've tried it many times, okay? You can still drink a bottle of beer, but your face is red and your neck is thick, and your stomach is churning. Not to mention the red wine, the taste is really hard to swallow, I can't even drink it." Seeing his wife smiling so happily, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but said depressedly.

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"Stanley, that Edward just now came to ask you to invest again?" At this time, David and Richard came over and asked again.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "But I still rejected it."

"Well done." Richard nodded, "I heard the news that Edward's company is now in financial difficulties, and it is estimated that it will go bankrupt soon. So he can't keep this project at all."

"Then he asked me to invest because he wanted to save his company?" Xu Guanwu asked with displeasure after hearing this.

David nodded, "That must be the case. He invested all his money in this movie, and he also got more than 200 million investment from Paramount, but he has squandered all the money. Now send Ramon still wants to trouble him."

Hearing this, Xu Guanwu couldn't help calling it a fluke. Fortunately, he didn't agree to invest, otherwise he would definitely be a meat bun beating a dog, and he would never look back.

Although there are producers in Hollywood such as David Brown, Richard Zanjuk, and Michael Douglas who have devoted themselves to movies, there are also some dirty producers who only know how to deceive people into investing in movies, and then use these The money is spent and the investor gets nothing in the end.

Xu Guanwu is glad that he has been lucky and has not met such a liar producer.However, this also reminded him that in the future, investment must focus on the target before investing.And you have to send a special person to keep an eye on your investment, and make sure that every penny is used to make movies, instead of being squandered by those despicable producers.

(End of this chapter)