The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 336
No.30 After the [-]th Golden Globe Award Ceremony, on the second day under the arrangement of David and Richard, Xu Guanwu met with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Because Xu Guanwu funded and fulfilled his desire to film "Star Wars", George Lucas was full of affection for Xu Guanwu.

Steven Spielberg also had a good impression of Xu Guanwu, an enthusiastic and generous investor, so when they met, everyone seemed very happy.

"Congratulations to the two young and promising directors, the new film will be released soon." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "I heard that you have suffered a lot in order to make the film. How about it, have you thought about how to reward yourself? "

"I plan to go to Hawaii to enjoy the sun and the beach." George Lucas said with a smile, "The weather in Los Angeles is terrible right now. I think the warm sea water in Hawaii will make me feel more comfortable."

Steven Spielberg didn't have any plans, but George Lucas had already invited him to go on vacation together, so he had no reason to object.

"Hawaii is indeed a good place for vacation. To be honest, I am a little envious of your freedom." Xu Guanwu clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Before going to Hawaii for vacation, there is another big gift I want to give you."

Hearing that there was a big gift, both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were a little curious.

Xu Guanwu smiled, then clapped his hands, and an employee from outside walked in with two lockboxes.Seeing them walking slowly, it seems that there are heavy things in the box.

Now not only George Lucas and Steven Spielberg became very curious, but even David Brown and Richard Zanyuk who were standing beside them were full of doubts.The two of them didn't know what the great gift Xu Guanwu was talking about, and they were both kept in the dark.

Xu Guanwu waved his hand to let the staff back down, then entered the password to open the lockbox, and saw that it was full of US dollars, and the green color was really attractive.

The four people present were all stunned, not knowing what Xu Guanwu meant.

"Stanley, what are you doing with so much cash?" Richard asked in surprise.

"Yes, how much are these two boxes of banknotes, 20, 50, or 100 million?" David also asked in surprise.

And Steven Spielberg and George Lucas were all stunned there, unable to recover for a long time.

"The two boxes of banknotes each have 50 US dollars, which is the first dividend I gave to the two directors." Xu Guanwu said with a smile, "After the movie is released, if the box office is really good, the two will have a high amount of money." bonus."

Although Steven Spielberg and George Lucas had already guessed that the money was for them, they still couldn't help being a little stunned when they heard what Xu Guanwu said.

"What kind of rhythm is this?! The movie has not been released yet, and the dividend of 50 US dollars is distributed. Is he crazy, or am I hallucinating, or even dreaming now?!"

For a moment, the expressions on everyone's faces were very exciting.

Xu Guanwu saw the reaction of each of them in his eyes, and couldn't help being secretly happy in his heart.He just wanted to use this kind of surprise to win over Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Xu Guanwu knew that "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" directed by Steven Spielberg and "Star Wars" directed by George Lucas would both achieve high box office in future releases.

And almost all of this money was taken away by Xu Guanwu alone, leaving only a little soup for 20th Century Fox and National Entertainment.

And this kind of behavior of eating alone is actually very annoying.No one wants to see himself working hard while others get rich without even a mouthful of soup.In this way, there is bound to be rebellion, and it is bound to not take you to play with them in the future.

Therefore, in order to win over two talented directors, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, Xu Guanwu had to give up a part of his interests, and everyone would earn money if he came to an interest.

And passively taking money out after the movie is released, the effect is naturally not as good as actively taking money to reward before the movie is released.

So Xu Guanwu sees through this point, knowing that sooner or later the money will be divided, so it is better to divide it earlier.Hello, hello, hello, everyone.

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Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, David Brown and Richard Zanjuk couldn't have guessed that Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Star Wars would make as much money.In fact, when George Lucas was filming "Star Wars", he couldn't get an investment at all.It took a long time to be able to shoot, and the work almost stopped halfway.

After the filming of "Star Wars" was completed, only forty theaters were willing to show it at first.In the end, the distributor, 20th Century Fox, was forced to use blackmail, claiming that if the theater did not show "Star Wars", it would not hand over the popular film "Midnight Love" to them.As a result, the box office of "Star Wars" was far better than that of "Midnight Love" after its release, which was beyond the expectations of all theater operators.

And Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was filmed with many twists and turns. At the beginning, he told Xu Guanwu that it would only cost $300 million, but then because he kept having new ideas, the script The shooting plan was changed again and again, and finally the additional investment was increased to nearly 2000 million.

Fortunately, Xu Guanwu is not one of the eight major Hollywood studios, so he can still afford this amount of money.Otherwise, if it were any film company, hearing the news that Steven Spielberg kept asking for more funds would be a big headache.

The cost of filming was so much overrun that Steven Spielberg was worried that he would not even receive the director's fee, but unexpectedly Xu Guanwu not only paid the full amount of the director's fee, but also added a bonus of 50 US dollars.This was really beyond his expectation.For a moment, Steven Spielberg was so moved that he didn't know what to say.

"Mr. Xu, is this money really going to be given to us?" George Lucas asked in surprise, a total of 50 US dollars, which is not a small sum.In the 70s, a brand new Ford car cost only ten or twenty thousand dollars.

"That's right, you two have really worked hard making movies, so the 50 US dollars is a reward for you." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

George Lucas and Steven Spielberg couldn't help but take a deep breath when they heard this. The two of them are just young directors in Hollywood, and they are not film tycoons who will dominate Hollywood in the future and have a fortune of billions of dollars.To them, the $50 was definitely a huge sum of money, which made it impossible for the two of them to refuse.

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Under the envious eyes of Richard Zanuck and David Brown, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg accepted the $50, and both of them had smiles on their faces .It is a trivial matter to get so much money at once, the key is the feeling of being valued, which is really very gratifying.

It is not the first time for George Lucas and Steven Spielberg to work hard in Hollywood. They have never met an investor like Xu Guanwu. They are generous and not picky, and they give the director absolute trust. It is really the best partner, and a good boss who is hard to find with a lantern.

"Is there any film you two want to shoot in the future? You can bring it up and discuss it together. If it's fun, I'll invest in it again." Xu Guanwu lightly threw a depth charge and said, and with one sentence, the audience Four people fried the outside charred and tender inside.

None of the four present had ever encountered an investor like Xu Guanwu. Before the previous movie was released, they were preparing for the second movie right away.Come on, the two of them are just newcomers, they just happened to make a few blockbuster films, and they haven't reached the level of master directors yet, so you don't have to trust them so much, do you? !
Neither Steven Spielberg nor George Lucas guessed that Xu Guanwu would ask such a question. In their opinion, at least after the release of "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" is over, let's see how the box office is. Let's talk about the follow-up movie.

After all, the two of them are not top directors who have been famous for a long time, and they have not yet reached the point where investors come to invest with money as soon as their names are revealed.In fact, since the decline of Hollywood movies, directors who have enjoyed this kind of treatment have long since disappeared.

Even Francis Ford Coppola, the director of "The Godfather", the most prestigious director in Hollywood, although he has made countless popular and well-received movies, still depends on the face of the producer.If the box office of the film you make is not high, you will also be left in the cold palace.

But now Xu Guanwu doesn't seem to care whether their movie will be a hit, or he seems to be more confident than anyone else, which is really too much to think about.

So for a while, both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg chose to remain silent.

"Why, there are none?" Xu Guanwu looked over suspiciously, "I heard from David and Richard that you are planning to make a 007-type movie?"

"We have this plan, but we haven't decided yet, and we haven't even prepared the script." Steven Spielberg quickly explained.

George Lucas also nodded, "We originally wanted to wait until the script was finished before discussing the investment, so we didn't say anything."

"So that's how it is," Xu Guanwu nodded, "I have a story here, why don't you share it for everyone's reference."

Hearing what he said, everyone present looked at each other, and they all saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Although Xu Guanwu has written many scripts in Hong Kong and achieved very good box office results, his reputation is not very famous.Firstly, the Hong Kong film industry doesn’t pay much attention to scripts, and secondly, Xu Guanwu’s script writing is originally a copy of the public, so he will not publicize it everywhere without shame.As for the United States, they don't even care about this news, so it's the first time for the four people present to know that he can write scripts, so they can't help being a little surprised and curious.

Xu Guanwu then told the general storyline of "Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders of the Lost Ark", although because the time is too long, he can't remember some of the storylines.But the Indiana Jones character traits and the theme of finding the Ark of the Covenant are still told by him.

Steven Spielberg and George Lucas found it very interesting after listening to it once. Dr. Indiana Jones is indeed full of charm, and the adventure of finding the Ark of the Covenant is indeed amazing. It is indeed tense and exciting.It all makes for a lot of fun in this movie.

George Lucas felt that this story hit his G-spot, while Steven Spielberg felt that Xu Guanwu told the story in his mind so hard to shoot.The experience was truly astonishing.

Richard Zanjuk and David Brown listened to this story, and felt that if this story were moved to the screen, it would indeed be more exciting and better-looking than the routine 007 series of movies.

"Stanley, I never knew you were so talented. This story is simply amazing." David couldn't help clapping and said, "Can you tell me what it's called?"

"I hope it's called Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders of the Lost Ark." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)