The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 348 Alien
Although he promised Richard to go the next day, Xu Guanwu still dawdled until the afternoon and answered three or four more phone calls before leaving.

When he arrived at Richard and David's company, the first thing Xu Guanwu said was, "I'm only helping to choose one movie this time. As for whether you make or not, I won't ask any more."

"Well, okay." Richard nodded.

Xu Guanwu then re-invested in the script review.

"Stanley, I have good news for you." David said with a sudden smile.

"What good news?" Xu Guanwu casually asked while flipping through the script.Since becoming a shareholder of Apple and Microsoft, he has gradually become numb to the so-called good news.

The income of tens of millions of dollars was exhausted, but it didn't make him too excited.

""Star Wars" has finished the post-production, and it is expected to be released next month." David said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but smile, this is indeed good news. The first part of "Star Wars", the global box office can exceed [-] million U.S. dollars, subsequent copyright income, peripheral product development, sequel shooting, etc., will bring great benefits.

"George Lucas must be very happy when he hears this news." Xu Guanwu nodded and smiled. Such good news can make him happy all day.

"He is on vacation with Steven Spielberg in Hawaii now." David waved his hands, "I really envy them, they can rest freely after filming. We producers are still busy with the release preparation."

"There's no need to complain. If the box office is good, I won't treat you badly." Xu Guanwu smiled slightly, "Star Wars has a very large investment, and you need to do a good job in the follow-up publicity. If 20th Century Fox can't spend too much money Advertising, I can do it myself.”

"I don't think so. Fox will do a good job of promoting "Star Wars." Richard said hastily. nice video.Therefore, Fox will regard this film as the main work of the summer file, and will definitely do the best publicity for it.

Xu Guanwu smiled after listening to Richard's words, "Star Wars is about to be released, so what about "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"?! Is the post-production done now?"

"The post-production of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" has been completed, but because "Star Wars" is about to be released, "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", which is also a sci-fi film, will be released in half a year. To avoid arousing the audience's appreciation Fatigue," explained David.

Xu Guanwu nodded in agreement. It is true that Hollywood film and television companies have also summed up a lot of useful experience after a long period of brutal competition.For example, when the same type of films are released, it is best to stagger the release time; for example, when encountering a blockbuster film with a huge investment, it is necessary to use low-cost films as cannon fodder; for example, the negotiation mechanism of the eight major companies can effectively reduce unnecessary competition and so on.

Relatively speaking, the Hong Kong film market is undoubtedly a lot more chaotic. The three big companies Shaw Brothers, Xu Brothers, and Golden Harvest regard each other as life and death enemies, not to mention any negotiation mechanism, if they meet each other, they will deliberately turn their heads away. , to show mortal hatred.

And the films of the same type are basically released together, and there has never been any schedule planning.At present, there are still relatively few Hong Kong film companies, and they only produce more than 150 films each year, which is basically enough to meet the needs of theaters.

However, if more than 100% of the bad movies are excluded, they are not qualified to be released in theaters, and there are only more than [-] movies left.This is a bit stretched for the theater.So generally speaking, in order to fill up the schedule, the theaters basically catch the movies.

If it is too bad, let him pay for it to be released, and it will be delayed for a day or two.And those small film companies are willing to spend a sum of money to release the copyright in order to take away the copyright.In this way, in addition to recovering the cost, the theater can also make a small profit.And small film companies can also successfully sell films to Nanyang.It's just that it hurts the audience who bought tickets, as well as the film dealers in Nanyang.

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After chatting, continue to read the scripts, and it is really not a simple matter to choose a movie that is suitable for investment from the vast sea of ​​scripts.Fortunately, Richard and David had selected some scripts in advance, allowing Xu Guanwu to make the final decision.

There are about 20 of those scripts, and Xu Guanwu quickly finished them.But because there is no information about these films in his memory, and seeing that the investment is basically tens of millions of dollars, Xu Guanwu inevitably lacks confidence and worries about whether he will be able to recover his investment in the end.So after watching it, Xu Guanwu didn't give any comments, but went over the script that they were eliminated by himself.

"Devil's Tales" was eliminated, "Ghost Cries and Gods Howling" was eliminated, "Earth Shattering" was eliminated, "Kerry and Jenny" was eliminated, "Happy Cha Cha Cha" was eliminated, "Alien" was eliminated... Wait a minute? !
"Alien?!" Xu Guanwu picked up the script again, read it carefully, and finally patted his thigh happily, "This is the one, I've caught you."

"What, which one? What is it referring to?" Seeing that Xu Guanwu was so excited, David and Richard rushed over together.I saw Xu Guanwu giggling with the script in his hand.

"What a great script, let's take a look together." Richard couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked anxiously.

After Xu Guanwu smirked, he handed over the script of "Alien" to Richard and David.The two of them took the script and read it, and were immediately dumbfounded."Horror Movie" is clearly written on the cover.

"It's a horror movie again?!" Richard blurted out emotionally.

Richard just rejected the producer of "Moonlight Panic" because he didn't want to become a producer of horror films, which would be a very cheap thing for him.

It's like Sam Raimi, who became famous for filming "Ghostbusters", when he wanted to take over the director of "Spider-Man", he was madly criticized by comic fans; and Stephen King, who has the title of King of Horror, is the most hated in his life That's the title.He really wanted to become a great writer like Mark Twain, so he also wrote many thoughtful works, such as "The Shawshank Redemption" and so on.But he still couldn't get rid of the title of "horror novelist", which made him feel very distressed.

Although the horror novels are his famous works, the horror novels are actually not of high grade.It’s like those who wrote martial arts novels in Hong Kong in the 80s looked down on those who wrote ghost stories like Huang Ying; those who played traditional literature in the 90s despised those who wrote martial arts like Jin Gu Wenliang; those who played paper media in the new century looked down on online novels.

Since ancient times, literati have looked down on each other and despised each other for thousands of years. I really don't understand how to write a composition, but also write a sense of superiority.

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"I see clearly, there is another word next to it." Xu Guanwu pointed with his finger, and there was indeed a word next to horror - "science fiction".

"Sci-fi horror movie?!" Richard was taken aback, "What is a sci-fi horror movie?!"

I've heard of sci-fi action movies, and I've heard of magical horror movies, but this is the first time I've heard of sci-fi horror movies.

"Just go through the script carefully." Xu Guanwu waved his hand.

The two woke up like a dream, and quickly opened the script and read it. The first sentence shocked them, "The spaceship Nuo Shimo, which was flying quietly in the cold and eternal night space, suddenly received a group of distress calls. Signal. The seven crew members who were in a dormant state were all awakened, and then commanded the spaceship to drive to the rescue location..."

Half an hour later, Richard and David reluctantly put down the script, "This is really a very good story." The two of them said in unison.

"You haven't read this script before, have you?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help sneering.From the shocked expressions on Richard and David's faces after reading it, he could guess that the two of them had never read the script before.If Xu Guanwu hadn't checked it again, it would have been a waste of money and a missed opportunity.

"At that time, I saw a horror movie written on the cover, and Richard and I didn't watch it." David explained with a look of embarrassment.He also felt a little embarrassed to miss such a good script because of his negligence.For a well-known producer, this is really a mistake that should not be made.

As a responsible producer, since he has accepted the script sent by others, even if he will not invest in filming, he must carefully review it and prepare for possible use in the future.If you just put it away after receiving it, and don't even look at it at all, it is really inappropriate.

"It's my fault." Richard also said, "I hate watching horror movies, so I picked out all the horror movie scripts in advance, and this "Alien" probably missed it at that time."

Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "I don't mean to blame you, you are producers, and it's your job to make any movie you want. I'm just an investor, as long as I can get a good return, I won't interfere with you things, so you don’t have to tell me if you want to apologize.”

"Stanley, don't say that, you are an investor, and we should respect your opinion." David said quickly.

"Yeah, I think the script of "Alien" is really good, so I plan to be the producer of this film." Richard also said quickly.

"Don't you think it's a horror movie?" Xu Guanwu asked with a sneer.

"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it..." Richard waved his hand quickly and said. "This film is suitable for Richard to supervise, and I think he will definitely create a classic again."

Seeing the two of them say that, Xu Guanwu didn't want to be harsh.After all, they are just partners, not their subordinates.It's really going to be a falling out, and no one will benefit from the trouble.

"Well, since you want to make this movie, make a cost list for me immediately." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "Give it to me before I leave the United States."

"Okay, don't worry, we will make it in time." Seeing that Xu Guanwu agreed to invest, Richard couldn't help but said with a happy smile.

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Compared with Richard being happy, Xu Guanwu is actually happier.

How famous the movie "Alien" is, you can tell by watching so many sequels in the later generations. Needless to say, the "Alien" series of movies, even extra-special movies like "Predator vs. Alien" have sequels.It can be seen that this kind of bug that has evolved into a super NB is very popular.

The Zerg in the "StarCraft" produced by the later Blizzard company actually has some traces of aliens; not to mention the "DOOM" produced by ID Games, which is simply a replica of the "Alien" movie.This wildly evolved and extremely dangerous creature is undoubtedly the most suitable monster choice in movies, novels, games, and comics.

Xu Guanwu believes that if the movie "Alien" works well, its potential will not be worse than that of "Star Wars".In later generations, even the game "Warcraft" can produce peripheral products such as novels, toys, online games, clothes, etc. There is no reason why the hit movie "Alien" cannot.

Furthermore, the expansion of the "Alien" series is also very high. Although there are not as many heroes as "Star Wars", "Alien" can be more easily linked with other movies.As a monster with extremely strong fighting power, it is most suitable for being abused by those superheroes.

(End of this chapter)