The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 462 Big Project
Xu Guanwu couldn't help but nodded when he heard this. Lei Shidong is worthy of being a self-made media tycoon. He has his own views on financial management and will never follow others' advice.Even though the high-tech industry is booming nowadays, investment often has high returns, but he still focuses on the fields he is familiar with, and has never blindly followed the trend of investment.

And his investment philosophy has saved him many times, like during the dot-com bubble in the 90s, when Time Warner merged with America Online, the turnover reached astronomical figures, and everyone was eager to speculate on Internet stocks.However, Lei Shidong remained unmoved and continued to focus his business on traditional industries, so he survived the Internet bubble period without any danger.

However, his conservatism actually has disadvantages, that is, the rapid development of the Internet in the new century has not attracted enough attention from him.The Internet industry has become Viacom's shortcoming, and the company has once fallen into operational difficulties.Just like the problem that News Corporation is facing.This may be a blessing in disguise, but it is a blessing in disguise.

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After eating, Xu Guanwu took Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia on Lei Shidong's plane and flew back to Los Angeles again.And his King Air 200 has been trailing behind.

After returning to Los Angeles, Xu Guanwu, Lin Qingxia, and Zhao Yazhi did not stay at the Hilton Hotel for confidentiality reasons, but Lei Shidong helped them arrange a country house for them to stay temporarily.

"Husband, why do we no longer live in the Hilton Hotel, but come to such a remote suburb? It takes a long time to drive here to go shopping in the city." Zhao Yazhi asked Xu Guanwu with a pout.

"You only think about shopping, you are not as sensible as Qingxia." Xu Guanwu scratched her nose lightly and said, "If you live in the Hilton Hotel, there is a high occupancy rate of celebrities, and there are often paparazzi guarding downstairs .Once I’m photographed there, it’s bound to cause a storm.”

"What kind of troubles will there be?" Lin Qingxia asked suspiciously.

"I have clearly rejected the invitations to the Golden Globes and Academy Awards before. The excuse is that I will stay in Hong Kong and I will not be able to spare time. But now that the news has been published in the newspapers, I will show up in Los Angeles. Is it the face of these two awards ceremonies?" Xu Guanwu waved his hands and explained, "Then if my film is nominated again in the future, will the judges vote for me again?"

"So that's the case. If I want to go shopping in the city, I have to dress up a little bit." Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but nodded and said, "If someone recognizes her, I'm afraid it will cause trouble for you, husband."

"It's good that you know, so try not to go out. After we finish the business, we can go back to Hong Kong." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "I have been going out frequently in recent days, and I don't have much time. Come to accompany you. You try to have fun by yourself."

"Well, without you accompanying me, Ah Wu, I don't even want to go shopping." Lin Qingxia put her arm around Xu Guanwu and said, "When will you be able to finish your business?"

"It's not easy to say now, I'll try to arrange the time." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "Actually, I really want to play with you here, but this time the timing is really wrong. That's good, wait a minute Next time I have a chance, let me take a stroll here with you, okay?"

"Okay, then it's a deal." Lin Qingxia happily kissed Xu Guanwu and said.

Seeing this, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help snorting coldly, "You two think I don't exist, why don't you want to accompany me when you only want to go shopping with Qingxia?"

"Okay, okay, you want to eat even this kind of vinegar?" Seeing this, Xu Guanwu quickly waved his hands and said, "When I have a chance next time, I'll take the two of you shopping together, so it's okay. Ah Zhi, Don't be so sensitive. To be honest, I am very happy that you two came to visit me together this time. I am not just happy that you have come to see me from thousands of miles, but that you two can support each other all the way Follow along, so I was relieved when I saw it. Ah Zhi, Qingxia promise me that you will stop being jealous, okay?"

"Okay, since you've said that, then I won't be jealous of her anymore." Zhao Yazhi said in a low voice, "Qingxia, I'm sorry just now, I shouldn't be jealous of you."

"Azhi, don't say such things between us, in fact, I am the one who is really sorry for you." Lin Qingxia turned her head to look at Zhao Yazhi and said, "You should be angry in your heart, and I will not demand anything from you. "

"Okay, it's okay if we let our minds go, we will all live together happily in the future, don't talk about the past anymore, okay?" Xu Guanwu said with a smile while putting his arms around the two beauties.

"En!" Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia nodded together when they heard what he said.

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In the next few days, Xu Guanwu went to meet with Richard Zanjuk and David Brown one after another. The two are currently working on the follow-up special effects production of "Alien" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" Released during the summer vacation.

There are not too many special effects in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Only when the Ark of the Lost Ark is opened at the end, a large section of special effects will be needed to assist.However, because the film had to be shot in Nepal, went to Egypt to shoot, took a submarine, broke into the desert, and there were many action scenes, so it was very difficult to shoot. It took a year and a half It took time to finish, and then it took nearly half a year to do special effects, which can be said to be a very time-consuming and laborious film.

But probably this is because it is so time-consuming and meticulous, so it is called the most classic adventure film in history, and it has created a new type of action film in the future, such as the "Ghost and Raiders" series, "National Treasure" series, etc., all have the shadow of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

However, "Alien" needs a lot of special effects to support it, and its own shooting work is not difficult, because the development space of the story is mostly concentrated in the spaceship.And this spacecraft was actually built in the studio, which saved the crew from running around.

However, although the movie was shot in only one year, the production of special effects for the movie took nearly a year.Industrial Light & Magic special effects company was responsible for the special effects production of this movie. Even though Xu Guanwu was a shareholder of his company, the price quoted was already a conscientious price, but so many special effects shots were still expensive.

The pre-production of this movie was only a few million dollars, but the post-production special effects production was even more expensive than the pre-production, and the total investment was as high as 500 million U.S. dollars, which can be regarded as a very high-investment film.

Moreover, it seems that there is a boom in sci-fi movies now, and many companies are launching sci-fi movies one after another. Even 007 James Bond played a sci-fi movie. It is a space city and a laser weapon. It is really very unusual.However, the film's box office revenue is also extremely high, and it is the highest-grossing 007 series film before "GoldenEye" starring Pierce Brosnan.

Many film companies have invested in the shooting of sci-fi films, making Hollywood's demand for film special effects suddenly strong, and Industrial Light and Magic Special Effects Company is famous for its outstanding performance in films such as "Star Wars", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", and "Superman". It immediately attracted the attention of film companies and became the object of cooperation.

Of course, because of this strong demand, some film special effects companies have been established one after another.Although their special effects technology is not mature, but because of the relationship of low fees, there is also a big market.There are also differences in investment in making sci-fi movies. A movie like "Alien" has a total investment of more than 500 million, which can be regarded as a movie with a very high investment.However, the two "Superman" films that Xu Guanwu co-invested with 20th Century Fox already cost 4000 million U.S. dollars. This is a truly large-scale investment.

And small film companies also want to take the opportunity to make sci-fi films to make money, but they can't afford the high special effects fees. Therefore, the relatively cheap special effects production provided by these small companies has naturally become the only choice.

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Richard Zanjuk and David Brown didn't know about Xu Guanwu's coming to the United States before, and they complained because Xu Guanwu couldn't come, thinking that he should come to watch these two films, Raiders and Alien.

Because the two films were really great, and they suffered a lot during the filming process, it is very reasonable for Xu Guanwu to spend a sum of money to soothe their spiritual and physical wounds.

Originally, Xu Guanwu had already explained on the phone that he was indeed unable to come because of something, which disappointed both Richard Zaniuk and David Brown.They didn't expect Xu Guanwu to come here quietly in another village, which really surprised and delighted them.

"Wow! My eyes are right, Xu, how did you appear here?" Richard Zarnuk shouted, and walked out quickly, seeing that his posture seemed to be excited to embrace Xu Guanwu generally.

"Stop, don't touch me, I have internal injuries now." Xu Guanwu shouted hastily.Being hugged by Lin Qingxia and Zhao Yazhi, two beauties who are so close to each other, he was not very afraid but enjoyed it very much.But if he was touched by a strong man like Richard Zaniuk, Xu Guanwu's wound would probably rupture and he would need to be hospitalized again for treatment.

"What's the matter, you can't even hug an old friend?" Richard asked in astonishment, feeling that Xu Guanwu's words seemed to pour cold water into his head, extinguishing all his enthusiasm.

"That's not true, it's just that my body is indeed injured now." Xu Guanwu explained with a smile, "I was stabbed here, and I was about to be stabbed in the heart.

"No way?! Who is so cruel to hurt you?" David Brown couldn't help shouting in surprise after hearing this.

"Yeah, Xu, tell me, I'll avenge you." Richard said, waving his fist, "I'll definitely beat him into a meatloaf with my fist."

"Uh... well, let's not talk about this matter. Richard, put your fist down. The strength of your fist is more suitable for someone to beat the back." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "I'm In addition to treating illnesses, I just came to see you. How about it, is there any better investment project?"

"Hey, we are waiting for your words. We have accumulated a lot of great investment projects in the past two years, which will definitely surprise you." Richard said with a smile, and then moved out of a large A stack of scripts.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being shocked, "Did you take out the scripts from Fox's inventory again this time?"

"Of course not. These scripts have been carefully collected by Richard and I in the past two years. You also know that our status in Hollywood is different now. Before the two of us were just poor people kicked out by Fox, now we are The hottest producer in Hollywood, I don’t know how many screenwriters, directors, and film companies want to cooperate with us." David said with a smile.

"I understand what you mean. It seems that I will give you a raise." Xu Guanwu laughed.

"Maybe you're smart, but since you've said that, we both accept how much money you have." Richard also grinned.

"Okay, it's okay to raise your salary, but you have to have a good movie project, otherwise you won't be able to raise your salary." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)