The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 555 Field Platoon

"That's not possible. This movie requires too many special effects shots. Even if it is finished, it will take at least half a year to do special effects." Richard waved his hand.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Then don't worry, let him take the time to shoot. Is there any problem with funding?"

"Not yet, the investment of 2000 million US dollars should be enough." David smiled.

"Very good, since that's the case, I'm relieved." Xu Guanwu nodded, "Is there any good project recently?"

"There are a few movies that I think are good." Richard smiled, and then handed over a folder. "It contains movies that David and I think are good. You can help me watch it."

Xu Guanwu nodded, took the folder over, and opened it to see that there were several scripts.Xu Guanwu flipped through carefully, but saw several films reflecting the Vietnam War.

In the past two years, there has been an upsurge in American society to reflect on the Vietnam War, so movies reflecting the Vietnam War are also very popular.Last year's "The Deer Hunter" caused a sensation in the United States and won multiple Academy Awards in a row.This year, another "Apocalypse of War" is also a favorite for winning awards.

American movies also have the problem of following suit, so Richard and David also collected a lot of scripts about the Vietnam War.Among them is "Field Platoon", which Xu Guanwu is more familiar with.

"Field Platoon" examines the cruelty and horror of the entire war from the perspective of a recruit who just joined the army and participated in the Vietnam War.This is a movie with a very simple plot, but it is precisely because of the simple plot that people pay more attention to the cruel and cold-blooded war scenes, which also deeply touches people.

Xu Guanwu also watched this "Field Platoon" at the beginning, but he couldn't watch it anymore after only seeing it. At that time, he felt like he was going to vomit out the food he ate at noon.He never wanted to watch that cruel and cold-blooded scene again.The cruelty and horror of war are vividly displayed in this film. Watching this film makes people feel like they are on the battlefield, and it is definitely a kind of devastation to people's body and mind.

It is worth mentioning that the leading role of "Platoon" is the now notorious Charlie Sheen. When he starred in this movie, there was not so much negative news. The position of the first-line niche.In "Wall Street" even the Oscar winner Michael Douglas as his foil.

But just in response to such a sentence, if you don't do it, you can't die. Just when Charlie was in full swing, a scandal like a prostitute broke out, and his image was ruined. ” and other hilarious comedies.

"This "Platoon" is not bad." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "I am not interested in investing in other movies except this one."

"Okay." A look of disappointment flashed across David's face. To be honest, he thought that Xu Guanwu would choose at least three movies, but now he only chose one, and it was a war movie. It is rare but it is necessary to shoot a lot of exterior scenes, and it is necessary to go to Southeast Asia for shooting.

David had been to Southeast Asia when filming "Raiders of the Lost Ark" earlier, and he still remembered the crowded population and dirty environment there, so when he thought that he might lead a team there, he couldn't help but look bitter.

"Friday NO.13 was filmed last year, let's shoot another horror film this year." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "You find a screenwriter some other day, and I will tell him the story and ask him to help sort out a horror film. script."

"Okay." Richard nodded, "By the way, last year's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was very popular. Are you interested in making another sequel?"

"Of course there is interest, but there is no rush for the sequel. At least we have to wait for another two years. When everyone is anxious, we will announce the shooting plan of the new film." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "Money is earned. It’s not over, take it easy.”

"Apart from the horror film "Platoon", do you have any other film projects that you want to invest in this year?" David asked with a smile, "You should invest in more films, with that much money Don't just pile it up in the bank all the time."

Xu Guanwu smiled and nodded, "By the way, I would like to ask you to help find a novel called "First Blood". That book is also related to the Vietnam War, and the protagonist's name is Rambo."

"Is "Platoon" not enough, and we need to make another movie that reflects the Vietnam War?" Richard asked in surprise, "There are already several movies that reflect the Vietnam War that have been launched this year, and this time we want to If two films are filmed, there may be problems at the box office in the future."

"Well, don't worry, this "First Blood" is not a war-themed movie, but an action-themed movie. I plan to invite Stallone to play the leading role." Xu Guanwu smiled and said.

"By the way, talking about Stallone, he recently submitted the script of "Rocky 3" and said that he wants us to invest in the filming for him." David said suddenly, "But the script of his movie is not very good. So I didn't promise him for the time being."

"Well, "Rocky 2" has only been released for more than a year. It is too anxious to shoot "Rocky 3" now." Xu Guanwu thought for a while.

American series of movies basically release one every two years, such as "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Friday NO.13", "American Pie", etc., so that the audience can have room for rest and aftertaste.Otherwise, if one is released every other year, too frequent will make the audience feel bored.

Like Marvel’s superhero movies, it basically only releases a sequel every two years, and other superhero movies are produced in the middle, the purpose is to keep the audience fresh enough.Otherwise, the production of superhero movies is so frequent, and blockbuster movies that were originally blockbusters have become rotten eggplants in the vegetable market.

"Then if that's the case, let him make this "First Blood" first. Are you sure there will be such a book now?" David asked with a smile.

"If not, then we can save a lot of copyright fees." Xu Guanwu nodded and said.

"Very well, now we have three movies." Richard laughed, "Counting the "The Shining" and "Star Wars 2" that are still being filmed, we also have five movies that are being filmed or will be filmed this year Not bad for a small studio."

"Yes." David nodded, "By the way, Stanley, do you know New Line?"

Xu Guanwu nodded. He knew that New Line Company is a newly emerging film company in the United States that also produces and distributes films. It started out by distributing low-cost horror films. Now it has entered the production industry, and it also shoots low-cost horror films. .Because the cost of this type of film is low and the audience is fixed, the income is relatively good.Although the market value is not as good as the original Hollywood giants, its development momentum is very fast. Some people have already called it the eighth largest film company in Hollywood.

"It cooperated with your film last year, and it plans to release Hong Kong films this year." David explained.

Xu Guanwu smiled. He knew that Golden Harvest Films Co., Ltd. was cooperating with New Line Films. New Line Films valued the low cost and potential box office of Hong Kong films, and Golden Harvest was interested in the release of New Line Films in the North American film market. Ability, the two sides can be said to hit it off.

Since last year, Golden Harvest has invested in many films, but it has not been released in the United States so far, so I don't know how the box office will be.

"New Line Films clearly wants to take advantage of us. With the help of word-of-mouth from the Hong Kong film "Project A" we released last year, it releases some low-quality Hong Kong films to make money." Richard De complained.

"Forget it, there's nothing to complain about." Xu Guanwu waved his hand, "As long as there is a market for Hong Kong films, even if New Line Films doesn't make them, there's 'Old Line' and 'Red Line' Films will do. "

"Then this year, if your "Golden Jade Mantang" is successful again, the Hong Kong film market will attract attention again. At that time, more film companies will invest in Hong Kong. You have to be prepared." Richard reminded , "Hong Kong is your base camp, it's not good if you get messed up by other film companies."

Xu Guanwu nodded. It is true that if Hollywood film companies invest in Hong Kong one after another, with their amount of funds, they will definitely cause worse consequences than Taiwan and Southeast Asian film companies.

Thinking about the collapse of Hong Kong movies back then, a large part of the reason was to blame the booing of Taiwanese and Southeast Asian filmmakers.Blind investment and blind follow-up filming have not only consumed the vitality of Hong Kong movies, but also turned off the appetite of many movie audiences.

If Hollywood filmmakers also come to Taiwan's film studios this time, then Hong Kong films will probably be in trouble again.

"I will pay attention to this matter." Xu Guanwu nodded anxiously, "By the way, you must help me distribute the movie "A Man of Gold and Jade" that I will release in the second half of the year."

"Don't worry, don't you worry about letting us do the work?" Richard said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu nodded, then stopped chatting with the two of them, got up and went back to the hotel.Because in the afternoon he has to go shopping with his wife and son.

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In the afternoon, Xu Guanwu accompanied Zhao Yazhi's mother and son to go shopping for a while. They not only bought some interesting clothes for their son, but also bought some casual clothes for themselves.Taking off his suit and putting on casual clothes, Xu Guanwu felt much more relaxed.

Since he decided to retire, Xu Guanwu's pursuit of fame and fortune has faded a lot.In the past, he would have chatted with David and Richard for a long time, inquiring about the latest trends in the American film industry, young and talented directors, the latest masterpiece of a certain writer, etc., in order to find investment opportunities Chance.But now after he finished his work, he just walked away and stopped paying attention to so many messy things.Even if some news might bring him tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in income, he didn't care about it any more.

"Husband, you seem to be in a good mood today. Why, did you invest in any good money-making projects?" Seeing Xu Guanwu smiling happily, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help asking with a smile.

"Investment means investing in some projects, but that's not the happiest thing for me." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "The happiest thing for me is that our family can walk together happily. Such happy times don't come often. Yes."

"Yeah, who made you always have another person in your heart, how can you have so much energy to take care of our mother and child?" Zhao Yazhi said sourly.

Xu Guanwu frowned, "Okay, let's not talk about these things. My son's clothes are almost bought, let's go back to the hotel first. The day after tomorrow is the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, and I still have some things to deal with."

"Okay then." Seeing that Xu Guanwu was obviously looking for an excuse, but it was hard to expose him, Zhao Yazhi sighed and nodded.

After getting along with her husband for many years, she has basically figured out his temper, which is narrow-minded and machismo.So if he has already expressed that he doesn't want to talk about a certain topic, basically stop talking about it, otherwise it will only make him more and more angry.

After the two returned to the hotel, Xu Guanwu turned on the TV, only to see that the TV station was reporting Michael Jackson's news, saying that he was preparing a new album, but the progress was not very good, which made him very depressed.

(End of this chapter)