The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 562 Oscar Award

After molesting the master of ceremonies, Xu Guanwu led Zhao Yazhi into the hall.

David and Richard came up to meet them, and both of them fell down laughing, "You are too disrespectful to ABC, and you just say that you have no comment?" "In fact, being rich is not a bad thing, why not How about a generous admission?"

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing, "Admitting being rich is good for me. It's not that a few more dogs will follow behind me in the future. There is an old saying in China called 'wealth is not revealed', and it has been passed down for thousands of years. It is not unreasonable. Yes. Rich people in the United States are under a lot of pressure, like steel magnate Carnegie and oil tycoon Rockefeller, they were all strongly criticized during their lifetime. I don’t want to be the next victim.”

"It's not that serious. Carnegie and Rockefeller's start-up process was too bloody, so they were criticized and despised by people. You didn't use despicable methods in the process of making a fortune. You actually earned it from your own investment. What can I blame you for?" Richard said with a smile.

"If you want to accuse me, there is no excuse. If someone really wants to punish me, even if there is no reason, they will make up a reason. Have you forgotten Mr. Mark Twain's "Running for Governor"?" Xu Guanwu He said with a smile, "As a foreigner, I would be hated if I scraped away hundreds of millions of dollars in Hollywood every year. Now I have to let the media make more hype. I'm afraid I won't die too early."

"It seems to make sense, but if I have as much money as you, I will spread it out and want to let the whole world know that I have money." Richard said with a smile, "When the time comes, people will Come to flatter me, sexy and charming beauties will also come to get close to me, fine wine and delicacies, luxury cars and yachts, private jets..."

Xu Guanwu couldn't help laughing when he heard what Richard said, "The life you live is basically the same as those ancient stupid kings, with wine pools and meat forests, luxury and lust... It seems that men's preferences have not changed much for thousands of years. He also said that technology has advanced and mankind has made progress, cut!"

"By the way, is what the master of ceremonies asked just now true? Do you really have that much money?" David asked curiously.

"Why do you gossip like this?" Xu Guanwu glanced at David in surprise and asked, "Does it really matter if you have so much money?"

"Of course, if you really have that much money, then I will be more respectful when I see you in the future." David joked with a smile.

"You don't know how to call me 'Master' when we meet?" Xu Guanwu also said with a smile.

"If you are willing to share half of the property with me, I will consider calling you that." David said with a smile.

"When I really share half of your property with me, you will say that we both have the same money, so why should I call you master." Xu Guanwu also said with a smile.

"That's what you said." David smiled as if you were right.

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After taking a short break in the hall, many film company managers, producers, directors and even actors came to strike up a conversation. The flamboyant flirting with Xu Guanwu made Richard and David very envious.It's just that Xu Guanwu didn't dare to chat with these women because his wife was by his side. Besides, he didn't like playing with golden cats, especially the strong perfume smell they wore.

Xu Guanwu knows that Europeans and Americans have the problem of heavy body odor, even for beautiful women, it is difficult to avoid this, so they usually rely on strong perfume to cover up the smell.But if the perfume is sprayed too much, it is as unbearable to people as a strong body odor.Especially now that there are so many people gathered in the hall, the smells of various perfumes are mixed together, which produces an extremely weird smell, which makes people faintly sick after smelling it, it is really unbearable.

Among the many people who approached him, Xu Guanwu also met Mr. Edward Pressman, the producer who held the copyright of "Conan the Barbarian" and planned to let Xu Guanwu invest in the filming.

However, the current Edward is quite different from the Edward a few years ago. A few years ago, Edward was like a pug, circling around the managers of these big Hollywood companies, trying every means to get them to invest in his own movies, but because of " The cost of the film Conan the Barbarian is too high, and the box office may not be very satisfactory, so even though Edward tried his best to praise this film as the best in the world, those big film companies are still not interested in investing.

But now Edward is exhaling and raising his eyebrows, with a look of success and complacency, and he is neither humble nor overbearing when facing Xu Guanwu, as if his spine has suddenly been supplemented with calcium.They were completely different from before, and their temperament was obviously different. Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be amazed when he saw it.

"Hey, this Mr. Edward Pressman has changed his sex?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile, "Could it be that he has already got investment, so his back is much tougher than before."

"You guessed it right, Universal Pictures invested in his movie last year, and his movie is currently preparing for the set in Hungary, and it is expected to officially start shooting in the second half of the year." Richard smiled and said.

"No wonder." Xu Guanwu nodded. It seemed that Arnold Schwarzenegger was finally going to be in his early days.If there is no miscalculation, after this movie, Arnold will be established as a big hero on the screen, and then he will be photographed by James Cameron, playing the cold-blooded and brutal devil terminator, and he will be established in one fell swoop. His status in the field of action movies has become an action superstar that can rival Stallone.

"It seems that we need to find an opportunity to sign the 'Governor'. This tough guy has created a lot of box office." Xu Guanwu couldn't help thinking.Not to mention the "Terminator" series, but "True Lies", "Cosmic Dragon", "Dragon Brothers", etc., are all blockbusters with a box office of over [-] million US dollars.And the most important thing is that Arnold Schwarzenegger has a strong appeal overseas. Although his movies only have a box office of tens of millions of dollars in the United States, they have a box office of over [-] million dollars overseas.Arnold Schwarzenegger has won the hearts of action movie lovers all over the world with his burly figure, solid muscles, and neat movements.

"At present, only Universal Pictures is willing to invest in him. The high cost of more than 2000 million US dollars invites a newcomer to be the protagonist, and it is not bad to be able to recover the cost in the end." David also shook his head and said.Xu Guanwu also recommended to them before that they could invest in this movie, but after careful research, they felt that the investment of this movie needs at least 2000 million US dollars, and the follow-up publicity will cost at least 1000 million US dollars.The cost alone was 3000 million U.S. dollars, but the actors were just newcomers, and there was no guarantee that they could recover their investment, so they had to give up the movie after much consideration.

Xu Guanwu knew that this movie would definitely be able to recoup the investment, because later this movie also had a sequel called "Conan the Destroyer" and the spin-off movie "Excalibur".But compared to other more profitable movies, investing more than 2000 million yuan in "Conan the Barbarian" just to recover the cost is not Xu Guanwu's way of investing.If a movie doesn't double or triple its profit, he won't even consider it.Otherwise, he would rather spend money on his own software laboratory, at least the things he researched could be patented, which would bring Xu Guanwu a steady stream of wealth.

"Why is Universal Pictures so generous? Isn't it afraid of bankruptcy?" Xu Guanwu asked with a smile.He knew that Universal had an economic crisis a long time ago. In his previous life, he was able to come back to life because of blockbusters such as "Jaws" and "ET". It's a great opportunity, so it should have been on the verge of bankruptcy, but why can it still spend 2000 million to invest in the filming of "Conan the Barbarian"?

"It's just because it's about to go bankrupt, so it's so crazy." David said with a smile, "I heard that Universal Pictures put its film library to the bank in order to raise funds. If "Conan the Barbarian" comes If they can’t even earn back the cost, I think Universal Pictures is going to be in big trouble.”

David said with a smile, there is no sorrow for the death of a rabbit and a fox, or the sorrow of a thing hurting its kind.In fact, he is not to blame. Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox are originally competitors. It is naturally better for them to have one less enemy than one more enemy.

After Xu Guanwu heard this, he was very envious of Universal Pictures' film library. Universal Pictures thought it was the second oldest company in Hollywood back then, and it was once the number one film company in Hollywood Pictures. Works, such as "All Quiet on the Western Front", "Cleopatra", "Vampire", "The Mummy", "Frankenstein" and so on, if these films are bought by Xu Guanwu, they can be broadcast on cable TV at that time. Good ratings, but also can save a lot of copyright fees.

It's just that the film library is like the lifeblood of a film company, and no film company is willing to sell the film library to others unless death is imminent.Besides, even if the company reaches the last step, it can apply for bankruptcy and liquidation. As long as the film library is still in its own hands, it can continue to use it for financing. This is also a magic weapon for many Hollywood film companies to survive.So even though Universal Pictures is on the verge of bankruptcy, the film library in his hand is not something he can get at will.What's more, the "Conan the Barbarian" will soon recover the cost for Universal Pictures, so there is no possibility of him going bankrupt.

"But what if something goes wrong during the shooting, or what if the box office is not satisfactory after the film is released?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help thinking, "If you push it aside, Universal Pictures will be in a quagmire and he will not be able to Pay off the bank’s debts, then that movie library will be auctioned off, and I can buy it with money.”

The more Xu Guanwu thinks about it, the more he feels that this method is good, but he is not in a hurry to implement it now. He plans to wait until the film is halfway through, and most of the funds have already been invested in it. If there is a little noise at that time, it is estimated that Universal Pictures will want to withdraw the capital by then. It's all gone.

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After standing in the hall for a while, the Oscar Awards Ceremony officially began. Xu Guanwu entered the venue holding his wife's hand, and sat in the more important front row as usual.

"The beauties who approached you just now, you can chat with them very well." Zhao Yazhi leaned close to Xu Guanwu's ear and whispered, seeing her sticking so close, there was still a smile on her face, I don't know I thought I was talking sweet words.

"I'm wronged, my wife, they took the initiative to chat with me, I didn't seduce them." Xu Guanwu hurriedly shouted his injustice.

"Hmph, you still need to seduce them yourself. As long as you show off your title of entertainment tycoon, there will naturally be a large number of beauties rushing over like moths to a flame." Zhao Yazhi snorted.

"This effect is not what I want, you know I've always kept a low profile." Xu Guanwu smiled, "Besides, I'm not interested in these European and American golden cats, you know that too. Why bother to eat this dry vinegar Woolen cloth?"

"Hmph! I just feel uncomfortable seeing you chatting with those women." Zhao Yazhi said.

(End of this chapter)