new kung fu king

Chapter 231 Four requirements, otherwise no discussion

If Bruce Lee is only satisfied with starring in Hollywood films, his life will not be more dazzling and dazzling. In Wang Xiaohu's memory, "Enter the Dragon" is the first time that Hong Kong and Hollywood have tried to co-produce a film. The process of filming It was very difficult. The differences in Chinese and Western film and television systems, cultural surprises, and imperfect conception of the script made this film appear to be full of disasters. There were even incidents of Bruce Lee disobeying the director and playing big names.

These are not what Wang Xiaohu cares about. For him, the start of filming of "Enter the Dragon" means that Bruce Lee's life will enter the final countdown stage, because Bruce Lee had at least seven headache attacks during the filming process, and even Passed out once.

Bruce Lee's personality was also very unstable during filming, and he was extremely rude to the American staff, but he was friendly to many Chinese staff.It made all the people who participated in the filming miserable. They couldn't face the moody Bruce Lee. The cause of Bruce Lee's erratic personality was most likely caused by his frequent headaches and mania in the later period. It may be that he resents Warner's repeated deception of him in the early years.

And the most terrible thing is that when this film was released in the United States on August 73, 8, Bruce Lee had passed away!So Wang Xiaohu has a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart for this film!To be honest, Wang Xiaohu would rather not make this film, but he knew that no matter how much he persuaded, he could not stop Bruce Lee's pace and determination to enter Hollywood, so he had to change his mind in a very short time to expand Bruce Lee's image, The resulting profit is more!
"Oh? Do you have a better way? I mean how to make Warner vomit blood." Bruce Lee rubbed his hands and said, "I'm very interested in this."

"I want to know what Hollywood says first?"

After thinking about it for a while, Bruce Lee said: "It's Fred Winterdur who called me. Maybe you don't know him. He used to be the manager of a nightclub in New York, and then joined Warner Corporation as the vice president of creation. And served as the producer of famous films such as "Faustall Concert" and "Detective and Catch the Pornographer."

"Uh." Wang Xiaohu curled his lips. He was indeed not familiar with this name, but there was such a very enthusiastic guy in "Legend of Bruce Lee". He should be the prototype of Fred Winterdur. "Go on."

"Winterdur has some personal relationship with me. Yes, he once said something like this after watching the TV series I filmed in Hollywood: I hope that all thrillers in the future will have hand-to-hand combat similar to martial arts fighting. , that's much more exciting than taking a gun and sweeping wildly." Bruce Lee said here with some pride: "Yes, he is a very interesting guy."

Wang Xiaohu nodded, these are very normal things, now Bruce Lee is a mess in Asia, if those Yankees don't come to their senses, they can jump off the building. "Brother Xiaolong, let's get to the point. I want to know their specific requirements."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I can't calm down when I think of the several times Warner has cheated on me. Well, let's talk about the main point. Winterdur said that there is a script that is suitable for me. Of course it is not what Stephen said last time. "The Silent Flute", I hate that guy who made fun of me!" Bruce Lee said angrily, but soon he saw Wang Xiaohu frowned, and laughed again: "Sorry, sorry, this time I promise to make the point !"

"Winterdur called twice today, and he told me that the president of Warner Bros. has approved his proposal, and wants to spend [-] dollars to invite me to act in a Chinese Kung Fu movie with American characteristics. To be honest, Xiaohu, I'm a little moved!"

Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "That's all, right?"

"Yes, that's all."

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohu's face suddenly became serious. He took a sip of coffee and said, "Brother Xiaolong, have you seriously thought about it? You are not only a professional actor, but also the owner of Xiehe Film Company. Now they have something to ask for." You, why don't you cooperate with Warner Corporation in the name of Concorde Corporation?"

Bruce Lee frowned, but his heart began to get a little excited. He opened his mouth and said uncertainly: "You mean, we cooperate with Warner?"

"That's right!" Wang Xiaohu put the coffee heavily on the table and said, "In this way, when the film is successful, not only will you become famous in Hollywood, but our Concord Company will also be famous. Also, your profit will not only be one hundred thousand The remuneration is US dollars, and you can also get a share according to the box office! Brother Xiaolong, what do you think of this proposal?"

"Hey! Why didn't I think of it!" Linda was also a little excited. She spread her hands and said, "Bruce, I think Tiger is right. Concorde is now definitely qualified to be on an equal footing with Hollywood!"

"Yes, I know, my dear, I know very well, oh God, we have a chance to negotiate with Hollywood, this is so exciting!" Bruce Lee's voice trembled, his whole body was immersed in the In great excitement: "Xiaohu, tell me what we are going to do?"

Wang Xiaohu pondered: "At present, we have broken away from Golden Harvest. Our company needs to gain international popularity and replace Golden Harvest's previous distribution channels in Europe, America and other countries. I think the first thing to do is to rely on Warner Bros.' international influence The status of the film industry requires them to release three films under our company, "The Way of the Dragon", "The Righteous Heroes to the Bund", and "Ip Man" first in Europe and the United States, so that when our "Enter the Dragon" is released It will also give European and American audiences a general impression of the company."

"Yes, our three films have not been shown in European and American countries yet, this is definitely a good opportunity!" Bruce Lee clenched his fists and was excited for a long time before he asked: "Then what? Then what shall we do?"

"Tell Winterdur, this is only our first request. I believe that Brother Xiaolong will be moved by your charm and he will agree." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "The second one may be a bit difficult, we will determine the script. And there must be Hong Kong actors participating in the filming, and the filming location must be Hong Kong!"

"Huh? This seems to be difficult for Americans to accept." Bruce Lee realized what he meant. After all, Bruce Lee had worked hard in Hollywood for many years, and he deeply knew the American style of "the boss, I am the second". One can imagine how difficult it is for Americans to come to Hong Kong to shoot.

"Hehe, if they don't agree to the second item, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to agree to the third item." Wang Xiaohu laughed. The items negotiated in his previous life were all written down in black and white, and they had all become reality. He knew that Warner Brother will definitely agree to come down.

With Bruce Lee's frown furrowed, Wang Xiaohu made the third requirement: "We have to personally select the actors from the American side, and we don't want any crooked people to appear in the film. Moreover, before the film is released, all the American actors will be released." Actors must cooperate with us in publicity and campaigning."

"Fourth, after the negatives are edited, the post-production of the English version will be done by Warner, while the Mandarin version will be handled by our Xiehe Company. The box office revenue will be divided according to the two versions. The standard is: [-]-[-] split!"

"Oh hell! Brother, are you crazy, they won't agree!" Bruce Lee scratched his hair, he felt that his brother was going crazy, if the third point can be negotiated, then the fourth point is no different In the Arabian Nights, idiots tell dreams!

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Why didn't you agree? Don't you think that we, as one of the investors, can't enjoy the benefits we won?"

"Huh? Winterdur said that Warner will be responsible for all investment."

"Ha, then let him go to hell, Brother Xiaolong, tell him that now the major Hollywood production companies such as MGM, Columbia, United Artists, etc., are also contacting you about shooting new films, and they have offered The conditions are even more lucrative than Warner, if you say so, I believe those guys in Warner will agree!" Wang Xiaohu added another fire: "You know, we have a script in our hands, a script! Brother Xiaolong, you put us Show them the box office records of the company's three films, and I believe both Warner Bros. and MGM will agree!"

"I feel like you're going crazy!" Bruce Lee sighed and stood up from the sofa and said, "Okay, I'll tell Winterdur all these requests, but I don't guarantee that he will agree."

"Brother Xiaolong, don't act so unconfident. Now that we are famous, there are many opportunities to enter Hollywood. What is a Warner? Calm down and think about it. What I said is right. There is absolutely huge upside to our company.”

After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he also stood up from the sofa, stretched his waist and said: "Ah, today is really cool, Brother Xiaolong, please think about it slowly, I need to go back to sleep, and I have to go to Azhi tomorrow night You are a guest at home, hehe."

"Well, good luck!" Bruce Lee said, tilting his head.

Linda sent Wang Xiaohu out, and when she passed the small red wooden bridge, she said, "Tiger, thank you for helping Bruce again."

"Linda, as I said, Brother Xiaolong and I are brothers on the same line. When I help him, I also help me." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked: "Linda, Is Brother Xiaolong still having a headache recently?"

"It doesn't seem to be that frequent anymore."

"Then he is still taking a lot of drugs?"

"Take it, but the amount has decreased." Linda asked curiously after finishing speaking: "Tiger, is there something wrong?"

"It's nothing, I'm just asking casually." After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he smiled mysteriously and left humming a little song
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