new kung fu king

Chapter 342 Are You Worth 1000 Hong Kong Dollars

"Tiger, the market for horror movies is not very good now. Isn't William's "The Exorcist" a clear example? Why did you invest in this movie called "Jaws" at this time!" Si After listening to Wang Xiaohu's story about "Jaws", Pierberg asked a little puzzled.

"Steven, you misunderstood a concept!" Wang Xiaohu corrected: "First of all, it's not that the market of horror movies is not good, but that he met "Home Alone", and audiences prefer to choose some horror movies during Christmas. Movies with a festive feel to them, they crave a light-hearted holiday vibe, not a thrill that would scare the hell out of them."

"And according to my retelling just now, this film requires a lot of complicated special effects, which requires detailed planning by you and George. Let me give you an idea first. The first thing you need to do is to make a mechanical shark model. One is The complete model is used to shoot underwater shots, and the other two expose the internal mechanical structure on both sides for shooting side shots.”

Wang Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said: "Do you understand what I said? Making three mechanical sharks will waste more than half a year of your time, and after half a year, the audience will forget the shadows brought by horror movies. When you finish shooting It’s probably going to be next year, so you don’t have to worry about the market and box office results at all, all you have to do is fully devote yourself to the shooting, but before that, you have to buy the right to adapt the film!”

Since "The Exorcist" is known as the originator of horror films, it is impossible to die because of a short-term blockade. Wang Xiaohu believes that Warner will definitely use public relations energy as soon as possible to make "The Exorcist" move to the big screen again after a while to scare people.

"Okay, what you said makes sense." Spielberg frowned and asked, "Tiger, how much do you plan to invest? You must know that those three damn mechanical sharks are big money burners!"

"Do you have any objections if I invest all of it?" Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard this.

"I'm glad to hear that from you!" Spielberg also laughed. There has never been a director or investor in Hollywood like Wang Xiaohu. Every film of his is fully invested, which is similar to Hollywood The rules seem out of place, because in Hollywood, even if everyone knows that a certain film will be popular, in order to reduce investment risks, they still choose to invest in multiple ways to reduce the possibility of box office failure.

But Wang Xiaohu is good. Except for the first "Enter the Dragon" and Warner's joint investment, the other several films are invested by himself. People and others intervene in management, allowing the director to better shoot according to his own intentions.

This is what Spielberg learned from Lucas. Since Wang Xiaohu threw the script of "Star Wars" to Lucas, he invested 2000 million in it and never interfered with the filming of the film. To visit the set is just to see the progress of the filming, and I can make many very good suggestions.This is why Spielberg is jealous of Lucas.

"If I invest in full, I plan to invest 1000 million. Of course, the 1000 million will not be given to you at one time. You need to provide a feasible shooting plan." After thinking about it, Wang Xiaohu said: "How do you feel? Steven."

"1000 million!" Spielberg was obviously intimidated by this amount: "Tiger, how much box office will this film have in your plan?"

"At least, at least the cost should be recovered!" Wang Xiaohu laughed.

"You have the courage to invest 1000 million in a film that doesn't even have a script, OMG, they are right in evaluating you, you are a lunatic!"

"Haha, since I'm a lunatic, why do you still sit with me and drink coffee, aren't you afraid of being laughed at by others?"

Spielberg shook his head and said: "No, I never mind this, in fact I like to chat with a lunatic like you, because it will keep my nervous system constantly exercised!"

What a joke, if someone says that Wang Xiaohu is a lunatic, he is also a lunatic who has swept the Hollywood box office. In the history of Hollywood development, no director has ever washed the myth of Hollywood box office as crazy as Wang Xiaohu. His directorial style and proficiency in different fields of action films, comedy films, and inspirational films, and his skillful control ability, his rapid production of four films a year is beyond the reach of other Hollywood directors, and his ability to make money is beyond the imagination of other companies.

In the eyes of Americans, Wang Xiaohu, an oriental man, is a complete lunatic!
Finding Peter Benchley was not very difficult. It took Spielberg less than three days to bring him in front of Wang Xiaohu. When Peter Benchley learned that his film was favored by Wang Xiaohu, he was very excited. almost fainted. "God, it turned out to be you, it turned out to be you!"

Wang Xiaohu shrugged innocently and said, "Yes, Peter, you are a little surprised, right?"

"Of course!" Peter Benchley held Wang Xiaohu's hand tightly and said, "I've watched all your films, and I'm surprised that you would read my novel. It hasn't been created yet."

"Hmm, so what? Anyway, I value this novel and want to adapt it into a movie. Peter, please offer me a price."

Hearing this, Peter Benchley fell into a state of contemplation. The things Wang Xiaohu valued would definitely not be so bad. The problem is that he doesn't know what price is the most suitable.

Seeing his dilemma, Spielberg immediately said: "Peter, tell me the most ideal price in your mind. If our boss disagrees, we can continue to negotiate."

"Okay." Peter Benchley nodded and said, "This novel has not been finished yet, I don't know what kind of script you will adapt it into, so I think 20 US dollars?"

"Hehe, 20 US dollars?" Wang Xiaohu smiled. He knew that a good script could be sold for 50 US dollars in Hollywood. Originally, he planned to use 50 US dollars to buy the copyright, but when he heard Peter Benchley say so, Only then did he realize that he had overestimated.

"Why, you think it's a bit expensive, okay, then it's 15 US dollars!"

"OK, $15 is settled!" Wang Xiaohu took out the contract that he had drawn up earlier, wrote down the amount of 15 on the amount, and then took out a check and filled it out and handed it to Peter Benchley, "Congratulations , now you have $15!"

Wang Xiaohu didn't expect that he would have 5 US dollars left over with a simple interrogative sentence, so of course he quickly settled the contract.

Peter Benchley, who didn't know anything, immediately signed his name on the contract, shook Wang Xiaohu's hand gratefully and said, "Thank you! Thank you, you are the most generous Oriental I have ever met. seat!"

After seeing off the elated Peter Benchley, Spielberg said with both laughter and laughter: "Boss, you are the best businessman I have ever met in the East, and you have always made small investments to make big profits. "

"You can't say that!" Wang Xiaohu retorted with a smile: "Don't you see that I am also very generous now? I have invested no less than 500 million US dollars in you and George."

"That's right, haha!" Spielberg laughed.

On February 2th, Wang Xiaohu handed over the script of "Jaws" in his memory to Spielberg, asking him to complete the post-production according to his own ideas. If there are no other problems, he can now invest in the mechanical shark. The production steps, for which Wang Xiaohu left the first start-up capital: 10 million US dollars.However, Spielberg is required to provide detailed and true financial reports every month like Lucas, and mail them to Hong Kong for his review.

At this time, the filming of "Rocky II" had come to an end, and Winterdur complained like this when sending Wang Xiaohu away from Los Angeles: "Boss, I found that only the films directed by you have the highest shooting progress and efficiency. Sylvester made a lot of mistakes in the process of directing alone this time, and the shooting plan has been stranded again and again."

Wang Xiaohu sighed, patted Winterdur's shoulder to comfort him and said, "Old Wen, this kind of thing is unavoidable, give him some time to adapt, I believe he will do better in the future."

Hey, if you want to be as perverted as I am, you are crazy. I am a reborn person. I can remember every scene of the film I have studied, and the research notes are all in boxes. If you have two lifetimes of memory, Absolutely no worse than me!Wang Xiaohu sat on the plane back to Hong Kong with grievances in his heart.

Almost every time he returned to Hong Kong, Wang Xiaohu would always be chased and intercepted by reporters, and this time was no exception. As soon as he walked out of the reception hall, he saw Sammo Hung and others forming a solid human wall to resist hundreds of reporters.

"Ah Hu, something happened!" Sammo Hung said with an ugly face.

Before Wang Xiaohu could ask anything, a reporter had already asked loudly: "Mr. Wang Xiaohu, what do you think about Mr. Jackie Chan leaving Golden Harvest?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaohu's eyes narrowed into a slit for an instant, and he frowned and asked Hong Jinbao with a questioning look. Hong Jinbao nodded with difficulty.

Wang Xiaohu exhaled a turbid air from his nose, his eyes were cold, and after glancing at all the reporters, he said with a very displeased expression on his face: "I just heard this question, as for what do you think?" , I’m sorry I can’t answer.” Then he rushed out of the crowd under the cover of Sammo Hung and others without looking back.

"When did this happen?"

"Last night." Sammo Hung said cautiously.

"Did he say why?"

"What did you say that people go to high places and water flows to low places? Damn it, I think this kid just values ​​the 1000 million that Golden Harvest offered!" Sammo Hung said angrily.
-
Oops, it's been a long time since I wrote the third update, I'm so tired!How about some monthly votes to encourage you?
Congratulations to Long Zichen MM for being promoted to the Hall Master of this book!scattered flowers!
(End of this chapter)