new kung fu king

Chapter 354 Controversy over the script of "Jaws"
As one of the major shareholders of TVB, Wang Xiaohu is of course aware of the grievances between TVB and Li's.

In 1957, Hong Kong Lai De Voice established "Lai De Ying Sheng" and officially launched TV services. This is the first TV station in Hong Kong and the Far East, and it opened a page in the history of Hong Kong TV broadcasting.At that time, "Lide" provided services on a fee-based basis. At the beginning of its establishment, each user was charged a monthly fee of 25 Hong Kong dollars, which was quite expensive at the time, and ordinary citizens could not afford it. Therefore, "TV" was a luxury in the upper class in Hong Kong at that time. Taste.

In 1967, wireless TV TVB started broadcasting. Since the service is free and the programs meet the tastes of the audience, Li Yingsheng's customers continue to lose.It wasn't until last year when it was reported that Wang Xiaohu became the permanent major shareholder of TVB, under pressure, "Li's TV" began to provide free TV broadcasting services to prevent TVB from getting bigger. Subtle changes have taken place in the process.

However, since it took one month for Li Yingying to switch from wired reception to wireless reception, during the one-month transition period, Li's original audience switched to watching wireless one after another.

What Run Run Shaw is most eager to do at this time is to continue this kind of victory. If "Jing Fu Men" directed by Wang Xiaohu, the best Oscar director, is broadcast at this time, it will be very helpful to increase TVB's ratings , the originally weak gap between the two will also widen.

"Anyway, you don't ride big horses in Hollywood. Instead of wasting time and youth, you might as well finish "Fist of Fury" and toss it for more than a year. If you don't play it again, there will be rumors from the outside world." Run Run Shaw said earnestly .

"Sixth uncle, who said that if you don't ride a big ocean horse, you have nothing to do?" Wang Xiaohu was dissatisfied immediately when he heard that, and complained: "I still have a movie with an actor that hasn't been finalized yet."

"Are you going to shoot a new movie in Hollywood again?" Run Run Shaw's inhaling voice was clearly audible over the phone: "Boy, you are getting more and more difficult, so don't rush back to Hong Kong, and do your PR work over there." Let's do some work for Shaw Brothers to enter Hollywood in the future."

Shaw's film "The First Punch in the World" caused a great sensation in the United States. If it wasn't for several films by Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu that diluted Shaw's market in the United States, then Shaw might become the only company in Hong Kong that keeps in touch with Hollywood. However, two years ago, Golden Harvest coerced Bruce Lee into successfully opening up the European and American markets and replaced Shaw Brothers. Now, Wang Xiaohu cleverly used a series of tricks to injure Golden Harvest, and used his foresight to make Stallone popular. He has firmly established himself in Hollywood, and the four Oscar statuettes make the halo on his head even more dazzling. It's no wonder Run Run Shaw didn't take the opportunity to hug Wang Xiaohu's thigh!

Run Run Shaw's strong monopoly desire at this time surprised Wang Xiaohu, and smiled slightly: "Uncle Six, you are really old-hearted. Hollywood, beware of flashbacks!"

"Fuck you. You just don't want Uncle Six to open up the situation overseas!" Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile.

"Uncle Six, you have to speak conscientiously when you speak. Xiehe Company has 15% of your shares. Who are we to follow? Isn't mine yours?"

"Don't, don't, you are a big director in Hollywood now, I, a little Xiami from Hong Kong, dare not get close to you." Run Run Shaw said in his mouth, but he was depressed in his heart. The family business is still not as rich as Shao's. I don't want to talk to you about what's yours is mine, and what's mine is yours. It's too bad for Shao's!

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said, "Okay, okay. I'll go back to Hong Kong after I've settled the actors here, but returning to Hong Kong is not to shoot "Jing Fu Men", but to shoot my "A Hu"!"

"Stinky boy, wait until you come back and see how I deal with you!"

Wang Xiaohu won the Best Director Golden Man at the age of 20, which immediately aroused people's frenzy for all young directors. He was admired, doubted, and hated by his peers. Hollywood embraced an oriental prodigy, and everyone soon After finding out that he was cooperating with Steven Spielberg, who was also young, to shoot a new movie, he gathered in front of the Xiehe branch every day, hoping to sell himself.

After Wang Xiaohu heard Winterdur's report, he simply stopped going to work in the branch, but called Spielberg who was preparing for "Jaws": "Steven, it's been two months. I wonder how our big guys are doing."

The big guy refers to the three mechanical sharks, and now Spielberg has arranged for someone to weld them.

"Boss, things are more complicated than we expected. I'd better report to your home in person."

Half an hour later, Spielberg knocked on the door of Wang Xiaohu's home in Los Angeles. As soon as he rushed in, he asked anxiously, "Hey, where is that thing?"

Wang Xiaohu was taken aback by such nonsensical words, he frowned and asked, "Steven, what are you talking about, where is it?"

"Did you do it on purpose?" Spielberg swept his eyes around the room: "The four statuettes you took away from Oscar, damn it, I haven't touched them myself yet."

"Haha!" Wang Xiaohu laughed, and led the lovely Spielberg into his study, pointing to the four statuettes randomly arranged on the bookshelf, and said, "Here, they are lying on it!"

"OMG, this is the highest honor in the world of cinema, and you put them here casually!" Spielberg showed great regret, picked up the statuette, his eyes were as gentle as his lover, and gently stroked , said in admiration: "Look, her skin reflects the soft light, so charming! If I own this thing, I will sleep with her in my arms every day."

"I'd rather hug the pillow than this kind of hard, cold metal." Wang Xiaohu sat down with a smile, Zhao Yazhi brought two cups of coffee at this time, then smiled at Spielberg and left.

"Watching a beautiful fairy, I wouldn't like to hug such a thing." Spielberg said enviously.Originally, after he finished filming "Rampage", he caused quite a stir in the circle. Many people even envied him, saying that he became a great director at a young age, but when compared with Wang Xiaohu, those so-called honors immediately became less The past slipped away like a cloud, because Wang Xiaohu was younger than him, and more dazzling than the honor he had won.

"Tell me, what exactly confused you?" Wang Xiaohu sat on the sofa and asked Spielberg, who was still obsessed with the statuette.

"It's the script problem!" Spielberg couldn't put it down, holding it tightly and said, "Peter Benchley is very dissatisfied with the script you adapted, maybe you haven't read today's "Los Angeles Times" .”

"No." Wang Xiaohu frowned. In fact, he rarely had the habit of reading English newspapers. "What did he say?"

"He complained to the "Los Angeles Times" that your revised script completely violated his original wishes, and some places that were originally auxiliary to the storyline were replaced. He reminded you that you need to further study the original story characters, frankly. Said, he thinks you're just a 20-year-old kid who has no experience with real life other than movies, and this supposedly greatest novel will be ruined by you if it's not filmed the way the original is. Already!" Spielberg said cautiously while observing Wang Xiaohu's expression.

One must know that Wang Xiaohu is now the best director in Hollywood, and the weight of the Oscar statuette is unquestionable, but Benchelli said such words to the newspaper at this time, which is somewhat annoying.

After listening to it, Wang Xiaohu did not answer directly, but took out the novel "Jaws" from the bookshelf. There were many annotations on this novel. After all, Wang Xiaohu only knew a little about the story of "Jaws", so he was writing When writing the script, he borrowed from Benchelli's original work, and marked the differences between the storyline in memory and the plot of the novel.

"I know what he is referring to." Wang Xiaohu threw the novel aside and said with a smile: "What I removed was some plots about sex and corruption. After all, "Jaws" is not based on such trivial things. selling point."

"So how should we respond?" Spielberg asked.

"I heard that this book has been published. How about the circulation?" When Wang Xiaohu bought the film and television adaptation copyright of "Jaws" for US$15, Peter Benchley discovered the business opportunity and immediately published the novel at his own expense. , and under the guise of "Tiger Wang has decided to adapt this book into a movie", I heard that it sold well at first.

"It's anticlimactic! If it wasn't for me and a few friends who didn't buy 100 copies, his circulation wouldn't be in the California bestseller ranks," Spielberg said. "It's only a thousand copies."

"No wonder." Wang Xiaohu realized the crux of the problem after listening to it. He touched his nose and said, "Tell Benchelli later that if he wants this book to sell well, he will obediently cooperate with us in promoting the film." , I guarantee that Jaws will be a top [-] bestseller in the US after it airs."

Isn't it just that now that I have won the Oscar statuette, I feel a little regretful that I sold it cheaply?Playing this kind of low-level trick now, tsk tsk, it’s okay if you cooperate, but if you don’t cooperate, we will be a professional household if we file a lawsuit!
"Okay, but the guy still doesn't feel confident that he can carry the shark hunt and some of the subplots from the novel into the script."

"Let him go to hell, his book is a bit like "The Godfather", a bit like "An Enemy of the People", and a little bit like "Moby Dick". If I didn't like the creativity in it, I wouldn't Spend 15 dollars to buy this patchwork thing!" Wang Xiaohu was furious: "FUCK!"

(End of this chapter)