new kung fu king

Chapter 355
Wang Xiaohu was very annoyed by what Peter Benchley, the author of the novel "Jaws", did, although Wang Xiaohu understood that this guy took this opportunity to hype up the novel in order to gain his own credit and make the novel sell better.

After all, in the past few days, everyone related to Wang Xiaohu has been honored, not to mention Stallone, Xie Dongshen, Lucas and others, the owner of the old Hollywood film company Twentieth Century Fox alone invited him to eat several times dinner.Not to mention the three Oscar hosts, they tried every means to lure him into the TV station as a talk show, in order to increase the TV's ratings.

Regarding these, Wang Xiaohu directly thanked the guests behind closed doors. Anyone who came forward to invite or make phone calls would use his busy schedule as an excuse. Not very calm?
On the second day after the end of the 46th Oscars, the American Screen Actors Guild planned a general strike on the grounds that "the long-standing controversy over the producer's income cannot be satisfactorily answered." Under the shadow of the general strike, "Big White" Shark" filming crew faced many unpredictable troubles, Wang Xiaohu decided to solve all these problems before returning to Hong Kong after learning about these problems, who knew that the script adaptation controversy arose before the actor's problem was discussed with Spielberg turmoil.

After a while, Wang Xiaohu calmed down, and said to Spielberg: "Steven, don't pay attention to that bastard Benchelli! He is using us to hype now, so that's fine, although let him go, we don't have to spend money. Money can attract good publicity. Now the urgent problem is the actors."

Spielberg nodded, bit his lip and said, "Boss, I get a headache when I think about it, because recently many actors have appeared on the set and at my door, and they urgently need me to provide them with a role. So I hate casting so much now."

"It seems that the shadow of the general strike can't stop their desire to become famous." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "This is very good, at least we don't have to worry about not being able to find actors!"

"You can rest assured about this. I already know the main actor. Sheriff Martin's candidate is Roy Scheider." Wang Xiaohu got up and took out a list from the desk drawer and said, "Because he passed the role in the movie "French Drug Trafficking Network." " and "7 Points Each" as the rough mine policeman, has attracted the audience's attention with his mask-like face and trademark bad nose. However, these two films shot in France brought him very little income.”

"Oh, I know him!" Spielberg raised his eyebrows and said, "But the image of that guy to the audience has been fixed, and I'm afraid it doesn't match the script."

"That's not a problem!" Wang Xiaohu pointed to his head and said, "Steven, use your talents to extract the character of 'New York Policeman' from Roy Scheider and put it into the characters in this film." Among the characters, in the script, the sheriff is such a person: he is usually silent, and he buries his anger in his heart until it is time to explode!"

When Spielberg heard the words, he immediately took out his notebook and recorded everything that Wang Xiaohu said. God knows what else is in the mind of this young boss. In short, it is correct to write down every word!
After he finished recording, he raised his head and asked, "Why is Richard Dreyfuss chosen as the shark hunter? I heard that this guy has a bad habit of taking stimulants, and he seems to be working with Lucas." After finishing "American Graffiti", he ran to Canada. According to Lucas, this person has a terrible temper, and I don't want to affect my friendship with George because of him."

Richard Drivers was the most peculiar of all these actors, and he was notoriously intractable. He dodged military service in 1972, and because of qualms of conscience, he later worked as an orderly at a county hospital in Los Angeles, where he developed a habit of doping.After acting in "American Graffiti", although he participated in the performance of "Kravitz's Apprentice" in Canada, playing the role of a greedy young man, he had hoped that this film would make his acting skills break through. His later life was dull.

As for why Richard Drifus must be chosen, it's actually very simple, because this guy didn't make his mark until he starred in "American Graffiti" in 1973.In Wang Xiaohu's memory, he participated in the filming of "Jaws", and his popularity rose rapidly. Two years later, he starred in another important film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" directed by Spielberg. Here's the big deal: His performance in "The Goodbye Girl" catapulted him into superstar status as the underdog Oscar winner.

A future Oscar winner, Wang Xiaohu has no reason to let go. After all, he is now famous in Hollywood as a newcomer director. Letting an unattractive guy to participate in the filming happens to be able to maintain such a good reputation. After forming a habit like this , whenever Wang Xiaohu uses a newcomer to shoot a new film, everyone will know that this newcomer must be popular!

"Because this is the candidate recommended by George!" Wang Xiaohu shrugged and did not tell the truth, "You have to take care of old friends, don't you? You should try your best to get these people on the list. Remember, we take the initiative now. If the remuneration they propose is too high, replace them directly!"

That is to say, after this sentence, Hollywood began to spread the reason why Wang Xiaohu used newcomers. According to good friends such as Spielberg and Lucas: Tiger never buys stars. his thrifty nature.He believed that ordinary actors would be content to be treated more than they were worth.

When Spielberg talked about the philosophy of casting actors he learned from Wang Xiaohu, he said: "I like to use people who don't have much experience. If you have a fixed image, it's very easy for you to play an ordinary person." Difficult. This is what Tiger Wang told me, and from the beginning, my principle was not to use actors on the cover of "Rolling Stone" magazine."

In the next 20 years, the actors complained that the remuneration provided by Wang Xiaohu was only the legal price, or the price agreed by the industry association. The Los Angeles Times once quoted a longtime attorney as saying: "In most cases, when it comes to the cost of hiring those talented people, no one in the industry can match his negotiating skills, and no one can do it for himself." Its interests can compete with Tiger King's."

But even if Wang Xiaohu's salary is not high, many Hollywood first-line actors are still crying and clamoring to play in his films, even if it is a small role!

Wang Xiaohu answered Spielberg's questions one by one. From this, you can see that Wang Xiaohu has reached the point of being almost all-rounder in Spielberg's mind. Spielberg is as cautious as a primary school student in front of Wang Xiaohu. Every word Wang Xiaohu uttered was recorded in the book, and when most of the questions were answered, he looked at Wang Xiaohu with more and more admiration.

"One last question!" Spielberg raised his hand with a strange expression on his face: "Boss, why do I have to make a cameo in the movie?"

Wang Xiaohu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and pointed to the script and said, "Correct, you are not playing a cameo role. The marine biologist Brown is a very important character. It is precisely because of Brown's profound knowledge that the police chief knows that the man-eating shark is still alive." , and the role you want to play is also very interesting, and you can be regarded as a character who knows how to use his brain to survive." This can be seen from the end of the film, Brown got into the iron cage, escaped immediately after being attacked by a shark, and went to the In the coral pile, after the sheriff beat the shark to death, the shark floated to the surface leisurely and cunningly.

Peter Benchley is like a piece of brown sugar. He approached Wang Xiaohu with a stern face, asking for a small role in "Jaws", "Tiger, you should give me a role, maybe I will win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor Nominate!"

"Peter, I've had enough of your shameless grimaces. I'll give you ten seconds to disappear before my eyes. If you want to be beaten all over the place, try it!" Wang Xiaohu raised his fist, and Benchley returned Thinking he was joking, he shrugged with a smirk to himself and said, "Hey, we're all civilized people!"

"Civilize your sister!" With a bang punch, Benchelli lay on the ground crying in pain. Wang Xiaohu said to Benchelli on the ground: "You have already given you what is due to you. If you want to continue If you continue to entangle, the authorized adaptation contract of "Jaws" in my hand is not a display!"

"OMG, you are a rude savage, don't you only use your fists to solve problems!" Benchelli got up from the ground, his eyes full of fear: "Damn, I lost two front teeth!"

"I said, don't show up in front of me again! Otherwise, your other teeth will be lost!" Wang Xiaohu said loudly, looking at Ben Qili who was staggering and fleeing from home in embarrassment.

Ever since, Wang Xiaohu once again made headlines on the front pages of major newspapers in the United States.

"Director Dongfang showed his savage side and beat the author of the novel "Jaws" until he was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital."

"Peter Bencelli stated that the matter will not stop here, and he will use the weapon of law to obtain justice."

"According to the newspaper's interview with Spielberg, Benchelli pestered Tiger everywhere because he was dissatisfied with 15 yuan and sold the rights to adapt the novel. The script has also been filed with relevant departments, and the launch of "Jaws" will not be affected in the slightest, and it is expected to go to Edgar City on Martha's Vineyard for location shooting at the end of the month."

(End of this chapter)