new kung fu king

Chapter 526 The good show has just begun

The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit awkward. Apart from the fact that George Wilson, the representative of 20th Century Fox, his old partner for many years, had a strong interest in "Myth", United Artists directly said that there were some problems with the company recently, and that it did not occupy any position in terms of distribution. The advantages.

The representatives of the remaining four companies were in a daze, dazed and stupefied. The representative of the Columbia company even directly studied Chinese green tea, as if Chinese green tea was more interesting than "Mythology".

"Tiger." Seeing this, George Wilson was a little helpless. He spread his hands and wanted to say something, but saw Wang Xiaohu suddenly smiled, and waved his hand to stop himself from speaking.

"What do you mean? Do you have an idea?" George Wilson frowned and stopped talking.

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "I know what you are worried about. Are you worried about the loss of theaters?"

"Young man, you are right!" The Colombian representative took a sip of green tea and said, "Just like this cup of tea, it is not very suitable for Americans who drink coffee for a long time."

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows: "There is always an adaptation period for new things. Wasn't our cooperation very pleasant before? Why not continue?"

"But I feel that coffee tastes better than green tea." The representative of Columbia said in an elder tone, his attitude represented the decision of him and Columbia company.

"In the past, the previous rule was that your Xiehe film was released in Hong Kong, and we decided to cooperate with you to release it after we got a good reputation at the box office." The representative of Disney said: "It's obviously not like that this time, young man, I It is still recommended that you release it in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and if word of mouth and box office are good, we will consider co-release.”

Disney is the king of the animation film world. Wang Xiaohu grew up watching "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck", and he also knows that Disney's affiliated industries are very powerful. In his previous life, Disney owned Disneyland Resort, Walt Disney World, authorized It operates Paris Disney Resort, Tokyo Disney Resort and Hong Kong Disney Resort, and plans to build Shanghai Disneyland Resort.

Such a reaction from Disney was already expected by Wang Xiaohu. He turned his attention to the representatives of MGM and Paramount and said, "You guys also think about it in the same way, don't you?"

"Yes, the box office determines the value of the film. If there is no value, it will be difficult for us to see your sincerity, Tiger." The representative of MGM with deep pockets said.

If the Disney and Columbia representatives were mild-mannered, what MGM said was somewhat harsh.

MGM's influence in Hollywood is also very strong. This company has shot the most outstanding film in the history of film: "Gone with the Wind", and also created the enduring screen classic 007 series, and created the immortal cartoon image "Tom and Jerry". ", initiated the establishment of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and launched the Academy Award (that is, Oscar)...

You must know that any one of the above achievements can make this company immortal, not to mention the combination of several myths.The company's lion logo was once regarded as a symbol of the United States. Its superstars gathered together and once created the myth of releasing a movie every week.

However, in recent years, the development of MGM has not been very satisfactory. In the early 70s, MGM, which had been losing money for several years, was bought by American gambling tycoon Kirk Kerkorian.Kerkorian is the king of gambling in Las Vegas and is keen on the casino and hotel industry. Therefore, MGM is getting farther and farther away from the film industry.Since then, Kerkorian has resold MGM twice and bought it back twice, making MGM suffer a lot.

Of course, the current MGM still has the absolute right to speak in Hollywood. As soon as he said these words, the representative of Paramount simply shrugged his shoulders, and there was nothing left to say.

"OK, I think this is probably the biggest obstacle for our inability to cooperate!" Wang Xiaohu nodded and said, "But it doesn't matter, everyone can watch the sample first before making a decision."

This is the United States, the American style that is realistic to the point of scum.They're not even in the mood to bother to look at you when you're worthless because talking to them is a waste of their time.When you have enough capital and reflect your own value, they seem to suffer from "amnesia", forgetting your previous abjection and embarrassment, and showing you peace and respect. Kissed face to face, so passionate that you can't get used to it, I'm afraid it's a hundred times, ten thousand times more passionate than your lover.

But when you go bankrupt, they will quickly put on another mask, and they will be strangers to each other, no, not even strangers, as if you were never an intelligent life on earth, in their In my eyes, you don't even count as flowers and plants.

This is the United States, and this is the American spirit, and it also forces those middle and lower classes who have the American dream to climb up. Only by fully revealing their own value can they gain equal opportunities to be respected and admired.

To put it bluntly, most grassroots people in the United States are looking for "opportunities." This is the most powerful brainwashing effect of the American Dream.

When Wang Xiaohu listened to the speeches of several representatives, you can imagine the raging fire burning in his heart. The value of a dog day is the question of how many zeros follow a number.

Wang Xiaohu knew that if he hadn't been crazily collecting money in Hollywood these past few years and accumulating primitive capital quickly, he believed that these Yankees would never have come to participate in the movie viewing party organized by him, an oriental man. What it means for a box office failure after its North American release.

In fact, the reason is very simple. Once "Mythology" loses, Wang Xiaohu's capital accumulated in Hollywood over the years will shrink at a meteor-like rate, and Xiehe, a carriage that has just entered the American highway, will also be kicked out, and Xiehe will never recover. , Run Run Shaw's analysis in this aspect is relatively in place, and even said that this is the lesson of blood and tears summed up by Shaw Brothers during his trip to Hollywood.

Of course, even if Wang Xiaohu's heart was burning with anger, he would not show it on his face. Instead, he was calmer now, and arranged for Winterdur to go to the screening room to prepare and invite the representatives present to watch the movie.

Representatives of Disney, Columbia, MGM, and Paramount took the lead on the pretext of "busy business", leaving only 20th Century Fox, Universal, and United Artists.

"boss"

In the screening room, just as Winterdur started to speak, he was interrupted by Wang Xiaohu, who shook his head and said, "Old Wen, I know it's not your fault at work, I can understand your mood at this time, don't talk now, everything Let’s talk about it after the film is over.”

Winterdur was so moved. You must know that at the beginning, these guys agreed very happily. Except for the direct rejection of the old club Warner, MGM, Columbia, and Disney who just left all agreed well. , Why did you change your tone as soon as you met?

Old Du couldn't figure it out. He frowned and wondered why. There was another person on the scene who was also thinking about it. This person was George Wilson.

Back then, George Wilson was only a small person in charge of the 20th Century Fox Distribution Company. He still remembered that Wang Xiaohu ran around with a sample of "Rocky" in his hand. Thus decided to distribute "Rocky" as an agent.

Since then, George Wilson's fate has risen as high as the box office of "Rocky". In less than half a year, he became the president of Searchlight. All of this is closely related to Wang Xiaohu. Wang Xiaohu was given a chance, and Wang Xiaohu also gave him a chance. It can be said that his fate was tied to Wang Xiaohu's chariot.

But when George Wilson saw the beginning of "Myth", he couldn't help frowning.

"God, this was filmed in China! Why not Hong Kong or some other country!" George Wilson thought depressingly.

The screen in the screening room is not very big, at least much smaller than the ones in standard movie theaters. What is being shown on the screen is the footage of Shaanxi farmers digging a well and discovering the terracotta warriors. Don’t look at Wang Xiaohu’s tossing about shooting these scenes for several days. , but after editing, it takes less than 5 minutes before and after on the screen.

It was this short 5 minutes that made George Wilson frowned. Yes, he did not deny that the film was very delicate, and it had a taste of a Western movie at first, but he cared more about the plot, you know In Wang Xiaohu's films over the years, there has never been such a bland beginning.

To be precise, this beginning was a failure!There is no desire to attract people to watch.

So he whispered to Wang Xiaohu: "Tiger, what are you doing, is this the movie you let me watch? It's too bad, if it is in the theater, I will directly ask for a refund."

Wang Xiaohu smiled awkwardly, and he said: "Hehe, I feel bored to start with the fierce martial arts scene every time, I will try to change the beginning, George, bear with me, there will be something you are interested in soon .”

Lucas over there rolled his eyes after hearing the words. You must know that he had communicated with Wang Xiaohu no less than three times during the editing process. Judging from the eyes, this start is extremely bad!
But Wang Xiaohu always insisted on this point of view, "The smell of wine is not afraid of deep alleys!" This was his answer to Lucas at that time.

The representatives of Universal Corporation actually wanted to leave, because their president Lang Meyer just asked him to go through the motions. Universal Corporation’s interest was not in this so-called epic film "Myth" with a Chinese label, but in a horror film that could scare people to death. The copyright of the sequel to the movie "Jaws".

Seeing the opening like this, he immediately sighed, "What is this? A Chinese western movie? Well, in my impression, China has always been poor and backward, and those peasants probably don't dress as brightly as in the movie. Bar?"

This is the impression that Universal’s ghostwriter has of China. He and the majority of Americans share this view. In their opinion, China is impoverished, full of beggars in patched clothes, the streets are messy, and ordinary people have no food to eat. , Social security is in a mess.

In the movie "Myth", it seems that this is not the case. Although the common people's clothes are not very fashionable, they are not tattered, and their faces are full of happiness.

"What's going on, I bet, it must be the credit of the director of the East, he wants us to see a different China, but what can this do?" The representative of the Universal Company has already typed in 5 minutes. He yawned twice, but in order to get the copyright of the sequel of "Jaws", he still endured and insisted on watching.

The representative of United Artists was in the same situation. He was even secretly proud in his heart: "Go to hell with epic films. There is no doubt that this kind of epic films can only deceive children who don't understand China's national conditions. Maybe this oriental director will become the next generation. A Michael Cimino, it's going to be a good show!"

Michael Cimino is currently filming "Heaven's Gate" for United Artists. The director who won many statuettes in Hollywood last year with "The Deer Hunter" vaguely gave hope to the American director circle, so United Artists The American company asked him to shoot "Heaven's Gate".

Danmei's promotional slogan is not small, and they plan to invest 3000 million US dollars to complete the epic masterpiece, so their confidence and ambition are also very large, and they want to let Lianmei fly further.

But in fact, it has been two years since the filming of "Heaven's Gate", and the investment in the film is still increasing. By the beginning of this year, it has soared to 4400 million U.S. dollars. You must know that 4400 million U.S. dollars is enough to create two "Planet A sci-fi blockbuster like The Great War. (Provided that there is no remake of Star Wars.)
The entire United Artists has fallen into a state of heavy debts for this reason. They no longer ask how much money "Heaven's Gate" can make, they can only recover the cost and help the company tide over the difficulties.

And the chief culprit that caused United Artists to be paralyzed in the economic chain was the great director Michael Cimino, who was once regarded as a genius director.

While the representative of United Artists was gloating, the sound of horseshoes suddenly came from the small screening room, which lifted the spirits of the groggy and uninterested people.

I saw more than a dozen war horses running quickly from the mouth of the long canyon. From far to near, I could vaguely see the dust raised by the horseshoes. George Wilson couldn't enjoy watching just one scene.

"Tiger, that person turned out to be you, it's unbelievable, you look so cool in that armor!"

After George Wilson saw clearly that it was Wang Xiaohu who was riding the horse, he was a little too excited to react. Yes, this was beyond his expectation. "Why didn't I find you just now?"

Wang Xiaohu laughed when he heard the words: "Maybe it's because I was dressed too rustic at first?"

"No, that's not the case!" George Wilson said after thinking for a while, "It's that preconceived idea that made me ignore your existence. God, please forgive my sins. I didn't mean it."

"Actually, I'm not angry. The fun has just begun." Wang Xiaohu pointed to the screen and said, "Look, there's something you're interested in!"
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Halfway through this chapter, there was a power outage. I had to wait for a whole day, and I only called an hour ago. Oops, I kept everyone waiting for a long time. I'm sorry.

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