new kung fu king

Chapter 527 Wang Xiaohu's Threat Theory
In 120 minutes and two hours, George Wilson didn't know how many times he had said words of praise. When the screen began to scroll the credits and thank the unit, he jumped up from his seat and clapped his hands vigorously Said: "Tiger! We are going to order this movie at 20th Century Fox! God, he gave me too much shock and excitement."

"Thank you for your compliment!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile, "I told you that you found something you were interested in."

"Yes, I am very interested. Tell me about how you and Angel flew in the sky. That part is very romantic." George Wilson asked very gossip.

Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's a special effect, but it's not like Hollywood's special effects. It's a secret that belongs to us Hong Kong filmmakers."

"Oh, don't do this to me!" George Wilson said disappointedly: "When "Superman" was released, I was researching how Warner made Superman fly so cool, but Warner's bad boy never told me. "

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "I can tell you this!" As early as when Wang Xiaohu wrote the script of "Superman", he had considered this issue, and he also came up with many effective solutions for this, far more effective than Warner Bros. The shooting is also cool.

"Tie Superman to a 15-meter-high boom. Of course, you have to tie him around the waist, let him master the balance, and then let him dangle with the swing of the pole." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "This is the most The basic technique is how the previous Supermans flew like this."

"Really?" George Wilson shrugged, as if this wasn't a big revelation.

"The second method is a bit more complicated. Just like in "Mythology", a secret weapon is used. Warner has worked with Golden Harvest in Hong Kong, so they have mastered this technique, but they need to design an action plan. , but also corresponding protective measures.”

"Is there a third one?" George Wilson is a studious child, he is very good at drawing inferences.

"The third is to use the special effects department of Hollywood. Warner should have its own special effects team. I can be sure that the cameras they use are purchased from our industrial light and magic. Haha, it was George and Grant who shot "Planet The high-efficiency dynamic camera invented during the Great War, when you see Superman flying towards you like a rocket, it is actually an illusion, and the camera is doing the trick.”

Wang Xiaohu didn't tell George Wilson what he actually did. He just said it in the simplest language. Even so, it was very useful to the curious George Wilson.

"Aha, Tiger, are you not afraid that I will tell others?"

"No, we are friends, aren't we? With the development of film technology, sooner or later these things will be put on the table and shared by everyone." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "It seems that we have digressed."

"Yes, that's off topic! Haha." George Wilson laughed and said, "Well, my friend, 20th Century Fox will be on your side. I like the beautiful western China."

"George, thank you for your support. I believe your decision is the most sensible!" After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, he added: "You should take time to go there for vacation. It is really beautiful there."

"Good advice, of course, and the mysterious terracotta warriors."

"Sir, what's your opinion?" Wang Xiaohu asked the representative of United Artists.

The representative of United Artists obviously hadn't recovered from the shock. After being reminded by George Wilson, he suddenly realized, and hurriedly said: "Oh, what? Yes, this film is great. He showed me the mysterious Oriental culture, very meaningful."

"Danny, we didn't ask you how you feel, but your opinion. Would you represent Danmei to join our screening plan?" George Wilson said.

As soon as this question was mentioned, Danny seemed to be avoiding something, he hesitated for a long time and then left in despair.

"Strange guy." Wang Xiaohu murmured to himself in confusion.

Winterdur said: "Boss, you don't have to worry about it. In fact, they are burning their ass at Lianmei. Danny is right. Danmei really has a problem, and it is still a big problem."

Wang Xiaohu spread his hands, and asked Universal's representative, "Mr. Robert."

Robert is very sensible, and before Wang Xiaohu asked him, he directly expressed his feelings: "Tiger, I have to admit that you can make such a movie, the rendering of color in the movie, and your beautiful wife, really All the war scenes made me feel personally on the scene, and I couldn’t extricate myself from the shock again and again, and your performance in the film has the charm of western cowboys.”

Like Danny from United Artists, Robert said a lot of good things at the beginning. The international version of "Mythology" is all in English, with Chinese and English mixed subtitles, which will not affect the understanding of Robert and other foreigners.

(It’s just that the Chinese subtitles are much larger than the English subtitles. Except for Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi who recorded with original voices, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Zhao Gang, Brigitte Lin, and Lin Fengjiao’s recordings were all done by professionals.)
After all, the international version is aimed at developed countries in the West, and a lot of effort has been made in dialogue, picture, and sound effects, otherwise the special effects part would not have been tossed for more than a year.

It can be said that Wang Xiaohu is so dedicated to doing these tasks that Robert cannot help but admire. This has fully demonstrated that the Concorde Company represented by Wang Xiaohu has the level of Hollywood's first-class production.

"However, our President Langmeyer prefers to sign a contract with you for the sequel of "Jaws". For this, I am very sorry." Robert said apologetically.

"Jaws?" Wang Xiaohu asked with a smile.

"Yes." For some reason, Robert had a bad feeling when he saw Wang Xiaohu's smile.

Soon, Wang Xiaohu proved his intuition was very accurate with facts.I heard Wang Xiaohu say: "Go back and tell Mr. Langmeyer that if he wants the sequel copyright of "Jaws", he needs to wait patiently."

"How long?" Robert asked.

"Maybe a week, maybe two weeks, maybe longer!" Wang Xiaohu said blankly: "In addition, you can tell him that you have to show some sincerity in doing business. If he really wants "Jaws", let him personally Find me, OK?"

"Of course, if there is nothing else, I will leave first." After Robert finished speaking, he left in a very gentlemanly manner. After he came out of the screening room, he felt cold sweat all over his body. The oriental man was saying the last words When it was time, too much pressure was exerted on him invisibly!

In the screening room, Wang Xiaohu clapped his hands and said, "Okay, the first round of confrontation is over. Except for our old friend George, the other seven major companies gave us a supercilious look. It's really memorable."

George Wilson still thought he was speaking out of anger, so he explained immediately: "Tiger, I don't know about other companies, but United Artists really can't do anything about it. They owe a huge amount of foreign debt now."

"Oh? Will it go bankrupt?" Wang Xiaohu's eyes lit up.

George Wilson shook his head and said, "I'm not very clear about this." Then he invested in the filming of "Heaven's Gate" by United Artists, but he was firmly involved in this movie. At present, the company has no extra funds to do other things. I told Wang Xiaohu about the investment, and finally he concluded: "Now they have given up everything, they can only pray for a miracle from God, and hope that "Heaven's Gate" can save United Artists."

Wang Xiaohu laughed secretly in his heart. If it was true what George Wilson said, it would be very interesting for him, because in the small screening room, there is another director who is as good as Michael Cimino, and he is John Woo .

The reason why John Woo is said to be awesome is that he not only has the reputation of "creator of violent aesthetics", but also has an unknown nickname "disaster director". The matter begins in 2000. He directed a movie for MGM. A war blockbuster called "Windtalker" has Nicolas Cage as an actor, so it can be said that it is not powerful. Both MGM and the US government have high hopes for "Windtalker". I heard that Bush Jr. What awards have you personally presented to John Woo?

But no one thought that after the release of "Wind Talker" encountered Waterloo time, both the box office and word of mouth went to grandma's house, and what caused a sensation in the world film industry was: MGM went bankrupt!So Woo Yusen got the nickname of "Disaster Director". Since then, he couldn't get along in Hollywood and returned to his hometown of Hong Kong to develop. (The failure of "Windtalker" is only an objective reason, and the supervisory reason is that MGM has not managed well for many years.)
Unexpectedly, there was such an interesting thing in the early 80s. Wang Xiaohu immediately came to his senses and secretly said a few words to Winterdur. From the horrified eyes of Old Wen, it can be guessed that Wang Xiaohu must have given him a shocking order. Unbelievable order.

"George, let's discuss how to start publicity!" Wang Xiaohu invited George Wilson to his office, opened a bottle of wine, poured half a glass, and handed it to George Wilson.

George Wilson said thank you, and then whispered: "Tiger, now the Hollywood colleagues are not optimistic about us, and the situation we are about to face is not very optimistic. Is there any good way to reverse the situation?"

Wang Xiaohu shook the wine, gulped it down under George Wilson's surprised gaze, and then he hiccupped and said, "I know it's not a gentleman to do this, but I like this way of drinking."

George Wilson pondered for a long time before he understood. He frowned and asked uncertainly, "You mean to promote the release directly?"

Wang Xiaohu nodded without denying it.

"Tiger, are you crazy? There is no other company's distribution theater support. Just relying on your 200 theaters and Searchlight's 600 theaters is not enough, not enough!" George Wilson shook his head and said.

But Wang Xiaohu said calmly: "No good idea is more convincing than box office data!"

In a capitalist country where the weak are prey to the strong, survival of the fittest is the law of nature, and it is also applicable in Hollywood. George Wilson did not refute Wang Xiaohu's words, because he knows the rules of the game in Hollywood too well.

After a long time, the youngest president of the publishing department in the United States said helplessly: "Well, until there is no better way, this is the only way!"

"Believe me, I won't give up so easily, just like when I was looking for you with "Rocky"!"

"Yes, I really believe in you, and even more in "Mythology"! Cheers!"

"cheers!"

At the same time, in a private club in Los Angeles, several representatives of MGM, Disney, Columbia, Warner Bros., and Paramount were sitting together to discuss issues.

A Warner Bros. representative said: "How's it going? Did the East Boy get hit?"

The Colombian representative said: "Things are far from as simple as we planned. In addition to United Artists being overwhelmed, 20th Century Fox and Universal are still very interested in East Boy. They will definitely not stand in our alliance."

"To be honest, I'm very interested in their "Myth" now." After the representative of Paramount said this, he suddenly felt four aggressive gazes, which were cast by the representatives of the other four companies. He hurriedly called Haha said: "No, don't get me wrong, I'm interested in seeing how bad their movies are."

Warner Bros. snorted coldly and said: "Don't forget, this oriental boy has dominated the North American box office for 4 years, and now "Star Wars" has swept 3 million US dollars! And the box office of overseas releases hasn't been counted yet, don't you guys? A sense of crisis?"

"Please, we are always responsible for making money, as long as he can bring us profits, I don't care what color he is!" MGM said displeased.

"Hmph, of course you MGM's rich and powerful will not consider these things!" The representative of Warner Bros. rolled his eyes, ignored the representative of MGM and continued: "The former Wang Xiaohu has been making movies that promote the American spirit, as long as his movies conform to the American spirit. Meng, we have nothing to say, but this time he is promoting oriental culture, and as far as I know, the film was shot in mainland China, don’t you have a sense of crisis?”

"A sense of crisis?" The representative of Disney said, crossing his shoulders. "What exactly do you want to say? You must know that Sino-US relations are still in the honeymoon period. Their president just visited the United States last year. What kind of sense of crisis will he have?"

"Damn, haven't you guys thought about it deeply? Once the oriental culture blows up a whirlwind in the United States, once that oriental boy has a firm foothold in Hollywood, he will definitely promote the oriental culture. I think this is very important!" The representative of Warner Bros. said angrily.

"Hey, hey, we are businessmen. We are not in charge of politicians like you Warner. We only know that as long as we can bring us profits, we are our friends. Otherwise, those who hinder us from making a fortune are our enemies!" Said angrily.

"Then what do you MGM mean?" Warner Bros. was also anxious.

"Wait and see!"

"SHIT!" Warner Bros. smashed the table angrily.
(End of this chapter)