"My dear friend, it is a pleasure to meet you. When Harvey saw Xu Wangqiu, he laughed and walked up and gave him a bear hug. It's not an exaggeration to say that bear hugs are really speaking, Harvey in a black suit really looks like a black bear.

Xu Wangqiu hugged Harvey, stared at the straight suit on his body, and joked with a smile: "Harvey, you have put on Ralph Lauren's handmade suit, it seems that life is good!"

Harvey let out a smug laugh: "It's all thanks to you, "Falcon" and "Shaolin Temple" were both successful in the United States, "Falcon" box office 10 million, "Shaolin Temple" box office 8 million, now there is no one in the entire independent film industry who doesn't know me Harvey, no one doesn't know Miramax." He waved his hand: "Come, go this way! It's hard for you to get the United States, this time I'll take you around to play." ”

After coming out of the airport, Xu Wangqiu got into Harvey's car, and Zhang Yimou and the others got into the car of the New York office of the export company. Harvey drove a Ford Mustang BOSS 429, which was the one where Keanu Reeves was robbed in "Fast and Furious". Since it is only limited to 858 units, it will definitely cost a lot of money to get this car, and it seems that Harvey really has money.

While driving, Harvey excitedly told Xu Wangqiu about the release of "Falcon" and "Shaolin Temple" in the United States.

Americans are proud, especially in movies. In their eyes, American movies are the most awesome, and they don't like to watch foreign movies at all, let alone foreign language films. Foreign language films released in the United States, no matter what genre or quality, are basically thrown into art theaters. Because ordinary audiences don't like to watch it at all, only art film lovers will watch it.

Americans do have proud capital in movies, and American films are the top in both business and art, and other countries can't compare at all. However, kung fu movies are genre films made by Chinese, and they are genres that are not available in the United States. Since Bruce Lee set off a kung fu movie boom in the United States in the past 70 years, a large number of Xiangjiang kung fu movies have poured into the American market and cultivated a group of kung fu movie fans. The release of "Shaolin Temple" went very smoothly, and with the support of Chinese audiences and fans of kung fu films, it achieved a box office of more than 8 million.

The release of "Falcon" is much more complicated, because American war films themselves are very strong, and American audiences are not interested in Chinese war films when they hear them, and they are not willing to go into the cinema at all. To pique the interest of American audiences, Harvey asked famous TV host Paison Chapman to lash out at Falcon on TV and use it as an opportunity to hype up.

Chapman fired at "Falcon" on a TV show, saying that "Falcon" was the bloodiest and most brutal war film ever made, and that such a film should be banned. Harvey immediately organized a counterattack against Chapman's criticism, and the two sides engaged in a verbal battle. What Harvey didn't expect was that when he was fighting with Chapman, anti-war directors such as Coppola and Michael Cimino stood up and criticized "Falcon" for being cruel and bloody and singing praises for war.

Originally, American audiences were not interested in "Falcon", but now even a big director like Coppola has come forward to criticize "Falcon" for its bloody cruelty, which has aroused the interest of many people. They went into the cinema to get a glimpse.

When they actually walked into the cinema, they were all shocked by the wonderful story, grand scenes, and fierce war scenes of "Falcon", and recommended this movie to their friends.

If it weren't for Harvey and Miramax's weak distribution ability, it is entirely possible for "Falcon" to reach 15 million at the box office.

With the success of "Falcon" and "Shaolin Temple", Harvey and Miramax made a name for themselves in the film industry. In the past, Harvey and Miramax were at the bottom of the food chain in the film industry, and they could only pick up the kind of movies that others didn't want. But now many independent filmmakers are willing to sell their films to Harvey for Miramax to distribute.

The car drove for a while, and a procession came in front of it. Xu Wangqiu looked up and saw that the procession was holding signs with slogans such as "Don't forget Pearl Harbor" and "Boycott Japanese goods," and the demonstrators were also wearing T-shirts printed with the words "Boycott Japanese goods" and "Second Pearl Harbor." He was very surprised, turned his head to look at Harvey and said, "Is there even a boycott of Japanese goods in New York?"

Harvey thought he was worried about being attacked, and comforted: "It's quite a lot of trouble now, and there are even incidents of beating Dongying people in some places. But don't worry, that kind of thing happens mainly in Detroit's Motor City, not in New York. ”

Xu Wangqiu nodded slightly, in the past two years, the boycott of Japanese products in the United States has been in full swing, and even many congressmen have personally died. The U.S. is now boycotting Japanese products, mainly against Toei Motors. In the past two years, the rapid development of Dongying Automobile and the expansion of the U.S. market have had a great impact on local U.S. car companies.

One of the most important reasons is that after two oil crises, the small car with low fuel consumption and better reliability has been sought after by American consumers, while the products of local car companies are no longer in the limelight.

The U.S. auto industry was hit hard by the impact of Toei Automobile, a large number of workers lost their jobs, and welfare dropped sharply, so under the leadership of the American Association, the United States set off a vigorous boycott of Japanese goods. In many places in the United States, a movement has been set off to smash Dongying cars. In northern Indiana alone, more than 40 Dongying vehicles were smashed at one time, and some people even drove tractors and heavy trucks to run over them.

In 1985, Wal-Mart launched the "Bring America Home" campaign, announcing to Americans that it would sell American products as much as possible, and hinting that it would never sell Dongying products, which received a positive response from the American people, and Wal-Mart gradually became the largest supermarket in the United States.

At present, the main force of the boycott of Japanese products in the United States is the automobile industry, but from the late 70s to the early 90s, in the wave of boycott of Japanese products in the United States, various industries were involved, including the film industry.

When Sony bought Columbia, the whole country in the United States exclaimed: Do the Toei people plan to seize even the American culture? On the cover of Newsweek, the Statue of Liberty, the logo of Columbia Pictures, was replaced by a geisha wearing a kimono with a lewd smile on her face. "Dongying Attacks Hollywood" was the most eye-catching headline of this issue, and a special issue of dozens of pages was also published under the title "Dongying Enterprises Bought the Soul of America". In a special issue, the article, based on the results of opinion polls, asserts that the Sony acquisition "threatens more terrible than the military power of the Soviet Union." For several days in a row, various news media in the United States reported on the acquisition at length, expressing strong dissatisfaction with Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures.

In this era, not only the American people are boycotting Japanese products, but the U.S. government is also attacking various industries of Dongying, cracking down on Dongying Automobile and Dongying Semiconductor, and forcing Dongying to sign the Plaza Agreement. This series of actions said that the Dongying economy in this era is really strong and poses a serious threat to the United States. Forty years later, when the Americans applied similar measures to China, it also showed that China's economy was truly strong.

Harvey is Jewish, and Jews are known for their slamming. However, Harvey was extremely generous to Xu Wangqiu, and Xu Wangqiu's room and board should have been arranged by the New York office of the export company, but Harvey took the initiative to bear Xu Wangqiu's room and board expenses, and booked them a five-star hotel.

The success of "Falcon" and "The Rape" made Harvey realize that Xu Wangqiu and the export company were cash cows, and as long as he firmly grasped this cash cow, he would be able to obtain a steady stream of income.

After entering the room, Xu Wangqiu asked about Schwarzenegger's condition. When he returned from Dongying, he called Harvey and asked Harvey to help contact Schwarzenegger and prepare to invite Schwarzenegger to participate in "Wulin Zhi".

Harvey sat down on the couch and sighed, "If you came in April, things were simple, and now it's a bit of a hassle. On the 14th of last month, "Conan the Barbarian" starring Schwarzenegger was released. The film invested 20 million, and so far, the box office has been 33 million, and the final box office should be around 40 million. Schwarzenegger has also attracted the attention of the industry and is considered to be famous. Originally, I talked to Schwarzenegger's agent that he could star as long as 500,000, but after "Conan" was released, he called me directly and told me that Schwarzenegger would stop acting. ”

Xu Wangqiu secretly said in his heart that it was a pity, if "A Game of Chess That Didn't End" could have been filmed earlier, he could have easily dealt with Schwarzenegger, and now things are in trouble! The reason why Xu Wangqiu wants Schwarzenegger to star in "Wulin Zhi" is to pick up a bargain, because the current Schwarzenegger is still unknown in the film industry, and his value is very low, and the salary for starring in "Conan" is only 150,000. However, Schwarzenegger will soon star in "The Terminator" and has since skyrocketed to become a Hollywood action movie superstar.

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect Schwarzenegger to participate in "Wulin Zhi", the film could open the American market and achieve great success at the box office, what he really valued was the videotape market and TV rights. He believes that when Schwarzenegger becomes famous, "Wulin Zhi" can use Schwarzenegger's fame to sell video tape rights and TV rights around the world, and it can be sold for many years.

There are many such examples, after Cheng Long became popular in Dongying with "Drunken Fist", Dongying filmmakers packaged and bought back the movies that Cheng Long starred in the past, including cameo films like "Mini Secret Service". These films are of poor quality, but with Cheng Long's fame and appeal, they have achieved good results in Dongying and have also sold extremely well in the videotape market.

Of course, these words could not tell Harvey that Xu Wangqiu did not want to be treated as a monster. He touched his chin and said confidently: "Our film needs such a muscular giant, and it needs to have some acting experience." Schwarzenegger is the perfect fit for me. It's okay that Schwarzenegger's agent refuses, we can pay a high price. I believe that there is no actor in Hollywood who can't do it with money, and if there is, it must be that there is not enough money. You can help me contact Schwarzenegger's agent, and if he doesn't want to, then ask Schwarzenegger to meet directly. ”

Harvey saw that Xu Wangqiu insisted on using Schwarzenegger, and he did not object, after all, Schwarzenegger is now a little famous, and having Schwarzenegger participate in it is beneficial to the promotion and distribution of the film: "No problem, I will contact them as soon as possible." I'm in favor of using Schwarzenegger, "Conan the Barbarian" is doing well at the box office and will definitely make a sequel. When your film is made, we can not rush to release it, and wait until the sequel to "Conan the Barbarian" comes out. In this way, both the box office and the videotape will definitely sell better. ”

Xu Wangqiu smiled and nodded, thinking that Harvey is indeed a good hand at movie promotion and distribution, and he knows how to pick up the east wind, but what we want to borrow is not the east wind of the sequel to "Conan", but the east wind of "The Terminator". He smiled and patted Harvey on the shoulder: "Harvey, this matter will trouble you." Contact Schwarzenegger as soon as possible, I can't stay in the U.S. for a few days. The movie I have in hand has to be released in mid-September, and I have to rush back to do the post-production. ”

Now that Harvey is well-known in the film industry, he is not sure that he can get a superstar like Harrison Ford, but he is confident about getting a star like Schwarzenegger: "Don't worry, I promise to let you meet Schwarzenegger's agent within three days." ”