Chapter 22: One after another

After the Spring Festival, Li Ping'an began to live like a salted fish, but as the saying goes, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, and people from all walks of life have not yet entered the fifteenth day of the first month.

Li Ping'an, as the largest individual shareholder of Polygram and a star who has released world-class influential songs, will naturally not let him be idle, so the manager of the business department of Polygram headquarters has visited him four times, hoping that Li Ping'an can release an album before June, preferably in English. Because of Li Ping'an's status, the company's management can't make hard demands on him, so this manager can be regarded as begging bitterly. Li Ping'an thought about the few English songs he had recently transcribed, and after thinking about it, he agreed to say that there was nothing to do recently.

Here Li Ping'an is preparing for the recording of the song, Warner, MGM and other major Hollywood film companies are looking for Shang Menghua again, hoping to negotiate with him face-to-face on the adaptation rights of many of Li Ping'an's works, Fang Menghua After many considerations, he thinks that Li Ping'an still needs to meet with the representatives of these companies, Li Ping'an considered that his main direction of attack in the future The United States must occupy a large proportion, so he took two days to meet and communicate with these people.

Although several companies were full of sincerity this time, they still did not meet Li Ping'an's requirements, Li Ping'an knew the value of his works, and the two sides could be said to have broken up unhappily, but there was no way to threaten Li Ping'an, a billionaire, which was really a little aggrieved.

Send off the old and welcome the new. This time, the visit was replaced by an actor and a director.

The actor is Sylvester Stallone, who has just finished starring in "Enter the Dragon", and the director has just worked with Spielberg in this film. To put it practically, Li Xiaolong's movie personality is too distinct, which is even more powerful than the sexual dragon in the future, so the halo in Li Xiaolong's movie will only surround him.

Li Ping'an asked the maid to bring two cups of hot coffee to the two, "What have you been busy with lately?"

Sylvester Stallone smiled awkwardly, his expression was very weird, "I have recently played small supporting roles in several movies, and although "Enter the Dragon" is a box office hit, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with me. At the beginning, Mr. Li said that he would ask me to play the leading role in a movie, and I came over today to inquire. ”

Spielberg saw Li Ping'an turn his gaze to him, and immediately put down his coffee, "There are a few movies looking for me, but they are all independent films with relatively small investment, so I want to see when you can let me direct "ET"?"

Li Ping'an took out two scripts and handed them to Stallone and Spielberg respectively, "Now the technical aspects of filming "ET" are not mature, don't worry Steven, in my heart, "ET" is the first director." ”

The scripts given by Li Ping'an are "Rocky", which made Stallone popular in the original time and space, and "Jaws", which made Spielberg a top director. Originally, "Rocky" was supposed to be a script written by Stallone in only three days, inspired by the video of the fight between Chuck Wippone and Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight boxing title, but now it was shamelessly plagiarized by Li Ping'an in front of the deity, and "Jaws" was bought by Li Ping'an for $1 million from Peter Benchley.

"Rocky" tells the story of a slum in Philadelphia, eastern America. Thirty-year-old Rocky is a burly man and as powerful as an ox. He is a minions of an underworld organization and an amateur boxer, often acting as a chaperone, fighting four times in a row, but not even a tip. Rocky has a friend named Pori who works in a slaughterhouse. One day, Rocky goes shopping at a nearby store and somehow feels pity when he sees the thin and shy appearance of the saleswoman. It turned out that she was Pori's younger sister, named Adelian, with an ordinary appearance and an introverted personality. Although Rocky has a very different temperament from her, he has secretly fallen in love with her, and she does not fall in love easily. Rocky pursues her desperately, and the old girl, who has never been comforted by men, finally falls in love with him. The two often fantasize about one day being able to change their current situation and live a good life. The opportunity has finally arrived. When Apollo, the black heavyweight boxing champion of the United States, withdrew from the contest due to injury, the organizers had an idea and chose Rocky as his opponent. Because the contest was a celebration of the bicentennial of the founding of the United States, and the winner could receive a huge sum of $150,000, Rocky, a poor, third-rate boxer, became the subject of television and newspaper reporters. While Lodge knew he couldn't beat his opponent, he thought that if he could fight the World Champion for 15 rounds without getting knocked out, it would be a victory. With this belief, he seized the time to train hard. Rocky is left-handed, and his left hook is good, but his right hand is not. Under the careful guidance of coach Mickey, Rocky has worked hard to develop a new boxing style. Pori cheers him on, especially as Adelian pours her heart into Rocky. Now he is not a wreck, inspired by ideals and love, he is refreshed and high-spirited. On the day of the match, Rocky went into battle with high morale, and he and Apollo fought to the death. Despite Apollo's constant teasing of him, he responded with composure. He was bruised and swollen, his head was bleeding and his vision was blurred, but he fought for 15 rounds to win, and the final scene ended with him and his girlfriend Adrily hugging each other.

Stallone burst into tears of excitement after reading Rocky's script, but Spielberg, who was silently reading the script of "Jaws" on the side, couldn't hold back his boiling mood.

The plot of "Jaws" is relatively simple, telling the story of the seaside town of Shanhua, although it is remote, but with its casual environment and beautiful scenery, it attracts many people to come here for summer vacation. There is a tourist season that is just around the corner, but with it comes lingering shadows.

One day, a couple came to swim, but the woman never came up, and the patrol found only a broken body. After inspection, it was determined that it was the work of a shark, and Police Chief Martin decided to close the beach, but Mayor Harry believes that if he does so, it will not only lead to a sharp drop in income this year, but may also cause panic among the citizens. In order to avoid another escalation of the situation, they decided to send a group of experts to hunt sharks.

Biologist Brown quickly arrives in town, and after autopsy and analysis of the body, Brown determines that it is a large shark, and Brown, unhappy with the mayor's decision, decides to stay. The shark crew soon caught a shark, and just when the mayor thought they were done, Brown insisted that it wasn't the giant shark that killed because he was too small. Soon after, two more sharks were attacked on the beachfront after the opening, and Brown proved to be right.

Just when Harry is at a loss, Quint, an expert fisherman, decides to hunt the shark, and without the help and support of others, Quint and the director Martin, and the biologist Brown embark on a shark hunting journey. Finally, in the open sea, the great white shark was attracted by the flesh they left behind, and the huge shark not only escaped from their trap, but also began to attack their fishing boat, and even Quint was killed in the belly of the fish, and finally Martin killed the shark by hitting the oxygen cylinder in the shark's mouth with an air gun......

Spielberg closed the script and kept exclaiming, "This story is so wonderful." ”

Stallone also hurriedly begged on the side, "Please Mr. Li must let me star in this movie." ”

Li Ping'an glanced at the two calmly, ""Rocky" is starred by Sylvester you will play the leading role, Steven you will direct, I will give you two million dollars in the budget, and you can negotiate with Ms. Shirley Lansing from DreamWorks after returning to Los Angeles for specific problems, she is the producer of this movie. After filming "Rocky", DreamWorks will immediately set up "Jaws", and the director of this film will also be Steven you. ”