However, Li Zetian was happy when he thought of the box office and influence of "Star Wars". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"So...... You hope Apple can invest again!" Li Zetian said with a blank look on his face.

George Lucas nodded repeatedly, "Yes, exactly!"

Li Zetian deliberately frowned and said: "According to your current shooting schedule, the whole movie will cost at least tens of millions of dollars after filming, and Apple will invest at least $5 million in it, which is extremely risky for Apple!"

After speaking, Li Zetian pretended to ponder.

George Lucas looked nervously at Li Zetian, hoping to get a satisfactory answer from his mouth.

After half a ring, Li Zetian said: "George Lucas, you should contact Twentieth Century Fox immediately, and discuss whether to make additional investment." ”

"Okay......"

George Lucas asked, "Oh, by the way, Chronos, what did you call me for?"

"It's not busy, I'll talk about it later, you contact Twentieth Century Fox now!"

As he spoke, Li Zetian motioned for George Lucas to use his landline to make a call.

George Lucas nodded and picked up the phone...... Two minutes later, he said to Li Zetian: "Steven Marlowe, the producer of Twentieth Century Fox, will be here in the afternoon. ”

"Before Steve Marlowe comes, I'll introduce you to someone, please come with me. After Li Zetian finished speaking, he stood up and walked in front.

George Lucas answered and followed.

After a while, Li Zetian took him to an office in the Walkman lab, "You wait here for a while, I'll go and call that person out." ”

"Okay. ”

George Lucas nodded, looking around curiously. Apple is full of incredible things, full of sci-fi, and being in the middle of it seems to bring him infinite inspiration......

Two minutes later, Li Zetian led Dr. Dolby in, and then introduced: "This is Dr. Dolby of Dolby Laboratories, and this is director George Lucas." ”

"Hello!!"

The two shook hands and greeted each other politely.

Li Zetian smiled, "Everyone sit down, this time the two of you are invited together because I think the Dolby surround sound system being developed by Dolby Labs can be applied to the movie, so I plan to let "Star Wars" try it first!"

"What is a Dolby surround sound system?" asked George Lucas.

"I guess it's better for Dr. Dolby to explain this to you personally," Li Zetian looked at Dr. Dolby with a smile.

"The Dolby surround sound system is a cinema sound system developed by Dolby Laboratories to improve stereo quality, which can compile and record the information of the left, middle, right, and surround four channels into two channels in a certain way after noise reduction, and then restore it to four channels in the opposite way during playback, so as to realize the compatible transmission of multiple channels and two channels. To put it simply, the direction of the sound is synchronized with the movement of the picture, for example, when a person walks towards us, the audience can clearly distinguish the direction of his footsteps and the volume of the sound, thus giving people a more realistic feeling!"

"Great! This is exactly what I need!!" exclaimed George Lucas in surprise.

"Don't get excited, Lucas! You know, this thing is definitely not cheap!" Li Zetian immediately poured cold water on him.

George Lucas couldn't help but sigh, oh shit, the budget is seriously insufficient!

But Li Zetian said: "However, you should first ask Dr. Dolby about it, if Twentieth Century Fox is willing to make additional investment, this movie can naturally continue to be filmed! Okay, you two have a good chat, I have something to go out for a while." ”

George Lucas nodded, and then eagerly asked Dr. Dolby more about the Dolby Surround System.

The conversation lasted an hour or two, and Dr. Dolby gave George Lucas a lot of solutions and advice on film sound.

At that moment, there was a knock at the door, and a young female secretary pushed the door open and said to George Lucas, "Mr. Lucas, Mr. Steve Marlow of Twentieth Century Fox has arrived, and Chronosli asked me to invite you to his office!"

"Okay, I know, I'll go right away," George Lucas nodded, and then said goodbye to Dr. Dolby, "Dr. Dolby, as long as they are willing to invest more this time, I will definitely use Dolby Laboratories technology!"

"Hehe, then it's a word!"

Dr. Dolby was overjoyed and sent George Lucas to the door of the Walkman lab.

George Lucas followed the female secretary to Li Zetian's office again.

On the sofa in the office sat a middle-aged man in his thirties and forties, with short hair, medium build, and wearing a black suit.

"Hello, Mr. Marlowe!" George Lucas hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, this is a big gold owner, and then nodded to Li Zetian, saying hello.

Li Zetian waited for the two of them to say hello, and then said: "Mr. Marlowe, I think you also know about the filming of "Star Wars", so far, the movie has not finished one-third of the filming, but two-thirds of the money has been spent. Lucasfilm invested $1 million, Apple invested $2 million, and Twentieth Century Fox invested $3 million, for a total of only $6 million. Director Lucas, how much money do you think it will take to complete the filming of the whole film?"

George Lucas naturally had already settled this question, so he replied directly: "It's about $13 million, because some special effects will continue to be processed in the later stage......"

Li Zetian nodded and said, "In other words, there is still a gap of 7 million US dollars!" At this time, Li Zetian's eyes turned to Steve Marlowe and asked, "Mr. Marlowe, is Twentieth Century Fox willing to make additional investments?"

Steve Marlowe shook his head and refused: "Star Wars has far exceeded the budget of Twentieth Century Fox, and judging from the current American film market, science fiction movies have almost no signs of being a blockbuster, and if you continue to invest more, it will face huge risks, so Twentieth Century Fox has no plans to invest more!"

When George Lucas heard this, he immediately became anxious, and if he did not invest more, all the money he had spent before would be wiped out.

"Mr. Marlowe, if we give up the investment, then we will lose more than four million dollars! If we finish the whole movie and release it, we may be able to recover some of our losses, and if the movie becomes popular, we may be able to make money!"

Sci-fi movies are in the doldrums these days, and even Lucas himself didn't think his $10 million-plus low-budget film would take the world by storm and be an incredible success. Yes, at this time, no one could have imagined it, except for Li Zetian!

Seeing that Steve Marlowe was still unmoved, George Lucas couldn't help but grit his teeth and resolutely said: "Twentieth Century Fox can continue to invest more, I am willing to cut the director fee and script fee by 500,000 US dollars, but I want to retain the sales rights of the film-related products and the ownership of the sequel!"

If Star Wars doesn't sell well, then the sales rights of the film's related products, as well as ownership of the sequel, will be worthless. In fact, it was this kind of proposal that George Lucas made in the previous life that got Twentieth Century Fox to agree to invest.

The corners of Li Zetian's mouth twitched,, how can this work!

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