Chapter 18: Giving Warner Bros. Eye Drops
"Walter, let me be straight, the script of "Enter the Dragon" provided by Disney is actually similar to the content and plot of Warner Bros.'s "Blood and Steel", but according to the information we have received, the conditions provided by Warner are better than Disney......"
Probably out of anger, Bruce Lee suddenly changed the topic and told Walter directly, he asked Bruce Lee several times tonight, but Bruce Lee has been avoiding the answer, looking at his face, it seems to be extremely angry, and there is a faint feeling similar to being deceived, which makes people can't help but be a little playful.
Of course, Bruce Lee didn't really kindly tell Walter all the news that they came to the United States to consider cooperating with and the one from Hong Kong about which Hollywood company they chose to cooperate with.
After all, Bruce Lee had already told Walter that Disney's sincerity was not enough, and if they didn't offer more prices, the members of the Concord Company from the Concord Company founded by Bruce Lee who came to the United States together would automatically choose the side with higher chips than Disney, and automatically ignore the side of Warner Bros.
"Brother Long, believe me, Disney will definitely give you satisfactory conditions. Since Bruce Lee revealed a little hole card, of course Walter had to reply to him immediately, otherwise, if a normal person saw that the other party was revealing inside information on his own, and did not say anything abnormal, he would not think that the other party did not plan to cooperate with him. So, of course, Walter had to respond immediately, and he responded loudly, which was enough to show his sincere willingness to cooperate.
"Wait and see!" Bruce Lee replied coldly to Walter's words, Walter showed a trace of his pursuit, which made Bruce Lee feel very useful, and even after Walter finished speaking, he immediately stretched out his right hand and gently patted Walter's shoulder, and a strong sense of pretending to appear quietly. But Walter is now asking for help, and he can't destroy the other party's eldest brother like a father, which is really a bit aggrieved, of course, considering that the other party is Bruce Lee, Walter can only endure it.
However, since Bruce Lee is now so kind to himself, Walter is also thinking in his heart, he can't make Bruce Lee angry now, but it is not recommended to give a competitor a little eye drop in front of Bruce Lee. I saw that Walter seemed to unconsciously catch Bruce Lee's words and said: "Brother Long, why did Warner Bros. rewrite "Blood and Steel"? Wouldn't it be better to directly use "The Silent Flute", which you participated in the adaptation at that time? I remember that even Twentieth Century Fox had a lot of expectations for "The Silent Flute", and the ready-made script was not used, and it was really stupid to rewrite the Hollywood commercial script......
"That's enough!" Bruce Lee interrupted Walter's speech fiercely, and then looked at Walter with an angry face, and said with a blue face: "Remember! I don't want to hear the name "Silent Flute" in the future, don't mention it to me again." After speaking, he turned around and walked slowly on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, obviously trying to relieve his anger by taking a small walk, but he had no intention of leaving.
Seeing this, Walter sneered, sure enough, this Bruce Lee said the same as later generations, he was extremely proud of his personality, he liked others to praise and brag about his talent, and he always wanted the stars to hold the moon, and at the same time, he hated the things that made him unpleasant and impressed, and he easily didn't want to mention it.
Warner Bros., no matter who gave Disney eye drops in front of Bruce Lee and spread false news, it's a pity that you forgot, you have already offended Bruce Lee, and it is not an ordinary offense, let you suffer the consequences today.
I believe that Bruce Lee will meet and negotiate with Warner Bros. executives in the future, it will be more interesting than some time ago, Walter smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he was excited to reverie what kind of expression would be on Bruce Lee's face when he saw Bruce Lee's angry face when he negotiated with Bruce Lee.
As for "Blood and Steel" in the conversation between Walter and Bruce Lee just now, it is actually the original name of the movie "Enter the Dragon" when Bruce Lee negotiated with Warner Bros. in history. At that time, the two parties completed preliminary discussions, and after preliminarily confirming that the production budget for "Enter the Dragon" was $600,000, Warner quickly signed the funding agreement, but the specific negotiations did not go well.
AT THAT TIME, BRUCE LEE UNCONDITIONALLY GAVE UP THE ENGLISH TITLE OF HIS BELOVED "ENTER THE DRAVON" TO WARNER BROS., BUT WARNER BROS. STILL INSISTED ON RETAINING THE ENGLISH NAMING RIGHTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF THE FILM.
Originally, Bruce Lee still had a compromise attitude towards the original title of "Enter the Dragon" "Blood and Steel", a name with a Western hand-to-hand combat flavor, and did not interfere. It's just that I don't know if Warner Bros. was brain-pumping or how, and when he decided to change the title of the film to the rustic name "Mr. Han's Island", it completely angered the proud Bruce Lee.
For this reason, Bruce Lee also shouted "If you use this rustic and mediocre name, I'm sorry, I will stop filming", and finally, after some bargaining, Bruce Lee forced Warner to make another concession on the title, so that Warner Bros. agreed to change the English title to "ENTER THE DRAVON", which is still somewhat Westernized, but highlights the characteristic name of Chinese kung fu, and at the same time, he also changed the original intention of Warner's unilateral production.
"Enter the Dragon" was ultimately cooperated by Warner Bros. and the two companies, and the two parties decided that the film would be invested by Warner, and the filming and production must be completed in Hong Kong, which showed that Concord was not dispensable as a partner, and satisfied Bruce Lee's mood of wanting to gain a foothold in Hollywood. Of course, the post-production of the English version of the film needs to be carried out in Warner, and the Chinese version is handled by Concord, and the box office revenue is divided between the two versions. And Bruce Lee also relied on the negotiation of the "Enter the Dragon" movie to become an international star, and at the same time became a veritable owner of a film company, but unfortunately he died mysteriously before the movie was released without enjoying much scenery, which is really a pity.
OF COURSE, IN FACT, THERE IS A REASON WHY WARNER BROS. INITIALLY DISAGREED WITH THE ENGLISH TITLE OF "ENTER THE DRAGON", BECAUSE THE ENGLISH TITLE OF BRUCE LEE'S "RAPTORS ACROSS THE RIVER" WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED OVERSEAS, AND THE NAME "ENTER THE DRAGON" WAS USED WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY RELEASED OVERSEAS, SO IF IT CONTINUES TO BE USED, IT WILL MAKE THE TWO FILMS "TWINS".
HOWEVER, IN THE END, BECAUSE OF BRUCE LEE'S INSISTENCE, THE ENGLISH TITLE OF "RAPTORS ACROSS THE RIVER" WAS LATER CHANGED TO "THE WAY OF THE DRAGON", AND OF COURSE, THE ENGLISH TITLE OF "RAPTORS ACROSS THE RIVER" WAS TRANSLATED AS "RETURN OF THE DRAGON", WHICH IS ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO "ENTER THE DRAGON".
Therefore, dragon fans in later generations will have an interesting saying, saying that "Raptors crossing the river" is actually called "Dragon Fight", after all, because the original fact is indeed so.
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