Chapter 60: Mario and the Transformers
The most difficult thing in the filming of "Alien E.T." is that the hero rides a bicycle, carrying aliens lost on the earth, and the silhouette shot left by flying in front of a big moon, if it is placed decades later, CG or cutout, which shooting technique can be easily completed, but unfortunately it is the eighties, in order to be realistic, Wang Jie can only use the local method of Xiangjiang - hanging Weiya.
For this most classic picture in the movie "E.T." The Alien, Wang Jie and photographer Philip waited for more than three full moon nights, but fortunately, the sky was beautiful, and the third time in late December, the full moon came to the clear night sky and a full and clear moon.
In order to ensure that the shooting is foolproof, Wang Jie controls all the variables in the best condition, whether it is the shooting location, shooting position, or shooting angle, it is carefully selected. Since the relative position of the moon is different from month to month, missing a month means having to plan the next month's shoot from scratch. Wang Jie also has extremely high requirements for the shooting environment β there must be no trees, fences or wires.
Filmmaker Philip later wrote in his memoirs: "Although we hired people who lived in the local mountains and knew the area well, the choice of filming location was still enough for the director and me to have a headache, but fortunately, under the dispatch of director William, the shooting was successfully completed." β
On December 20, 1981, the main filming of "E.T. the Alien" was finally completed, and the film began to enter lengthy post-production. This year's Christmas, Wang Jie led his family to spend the first time at William's Farm, and the filming of two consecutive movies made him feel a little tired when he was full of energy. Zhong Chuhong and Meg Ryan, who stayed on the farm, after more than three months of practice, "Washing the Marrow Sutra" have entered the stage of small success, although Wang Jie is not very interested in Meg Ryan, but under the persuasion of Audrey Hepburn, he still had a double rest with her, of course, Zhong Chuhong did not fall, so Wang Jie's family has two more women.
Time just entered 1982, Wang Jie left the United States, came to the island country of RI BEN in the Far East, as early as 1978 after Wang Jie acquired the island country of Shueisha, Wang Jie let Shueisha release a comic book "The Adventures of the Mario Brothers", although the sales are relatively miserable, but Wang Jie doesn't care at all, he is mainly to seize the game IP of Super Mario, the purpose is to invest in Nintendo.
During the filming of "City of Angels" this year, Nintendo's Yamauchi Pu contacted Wang Jie, hoping to buy the game copyright of "The Adventures of Mario Brothers", and Wang Jie sent Yulia Vladimirovna Tymoshenko to be fully responsible for the negotiations, with the aim of getting as many Nintendo shares as possible.
Nintendo is the most influential and well-known producer of gaming platforms, and is a leader in portable gaming console platforms. NINTENDO CORPORATION IS HEADQUARTERED IN RIBEN
Kyoto City. As of 2017, Nintendo has sold more than 2 billion copies of game software worldwide, created many famous figures in the history of games, such as Mario and Donkey Kong, and created some of the most classic games in gaming history, such as The Legend of Zelda and PokΓ©mon. Nintendo manufactures and sells home consoles and gaming software, including the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy series, the world's best-selling handheld consoles. Nintendo has maintained a profit margin of more than 20% since 1983, which is unique among large companies in the island nation. As a mega-corporation with sales of more than 1 trillion yen, it employs only about 5,000 people, so the average sales per employee is high (about five times that of Toyota). In addition, it is unique that it is a company of this scale and does not engage in any financial activities. Nintendo topped the 2009 list of the world's 40 best companies. In the five years from 2012 to 2017, Nintendo's revenue grew by 36% annually, and its value increased by an average of 38%. Nintendo's insistence on innovation led to the development of the DS handheld console and the Wii, a video game console. Nintendo has been leading the way in the TV game industry, from the D-pad button for FC, the LR button for SFC, to the spin and shrink function, and the analog stick and vibration pack of the N64. The sleek and unpretentious appearance of the NGC console also reflects the development trend of modern industry. On July 15, 2016, Nintendo's stock exceeded 476 billion yen (about $45 billion) in a single day, breaking the record of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the island nation.
Such a cash cow company, Wang Jie must get a piece of the pie.
On January 2, 1982, the day of Laba Festival, Wang Jie met Pu Yamauchi, the president of Nintendo, at a French restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo. Yamauchi is a very legendary entrepreneur, the original time and space Yamauchi Pu was at the helm of Nintendo for 52 years, and developed Nintendo from a card factory with annual sales of less than 2 billion yen to a world-class enterprise with a market value of 20 billion US dollars, and single-handedly created a world-renowned video game industry.
As soon as Yamauchi Pugang saw Wang Jie, he bowed and said: "I didn't expect William Sang to be such a heroic young talent, I have seen many of the films you have shot, I am your loyal fan, I think you are a film wizard comparable to Master Akira Kurosawa." β
Wang Jie hurriedly replied: "I don't dare to compare with Master Kurosawa in the Far East, I'm still in the learning stage." Although Wang Jie is very disgusted and even disgusted with the island country, he still respects talented people.
After the two sides sat down, Yamauchi said: "I agree with William San's stake in Nintendo, but the amount of shares that Miss Yulia Tymoshenko talked about is really difficult for a strong man, and I hope that William San can carefully consider it." β
Wang Jie took out a stack of materials and handed it to Yamauchi Pu and said: "Here are some of my ideas for the FC game console and the subsequent game release, you can take a look." β
Yamauchi Pu took the information and looked at it carefully, and the FC game console proposed in the information (commonly known as red and white machines in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) in Europe and the United States) tried to set up a cassette video game connection platform, which opened Yamauchi's eyes and surprised him at the same time, and secretly sighed that Wang Jie was really a demon. After reading the information, Yamauchi got up and bowed again, and said, "Thank you William Sang for your trust, I greatly admire your wisdom." β
Wang Jie responded politely: "I feel very honored to be able to help Mr. Yamauchi, I will pay another 10 million US dollars, plus the copyright of "The Adventures of Mario Bros.", as long as Nintendo's 49% shares, and the contract can be stated that I only participate in dividends, and the management of the company will not be asked." β
Yamauchi Pu thought carefully for a while and said, "I agreed to William San's conditions, hoping that the cooperation would be pleasant." β
After the contract was signed, Wang Jie and Yamauchi Pu had a meal of French food together and separated, Wang Jie drove to Takara Toy Company again, at this time Takara Company had not yet invented the variable technology of toys, Wang Jie came here to sign a contract to buy out all the copyrights of "MSI Villain", the purpose is to enable its Hasbro company to successfully develop a Transformers series of toys, Wang Jie has applied for a patent for the variable technology of toys in advance, and bought out "MSI Villain" All copyrights are to avoid unnecessary copyright disputes, you must know that the original time and space Transformers toys and peripherals have created hundreds of billions of dollars in profits.
The copyright transfer contract for "MSI Villain" was signed smoothly, Wang Jie only spent $250,000 to buy out all the copyrights, and then Wang Jie asked Shueisha to start producing Transformers-related comics and animation works, and notified Hasbro to start making Transformers series of toys, and all related comic scripts and characters were excerpted and printed by Wang Jie from the supercomputer.