On April 11, 1983, at 4 p.m., the sun was high in the sky, and the weather in Los Angeles was very hot.

Los Angeles Music Center. In front of the red carpet, there are already superstars and big names.

Zhang Shaojie and his entourage, although they aroused some sideways glances because of their Asian faces. But the mainstream European and American media are focusing on the big-name superstars in Hollywood.

"Hey, Zhang Shaojie, I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Spielberg is dressed in a black tuxedo and ordinary leather shoes, but he shows the demeanor of the king of commercial blockbusters without anger.

The director is the star of the stars, and the director, who has the crown of "King of Commercial Blockbusters", hurried to Zhang Shaojie. The closeness of the two is undoubtedly very eye-catching.

"Mr. Spielberg, I wish you multiple Oscars!" Zhang Shaojie said sincerely.

Spielberg smiled: "The Oscars are not so important to me anymore!" At least, I don't have that dinosaur script of yours that I look forward to. ”

Zhang Shaojie was stunned for a moment, and soon thought that Spielberg had already become a frequent visitor to the Academy Awards when he was in "Jaws". Winning a few more trophies, and a few less, doesn't hurt Spielberg's reputation.

"I have already prepared the outline of "Jurassic Park", and it is estimated that the completion of the movie script will be enough in about a month." Zhang Shaojie said with a smile.

Spielberg frowned: "Can you postpone the publication until after the movie is released?" After all, the suspense of the movie is also important! Of course, the crew can compensate you $500,000 for the loss caused by the delay in publishing. ”

Zhang Shaojie said with a smile: "There is no need for compensation, after all, I am also an investor in films!" ”

Between Spielberg and Zhang Shaojie whispering. Media reporters and colleagues in the film and television industry widened their eyes and looked at Zhang Shaojie differently

At 17 o'clock in the afternoon, the curtain slowly opened on the 55th Academy Awards.

Everyone stepped on the red carpet and entered the Los Angeles Music Center.

In Lisa. Minnelly, Dudley. Moore, Richard. Boyle, Walter. Under the auspices of the four Matthews, one award after another, the answers were revealed.

The award for Best Foreign Language Film was won by Spain's "Start Again". The first nomination award of "Datang" has been lost.

Although Zhang Shaojie made an indifferent appearance, when he heard that the list of winners was not "Datang", he couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart.

Lin Qingxia comforted on the side: "There are still four nominations, there is still a chance!" ”

Next, "The Biography of Gandhi" swept the Oscars and won a total of 8 awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and Best Editing, becoming the biggest winner of the 55th Academy Awards.

Spielberg's "" also won four awards: Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Film Score, and Best Sound Remix, second only to "Gandhi".

As for "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", although it received 5 nominations.

And yet – Best Foreign Language Film lost to Spain's "Start Again"; Best Art Direction and Best Film Editing lost to Gandhi; The best visual effects lost to ""; Best makeup loses to "Tinder"

Shame, all the army is destroyed!

Zhang Shaojie saw that everyone in Baolong Company looked depressed.

Hope comes, disappointment returns!

After the Oscar ceremony, the group returned to the hotel to rest.

However, the media still refused to let go of Baolong Company and his party, and asked one after another: "This time, none of the 5 nominations of Baolong Company's "The Legend of Datang Shuanglong" won the award, did your company express disappointment?" ”

Zhang Shaojie said: "There is not even a consolation prize, which is really depressing." ”

"Do you think the Oscars are shady?"

"I never believe in this kind of thing without evidence, and I don't guess!"

"Will Baolong still compete for next year's Oscars?"

"Of course, if you fail from there, you will get up from there!"

After answering some reporters' questions, the depression in Zhang Shaojie's heart was gradually untied.

In fact, he already knew before he came that the probability of winning the award was very small. But when I participated in the Oscars, I still had the luck psychology of some gamblers who bought lottery tickets, thinking that there is always a certain probability of 5 nominations. As a result, the whole army was wiped out, and it was inevitable that I was a little psychologically uncomfortable.

After the Oscars.

Because Zhang Shaojie promised to write the script for "Jurassic Park" for Spielberg, he stayed in the United States for the time being.

And Gu Long needs to go back to preside over Baolong's business, and Cheng Xiaodong needs to go back to continue to make up "A Chinese Ghost Story". Tsui Hark, Lin Qingxia and others are also ready to return to Hong Kong first to prepare for "Datang 2"!

Richard. Before leaving, Taylor hung his head and said: "Sweeping the floor wisely, it is clear that the special effects of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have shocked the world. Many great directors have expressed their admiration for our special effects. But the Oscar judges, the best visual did not give me. I'm embarrassed in front of my sister."

"Shame in front of my sister?" Zhang Shaojie was quite interested, "Tell me honestly, what's going on?" ”

Richard. Taylor said that he had leaked his mouth, and quickly showed his innocence with a wink, and said, "Aha, the weather is so good." What did I say just now, oh, by the way, goodbye, Shaojie! See you in Hong Kong! ”

Bid farewell to Baolong Company and his party.

Zhang Shaojie began to work in a hotel in Los Angeles and devoted himself to the creation of "Jurassic Park". With the memory and impression of this movie, Zhang Shaojie created the script without any obstacles.

The movie "Jurassic Park" focuses on creativity and special effects. As for the plot, there is no need to be too refined. Therefore, Zhang Shaojie's script creation is rapid.

In fact, the requirements for computer special effects in "Jurassic Park" are less than those of "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty". Most of the scenes in "The Legend of Double Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" have no special effects lenses, and only a few scenes use special effects lenses to enhance the visual impact.

And "Jurassic Park" can be said that many dinosaur-related scenes require special effects synthesis, and the whole blockbuster can be said to be piled up with special effects shots.

In May, Zhang Shaojie finished writing the script, and under the introduction of Spielberg, he came to the headquarters of Universal Pictures. Zelman signed an agreement to co-produce Jurassic Park.

In the agreement, Zhang Shaojie invested 20 million US dollars, and in the end only asked for 15% of the box office share of "Jurassic Park", but the copyright of the sequel and adaptation of "Jurassic Park" belongs to Zhang Shaojie, and Universal Pictures has the right of first refusal.

In the end, Universal Pictures contributed $60 million, and Spielberg personally contributed $40 million. All, the total investment scale of this film has reached 120 million US dollars, even in the United States, such a large-scale investment is very rare.

However, Spielberg himself is already one of the highest-grossing directors in the United States. Investing in Spielberg's favorite movies is less risky than investing in ten $10 million films.

That's why Universal Pictures agreed to this cooperation so happily.

Of course, due to the large number of computer CG special effects required in the later stage of "Jurassic Park", the most outstanding companies in this field in the world belong to Industrial Light & Magic and Powerlong Films.

Originally, according to Zhang Shaojie's meaning, Baolong Movie ate alone and got all the orders for computer special shows. However, Universal Pictures trusts ILM more.

In the end, it took a lot of effort for the special effects order to be jointly obtained by Industrial Light & Magic and Baolong Film. Among them, Industrial Light & Magic's special effects orders reached more than $40 million, while Powerlong Films' orders were only $20 million. However, after receiving this order, it will definitely be able to greatly stimulate the development of Baolong Film Company.

Don't look at Universal at this time, it looks very awesome in front of Zhang Shaojie, but in fact, Universal Pictures' performance has not been ideal.

At this time, as the parent company of Universal Pictures, "American Music", after acquiring Universal in the 60s, it focused on the production of TV dramas.

Although in the 70s, Universal produced blockbuster movies such as "American Painting", "Jaws", "Liar", "Airport", etc., Universal's main business is already to produce TV series.

In the 80s, the performance of the world was also good and bad, and it was very unstable. In 91, Universal was sold to Panasonic again, and that was the fifth time that Universal was sold. Panasonic bought Universal, and soon encountered the economic recession of the capital, and Universal Pictures has been losing money, so in 95 Panasonic sold Universal to a Canadian brewing company, and the brewing company soon acquired the world's largest record company Polygram, as well as the American USB cable television network, a few years later, the brewing company found it difficult to do in the entertainment industry, so in 2000 it sold Universal to the French company Vivendi. Later, Prestige sold Universal Pictures to General Electric after a series of losses. GE merged Universal with NBC Television Network to form NBC Universal, the ninth time Universal has been sold.

Zhang Shaojie thought in his heart that maybe in the future, he would have the opportunity to acquire Universal and use Universal as his bridgehead to enter Hollywood.

Of course, in the 80s, Universal had a large number of fixed assets, as well as film and television and music copyright resources, which were already worth more than 6 billion US dollars, and Zhang Shaojie could only look up to it for the time being.

However, Zhang Shaojie is still confident that in the 90s, he will earn enough money to acquire Universal Pictures!

(To be continued)