After watching the movie, Li Hualong chatted with Spielberg for a few words, and then asked about the script of the new movie "Close-Rs–of-the-Third–Kind" (i.e., "Contact of the Third Kind").

At the suggestion of Li Hualong, director Spielberg agreed to change the name of the film from "Watch-The-Skies" to "Close-Rs–of-the-Third-Kind".

"I've seen Paul? Schrader's script, when I read it, I was a little crazy. All of the guilt-ridden stories he writes have nothing to do with UFOs. ”

"Paul? What story did Schrader write? Li Hualong asked curiously.

"Paul, the protagonist of the story? Fan? Owen, a 45-year-old Air Force officer taunting and exposing the fakes of flying saucers, was confronted one day, and he threatened the government to tell the truth, and it took 15 years for the two sides to reach a settlement. I've talked to Schrader, and I have too many differences with him, ready to find John? Hill rewrites the script. ”

"Spielberg, I think you could consider writing the script yourself, and you can write the story of the aliens kidnapping the children of Earth." Li Hualong suggested with a smile.

Spielberg was stunned when he heard this, and an interested expression appeared on his face, and he said, "Mr. Li, please tell me the UFO story in your heart." ”

"Uh......" Li Hualong pondered for a moment, and he told the story told in his memory of "The Third Kind of Contact":

"In 1945, it was reported that a plane had suddenly disappeared in the Mohave Desert, and the pilot of a commercial route was disturbed by a very bright but indescribable object. One night, a man from Noi was loading a truck. Suddenly enveloped in a mysterious light, strange visions and five notes kept swirling in his mind. At the same time, the government of the United States has made some contact with the interstellar visitors and determined the place where they landed. In order to cover up the truth, the government asked people to stay away from the area. However, a group of people, including Noi. But he was attracted by his common vision and came here......

"On Devil's Mountain in the desert, above the temporary base of the Air Force, aliens arrived as promised, and their spacecraft lit up half of the sky. Humans played music deciphered from alien messages previously received from space as a means of communication. The door of the spaceship opened, and the earthlings who had disappeared returned to their hometowns, and a group of small aliens came to communicate with them heart-to-heart......"

After listening to the story told by Li Hualong, Spielberg was silent for a long time, then nodded: "Okay." I tried to write the script myself. Mr. Li, if you use the story you just told, then we are both screenwriters of this movie. ”

"Yes!"

A few days later, Spielberg cooperated with the promotion of "Jaws" and began writing the script for "Contact of the Third Kind" at the same time.

This time, Li Hualong stayed in the United States for four nights, and on the fifth day, he left Los Angeles. In another month, he will come to the United States again to attend the premiere of "Jaws".

As soon as Li Hualong returned to Hong Kong, he got good news. The Hong Kong government has announced a tender for the reclamation of Sha Tin.

After getting the news, Li Hualong immediately called Li Huawen.

"Big brother, you know about the bidding for the reclamation construction of Sha Tin, right?" Li Hualong asked.

"Got it, I'm interested in this project, and I wanted to talk to you about it. I didn't think you called me first. Li Huawen smiled, "The third child." Do you think you can make money investing in this project? ”

"Making money is for sure, it's a matter of how much profit you make."

"If you take a loan from a bank to develop this project. After deducting the principal and interest, how much is the profit? ”

"This ...... It depends on whether there will be strong competitors, and it is unknown what the interest rate on bank loans will be and how much prices will rise in the next few years. If our competitors had been more rational, we would have been able to win this project, which is certainly very lucrative based on my predictions for Hong Kong property prices in the next few years. ”

"Looks like you're bullish on this project. How are the shares divided? ”

"You and I, Abba and the fourth, twenty-five percent each."

"Do you invest in a listed company controlled by you, or a sole proprietorship?"

"Uh......" Li Hualong pondered for a moment, "Hualong Real Estate Company invests, the reclamation project takes a lot of time, and it will take several years until the house is built." ”

"This project is not ready to sell off-the-plan?"

"Not for sale, I am optimistic about the appreciation potential of the land in Sha Tin."

"Since you are optimistic, then we will not sell off-the-plan." Li Huawen said with a smile.

Li Hualong is optimistic about the New Territories, and he knows that a racecourse will be built on the land in Sha Tin in the future, and the surrounding housing prices are particularly expensive.

Sha Tin is close to Kowloon, only separated by a Lion Rock, and the traffic is very convenient. In addition to the Lion Rock Tunnel, there is also a direct Kowloon-Canton railway, which will be more convenient with electrified trains in the future.

Coupled with the low population density, fresh air and cheerful environment, this kind of living conditions are especially rare in the Kowloon Peninsula.

The government's plans for the development of the New Territories are quite thorough, and a new city must be more beautiful than the old city after a modern and careful design.

The development prospects of Sha Tin were not only seen by Li Huawen and Li Hualong brothers, but also made the bosses of Chinese-funded real estate companies such as Lee Shau Kee and Li Ka-shing yearn for it.

In the end, Li Yisong, Li Huawen, Li Hualong and Li Huahu formed the Li father and son real estate company at a price of 22 million Hong Kong dollars to bid for the Sha Tin reclamation project, and the biggest opponent at the auction was a joint venture led by Henderson Development and composed of four Chinese-funded real estate developers, including New World Development, Sun Hung Kai Properties and Cheung Kong Asset.

After the completion of the reclamation, about 70% of the land will be handed over to the government for public housing and community facilities, while the remaining 2.5 million square feet will be developed into a private residential project, which Lee plans to name as "Sha Tin City One".

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Jaws is based on Peter? Ben Chilli's novel of the same name, produced by Richard? Richard Dzanuck and David? David Brown paid $250,000 for the rights to film the novel's adaptation. Ben Chilli's novel is based on real events that took place in the summer of 1916.

Stephen? Spielberg was not the original choice to direct the film, but the two producers eventually decided to sign him.

When they bought the rights to film the adaptation of the novel, the two producers promised that Benchley would complete the first draft of the script. Before deciding to quit, Benchley had already completed a third draft of the script. However, both the producer and Spielberg were dissatisfied with the script, so they approached Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winner Howard? Howardsackler.

Spielberg later asked screenwriter Karl ? Carl-Gottlieb for advice, Karl? Gothleb rewrote most of the scenes after the film started, and John? John Milius was in charge of editing the dialogue.

Jaws tells the story:

The seaside town of Shanhua is remote. But with its casual environment and beautiful scenery, it attracts many people to come here for summer vacation. There is a tourist forgetting that it is coming soon, but with it comes a lingering shadow.

One day, a couple came to swim, but the woman never came up, and the patrol found only a broken body. Checked. 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 did so, it would not only lead to a sharp drop in income this year, but could 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.

Hear this. 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. Two more sharks were attacked on the waterfront after it opened, and Brown proved right.

Just when Harry was at a loss. Fisherman Quint decided to hunt the shark, and without the help and support of others, Quint and Director Martin, biologist Brown embarked on a shark hunt.

Finally, in the open sea, the flesh they left behind attracted the great white shark, a huge shark that not only escaped from their trap, but also began to attack their fishing boat. Even Quint was killed in the belly of the fish, and Martin finally hit the oxygen cylinder in the shark's mouth with an air gun. After the catastrophe, they decided to return home

Universal Pictures invested heavily in the promotion of "Jaws", and then it took more than a month. Major mainstream media in the United States have published reports about this film.

The promotion of "Jaws" is very good, and before the movie was released, it became popular, and many fans wanted to go into the cinema to watch this film for the first time.

On June 20, "Jaws", which was invested and produced and distributed by Universal Pictures, landed in North American theaters.

On this day, there was a long queue in front of the ticket window of almost every cinema showing "Jaws", and many fans came to take advantage of the excitement and returned disappointed, they simply could not buy tickets for the day, and the number of fans who wanted to see the movie was too large.

"Jaws" not only won a high box office and high attendance on the first day of release, but also won a wide range of good word-of-mouth, and through word of mouth among fans, people who were not very interested in the movie also paid for tickets to enter the cinema.

Most of the mainstream media in the United States have a high evaluation of "Jaws", and only a few media deliberately criticize this movie.

"The reason why it's scary is not because of how scary the monster looks, but because of the sound effects and clever filming techniques, so that the audience is frightened by it without seeing the monster." - The New York Times commented.

"Jaws is terrible for kids and will likely be sick to your stomach for viewers of any age. There's no denying that it's a wonderful horror film that will go down in film history. - Los Angeles Times film critic Charles? Ramplin Review.

After returning to Hong Kong from the United States, Li Hualong was interviewed by "Ming Pao", and he made this comment on the movie "Jaws": "There are very few scenes of Jaws in the film, but it is the director's exquisite layout, just the right rendering and the wonderful interpretation of the actors, which perfectly express the thriller effect of the film and present the audience with a perfect horror feast." (To be continued) R466