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Chapter 109: The Wind of Speed

Chapter 109: The Wind of Speed

Liang Xiaolong chose the Flamingo Hotel, which opened on New Year's Eve in 1945 by the notorious gangster "madman" Benjamin Brown. Founded by Seeger, it is said that in order to ensure his own safety, this person even installed bulletproof glass in his office, and there was an escape route inside. www.biquge.info But even this failed to save his life, and he was finally shot dead in his girlfriend's Hollywood apartment. The Flamingo Hotel was renovated until last year, '95, and is now owned by the Hilton Group, where you can gamble and play in the million-dollar blackjack tournament for a $1,000 entry fee. 、

"What to play?" Liang Xiaolong and Kayla are dumbfounded, although there are all kinds of gambling methods here, but Liang Xiaolong and Kayla are at home at most playing landlords, upgrades, etc., and they don't know much about other gambling methods. Liang Xiaolong directly put the responsibility on Kayla: "Girl, you are going to come over to gamble, so you choose a gambling method." ”

The little girl glanced at Liang Xiaolong: "Bet on dice, last time I went to Beijing, I played with Xiao Tingting, just bet on the size, it's very simple." Liang Xiaolong's eyes couldn't help but light up, betting on dice is indeed very simple, 3-10 points are small, 7 points are big, but if the three dice have the same number of points, they will kill all sides.

Of course, you can also press the points, you can press 4-17 points, you can get 12 times the amount of money you can get (a total of 14 times, but in order to avoid some people all in to make trouble, so the dealer will generally take away a part), if you open three then the dealer will lose, if you open three six, then kill. The rules are simple and straightforward, and they are very easy to play, and this easy-to-play gambling method is often the most popular, otherwise it would not have spread from China to the world.

One big and one small found a gaming table, Liang Xiaolong had 100,000 chips in his hand, and Kayla also had 10,000 yuan in chips. When the dealer rolled the dice, Kayla took a $1,000 chip and put it out: "This one must be wide." Liang Xiaolong also took 10,000 chips to press up: "That's right, it must be big, I'll add another 10,000 to buy 14 points." ”

Liang Xiaolong and Kayla are different from other gamblers, they are not here to gamble, but to have fun, it is good to win, it doesn't matter if you lose. After a while, everyone finished placing bets, and the dealer said: "Buy and leave." Opening: "Four, five, five, fourteen o'clock." ”

"Wow, that's amazing." The little girl exclaimed: "Uncle, at fourteen o'clock, you earned 130,000 yuan from this." Liang Xiaolong was also happy, the dead mouse could let him, a blind cat, meet, and he could only consider himself unlucky, and it also made Liang Xiaolong firmly believe that he would be blessed if he didn't die, and he must kill all sides today.

Liang Xiaolong began to stop buying big and small, selling points, and not raising the stakes, with 10,000 chips per hand. Soon, Kayla was dumbfounded, the chance of Liang Xiaolong buying it was as high as a quarter of a hurry to follow the transfer strategy, and followed Liang Xiaolong to press the points, and after a while, there were a bunch of chips on the table: "Uncle, you are right, if you don't die, there will be a blessing, and today we will kill all sides." Liang Xiaolong said: "Girl, be a low-key person, and make money should also be low-key." Kayla grimaced at him, "Are we low-key?" ”

Liang Xiaolong also felt several sharp eyes swept over him, and he couldn't help but secretly eat already, since ancient times, there have been officials and businessmen hooking up, black gambling family talk, every casino in Las Vegas in addition to the support of the consortium, but also have the support of the underworld, if you are blind here, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat. Liang Xiaolong didn't want to be shot just after being hit by shrapnel.

But since he came out to play, he must have fun, Liang Xiaolong pulled Kayla to play at other gambling tables, anyway, as long as he doesn't go out and wins some money, the gangsters don't dare to mess around, otherwise it will be spread out, who will dare to gamble in the future? However, Liang Xiaolong is really lucky today, no matter whether he will bet or not, as long as he bets, he can win, and he is really killing all sides. Kayla's little girl also made a profit: "Uncle, you are simply a god of gambling." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Actually, the uncle is just wearing a pair of red underwear." ”

Fun is fun, and after two days in Las Vegas, everyone returned to Los Angeles. Liang Xiaolong went straight to the company: "Carl, how is the publicity?" Carl smiled: "It's a big fire, especially for Rachel and Andy, after this wave of publicity, their popularity can be compared to any first-line star, especially for Andy's publicity, I almost didn't laugh to death, there was a big change in just two days." ”

It is not easy for Chinese people to gain a firm foothold in Hollywood, and this time to make the photo of the most attractive man, many radicals have the idea of spoofing Andy, but Liang Xiaolong is most grateful for this kind of people. They went to spoof, which attracted a large number of people, and then these interesting things were quickly absorbed by the Everbright audience, and gradually, people would treat Andy more objectively, and finally accept Andy. All kinds of photos are the best illustration, from the original pure spoof, scolding in the comment area, to now the American audience objectively accepts Andy, and objectively comments on Andy.

Liang Xiaolong said: "It's a good phenomenon, how is the preparation for the filming of "Street Dance Boys"? When is Anne going to turn it on? Carl said: "There is only one school suitable for filming, Anne is now out on the inspection, and it is estimated that there will be results in the next two days." Liang Xiaolong said: "The filming of "Street Dance Boy" is also simple, maybe it can be released this year. Carl said: "In this way, our company has only produced four films this year, is it too little?" "In fact, with the current scale of Yanhuang Film Company, four films a year is already a lot, but the films released by Yanhuang Film Company are all box office hits, and the funds are very sufficient, and Liang Xiaolong only invested in Weta Digital Studio, so there are huge funds left, if you can't make full use of these funds, it will be a waste.

Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have prepared a script, if it weren't for the schedule, I would have put it into filming a long time ago." Tomorrow I will bring the script over, and by the way, I will ask John Woo to direct the film, and he will direct this film. After leaving the company, Liang Xiaolong immediately called Wu Yusen: "Director Wu, what have you been busy with lately?" Wu Yusen smiled: "Fu is at home, do you have a job for me?" Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "I have indeed prepared a script, if Director Wu is free, he will come to our company tomorrow, and we will talk about it in detail." ”

When he got home, Liang Xiaolong took out the good script and re-reviewed it, and Rachel also came over: "Honey, to be honest, compared to your previous scripts, this script is terrible." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "The works that are sold are not necessarily good, and they are not necessarily good scripts to make a film that sells well, whether they can highlight the two points depends on the level of the director." Rachel said: "I also participated in the premiere of "Broken Arrow", and the level of director John Woo is really good, but can he shoot these drag racing scenes well? ”

That's right, Liang Xiaolong's script is "Speed and Leakage", the script can only be regarded as average, and compared with "Never Compromise" and "The Sun is Like Me", it is scum, but whether a movie can succeed does not have to be a successful script, many blockbusters have a bad reputation, but they can also achieve great success. Take "Avatar", the highest-grossing "Avatar" in the previous life, is the plot exciting? Not necessarily, it can even be said that it is a bit of a broken affair between the cosmic version of the demolition office and the nail household, but it succeeded in the unparalleled 3D technology, which became a milestone in the history of the film, and it was able to sweep the box office of 2.7 billion US dollars.

The two points of drag racing films like "Speed and Leakage" are never related to the plot, but to the drag racing drama, if it can't highlight the exciting drag racing scene, then it is a garbage movie. And the reason why Liang Xiaolong chose this film for John Woo is because of John Woo's unparalleled talent in handling drag racing dramas. What is the script of "Mission Impossible 2"? It can't be rougher anymore, it can be said to be garbage, but under the direction of John Woo, the drag racing dramas are incomparably hot, and "Speed and Leakage" is scum compared to it.

Therefore, Liang Xiaolong firmly believes that with John Woo directing "Speed and Leakage", the drag racing scenes, especially the chase scenes, can definitely surpass the original film. However, after John Woo saw the script, he frowned just like Anne when she saw the script of "Street Dance Boy": "Captain, you're not joking with me, are you?" Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "I knew you would say that, but Director Wu, no matter how good the script is, it is not as important as your ability, as long as you can make the drag racing scene more exciting than "Broken Arrow", I guarantee that it will be a big hit at the box office." ”

Wu Yusen smiled bitterly: "I was cheated by your kid." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Make a good film with a rough script, so that you can show your directing level." John Woo smiled: "Okay, I promised to take over this film, but I have two requirements, first of all, the script, I have to agree to let me make a certain amount of revisions." ”

"No problem at all, it's better if you can change the script to the Wu style." Liang Xiaolong has no objection, John Woo's Wu style focuses on depicting feelings, and if he starts to revise it, maybe the plot will become more lateral. There is also the drag racing drama, in this regard, Liang Xiaolong only mentioned a very basic concept, which must be perfected by Wu Yusen himself. Of course, this is also what a director must do.

John Woo added: "The second is the production cost, if a rough script wants to be made into a blockbuster, it must work special effects. These drag racing dramas, if completed according to my ideas, I am afraid that it will require a lot of money. Liang Xiaolong said: "Director Wu, you can estimate it yourself, as long as the quality of the film is guaranteed, I will never be stingy with money." Wu Yusen thought for a while: "How can I get seventy or eighty million dollars." ”

Seven or eight million US dollars, it is definitely the largest investment in the history of Yanhuang Film Company, Liang Xiaolong couldn't help frowning, the production cost of this film in his previous life was only 60 million US dollars, and the shooting in 96 years cost 70 million or 80 million US dollars, which is definitely a huge expense. Carl suddenly laughed: "Director Wu, even if you open your mouth, even if you ask for 100 million US dollars, I can get it for you, and our company will never spend much money on this film." ”

"How?" Liang Xiaolong couldn't help frowning, Carl was not such an easy person to let loose when it came to money.