"The Exorcist" tells the story of 12-year-old Reagan. McNeill is possessed by a demon, and her mother, Chris. The story of McNeil, his father Callas, and Merlin, the priest of the Conjuring spirits, who fight the devil to save the little girl's soul. 【】

The film is rated as the most terrifying film in film history, directed by Oscar Golden Man director Fred in 1973, has been nominated for 10 Oscars, won the Best Screenplay Award and Best Sound Award, and won four Golden Globe Awards in the same year, and the global box office is nearly 300 million US dollars, firmly occupying the hegemony of horror films.

Seeing this poster, Wang Xiaohu popped up the above information in his mind, and hurriedly asked Winterdur in the front row: "Old Wen, when will "The Exorcist" be released?" ”

Winterdur scratched his head and said, "You mean Fred's horror film, God, it was originally planned to take 85 days, but it actually took 224 days, in fact, when I left Warner, it was just getting started." The poster says that it will be released on December 26, boss, what are you asking for? ”

The horror shooting techniques of "The Exorcist" have influenced many horror films in later generations, such as "Blair the Witch" in 1999 and "Smart: Ghost Shadow" in 2007 are all masterpieces that pay tribute to the old-timers, and these three films are all called for scaring people to death, and the latter two are good to say, after all, in the 21st century, the public's psychology is somewhat immune, but "The Exorcist" in the 70s made the audience unable to stand the horror atmosphere and fainted or ran away, many viewers screamed, dizzy and even hysterical, So much so that the ambulance had to be on standby at the door of the theater at any time, which can be called the most controversial movie.

"Nonsense, of course it's time rush!" Wang Xiaohu was a little depressed when he heard it, he planned that "Home Alone" would be released during Christmas, but now, when "Home Alone" meets "The Exorcist", a horror movie, and a ghost comedy, God knows what the final box office fight will be!

"We have a big grudge with Warner, and I'm afraid this Christmas schedule is inevitable." Wang Xiaohu sighed and said: "Starting tomorrow, we will double the salary for those actors, and the big scenes will be filmed within two days, and the remaining key scenes must be guaranteed to have half a month, and then we will have enough time to do post-production." ”

"Ok, the boss is really passionate when he works with you, your speed of making films is top-notch in Hollywood, I have never seen any company produce three films in half a year." Winterdur patted the ass just right.

"I have to think of some publicity means to prevent "The Exorcist" from sweeping the box office at the end of the year!" Wang Xiaohu grabbed his hair and said, "Old Wen, how many theaters will Twentieth Century Fox spare to cooperate with us this time?" ”

"I have already contacted George a week ago, and they will come up with 300 theaters, which is not easy for them, after all, boss, your box office stability is what they value." Winterdur slapped another sycophant: "Besides, boss, have you forgotten, we are the home stadium in Philadelphia, and the film "The Exorcist" does not want to be released here, which the mayor has promised before getting on the bus." ”

"I hope so!" Wang Xiaohu comforted himself in his heart, there are two reasons for his cramped uneasiness: first, although the box office of "Home Alone" in history has also reached more than 200 million US dollars, it is somewhat powerless in the face of "The Exorcist", which is the same as "Rocky" in 72 and "The Godfather" PK, both of which are classic films, will eventually be despised because they are oriental directors, and the box office will be affected.

The current situation is similar, although Wang Xiaohu is also one of the holders of the Silver Eagle Medal of the Directors Guild, but Fred's status in Hollywood is more prominent than himself, after all, he once won a small golden man, but he did not, this is a kind of qualifications, a kind of box office appeal.

"Fuck, next year's Oscar fight will definitely be in a state of contention, "Rocky" vs. "The Exorcist", it's enough for those judges to have a headache!" Wang Xiaohu thought in his heart that he got out of the car, if he had known earlier that "The Exorcist" would be released this year, he would have to delay "Home Alone" by a month, and it would be better to avoid this kind of big-scale production and sweep of the 10 Oscars.

But now that the arrow is on the bow, Wang Xiaohu has no possible surname to turn back, so he can only rush up, anyway, you are a production cost of 1 million, Lao Tzu is a production cost of more than 600,000, and it is unknown who will die in the end!

The creaking sound of the snow under his feet was like a strong rhythm in Wang Xiaohu's ears, and he suddenly thought of a few good ideas, and he couldn't say that he would do it again.

The production cost of more than 600,000 yuan, of which nearly 300,000 yuan was spent on the two big houses in front of Wang Xiaohu, one is naturally Kevin's house full of organs, and the other is Kevin's neighbor.

Just arranging the exterior of these two houses cost nearly 50,000 yuan, and the 50,000 US dollars can shoot a good movie in Hong Kong, and the cost of "Drunken Fist" is only 400,000 yuan, so the production of more than 600,000 US dollars is not a small amount in Wang Xiaohu's eyes, but it is insignificant compared to the 2 million he smashed into "Star Wars".

"Brother Tiger, you're here!"

"Brother Tiger is good!"

"Brother Tiger."

Wang Jiaxin, Xie Dongchen, and Li Qingsheng, three Xiehe employees who studied in "Industrial Light and Magic", were very cordial after seeing Wang Xiaohu, and Wang Xiaohu came to the set the next day, and these three guys came up to say hello.

"Brother Tiger, your breakfast." Xie Dongchen handed over a Philadelphia meat bun, a snack that spread from Philadelphia, fried ground beef, cheese, onions, etc. sandwiched in a long bread. It's not elegant, but for most Philadelphians, it's an affordable way to satisfy your hunger, and it's available at many fast-food clubs, shopping malls, stadium theaters, and even street food trucks.

"Hey, if you replace the onion with Zhangqiu green onion, it will definitely taste more delicious." Eating meat buns reminded Wang Xiaohu of his life as a stand-in in his previous life, in the most difficult time, he said that three meals were to eat meat buns, which was a baked cake stuffed with some minced meat, and there was a place called Baiji Bun, anyway, the saying was different, and it tasted almost the same.

While eating meat sandwich buns, Wang Xiaohu inspected the set set arranged by these three guys, "baking lamps, electric irons, firecrackers, frying pans, ropes, paint, glue, fishing lines, tripping horses, toy air guns, three-shot bow crossbows" All kinds of things that were or did not have in the original version of "Home Alone" were neatly listed in front of Wang Xiaohu, and all the props were marked with numbers and the order of appearance.

"Lao Wang, it seems that you have made a lot of progress in the past six months." Wang Xiaohu picked up the gasoline baking lamp, looked at the number and shooting order on it and said.

Wang Jiaxin smiled and said: "These are all learned from Lao Lu, Brother Tiger, don't say it, the set of foreign devils is really scientific, I feel that the method of using sets and props is more time-saving than before." ”

"What have you been up to lately?" Wang Xiaohu asked without a word.

"Fiddling with some models of spaceships, since I haven't fiddled with them before, it's a bit slow to get started." Wang Jiaxin smiled embarrassedly.

"Star Wars" is currently at a critical moment of preparation, and it is definitely not a month or two to get a good variety of models, and it took nearly three years to complete the filming of "Star Wars" in history, so this is definitely a big hole, except for people like Wang Xiaohu who can foresee the future, no investor will be hot-headed to invest in Lucas at this time.

"Qingsheng and I have been improving a kind of shooting machine, the name is quite tongue-twisting, and Lao Lu has recently found a few helpers to assist us." Xie Dongchen's words are not many, but he can report the recent work progress most directly and clearly.

"Hmm." Wang Xiaohu nodded and said: "I won't waste too much time here, you have to be more attentive in the next two years, as long as the filming of "Star Wars" is over, you will learn the technology that you will never use for a lifetime." ”

Wang Xiaohu is referring to the success of "Star Wars" after causing a sensation, Hollywood studios began to realize the importance of movie special effects, but they tossed for five or six years without the slightest progress, until "The Terminator" did not shine, before that, Wang Xiaohu must train troops and cultivate his own film special effects team, after all, Chinese Xianxia movies do not have to be inferior to "The Lord of the Rings"!

After the actors arrived, Wang Xiaohu announced the start of filming, due to the rush for time, the first scene of filming was the scene where Kevin's big family was preparing to travel to Hong Kong, Kevin, the youngest among the children, was angry everywhere at first, and even his favorite cheese pizza was snatched and eaten, and the stupid thief with gold teeth turned into a fake policeman who was very patient to observe everything in the chaos in the room

"Home Alone" started in the morning and did not complete the filming plan of the day until 11:30 in the evening, which is simply miserable for those hired American actors, but the two sides have a contract first, and Wang Xiaohu also paid double the salary, so although they are tired, they will not complain about the dollar, this year of inflation is terrible, nothing is more important than money.

When the crew disbanded, Li Guohao was already tired, curled up and fell asleep in Wang Xiaohu's arms, Zhao Yazhi couldn't bear to put a coat on the two sleeping people, and moved the electric heater to the two of them

The snow outside is getting heavier and the weather is getting colder, and inside the wide house, a family of three leaning together looks particularly warm

(To be continued)