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Chapter 126: The 1.8 Billion Bet

Chapter 126: The 1.8 Billion Bet

Xingtian Dance is dry, and fierce ambition is always there

Xingtian, the god of war in myths and legends, is an immortal god of war supported by an incomparably firm faith. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Emperor Yan was defeated, Xingtian killed the heavenly court alone, fought a decisive battle with the Yellow Emperor, and was finally beheaded by the Yellow Emperor in Changyang Mountain. But the head fell to the ground, and it could not cut off the immortal war spirit, with milk as the mother and the umbilicus as the mouth, the Yellow Emperor was also frightened and hurriedly fled. Thousands of years have passed, and there are still people who still see a headless man wielding an axe and a shield as the saying goes, and his indomitable will and immortal fighting spirit will always be remembered by the world.

"Captain, a little off topic, right?" Stephen smiled bitterly again: "The spirit of this god of war is very touching even for me, a Westerner, but we are now filming the "Tomb Robbery Maze" series, and it may not be appropriate to use this admirable god of war as a villain, right?" Unless the God of War is rewritten as an evil god, but in this way, the original flavor you want will be gone. ”

"This is the second breakthrough of "Tomb Robbery". Liang Xiaolong said: "The first two episodes, whether it is a mummy or a terracotta army, are the fate of being eliminated by the protagonist, and in this episode, we have to change the elimination to persuasion." Mark said: "If you change it like this, what about the action?" The success of "Terracotta Warriors" has four aspects, the wonderful plot, the mysterious oriental culture, the magnificent special effects and Chinese kung fu, changing to persuasion, does it mean giving up kung fu? Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Of course not, I'll tell you in detail." ”

Myths and legends, the story must be grand, and Liang Xiaolong conceived the heavenly realm again. In ancient times, the gate of the heavenly realm was not closed, there were immortals in the heavenly realm, there were also demons, often for the disaster in the world, the five emperors decided to fly to the immortal realm, and closed the gate of the heavenly realm, but they were afraid that there were still hidden demons in the world, so they left the green dragon whip, the white tiger sword, the vermilion bird flag and the Xuanwu seal four major artifacts to guard the Quartet, as long as there are demons, the four major artifacts will come out to find the master.

"I see." Stephen said: "You want people to find the head of the God of War Xingtian, and then send the head to Changyang Mountain to resurrect Xingtian." And the god of war must find the Yellow Emperor for revenge, and he must reopen the gate of the heavenly realm, but as soon as the gate of the heavenly realm is opened, disaster will come, so he must be stopped. Liang Xiaolong said: "That's right, the four great divine soldiers were also born, found a new master, and tried to destroy the God of War, but the God of War was invincible, so he could only change his destruction to persuasion." Stephen smiled: "It's a good breakthrough, but what about the special effects?" What do the four divine beasts look like? What about the way to fight? ”

Mark immediately said: "The four weapons of the Green Dragon Whip, the White Tiger Sword, the Vermilion Bird Banner and the Xuanwu Seal must be made distinctive, and I can develop the toy piece when the time comes." Speaking of this, Mark was a little indignant: "I didn't develop any toys for "The Mummy of the Tomb Robbery", but I helped your company's Sword Pavilion accumulate early popularity. Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "The reason why Sword Pavilion has such a big sales is mainly due to "The Police and the Thief". Mark said, "But there is always a way to help you accumulate popularity, right?" In addition, "Terracotta Warriors" is not the same as shouting for the business of your Sword Pavilion, do you dare to say that the performance of the Sword Pavilion has not risen during this time? ”

Liang Xiaolong hurriedly pretended to be stupid: "These are all Carl's care, I'm not busy with the script, so I have time to take care of these." Mark snorted: "But your company is also amateur enough, and it only develops cold weapons, and you won't sell cold weapons made of plastic as toys to children?" Liang Xiaolong was a little dumbfounded, but he also suddenly realized: "That's right, why didn't you think of it?" But there is no hurry, the kung fu martial arts gym is about to open, and then it will be further publicized, making plastic weapons and wooden weapons to sell to the students and children. ”

Mark said: "Profiteer, get down to business, what do you propose in terms of special effects." Liang Xiaolong said: "Looking for Yuan Heping, you must be looking for him as an action director in the new film, right?" He is so old that he must have a higher cultural insight than me, and he will definitely be able to give you satisfactory answers. Mark gave him a blank look: "You're really lazy enough." Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "I said earlier, I am only responsible for helping you find the theme, it's noon, don't you still have a meal?" Mark said, "Okay, I'll call for a few working meals." ”

Liang Xiaolong suddenly had a black line: "You're too picky, aren't you?" Mark snorted, "For the lazy, it's nice to have a working meal." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "Okay, let's work dinner, I originally wanted to tell you a message, but it seems that you don't want to hear it, so forget it." Mark smiled: "If you want to pit me, there is no door, what information about Hollywood I don't know?" Liang Xiaolong didn't speak, just looked at Mark playfully, with a gloating expression.

Mark was panicked by him, and could only smile bitterly: "The hotel is up to you, let's say, what information." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "There is a lot of wine in your office." The corners of Mark's mouth couldn't help twitching, those are all world-famous wines, and they are all vintage, and they took a lot of effort to collect, but I didn't expect to be targeted by a guy who only knows how to drink beer today: "A bottle." Liang Xiaolong smiled without saying a word, stretching out five fingers.

Mark said angrily: "You are robbing, three bottles, three bottles at most." Liang Xiaolong smiled: "A piece of information that can save your company tens of millions of dollars is worth three bottles of wine?" Mark smiled bitterly: "Okay, five bottles, now you can say." Liang Xiaolong said: "Do you know the "Titanic" that Cameron is making? ”

"Of course." Mark couldn't help laughing: "Cameron, that guy is a vampire, and the production cost is increasing again and again, and Shirley has the urge to destroy other humanes." Liang Xiaolong asked again: "Do you know the story behind the film?" Mark said: "Based on the real story, the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank." Liang Xiaolong said: "Next year, no matter which film meets "Titanic", its box office will be like the Titanic hitting an iceberg, sinking one by one." ”

Mark said, "What else? Liang Xiaolong said: "It's gone." Mark couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You're too alarmist, aren't you?" Is a film like dominating the entire schedule? "Terracotta Warriors" is strong enough at the box office, right? Other films do not charge the box office the same. Liang Xiaolong snorted: "Compared with the box office, "Terracotta Warriors" is a fart compared to "Titanic", and its local box office can be equivalent to the global box office of "Terracotta Warriors". ”

Mark couldn't help laughing: "Captain, haven't woken up yet?" The global box office of "Terracotta Warriors" is estimated to be 600 million, and "Titanic" wants to get 600 million box office in China? Do you know what is the highest-grossing film in the United States so far? How many? How many years has this record been held? Liang Xiaolong said: "E Alien", released in 82, 360 million US dollars in the local area, has not been broken so far. Mark smiled: "Fourteen years of unsurpassed records, not to mention whether "Titanic" can break this record, even if it is broken, it is impossible to break so much, after all, the market is limited." ”

In this era, no one knows better than Liang Xiaolong about the terrifying box office grabbing ability of "Titanic", and even Cameron could not know that he could achieve such a brilliant achievement and become the king of the world. Liang Xiaolong couldn't help but smile evilly: "Otherwise, let's make a bet, I lose, and give you a script with a box office of more than $300 million; I won, give me all the wine in your office. Mark snorted, "How to bet?" Liang Xiaolong said with a smile: "Just bet on the global box office of "Titanic", and you will win with a low 100 million US dollars." ”

Forehead...... In the conference room, everyone looked at each other, 1.8 billion dollars, are you kidding? So far, the highest box office in the world is "Jurassic Park" released in 1993, which won $920 million at the global box office, and "Titanic" can break the record with double the box office? It's too much of a night, right?

"Haha......" everyone laughed, as if to say that Liang Xiaolong is a fool and a dream. Liang Xiaolong doesn't care, time will tell, and then he pulled up Mark: "Go to your office now, I have to make a list of those wines, remember, before the box office statistics of "Titanic" came out, those wines were bets, and no one could move." Mark took Liang Xiaolong to the office indifferently: "You better prepare the script as soon as possible, 1.8 billion US dollars, go to the headquarters of the Swiss Bank, and there is not so much cash." ”

Liang Xiaolong didn't care so much, he excitedly registered every bottle of wine, and even the production date was clearly registered, if it weren't for the fact that Mark's office still had to be kept beautiful, he even wanted to seal each bottle of wine to ensure that it was foolproof: "My baby likes red wine the most, and you have the most red wine here, if you move these wines back next year, my baby will definitely be happy to die." Mark was a little speechless, it was really difficult for him to understand why Liang Xiaolong was so excited, and it was even more difficult to understand where Liang Xiaolong's confidence came from.

After completing the registration, Liang Xiaolong said: "Man, you can keep the work meal for yourself, and I'll go back to eat the big meal made by my baby." Mark was extremely speechless, until Liang Xiaolong left, his head was still a little confused, so he ran to the conference room and asked Stephen: "Is the box office of "Titanic" really 100 million? ”

Stephen thought for a moment: "According to the past situation, the captain's box office estimate has always been a low estimate. Mark suddenly lost his energy: "Then my wine ......" Stephen patted him on the shoulder: "Man, mourn." Mark wanted to cry without tears, and those wines were collected by him with a lot of thought, connections, and money over the years. Stephen said again: "Don't worry, the box office of 1.8 billion US dollars is impossible, you still have to wait for the captain to send you the script." ”

There is no impermeable wall in the world, whether intentional or unintentional, word of mouth, the Hollywood industry slowly circulated this bet that was almost a joke, and most people laughed after hearing it, after all, such data makes it difficult to believe his authenticity. Moreover, even if someone believes it, they will only smile faintly: "The captain's head is probably injured in the bombing." ”

And in this atmosphere, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared in Mark's office.