The letter shocked Wang Xiaohu at the same time, but also brought him strong confidence, originally he thought that he was going to fight a war of attrition with China, but he didn't want the country to eliminate all his worries very directly, and the big man even bluntly said in the letter that if "Shocking" can be made into an excellent movie, everything can be discussed, which is equivalent to opening up a green channel for Wang Xiaohu's crew in China, which shows the importance that the big man attaches to Hong Kong movies and Wang Xiaohu. 【】

Wang Xiaohu handed the script of the full version of "Earth-shattering" to President Liang as quickly as possible, and in the list of actors, in addition to listing the list of actors to be starred in Hong Kong, other actors are added by domestic film companies, which is a thing mentioned in the letter, and the meaning is also obvious: to drive the start of the domestic film industry and strengthen the development of the domestic film industry, let's call it an exchange.

As for why Wang Xiaohu proposed to take half a year to prepare, because many special effects in "Earth-shattering" need to be completed, and these special effects need to use the team of "Industrial Light and Magic", just to prepare these special effects, Wang Xiaohu initially plans to invest more than 10 million yuan, and it is still US dollars, and it may take a long time to make these special effects.

President Liang has always wanted to see the content of the secret letter, but because of the special advice from above, this letter must only be viewed by Wang Xiaohu, and the level of the urgent secret letter on the envelope is also quite high.

Obviously, President Liang is the name of the person who knows the letter, which can be clearly seen from the envy and fanaticism in his eyes, for Wang Xiaohu is so young, he can win the favor of big people, and even write a letter in person, he can only envy and envy, and admire Wang Xiaohu in his heart. Before leaving, he did not forget to tell him: "Comrade Xiao Wang, you must keep this letter well, and don't let people find out or be stolen, otherwise it will bring you unnecessary trouble." ”

"Thank you." After Wang Xiaohu read this letter, his attitude towards President Liang also eased a little, after all, President Liang also acts as a microphone, and it is not easy to be caught in the middle.

Wang Xiaohu politely sent President Liang out of the house, and jumped up happily when he returned to the living room, the joy and excitement on his face were mentioned, Zhao Yazhi, who was two months pregnant, saw her husband look like a child, and walked over with a smile and said, "Did you encounter anything good, look at you happy." ”

Wang Xiaohu stepped forward and carefully helped his wife sit on the sofa, and then kissed her duck egg face and said: "China sent me a letter, "Earth-shattering" is deeply liked by the leaders over there, and promised to let me bring the Hong Kong crew over to shoot, and the film should also be filmed for Hong Kong and Chinese mainland. As he spoke, he shook the secret letter in his hand and said, "Lady, this is our ticket to the mainland." ”

Zhao Yazhi chuckled and took the letter, "Can I read it?" ”

"Haha, you're my lady, so you can naturally watch it!" Wang Xiaohu is not as pedantic as those people in China, he is not a party member, he will not follow any rules of secrecy, and he has nothing to hide from his family.

"Hey, what a sharp brushwork!" After opening the envelope, there was a burst of ink fragrance in her nose, and then Zhao Yazhi saw the pen and ink of Long Feifeng Dance, and when she saw the final signature, she couldn't close her mouth in surprise: "Ah, it's Mao"

"Shhh ”

Zhao Yazhi nodded, knowing that what her husband said was true, and after carefully putting the envelope away, she lay in Wang Xiaohu's arms and said softly: "When do you plan to enter the mainland to cooperate in filming?" ”

Wang Xiaohu pondered for a long time and then said, "Probably in March or April next year." ”

"Oh." Zhao Yazhi breathed a sigh of relief, "You, you are a hurry, I'm really worried that you will want to go over now, thinking about the filming of this film must be a waste of time, I am worried that you will leave our mother and wife in Hong Kong alone." ”

"Hehe, no matter how anxious I am, I can't be such a bastard!" Wang Xiaohu smiled, stretched out his hand on Zhao Yazhi's lower abdomen and stroked it gently, and sighed: "I don't know how big the little guy is now." ”

"It's only been two months, so it should be the size of a little finger." Zhao Yazhi also had no experience in these, so she casually described it.

"It's so old, let me hear if he's active today." Wang Xiaohu said and bent down, put his ear on Zhao Yazhi's lower abdomen and listened for a long time, "Hey, I heard the little guy moving, making a gurgling sound!" ”

"Oops, that's the sound of my hunger." Zhao Yazhi said with a smile: "Official, you know how to make people happy." ”

In late May, the filming of "Half a Pound and Eight Taels" and "Lin Shirong" entered the regular stage, and the fourth draft of "Best Partner" of the three giants of Xinyicheng finally passed Wang Xiaohu's review, and the three giants hugged each other excitedly at that moment, cheering and jumping on the top of their heads, they all knew that after Wang Xiaohu's strict experience, they could clearly feel their growth, although the process was very difficult, but they gained a lot and were deeply encouraged.

"Start a business, shoot with your heart, don't be ashamed of being a teacher!" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

The three giants naturally nodded their heads like chickens pecking rice, took the check for two million from the master, and happily ran to negotiate with the Xu brothers, who let Xu Guanjie inside.

After all this, Wang Xiaohu arranged everything in Hong Kong and prepared to leave for Los Angeles, because "Jaws" had been filmed in April, Spielberg called more than once, urging Wang Xiaohu to watch the first cut of the film, and asked Wang Xiaohu to give final instructions.

On May 23, Wang Xiaohu saw the first cut of "Jaws" in the Concord branch, and after watching it, he was silent for a long time, Spielberg or Lucas and others patiently waited for him to give his opinion.

"Man, I know it's your painstaking production, and I know you're in a dilemma when editing, but you should think about it for the audience, and be more ruthless when you edit again, most of these scenes about the scenery are redundant." Wang Xiaohu let the screening room play back several times, pointed to the scenery about the beach and said: "This will be noisy, it is undeniable that the vineyard is indeed a resort, but the lethality of such a beautiful scenery to the audience is also amazing, if you don't remove these parts, I will think that what I see is a landscape film, not a horror movie!" ”

"Oh God." Spielberg patted his forehead vigorously, originally he thought that Wang Xiaohu would be praised for a while, after all, no matter how he was surnamed during the filming, if he complained, Wang Xiaohu always stood in the perspective of encouraging and praising him, but today, the young boss actually opened his mouth to accuse, and this problem was not only mentioned by Lucas and other friends, but he still stubbornly persevered. "Boss, maybe you're right, I should be harder on myself."

"Hehe, I will feel reluctant again, after all, these shots are shot little by little at your own expense and time, but from the perspective of commercial films, you have to endure the pain and cut the bloated film more finely in order to be accepted by the audience."

"Okay, I'll do it, please rest assured, boss." Don't look at Spielberg very proud, he can still accept the advice of the boss Wang Xiaohu.

"There's one more thing I have to tell you." Wang Xiaohu touched the beard on his chin and muttered, "Since the content of Jaws has reached the limit of being restricted, it needs a more relaxed inspection level positioning. ”

"You mean," Spielberg asked, frowning.

Wang Xiaohu smiled, patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's right, this means that you should learn the lesson of "The Exorcist" and cut out some shots again, how about it, isn't it even more heartbroken?" ”

Spielberg rolled his eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Okay, I'll do my best." Spielberg admitted that the film should be rated "R" (restricted) and should be forbidden to teenagers under the age of 18. And Wang Xiaohu's meaning is also very obvious, in order to enlarge the audience of "Jaws" and let the teenagers enter the theater, he must cut out the shots that he spent three years racking his brains to shoot.

As a result, Jaws received a "PG" (children must be accompanied by their parents) certification. The pass is surprisingly lenient, and the sci-fi film "Roller Hockey" is rated "R" for just a few bloody sports scenes, and its content is barely comparable to that of "Jaws."

Wang Xiaohu discussed with everyone and cut out the horror of the great white shark's attack on people on the beach in the first day, so that the children would not scream when they saw this scene.

With the benefit of Wang Xiaohu, the first panoramic shot of the great white shark was put into the third scene, in order to increase the effect of the scene in front of which had already stunned the audience, so as to comfort Spielberg's regret for cutting the shot.

After all this set was completed, it was already the beginning of June, and the publicity work of "Jaws" also began, in order to cope with the prosecutors, the Concord Branch added "Warning" to the advertisement, reminding everyone that because the content of the film may be too intense, it is not suitable for children and teenagers. In the week leading up to the film's release, Concord published a full-page "educational" ad based on viewers' different interests and predictions, listing the ferocity of sharks.

All of this has made American audiences interested in "Jaws".

(To be continued)