The Canadian town of Hope is very remote, and if it weren't for the fact that the environment here is suitable for the filming of "First Blood", it should be a very quiet and quiet place. 【Reading.com】

Since the crew of "First Blood" arrived here two years ago, the town has become lively, every day you can hear bursts of gunfire, and then the sound of ambulances every now and then, the residents of the town know that they are filming, and they don't know what military exercises are going on here, because from time to time you can see people in police uniforms coming in and out.

This morning, the town is even more lively, before dawn, there are more than a dozen cars parked in the central square of the town, and the people who walk out of the cars are either rich or expensive characters, which can be guessed from the dress of a few strong men in black around them, they should be bodyguards or something, right?

In a restaurant in the town, Hollywood's Big Five, who arrived overnight, were having breakfast.

Corkrian, the gambling king of Las Vegas, USA, was smiling a cigar and eating an unpalatable breakfast, and he didn't eat much, it was a medium-rare steak with a lot of blood on it.

Corkrian took a puff on his cigar, then picked up his fork and stuffed the steak into his mouth and chewed it in a way that made the other four giants frown.

Corklian shrugged innocently and said, "Hell, the steaks in this place are really hard to eat. ”

Longmayer took a small bite of his sandwich, and said that the food in this place is indeed difficult to enjoy, and that Oriental boy actually hid in such a place, is he looking for sin?

After a while, Wang Xiaohu yawned and pushed open the door of the restaurant, and when the five giants turned around and saw him, ten pairs of eyes were shining with the light of a thief, just like a hungry ghost seeing a piece of delicious food.

"Hey, Tiger, you're finally here!" When the other four were stunned, the gambling king was the first to react, rubbing greasy on his expensive suit, and went up to give Wang Xiaohu a hug to show his enthusiasm.

“nonono。” Wang Xiaohu stopped him and said: "I don't like this, let's shake hands!" ”

Corkrian's face changed slightly, and several bodyguards behind him wanted to rush over when they saw this, but they were glared back by Wang Xiaohu's cold gaze, and he said to Corkrian with a smile: "Man, do you want to fight?" ”

"No, of course not. Everybody knows you're Bruce. Brother Li, your Chinese kung fu is amazing. Corklian smiled awkwardly, can be in Las Vegas to be the king of gambling, Corklian has some power in the American gangster, for this oriental boy, he knows very well, others may not know, but he knows very well that Wang Xiaohu is not very strong, but he can frustrate the karate master. (The mafia and the Yamaguchi-gumi are also linked.) ）

The bodyguard behind Corkrian locked his eyes on Wang Xiaohu's right hand tiger's mouth, and he found that there were thick calluses there, obviously, people are also masters of playing with guns.

"Tiger, what would you like to eat? The steaks here are good. Corklian said.

Seeing this, the other four giants also got up to greet Wang Xiaohu and invited him to sit down at the table for breakfast.

Wang Xiaohu sat beside Corkrian with a smile, watched the five giants speak, and said, "How is it?" I'm not kidding you, the scenery of the small town of Hope is indeed beautiful. ”

Graceful shit! The Big Five cursed in their hearts, if it weren't for the signing of the agency contract for "Myth", they wouldn't have come to this kind of place where birds don't, to know how unpalatable and unpalatable the breakfast here is, and how cold and cold the weather is here.

However, everyone tacitly said that the scenery here is very beautiful and so on, and everyone knows that this ancestor cannot be offended at this time.

Everyone greeted each other for a long time, and then Wang Xiaohu said: "Are you interested in hunting in the mountains?" ”

"Tiger." Corklian coughed twice and said, "Let's have a direct showdown, how can you get us to distribute Myth as an agent." ”

"If you want to represent "Myth", the earliest box office share ratio is unreasonable, I want to reduce it by half, the specific data is mentioned in this contract, Sist, send it to the five bosses to see." Wang Xiaohu said to Stallone who came with him without looking back.

The latter nodded, took out five contracts from his briefcase, a strong guy like Stallone turned out to be Wang Xiaohu's temporary guest secretary, and the five giants cried when they thought about it, this is Rocky, 80% of American young idols.

After the contract was issued, the five giants began to check it carefully, and when they saw the proportion of shares, Corklian didn't even think about it and immediately shouted: "Man, this can't work!" You broke the rules by doing this, you must know that we have to maintain the normal development of the theater chain, our contracts used to be split between five and a half, but you changed it to half a year later! ”

"Why not?" Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said, "I think this is very reasonable!" You have made a lot of money on me in the past seven years, your theater chain needs to maintain development, and my movies also need a lot of money injection, don't high-quality movies like "Star Wars" and "Mythology" need to burn money? ”

The contract that Wang Xiaohu let the Hollywood giants see is the contract he gave to Luen Mei Company, that is: starting from "Myth", if you want to represent the films of Concord, you must abide by the box office sharing ratio, which should be adjusted from the previous five to five weeks to 7:3, from the sixth week to 6:4, and half a year later to 5:5.

Among the five giants present, only MGM is the most confident, and the other four film companies are silent, as long as MGM talks about it, they will all be wiped out, if MGM can't talk about it, what capital do they have to change this ratio?

"Tiger, what do you want me to say?" Corklian snorted his cigar and said, "If this is the case, it will be difficult for our major companies to survive in the industry in the future, and other production companies will be able to compare."

Wang Xiaohu said in a sharp tone: "Mr. Wang, that's something you think about!" I'm sure you've seen the incredible profits of high-tech in movies, but can you find a better partner for Hollywood? ”

"So, before you say that, please think back to how many dollars our Concord movies have earned you!"

"Uh" Corkrian was stunned, yes, this Oriental kid was not wrong at all, "The Warrior's Journey", "Home Alone", "Jaws", "Contact of the Third Kind", "Star Wars" did bring them high profits, and this kind of profit was far from being comparable to other production companies, including their own studios.

Looking at the whole Hollywood, Concord is definitely in the leading position in special effects, their "Industrial Light and Magic" since its inception, has completed four post-production special effects, each film has exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office, not to mention the "Myth" that is now in the limelight, "Star Wars" alone has now earned 300 million US dollars, if it were not for "Myth" in the United States to blow a Chinese hurricane, this number will climb.

"Man, how about a 4:6, I mean a 4:6 ratio for the first five weeks." Corkrian looked at the other ones hesitantly, and found that they didn't mean to speak, so he cursed in his heart, and could only bargain with Wang Xiaohu.

"No, 7:3 is already a loss for us!" Wang Xiaohu said in a negative tone: "You can choose not to act as an agent, I feel that the profits brought by the release of 920 theaters are already considerable, at least our capital has been recovered, isn't it?" ”

"But 920 can't bring you higher profits, don't you want to make this profit higher?" Universal's president, Long Mayer, finally spoke, and he was the only one in the audience who could speak, except for MGM, represented by the gambling king Corkerian.

"I do this to make myself more profitable, Mr. Longmayer." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Damn it! Longmeyer rubbed his temples in frustration, if he had known this, he should have stopped Concorde from buying theaters, damn 200 theaters, damn 20th Century Fox, and damn 100 movie theaters in Philadelphia 7 years ago.

Now Wang Xiaohu's attitude is very resolute, if you don't agree to the box office sharing ratio, then OK, we will only release it in 920 theaters, you must know that 920 is also a scale that should not be underestimated, as long as the schedule is reasonable, the box office data is absolutely amazing after a year and a half of screening!

And this is not very critical, the key thing is that if these 920 theaters only show the special effects visual feast produced by Concord and 20th Century Fox in the future, the business of other movie theaters will be seriously affected!

The five giants understand that Wang Xiaohu is pinching these dependents, so he will have the courage to negotiate with everyone with a tough attitude, which is clearly a damn robbery!! This unruly Oriental kid!

The Big Five, look at me, I'll look at you, only Victor of United States is the least stressed, after all, if they want to act as an agent for the release of "Myth", they need to re-lease the scattered theater chain and earn the price difference from the middle, so Victor didn't think about it, and directly owed a word on the contract.

“**！” Corkrian's resentment and resentment towards Victor now, he can't uproot the company!

"Alright! Tiger, you've won! Longmayer smiled bitterly and signed the contract for the second time.

"Tiger, after signing this contract, you have to go to Las Vegas, and I want to win back all the money you transferred!" Corkrian gritted his teeth and signed the contract in fragments.

"Isn't it free?" Wang Xiaohu blinked innocently and said, "Hey, Mr. Gambling Wang, you are the most angry gambling king I have ever seen!" ”

Everyone laughed, and when the people from Columbia and Paramount saw that all three had signed, they knew that the general trend was gone, so they simply signed their names on the contract.

(To be continued)