567 Wang Xiaohu's Threat Theory
In 120 minutes, two hours, George. Wilson didn't know how many times he had said compliments, and when the screen began to scroll through the credits and acknowledgement units, he jumped up from his seat, clapped his hands vigorously and said, "Tiger! This movie is going to be decided by our 20th Century Fox! God, he has given me so much shock and excitement. [Full text reading]"
"Thank you for the compliment!" Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "I said you found something that interests you." ”
"Yes, I'm very interested, tell me how you and Angel flew in the sky, that part is very romantic." George. Wilson asked very gossipily.
Wang Xiaohu raised his eyebrows and said: "That's special effects, but it's not like Hollywood's special effects, it's a secret that belongs to us Hong Kong filmmakers." ”
"Oh, don't do this to me!" George. Wilson said in disappointment: "When Superman was released, I studied how Warner made Superman fly so cool, but Warner's bad boy gate never told me. ”
Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "I can tell you this!" As early as when Wang Xiaohu wrote the script of "Superman", he had considered this problem, and he also came up with many effective plans for this purpose, which were far cooler than those filmed by Warner.
"Tie Superman to a 15-metre-high boom, tie him to his waist, let him get his balance, and let him dangle with the swing of the pole, of course." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "This is the most basic technique, and the previous Supermen flew like this." ”
"Really?" George. Wilson shrugged as if it wasn't a big deal.
"The second method is a bit more complicated, as shown in "Mythology", using a secret weapon, Warner has worked with Hong Kong's Golden Harvest, so they have mastered this technique, but they need to design action plans and corresponding protection measures."
"Is there a third one?" George. Wilson was a studious kid who drew inferences.
"The third one has to use Hollywood's special effects department, Warner should have its own special effects team, and I'm sure that the cameras they use are purchased from our Industrial Light & Magic, haha, it's an efficient motion camera invented by George and Grant when they were filming Star Wars, and it's all illusions when you see Superman flying towards you like a rocket, it's the camera that's doing tricks."
Wang Xiaohu didn't tell George the real thing he actually made. Wilson, he just said it in the simplest of terms, and even then, to the delight of the curious George. Wilson was useful.
"Aha, Tiger, aren't you afraid I'll tell someone?"
"No, we're friends, aren't we? With the development of film technology, sooner or later, these things will be put on the table and shared. Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "It seems that we are off topic." ”
"Yes, off topic! Ha ha. "George. Wilson laughed and said, "Okay my friend, 20th Century Fox will be on your side, I love the beautiful western China." ”
"George, thank you for your support, I believe your decision is the wisest!" After speaking, Wang Xiaohu added: "You should take the time to go there for a vacation, it is really beautiful." ”
"Good advice, and, of course, the mysterious terracotta warriors."
"What is your opinion, sir?" Wang Xiaohu's representative of the United States said.
The representatives of the United States have clearly not yet come to their senses from the shock. Under Wilson's reminder, he suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "Oh, what? Yes, this film is fantastic, he opened my eyes to the mysterious oriental culture, which is very meaningful. ”
"Danny, instead of asking you how you feel, we asked your opinion, would the [***] you represent willing to join our screening program?" George. Wilson said.
At the mention of this question, Danny seemed to be avoiding something, and after a long time of hesitation, he said goodbye.
"Strange guy." Wang Xiaohu muttered to himself puzzled.
Winterdur said: "Boss, you don't have to take it personally, in fact they are burning their butts, Danny is right, [***] really has a problem, and it's a big problem." ”
Wang Xiaohu spread his hands, and then asked the representative of Universal, "Mr. Robert." ”
Robert knew each other very well, and without waiting for Wang Xiaohu to ask him, he directly said his feelings: "Tiger, I have to admit that you can shoot such a movie, the rendering of color in the film, as well as your beautiful wife, and the real war scenes, all make me immersive, so that I can't extricate myself from the shock again and again, and your performance in the film has the charm of a western cowboy." ”
Robert, like Danny of Lianmei, said a lot of good things as soon as he came up, and the international version of "Myth" is all in English dialogue, with mixed Chinese and English subtitles, which does not affect the understanding of Robert and other foreigners.
(It's just that the Chinese subtitles are much larger than the English subtitles, in addition to Wang Xiaohu and Zhao Yazhi recording in the original voice, the recordings of Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Zhao Gang, Lin Qingxia, and Lin Fengjiao are all completed by professionals.) )
After all, the international version is a developed country in the West, and it has put a lot of effort into the dialogue, picture, and sound effects, otherwise the special effects part will not be tossed for more than a year.
It can be said that Wang Xiaohu did these works so dedicatedly, so that Robert could not admire it, which has fully demonstrated that the Concord Company represented by Wang Xiaohu has the level of first-class production in Hollywood.
"But, I'm sorry that our president Longmayer would prefer to sign you for a sequel to Jaws." Robert said apologetically.
"Jaws?" The corners of Wang Xiaohu's mouth curled up and asked with a smile.
"Yes." I don't know why, Robert had a bad feeling after seeing Wang Xiaohu's smile.
Soon, Wang Xiaohu proved that his intuition was very accurate. I heard Wang Xiaohu say: "You go back and tell Mr. Longmeyer that if you want the sequel copyright of "Jaws", he needs to wait patiently. ”
"How long will it take?" Robert asked.
"Maybe a week, maybe two weeks, maybe longer!" Wang Xiaohu said expressionlessly: "In addition, you can tell him that you have to show some sincerity in doing business, if he really wants "Jaws", let him find me in person, ok?" ”
"Of course, if nothing else, I'll leave first." After Robert finished speaking, he retired very gentlemanly, and when he came out of the screening room, he felt a cold sweat all over his body, and when the Oriental man said his last words, he invisibly exerted too much pressure on him!
In the screening room, Wang Xiaohu clapped his hands and said: "Okay, the first round of confrontation is over, except for our old friend George, the other seven major companies have given us a blank eye, which is really memorable." ”
George. Wilson also thought he was talking angry, and immediately explained: "Tiger, I don't know about other companies, there is really nothing that can be done on the United States side, and they now owe a lot of foreign debt." ”
"Oh? Will it go bankrupt? Wang Xiaohu's eyes lit up.
George. Wilson shook his head and said, "I don't know very much about this. Then he told Wang Xiaohu that Luen Mei Company invested in the filming of "Heaven's Gate" and was involved in this film, and the company currently has no extra funds to do other investments, and finally he concluded: "Now they have given up everything, and can only pray for a miracle from God, hoping that "Heaven's Gate" can save Luen Mei." ”
Wang Xiaohu laughed secretly in his heart, if it was really like George. Wilson's words were interesting to him, because in the small screening room, there was also a man with Michael . Simino is also a good director, he is John Woo.
The reason why John Woo is said is because he not only has the reputation of "the creator of violence aesthetics", but also has an unknown nickname "disaster director", things have to start from 2000, he directed a war blockbuster called "Wind Whisperer" for MGM, and Nicolas Cage is in charge of the actors, which can be said to be powerful, whether it is MGM or the American political axe, they all have high hopes for "Wind Whisperer", I heard that George W. Bush also personally presented John Woo with some awards.
But no one thought that after the release of "The Wind Whisperer", it encountered Waterloo time, both at the box office and word of mouth tragically went to my grandmother's house, and what caused a sensation in the world film industry was that MGM went bankrupt! So John Woo had the nickname of "disaster director", and since then he can't get along in Hollywood, so he returned to his hometown Hong Kong to develop. (The failure of "The Wind Whisperer" is only an objective reason, and the main reason is that MGM has been operating poorly for many years.) )
Unexpectedly, there was such an interesting thing in the early 80s, Wang Xiaohu suddenly came to his senses, and secretly said a few words to Winterdur, and it can be guessed from Lao Wen's frightened eyes that Wang Xiaohu must have given him an incredible order.
"George, let's talk about how to get started!" Wang Xiaohu invited George. Wilson came to his office, opened a bottle of wine, poured half a glass, and handed it to George. Wilson.
George. Wilson said thank you, and then whispered: "Tiger, now that our Hollywood colleagues are not optimistic about us, and the situation we are facing is not very optimistic, is there any good way to turn the situation around?" ”
Wang Xiaohu shook the wine in George. Wilson looked at him in surprise and took a sip, then he burped and said, "I know it's ungentlemanly, but I like it." ”
George. Wilson pondered for a long time before he understood, frowned and asked uncertainly, "You mean to directly promote the release?" ”
Wang Xiaohu nodded and did not deny it.
"Tiger, are you crazy, there is no other company to distribute the cinema support, just your 200 theaters and 600 theaters with searchlights, it's not enough, it's not enough!" George. Wilson shook his head.
Wang Xiaohu said calmly: "There is no good idea more convincing than box office data!" ”
In capitalist countries where the law of the jungle prevails, survival of the fittest, this is the law of nature, and the same applies in Hollywood. Wilson did not refute Wang's words, because he knew the rules of the game in Hollywood too well.
After a long time, the youngest president of the distribution department in the United States reluctantly said: "Well, until there is no better way, this is the only way!" ”
"Believe me, I won't give up so easily, just like when I came to you with Rocky!"
"Yes, I believe in you, and I believe in Mythology even more! Cheers! ”
"Cheers!"
Meanwhile, at a private club in Los Angeles, representatives from MGM, Disney, Columbia, Warner Bros. and Paramount were sitting together to discuss issues.
The Warner Bros. representative said, "How? Did the Oriental Kid take a hit? ”
The representative of Colombia said: "Things are far from being as simple as we planned, in addition to the United States taking care of itself, 20th Century Fox and Universal still have a strong interest in the Oriental Kid, and they will definitely not stand in our alliance." ”
"To be honest, I'm very interested in their Mythology right now." After Paramount's representative said this, he suddenly felt four aggressive glances, which were projected by the other four representatives, and he hurriedly said haha: "No, don't get me wrong, what I'm talking about is just wanting to see how bad their movie is." ”
Warner Bros. snorted coldly and said: "Don't forget, this Oriental kid has dominated the North American box office for 4 years, and now "Star Wars" has swept 300 million US dollars!" And the box office of overseas releases hasn't been counted yet, don't you have a sense of crisis? ”
"Please, we're in charge of making money, as long as he can bring us profits, I don't care what color he is!" MGM said displeasedly.
"Hmph, of course you MGM are rich and don't think about this!" The Warner Bros. representative rolled his eyes, ignored MGM's representative and continued: "Wang Xiaohu has been making movies that promote the American spirit before, as long as his films are in line with the American dream, we have nothing to say, but this time he is promoting oriental culture, and as far as I know, the film is still shot in Chinese mainland, don't you have a sense of crisis?" ”
"Sense of crisis?" The Disney representative hugged his shoulders and said, "What the hell are you trying to say?" You must know that Sino-US relations are still in the honeymoon period, and their president just visited the United States last year, so what sense of crisis will he have? ”
"Hell, haven't you thought deeply about it, once the Oriental culture blows some whirlwind in the United States, once that Oriental kid completely establishes himself in Hollywood, he will definitely hype up the Oriental culture, I think this is very important!" The Warner Bros. representative said angrily.
"Hey, hey, we're businessmen, not politicians like you Warners, we just know that as long as we can bring us profits, we are our friends, and if not, those who hinder us from making a fortune are enemies!" The MGM representative said angrily.
"And what do you MGM mean?" Warner Bros. was also in a hurry.
"Wait and see!"
“**!” Warner Bros. angrily slammed the table
(To be continued)