Before the official release, Wang Xiaohu asked Spielberg to test the film in a small area, so as to adjust the content of the film according to the audience's reaction, after all, he did not want "Jaws" to have the same tragedy as "The Exorcist". 【】

When the industry insiders who attended the viewing saw the first victim killed in the film, they were sure that the film would be a big hit! Totally unexpected.

"I knew Tiger. There must be a play in Wang's script! "The new president of Fox Searchlight Distribution, George . Wilson excitedly shook Wang Xiaohu's hand and said, "Tiger, I'm full of confidence now, I dare to bet big on publicity and promotion!" ”

George. Wilson is very grateful to Wang Xiaohu, if he hadn't arranged the release of "Rocky" under various pressures, Wang Xiaohu might have to suffer in Hollywood, but it was also given Wang Xiaohu this opportunity, Wilson's career began to go lucky, with Wang Xiaohu many times in the past two years, he also had the initial small manager of the distribution agency to climb to the president of Searchlight.

The so-called big bet is actually to do TV commercials, which Wang Xiaohu earlier asked George. Wilson has pointed out that the approach to film marketing at that time was completely different from that of today. Because of Hollywood's hostility to television, advertising through television has not yet been adopted. On the contrary, film reviews and audience word-of-mouth are paramount, as evidenced by the fierce critic war over "Bonnie & Clyde" a few years ago. Two years before Jaws, Columbia had made a partial television promotion for a B-grade film in the local market, and it was a small victory. After tasting the sweetness, Columbia once again hyped up a prison film that would have been a box office disaster on the national television network, and ended up miraculously grossing out.

"I'm going to run $700,000 TV commercials for ABC and BC!" George. Wilson said excitedly: "This is undoubtedly an unprecedented amount of money. ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will share half of the cost with you, and your generous investment will also win a richer return." ”

Mention of the return of Liangzi, George. Wilson's eyes immediately lit up, and he said with anticipation: "You're right, I'm starting to have a fever in my heart right now, and I'm even dreaming of lying in a house full of dollars." ”

Everyone laughed, and then Wang Xiaohu and Wilson, the two bosses, began to discuss the theater arrangements for the film's release.

Although Spielberg was still a nobody in the Hollywood circle at this time, everyone felt quite a pattern about him, and their impression of him was only that he worked for Wang Xiaohu, but who was Wang Xiaohu? It was last year's Oscar Grand Slam, and the Oriental man set many records in Hollywood history.

And "Jaws" also came out with a lot of lace news in last year's filming, such as the original author was once knocked out by Wang Xiaohu and two front teeth were sent to the hospital, for example, it is rumored that the great white shark is not a real great white shark, but a steel giant made by machinery, and with the recent popular science knowledge of "Great White Shark" in Concord Company, everyone's appetite has been satisfied, not to mention, mainly because Wang Xiaohu is too silent this year, so silent that everyone is impatient to wait!

The release time of the film is determined on June 6th, that is, the beginning of the summer prime time, with Wang Xiaohu as the appeal of the box office, plus Lucas, Stallone, Ali and other American celebrities, and there are TV advertisements bombarded by major American TV stations, in short, the day before the release of the film, the movie tickets in 600 theaters have been sold out!

At the same time, the searchlight company has stepped up its efforts to promote overseas, and Italy, the second major battlefield of Hollywood films, has also prepared 200 theaters to be released simultaneously with Hollywood.

"Bruce, are you interested in watching a horror movie that Tiger invested?" Jabbar asked with a smile as he looked at Bruce Lee, who was slowly standing in the gym.

Bruce Lee has entered the rehabilitation training stage at this time, is standing pile Gong is the three-body posture of Xingyi boxing, his body is still very weak, must be through the standing pile to improve the quality of the body, fortunately he listened to Wang Xiaohu's opinion back then, half a year before the death of the fraud in Hong Kong to find the Xingyi boxing master Shen Zhong learned a set of three-body poses, now he has been practicing for three months, the harvest is quite deep.

"Horror?" Bruce Lee frowned: "Don't watch it, I'm only interested in his kung fu movie series." This guy is definitely going to start a new round of money again! ”

"You're right, if you turn on the TV now, it's full of Jaws commercials, and oh my God, I'm interested in that guy with his bloody mouth." Jabbar said hatefully, "Since you don't want to watch it, I just go to the theater with my family to watch it, haha, I really want to see those cowards frightened." ”

Bruce Lee smiled and continued to stand in the three-body pose

"Jaws" was finally released in the expectation of all audiences, in order to achieve the best effect of horror, the film was scheduled to start at 11:30 pm, before that, two hours before that, the doors of 600 theaters in the United States were already crowded, they were chattering and guessing the plot, and some people compared "Jaws" and "The Exorcist", after all, in their minds, "The Exorcist" was a film that had scared people to death and was suspended by the US authorities until March this year, Warner Company has only gone through many channels to let "The Exorcist" re-enter the theater, but after a year, the box office of this film is not very ideal, and it has been edited beyond recognition, and many people feel that it is very bad after watching it.

"I wonder if this year's Jaws will scare me!" A white man muttered.

"It's hard to believe that Tiger invested in a little-known guy to make a horror film and adapted the script himself." A man with glasses who looked like a film critic said to his companion: "If he can't intimidate me, I'll make a big sarcasm about him in tomorrow's column!" ”

When everyone was talking, the door of the movie theater opened, and unlike the people Wang Xiaohu was familiar with, the Americans were very orderly, they consciously lined up, and walked into the movie theater in an orderly manner according to the principle of giving priority to women, children and the elderly.

"Boss, I'm still a little nervous." Spielberg sat next to Wang Xiaohu, wiped the sweat beads on his forehead with a tissue and said, "Hey, this is my debut!" ”

"Don't worry, those audience members will give you a generous budding tip!" Wang Xiaohu teased Spielberg playfully and said, "You should learn from George, you see he is now holding a glass of Coke and pouring it." ”

"I bet he'll be scared to pee his pants later!" Spielberg unscrupulously broke the news and said: "Boss, before you came, he had seen the demo, you don't know how frightened his expression was at that time, covering his mouth and almost running away from the projection room!" ”

"Steven, you'd better keep your mouth shut!" George. Lucas turned his head when he heard this, and said dissatisfiedly: "I deliberately pretended to be afraid of your disappointment, what you shot is not terrible at all!" ”

Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes helplessly, and when he saw the sign of the "Concord" company slowly turning one yin and one yang on the screen, he coughed and said: "Gentlemen, don't show the shrews who scold the street, show your gentlemanly side, the film is about to start!" ”

The two noisy guys closed their mouths in amusement, Spielberg was still wiping his sweat, and Lucas was still drinking his Coke.

The beginning of the story of "Jaws" is not like a horror movie at all, a rare great white shark comes to the bay of the resort beach to eat people, a beautiful woman and a little boy have died for this, the political axe for the town in 1 year of valuable tourism income, so the mayor refuses to close the baths, asks the sheriff to shut up, and hides the truth with a clear conscience, people are still frolicking in the sea without forgetfulness, but they don't know that danger is around, Sheriff Brown is distressed about this, but there is nothing he can do.

Many viewers are confused when they see this, isn't this a horror movie, why hasn't the great white shark appeared! And others have discovered other things through these foreshadowing plots: for example, these boring plots just reflect the greed of political axes and surnames, greedy brothers are selfish and indifferent, in the face of money and interests, ordinary people's surnames seem so weak and helpless, no one will care about you, and those who care about you may not be able to protect you.

Although it was boring, the audience still loved and hated, as evidenced by the slap of Sheriff Brown by the bereaved wife in the film, even in the United States in the 70s. This lady is right, I have no objection to the pursuit of profits, but you can't ignore life because of this, even if he is ordinary like a drop of water and weak like a small grass. The sheriff was silent, because he had the same view of right and wrong, and he had no reason and no strength to fight back, even though he was 10 times stronger than the lady and had a group of patrolmen under him.

After these boring episodes, the film continues to play, and in the background music of "Spring Celebration", which is composed to represent dinosaurs, the audience feels more and more nervous inside, and the sense of oppression makes them irritable and desperate to find a breakthrough to vent.

Finally!

The first scary scene of the whole film arrived, almost without any warning, when the film developed to an hour, the audience saw the screen leisurely swimming in the sea tourists, suddenly, a dorsal fin appeared in the picture, from far and near to the beach, the tourists in the picture finally panicked, they roared and struggled to get closer to the shore, that kind of tense picture made all the audience breathless, many people bit their lips nervously, for the citizens on the screen did not escape to feel anxious.

But it turned out that it was just a farce, it was two children who played a joke with everyone, but it made the people in the film and the audience very nervous, and the audience had been looking forward to seeing the vicious sea creature, but they were afraid that it would suddenly appear.

In this anticipation, the great white shark really came, and when the bitten people were struggling, the audience could clearly see the painful expressions and helpless movements on their faces.

"I don't think I'm going to be in the sea for the next year. And I think we're hiding it from us like this, so I don't think a lot of things can be trusted. Especially how many conspiracies are hidden in that endless ocean? On land, it is impossible to prevent it, and when you are in the water, you feel that your life is completely out of your control. Some viewers muttered to themselves when they saw this scene.

(To be continued)