Wang Xiaohu cleared his throat, looked at the audience expecting the audience, smiled and said: "Hey, guys, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, let me think about it, the last time I came to Los Angeles was in November last year, when "Rocky 2" was released, I am really happy and relieved that you have not forgotten me for so long." [Reading Network]"

The audience under the stage laughed, and Wang Xiaohu still kept a smile and said, "You must be cursing me in your hearts, because you were frightened by Steven's movie tonight, right?" ”

"That's right!" A lot of people responded loudly.

"It's okay!" Wang Xiaohu nodded, shook the microphone and said, "I believe that you will not forget me for a long time after tonight." For "Jaws" as a whole, I am very satisfied, Steven is filming very hard, all the crew and actors who participated in the filming are also very hardworking, they have been filming under unimaginable pressure for a year, tonight they are the real protagonists, as for me, I am here to play soy sauce! ”

Many foreigners don't understand the meaning of the word soy sauce, and think that Wang Xiaohu is saying something witty that they can't understand, laughing at the moment, Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said: "Before handing over the microphone to Steven, I would like to ask everyone present, whose name is James. Cameron. ”

"Me!"

"Me!"

"Me!"

More than a dozen voices immediately came from the theater, Wang Xiaohu frowned when he heard it, and had to add: "He is now a big truck driver!" ”

"Me! I'm the big truck driver and I'm James. Cameron! A young man standing closest to the edge of the stage raised his hand and shouted loudly.

"Very well, Cameron, the truck driver, you and your buddy Andriy will each get a free movie ticket, and I'll get it later!" After Wang Xiaohu said this, he got off the stage, leaving a group of wide-eyed spectators, who didn't understand why the truck drivers had such good luck, especially those named James. Cameron's people, if they had known that there were free movie tickets, would have impersonated the truck drivers.

At this time, Spielberg on the stage finally had room to play, and he said with great interest: "If you are frightened by Bruce, please don't blame me, you should blame my boss Tiger, it is he who adapted Bencelli's novel into such a successful movie, without his script guarantee and financial investment, I would still be a nobody!" ”

Spielberg said he was tired of life at sea, and the filming proved to be extremely unsmooth, and the crew suffered a lot, just using a mechanical device to make a skeleton and then covering them with a shark skin made of rubber for several weeks. For months, they had enough of the crying noises coming from the internal air compressor to mimic the Jaws, and they thought about throwing Spielberg off the boat once the last shot was taken.

"It took me a long time after the shoot to come to my senses, and I felt as if my nerves had just been shocked, and I even vowed never to make a film on location again. And that's when my assistant told me, "Hey, Steven, they're going to throw you into the ocean to feed the sharks, and guess what I did?" ”

Everyone pricked up their ears and listened to Spielberg's revelations with curiosity, because they were so interested in how "Jaws" was filmed.

Spielberg sneered bitterly, "I escaped in a small boat myself." As the ship moved away, I stood on the boat and imitated General MacArthur in announcing that I would never return. ”

Very funny words, very behind-the-scenes revelations, let all the audience feel the hardships of the filming of "Jaws", they deeply understand the hardships that the crew has endured at sea this year, at this time Spielberg's testimonials seem to have become bittersweet and sweet to report work, and all the crew members ran up to complain a few words.

In the backstage of the theater, Wang Xiaohu took out more than a dozen movie tickets and handed them to James. Cameron and Andriy said: "Young man, I overheard your conversation, and I am very sorry for the loss of your lunch in order to watch my film, and this is compensation for you!" ”

"God, Tiger, you are definitely a good man!" Andri excitedly snatched those movie tickets and kissed them a few times, of course he was excited, with these movie tickets he could keep his lunch in the future, of course, if he could get these movie tickets in his hands, his lunch tomorrow would not only be settled, but even improved. "Thank you!"

Wang Xiaohu said I should thank you, if it weren't for your conversation to let me know Cameron's name, I might have missed out on a future Hollywood loser director, of course, he could only say these words in his heart, looking at Cameron at the moment, Cameron was wearing a very rustic dress at this time, wearing a denim suit that had been washed many times, this dress seemed to be more in line with his identity as a truck driver.

Wang Xiaohu was looking at Cameron at the same time, Cameron was also looking at Wang Xiaohu, he was now a mess in his mind, to be precise, he was too excited, he didn't expect Wang Xiaohu to shout his name loudly on the stage, the two looked at each other for a long time, he smacked his lips and asked, "Mr. Tiger, do you know me?" ”

"I didn't know you before." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile: "As I said just now, I just happened to sit in front of you, and I happened to hear you make a bet with your friend, and I want to redeem some of your friend's little regrets." ”

Cameron grinned when he heard this: "I believe this is God's arrangement, I am very happy to meet a big director like you, to be honest, I like your movies very much, I have watched every movie you have shot in the past few years, and I am your loyal fan." ”

"I also believe that it is God's arrangement." Wang Xiaohu smiled, handed over his business card and said, "James, if you want to do something about movies one day, remember to call me according to the contact information above." ”

Wang Xiaohu did not directly invite Cameron to come to the company as a handyman, in fact, the success of some directors or stars is not a coincidence, but has experienced a lot of hardships that others can't know, some people may not have the slightest interest in movies when Wang Xiaohu meets them, just like Cameron now, he is now satisfied with becoming a truck driver, and does not show the slightest sign of interest in movies, in this time period, he is just a die-hard fan of Wang Xiaohu.

Sometimes if you think about it seriously, Wang Xiaohu feels that his luck is very good, so good that it is bursting, whether it is Zhao Yazhi or New Seven Xiaofu, they are all confused and hesitant about movies when they meet them, it is their unremitting persuasion that makes them embark on the road of movies, according to the butterfly effect, their lives have changed greatly because of their own intervention, and they can only plan their future trend from scratch.

Pulling out seedlings to help them grow, sometimes it's a good thing, sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing. The reason why Wang Xiaohu got up early and did this was very simple, because he had just been reborn, and he was afraid that his strength was too thin at that time and he took a lot of measures and things, so he went to make friends when he saw a star or director, for fear that he would be snatched away by others later.

But now the situation is different, Wang Xiaohu already has good strength, and has firmly established the trend of being a giant in the Hong Kong film industry, he no longer has to take the initiative to find those stars, but has changed another way to attract them to join, in this way, there will be fewer adaptations of stars, and the future can basically develop according to memory, so that there will be no loss of control

The success of the premiere of "Jaws" frightened many viewers at the same time, but also frightened other Hollywood counterparts, the premiere received $8.9 million at the box office in just one week, firmly leading the position of this year's box office champion, in terms of distribution, the first thing to expand the number of theaters for the premiere, this number gradually climbed from a few hundred to 1,000, and then to 2,000, and then to 3,000, and even more.

From the first day of Jaws' success, Hollywood was completely transformed. All the merchants began to learn new business lessons from it. Moreover, television commercials have become a very important form of regular publicity – both of which significantly increase the cost of a film's distribution, while film reviews are becoming less and less important to box office revenues – at least for certain genres such as horror, action, comedy, etc. As costs soared, it became even more important to avoid risks, and Hollywood began to operate extremely complex international capital, relying more on big stars to play and create visual spectacles. At the same time, the huge profits brought by "Jaws" also stimulated the studio's preference for "blockbusters", and the bosses wished that every film was "Jaws", and they firmly believed that the bigger the better!'" I think it's a classic movie that creates fear in the heart. There are no particularly bloody scenes in the film, even the great white shark opened its bloody mouth and showed a mouth full of fangs and bitten, I didn't have much fear. On the contrary, when the small triangular fins appeared on the screen, the music that followed made me feel furious. The brain began to receive the signal that the shark was coming, and the shark was coming, and it scared itself. -- Los Angeles Newspaper

There were also media outlets that objected, with the New York Times saying, "It's nothing more than a repetition of the old 'Monster of the Black Lagoona.'" ”

At that time, there were not a few B-grade films like "Jaws", why was Jaws the only one who stood out?

Everyone is praising how terrifying the great white shark is and how good the leather is, didn't other movies make people scary at that time? In my eyes, at least, it's hard for me to make the connection between a film that feels like it's easy to get drowned in a sea of shadows and a box office miracle that was well received.

What were the factors and what plausible explanations could have led to this miracle?

Could it be that "Jaws" is indeed a good theme, he catered to the vacation habits of Americans at that time, full of realism, which made Jaws scare many people, and at the same time added a little artistic temperament, it won both reviews and box office? Or did before the appearance of the great white shark, there were no similar B-grade movies at all? Is the great white shark a pioneer?

That's really a problem. A question that has made all Hollywood colleagues think for a long time, Tiger. Wang returned to Hollywood after a year of silence and threw them a big question that they couldn't figure out!

Famous Hollywood film critic Dane. Jackbos, who spoke in solidarity with The New York Times, said, "It's as if Picasso, after finishing Guernica, suddenly understood that he should paint Excedrin-Mercial." ”

But another film critic Paulin. Kyle writes: "Jaws reveals to us in many ways that if Einstein had not put himself on the shelf, he would have done the same." ”

The reporters were noisy, but the public opinion was strikingly unanimous: just look at the line-up that circles around the building in front of every movie theater where the film is shown.

However, there was no reaction that made Wang Xiaohu happier than the taunts from Cuban President Fidel Castro.

The lovable president said in the newspaper: "This commercial disaster thriller that shocked all moviegoers with amazing special effects, the shark left an indelible impression on people, the shark is ferocious, but what is more terrifying than the shark is the ugliness of the human name, the temptation of money, the greed and intrigue under the shadow of profit." Jaws shows us how far the capitalist system in the United States can go only in protecting a profitable project. ”

When everyone was discussing "Jaws", something more interesting happened to Wang Xiaohu, dozens of travel agencies in the United States jointly issued a statement asking Tiger to . The king compensated them for their financial losses and strongly demanded that the political axe stop broadcasting Jaws.

The day after the premiere of Jaws, the travel companies received calls from hundreds of families who said they wanted to turn down their beach vacations because they were worried about man-eating sharks in the ocean.

Although the staff of these travel agencies tried their best to explain on the phone, the tourists insisted on pushing down the reservation, and finally these people went door-to-door to tell how safe their beach was, and there was no great white shark, but no one bought it, they said: It has been played in the movie, your trick has been recognized, we will not be fooled again!

The resoluteness of the attitude and the toughness of the tone made the group of travel agencies suffer, so they united to protest

This proves that "Jaws" is not only a sensational film, it is also a high-profile news event.

In 1975, Wang Xiaohu made a plate of fish for his audience, which was spicy and exciting, but delicious.

(To be continued)