By the time "Myth" entered its second month, "ET" was nearing the end of post-production, and "First Blood" had returned to Los Angeles to begin post-production. 【Reading.com】

In order to ensure that the box office of "Myth" is not impacted and the PK of Concord's internal works occurs, Spielberg took the initiative to postpone the release of "ET", intending to release it in North America in the first half of next year, and "First Blood" will also be released in the second half of next year, which is relatively reasonable.

After all, Concord has now reached an agreement with the seven Hollywood giants, and this kind of good thing of making money can't make Concord bigger, and it has to give other companies time to make money, right?

And the release of two works of the same company will divide the audience's attention to a large extent, others may not know, but the core members of the Concord branch know very well that both "ET" and "First Blood" are box office vampires, and this point of view is undoubted in Concord, because their boss Wang Xiaohu will not make some investments that are not beneficial, and in the seven years of Concord's invasion of Hollywood, there is no work that does not make money, and there is no work that does not lead the trend.

"Boss." After Spielberg and Lucas pushed Wang Xiaohu's office away, Spielberg walked over and said, "Boss, George and I have a rough idea. ”

Wang Xiaohu raised his head, motioned for them to sit down, and said, "What is it about?" ”

"It's similar to the current plot of "Mythology", mainly about the adventure and treasure hunting genre." Spielberg hesitated: "We did a market research and found that most American citizens wouldn't watch it three or four times if they didn't have these parts of Mythology, because they found the episodes novel and exciting. ”

"So, I said to Steven, can we make a purely western cowboy style adventure loot genre movie for the European and American markets?" George Lucas adds: "Actually, when I was in Hong Kong, I had this vague concept, and I felt that it would open up a new genre for cinema. ”

"Not bad." Wang Xiaohu smiled and nodded, he already knew what shooting plans the two generals would propose to him, it was nothing more than "Raiders of the Lost Ark", the most profitable series of movies in Hollywood film history, and its influence not only made Harrison. Ford became the highest-grossing actor in the world, and the speed and volume of his money was even stronger than in 007.

Then, Lucas and Spielberg took out a dozen thick manuscript papers, Wang Xiaohu took it and looked at it, his head was big, and he frowned and asked, "Is this the outline of the script you made?" ”

"No, we don't have a genius idea like your boss, this is just a small story we provide, there are 61 in total, and now the script is still a vague concept, you know, George and I are not good at writing scripts." Spielberg said with some embarrassment.

"Don't tell me" Wang Xiaohu flipped through the manuscript paper and said depressedly: "Don't tell me, the purpose of your coming here today is for me to make these damn little ** into a script!" ”

"Boss, I'm sorry you guessed it completely, that's the main purpose of me and Steven today." Lucas said, holding the golden-rimmed eyes on the bridge of his nose.

Wang Xiaohu rolled his eyes, and felt the urge to throw these manuscript papers into the trash, but he knew the commercial value of these manuscript papers, so he could only sigh and say: "Guys, I found a very strange phenomenon, that is, you now regard me as a superman, please, I am your boss, not a screenwriter!"

"But the script you wrote is a bestseller in Hollywood, and no one can compare to you!" Lucas said rudely.

Spielberg also very cooperatively complimented: "Moreover, it costs money to find someone else to write a script!" ”

"Shit theory! Did Hollywood's gold medal screenwriters jump off the building en masse? Damn it! Wang Xiaohu read it in pieces, sorted out the manuscript papers, and said, "Don't expect me to be able to give it to you now!" George, you should go and prepare for the sequel to "Star Wars", Steven, you just look at it, you don't have enough experience as a director now, you need to find a script to hone it yourself. ”

The filming process of "Star Wars" is very complicated, if Wang Xiaohu had not forcibly pulled Lucas to help "Myth" do special effects, I believe that the second part of "Star Wars" has completed half of the filming task.

And Spielberg himself knows that he has only filmed three films, "Jaws", "Contact of the Third Kind" and "ET", and his directorial experience is still not as rich as Lucas or Wang Xiaohu.

After sending the two generals away, Wang Xiaohu continued to be busy with his work, at present, for Wang Xiaohu, his job is to draft a plan for the reproduction of "Myth", in fact, his idea is very simple, is to seize the terracotta warriors and horses to make a fuss, according to the various arms of the terracotta warriors, to create a toy similar to the "toy soldier".

In his conception, the toy models of Qin crossbowmen occupy the main number, after all, the powerful lethality of Qin crossbowmen in "Mythology" has already impressed the Americans, so this toy model will be mass-produced according to the shape in the movie.

The second is the Qin Dynasty's infantry, chariots, cavalry and other toys, of course, there are some limited edition toy models made for differences, such as the long sword in Meng Yi's hand, the double moon scimitar in the princess's hand, after a long discussion with Hasbro's representatives for half a day, they set up a very strange game on a whim.

To put it bluntly, this kind of game is nonsense, at least for Wang Xiaohu, Hasbro's planning manager pointed out that when doing market research, they found that American citizens can easily compare the military of the Qin Dynasty with that of ancient Rome, and their opinion is to combine the military strength and arms of the two countries to reset the rules of the game and open a game similar to war chess.

Wang Xiaohu passed without even thinking about it, you can let him shoot a movie, if you let him study these data, it will really kill him, anyway, it is all propaganda terracotta warriors, just toss it with Hasbro, but after the war chess game is made, it must be reviewed by Wang Xiaohu, he doesn't want to mess up the rules that smear Chinese culture.

After dealing with these bits and pieces, it was already mid-July, and Wang Xiaohu had been in the United States for more than two full months, so after arranging the company's affairs, he and Wu Yusen took the flight back to Hong Kong

"Mythology" was a big hit in the North American market, and the news of dominating the box office charts for two consecutive months had already spread to Hong Kong, which made Concord Pictures' prestige reach an unprecedented level for a while.

Run Run Shaw came to visit Wang Xiaohu on the evening of his return to Hong Kong, and he said with emotion: "Xiaohu, I really didn't expect you to be so capable!" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Lao Dou, I said that the door of Hollywood must always be open for our Chinese films, this is only the first step for us to enter Hollywood, and then we need Hong Kong filmmakers to work together." ”

Run Run Shaw nodded ashamedly, remembering that he had cautiously advised Wang Xiaohu not to take risks, but now it seems that he was worried in vain. He pondered for a moment and then asked, "When are you going to release it in Hong Kong?" ”

Wang Xiaohu was stunned for a moment, and soon thought of the meaning of Run Run Shaw's question, he thought about it and said: "In the near future, you have to rely on Lao Dou's overseas distribution network." ”

Run Run Shaw scolded with a smile: "It was you who gave the old bean rice bowl." ”

The two laughed, in fact, even if Run Run Shaw didn't ask so, Wang Xiaohu would definitely cooperate with Shaw Brothers, not only that, Wang Xiaohu also considered taking a further cooperative relationship with Run Run Shaw.

"This time I signed a contract with MGM in Hollywood." Wang Xiaohu said: "It's mainly for contracts for relaying movies on TV, and Hollywood is very experienced in doing this. ”

"So I'm going to discuss with Lao Dou whether I can set up a special channel in TVB, called the Movie Channel, which mainly focuses on broadcasting old movies since the opening of Hong Kong."

Shaw frowned when he heard this, he had heard of this kind of derivative distribution method adopted by his Hollywood colleagues, but he subconsciously felt that it was very risky.

"Xiaohu, I know what you said, but will it weaken the income of the theater chain?"

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "I expected you to ask this question, generally speaking, they will broadcast movies on TVB and pay TV stations two to three months after the movie is finished, so that the money that the theater chain should make is in hand, and the audience can also enjoy the movie at home." ”

"If that's the case, won't the way Hong Kong people watch movies be changed?" Shaw went on to voice his concerns: "It would be terrible if they only watched movies at home. ”

"Haha, old bean, you seem to have forgotten what I just said." Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said: "Didn't I say at the beginning, the movie channel is charged, not free, as long as we set the standard of charging reasonably, it will not cause too much conflict, not to mention that we will play the old movie first, I think Lao Dou you have an advantage in this regard, Shaw Brothers has made a lot of movies over the years, instead of putting it in the library to get moldy, why not take it out and play the surplus value?" ”

Shaw was excited, to be honest, Wang Xiaohu's suggestion was too good for him, Shaw Brothers has indeed made a lot of movies in the past few decades, looking at the entire Hong Kong film industry, I am afraid that no company has the full heritage of Shaw Brothers. If it follows Wang Xiaohu's plan, it will also be a good deal for Shaw Brothers.

"Tell me, how is this plan going to be done?" Run Run Shaw's eyes lit up.

(To be continued)