In the dark night, in the living room with a faint light, there are more than a dozen people standing or sitting.

"As you say, John, religion is everywhere!" Steve? Balmer leaned against the fireplace with a deep face, and said slowly: "From sublimating life to washing as a ......, as, haha, sorry!" sorry！ I couldn't help it. ”

"Click, click!"

Li Xuan waved his hand helplessly, put down the tablet in his hand and said, "Balmer, how many times have you laughed?" ”

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't think acting was so difficult." Balmer said rather frustratedly.

"Hey, Balmer, you've got to learn more from me." Paul? Alan looked smug next to him and continued: "You see, many of my shots have passed in one go. ”

"Uh-huh, little Allen is doing very well!" Old Bill also praised on the side.

Li Xuan also nodded silently on the side, Paul? Allen's performance was really good. Perhaps knowing the reason why he had cancer, Allen, who used to be cynical, unconsciously brought a taste of seeing through the world when he performed, which can be regarded as part of his true performance.

“ok！ ok！ Xuan, do it again, I don't believe it won't work this time. Balmer gritted his teeth and said.

"Hey, don't look bitter and hateful." Li Xuan gestured at his face and said, "You are a historian, and your face is full of wisdom to see the past. ”

"Okay, wait until I adjust my mood." Balmer waved his hand and took a few more deep breaths before saying, "Alright, let's get started." ”

"Okay, each ready, let's start filming." Li Xuan, the director, screenwriter and actor, also made a cameo appearance, and then held up the slate and said: "Three shots in the 31st scene, action!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Balmer said in that deep voice: "As you say, John, religion is everywhere! From the sublimation of life to the cleansing of sin as the joy of sin, Rome interpreted the Bible as a great ......"

Li Xuan found that training actors is not so easy to train, especially when the director has no majesty.

In the past, when filming "The Grudge", most of the actors were a group of children, so Li Xuan, who was an adult, seemed to have a majesty and controlled the audience. But now several people are adults of about the same age, and it is not a simple relationship between a director and an actor, Li Xuan has no majesty at all.

Therefore, the entire crew was filming all the way, wasting a lot of time and film.

Originally, Li Xuan estimated that it could be done in four or five days, but in the end, it took ** days, and as a result, he failed to rush back to Hong Kong to participate in the launching ceremony of "The True Colors of Heroes", and he, the producer, had to hide in the United States to control the various situations of the crew of "The True Colors of Heroes".

When the filming of "This Man from Earth" was completed, Li Xuan was not in a hurry to rush back to Hong Kong, and rushed to Hollywood to rent a post-production studio for post-production. The dubbing of the movie is very easy to solve, because the number of people in this play is small and it is a night scene, so there is very little noise interference, so Li Xuan directly arranged for someone to hold the sound collection microphone to collect the sound on the spot, which saved the trouble of dubbing.

As for the editing, the logic of the sci-fi film that talks about surnames is so strong that Li Xuan took a day to cut it.

Finally, it's the soundtrack's turn, I'll go for it, how many soundtracks are there for this movie? Li Xuan listened to Beethoven's complete works directly in the post-production room for two days, listening to the music and making subtitles, but when the subtitles were finished, the soundtrack was also completed.

Fifteen days, from the idea of making this movie to the completion of the later stage, Li Xuan only spent fifteen days and half a month to complete a science fiction movie, which is completely fast!

Then, Li Xuan paid for two copies and ran back to Seattle, and the finished film came out to show the actors who were looking forward to it......

While Li Xuan was busy filming this new sci-fi movie, "Police Story" caused quite a stir in North America.

Warner and Golden Harvest have always had a good relationship, just like "Enter the Dragon" and "Killer Trench", Warner not only participated in the distribution, it was also one of the investors. "Enter the Dragon" sold $90 million worldwide that year, and Warner, who tasted the sweetness, must want to continue to cooperate with Golden Harvest, but unfortunately Li Xiaolong died young, and Warner gave up this idea.

Later, Golden Harvest signed Chenglong, and Warner invested in "Killer Trench" with Golden Harvest, but he didn't have the idea of bringing out Li Xiaolong to make money for himself.

But the box office fiasco of "Killer Trench" made Warner also realize that there could be no second Li Xiaolong in Hong Kong.

So although Warner helped distribute "Police Story" this time, they also became cautious and followed the old path of releasing "Enter the Dragon" back then.

September is a very embarrassing month in the American film industry, and the film summer season in Hong Kong at this time is still contributing to the residual warmth, but the American film summer season has long ended. No director or distributor who is confident in his film will choose to release his film in September.

In September 1982, "Police Story" was released in Chinatowns, Chinese communities and African-American areas in many cities in the United States. When "Enter the Dragon" was first introduced to the United States, Warner did not pay much attention to it, and it still followed this relatively stable screening route, and then gradually radiated to the surrounding areas.

Although "Police Story" was only screened in Chinese and African-American areas, because Warner helped find out, it still got the film schedule of nearly 100 theaters.

As a result, on the first day of the movie's release, the average attendance rate of the theater remained at about 7 percent, and it got a box office of $280,000 on the first day, which was a passing grade, which also made Chenglong and Zou Wenhuai slightly relieved.

Next, from the second day, because "Police Story" was really well filmed, under the word of mouth, the Chinese people supported each other, and the attendance rate was bullish all the way, and by the sixth day of release, the attendance rate had reached more than ninety percent.

Warners has finally begun to increase the number of theaters and screens that radiate "Police Story" in the bullish situation of "Police Story".

Just like the domino effect, the good reputation of "Police Story" was promoted through these African-Chinese communities, and finally caused theaters in some American areas to be full.

100、200、300…… The number of screens on which "Police Story" was released went wild, and finally it rose to 600 yuan before stopping.

In just two weeks and half a month, "Police Story" got a box office score of $14 million, becoming an absolute box office dark horse in the off-season of movies in North America in September.

And in September, "Police Story" had no competitors at all, coupled with the strong film distribution ability of Warner, a movie giant, the box office of "Police Story" rose steadily throughout the off-season in September, until "Police Story" got a super high box office of $27.47 million when it was finished.

This achievement is more than 2 million more than the 25 million in Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" back then! Although this figure is less than one-tenth of the god film "ET" just released in the United States this year, it has been able to rank in the top 40 at the box office in the United States throughout the year. Compared with the box office performance of "Blade Runner", which Shao Yifu invested $10 million to co-produce at the beginning of the year, with a huge loss of 33 million, "Police Story" definitely made a lot of money.

What's more, "Police Story", which came out several years in advance, successfully helped Chenglong open up a certain North American market with its high-quality plot pictures and martial arts action!

The Hollywood Reporter, a well-known entertainment newspaper with a history of more than half a century, put it this way: "...... Ten years ago, Bruce Lee's Chinese kung fu was popular all over the world, and you can see martial arts halls teaching Chinese kung fu in the streets and alleys of the United States. Today, ten years later, a young Chinese boy with a big nose, Jacky-Chen, has brought Chinese kung fu to us......"

Zou Wenhuai must be happy now, in fact, he didn't make much money when "Police Story" was released to the United States, and the cooperation between Golden Harvest and Warner will definitely not get 30% of the box office share, at most 25% of the revenue, plus the final profit has to be shared equally with Li Xuan, and the money earned is less than 18 million Hong Kong dollars.

But it can make Chenglong open up its popularity in North America, and this money is well spent!

Of course, these are more than half a month later, and now Li Xuan is renting a simple movie projector. Gates' parents took a group of people to watch a movie together at home.

The room was silent except for the sound coming out of the speakers...... (To be continued.) )