Xu Guanwu had watched the film "The Shining" before, and originally thought it was just an old film from decades ago, and it was not as good as the current film in terms of picture and special effects, so it shouldn't be too scary. But in fact, after watching this film, he had nightmares for two days in a row.

Although the film "The Shining" does not have excellent special effects and no high-definition video screens, but through the lens, sound effects, and the acting skills of the actors, this film is stunned to render a maze-like world, full of cold, weird, terrifying, and murderous atmosphere, which makes people feel cold from the bottom of their hearts after watching it, and it is a film that will make people feel desperate after watching it.

Although Xu Guanwu doesn't know how high the box office of "The Shining" was, maybe it was not very popular at the time, but like "Blade Runner", it was only discovered that it was a classic twenty years later. Maybe this film will make him unable to even recover the cost, but Xu Guanwu still plans to shoot it, because a movie like this is so good, it will feel like a sin if he doesn't shoot it.

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The screenplay for the movie "The Shining" is adapted from Stephen. King's Novel, by Stephen. King is a horror fiction writer who began to rise in the mid-seventies, and is hailed as a master of modern horror fiction. But Stephen. Kim is not interested in this name, because the status of horror novels in the American literary world is not high, just like ghost novels are to the Hong Kong literary circle, and online literature is to the mainland literary circle, they are always despised by mainstream literature.

Stephen. Kim has always wanted to move closer to mainstream literature, and has published many non-horror novels, such as the very famous "The Shawshank Redemption". But because his horror novels are so famous. As a result, people refer to him as the "Master of Terror". This made him feel very depressed.

It's like Mr. Jin Yong didn't just write martial arts novels, and his editorials are also very exciting, but people often call him "martial arts master" when they improve him, a generation of martial arts novel masters, and his contributions to the political and social fields are ignored.

Stephen. King's horror novels are known for their horror renderings, often eliciting from an extraordinary little thing, and then weaving it into a web little by little, like a poisonous spider weaving a web. Trapping the reader firmly in it.

But Stephen. Although King is a master of horror fiction in the United States, his works have sold more than 300 million copies, and he can be said to be the most read American novelist in the world today. However, his novels do not seem to be very famous in China, on the contrary, they are more famous for the films adapted from his novels.

The reason for this difference is partly because of Stephen. In the process of translating English into Chinese in Kim's novels, there are often mistakes of one kind or another, which affect the reader's reading interest. On the other hand, his writing style is not too suitable for the reading habits of Chinese people.

Stephen. King's horror novels are often mixed with large psychological descriptions, and use them to set off and exaggerate the horror atmosphere; Chinese horror novels, on the other hand, win with storylines, and each story has a terrifying and wonderful storyline. For example, the famous ghost novel "Strange Tales from Liaozhai".

Then there are the cultural differences, Stephen. King's horror novels are rooted in Western culture. Christian culture, in particular, is full of episodes of atonement and punishment. For domestic readers who do not understand Western culture, Christianity and other doctrines, many metaphors and references cannot resonate, which makes the novel's sense of horror lose a lot.

Therefore, the readers who come here have a sigh that it is difficult to live up to the fame, and naturally a considerable number of readers are lost. However, by Stephen. The movie adapted from Jin's novel has still achieved a very good reputation, and it can be regarded as a lost harvest.

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When Richard and David saw that Xu Guanwu had picked out another script, they couldn't help but poke their heads curiously to take a look. King's "Shining" all nodded in agreement.

Stephen. King is a newly emerging horror novelist, and his novels are selling very well, and this "The Shining" is also a popular work in recent years, and some film companies are planning to buy the rights to adapt it, but David has taken the lead. He spent money to buy the rights to this "Shining", and then hired someone to adapt it into a screenplay.

David was interested in The Shining, not only because it was the third bestseller in the New York Times, but also because David was a horror novel lover himself. This "Shining" was bought back by him as soon as it was released, and after reading it during filming, he immediately realized the value of this novel, so he hurriedly returned to the United States to find Stephen. Kim, and then bought the film and television adaptation rights of this book at a very good price.

And it turns out that his vision is really good, Xu Guanwu just glanced at the name of the script, and then looked at the general story synopsis, and after confirming that it was the "Shining" in his mind, he immediately decided to invest in filming this movie.

Seeing Xu Guanwu put "The Shining" on his left hand, David couldn't help but be happy. Now that Xu Guanwu has decided to shoot, the funds he paid before have paid off, which is naturally a great thing for him.

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Xu Guanwu then carefully read the remaining scripts, although there are more than 20 remaining scripts, but they do not match the memory in his mind, so Xu Guanwu did not invest rashly, or decided to invest only in these three movies for the time being.

"Okay, I intend to invest in these three movies, you go back and make a statement for me." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "As for the rest of the scripts, forget it, I have no interest in investing for the time being." ”

"We have prepared more than 50 scripts, and you only chose three of them to invest in, which is a little too small. Why don't you pick again? Richard said with a frown.

These scripts were collected by him and David with great difficulty, and several of them were also contested by other film companies, but Xu Guanwu did not choose any of them, which made Richard feel that his previous efforts were a little worthless. You must know that Lu Dao in order to grab these scripts. He has offended a large number of Hollywood filmmakers.

"I wasn't sure I was going to invest in those scripts. That's good. If you can convince 20th Century Fox to invest in the first phase, I'll agree to pay the other half of the cost, how about that? Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said.

Richard and David looked at each other, "Okay, it's a deal." In fact, these scripts are all very good scripts, and my father originally intended to invest in them, but I didn't let him read them because I wanted to keep them for you. Since you say so, then I'm relaxed. Richard said with a smile.

"Well, I'm sorry for you. It will definitely take a lot of time to prepare these scripts, and I understand the effort you have put in. Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "That's good, the three scripts I newly selected are still filmed by you, and I will give you a more reasonable plan in terms of sharing, what do you think?" ”

Richard and David nodded together, although Xu Guanwu has not yet explained what kind of plan it is, but according to their previous experience in cooperation with Xu Guanwu, since Xu Guanwu said that it is a more reasonable plan. It must be that they are more profitable, so they all seem very happy.

"That's right. The two of you know Stephen. Spielberg and George. Has Lucas made any recent moves? Xu Guanwu asked with a wink.

"The two of them are now busy editing the follow-up of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", so I haven't heard of any new ideas for them." Richard shook his head and said.

"Alright, you call them over now, and let me ask them personally." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "If they have any new ideas, by the way, let's finalize them together now." Because I'm going back to Hong Kong in a day or two. ”

"Why are you in such a hurry to go back, we thought you were going to stay for a month this time." Surprised, he asked.

"Actually, I didn't have time to come here this time, but I had to come because of some unexpected circumstances." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "Now that I can spare a day to come here, it is already my greatest limit." ”

"In that case, I'll get them right away." As soon as Richard heard Xu Guanwu say this, he immediately patted his chest and said.

Sure enough, a moment later, George. Lucas and Stephen. Spielberg was invited. Both of them had red eyes, as if they hadn't slept for days.

Xu Guanwu knew that this was the result of their long time editing videos in the darkroom, and their eyes were exposed to strong light for a long time, and Xu Guanwu had seen a lot of this phenomenon in Xu's employees, so he didn't feel unfamiliar with it at all.

"Mr. Xu!" George. Lucas and Stephen. When Spielberg saw Xu Guanwu, they all stepped forward to greet him very respectfully.

Although they are the hottest new directors in Hollywood today, Xu Guanwu is already a famous film investor, and he is directly in charge of the life and death of these directors, so Lucas and Spielberg have no unbridled power in front of him.

"It's been a long time, I heard that your movie has been completed? I'm looking forward to what a shock it will bring to everyone when it comes out. Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Mr. Xu, rest assured, this "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is the result of my and Stephen's hard work, and I can assure you that its quality is very high." George. Lucas said confidently, "I think it should set off a wave of treasure hunting adventures this summer." ”

"Very good, I appreciate your confidence and I hope it won't let me down." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "By the way, I invited you here this time to ask you if you have any new ideas after "Raiders of the Lost Ark"?" ”

"This ...... I really didn't think about it, all my energy is on Raiders of the Lost Ark right now, and I'm afraid I'll only think about new movies when it's released. "Stephen. Spielberg shook his head.

"I share Stephen's thoughts, I don't want to distract myself until Raiders of the Lost Ark comes out." George. Lucas shook his head as well.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard the two of them say this. These American filmmakers are so honest. Hong Kong filmmakers, but before this movie is finished, they are already thinking about the next movie, or even this movie, that movie starts shooting together, and there are also cases where three or four movies are started at the same time at the most exciting time.

Wang Jing is known as a fast knife player, and has filmed four movies in the same period, Cheng Long's "City Hunter" in the morning, Zhou Xingchi's "Deer and Ding Ji" in the evening, and also takes care of Xingjiapo's "Shocking Twelve Hours", and also served as the producer of a film. But at that time, although I was tired, I was really tired and happy.

When Hong Kong films declined in later generations, let alone start shooting four films at the same time, it would be good to have four films a year. (To be continued......)