In the evening, when the American family has experienced a busy day, sitting on the couch and turning on the TV, enjoying a rare leisure, a ten-second commercial is inserted in the popular TV show.

A seaside town with pleasant scenery, endless turquoise waters, and tourists who have fun and playing......

"Is this a tourist advertisement for a resort beach, and the scenery is really good. Why don't we go there on vacation and pay attention to the address and phone number. The husband said to his wife.

The wife was about to nod happily in agreement, when a huge white shark suddenly sprang up on the calm sea, and devoured a tourist who was surfing with its bloody mouth open.

"Ah!!!h No one expected that the next picture would be so terrifying, and they all couldn't help but scream.

At this moment, the picture froze, "Jaws, an epic blockbuster with an investment of 20 million US dollars, is currently being released simultaneously in major theaters in the United States!" ”

"It turned out to be an advertisement for a movie, and it scared people to death." The wife complained dissatisfiedly.

"I think it's very exciting, the commercials are so scary, wouldn't the movie be even more powerful." My husband said with great interest, "Tomorrow is Saturday, let's go and enjoy it together." ”

"Well, I think this movie should be fun, too." The wife nodded in agreement.

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Darryl. Zaniuk spent more than $700,000 on ABC, NBC and CBS to broadcast Jaws commercials during popular times.

Although it was only a short ten seconds, it was also quite exciting. The commercial for this film was designed by Spielberg himself, when he made this commercial. And a little bit of bad taste. I just want everyone to scream in fright.

The effect was exactly as he had imagined. Many people were frightened by the great white shark's bloody jaw.

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The day after the TV commercial aired, there was a long queue in front of the theater where "Jaws" was shown. Movie ticket sales are extremely hot, and they are on sale three days in advance, and they have already been announced to be sold out.

Darryl. Zaniuk was thrilled beyond words, a scene he hadn't seen in years, and for 20th Century Fox, it was a long time coming.

It was probably only in the sixties, when the legendary masterpiece "The Sound of Music" was released. There is such a sensational effect.

"That was about 10 years ago." Darryl. Zaniuk sighed and said, suddenly feeling like a sea of vicissitudes.

"Jaws" was released hotly, and the theater was full for many days, and the audience wanted a ticket but couldn't, so they didn't hesitate to buy scalper tickets at a high price.

Seeing the popularity of Jaws, other theaters quickly contacted 20th Century Fox to expand the scale of the screening, so that they could also take the opportunity to get a piece of the pie.

The situation is very good, Darryl. Zaniuk also agreed to expand, with a screen size of up to 400 theaters. Expanded to 800 theaters in one fell swoop.

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The high quality of "Jaws", and the hot scene at the time of its release. Naturally, it attracted the attention of the media all over the United States.

Most newspapers praised the film as an adventure film made of primal fear, a classic with far-reaching influence. It represents the direction of the future of Hollywood cinema, no longer celebrating "love and peace", but delighting audiences with thrilling action scenes, twists and turns of the storyline, and lifelike special effects.

Of course, some newspapers criticized the film for being full of dirty, brutal, and barbaric shots, and using bloody images to stimulate the audience's senses, "This is a film that doesn't make any sense, if you have to say that it has any meaning, it's that it makes you understand the meaning of bad movies." ”

The New York Times also accused the film of being like a repetition of the old "Monster of the Black Lagoon", with no regard for action scenes, storylines, and suspense. "This is a popcorn movie that is overly skewed towards commerciality, and the audience doesn't have to think about it when they watch it." The editor sarcastically said.

But he really doesn't understand the psychology of the audience now, everyone goes to the theater to buy tickets to watch movies, mainly to relax and give themselves a time for leisure and entertainment.

A popcorn movie like this with exciting graphics, thrilling stories, and amazing special effects is exactly what they want to see the most. It is not an art film with far-reaching meaning, rich connotation, and a line full of deep meaning, which needs to be carefully tasted to be thorough.

In short, the long queue of people at the entrance of the theater reflects the hot scene of the release of "Jaws".

The box office performance of $20 million in the first week not only slapped the New York Times hard, but also set a first-week box office record in Hollywood film history.

Such an astonishing box office result greatly shocked Hollywood filmmakers. It's hard to believe that no movie has ever achieved such phenomenal box office results before.

Two million dollars! Hollywood produces more than 200 films a year, and more than half of them do not reach this number at the box office. And this is just the result of a week of release.

Based on the fact that the highest-grossing films in the United States are usually screened for more than two months, the final box office performance of this film is likely to break through an incredible astronomical figure of 200 million US dollars.

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"Jaws", which exceeded $20 million at the box office in the first week, has undoubtedly become the hottest movie of the entire summer vacation.

Audiences across the United States were so frightened by the great white shark that young students were keen to discuss the film, children were happy to play games with shark models, and even middle-aged people who were not very happy to watch the movie got up and went to the theater to watch the movie that made children gush about it.

Going to the theater to watch "Jaws" has become a trend in the United States.

"Have you seen that wonderful movie Jaws?" It became one of the most commonly used lines for bar-pickups.

And Officer Martin's words, "I think we need a bigger boat!" It is also frequently used as a mantra.

In short, this "Jaws" seems to be full of magic and fascinates everyone.

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At the same time as the movie "Jaws" was released, the copyright authorization of peripheral products has also begun.

T-shirt with a great white shark motif. Model of the great white shark after scale-down. Remote-controlled toys, stationery, clothing, and much more.

The film is not over yet. Xu Guanwu has already obtained $20 million in copyright fees, which shows the ability of blockbuster films to attract money.

After getting this huge amount of money, Xu Guanwu did not invest in new films everywhere, there are two films that have not yet been released, "Contact of the Third Kind" and "Star Wars", and he has no shortage of blockbuster films for the time being.

The investment direction he chose was to establish an angel fund to support the development of the personal computer industry, software industry, and Internet industry.

Of course, the most dense place for these industries is the famous Silicon Valley in the United States.

Silicon Valley is also located in California, just two or three hundred miles from Hollywood.

However, compared to the glitz and luxury of Hollywood. Silicon Valley is more full of technology and humanities.

Mr. Xu's angel fund is based in a small Silicon Valley town and is staffed by mid-level staff who are experts from major tech companies who review the feasibility of the project.

The decision was made by Paul, a professional fund investor from Wall Street in New York, who was responsible for reviewing the profitability and vetoing projects that were feasible but not worth investing in.

These talents are all hired by Xu Guanwu through headhunting companies, and the flow of talents in the American business society is frequent, and headhunting companies are popular.

Xu Guanwu only paid a commission, and it was easy to find the talent he needed.

Stanley Angel Investment Fund. It was quietly established in a small town in Silicon Valley, with an initial investment of 20 million US dollars. At the time, it was a huge amount of money.

Paul, the manager of the angel investment fund, has a huge amount of money in his hands and is full of confidence, and under the instruction of Xu Guanwu, he quietly absorbs the shares of Intel, a computer chip manufacturer.

Founded in 1968, Intel has launched three microprocessors with monthly sales of more than $4 million, and is one of the fastest-growing technology companies in Silicon Valley. The total market capitalization is more than $300 million.

Xu Guanwu knows that in the future, Intel will grow into a supergiant with a market value of more than $500 billion, almost monopolizing the global computer CPU market.

So even if the stock price remains high now, there is still unlimited room for growth, so he instructed Paul to make every effort to absorb Intel's shares, the more the better, and strive to be able to exceed 5% and have the qualifications to be able to enter the board of directors.

In addition to hardware manufacturers such as Intel, IBM, and AMD, Xu Guanwu also told Paul to pay attention to software development companies.

At that time, people only treated software as an accessory to hardware, and did not give much respect. The company's experts were also puzzled by Xu Guanwu's requirements, believing that he was too optimistic about the development prospects of the software.

Xu Guanwu also couldn't explain to them that in the future, the market value of software companies will far exceed the market value of hardware manufacturers. They were just told to pay attention to investing in large-scale application software companies such as operating systems and document processing.

Especially if the name is Microsoft, or Apple, you must do your best to win them all.

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After finishing the angel investment fund, more than a month has passed, and the box office of "Jaws" has exceeded 100 million US dollars, and it is still soaring towards the 200 million US million mark.

Last year's "Rocky" earned a full of 140 million US dollars, which has already made people appreciate Xu Guanwu's investment vision. Unexpectedly, after a year, "Jaws" once again became one of the highest-grossing films.

can't help but make people look at Xu Guanwu's investment vision with admiration and believe in him like a god.

Reports on Xu Guanwu's life experience have also frequently appeared in financial and entertainment magazines, analyzing his various investments in Hong Kong and the United States one by one, and finally came to the conclusion that it seems that this person has never made a mistake, and the lowest rate of return is more than doubled.

Xu Guanwu didn't bother to pay attention to the media's praise and continued to maintain his low-key style.

After founding an angel investment fund, he flew back to Hong Kong with Zhao Yazhi again. (To be continued......)