In November, there was also good news from across the ocean, "One Flew Over the Asylum" was finally completed after a year of filming.

When Xu Guanwu heard the news, he couldn't help but be stunned, and after thinking about it for a long time, he remembered that it was good that he had indeed invested in such a movie.

It was about a year ago, and even Xu Guanwu forgot that he had invested in such a movie.

Compared with Xu Guanwu's indifference, the producer of "One Flew Over the Asylum" Michael . Douglas seemed very excited, and talked on the phone about how wonderful the film is, and that it can compete for next year's Academy Awards and so on.

After listening to Michael's tirade, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but yawn long, "Very good, not bad, has it been arranged?" ”

Michael. Douglas was stunned after hearing this, "Not yet, it's in the process of editing in the future." ”

"Okay, when you're done, I'll hand it over to 20th Century Fox for distribution." Xu Guanwu nodded.

Michael. Douglas didn't have any opinion on which film company to give the film to for distribution, and after listening to Xu Guanwu's words, he immediately agreed.

"One Flew Over the Asylum?!" After hanging up the phone, Xu Guanwu was stunned again. The reason why he invested in this film was because it had appeared in the high school "Chinese Reader".

Movies that can be used in mainland high school textbooks must without exception have extremely high artistic value, such as "The Sound of Music", such as "The Dawn Is Quiet Here", such as "Wrangler", such as "A River Flows Eastward......

"One Flew Over the Asylum" can be juxtaposed with these classic masterpieces, which shows that its ideological artistry must be top-notch. It's just that when it comes to box office results, it's hard to say.

Xu Guanwu didn't expect much box office money it would win. I only hope that it will be included in the "Language Reader" in the future. Underneath a line of small print. "The film was invested and filmed by Mr. Xu Guanwu, an outstanding filmmaker in my country", it will really leave a name in history.

So when Michael. When Douglas called the second time and informed him that the movie had grossed over $80 million, Xu Guanwu was stunned.

"How much did you say "One Flew Over the Asylum" grossed?" Xu Guanwu asked in surprise.

"Eighty-four and a half million dollars, sir, eight thousand and a half million dollars." Michael. Douglas shouted in ecstasy.

"I'll rub!" Xu Guanwu could hardly find other suitable words to describe his current mood except for speaking rudely.

I didn't have any hope for a movie at all. Achieving a box office result of 80 million US dollars is like pie in the sky, an absolute surprise.

Even if Xu Guanwu is not short of that box office now, when he hears this news, he can't help but admire his shit luck. "How can you just cast a film and have such amazing box office results?" Now those media have to report again.

"I wanted to call you a long time ago to inform you of the good news. But the box office is climbing every day, so I want to wait for the growth rate to slow down, and then tell you the most haode news. "Michael. Douglas explained.

Xu Guanwu didn't have time to find fault with his previous negligence in reporting responsibility. He's glad he's got a million dollars out of thin air.

Michael. Douglas was equally ecstatic, he had wanted to make the film. I just wanted to fulfill my old father's dream, but now I accidentally made tens of millions of dollars, which is really a pie-in-the-sky surprise.

When Xu Guanwu invested in the movie "One Flew Over the Asylum", because he didn't know that the movie would be so profitable, he generously gave 15% of the box office to Michael. Douglas and his dad now seem to have given up at least $10 million at the box office. In the future, "One Flew Over the Asylum" will be a global hit, and the Douglas father and son will still get a share.

If it was Xu Guanwu a year ago, he would definitely be annoyed by his hasty decision, but now he has completely seen it.

Li Ka-shing's Cheung Kong Industrial, in which he has acquired a 30% stake; Lee Shau Kee's Henderson Land, in which he has nearly half of the shares; Hu Yingxiang and real estate, he also has half of the equity; Kwok still owns 18% of Sun Hung Kai Properties......

To put it mildly, the biggest land king in Hong Kong in the future is no longer Li Ka-shing or Guo Desheng, but he Xu Guanwu. So how do you account for the gains and losses of the $10 million or two?

Besides, he originally invested more than three million dollars, and now he can earn tens of millions, which is already an eye-opener, and he can't be too greedy.

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"One Flew Over the Asylum" has successfully won the attention of North American audiences with its high ideology and artistry.

When the film was first distributed by 20th Century Fox, Darryl Brown. Zaniuk already knew it was a great film.

And he still remembers that when the filming of the film began last year, it caused a debate in the American media: whether it was appropriate to hand over this masterpiece of the hippie movement to foreigners to invest in the filming? I remember that the whole United States was arguing at that time.

Darryl. Zaniuk is not afraid of quarrels, on the contrary, he thinks that the more fierce the quarrel, the better, and the louder the quarrel, the more attention will be aroused, and he can save a lot of publicity money.

So Darryl. What Zaniuk needs to do is to issue another report that will stir up that sharp nerve in the hearts of Americans and make them resurgent.

Darryl. Zaniuk was so scheming that after a report was published, it was immediately reprinted by other media outlets, and it spread throughout North America within a day.

"One Flew Over the Asylum is about to be released, can Stanley pull off another miracle? "Rocky" and "Jaws" legendary investor Stanley. Xu's latest masterpiece, one of the masterpieces in the hearts of hippies, can "One Flew Over the Asylum" create another miracle? ”

Jaws had just been painted, and audiences across the United States were still scared by the ferocious great white shark and did not dare to swim at the beach, and the seaside tourism industry in the United States was devastated, and the entire Hollywood filmmakers still remembered the film's incomparably powerful ability to attract money.

Now, after a month, by Stanley. Xu's third film is set to be released in North America again. For a time, it caused panic among many Hollywood studios.

Last year, "Rocky" was released. Earn $140 million. At that time, other movies released at the same time were powerless; This year, Jaws was even more ruthless, sweeping all opponents of the same period, and dominated the box office charts for seven weeks, leaving second place far behind.

Now the third film is about to be released, and it is also a film adapted from the famous book "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest". The starring role is Hollywood's famous actor Jack. Nicholsen, directed by the famous Czech director Milos. Foreman, the producer is the famous Michael . Douglas......

Whether it's looking at the script or looking at the crew. This "One Flew Over the Asylum" far surpassed "Rocky" and "Jaws", and judging from the several preview screenings held by 20th Century Fox, the audience gave very high reviews. So it seems that this "One Flew Over the Asylum" is going to repeat the scene where "Rocky" and "Jaws" swept all the films in the same schedule.

Under such concerns, for a while, several other distribution companies in Hollywood have adjusted their movie release schedules, and all the films that hope to achieve high box office have been pushed back, and only some small-budget movies are used to fill the schedule as cannon fodder.

Of course, there are also those who have a fluke mentality and will not return if they are killed, such as MGM Pictures, which released the 10 million dollar masterpiece "Black Lion Shock" during the same period, which was played by 007 James Bond Sean . Connery starred. The story content is also similar to the 007 movie.

MGM Pictures has a lot of confidence in this movie, and is counting on it to achieve another great result like the 007 movie. And it is played by the old 007 actors. is also very gimmicky, and there is no worry that there are no audiences who like 007 to come to cheer.

"One Flew Over the Asylum" was not released at the same time in more than 400 theaters across the United States like "Jaws". Because this movie is not strictly speaking, it is not a blockbuster commercial film genre, although the quality of the film is very high, but the Haode film may not be a blockbuster. This point Darryl. Zaniuk knows that.

So in the initial stage, the movie "One Flew Over the Asylum" was only piloted in a few theaters around Los Angeles.

20th Century Fox did not promote the film too much, relying on the spontaneous publicity of the media and the audience's word-of-mouth. But amazingly, the film has achieved very good results at the box office. It was full for three days in a row, and there was a long queue of people in front of the theater to buy tickets.

This scene made Darryl. Zaniuk was so excited that he hurriedly expanded the scale of "One Flew Over the Asylum" to 400 companies. Although the scale of more than 800 theaters compared to "Jaws" is far inferior, compared with other art films, it is already a super-large-scale release.

At the same time as the movie was released, film reviews from major newspapers were also published. Compared with the mixed reviews of the two films "Jaws" and "Rocky", the movie "One Flew Over the Asylum" received one-sided applause.

All the media praised the film for using the special institution of the psychiatric hospital and the special group of mentally ill people to satirize the rigidity of the Soviet political system and the fact that everyone was living in a cage. And the chief who escaped from the mental hospital is director Milos. The incarnation of Foreman. He escaped from the Czech Republic, ruled by the iron fist of the Soviet Union, to the United States, a country of liberal democracy......

The in-depth interpretation of the media actually made director Milos. Foreman is very depressed, this film is adapted from the American "Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest", which exposes the rigid government system in the United States, and the seemingly liberal democracy, but in fact, it exercises power control over the people, suppresses human nature and restricts freedom.

As a result, because of his identity as a Czech director, he was dragged to the Soviet Union by the media, and it was like a crow falling on a pig, and he couldn't see his own blackness.

But although the director Milos. Foreman was depressed, but the publisher Darryl. Zaniuk was happy. Relying on these media to continue to sing praises for "One Flew Over the Asylum" and make all kinds of deep or shallow interpretations, the exposure of this film has increased greatly, and it basically has obtained a publicity effect that is difficult to do with money without spending any publicity money.

With the continuous reporting and interpretation of the media, while the popularity of "One Flew Over the Asylum" has increased greatly, the box office has also risen rapidly.

In the first week of its release, the weekly movie ranked seventh in the box office list, and in the second week, it topped the box office list with $20 million, which was $11 million more than the second place, which is a huge difference.

And MGM Pictures' "Black Lion Shock", which intends to call for the 007 series of movies, has a box office of only a pitiful $3 million, ranking tenth on the weekend movie list.

The box office results of the third week of "One Flew Over the Asylum" are still amazing, and they are proud of their peers, and MGM Pictures' "Black Lion Shock" is still sad, and it is estimated that to Zuihou, MGM can only recover its costs by selling overseas copyrights.

"One Flew Over the Asylum" was written by Stanley. Xu Investment's third film once again achieved amazing box office results, which can't help but make people admire his investment vision.

The previous "Rocky" and "Jaws" were shocking enough, but I didn't expect this "One Flew Over the Asylum" to be no less impressive.

"How the hell did he do it?"

"Stanley. What exactly is Hsu's investment know-how? ”

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For a while, many film company bosses wanted to ask him this question. (To be continued......)