"There is no such possibility, there are too many special effects shots required for this movie, and even if it is finished, it will take at least half a year to do special effects." Richard waved his hand.

Xu Guanwu nodded, "Then don't worry, let him shoot slowly." Are there any other funding problems? ”

"Not for the time being, the investment of 20 million dollars should be enough." David smiled.

"Very well, since this is the case, then I am relieved." Xu Guanwu nodded, "Do you have any good projects recently?" ”

"There are a few movies that I think are good." Richard smiled, then handed over a folder, "It's a movie that David and I think is good, you can help watch it." ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, took the folder, and opened it to see that there were several scripts. Xu Guanwu flipped through it seriously, but saw several films that reflected the Vietnam War.

In the past two years, there has been a wave of reflection on the Vietnam War in American society, so movies that reflect on the Vietnam War are also very popular. Last year's "Deer Hunter" caused a sensation in the United States, winning multiple Academy Awards in a row. This year, another "Apocalypse of War" is also the favorite to win the award.

American movies also have the problem of following the trend, so Richard and David also collected a lot of scripts about the Vietnam War. Among them, there is a "Field Platoon" that Xu Guanwu is more familiar with.

"Field Platoon" examines the cruelty and horror of the entire war through the perspective of a recruit who has just enlisted in the army and participated in the Vietnam War. This is a movie with a very simple plot, but it is precisely because of the simple plot that people pay more attention to the cruel and cold-blooded war scenes, and people are deeply touched by it.

Xu Guanwu had also watched this "Field Platoon" at the beginning, but he couldn't watch it anymore when he only saw it. At that time, I felt like I was going to vomit out of the food I ate at noon. That cruel and cold-blooded picture. He never wanted to see it a second time. The cruelty and horror of war. It is vividly displayed in this film, and when watching this film, it makes people feel like they are on the battlefield, and it is absolutely devastating to people's bodies and minds.

It is worth mentioning that the starring role of "Field Platoon" is the now infamous Charlie. Xin, when he starred in this movie, there was not so much negative news, and he could be called a promising future, and he was firmly in the position of a first-line student back then. In "Wall Street", even Oscar-winning actor Michael . Douglas was his foil.

But just in response to that sentence, don't do or die, just when Charlie is in full swing. broke out a scandal similar to the prostitute, and his image was immediately ruined, and he stayed away from the role of a good person, and could only star in funny comedies like "Fighting Condor" and "Invincible Boba".

"This "Field Platoon" is good." Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "Except for this one, I am not interested in investing in other movies." ”

"Okay." A look of disappointment crossed David's face, to be honest, he thought that Xu Guanwu would choose at least three films, but now he only chose one, and it is also a war film, although it has a lot of investment, it is to shoot a lot of locations, and it will also go to Southeast Asia to shoot.

David had been to Southeast Asia earlier during the filming of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I still have vivid memories of the crowded population and dirty environment there, so I thought about the possibility of leading the team there when I turned around. I couldn't help but make a bitter face.

"I filmed Friday the 13th last year, and let's shoot another horror film this year." Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "Another day, you can find a screenwriter, I will tell him the story, and let him help sort out a script." ”

"It's good." Richard nodded, "By the way, last year's "Raiders of the Lost Ark" was a very blockbuster, are you interested in making a sequel?" ”

"Naturally, there is interest, but the sequel is not in a hurry, at least it will take another two years, and when everyone is anxious about waiting, the shooting plan of the new film will be announced at that time." Xu Guanwu smiled and said, "You can't make enough money, let's take it easy." ”

"In addition to this horror film "Field Platoon", do you have any other film projects you want to invest in this year?" David smiled and asked, "You should invest in more movies, don't you always have so much money in the bank." ”

Xu Guanwu smiled and nodded, "By the way, I want to ask you to help find a novel called "First Blood", that book is also related to the Vietnam War, and the protagonist's name is Rambo." ”

"Isn't one "Field Platoon" enough, but also another movie that reflects the Vietnam War?" Richard asked in surprise, "There have been several movies that reflect the Vietnam War this year, and if we have to shoot two more this time, there may be problems at the box office in the future." ”

"Well, don't worry, this "First Blood" is not a war-themed film, but an action-themed film, and I plan to ask Stallone to play the leading role." Xu Guanwu smiled.

"By the way, speaking of Stallone, he recently submitted the script of "Rocky 3", saying that he wants us to invest in filming for him." David suddenly said, "But the script of his movie is not good, so I didn't promise him for the time being." ”

"Well, "Rocky 2" has only been released for more than a year, and it is too anxious to shoot "Rocky 3" now." Xu Guanwu thought for a while.

American series of movies are basically released every two years, such as "Ghost Street", "Friday the 13th", "American Pie" and so on, so that the audience can have room for rest and reminiscence. Otherwise, if one is released every other year, it will be too frequent and bored to the audience.

For example, Marvel launched a superhero movie, and basically only released a sequel every two years, and produced other superhero films in the middle, in order to keep the audience fresh enough. Otherwise, no matter how diligent the superhero movie is, the blockbuster that was originally a blockbuster has become a rotten eggplant in the vegetable market.

"Then in that case, let him shoot this "First Blood" first. Are you sure there will be such a book now? David asked with a smile.

"If not, then we can save a lot of money on copyright." Xu Guanwu nodded.

"Very well, then we have three movies now." Richard laughed, "Counting the "Shining" and "Star Wars 2", which are still being filmed, we also have five movies in production or about to be made this year. Not bad for a small production company. ”

"yes." David nodded. "That's right. Stanley. Do you know about the new line company? ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, he knew that the new line company is a newly rising film company in the United States that also produces and distributes, started by distributing low-cost horror films, and is now involved in the production industry, and is also shooting low-cost horror films. Because the cost of this kind of film is low and the audience is fixed, the income is also relatively good. Although the market value is not as large as the original giants of Hollywood, the development momentum is very fast. Some people have already called it the eighth largest film company in Hollywood.

"It collaborated with your film last year, and plans to release Hong Kong-made films this year." David explained.

Xu Guanwu smiled, he knew that the cooperation between Lu Dao and New Line Company was Golden Harvest Pictures, New Line Pictures valued the low cost and potential box office of Hong Kong films, and Golden Harvest was interested in the distribution ability of New Line Pictures in the North American film market, and the two sides could be said to hit it off.

Since last year, Golden Harvest has invested in filming a number of movies, but it has not been released in the United States so far, and I don't know what the box office will be.

"New Line Pictures clearly wants to take advantage of us, with the help of the word of mouth brought by the Hong Kong film "A Plan and Planning" that we released last year. casually release some low-quality Hong Kong films to make money. Richard complained.

"Forget it, there's nothing to complain about about this." Xu Guanwu waved his hand. "As long as there is a market for Hong Kong films, even if the new line film company does not do it, there is still the 'old line', and the 'red line' film company will do it."

"Then if your "Full of Gold" is successful again this year, the Hong Kong film market will once again attract attention, and more film companies will invest in Hong Kong at that time. You have to be ready. "Hong Kong is your home base, and it's not good if it's messed up by other studios." ”

Xu Guanwu nodded, it is true that if Hollywood film companies go to Hong Kong to invest, with the amount of their funds, it will definitely cause worse consequences than Taiwanese and Southeast Asian film companies.

If you think that the collapse of Hong Kong films back then, a large part of the reason was to blame the coaxing of Taiwanese and Southeast Asian film companies. Blind investment and blindly following the trend of making films not only consumed the vitality of Hong Kong films, but also made a lot of moviegoers lose their appetite.

If Hollywood filmmakers also come to Taiwanese studios this time, it is estimated that Hong Kong films will be in trouble again.

"I'll take care of that." Xu Guanwu nodded worriedly, "By the way, the movie "Full of Gold and Jade" that I launched in the second half of the year, you must help me release it well." ”

"Don't worry, aren't you at ease that we will do things?" Richard smiled.

Xu Guanwu nodded, then stopped chatting with the two and got up and returned to the hotel. Because in the afternoon, he had to accompany his wife and son to go shopping.

……

In the afternoon, Xu Guanwu accompanied Zhao Yazhi's mother and son to go shopping, not only helped his son buy a few fun clothes, but also bought some casual clothes for himself. Taking off the suit on his body and changing into casual clothes, Xu Guanwu felt that his whole person was much more relaxed.

Since he decided to retire, Xu Guanwu's desire to strive for fame and fortune has been much lighter. In the past, he would have spent half a day chatting with David and Richard, listening to the latest trends in American cinema, young and talented directors, a certain author's latest blockbuster release, etc., in order to find opportunities to invest in. But now after he finishes his work, he just pulls away and leaves, and no longer pays attention to so many messy things. Even if there is news that may bring him tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, he doesn't care at all.

"Husband, you seem to be in a good mood today, what's the matter, have you invested in any good projects to make money?" Zhao Yazhi saw Xu Guanwu smiling happily, and couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"Investing is investing in some projects, but that's not what I'm most happy about." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "What I am happiest about is that our family can walk together happily, and happy times like this are not common." ”

"Yes, who made you always have another person in your heart, how can you have so much energy to take care of our mother and son?" Zhao Yazhi said sourly.

Xu Guanwu frowned, "Okay, let's not talk about these things." My son's clothes are almost gone, so let's go back to the hotel first. The day after tomorrow is the Golden Globe Awards, and I still have some things to deal with. ”

"Okay then." Zhao Yazhi saw that Xu Guanwu was obviously making excuses, but it was not easy to demolish him, so she had to sigh and nodded.

After years of getting along with her husband, she basically figured out his temper, that is, he was a little cautious and machismo. So if he has already said that he doesn't want to talk about a topic anymore, then basically don't talk about it anymore, otherwise it will only make him more and more angry.

After the two returned to the hotel, Xu Guanwu turned on the TV, only to see that the TV station was reporting on Michael. Jackson's news that he was working on a new album, but it wasn't going very well so far, which made him very frustrated. (To be continued......)