Zhao Yazhi smiled meekly, "Then I'll pour you a cup of coffee to refresh you." ”

Xu Guanwu turned around and returned to the table, continuing to look through the scripts handed over by these producers.

After flipping through nearly a hundred books, Xu Guanwu couldn't help but rub his eyes.

He found that the scripts that had been delivered were similar to those he had seen when he first came to Hollywood a few months earlier.

They are all art films and experimental films that are difficult to recover their investment.

"Why isn't there a commercial film that will be a blockbuster in later generations?" Xu Guanwu muttered depressedly.

At this moment, jingle bell, jingle bell, the phone suddenly rang.

Xu Guanwu picked up the phone and heard Lei Shidong's voice coming.

"Stanley, are you still picking out the script? I have a project here that might be of interest to you. Lei Shidong said with a smile.

"What project?" Xu Guanwu asked with some curiosity.

Since the box office of "Rocky" really exceeded 100 million US dollars, Lei Shidong has obviously become much closer to Xu Guanwu.

"It's a film about a big shark eating people." Lei Shidong said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Great white shark?!" ”

"Huh?! Do you already know? Lei Shidong couldn't help but be startled when he heard Xu Guanwu shouting the title of the film.

Xu Guanwu was inexplicably surprised, he couldn't imagine that he had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get them.

I actually came across "Jaws", one of the highest-grossing films of the 70s.

"Where are you now? I'll be there right away. Xu Guanwu asked urgently.

"Don't be so anxious, it's too late, and we have to wait until tomorrow to talk. Besides, if you are too urgent, you will let others hold it. Lei Shidong said with a smile.

Xu Guanwu also immediately realized that he was too excited, and hurriedly smiled, "Then let's meet tomorrow." ”

After putting down the phone, Xu Guanwu happily daxiao twice, and walked around the room by himself, unable to calm down.

He knows that the movie "Jaws" has a global box office of up to $400 million, which is 200 million higher than the dark horse "Rocky". And this film also made Steven, who was unknown at the time. Spielberg became Hollywood's highest-grossing director of commercial films.

"It's a pie-in-the-sky thing." The more Xu Guanwu thought about it, the more beautiful he became, and he couldn't help but hahadaxiao.

"Ah Wu, what are you enjoying here alone? Found a movie to invest in? Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but ask curiously when she saw Xu Guanwule's mouth closed.

"Yes! Ah Zhi, believe it or not, I will create a box office miracle again? Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"Naturally believe." Zhao Yazhi nodded.

"Good, come and kiss!" Xu Guanwu hugged Zhao Yazhi and smiled proudly.

……

Early the next morning, Xu Guanwu hurried to Lei Shidong's office.

"Stanley, it looks like you care about this movie. What's the matter, could it be that you're yujian again to the point that it's going to be a big seller? Lei Shidong asked curiously.

"How, of course? Do you want to mix it up? Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

Lei Shidong was stunned for a moment, and then waved his hand, "Forget it, your money is earned by luck, even if you lose it, you don't feel distressed." My money is hard-earned money, and I am responsible for the whole family, and it is difficult for me to account for the loss. ”

"That's a pity," Xu Guanwu looked regretful, "The opportunities have been sent to you, you can't grasp it, so when this movie is released in the future, don't say that you didn't remind you." ”

Lei Shidong smiled and instructed the secretary to invite people in.

Xu then met the two producers of Jaws, Richard D. Zanuck and David Brown.

Richard. Zanuk is a well-known Hollywood filmmaker, and his father is the CEO and general manager of 20th Century Fox, Darryl. Zanuk.

David. Brown is also a member of 20th Century Fox, and is a member of the 20th Century Fox Company. Zanuk is quite a good colleague, but also a pair of unlucky people who share the same disease.

A few years ago, the box office fell sharply as American films were hit by the television and broadcasting industry. 20th Century Fox was also losing money, so the shrewd Richard and Brown told the board that Fox "must rely heavily on films with small investments and high success rates to capture new markets." ”

His proposal was that the films must be offered to viewers what they would not see on TV shows, that is, "sexual" and "sexual" films.

So he took a few screenplays adapted from notorious erotic novels and hired pornographic presenter Ruth Mayel to make them.

As a result, these tertiary films not only did not make money for the company, but made 20th Century Fox lose money in the eyes of the company, and at the same time greatly damaged the reputation of this old film company.

So under the unanimous protest of the company's directors, Darryl. Zaniuk killed his relatives and personally fired his son Richard. Zaniuk, and David who carried the black pot together. Brown.

After these two unlucky people left 20th Century Fox, they did not sink, but moved to Warner with the filming of five films.

But bad luck has always accompanied these two unlucky guys, and after staying in Warner for a short time, the two who were left out in the cold left in a cheer.

Then the two of them, like lost dogs, invested in Universal's returns, but Universal only provided them with a house, let them become Universal's satellite company, use Universal's funds to shoot movies, and then release films in Universal's name.

"Jaws" is the second film made by Richard and David, and the first film they invested in was called "Rampage". Spielberg, but at the moment the film has not yet been released.

Jaws is the ambition of Richard and David, who went to great lengths to bring in $5 million from around the world, but Spielberg's efforts to improve and frequent problems during filming caused serious overbudgeting.

When shooting scenes at sea, there are often unexpected situations such as a sailboat breaking in, a camera getting wet, and a ship sinking, so the filming schedule is repeatedly delayed. Mechanical sharks also often fail because seawater corrodes internal parts.

Universal has become increasingly impatient with Richard and David's repeated requests for additional investment, and has reservations about this disaster-ridden disaster film.

Therefore, when the mechanical shark sank to the bottom of the sea again due to a malfunction, Richard asked Universal to pay for divers to salvage it, but the board of directors of Universal always refused.

"Just let that piece of scrap metal settle at the bottom of the sea, and we won't pay a penny for this film again." The CEO of Universal said to Richard.

Richard. Zaniuk & David. Naturally, Brown didn't want his hard work to go to waste, so he had to find another investor in this situation.

But it's not that simple.

The movie "Jaws" is just halfway through filming, and the investor first has to compensate Universal for its losses, and then invest a large amount of money into the crew; And then Richard. Zaniuk with David. When Brown made the film, he promised to give 10% of the net profit to the original author of "Jaws."

This means that investors need to pay at least 10 million dollars, but they cannot enjoy all the net profits.