Xu Guanwu couldn't help but nod when he heard this, Lei Shidong is worthy of being a self-made media tycoon, and he has his own views on financial management, and he will definitely not follow the crowd. Even though the high-tech industry is hot nowadays, and investment often has high returns, he still focuses on the field he is more familiar with, and never blindly follows the trend of investment.

And his investment philosophy has saved him many times, like the dot-com bubble in the 90s, when Time Warner merged with AOL, and the turnover once reached astronomical figures, and everyone was eager to speculate on Internet stocks. But Lei Shidong was unmoved, and continued to focus his career on traditional industries, so he survived the Internet bubble period without danger.

However, his conservatism actually has a disadvantage, that is, the rapid development of the Internet in the new century still has not attracted enough attention from him. The Internet industry has become Viacom's shortcoming, and the company has fallen into operational difficulties for a while. It's like the conundrum that News Corp. is facing. This may be the loss of Seon's horse, and it is not a blessing.

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After eating, Xu Guanwu took Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia on Lei Shidong's landline and flew back to Los Angeles again. And his Air King 200 has been trailing behind.

After returning to Los Angeles, Xu Guanwu, Lin Qingxia, and Zhao Yazhi did not live in the Hilton Hotel out of confidentiality considerations, but Lei Shidong helped them arrange a rural villa to live temporarily.

"Husband, why don't we stay at the Hilton Hotel anymore, but come to such a remote suburb? It takes a long time to take a car to go shopping in the city here. Zhao Yazhi asked Xu Guanwu with a pout.

"You just think about shopping, you might as well be sensible as Qingxia." Xu Guanwu lightly scratched her nose and said, "If you live in the Hilton Hotel, the celebrity occupancy rate there is high, and there are often paparazzi guarding downstairs." Once photographed I appeared there. It's bound to cause a storm. ”

"What kind of turmoil will there be?" Lin Qingxia asked suspiciously.

"I have explicitly turned down the Golden Globe and Academy Awards invitations on the grounds that I can't spare time to stay in Hong Kong. But now that the news has been reported, and I show up in Los Angeles again, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of these two award ceremonies? Xu Guanwu waved his hand and explained, "Then if my film is shortlisted again in the future, will those judges vote for me again?" ”

"I see, if I want to go shopping in the city, I have to dress up a little." Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but nodded when she heard this, "If you are recognized by others, I'm afraid it will also cause trouble to your husband." ”

"If only you knew the way. So try not to go out, and after we finish the business, we will go back to Hong Kong. Xu Guanwu nodded and said, "In the past few days, I have been out of the country more frequently, and I don't have much time to accompany you. You try to have as much fun as you can. ”

"Yes. Wu didn't have you with me, I didn't want to go shopping. Lin Qingxia put her arm around Xu Guanwu and said. When will you be done with business? ”

"It's hard to say this right now. I'll try to schedule my time. Xu Guanwu thought for a while and said, "Actually, I also want to play here with you, but this time the timing is really wrong." That's okay, I'll accompany you to take a good look around here next time I have a chance? ”

"Okay, that's settled." Lin Qingxia happily kissed Xu Guanwu and said.

Seeing this, Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but snort coldly, "Don't you two exist when I don't exist?" Why don't you want to accompany Qingxia to go shopping and don't want to accompany me? ”

"Okay, okay, you want to eat even this vinegar?" Seeing this, Xu Guanwu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Wait for the next opportunity." I'll take you two shopping, so it's okay. Ah Zhi, don't be so sensitive. To be honest, I was very happy that the two of you were able to come and see me together this time. I'm glad not only that you've come all the way to see me, but that the two of you can support each other along the way, so I'm relieved to see it. Ah Zhi, Qingxia promised me, don't be jealous in the future, okay? ”

"Well, since you said so, then I won't eat her jealousy anymore." Zhao Yazhi said in a low voice, "Qingxia, I'm sorry just now, I shouldn't have eaten your jealousy." ”

"Ah Zhi, don't say such things between us, in fact, the person who is really sorry for you is me." Lin Qingxia turned her head to look at Zhao Yazhi and said, "You should be angry in your heart, and I won't ask you for anything." ”

"Okay, it's okay to talk about the things on your mind, let's all live happily together in the future, don't talk about these old years anymore, okay?" Xu Guanwu hugged the two beauties and said with a smile.

"Yes!" Zhao Yazhi and Lin Qingxia nodded together when they heard him say this.

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In the next few days, Xu Guanwu went to see Richard. Zaniuk, with David. Brown, the two are now working on the follow-up special effects for "Alien" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", which are ready to be released during Halloween and summer vacation.

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" does not have too many special effects, only when the cabinet is opened, a large number of special effects will be required to assist. However, because this film has to be filmed in Nepal, it has to go to Egypt to shoot, it has to take a submarine, it has to break into the desert, and there are many action scenes, so it is difficult to shoot, it took a year and a half to complete, and then it takes nearly half a year to do special effects, which can be said to be a very time-consuming and laborious film.

However, it is probably because it is so time-consuming and meticulously crafted that it is called the most classic adventure film in history, and has created a new genre for future action movies, such as the "Raiders of the Lost Ark" series, the "National Treasure" series, etc., all have the shadow of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

"Alien", on the other hand, requires a lot of special effects to support, and its own shooting work is not difficult, because the development space of the story is mostly concentrated in the spaceship. And this spaceship was actually built in the studio, which saved the crew from running around.

However, although the film was shot in only one year, the production of the film's special effects took nearly a year. Industrial Light & Magic Special Effects Company is responsible for the special effects production of this movie, even if Xu Guanwu is a shareholder of his own company, the price quoted is already a conscience price, but so many special effects shots still cost a lot of money.

The pre-production of this film is only a few million dollars, but the post-production of special effects is even more expensive than the pre-shooting, and the total investment is as high as 15 million dollars. It is a very high-investment movie.

And it seems that it is now a craze for science fiction films, and many companies have launched science fiction films, even 007 James. Bond also played a sci-fi game, and it was a space city and a laser weapon, which was really unusual. However, the box office income of the film is also extremely high. Before "GoldenEye" starring Brosnan, the highest-grossing 007 series of movies.

Many film companies have invested in the shooting of science fiction films, which has made Hollywood's demand for film special effects suddenly boom, and Industrial Light & Magic special effects companies have immediately attracted the attention of film companies because of their outstanding performances in movies such as "Star Wars", "Contact of the Third Kind" and "Superman". Become the object of people's cooperation.

Of course, because of this strong demand, some film special effects companies have been established. Although their special effects skills are not mature, they are also marketable because of their low fees. There are also big and small investments in making science fiction movies, such as "Alien", which has a total investment of more than 15 million, which is a very high investment movie. But Xu Guanwu's previous investment in the two "Superman" films with 20th Century Fox is already 40 million US dollars. That's the real big deal.

And small film companies also want to take the opportunity to make science fiction films to make money, but they can't pay the high cost of special effects. Therefore, these small companies offer relatively inexpensive special effects production. Naturally, it became the only option.

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Richard. Zaniuk with David. Brown didn't know the news of Xu Guanwu's coming to the United States before, and they had previously vented their bitterness because Xu Guanwu couldn't come, thinking that he should come to see these two movies, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Alien".

Because these two movies are really great, and they also suffered a lot during the filming process, Xu Guanwu took out a sum of money to soothe the wounds suffered by their hearts and bodies. It's also very reasonable.

Originally, Xu Guanwu had already explained on the phone that he could not come because of something. Zaniuk with David. Brown was already disappointed. Unexpectedly, Xu Guanwu came here quietly. It really surprised and delighted them.

"Wow! My eyes are not wrong, Xu, how did you end up here? "Richard. Zaniuk shouted as he walked out quickly, looking at the plane as if he was about to hug Xu Guanwu excitedly.

"Stop, don't touch me, I have internal injuries now." Xu Guanwu hurriedly shouted. was hugged by Lin Qingxia and Zhao Yazhi, two beautiful women, but he was not very scared but enjoyed it very much. But to be Richard. As soon as a strong man like Zaniuk touches him, Xu Guanwu's wound is likely to rupture and he will need to be hospitalized again for treatment.

"What's the matter, you can't even want to hug an old friend?" Richard asked in astonishment, feeling that Xu Guanwu's words were like a basin of cold water on his head, extinguishing all his enthusiasm.

"That's not it, it's just that I'm hurting right now." Xu Guanwu explained with a smile, "This side was stabbed, and it was about to be inserted into the heart."

"Wouldn't it?! Who is so brutal as to hurt you? "David. Brown exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, Xu, tell me, I'll help you get revenge." Richard waved his fist and said, "I'm going to hammer him into a patty with my fist." ”

"Uh...... Okay, let's not talk about that. Richard, put your fist down, the strength of your fist is more appropriate for people to beat their backs. Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "In addition to treating the disease, I came to see you this time." How about it, are there any good investment projects? ”

"Hehe, we're waiting for your words, we've saved up a lot of great investment projects in the past two years, and you'll definitely be surprised." Richard said with a smile, and then brought out a large stack of scripts.

Xu Guanwu couldn't help but be shocked, "You took out the script from Fox Company's inventory again this time?" ”

"Of course not, these scripts have been carefully collected by me and Richard over the past two years. You also know that our status in Hollywood is different now, before the two of us were just poor worms who were kicked out by Fox, but now we are the hottest producers in Hollywood, I don't know how many screenwriters, how many directors, how many film companies want to cooperate with us. David said with a smile.

"I understand what you mean, it looks like I'm going to give you a salary increase." Xu Guanwu said with a smile.

"You're still smart, but since you've said so, we've both laughed at how much money we have." Richard grinned similarly.

"Okay, it's okay to raise your salary, but you have to have a good film project to succeed, otherwise you won't want to raise your salary." Xu Guanwu said with a smile. (To be continued......)