Stallone was shocked.

"What, I was admitted?"

The people around him were also stunned, and looked at Du Yongxiao inexplicably.

A tainted artist like Stallone will be difficult to turn over for the rest of his life, but Du Yongxiao dares to hire him?

"Du, you have to think about it!" Ryder couldn't help but say, "I know you're hungry for talent, but—"

Du Yongxiao interrupted Ryder: "I know what you want to say, in fact, I only have one sentence, that gold always shines, no matter what he has done before, he has a motivated heart." ”

Du Yongxiao would not say to Ryder that in the future, Stallone will become popular, relying on "Rocky" and "First Blood" to dominate Hollywood.

Of course, even if he said this, Ryder didn't believe it, and would treat him like a god.

Ryder has nothing to say about Du Yongxiao's "tall and noble" wording, who asked him to accompany Du Yongxiao to interview for actors today, the decision-making power is on Du Yongxiao's side, even if Du Yongxiao chooses a pig as the male lead, he can't say anything.

"Well, God, that's your idea! I respect your opinion. Ryder shrugged, anyway, the $100 million invested in filming was not his own, and he was distressed.

Stallone knew at this moment that everything was real, not a dream.

He was thrilled.

"Thank you, sir!" Stallone impulsively stepped forward and clasped Du Yongxiao's hand.

The security guard behind Du Yongxiao stepped forward to push him away, but Du Yongxiao got up to stop them, and said to Stallone with a smile: "Then welcome your friend, welcome to officially join our Fox Film Company." ”

"Thank you! Thank you for giving me the opportunity! ”

"No, you have the opportunity to fight for it! In addition-——" Du Yongxiao suddenly took out the wallet from his arms, handed out a business card and said: "This is a business card." ”

"Huh?" Stallone took the business card, a little suspicious.

"It's not for you, but for the boss who made a small movie, tell him, I want to buy the copyright of your play, yes, let him make a price."

Syllegro Stallone immediately understood, and cried with joy: "Sir, you-"

Du Yongxiao stroked Staylvest's hair: "You will be popular in the future, you want to be a big star, how can you have a handle in the hands of that kind of person?" ”

When Stallone heard this, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say.

Ryder rolled his eyes, not understanding why Du Yongxiao was so good to this Stallone that he even had to buy the small movies he had made before.

The people around him were even more discussing.

"It's so benevolent!"

"Yes, this Stallone is a big savior."

People pointed at Du Yongxiao and praised the benevolence and righteousness of this Chinese boss.

Du Yongxiao smiled faintly at this. In terms of buying people's hearts, he is the ancestor of these ghosts.

"Okay, Stallone, now you have to think about what movie to help us make on Fox, only good movies can repay me, right?" Du Yongxiao looked at Stallone, who was very excited, and reminded him.

"Yes, sir! Actually, I have a lot of scripts, if you need them, I'll show them all to you! "Stallone can't wait to express himself.

Du Yongxiao knocked on the side: "Na, I have a lot of scripts here, but I've been interested in boxing recently, do you have any?" ”

"Type of boxing?" Stallone paused for a moment.

Stallone has been bored lately, and occasionally looks at the footage of Chuuk Wippone and Mohammed Ali fighting for the heavyweight title, but only to watch.

But being reminded by Du Yongxiao like this, he seemed to suddenly feel it.

"Sir, you mean there's a lot of promise for boxing movies?"

"It's not promising, it's a very gimmick! Yes, except for our Chinese kung fu movies now, American boxing movies are the most popular - how's that, are there any good ideas? ”

Since Du Yongxiao has invested in Stallone, he hopes that the other party can quickly become a high-quality stock, and it is best to shoot "Rocky".

In the previous life, it took Sylvester Stallone only three days to write the script of "Rocky": an amateur named Rocky, who became famous by chance and fought against the world boxing champion.

The play grossed $225 million after its release and took away the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director, while Sylvester Stallone was also nominated for Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

Facing Du Yongxiao's encouraging eyes, although Stallone didn't even have a hair in his heart, he was categorical: "Don't worry, sir!" I'm going to follow your train of thought and try to write a boxing script. Yes, for your sake, I'm all over the place! ”

"Wairui, Good!" Du Yongxiao patted Stallone on the shoulder, "I'm waiting for your good news, come on!" ”

……

Stallone left the interview in high spirits.

The other people in line for the interview all looked at him with envy.

"Wow, this kid has shit luck."

"yes, you can be chosen for being so short!"

"I heard that he made a small movie, but the boss still chose him."

People sighed.

Some even began to doubt life, thinking that Stallone was simply too lucky, and he didn't know what would happen when it was his turn?

Schwarzenegger lined up at the back of the line, glanced at Stallone, who was half a head shorter than himself, and the corners of his mouth showed a hint of disdain: "A person like him can be selected, let alone an excellent talent like me." ”

The team continued to move forward.

Schwarzenegger waited patiently.

I don't know how long it took.

"Schwarzenegger."

was wandering, fantasizing about opening a gym and recruiting students to make a big splash Schwarzenegger was woken up.

"I'm here!" He hurriedly raised his hand.

"Dude, it's your turn!"

"Why don't you get out of here!"

The person next to him reminded.

Schwarzenegger came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward and stood in front of Du Yongxiao and Ryder.

The people around him began to talk again.

"Wow, this guy looks great!"

"Yes, this appearance is first-class!"

"If he fails, that's a miracle!"

Everyone is very optimistic about Schwarzenegger.

In their opinion, Schwarzenegger's appearance is born for acting.

When Schwarzenegger heard this, he felt even more proud in his heart, and involuntarily something called arrogance was written on his face.

Ryder took the information and looked at Schwarzenegger, looked him up and down, nodded, and seemed satisfied with his appearance.

"You've starred in Hercules in New York?"

"Yes."

"And then you haven't been in a movie much, have you?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because those directors don't look down on me and think I don't have acting skills." Schwarzenegger looked arrogant.

"So what do you think, do you have acting skills?"

Schwarzenegger held his head up: "I think I'm very good!" It's that they don't have vision. ”

Ryder smiled and handed the information to Du Yongxiao, "Come on!" ”

Du Yongxiao took the information and smiled, and looked at Schwarzenegger: "You said that you have acting skills, so what do you think is joy, anger and sorrow?" ”

"Well, this -——," Schwarzenegger thought about, "joy is joy, anger is anger, sorrow is sadness, and happiness is happiness." ”

Du Yongxiao nodded: "So what's the difference between happiness and happiness?" ”

Schwarzenegger was dumbfounded, and said for a while: "Almost." ”

Du Yongxiao smiled, threw the information on the table, folded his hands, his expression gradually became serious, looked at Schwarzenegger and said: "That's right, your appearance is very good, among so many interviewed actors, your appearance is the best one!" But as an actor, in addition to the importance of appearance, you also need to have rich feelings and the connotation needed to play the role, both of which you lack! So I'm sorry, Mr. Schwarzenegger, you didn't get in! ”

"Huh?" Schwarzenegger suspected that he had misheard.

The people around him also suspected that they had heard it wrong, such an excellent person was unsuccessful?

Ryder couldn't help but touch Du Yongxiao, the meaning is obvious, this is a baby, he has also been a starring actor, he has made blockbusters, and he is much better than those half-assers.

Du Yongxiao was indifferent, looked at Schwarzenegger, and looked calm: "You lost the election, Mr. Schwarzenegger." ”

"I don't understand...... Yes, why did I lose the election? Schwarzenegger slurred, staring at Du Yongxiao.

"Do you need a reason?" Du Yongxiao said, "Then I'll give you a reason-—— you don't respect acting." To be precise, you don't know anything about acting, you only know that you are very good, but you don't know that as an actor, it is not your own decision to be excellent, but the audience's decision. If the audience can only remember you on the big screen, then you will always be Schwarzenegger, unless one day, you can play a role and make everyone forget you and only remember your character's name......"

When Schwarzenegger heard this, he didn't seem to understand.

"Alright, now you can go." Du Yongxiao issued an eviction order.

Schwarzenegger was annoyed, "Damn! If you don't choose me, it's your loss! Yes, God, I could go to a lot of big studios! ”

Schwarzenegger scolded and left.

The people around couldn't help but laugh loudly: "I thought it was the king, but it turned out to be a happy color!" ”

"What's the use of being big? I don't know how to act at all! ”

"Hahaha!"

When Schwarzenegger heard this, he was even more annoyed.

Being praised before, in stark contrast to being ridiculed now, filled him with resentment.

Just as Schwarzenegger was about to leave, Du Yongxiao suddenly stopped him from behind: "Slow! ”

Schwarzenegger turned his head and glared at Du Yongxiao with angry eyes: "What else do you have to do?" Isn't it enough to humiliate me? ”

Du Yongxiao tapped his fingers on the table, looked at Schwarzenegger and smiled: "Give you a chance-—— if we have a play here, we don't need any acting skills from you, we only need your outstanding appearance, and the salary is also considerable, would you like to participate?" ”

"Uh, this-"

Schwarzenegger was stunned.

If he agrees to Du Yongxiao, then it is equivalent to admitting that he really has no acting skills, only appearance.

But if he doesn't agree to Du Yongxiao, his interview will be in vain, and the most important thing will be ridiculed.

He can accept all kinds of glory, but he is not willing to endure the slightest ridicule.

Schwarzenegger took a deep breath, and in the end, the face problem was still the most important, "Excuse me, what is the name of this play?" ”

Du Yongxiao ate him and shrugged: ""Sword of the King"! Of course, you only need to be responsible for playing handsome in it, with a salary of 3,000 US dollars, how about it, accept it or not? Of course, after filming, you can choose to join Fox or leave. ”

Du Yongxiao took Schwarzenegger to death and left? Dream!

How did Schwarzenegger know that Du Yongxiao had already set him up, glanced at the eyes of everyone around, and nodded arrogantly: "Okay, for the sake of the salary, I accept it." ”

"So good, congratulations!" Du Yongxiao held out his hand to Schwarzenegger.

Schwarzenegger shook it, "I'll leave after filming this scene." ”

"Of course, at will!" Du Yongxiao smiled and said in his heart: "You fart!" ”

……

Recruitment ends –

Sylvester Stallone took out his engagement ring, mortgaged it to a roadside pawn shop, and then took the money and excitedly bought a cake on the roadside.

Today is a special day, and his wife likes to eat cake the most, especially this chocolate, and Stallone is ready to surprise her.

In the neighborhood, some neighbors were clearing the snow on the streets, and when they saw Stallone carrying a cake, some neighbors shouted: "What, it's developed, why don't you eat cake today?" ”

"yes, dear, I'm transferred!"

An old woman saw Stallone, a strong young man, and shouted: "Aaron, come, help me shovel snow, I'll give you money!" ”

In the past, helping his neighbors shovel snow, walk the dog, and weeding were all Stallone's favorite things to do, so that he could earn some change.

Can -—— now

"I'm sorry, Madame Jabbo, I'm going to get home quickly, I have important things to do."

Every time she helped Mrs. Yabo shovel snow, Mrs. Yabo would take advantage of him and touch his arms and buttocks.

These Stallone don't care, who made Mrs. Yabo give a lot of change, but now that Stallone has a goal and direction in life, of course he won't do that kind of thing again.

Humming a song, Stallone returned home, put down the cake, took off his coat, and washed the knives and forks in the kitchen before turning on the VCR and preparing to find inspiration from the boxing match.

He was so engrossed that he almost lost track of time.

Slowly he fell asleep a little, turned on the VCR, and fell asleep on the couch.

Until the door was locked, and his wife, Sarah, came back from outside, looking tired.

Sarah glanced at the video recorder that was on, and then at Stallone sleeping on the couch.

She put down the satchel in her hand, and although she was tired, she went to get the blanket and put it on Stallone.

Turning her head, Sarah saw the cake on the table that had not yet been opened.

Sarah was slightly stunned.

She knew that Stallone had no money, and many times the pocket money was given by her.

She now works three part-time jobs on her own, as a night tutor, librarian, and supermarket salesperson.

Stallone has lofty ideals, but every job can't last long, and after the two get married, almost Sarah is raising the family alone.

Sarah was tired.

But she doesn't say.

But now, seeing Stallone spending money indiscriminately, she can't stand it.

She knows that this kind of cake will cost at least five dollars, but now they still owe a hundred dollars in utility bills, how can they pay it back?

Thinking of this, Sarah couldn't hold back her anger anymore, and directly removed the utility bill IOU attached to the refrigerator, and woke up Stallone and said, "Look clearly, what is this?" ”

"IOU!" Stallone was sleepy-eyed and didn't quite understand what was wrong with his wife.

"Why do you buy such an expensive cake when you know it's an IOU?" Sarah asked, pointing to the cake.

"Because you love to eat!" Stallone didn't know what was wrong.

When Sarah heard this, she was stunned and suddenly burst into tears.

Only then did Sylvester Stallone come to his senses, put his arms around his wife, and kissed her forehead and cheek: "I know!" I know it all, my dear! Yes, I know! You give a lot for this home! ”

Stallone hugged his wife tightly and whispered into her ear, "I've got a job now!" Yes, I joined Fox and now that I'm one of them, I'll make a lot of money and buy you a lot of cakes, all of which are your favorites! ”

Finally, Stallone bit his wife's ear and called out affectionately: "Sarah, I love you!" ”

At this moment, a story suddenly appeared in Stallone's heart, and the name of this story was "Rocky"!

……

Du Yongxiao's personal leadership of the Fox Film Company recruitment lasted for a week.

In Du Yongxiao's personal interview, Harrison Ford, Morgan Freeman, Stallone and Schwarzenegger were selected.

In addition, this time Fox also included George Clooney and Bruce Willis under its umbrella.

Du Yongxiao personally planned the future development plan for the six people, and this plan is also known as the "Fox Six Dragons" plan.

If Du Yongxiao is just for show, then there is some misunderstanding of Du Yongxiao.

Du Yongxiao is definitely a doer.

When Stallone was a little nervous and took the script of "Rocky", came to Fox and found Du Yongxiao, Du Yongxiao read the script, not only seriously talked with Stallone about the development of the story, character building, but also gave a lot of sincere opinions.

This made Stallone admire, and he was also impressed by Du Yongxiao again.

Who said that this Chinese boss is half-witted and doesn't understand movies at all, he is a complete genius.

Of course, what made Sylvester Stallone even more reassuring was Du Yongxiao's recognition of his script this time.

But whether filming can start or not, Stallone is still uncertain.

At this time—

"Very good, Aaron, your script is very to my taste, you can start filming!"

Du Yongxiao made the final decision.

Stallone looked surprised, and without waiting for him to speak, Du Yongxiao said again: "However, you also know that you are a rookie actor, and this script is also freshly baked, standing in the company's position in order to control costs, I won't give you too much investment, do you have no opinion?" ”

When Stallone heard this, his heart immediately cooled half.

"Boss, what do you mean—" Stallone asked with a slight stammer, "how much money can the company support for filming this drama?" ”

Du Yongxiao was very crisp and stretched out his three fingers directly.

"Ah, what, thirty thousand dollars?" Stallone was dumbfounded.

If the total investment is $30,000, how much should he be paid?

Of course, this drama was originally written by him, and in fact, it can be completed for 30,000 US dollars, but in terms of quality......

Stallone couldn't imagine.

For Stallone, who has filmed small movies, $30,000 is already a "big investment", and a small movie is only $3,000.

But—

"Wrong, I mean -—— three hundred thousand!"

"Ahem, what?" Stallone's eyes widened, and he was about to die of surprise.

"Don't be surprised, I read your script, there are some big scenes in it that must be filmed well, such as the scene of a boxing match, and the extras must be in place! Also, I'm going to invite real boxing champions to the show, so that I can make the story more watchable and authentic. 300,000 budget, to be honest, it's a little less! ”

Hearing Du Yongxiao say this, Stallone almost fainted.

As a screenwriter, he didn't think about it this way, but he didn't dare to think about how much it would cost to invite a real boxing champion to star?

In the last life, Stallone was stuck here, and finally chose an unknown boxer to play the boxing king, and later in an interview he said regretfully that he was going to invite the real boxing champion Ali, but unfortunately, Ali's price was too high, and he and the film company couldn't afford it at all.

In other words, if the boxing champion Ali was chosen to play the second male lead at that time, then the play "Rocky" would have become a classic among the classics, and the box office would have doubled compared to before.

Du Yongxiao is a person from the past, of course he knows this interview in his previous life, since he wants to make money, of course he has to make it bigger.

Spending more money to invite boxing champion Ali to play the second male lead in "Rocky" can not only attract popularity and earn gimmicks for this play, but also increase the inspirational "authenticity" of this play.

For the box office, Du Yongxiao has circled "300 million", instead of "200 million" in the previous life.

In short, Stallone is grateful to Du Yongxiao at the moment, not only treating Du Yongxiao as a boss, but also treating Du Yongxiao as a confidant and benefactor.

For the rest of Fox, they were surprised by Du Yongxiao's investment in the play "Rocky".

300,000 is not a small number.

Invest in a script written by an obscure little person?

Incredible!

For this reason, Ryder and others personally approached Du Yongxiao, hoping that he could reduce his investment for the sake of the company's interests.

Du Yongxiao was very simple and threw the script to them.

After reading the script, Ryder and the others did not speak, and silently left Du Yongxiao's office.

Then Du Yongxiao called the production department, "Find a director, and start filming "Rocky" immediately!" Yes, right now! The actors have been circled, Stallone is the first male lead, and the second male lead is the boxing champion Ali! Yes, that's right, the real boxing champion! He can satisfy him as much as he wants, as long as it does not exceed the amount of investment! This time, I'm going to win! ”

……

In this era, sports festivals and the entertainment industry are interconnected.

Many sports stars like to "walk" in movies, which can not only increase their popularity, but also earn extra money.

So when the commanding "boxing king" Ali received the script of "Rocky" handed over by Fox, hoping that he could play the second male lead in the play, he "hesitated".

The hesitation is because the "Stallone" who played against Ali is too unknown and completely nobody.

In contrast, Who is he Ali? American boxing champion, world boxing champion! The legendary "butterfly step" is even more popular.

"God, isn't it a great insult to me to let me play against this Stallone called?" Ali, dressed in a voluminous silk dressing gown, reclined on the couch, took a puff on his cigar and threw the script aside in dissatisfaction.

The agent hurriedly picked up the script and handed it to Ali: "But the salary they offer is very attractive." ”

"How much?" Ali asked curiously, biting his cigar.

"Thirty thousand dollars!" The agent said, "That's a good amount." You know, a lot of movies now have budgets of just over a few hundred thousand. ”

Ali pouted: "Thirty thousand? Is it a lot? In this way, you tell them that I will not star without 60,000! ”

"Ah, sixty thousand?" The agent was stunned for a moment.

Ali nodded arrogantly, "Yes, I think I'm worth the price-—— I heard that the boss of Fox is a Chinese, what is his name Du Yongxiao, if he is a real hero and wants to change Fox, I think, he will not refuse if he has an extra 30,000!" ”

"Okay, I'll try." The agent suspected that Fox would refuse.

What a bullshit.

$30,000 is not a small amount.

But—

When the agent called, the reply was, "OK!" ”

“OK？”

This time, not only the agent was surprised, but even the boxing champion Ali was surprised.

Ali bit a cigar, put on a nightgown, got up from the sofa, walked to the window, let the wind blow through the window and blew the crotch of his underwear, and looked at the bright moonlight outside: "I have a hunch-—— this Du Yongxiao is not an ordinary person!" ”

The agent also followed him to his side, first glanced at Ali's empty underneath, surprised that he was not cold, and then raised his head, also looking at the bright moonlight, "I also have a hunch -——that this drama will be popular!" ”

……

If you have money, you will be capricious.

Du Yongxiao directly threw 100 million to support Fox to dominate Hollywood, which surprised other film companies around.

Especially Carlos, the boss of Paramount, when he learned that Fox was recruiting and expanding his territory, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

Carlos called other Hollywood bigwigs, hoping that everyone could see that they were both Caucasians, and jointly defend themselves against foreign enemies and deal with Du Yongxiao, a Chinese guy.

But those bigwigs are all some of the snow in front of the door, in their opinion, Du Yongxiao is playing so big, he is his own death.

"He invested in making so many movies in one go, and no one dared to play like this! Yes, God, we'll see him finish! ”

"There is a cycle for the filming of a drama, and there is a cycle for release, as long as a drama loses money, he is equivalent to playing all the days in vain! It's going to die ugly! ”

"A layman comes to Hollywood on a rampage, don't think that a film that is popular will make a lot of money in the future! Stepping on shit is just a chance! Let's see how he dies in the end! ”

When Carlos called these bigwigs and told everyone to be wary of Du Yongxiao, those bigwigs gave their opinions one after another.

Obviously, they looked down on Du Yongxiao and thought he was a layman.

If you spend money this time, it will also be a waste, and you will die ugly in the end.

What kind of big recruitment?

What the hell are you recruiting?

Also the "Six Dragons Plan", it seems to be the "Life-seeking Plan"!

When Carlos heard this, he also felt that he was overly jealous?

Yes, then Du Yongxiao plans so many movies in one go, isn't this a dead rhythm?

Who can guarantee that his movies will be a blockbuster?

In particular, most of the people he recruited were some unpopular guys, like Harrison Ford who was a carpenter, Morgan Freeman, a actor who did children's shows, Stallone who made small movies, and Schwarzenegger, who was a bodybuilder-——

The only ones who can make him even more jealous are George Clooney and Bruce Willis.

Perhaps, I thought too much!

Yes, a layman, or a Chinese, what can stand up to Hollywood?

That's when —

Du Yongxiao invested in Stallone's "Rocky", filming is completed and ready to be released!

(End of chapter)