Chapter 551: Boom
"George!"
Lucas, who was sitting alone at home, was interrupted by a movie bell, he understood that at this moment he was being judged by the audience, and he did not dare to watch the trial of his own years of hard work, indeed because he was afraid of failure, which he actually admitted in his heart, but he didn't want to say it.
He believes that his film will be a success, but at the same time, he also understands that the market is the only scorer, he, or any director, is not, no one really understands the market, and no one can really understand what the audience likes to watch, all directors are trying their luck.
When a movie is released, it's like the director is on the gambling table, or the size of the game, after you have done enough hard work, what can you open as a result, it depends on how shivering tonight.
So, even if he sits here, Lucas looks at his watch from time to time.
It's been more than a year since he bought this small ranch, and this is the first time he's been here, and it's so quiet that he feels like he's empty.
But at the same time, it was not quiet, because Lucas's heart never really calmed down, and he always felt that there was always a knife hanging from his neck, a knife that would determine his future fate.
He knew that as long as this movie hit the street, or it was a big loss, his directorial career would be over, even if he was carrying a contract for a few films, the Far Eastern businessman was afraid that he would no longer refer to himself for filming.
Lucas was wrong about Lao Gu, and Lao Gu wanted to refine him, twist him into a lamp, and hang it on the waist of Lao Gu's trousers, so that Lucas could serve him for the rest of his life.
It's just that Lucas is an American, he can't understand Gu Siwei's oriental thinking, he is using an American heart to treat the Chinese, and it is no wonder that the old Gu's Corporal Lixian has no use for Lucas.
Gu Siwei said to come and see him, Lucas thought that you came to my house as a guest and caused me trouble, so don't refuse, wait for you to make soup!
"What?"
When Lucas answered the phone and heard his friend tell him about the movie theater being full, Lucas's mind went blank.
"George, it's a success, what I'm seeing now is that all the shows are sold out, and everyone who walks out of the cinema is discussing your movie, I randomly pulled someone to ask how the movie was, and they all told me that you should go into the cinema and watch it, you will regret it if you don't watch this movie.
Now, listen, I'm calling you outside, I'm next to the movie theater, you should really come and see, the queue over here, oh my god, it's even crazier than Black Friday! ”
On the other end of the phone, his friend frantically described the pomp and circumstance he saw to Lucas on the other side.
"Oh, I see!"
Lucas hung up the phone as if he didn't feel anything.
After putting down the phone, sitting in the same place, and waiting for about a minute or two, Lucas jumped up directly from the sofa, stood on the sofa barefoot, kept waving his fists, and let out bursts of wild roars, as if he wanted to vent all the stress of these days.
Mr. George Lucas has created a great work!
The Washington Post sent out a review of the film in the most prominent position the next day.
And again, almost all the mainstream media have commented on the film in one way or another, and almost all voices are sending a signal to the public that this is a Genesis movie, and it is completely different from the previous films.
It's not just the media, but the people who come out of the cinema also persuade their friends.
In the words of a few decades later, these people automatically became tap water and automatically promoted the film.
So all the movies that were put together with "Star Wars" fell into blood mold, no matter whose movie it was, and no matter what kind of movie it was, they all fell under the butcher's knife of "Star Wars".
And with a sword to seal his throat, he didn't even give people a chance to resist.
Star Wars at the moment is like a tank that has just appeared on the battlefield, no one has seen it, no one knows what to do with it, and they just let it go on a rampage.
Many young people are crazy about this movie, and two or three brushes are no longer enough to say that you are a fan of this movie.
In short, this movie is a hit!
The kind of violence at the level of nuclear bombs, not firecrackers, has directly become the most prominent cultural symbol in the American market this year.
All the people who used to laugh at Lucas, Star Wars, and Legendary were slapped in the face, and they were swollen.
It's a pity that these people don't have any face with Ben, and they had to sing down yesterday, but today they immediately changed their vests and immediately became fans of "Star Wars" again.
"Boss, is there a Star Wars lightsaber here?"
In a comic shop, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy rushed in, sweating profusely, and asked the shopkeeper without even breathing.
Just now, almost ten minutes ago, a friend told him that there were Star Wars lightsabers for sale in the comic book shop on the street, so he didn't stop for a moment, almost stepped on the chain of his bicycle to smoke, and ran straight over.
The shopkeeper looked at the young man and smiled wryly and spread his hands: "There are no more."
"My friend said ten minutes ago that some ......," the boy was a little anxious.
"It was ten minutes ago, but it's already sold, why don't you go to another store and have a look?" The shopkeeper could only say this to the boy.
"When is the next batch?" The boy's face was very disappointed.
"I don't know yet, but it's not in stock anywhere now, and even the worst T-shirts are now sold out," said the owner.
When is it now? It's about to snow now.,Usually at this time, the ghost buys short sleeves.,But now it's so magical.,Originally, when he bought it, he was asked to put up a dozen T-shirts printed with the protagonist Anakin.,Now they're all sold out.,Not only sold out.,It's still sold out at a higher price.。
The shopkeepers are now a little sorry for not buying more.
But he didn't regret that the medicine could be taken, because now no one was out of stock, and all the stores in the whole city were out of stock.
"Anything else?"
"Not really," the shopkeeper doesn't know how many times he said it today.
These Star Wars fans, it's really ...... I can buy it too.
He can also understand it, because the shopkeeper himself is a Star Wars fan, and he has a Black Knight helmet hidden on his side, which is now worn by friends when they get together, which is called a pull, which is simply the focus of the crowd.
He has never been a sister before, but now he ...... Everybody gets the idea.
Gu Siwei was also violent, but his wallet was violent, and in the early stage, Gu Siwei asked the port city factory to work overtime to produce the periphery, and Gu Siwei found that it was not enough to sell.
"Boss ......".
Guan Youpeng took the phone in his hand away from his ear and looked at Gu Siwei with a wry smile.
Gu Siwei glanced at him: "Look at what use I have, what can I do, I can't hold it out for them myself, if I can hold it out, I will hold it myself!" ”
Originally, Gu Siwei prepared about 100 million US dollars in goods, which is a lot, right? This is less than 80 years, at this time 100 million US dollars, when Gu Siwei let the factory produce, many bosses in Hong Kong City looked at Gu Siwei as if they were watching a madman, doing it for the periphery of a movie, and making 100 million US dollars at once? Isn't that crazy!
But fortunately, the Marvel factory has no complaints about this, because they all think that their boss is a god, and they haven't missed it until now.
Even so, Gu Siwei didn't expect that the Americans would be so crazy, and the $100 million worth of goods they had prepared had almost bottomed out now.
It's like he knew it would sell well, like a lightsaber, like an Imperial Soldier's helmet, like R2 and 3po Gu Siwei has already done a lot, but it was sold out as soon as it arrived in the market, and these sub-Star Wars fans are like crazy.
"Tell them that our factory is already producing!" Gu Siwei sighed.
He has no choice, the factory doesn't need time for production, and even if it takes time to prepare materials, in short, there is no time for new products to arrive.
"Boss, I think we have to think about the OEM thing."
Guan Youpeng said.
"Huh?!"
Gu Siwei glanced at Guan Youpeng.
Guan Youpeng and Gu Siwei said: "The current list is too large, our own factory is now producing everything, it is really too busy, my suggestion is some small things, such as small keychains, cups, kettles, etc., can be OEM, directly in Hong Kong City to find relevant qualifications of enterprises to produce, we only ask for ......."
Where did Gu Siwei not know this? Decades later, aren't sports brands like Whatever and What Di all play like this?
But Gu Siwei was a little skeptical about their strength.
Gu Siwei's quality control of his own products is almost to the point of being stunned, and in this regard, he is different from most bosses in Hong Kong City.
People are desperate to reduce costs. But Gu Siwei is desperately focusing on quality, safety, and health, and every toy from the factory must ensure that it does not contain toxic substances, even a little bit.
Let's put it this way, Marvel's own requirements are even stricter at this point than those set by the Americans.
Proportional to this is the price, and when the cost comes up, the price will naturally follow, but thanks to the low labor cost of the current Hong Kong market, Marvel's profit margin can be said to be huge.
Imagine how much a plastic casting mold can't deform robot cost, this thing is a few dollars in the United States, and Guan Jian doesn't have to give others patent fees, but just put it from Gu Siwei's left pocket to his right pocket.
"Okay! Then do what you do, however, all things must be inspected, all foundries must meet our requirements, those who are not of good quality, shoddy, directly in the contract to indicate how ......much to pay for mistakes," Gu Siwei said.
Guan Youpeng said with a smile: "Boss, they know better than us now, don't worry, they are all rushing to do our list."
"The key is quality," Gu Siwei reminded again.
Guan Youpeng said: "Don't worry! ”
"Or, boss, let the workers on the factory march for an hour less and go back to the factory for an overtime?" Guan Youpeng asked again.
(End of chapter)