Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

Shame on you!

Gu Siwei wanted to cover his face, because when Yu Wei saw Coppola, he was like a little fan seeing his idol.

Gu Siwei looked at him licking the dog and wished he could kick him across the Pacific Ocean back to Hong Kong.

Looking at Yu Wei, Gu Siwei thought: As for what, he won't give you money. You could still earn his money before, but how can you earn his money now?

For a director like Coppola who has proven himself in the market, especially a director who has proven himself with glittering glory, there will be no shortage of investment.

People make movies by asking for money, but now Coppola just stands at the door and shouts: I want to make a movie! In an instant, countless people were waving checks at his door and crying, "Master, please give me a chance to vote."

Therefore, Gu Siwei feels that no matter how good Coppola is, it has little to do with him. Anyone who cannot bring benefits to him or satisfy his sensory stimulation will be treated as an NPC.

"The Godfather" is good, then just watch "The Godfather", kneeling to the director is too cheap.

Gu Siwei calmly moved away from Yu Wei, and at the same time crossed his feet to maintain a quite comfortable posture.

Everyone had signed the contract and sat and chatted casually.

To be honest, Yu Wei gave Gu Siwei a little surprise, that is, his English is quite good, he speaks very smooth British English, and when he says a specially made sentence, he has an authentic London accent, and he speaks as if his nose is stuffy.

Coppola fully enjoyed the compliment from an Asian movie fan and then talked about what was new during this time.

Originally Gu Siwei didn't care much, but a name spit out from Coppola's mouth made Gu Siwei cheer up.

"Steve's movie may be moved to next year," Coppola said.

Lucas asked, "Spielberg?"

When he heard the name, Gu Siwei suddenly became energetic. He felt that Hollywood was really a small place. He had just hugged Lucas here, and news about Spielberg came over there, so he pricked up his ears and listened. .

"The original plan was to release it this fall, but it coincided with "The Liar" at that time, so it may be moved to next spring..." Coppola said.

When Coppola said that Spielberg's film investment had reached three million US dollars, Gu Siwei sighed subconsciously and glanced at Lucas not far away.

I thought to myself: Look at how other people are doing, and look at you, you are also making movies, why is there such a big gap?

It's okay for you to make a movie here and be regarded as a partner. Nowadays, you are so much worse than others in raising investment. You have 600,000 yuan. If you ask grandpa and grandma to sue grandma, they will directly pay 3 million yuan.

Um! ?

Suddenly, Gu Siwei felt that he could also play this cool operation.

What happened was that Spielberg's film "Amblin" caught the attention of Universal head Sidney Sheinberg, and he signed a seven-year directing contract with Spielberg on behalf of Universal.

So Gu Siwei set his sights on Lucas, wondering if the big golden doll in front of him could do the same thing.

After chatting for about ten minutes, the manager of Universal left, and Coppola also left. Only Gu Siwei and Yu Wei remained at Lucasfilm.

At this moment, Lucas was also inclined to see the guests off. After receiving the money, people like him naturally wanted to support his own movie as soon as possible. How could he have time to brag about his money with Gu Siwei?

But it’s not easy to kick people out right away. After all, it’s the sponsor’s father, so he still needs to have the necessary respect. Now, if a director like Lucas wants to make a movie, what he lacks the most is the sponsor’s father.

"George, I wonder if we can sign a contract, like Spielberg, a director's contract for several years, or simply a director's contract for several movies..." Gu Siwei expressed his thoughts.

As soon as these words came out, Lucas was immediately confused.

At this moment, Lucas thought to himself: Is there such a good thing?

Although Lucas was confident in his films at this time, no director dared to say that he had figured out the market and could make money with every film.

Hollywood is a very realistic place, that is, once you can't make money, you will be eliminated. No matter how great a director is, he can only fail more times than others. Then almost no one will ask you to film anymore.

Think about Wu Baige and Li Wohu. They were very famous when they were at their peak, but after filming a funeral film, their reputation immediately plummeted.

Hollywood is such a realistic place.

Now some people want to use their money to make movies for themselves. Isn’t that a good thing?

Lucas didn't think much about it. He just asked simply: "If I sign, what are the conditions and what can I get?"

"My conditions are very simple. You can sign for five or three films, with no limit on time and subject matter. As a signing fee, I can pay you two million US dollars."

hiss!

Lucas was dumbfounded. Not long ago, he was worried about hundreds of thousands, and now suddenly someone wanted to give him two million. Could it be a dream?

Seeing Lucas's appearance at this moment, Gu Siwei couldn't help but glance at Yu Wei, meaning: Did you see it? This is what we should do. Look at your virtue just now, and hug Coppola quickly. His thighs were shouting for recognition of his adoptive father. He was really hopeless.

Ha~~Tui~!

I want to spit in Wei's face.

"Can you give me some time to think about it?"

Lucas felt that it was a bit unreal, and he was afraid that Gu Siwei had set some trap for him. He couldn't help but doubt it, because the conditions were not good but too good.

This is the difference in psychological value between the two.

Ku Siwei must have offered two million dollars, because he saw Lucas, who made "Star Wars" and was the screenwriter of "Raiders of the Lost Ark."

George Lucas, who founded Industrial Light and Magic and gave birth to Pixar.

Do you think spending two million on such a person is the same as picking him up?

But Lucas is not the Lucas Gu Siwei knows at this moment. He is now just a new director who has made a blockbuster movie "500 Years Later". Even now, if Coppola hadn't come forward in this movie, he would Can't even get any investment.

What?

Are you confident about American Graffiti?

Stop talking nonsense, did Lucas not have confidence in the film when he was filming "500 Years Later"?

Still confident, still rushing~!

Even if he made "Star Wars" in the future, Lucas would not dare to show his face during the premiere, because the total investment of more than 10 million US dollars, if it were to invest, 20th Century Fox, which invested in him, would go bankrupt.

What happened later was that Lucas kidnapped Fox. If he invested again, he might lose his money. If he didn't invest, he would die immediately, so Fox had to invest the money.

As for him Lucas? After failure, you can say goodbye to Hollywood.

Do you think he is nervous or not?

"I have an idea now".

Suddenly Lucas said something to Gu Siwei.

Gu Siwei refreshed his mind for a moment, refreshed himself, and thought to himself: Could it be?

"you say"

Although Gu Siwei's tone was very calm, his heart was no longer calm.

"I was envisioning a space science fiction movie..." Lucas said.

Uh-huh!

Gu Siwei's mind felt like a bolt of lightning split open the dark clouds filling his mind, and he suddenly jumped up and shouted: It's finally my turn to dig out the spoon! ! !

Star Wars is here!

But Gu Siwei didn't know that Lucas had the idea of ​​Star Wars at this time?

In fact, Gu Siwei didn't know that in his previous life, "Star Wars" had received investment from Fox in 1973, and this summer, Lucas would also complete the story of "Star Wars". In 1974, Lucas Si completed the script, but why it was released three years later.

Because after this old boy received an investment of 8 million from 20th Century Fox, he directly founded Industrial Light and Magic without doing anything else and started playing with technology.

Industrial Light \u0026 Magic started from scratch with technology. As soon as a few special effects were done, half of the investment was already burned after just a few special effects shots. You think about the pressure on Lucas.

That small amount of money burned, not only did Lucas feel pressured, but it also almost burned Fox's face green.

If this movie loses money, it is estimated that the manager of Fox can just draw a knife and take Lucas away with him.

"How much money are you going to spend to make this movie?" Gu Siwei asked.

Lucas said: "Five million dollars!"

hiss!

Yu Wei next to him almost couldn't catch his breath and choked himself.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Yu Wei wiped his mouth repeatedly and apologized to the two of them at the same time.

Five million dollars? You think you are Coppola!

This is what Yu Wei is thinking at this moment.

"I don't think investment is a big problem, but you have to show me that it's worth five million US dollars," Gu Siwei said.

Gu Siwei didn't have the guts to say to Lucas: Don't worry about filming, I'll take care of it for you. If so, Gu Siwei doubted that Lucas, an old boy, could spend 100 million US dollars on himself.

Spending money on science fiction at this time is just burning money, burning money, and burning money again.

And this guy still used the money he gave him to build his own special effects company called Industrial Light and Magic.

20th Century Fox can be taken advantage of, how can such a fucking old man tolerate it?

As soon as he heard that Gu Siwei was interested in paying for it, Lucas became even more energetic, and he pulled Gu Siwei and started talking.

How could Gu Siwei still be in the mood to listen to what Lucas had to say at this moment? Every pore in his heart was shouting: Star Wars, Star Wars! ……Star Wars!

"It's very good, but I want to see the script and how you plan to shoot it." Gu Siwei has seen the movie. He thinks it will be difficult for Lucas to fool him.

Lucas is also very excited at the moment. He also understands that it is difficult to get investment for his idea. Who would spend such a large amount of money to make a science fiction movie about outer space?

Unexpectedly, this enemy actually appeared!

Of course, Lucas didn't think Gu Siwei was taken advantage of. He just felt that Gu Siwei was glowing all over now, and there was a small golden circle on his forehead.

Who the hell said angels are blond and blue-eyed? It’s obvious that they have black hair and black eyes!