Just as Gu Siwei was about to rush to Lucasfilm excitedly (George Lucas established his own film company in 1971, the name was Lucasfilm).

The place was not far away. Also in San Francisco, Gu Siwei took Guan Youpeng and the newly appointed general manager of Legendary Film Company, who was the former deputy manager of the film company, a white male named Dave McCollum.

Why is he the deputy manager? It must be because the chief manager quit. What else could be the reason? Gu Siwei didn’t stay here. If he doesn’t work, someone else will take over. So the deputy manager became a full-time manager and became the new director of Legend Film Company.

manager.

Gu Siwei accepted all the original employees who wanted to stay, and did not keep those who did not want to stay. Almost all employees are here, but some middle-level people have left. Generally speaking, the company can still maintain normal operations.

Dave McCollum is a white man, in his forties. He is not tall, about 1.75 meters tall, but he is very heavy, weighing almost two hundred pounds. He is a fat man, not only fat but also a little bald.

However, Gu Siwei is not here for a beauty pageant. It doesn't matter whether he is fat or bald. As long as he does a good job and satisfies Gu Siwei, then this Dave McCollum will be the general manager of Legend Film Company.

Gu Siwei's two principles for finding a manager are: obedient and easy to use!

I don’t know if Dave is like this, but it will take him a while to come to a conclusion.

We took two people and three people in a car, with Dave driving, and came to Lucasfilm together. Because Lucas has not yet risen to prominence, and he is not the same Lucas who made "Star Wars", so

What does Lucasfilm say at this moment? That's it.

Lucas is already waiting for Gu Siwei and his team at the company.

It was not only Lucas, but also people from Universal who were waiting for Gu Siwei. With new investors coming in, how could the people from Universal not come over?

Everyone sat down and started discussing investment.

"If we can spend another 400,000 US dollars on post-production now, it would be perfect."

The person who spoke was called Coppola. It was a pity that Gu Siwei didn’t know who this person was. Judging from the time when he was born, it would be good to know Lucas and so on. As for this Coppola who filmed The Godfather

La, Gu Siwei had never even heard of his name, so he was defined as an ordinary director when they met him.

It's not that he hasn't seen The Godfather, it's that he doesn't know that The Godfather was filmed by Coppola, it's that simple.

"no problem".

Gu Siwei first set his tone. Since he wanted to hold on to the big tree of Lucas, four hundred thousand dollars was nothing, even if this movie he knew was a hit, and there was "Star Wars", right?

?

However, Gu Siwei thought about it for a moment and felt that with the methods of such a great director, he might not know how many 400,000 US dollars are waiting for him later. The movie is not just made, it has to be publicized and distributed. This is where the money is spent.

place.

So Gu Siwei thought for a while and suggested: "How about I bring in another company to invest for 400,000 US dollars?"

Once Lucas heard that 400,000 yuan was available, he didn't care how many companies came in to invest money. As long as there was money, it was a good thing.

"No problem!" Lucas said simply.

As for Universal, will they care about a movie with an investment of only 600,000 US dollars and a new director? To be honest, in the words of later generations, I make hundreds of thousands of dollars a minute around the world, and you ask me to send someone to watch a movie.

New director, investing $600,000 in a movie?

If Coppola's "The Godfather" hadn't earned $300 million at the box office, Coppola's role as the film's producer would have made Universal feel that even if it invested $600,000, it wouldn't lose much.

Maybe Universal also thinks that if this film loses money, it would be better, because it can let Coppola lose a favor to Universal. In this case, with Coppola's current popularity, I don't know how much money he can make back by making a blockbuster film.

Six hundred thousand.

Who is Gu Siwei going to pull?

Naturally, he invited Old Friends Film Company to come in.

Although Old Friends Film Company has his shares, he is not his biological son. DreamWorks and Legendary Pictures are his biological sons, and Old Friends Film Company is at most his godson.

The most important thing is that Gu Siwei doesn't know whether this film is profitable or loss-making. Thinking about the name "American Gracious Painting", it doesn't seem like he is a money maker. Lucas, who makes science fiction, is really into this kind of stuff.

Can it make money?

At this moment, I don’t know whether it’s because I’m not thinking clearly or because I just had a sudden idea and decided to invite my old friend, the movie guy, to come in.

If you make money, it's good. You own shares anyway. If you lose money, you'll lose money together. It just so happens that you will lose less.

A new company has joined, so the contract cannot be negotiated today. Although Gu Siwei is the president of Laoyou Film Company, his shares cannot be said to be guaranteed.

But overall, this meeting was quite friendly. Anyway, for Lucas, this was a great thing, because Ku Siwei guaranteed that if the company did not invest, he would also invest the 400,000 US dollars.

In other words, the film "American Graffiti" is no longer an investment of US$600,000, but an investment of US$1 million.

For Lucas, who has too many movie ideas, life can finally be a little more relaxed. Ideas that could not be realized before can now be realized.

After leaving Lucasfilm, Gu Siwei returned to the hotel and felt that it was almost time and it was time for the kid to get up, so he hung up the phone to Yu Wei.

Yu Wei was sitting at the dining table at home, eating bread, drinking milk, and reading the newspaper. He felt a little strange when he received a call from Gu Sibowei.

You know, Gu Siwei almost never calls him.

“Invest in American movies?”

When Yu Wei heard Gu Siwei's thoughts, he was immediately confused.

"Why do you suddenly want to be cast in an American movie? Being in Hollywood is a technical job."

Yu Wei now defines himself as a filmmaker. As a filmmaker, Hollywood is the place of dreams. Even in his dreams, Yu Wei wants to go to Hollywood to be famous.

But Yu Wei is also realistic. He deeply understands that one aspect of Hollywood is the scenery of standing under the spotlight, and the other is the scenery of lying in a coffin and coming back for a big funeral.

Of these two kinds of scenery, he has heard that the latter is the most common. Many Asian filmmakers want to enter Hollywood, but few of them are making money yet.

"When you woke up this morning, you told me that you wanted to cast a new director?"

Yu Wei felt that Gu Siwei might be here to make fun of him.

Gu Siwei didn't bother to talk to him anymore: "I asked my old friend to pay one hundred thousand US dollars. Would you like to say something nice to me? Do you have the courage to take a gamble?"

"Don't provoke me. You are investing 100,000 yuan now and waiting for the movie to be released and publicized for free. When we get there, our eyes will be blank. When they pay the bill, they will give you a poster of 500 yuan."

U.S. dollars, do you want to pay for this or not?

I said, you don’t know the strength of our old friends now. We are struggling to support Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong. What are you going to do by provoking those idiots in Hollywood?" Yu Wei said.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I have acquired an American film company, now called Legendary Pictures, which will be responsible for this investment. They are very good at cost control," Gu Siweihe

Yu Wei explained.

"Then what else is there to say? I won't object to my old friend's investment this time!"

"Well, why did it change so quickly?" Gu Siwei smiled.

Yu Weidao: "You can buy a film company just to invest in a movie. What can't you invest in, my old friend? The key is that your luck is always better than others. You are so confident now. It would be wrong if I didn't invest."

How silly!"

Well!

Gu Siwei really didn't expect that Yu Wei thought this way.

"Is it just one hundred thousand? Can it be more?" Yu Wei asked again.

Gu Siwei was speechless: "One hundred thousand is too little? Otherwise, I have decided to invest a total of four hundred thousand, how about you come to three hundred thousand?"

"Then forget it, just one hundred thousand."

Yu Wei actually wanted to know how much Gu Siwei invested. If Gu Siwei invested too much, he would add a little more. Now the total is only 400,000. He thought it would be safer to invest less money.

As for how much he could earn, Yu Wei really didn't dare to think about it. He just thought that it would be nice to make a little profit when he didn't lose money.

In this case, why did Yu Wei vote for it? It's not because it's Hollywood. As a filmmaker, if you go for a swim there, even if you drown half to death, when you come back, everyone will tell you that I have been to Hollywood.

people.

loss?

No one will be at a loss if I go, I am going to gain experience.

In short, if Yu Wei is not stupid and throws money in to earn some coins, how could he not go? If he throws money with a blind eye, Lao Yu will really have to calm down.

But now that Gu Siwei has bought a film company in the United States, why does he still have any hesitation?

So after Lao Yu finished talking to Gu Siwei on the phone, he didn't even eat and threw the newspaper on the table in front of him.

"Lao Yan, my name is Lao Yan, I'm going to kill Hollywood this time!"

Good guy, what Yu Wei said was murderous, and he had the majesty of beheading a general with thousands of troops.

After buying the nearest plane, Yu Wei showed up at the San Francisco Airport with the people from Laoyou Film Company. The person who picked him up was naturally Lao Gu, and there was nothing to be polite about. Everyone went to Lucasfilm together.

On the way, Gu Siwei and Yu Wei briefly introduced the content of the movie and the current stage of the movie.

Yu Wei heard that Coppola was the producer, and his eyes instantly lit up.

"I...the money invested was worth it."

Um?!

Gu Siwei looked at Yu Wei.

Yu Wei said: "Coppola! Coppola!"

Seeing that Gu Siwei was still confused, Yu Wei said: "The Godfather!"

"Holy shit! I was just telling you how you look so pretty, it turns out it's him!"

Only then did Gu Siwei realize that the guy he saw last time was this great god. At first, he thought it was just like that, but now he thought about it, he was indeed a very heroic person.

Gu Siwei felt that it was a pity that he did not catch the Godfather train and let Coppola escape, otherwise he would have to profit from the Godfather's box office.
Chapter completed!