Chapter 158
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I had planned to leave Gaoxian stewed with peanuts and stayed for a few more days. Because he was stuffed with several cards by Hoover and attended some high-standard social activities.
Therefore, Gao Xian vaguely felt that while he became a chess piece, he was also cultivated as a potential stock of "traitors".
Fortunately, the previous layout has not been delayed and even benefited.
For example, Gao Xian easily met Charles bludorn, the boss of Gulf western industries, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, on a social occasion, an Austrian immigrant with a strong German Austrian accent.
It is necessary to point out that, like another famous Austrian immigrant and bodybuilding champion Schwarzenegger, Charles bludorn's German Austrian accent is the object of ridicule. Even as a millionaire, he can't get rid of this chain of contempt.
In fact, Gao Xian, who attends such high-level social occasions, is also placed on the chain of contempt.
Under those curious, inquisitive, or respectful smiling faces, the idea of "how did he get in" inevitably flashed.
After knowing Gao Xian's identity, Charles bludorn, who put down his business card, suddenly said, "you are the one who invested in Billy Jack, which is not optimistic, and made a lot of money."
Gao Xian seriously corrected: "to be exact, all the people who persisted to the end, including me, Tom Laughlin, Marlon Brando and so on, made a fortune."
"Well, your investment vision has indeed been proved." Charles bludorn nodded. "Will Gao still invest in movies?"
"Of course." Gao Xian asked, "I heard that the production process of the film Godfather invested by paramount, directed by Francis Coppola and starring Marlon Brando encountered setbacks and had to be stopped temporarily."
"It's no secret," Charles bludorn said sadly. "If it stopped completely, I would be relieved. At least part of the $6.5 million budget could be saved clearly; but now the situation is hanging in the air, losing $40000 every day."
Speaking of this, Charles bludorn suddenly realized something, so he shook his head with a smile, "Gao, don't you want to use your luck in this film again?"
Charles bludorn showed a proud look on his face. "Paramount is not a poor man like Tom Laughlin who has no money in half."
"Obviously, he was turned into a grandson by reality and pretended to be Boyi in front of me." Gao Xian sneered and asked casually, "I know that paramount, who is backed by the Gulf western industrial company, has plenty of funds, so why is the shooting of the godfather still at a standstill?"
Charles bludorn replied sadly, "you don't know, the situation encountered by Paramount is much more complicated than those reported in the newspaper."
In fact, when Gao Xian secretly made arrangements to buy "soft text" to criticize paramount for shooting the godfather, he did not expect that paramount would really be held.
Gangster films are not a new thing in the United States. Works with such themes appeared at the beginning of this century.
In 1968, paramount produced a gangster film called "blood on the owl city", starring the famous Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas. As a result, it became a box office bomb, which scared paramount to stop other similar film shooting plans.
Under the surface scenery of Hollywood, in fact, it is so thrilling around the capital, especially under the background that the film is almost crowded by TV, where can we resist the bombing of the box office bomb.
However, paramount executives, represented by Robert Evans, are not reconciled to this. The final lesson is that the stories of gangster films often revolve around the Mafia originated in Italy. Therefore, it should have the participation of Italians to create a taste enough to attract the audience.
It happened that the crime novel Godfather written by Italian American writer Mario Puzo was very popular after it was published in 1969.
Paramount suddenly became excited and spent about $80000 to get the copyright to adapt the novel into a film.
In this way, paramount began a new round of gold mining adventure from gangster movies.
Unfortunately, the success of the script does not mean that it is easy to choose a director.
At the beginning, paramount fell in love with the famous Italian director Sergio Leone. For three consecutive years, he made three Italian Westerns of "escort series", which was very popular with fans all over the world.
However, Sergio leonne refused very simply. He was not interested in this film praising the Mafia.
Robert Evans had no choice but to order another bowl of spaghetti - Francis Coppola, who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay through the Oscar for General Patton.
In fact, Francis Coppola was also afraid of the negative effects of praising the Mafia and violence, but he finally took the job because he had a debt of $400000.
Next, the choice of starring is also full of twists and turns.
Francis Coppola strongly suggested that paramount invite Marlon Brando to play the leading role, but paramount did not believe in Marlon Brando, the box office poison.
Finally, the actor of the godfather was finally settled in exchange for Marlon Brando's reduction in film pay, the audition process, and the compromise of full matching and shooting.
The filming of the godfather finally began on March 29 this year.
What followed was that the criticism of the godfather suddenly gathered into a huge wave and hit paramount in the face,
People like Robert Evans don't know the public's doubts about the film the godfather, but they just think that this kind of attention is equal to the box office after the film is released.
After all, the godfather novel has not been published and is selling well.
But Gao Xian's Secret "insufficient success and surplus failure" is invisible, which is in line with the concept of "entropy".
Italian American immigrants have a "hometown Association" called the Italian National League. After it was hooked out of the fire, it reacted most strongly to the film The Godfather. "NIMA, making movies to make money, no one stopped you, but why do you insinuate that we Italians make everyone seem to be Gang figures? How can we live a normal life in the future?"
Francis Coppola dared not compete with the "villagers' Association" of his own ethnic group and directly asked paramount to find a way to put out the fire.
Robert Evans came forward to compromise and negotiated the exchange terms, including: for the time being, the word "Mafia" will not appear in the film "Godfather"; Paramount will donate some money from the box office of the premiere of the godfather to the Italian National League to build a hospital.
Of course, the gossip surrounding the film the godfather can not escape the eyes of the media. It is reported to the sky and has no secrets.
Charles bludorn believes that Gao Xian knows nothing more than these information. Furthermore, he is too lazy to pay attention to this "leak picking" addicted young man.
To put it bluntly, if we can't get what we need in terms of interests, there will be no basis for cooperation. That's a waste of spitting. What are we talking about?
Gao Xian didn't seem to feel the changes in these details, and continued to ask, "then tell me about the difficulties encountered by paramount, which were not reported in the newspaper. Maybe I can help?"
Charles bludorn finally had the opportunity to stand at the top of the contempt chain. "The FBI has asked about this. Can you help solve it?"
Gao Xian pretended to be naive and said, "in a country that respects freedom of expression, how can the FBI interfere in the shooting of a film?"
Charles bludorn made no secret of the contempt of "you're so silly and naive" on his face. "As long as Hoover likes, there's nothing he can't control!"
"For example, in the past ten years, Warner has a film called the FBI story and a long-running derivative TV series the FBI. Hoover has personally acted as a consultant, so as to ensure that the description of the FBI in the film is more positive than other criminal works."
"I see." Gao Xian nodded. "I should be able to solve the trouble of the FBI."
Hearing this, Charles bludorn smiled playfully, "Gao, I know you seem to have something to do with the White House. However, the president may not be able to fully command the FBI."
"I'm sorry." Gao Xian nodded and said slowly, "when I spoke just now, I unconsciously used our traditional Chinese modest rhetoric, which led to a misunderstanding in your semantic understanding."
"When we Chinese say 'it should be solved', we really mean 'it can be solved'."
"Now, let me correct what I just said. I can solve the trouble of the FBI."
When Charles bludorn was surprised, he opened his mouth without image, smiled with a high chord, stretched out his hand, took back the business card that the other party had just put at random, took out his pen, wrote an address in the blank space above, and then gently put his business card in its original position.
"Tomorrow, things should come to an end. Sorry, I'm wrong again. Tomorrow, things will come to an end." Gao Xian stood up. "At present, I live in Watergate building hotel. If you want to find me tomorrow, you can find me according to the address on your business card."
Looking at the back of Gao Xian, Charles bludorn murmured to himself, "he must be a liar. Yes, just like in the film, a clever liar."
Having said that, Charles bludorn carefully put away the business card he had just ignored.
I don't know if it's an illusion. After Gao Xian wrote it himself, his business card seems to weigh a lot.
……
Turning around, Gao Xianzheng counted and neatly placed them on the tea table. When the cards from Hoover came, Charles bludorn came to the door eagerly.
"Gao, as you said, the matter of the FBI has been solved! Now, I especially want to hear. What's your plan next?"
Gao Xian's face, with a naturally faint smile, slowly opened his mouth and said: "public opinion's doubts about the film the godfather can't be despised, especially for old companies like paramount, the pressure will be greater."
"I think the most operational solution is to turn the shooting of the godfather into an independent production mode, so that paramount can avoid the storm."
"Of course, when the film godfather is finished, paramount can take over the distribution work openly."
Charles bludorn nodded again and again, "so, Gao, how much money can you put in?"
"A million dollars." Gao Xian looked directly at Charles bludorn. "If paramount is short of money, I can increase it accordingly."
Charles bludorn quickly apologized, "enough, enough."
"In addition..." Gao Xian asked, "I recommend someone to play a role in the godfather."
"Nothing else?" Charles bludorn confirmed cautiously.
"Should..." Gao Xian murmured, "no more."
"Then follow Gao's advice," Charles bludorn said with a smile. "We'll go to Los Angeles, Paramount's headquarters, and have a meeting with Evans."
……
As Charles bludorn said before, Paramount will lose $40000 unnecessarily every day when the godfather is shut down. It can be said that time is money and can't afford to waste it at all.
Gao Xian followed Charles bludorn and met Robert Evans, President of paramount at Paramount headquarters. The other party eagerly reported a problem first. "Among the various criticisms against the godfather, the Italian National League is the most powerful."
"I have agreed to all the requirements of the Italian National League, including taking part of the future box office as a donation in exchange for their support for the film The Godfather."
"In this way, only the FBI's problem is the most troublesome."
Charles bludorn waved his hand. "Our partner, Gao, has solved the FBI problem."
"Great." Robert Evans was overjoyed. "When Coppola and Puzo came, I told them to resume filming as soon as possible."
Charles bludorn ordered: "in order to completely avoid the pressure from public opinion, I decided to listen to Gao's suggestions. Although the godfather can continue to shoot, it must be transformed into an independent production mode."
"This can really avoid a lot of trouble," Robert Evans agreed with the detour, although he was reluctant.
As they were talking, Francis Coppola, the director of the godfather, Mario Puzo, the screenwriter, and others arrived one after another, and the meeting began.
Francis Coppola was very happy to hear that the godfather could continue shooting. "I have completely figured out how to shoot the film godfather, so that it will not be considered by the outside world as praising the Mafia and violence, that is, sublimating the theme of the film into a metaphor for American capitalism."
Gao Xian nodded slightly. Francis Coppola was really talented! If the movie "Godfather" is really reduced to "confused boy", the income will be greatly reduced.
"But..." Francis Coppola quickly added: "for the artistic effect of the film, there have to be more violent scenes than the original novel."
"Violent scenes are fighting scenes." Gao Xian cut in with a golden knife. "I recommend a Chinese American actor who knows Kung Fu to play a role with a positive artistic image and a part that is not dispensable."
Upon hearing this, Francis Coppola was stunned and looked at Robert Evans, President of paramount.
"There's no such thing as forcing people to play." Robert Evans, who also felt his head very big, turned his eyes to Charles bludorn's face.
Unexpectedly, Charles bludorn said softly, "since you speak high, you can add it."
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I had planned to leave Gaoxian stewed with peanuts and stayed for a few more days. Because he was stuffed with several cards by Hoover and attended some high-standard social activities.
Therefore, Gao Xian vaguely felt that while he became a chess piece, he was also cultivated as a potential stock of "traitors".
Fortunately, the previous layout has not been delayed and even benefited.
For example, Gao Xian easily met Charles bludorn, the boss of Gulf western industries, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, on a social occasion, an Austrian immigrant with a strong German Austrian accent.
It is necessary to point out that, like another famous Austrian immigrant and bodybuilding champion Schwarzenegger, Charles bludorn's German Austrian accent is the object of ridicule. Even as a millionaire, he can't get rid of this chain of contempt.
In fact, Gao Xian, who attends such high-level social occasions, is also placed on the chain of contempt.
Under those curious, inquisitive, or respectful smiling faces, the idea of "how did he get in" inevitably flashed.
After knowing Gao Xian's identity, Charles bludorn, who put down his business card, suddenly said, "you are the one who invested in Billy Jack, which is not optimistic, and made a lot of money."
Gao Xian seriously corrected: "to be exact, all the people who persisted to the end, including me, Tom Laughlin, Marlon Brando and so on, made a fortune."
"Well, your investment vision has indeed been proved." Charles bludorn nodded. "Will Gao still invest in movies?"
"Of course." Gao Xian asked, "I heard that the production process of the film Godfather invested by paramount, directed by Francis Coppola and starring Marlon Brando encountered setbacks and had to be stopped temporarily."
"It's no secret," Charles bludorn said sadly. "If it stopped completely, I would be relieved. At least part of the $6.5 million budget could be saved clearly; but now the situation is hanging in the air, losing $40000 every day."
Speaking of this, Charles bludorn suddenly realized something, so he shook his head with a smile, "Gao, don't you want to use your luck in this film again?"
Charles bludorn showed a proud look on his face. "Paramount is not a poor man like Tom Laughlin who has no money in half."
"Obviously, he was turned into a grandson by reality and pretended to be Boyi in front of me." Gao Xian sneered and asked casually, "I know that paramount, who is backed by the Gulf western industrial company, has plenty of funds, so why is the shooting of the godfather still at a standstill?"
Charles bludorn replied sadly, "you don't know, the situation encountered by Paramount is much more complicated than those reported in the newspaper."
In fact, when Gao Xian secretly made arrangements to buy "soft text" to criticize paramount for shooting the godfather, he did not expect that paramount would really be held.
Gangster films are not a new thing in the United States. Works with such themes appeared at the beginning of this century.
In 1968, paramount produced a gangster film called "blood on the owl city", starring the famous Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas. As a result, it became a box office bomb, which scared paramount to stop other similar film shooting plans.
Under the surface scenery of Hollywood, in fact, it is so thrilling around the capital, especially under the background that the film is almost crowded by TV, where can we resist the bombing of the box office bomb.
However, paramount executives, represented by Robert Evans, are not reconciled to this. The final lesson is that the stories of gangster films often revolve around the Mafia originated in Italy. Therefore, it should have the participation of Italians to create a taste enough to attract the audience.
It happened that the crime novel Godfather written by Italian American writer Mario Puzo was very popular after it was published in 1969.
Paramount suddenly became excited and spent about $80000 to get the copyright to adapt the novel into a film.
In this way, paramount began a new round of gold mining adventure from gangster movies.
Unfortunately, the success of the script does not mean that it is easy to choose a director.
At the beginning, paramount fell in love with the famous Italian director Sergio Leone. For three consecutive years, he made three Italian Westerns of "escort series", which was very popular with fans all over the world.
However, Sergio leonne refused very simply. He was not interested in this film praising the Mafia.
Robert Evans had no choice but to order another bowl of spaghetti - Francis Coppola, who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay through the Oscar for General Patton.
In fact, Francis Coppola was also afraid of the negative effects of praising the Mafia and violence, but he finally took the job because he had a debt of $400000.
Next, the choice of starring is also full of twists and turns.
Francis Coppola strongly suggested that paramount invite Marlon Brando to play the leading role, but paramount did not believe in Marlon Brando, the box office poison.
Finally, the actor of the godfather was finally settled in exchange for Marlon Brando's reduction in film pay, the audition process, and the compromise of full matching and shooting.
The filming of the godfather finally began on March 29 this year.
What followed was that the criticism of the godfather suddenly gathered into a huge wave and hit paramount in the face,
People like Robert Evans don't know the public's doubts about the film the godfather, but they just think that this kind of attention is equal to the box office after the film is released.
After all, the godfather novel has not been published and is selling well.
But Gao Xian's Secret "insufficient success and surplus failure" is invisible, which is in line with the concept of "entropy".
Italian American immigrants have a "hometown Association" called the Italian National League. After it was hooked out of the fire, it reacted most strongly to the film The Godfather. "NIMA, making movies to make money, no one stopped you, but why do you insinuate that we Italians make everyone seem to be Gang figures? How can we live a normal life in the future?"
Francis Coppola dared not compete with the "villagers' Association" of his own ethnic group and directly asked paramount to find a way to put out the fire.
Robert Evans came forward to compromise and negotiated the exchange terms, including: for the time being, the word "Mafia" will not appear in the film "Godfather"; Paramount will donate some money from the box office of the premiere of the godfather to the Italian National League to build a hospital.
Of course, the gossip surrounding the film the godfather can not escape the eyes of the media. It is reported to the sky and has no secrets.
Charles bludorn believes that Gao Xian knows nothing more than these information. Furthermore, he is too lazy to pay attention to this "leak picking" addicted young man.
To put it bluntly, if we can't get what we need in terms of interests, there will be no basis for cooperation. That's a waste of spitting. What are we talking about?
Gao Xian didn't seem to feel the changes in these details, and continued to ask, "then tell me about the difficulties encountered by paramount, which were not reported in the newspaper. Maybe I can help?"
Charles bludorn finally had the opportunity to stand at the top of the contempt chain. "The FBI has asked about this. Can you help solve it?"
Gao Xian pretended to be naive and said, "in a country that respects freedom of expression, how can the FBI interfere in the shooting of a film?"
Charles bludorn made no secret of the contempt of "you're so silly and naive" on his face. "As long as Hoover likes, there's nothing he can't control!"
"For example, in the past ten years, Warner has a film called the FBI story and a long-running derivative TV series the FBI. Hoover has personally acted as a consultant, so as to ensure that the description of the FBI in the film is more positive than other criminal works."
"I see." Gao Xian nodded. "I should be able to solve the trouble of the FBI."
Hearing this, Charles bludorn smiled playfully, "Gao, I know you seem to have something to do with the White House. However, the president may not be able to fully command the FBI."
"I'm sorry." Gao Xian nodded and said slowly, "when I spoke just now, I unconsciously used our traditional Chinese modest rhetoric, which led to a misunderstanding in your semantic understanding."
"When we Chinese say 'it should be solved', we really mean 'it can be solved'."
"Now, let me correct what I just said. I can solve the trouble of the FBI."
When Charles bludorn was surprised, he opened his mouth without image, smiled with a high chord, stretched out his hand, took back the business card that the other party had just put at random, took out his pen, wrote an address in the blank space above, and then gently put his business card in its original position.
"Tomorrow, things should come to an end. Sorry, I'm wrong again. Tomorrow, things will come to an end." Gao Xian stood up. "At present, I live in Watergate building hotel. If you want to find me tomorrow, you can find me according to the address on your business card."
Looking at the back of Gao Xian, Charles bludorn murmured to himself, "he must be a liar. Yes, just like in the film, a clever liar."
Having said that, Charles bludorn carefully put away the business card he had just ignored.
I don't know if it's an illusion. After Gao Xian wrote it himself, his business card seems to weigh a lot.
……
Turning around, Gao Xianzheng counted and neatly placed them on the tea table. When the cards from Hoover came, Charles bludorn came to the door eagerly.
"Gao, as you said, the matter of the FBI has been solved! Now, I especially want to hear. What's your plan next?"
Gao Xian's face, with a naturally faint smile, slowly opened his mouth and said: "public opinion's doubts about the film the godfather can't be despised, especially for old companies like paramount, the pressure will be greater."
"I think the most operational solution is to turn the shooting of the godfather into an independent production mode, so that paramount can avoid the storm."
"Of course, when the film godfather is finished, paramount can take over the distribution work openly."
Charles bludorn nodded again and again, "so, Gao, how much money can you put in?"
"A million dollars." Gao Xian looked directly at Charles bludorn. "If paramount is short of money, I can increase it accordingly."
Charles bludorn quickly apologized, "enough, enough."
"In addition..." Gao Xian asked, "I recommend someone to play a role in the godfather."
"Nothing else?" Charles bludorn confirmed cautiously.
"Should..." Gao Xian murmured, "no more."
"Then follow Gao's advice," Charles bludorn said with a smile. "We'll go to Los Angeles, Paramount's headquarters, and have a meeting with Evans."
……
As Charles bludorn said before, Paramount will lose $40000 unnecessarily every day when the godfather is shut down. It can be said that time is money and can't afford to waste it at all.
Gao Xian followed Charles bludorn and met Robert Evans, President of paramount at Paramount headquarters. The other party eagerly reported a problem first. "Among the various criticisms against the godfather, the Italian National League is the most powerful."
"I have agreed to all the requirements of the Italian National League, including taking part of the future box office as a donation in exchange for their support for the film The Godfather."
"In this way, only the FBI's problem is the most troublesome."
Charles bludorn waved his hand. "Our partner, Gao, has solved the FBI problem."
"Great." Robert Evans was overjoyed. "When Coppola and Puzo came, I told them to resume filming as soon as possible."
Charles bludorn ordered: "in order to completely avoid the pressure from public opinion, I decided to listen to Gao's suggestions. Although the godfather can continue to shoot, it must be transformed into an independent production mode."
"This can really avoid a lot of trouble," Robert Evans agreed with the detour, although he was reluctant.
As they were talking, Francis Coppola, the director of the godfather, Mario Puzo, the screenwriter, and others arrived one after another, and the meeting began.
Francis Coppola was very happy to hear that the godfather could continue shooting. "I have completely figured out how to shoot the film godfather, so that it will not be considered by the outside world as praising the Mafia and violence, that is, sublimating the theme of the film into a metaphor for American capitalism."
Gao Xian nodded slightly. Francis Coppola was really talented! If the movie "Godfather" is really reduced to "confused boy", the income will be greatly reduced.
"But..." Francis Coppola quickly added: "for the artistic effect of the film, there have to be more violent scenes than the original novel."
"Violent scenes are fighting scenes." Gao Xian cut in with a golden knife. "I recommend a Chinese American actor who knows Kung Fu to play a role with a positive artistic image and a part that is not dispensable."
Upon hearing this, Francis Coppola was stunned and looked at Robert Evans, President of paramount.
"There's no such thing as forcing people to play." Robert Evans, who also felt his head very big, turned his eyes to Charles bludorn's face.
Unexpectedly, Charles bludorn said softly, "since you speak high, you can add it."
I had planned to leave Gaoxian stewed with peanuts and stayed for a few more days. Because he was stuffed with several cards by Hoover and attended some high-standard social activities.Therefore, Gao Xian vaguely felt that while he became a chess piece, he was also cultivated as a potential stock of "traitors".Fortunately, the previous layout has not been delayed and even benefited.For example, Gao Xian easily met Charles bludorn, the boss of Gulf western industries, the parent company of Paramount Pictures, on a social occasion, an Austrian immigrant with a strong German Austrian accent.It is necessary to point out that, like another famous Austrian immigrant and bodybuilding champion Schwarzenegger, Charles bludorn's German Austrian accent is the object of ridicule. Even as a millionaire, he can't get rid of this chain of contempt.In fact, Gao Xian, who attends such high-level social occasions, is also placed on the chain of contempt.Under those curious, inquisitive, or respectful smiling faces, the idea of "how did he get in" inevitably flashed.After knowing Gao Xian's identity, Charles bludorn, who put down his business card, suddenly said, "you are the one who invested in Billy Jack, which is not optimistic, and made a lot of money."Gao Xian seriously corrected: "to be exact, all the people who persisted to the end, including me, Tom Laughlin, Marlon Brando and so on, made a fortune.""Well, your investment vision has indeed been proved." Charles bludorn nodded. "Will Gao still invest in movies?""Of course." Gao Xian asked, "I heard that the production process of the film Godfather invested by paramount, directed by Francis Coppola and starring Marlon Brando encountered setbacks and had to be stopped temporarily.""It's no secret," Charles bludorn said sadly. "If it stopped completely, I would be relieved. At least part of the $6.5 million budget could be saved clearly; but now the situation is hanging in the air, losing $40000 every day."Speaking of this, Charles bludorn suddenly realized something, so he shook his head with a smile, "Gao, don't you want to use your luck in this film again?"Charles bludorn showed a proud look on his face. "Paramount is not a poor man like Tom Laughlin who has no money in half.""Obviously, he was turned into a grandson by reality and pretended to be Boyi in front of me." Gao Xian sneered and asked casually, "I know that paramount, who is backed by the Gulf western industrial company, has plenty of funds, so why is the shooting of the godfather still at a standstill?"Charles bludorn replied sadly, "you don't know, the situation encountered by Paramount is much more complicated than those reported in the newspaper."In fact, when Gao Xian secretly made arrangements to buy "soft text" to criticize paramount for shooting the godfather, he did not expect that paramount would really be held.Gangster films are not a new thing in the United States. Works with such themes appeared at the beginning of this century.In 1968, paramount produced a gangster film called "blood on the owl city", starring the famous Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas. As a result, it became a box office bomb, which scared paramount to stop other similar film shooting plans.Under the surface scenery of Hollywood, in fact, it is so thrilling around the capital, especially under the background that the film is almost crowded by TV, where can we resist the bombing of the box office bomb.However, paramount executives, represented by Robert Evans, are not reconciled to this. The final lesson is that the stories of gangster films often revolve around the Mafia originated in Italy. Therefore, it should have the participation of Italians to create a taste enough to attract the audience.It happened that the crime novel Godfather written by Italian American writer Mario Puzo was very popular after it was published in 1969.Paramount suddenly became excited and spent about $80000 to get the copyright to adapt the novel into a film.In this way, paramount began a new round of gold mining adventure from gangster movies.Unfortunately, the success of the script does not mean that it is easy to choose a director.At the beginning, paramount fell in love with the famous Italian director Sergio Leone. For three consecutive years, he made three Italian Westerns of "escort series", which was very popular with fans all over the world.However, Sergio leonne refused very simply. He was not interested in this film praising the Mafia.Robert Evans had no choice but to order another bowl of spaghetti - Francis Coppola, who won the Oscar for Best Screenplay through the Oscar for General Patton.In fact, Francis Coppola was also afraid of the negative effects of praising the Mafia and violence, but he finally took the job because he had a debt of $400000.Next, the choice of starring is also full of twists and turns.Francis Coppola strongly suggested that paramount invite Marlon Brando to play the leading role, but paramount did not believe in Marlon Brando, the box office poison.Finally, the actor of the godfather was finally settled in exchange for Marlon Brando's reduction in film pay, the audition process, and the compromise of full matching and shooting.The filming of the godfather finally began on March 29 this year.What followed was that the criticism of the godfather suddenly gathered into a huge wave and hit paramount in the face,People like Robert Evans don't know the public's doubts about the film the godfather, but they just think that this kind of attention is equal to the box office after the film is released.After all, the godfather novel has not been published and is selling well.But Gao Xian's Secret "insufficient success and surplus failure" is invisible, which is in line with the concept of "entropy".Italian American immigrants have a "hometown Association" called the Italian National League. After it was hooked out of the fire, it reacted most strongly to the film The Godfather. "NIMA, making movies to make money, no one stopped you, but why do you insinuate that we Italians make everyone seem to be Gang figures? How can we live a normal life in the future?"Francis Coppola dared not compete with the "villagers' Association" of his own ethnic group and directly asked paramount to find a way to put out the fire.Robert Evans came forward to compromise and negotiated the exchange terms, including: for the time being, the word "Mafia" will not appear in the film "Godfather"; Paramount will donate some money from the box office of the premiere of the godfather to the Italian National League to build a hospital.Of course, the gossip surrounding the film the godfather can not escape the eyes of the media. It is reported to the sky and has no secrets.Charles bludorn believes that Gao Xian knows nothing more than these information. Furthermore, he is too lazy to pay attention to this "leak picking" addicted young man.To put it bluntly, if we can't get what we need in terms of interests, there will be no basis for cooperation. That's a waste of spitting. What are we talking about?Gao Xian didn't seem to feel the changes in these details, and continued to ask, "then tell me about the difficulties encountered by paramount, which were not reported in the newspaper. Maybe I can help?"Charles bludorn finally had the opportunity to stand at the top of the contempt chain. "The FBI has asked about this. Can you help solve it?"Gao Xian pretended to be naive and said, "in a country that respects freedom of expression, how can the FBI interfere in the shooting of a film?"Charles bludorn made no secret of the contempt of "you're so silly and naive" on his face. "As long as Hoover likes, there's nothing he can't control!""For example, in the past ten years, Warner has a film called the FBI story and a long-running derivative TV series the FBI. Hoover has personally acted as a consultant, so as to ensure that the description of the FBI in the film is more positive than other criminal works.""I see." Gao Xian nodded. "I should be able to solve the trouble of the FBI."Hearing this, Charles bludorn smiled playfully, "Gao, I know you seem to have something to do with the White House. However, the president may not be able to fully command the FBI.""I'm sorry." Gao Xian nodded and said slowly, "when I spoke just now, I unconsciously used our traditional Chinese modest rhetoric, which led to a misunderstanding in your semantic understanding.""When we Chinese say 'it should be solved', we really mean 'it can be solved'.""Now, let me correct what I just said. I can solve the trouble of the FBI."When Charles bludorn was surprised, he opened his mouth without image, smiled with a high chord, stretched out his hand, took back the business card that the other party had just put at random, took out his pen, wrote an address in the blank space above, and then gently put his business card in its original position."Tomorrow, things should come to an end. Sorry, I'm wrong again. Tomorrow, things will come to an end." Gao Xian stood up. "At present, I live in Watergate building hotel. If you want to find me tomorrow, you can find me according to the address on your business card."Looking at the back of Gao Xian, Charles bludorn murmured to himself, "he must be a liar. Yes, just like in the film, a clever liar."Having said that, Charles bludorn carefully put away the business card he had just ignored.I don't know if it's an illusion. After Gao Xian wrote it himself, his business card seems to weigh a lot.Turning around, Gao Xianzheng counted and neatly placed them on the tea table. When the cards from Hoover came, Charles bludorn came to the door eagerly."Gao, as you said, the matter of the FBI has been solved! Now, I especially want to hear. What's your plan next?"Gao Xian's face, with a naturally faint smile, slowly opened his mouth and said: "public opinion's doubts about the film the godfather can't be despised, especially for old companies like paramount, the pressure will be greater.""I think the most operational solution is to turn the shooting of the godfather into an independent production mode, so that paramount can avoid the storm.""Of course, when the film godfather is finished, paramount can take over the distribution work openly."Charles bludorn nodded again and again, "so, Gao, how much money can you put in?""A million dollars." Gao Xian looked directly at Charles bludorn. "If paramount is short of money, I can increase it accordingly."Charles bludorn quickly apologized, "enough, enough.""In addition..." Gao Xian asked, "I recommend someone to play a role in the godfather.""Nothing else?" Charles bludorn confirmed cautiously."Should..." Gao Xian murmured, "no more.""Then follow Gao's advice," Charles bludorn said with a smile. "We'll go to Los Angeles, Paramount's headquarters, and have a meeting with Evans."As Charles bludorn said before, Paramount will lose $40000 unnecessarily every day when the godfather is shut down. It can be said that time is money and can't afford to waste it at all.Gao Xian followed Charles bludorn and met Robert Evans, President of paramount at Paramount headquarters. The other party eagerly reported a problem first. "Among the various criticisms against the godfather, the Italian National League is the most powerful.""I have agreed to all the requirements of the Italian National League, including taking part of the future box office as a donation in exchange for their support for the film The Godfather.""In this way, only the FBI's problem is the most troublesome."Charles bludorn waved his hand. "Our partner, Gao, has solved the FBI problem.""Great." Robert Evans was overjoyed. "When Coppola and Puzo came, I told them to resume filming as soon as possible."Charles bludorn ordered: "in order to completely avoid the pressure from public opinion, I decided to listen to Gao's suggestions. Although the godfather can continue to shoot, it must be transformed into an independent production mode.""This can really avoid a lot of trouble," Robert Evans agreed with the detour, although he was reluctant.As they were talking, Francis Coppola, the director of the godfather, Mario Puzo, the screenwriter, and others arrived one after another, and the meeting began.Francis Coppola was very happy to hear that the godfather could continue shooting. "I have completely figured out how to shoot the film godfather, so that it will not be considered by the outside world as praising the Mafia and violence, that is, sublimating the theme of the film into a metaphor for American capitalism."Gao Xian nodded slightly. Francis Coppola was really talented! If the movie "Godfather" is really reduced to "confused boy", the income will be greatly reduced."But..." Francis Coppola quickly added: "for the artistic effect of the film, there have to be more violent scenes than the original novel.""Violent scenes are fighting scenes." Gao Xian cut in with a golden knife. "I recommend a Chinese American actor who knows Kung Fu to play a role with a positive artistic image and a part that is not dispensable."Upon hearing this, Francis Coppola was stunned and looked at Robert Evans, President of paramount."There's no such thing as forcing people to play." Robert Evans, who also felt his head very big, turned his eyes to Charles bludorn's face.Unexpectedly, Charles bludorn said softly, "since you speak high, you can add it."
