„Hello, Mr. Williams,”Raymond. ZouSuiranwantsto display a neither arrogant nor servileappearance, butinexpressionwere unavoidably manyearnest: „Mr. Williams, Ihave looked atyour《Running Out of Time》, to be honest, some styles of thismovieandourHong Kongmovieare similar, justinHong KongisourJiahedoesin the release of 《Running Out of Time》, Box Officeis good.”
“你好,威廉姆斯先生,”雷蒙德.邹虽然想要表现出一副不卑不亢的模样,不过表情里难免还是多了一丝热切:“威廉姆斯先生,我看过你的《暗战》,说实话,这部电影和我们香港电影的一些风格非常相似,刚好在《暗战》在香港的发行就是我们嘉禾做的,票房非常不错。”„ActuallyIhave liked the Hong Kongmovie,”Ericsaid: „For exampleBruce Leeseveralmovies, «Fist of Fury»and«TangshanBig brother»and«FierceDragonCrossing the river»and«Fierce struggle between two evenly matched opponents», thathalf«DeathGame», was really a pity.”Saidfinally, Ericshook the headregrettably.
“其实我一直都非常喜欢香港电影的,”艾瑞克道:“比如布鲁斯.李的几部电影,《精武门》、《唐山大兄》、《猛龙过江》、《龙争虎斗》,还有那半部《死亡游戏》,真是可惜。”说道最后,艾瑞克遗憾地摇了摇头。Raymond. ZouhearingEricsaidsuddenly, on the facehas also shown the look of recalling, shakes the head saying: „Has actually been a pity, yeah, thesealreadypast more than tenyears. Istillremember that nowfirsttimewith the situation that Brucecooperates.”
雷蒙德.邹听到艾瑞克突然这么说,脸上也跟着露出了追忆的神色,摇头道:“却是是可惜了,哎,这些都已经过去十多年了。我现在还记得第一次和布鲁斯合作的情形。”Then, Raymond. ZouTurangained ground, looked atEric, sighed with emotion: „Iremember that Mr. Williamsyouthis yearare only19 years old, Brucepassed away, youshouldbe onlythree years old, reallycannot think.”
说完,雷蒙德.邹突然又抬起头,看了看艾瑞克,感慨道:“我记得威廉姆斯先生你今年才19岁吧,布鲁斯去世的时候,你应该只有三岁,真是想不到。”„Goodmovieforeveris the goodmovie, said that the previoustimewhenSeattlemakes a movie, Ialsospeciallywent to a tomb of Mr.Bruce Lee, althoughcrosses for more than tenyears, buttherepresentalsohas the movie fans in worldto goto offer the tweedfrequently.”
“好电影永远都是好电影,说起来,上次在西雅图拍戏的时候,我还专门去了一趟布鲁斯.李先生的墓地,虽然已经过了十多年,不过那里现在经常都还有世界各地的影迷前去献花呢。”Raymond. ZouLengstaring, onfacelightashameddodgesto pass, in the pastBruce Lee, perhapshewill not havetoday'sachievement, but, buriesexcept forBruce Lee, heagainhad not gone toseveralSeattle: „Got through the matter, Iwill also go toSeattleto worshipone.”
雷蒙德.邹愣了愣,脸上淡淡的羞愧一闪而逝,当年要不是布鲁斯.李,或许他也就不会有今天的成就,不过,除了布鲁斯.李下葬的时候,他就再没有去过几次西雅图:“等办完事情,我也会去西雅图拜祭一番的。”Ericnoddedimpartially. Thenlooked that toRobert Shay that had not made noise, hehas not known that Robertintroduced the opposite partytoownintention.艾瑞克不置可否地点了点头。然后看向一直没怎么出声的罗伯特.谢伊,他还不知道罗伯特将对方介绍给自己的用意。Robertis working asRaymond. Zou'ssurfacedrawsEricone side, said: „Isthis. Last yearIparticipated in a movie of Hong KongJiaheinvestment, «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles». Youhave heard, thismovieFoxagreementdistributed, but after lookingLarge expanse, Foxreneged on a promise.”罗伯特当着雷蒙德.邹的面将艾瑞克拉到一旁,说道:“是这样的。去年我参与了香港嘉禾投资的一部电影,《忍者神龟》。你听说过吧,原本这部影片福克斯同意发行的,不过看了成片之后,福克斯又反悔了。”Erichears«Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles»severalwords, has rememberedthismoviequickly, althoughheis not quite familiarin the United Statessituationtothismovieprevious life, but, actuallyknows a recordaboutHong Kongmoviehistory. It is saidRaymond of Jiahe. ZouYizhiwantsto marchHollywood, afterexperiencingseveralpieces of work, Jiahehas bought the «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles»reorganizationpowerplansto playonetimein a big way, thismovieJiahehas invested80 million, finallygains the 1 billionHong Kong dollarinNorth Americacrazily. According to the presentexchange rate, the 1 billionHong Kong dollaris equaltoalmost130 millionUSD, a foreign corporationat allimpossibleto walk100 millionmulti-USDfrom the Hollywoodminute. Thenthissum of moneydefinitelyisNorth AmericaBox Office that «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles»attains, North America100 millionmanyBox Office, cancrush intopresentBox Officelistfirsttenfully.艾瑞克听到《忍者神龟》几个单词,很快想起了这部电影,他虽然对这部电影前世在美国的情形不太熟悉,不过,却知道关于香港电影史的一段记述。据说嘉禾的雷蒙德.邹一直想要进军好莱坞,在经历了几次小打小闹之后,嘉禾买下了《忍者神龟》的改编权打算玩一次大的,这部电影嘉禾投资了80000000,最后在北美狂赚十亿港币。按照现在的汇率,十亿港币相当于差不多1.3亿美元,一家外国公司根本不可能从好莱坞分走一亿多美元。那么这笔钱肯定就是《忍者神龟》拿到的北美票房,北美一亿多的票房,足可以挤进现在的票房榜前十名了。Butthis kind ofmovie, Foxgave upunexpectedly. However, thislooks like is also very goodto understandthatFoxalwayslikeshandlingthismatter. previous lifeFoxgave up the North Americarelease of «RMS Titanic», had sold toParamountat the 60 millionUSDlow price, finally«RMS Titanic»has attained600 millionmanytotalBox OfficeinNorth America. Althoughexperiencedsuchonetime, butFoxhas not drawn the lesson, ‚making persistent efforts’, afterward«Avatar» of cardgod, Foxwas worried about the risk, introducedotherinvestors, finally«Avatar»Box Officeexplodedgreatly. BecauseFoxthiswrongdecision-makinglosesseveral billionsUSD.
而这样一部电影,福克斯竟然放弃了。不过,这看起来也很好理解,福克斯一向喜欢做这种事情。前世福克斯就放弃了《泰坦尼克号》的北美发行,以6000万美元的低价卖给了派拉蒙,最后《泰坦尼克号》在北美拿到了600000000多的总票房。虽然经历了这样一次,但福克斯没有吸取教训,‘再接再厉’,后来卡神的《阿凡达》,福克斯担心风险,又引入了其他投资人,最后《阿凡达》票房大爆。福克斯又因为这项错误的决策损失数亿美元。Shakes the headto throwtheseat sixes and sevensthoughts, Ericasked: „Robert. How do youthink?”
摇摇头将这些乱七八糟的念头抛出去,艾瑞克问道:“罗伯特。那你是怎么想的?”Robert Shaysaid: „Isthis, Eric. Thismoviealtogetherinvests13 millionUSD, thisis not a smallnumber, the newlinealsoparticipated in the investment of 3 millionUSD, nowFoxis not willingto distribute, we can only do. Ithought that you visioninmovieshouldbe good, thereforewantsto makeyoulookLarge expanse, helpsto offer advice.”罗伯特.谢伊道:“是这样的,艾瑞克。这部电影一共投资1300万美元,这不是一笔小数目,新线也参与了300万美元的投资,现在福克斯不肯发行,我们只能自己来做了。我觉得你在电影方面的眼光应该不错,所以想让你看一看成片,帮忙出出主意。”„Did copybring?”Ericasked.
“拷贝带来了吗?”艾瑞克问道。Robert Shayhas gawkedstaring: „No, IleadMr.Zouto comewithyouto know, by the waythismatter, wewill go to the companyto looktomorrow.”罗伯特.谢伊愣了愣:“没有啊,我只是带邹先生来跟你认识一下,顺便提一下这件事,明天我们去公司看也可以。”Ericalsorealizedonewere impatient, althoughinhisfamily/homehas the personalresponsetoo, butRobertbrings the copy, heis impossibleto throw downin the halltheseseveral hundredguestsaloneto leave, thistoonotpoliteness.艾瑞克也意识到自己心急了,虽然他家里有私人反应太,但就算罗伯特将拷贝带来,他也不可能丢下大厅里这几百宾客独自离开,这太不礼貌了。„Good, Iwill go to the companytomorrow morning, welooktogether.”
“那好吧,我明天上午去公司,我们一起看一下。”„Un, this,”Robertwas saying, referred tonot far awaysaying: „Isee an old friend, in the pastgreeted.”
“嗯,就这样,”罗伯特说着,指了指不远处道:“我看到一个老朋友,过去打声招呼。”„At will, playshappy,”Ericsaidwith a smilethatlooks atRobertto leave, Ericdiscovered that Raymondtogetherhas not actually leftwithEric.
“随意,玩的开心点,”艾瑞克笑着说道,看着罗伯特离开,艾瑞克发现雷蒙德却没有跟着艾瑞克一起离开。„Mr.Zou, whatmatter do you have?”
“邹先生,你还有什么事情吗?”„No, that Mr. Williams, youjustsaid that youlike the Hong Kongmovievery much, how do youseeto the Hong Kongmovie?”
“不,那个,威廉姆斯先生,你刚刚说你很喜欢香港电影,那你对香港电影怎么看?”EricleadsRaymondto move toward the self-servicedinner tabletogether, tooksomefood, twotalented peoplearriveto approachby the windowsofa, seesEricto come, greasymen and womenonsofahad let the positionhastily.艾瑞克带着雷蒙德一起走向自助餐桌,取了一些食物,两个人才来到靠近落地窗的沙发旁,看到艾瑞克过来,原本腻在沙发上的一对男女连忙将位置让了出来。Twopeoplego downtogether, Ericsaid: „Mr.Zou, Ithought that the discovery of Hong Kongmoviecompletelylost the rationalitynow, before to the persononetypeis disillusioned, lastcrazyfeeling.”
两个人一起走下,艾瑞克才道:“邹先生,我觉得香港电影的发现现在已经完全失去了理性,给人一种破灭前最后一场疯狂的感觉。”Raymondwantedto chatsomeoutstandingHong KongmovieswithEric, tries to get close, ifcanfacilitatecooperatesthatto be good. Has not thought that actuallyheardEricto mention the present situation of Hong Kongmovie. Has smiled bitterly, butRaymondsaid: „Everybodymade moneyto gaininsanely, whowill also thinkthat many. Mr. Williamsyourthisoutsideractuallylooksis very clear, sincethis, Mr. Williams, youthought that hasmethod that whatsolves?”
雷蒙德原本只是想要与艾瑞克聊聊一些优秀的香港电影,套套近乎,如果能够促成合作那就再好不过了。没想到却听到艾瑞克说起了香港电影的现状。苦笑了下,雷蒙德无奈说道:“大家赚钱都赚疯了,谁还会去想那么多。倒是威廉姆斯先生你这个局外人看的挺清楚的,既然这样,威廉姆斯先生,你觉得有什么解决的方法吗?”Ericcanhaveany means that hespoke thoughtlesslyaccording to the impression of previous life a saying.艾瑞克能有什么办法,他只是根据前世的印象随口一说罢了。Because ofvariouslimits, the Hong Kongmovieprospect has almost been doomed, thinksthatEricsaidimmediatelyearnestly: „AlthoughIalsolikemanyHong Kongmovies, butregardingthissituation, I do not havewhatmeans.”
因为各种限制,香港电影前景几乎已经注定,想了想,艾瑞克随即认真说道:“虽然我也喜欢不少香港电影,不过对于这种情形,我也没有什么办法。”Even ifthere are, nowcannot use, at leastmustwait till for 20yearslater, the mainlandopenedownfilm marketthoroughly. Howeverat that time, it is estimated thatquicklydid not haveHong Kongmovieconcept.
就算有,现在也用不上,至少要等到20年后,大陆彻底开放了自己的电影市场。不过那个时候,估计都快没有香港电影这个概念了。Raymondsighed, looked atEric, was probingasking: „, Mr. Williams, youthought that wedo have the possibility of cooperation?”( to be continued )
雷蒙德叹了口气,看了看艾瑞克,试探着问道:“那么,威廉姆斯先生,你觉得我们有合作的可能性吗?”(未完待续)
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