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Chapter 193: Get Bruce Lee

"More...more..."

Old Pete was sitting in front of the TV. He picked up the phone and stared at the TV intently.

Inside the TV is a promotional TV commercial for VCD.

He looked at the time and saw that there were still five minutes left, and at this time, the number of people buying had already begun to surge.

This Angel Entertainment TV station provides a new program - TV shopping.

When vcd purchases more than 10 people, vcd will start free shipping.

When the number of purchases exceeds 100, vcd will be reduced by $50.

And when there are 1,000 people, the price will drop by $100.

Now, the number of orders has exceeded 900.

Old Pete decided not to wait any longer.

He immediately called and ordered a vcd-up.

At this moment, his wife came back.

"Come this way."

She let a man come in.

"What is this?" Old Pete was a little surprised.

"This gentleman is here to help us install a VCD. Mrs. Portman just bought a VCD yesterday. We discussed asking her to be my recommender and then divide the $50 rebate equally. Then I bought this

Taiwan vcd."

Old Pete looked at his old wife with disbelief: "Don't you want to buy a laser disc player?"

"We have already bought a TV set, why should we buy a laser disc player? What's more, I compared it when I was in the mall, and I found that the picture of VCD is still richer."

"Well... I just ordered a VCD from the TV." Old Pete thought it would be better to talk about it.

"What?" His wife was stunned for a moment.

"I've ordered one, for $599, from TV."

The two looked at each other, but neither of them knew what to say at this time...

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On January 1st, Catherine's products went on the market.

At the same time, Catherine's strategy began to unfold in full force.

Various powerful promotional measures caught everyone off guard.

The TV marketing strategy is very successful. Every time an advertisement is played, more than a thousand VCDs are sold. This is also thanks to angel-beats now becoming a national TV station.

It is precisely because of this that Catherine's vcd-up sales came from behind and began to threaten IBM's laser discs.

IBM also adjusted its measures in a timely manner, and they immediately began to promote their "joint sales strategy."

The so-called joint sales strategy is to bundle laser discs with RGB TVs - now called "full color TVs".

The strategy is not bad and has indeed produced good results in the short term.

But at this time, Catherine immediately hired a gunman and started writing articles to evaluate TV sets in RGB format.

RGB colors are not suitable for use on televisions unless special adjustments are made to the input signal and processed image. However, it is obvious that this somewhat difficult method, whether it is Motorola or IBM, can be achieved within a short time

Neither can be done.

Catherine believes that little Watson is absolutely anxious now, but she is happy to see this.

Because everything went smoothly, Catherine breathed a sigh of relief, and she immediately started working on the mortgage company's affairs and began to obtain enough cash.

After getting rid of these things, Catherine came to DreamWorks.

By this time, Bruce Lee had returned to the set and started filming his own "Fallout 3: Broken Steel".

As for Catherine, she took her own script for "The Gray Zone" and started looking for actors.

At first, Catherine valued Marlon Brando, but his image did not seem to be suitable, so Catherine had no choice but to forget it.

In the end, Catherine handed over the main role to Sean Connery.

Sean Connery, in Catherine's opinion, is a jack-of-all-trades. No matter what film he is filming, he is very suitable. Now, he has almost become Catherine's favorite leading actor.

The story of "The Gray Zone" takes place in 1944.

At the beginning of the story, Hoffmann (played by Sean Connery), a concentration camp doctor who was also a Nazi, discovered the little girl who was not dead in the gas chamber, and then rescued her.

He threatened to refuse medical treatment for the German soldiers and finally rescued the girl.

Later, the Jews planned to escape, and Hoffmann joined them, but their escape failed miserably and they were massacred.

At the end of the story, the Nazi army handed a small red flower to the girl who was rescued at the beginning, and then opened the door of the concentration camp and let the girl leave on her own. The girl took the red flower and faced the free world outside.

He ran away, then gunfire rang out, and the girl slowly fell down.

No one left the concentration camp, that's the end of the story.

This is a story of despair, and this story, as the beginning of the three stories, is the most appropriate.

And people nowadays are happy to see Nazi atrocities exposed.

Historically, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom is qualified to accuse the Nazis of genocide, because what they have done is a hundred times more brutal than the Nazis.

The only thing the Nazis did wrong was that they wanted to compress a 300-year "big project" into three years, which aroused a strong backlash.

Of course, another reason is that the Jews have a great say and are so different from other exterminated races.

In Catherine's view, the Nazis were spurned precisely because they did not know how to take action, while not many people remember the American Indians' Trail of Tears.

This is the gap. It is no wonder that the United States can become the world hegemon.

Because most of the scenes are done indoors, the setting becomes very important.

Catherine spent the whole morning directing the scene construction.

"Drinking red wine and eating steak, is there any more comfortable lunch than this?"

In her office, Catherine was eating well-done steak and drinking red wine, while Elsa was aside.

"Kate, Mr. Li wants to see you."

Elsa walked in at this time.

"Well, let him in."

Catherine put down the steak and picked up the wine.

"By the way, please inform Zou Wenhuai and ask him to come over."

Zou Wenhuai is the head of DreamWorks (Hong Kong) Film Co., Ltd.

Catherine doesn't really like the Hong Kong market. No matter how popular a movie is, if it is placed in the Hong Kong market, the return in US dollars may not reach 10 million at most. She only goes there to play occasionally.

Catherine still likes to play games sometimes. Anyway, even if she loses money in Hong Kong, she won't lose too much and the price won't be too high. Catherine is still happy to play.

When she first found Zou Wenhuai, he agreed quickly, which surprised Catherine.

However, Catherine did not know that the conflict between Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw was increasingly intensifying. In addition, Shaw Brothers used various means to seize power from Zou Wenhua. Of course, the other party was not happy.

In fact, the reason why Zou Wenhuai founded Jiahe Company in history was because the conflict with Shaw Brothers expanded, which led to his departure.

Shaw Brothers used the "drag strategy" to drag Golden Harvest down, but unexpectedly, Bruce Lee joined the company and things took a turn.

At this time, Zou Wenhuai was in the stage of intensifying conflicts. As soon as Catherine came to invite him, he saw that it was a large American company and that he wanted to establish a Hong Kong branch. He was angry and naturally agreed.

But in this case... the Jiahe Company in the future might not appear, right?

Just as I was thinking about it, Bruce Lee had already walked in.

"Long time no see, Mr. Bruce."

Catherine said hello, but Bruce Lee seemed a little hesitant.

He has decided to leave DreamWorks after filming "Fallout" and return to Hong Kong.

He feels that he has no face to stay here anymore. He is a person with strong self-esteem.

"Miss Edson...I..."

But at this time, Catherine spoke.

"In Hollywood, no film industry association wants people of color to become popular stars. Whether they are black or yellow."

Catherine crossed her legs and held red wine in her hand. This made Catherine feel like a "queen", which was a good feeling.

"Mr. Bruce Lee."

Catherine stood up.

"But I am different. Bruce Lee, I will make you a world-class superstar. Only I can do this."

Catherine was "pretending" to feel good about herself, when the door rang.

"Come in."

Catherine was a little discouraged.

At this time, another yellow man walked in.

"Mr. Zou. This is Mr. Bruce Lee."

"Bruce, he is the head of DreamWorks Hong Kong, Zou Wenhuai."

"Oh. Hello, hello." Zou Wenhuai extended his hand towards Bruce Lee in good faith.

"Um...Ms. Edson, actually I came here to say that after filming "Fallout", I want to..."

"This is your new contract, Mr. Bruce."

Catherine didn't wait for Bruce Lee to finish speaking, and immediately took out a new contract.

"this……"

Bruce Lee was stunned for a moment.

"I don't want to know what kind of thoughts you came here with, but I hope that, like me, you can leave this office with hope."

Bruce Lee looked at the contract and was stunned. Every time he took on a movie, he would receive tens to hundreds of thousands in salary.

You know, Bruce Lee once offered the Shaw Brothers Group a salary of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars, but was rejected as it was considered too high. He never thought that he could get such a large salary.

"Mr. Future International Superstar, I wonder if you are interested in this contract."

Bruce Lee closed his eyes, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

At this time, Zou Wenhuai next to him spoke, but he spoke in Cantonese.

"Mr. Bruce Lee, this is a good thing. We Chinese have this opportunity to be proud in Hollywood. Why not sign it? Our culture can be promoted in the world. What's wrong with it?"

He was indeed the only person in history who could restrain Bruce Lee. His words impressed Bruce Lee.

Yes, isn’t it just to expand the status of Chinese people by opening a martial arts gym and making movies in the United States? Isn’t it just to make Chinese people proud in this world dominated by Westerners?

"I signed it."

Bruce Lee said decisively.

And Catherine finally felt relieved.

It seems that bringing Zou Wenhuai over is really a good idea.

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