Rebirth in America

The historical hula hoop should have been produced in 1958, by two young toy manufacturers in San Gabriel, California. They were Richard Nell and Arthur Merlin, co-owners of a company called Wim O's Manufacturing Company.

In March 1958, they met an acquaintance at a toy fair in New York. This man tells you that there is a kind of big wooden hoop that is becoming popular all over Australia, and children put it on their buttocks and play with it. After returning to the company, they started making this toy circle. At first they made wooden circles, but after a while, they stopped making them. They didn't like the wooden hoops, so they tried plastic.

After a few months, they tried many kinds of plastics and finally chose colorful polyethylene to make this kind of toy circle. At the beginning, they did not think of applying for a patent, nor did they expect that this thing named hula hoop would be so popular. As a result, by September, many companies had copied the hula hoop, and by then it was too late for them to apply for a patent.

The hula hoop trend is very rapid. In 1958 alone, it was already widely popular all over the world. Because so many companies were making hula hoops, tens of millions of them were produced in less than a year. As a result, by the summer of 1959, when people began to get tired of this kind of thing, the garbage dumps in many cities were filled with discarded hula hoops. lock up.

Alex believes that this is the result of overproduction due to the fact that hula hoops do not have patent protection, so everyone rushes to them. This time he learned the lessons of history and applied for a patent before selling a hula hoop. Control the quantity of hula hoops produced to keep this hula hoop craze going.

"By the way, there's one more thing."

Alex felt that it was best to make this matter clear as soon as possible. It would be bad if it was delayed for a long time. He said: "Should this film company be bought by me and Richard? Let me manage it?"

Bart thought for a moment and said: "The money spent is from your fund, and of course it belongs to you two brothers. As for management..."

Angel continued: "I will let you take charge of the management for the time being. If you can't do it, then let us take charge."

Alex said happily: "That's good, I was afraid you wouldn't let me take care of it."

Seeing that their son had made up his mind and could not be persuaded, the Carpenters had no choice but to stop interfering in the matter.

Early the next morning, Alex and Morris went to find the boss of the film company. After careful investigation and research by the lawyers, Alex signed and bought the company after they felt that there were no problems with the company's asset documents.

"Can I change the name of this company now?" Alex asked.

The original company boss smiled bitterly and said, "It's up to you to change it!"

"You don't want to change to Carpenter Films!" Morris said half-jokingly.

Alex shook his head and said, "I think it's pretty good to call it DreamWorks Studios."

"DreamWorks? It sounds very interesting." Morris praised.

The original DreamWorks was built by Steven Spielberg and his two good friends, and it would not be established until 1994. Now, of course Alex took it and used it. Whoever calls this name has both artistic conception and meaning, and it would be a pity not to use it.

After having a film company, Alex immediately asked someone to contact Audrey Hepburn. He wanted to sign Hepburn quickly to avoid being robbed.

Hepburn was surprised when she received a call from DreamWorks. She had no idea that the kid who called himself Alex actually bought a movie company, and it only took a few days for him to find her again.

Through communication, Alex learned that it would be a bit troublesome to find Hepburn to make a movie. Her agent was unwilling to let Hepburn make a movie in the United States. Especially for a little-known small film company, it is even more impossible. Unless it is a big company like Paramount, the agent will think that it is good for Hepburn.

The agent said to Hepburn: "I suggest you focus on developing in Europe first. If you wait, you will have better opportunities."

Hepburn wanted to develop in the United States. She thought it would be difficult to develop in Europe, but her agent insisted that she stay here. The two had some conflicts, and as a result, the agent left her alone and didn't find any scenes for her for a whole year.

After Alex found out, he immediately called Hepburn and said, "This is a movie with an investment of up to 8 million US dollars. It is a big production! I don't know what you have to hesitate about."

Hepburn thought for a moment and said, "I have a contract with my agent first, so I have to listen to his opinion."

"Then I'll ask the Carpenter Agency to sign you over. Tell me how much money you need to pay him?" Alex made a quick decision and wanted to buy Hepburn's contract.

Hepburn was very surprised. She was still a new actress who was not yet famous at this time, and someone would actually want to buy her contract. Only then did she believe that Alex really wanted to make a blockbuster movie. She made an estimate and said, "It shouldn't be much, about $100,000."

100,000 US dollars is already the salary of a well-off Hollywood movie star. For the agent, after having such a sum of money, he happily sold Hepburn's contract to the Carpenter Agency.

In order to stop having nightmares, Alex decided to sign a contract with Hepburn to star in the movie "The Sound of Music". He offered Hepburn a salary of US$100,000, which was already a high price for Hepburn's trust.

Morris, who heard about this, rushed over quickly, fearing that Alex had chosen the wrong person. When he saw Hepburn's audition, he immediately had no objections. He just said: "Maria is not that beautiful in the story. UU Reading www.uukanshu.net It would be a headache to find such a beautiful actress to play her."

This is just Morris complaining. It's not easy to look ugly. All it takes is a little effort from the makeup artist. In fact, the heroine Julie in the original version is also a great beauty, but in the movie, only her sincere and trustworthy side is highlighted. Only during the wedding is the stunning side of Julie revealed.

Alex was originally worried about this issue, but when he thought about it later, he felt that it was just because the original movie was preconceived. Who said Maria couldn't be played by Hepburn. He just didn't believe it, so he found Hepburn. After seeing Hepburn's superb acting skills, he was immediately impressed with admiration.

Hepburn was a smart actress. After she decided to travel to the United States to play the role of Maria, she took the script sent by Alex and studied it carefully. She rehearsed whenever she had free time every day. Gradually, she felt that she had integrated into the role of the story. She felt that she was Maria, and she was the nun who loved to sing.

When Alex asked her to audition for the role of Maria, she was naturally both physical and spiritual. Even someone as critical as Morris had nothing to say.

Seeing how vividly Hepburn played Maria, Alex was reminded of the high-end escort girl in "Breakfast at Tiffany's". This was the most popular of all Hepburn's movies, and it was also the highest-grossing one that year. One of the videos. He decided that if he had the chance, he would make this movie.

However, his most important thing now is to promote the "hula hoop craze". History has proven that people have a demand for the hula hoop movement. As for how to promote this movement, we need to plan carefully.