" Gong Shou Dao " starring Jack Ma, have everyone watched it?
is a 22-minute short film that gathers stars such as Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Wu Jing, Tony Jia, Zou Shiming and other stars. Everyone took turns to step forward and was beaten by the "Master Ma" to cry father and mother.
Everyone can only say one thing: you can really do whatever you want with money.
If you think Jack Ma has done this way willful enough, then you are wrong. We don't understand the world of the rich. There is a person who is 100 times rich and willful than Jack Ma!
He is richer than Jack Ma:
He is the world’s first rich man with a net worth of more than 1 billion US dollars. In the 1950s, his net worth reached 2.5 billion US dollars. US dollars.
He is more self-willed than Jack Ma:
Jack Ma can do, but invite more than a dozen stars to accompany him to make a movie and enjoy himself. This big brother simply directs himself, and the second movie won the Oscar Best Director Award, The third movie cost 4 million US dollars, and is equal to the current 1.2 billion US dollars!
He is more romantic than Jack Ma:
He is 1.93 meters tall and is recognized as a beautiful man. He has almost a leg with all Hollywood actresses at the time: Catherine Hepburn , Ingrid Bergman, Elizabeth Taylor... According to statistics from gossip magazines, had 164 celebrity girlfriends in his life. The most exaggerated thing about is that he actually bought half of the strip clubs in Las Vegas in his later years. In the end, even the U.S. Department of Justice couldn't stand it anymore and warned him not to buy any more, so he stopped.
But "rich, capricious, and romantic" is far from describing his legendary life. He is the prototype of Iron Man, the world's most powerful prodigal, aviator, aviation engineer, entrepreneur, film producer, and playboy. , A lunatic with obsessive-compulsive disorder...
He is Howard Hughes, a legendary man who has intertwined luck and sadness for a lifetime.
18 years old inherited the family business
but just want to squander his wealth?
Some people say that Howard Hughes's life is a streamlined body, zero resistance, money, money, famous, and you can do whatever you want.
Hughes was born in the United States in 1905. His father was oil tycoon Howard Hughes, a senior student at Harvard. did not make money in the oil business in his early years. Later, he bought a new type of drilling rig from a friend. machinery. This drilling machine has a special air-compressed rotary cone, which can penetrate hard rock formations, which is of great significance to the oil extraction industry. To this end, he obtained patents in 13 countries in the United States of America and overseas, and established the "Hughes Tool Company", which specializes in the production of this drilling machine, and obtained huge profits.
is such a great father, and his son is not a fool. Hughes assembled Houston’s first radio station at the age of 11; invented an assisted bicycle at the age of 12; assembled a motorcycle at the age of 13; and started flying airplanes at the age of 14. .
At the age of 12, Hughes and his power-assisted bicycle
But Hughes’s happy life ended at 18 years old, because his parents died of illness this year, but he also inherited his father’s company andWith all his legacy, he immediately became one of the richest men in the United States at that time.
At only 18 years old, he has a rich family and no one around him. Anyone will be willful. Hughes is no exception. He set three goals: to become the best golfer in the world and the most famous movie. Producer and best pilot.
Yes, he has no interest at all in the oil extraction industry his father did. He spent a few months finding new management for the company, and then pursued his ideals in life. The legacy left by the old man is the capital he squandered.
first became a golfer. Hughes was very confident in his own skills. He and Gene Sarazen, a golf master who was as famous as the golf superstar Tiger Woods, was young. The two often played together, and Hughes occasionally won a few.
Hughes is playing golf.
However, compared with really good professional golfers, Hughes's skills are still much worse, so when he was about to roll up his sleeves to participate in the professional tournament, friends advised him not to be embarrassed. As a result, Hughes' golf dream was shattered before it even started.
The first dream fell through, so let's start the next one. Maybe Hughes didn't even think of it. The movies and airplanes that were not the number one dream started his legendary life.
smashed 1.2 billion to make a movie
and finally made 2.4 billion?
Money is easy to do. Hughes spent 80,000 US dollars, which is about 24 million US dollars, and started making his first film. On the set, all the staff were ruined by his incomparable fur. Everyone thought that this young oil tyrant was only here to play tickets, but he didn't expect that he not only had to personally interrogate each shot, but also secretly opened the camera in the middle of the night to study its working principle. After filming
stumbling, Hughes showed his work to his uncle, the famous screenwriter Rupert Hughes. Rupert said after watching it: "If this thing is released, Hollywood will laugh at you."
Hughes loves face the most. Hearing his uncle say that, the whole person is not good. Guess what. made?
He burned all the films of this film with a torch, and $80,000 was lost.
But Hughes is not at all distressed, although the film is gone, more than a year of shooting is not in vain, he can figure out the film industry. Then, through a friend's introduction, he met the talented director Lewis Milestone.
The two co-produced 3 films in two years, and the two received rave reviews. Hughes made a lot of money. Among them, "Two Arabian Knights" also won the first Oscar for best director award.
"Two Arabian Knights" stills
became famous in one fell swoop, Hughes began to swell, the original film is not difficult, so play it bigger. Soon after his 21st birthday, he decided: to make a big movie!
This movie is a war film with fighter pilots as the protagonist-"Hell Angels", Hughes personally served as the director and screenwriter.
So, how big is the "big production" in Hughes's eyes?
, you know, it was 1928, and there were no special effects. All the big scenes were made with white silver.
In order to shoot a battle scene, Hughes hired more than 1700 extras , , this scene cost him more than $300,000 , which was the budget of a normal movie at that time. Since
is an air combat movie, there must be planes-before the filming started, he used various channels to get 87 planes , in order to install these planes, he spent 400,000 US dollars to build an airport.
"Hell Angels" stills
What is the concept of 87 airplanes in 1928? Four years later, on the January 28th Incident, the Chinese government overturned the case and only collected 25 planes to fight against Japan.
It can be said that the plane used by Hughes to make a movie, is enough to arm the air forces of several countries.
That's not even counted, Hughes's requirements for shooting have reached an almost abnormal level. For the sake of reality, he asked the pilots to make various dangerous maneuvers. As a result, killed three pilots , and he also fell into a severe concussion in an accident.
When the film was about to finish, the sound film "Jazz Singer" was successfully released. Hughes immediately fired the heroine and replaced it with the 19-year-old Jane Harlow, and reshot most of the shots -because he also wanted to. The "Angels of Hell" was made into a sound film, and the Norwegian accent of the heroine Greta Nissen did not match the identity of the British nobleman in the film.
, 19-year-old Jane Haru (left), because this film became famous in one fell swoop
tossing back and forth for 3 years, using up the 1000-kilometer long film (finally zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz) film It was released, and Hughes spent $4 million in .
What is this concept? This is equivalent to the current 1.2 billion USD ! Have you ever seen such a lunatic to make a movie with 1.2 billion dollars?
Howard Hughes is on the set
Hughes, no matter how rich, can not withstand such profligacy, he even left his dad to his company as a mortgage during the filming.
Everyone is waiting to see Hughes, because it was during the Great Depression, and everyone couldn't even afford to eat. Wherever there was money to go to the theater, some people even predicted that the movie could sell for 2 million US dollars.
But when "Hell Angels" was released, the unprecedented scene in the film made every audience crazy. Everyone had to watch this movie without eating. At last, The total box office of "Hell Angels" reached 8 million. The dollar is twice the amount invested by Hughes!
"Hell Angels" premiere
This year, Hughes was just 25 years old.
However, when everyone was waiting for this grotesque Hollywood gangster to make a movie, Hughes suddenly disappeared from the world. Where did this rich second generation go?
"I want to fly the fastest and largest plane in human history!"
It wasn't until two months later that American Airlines discovered that a new driver's documents were all forged. It was only after an investigation was sent that this guy was actually Hughes.
Under the alias of Charles Howard, Hughes worked for American Airlines for 3 weeks. As soon as the news of
spread, it was a national sensation. Every American wants to know what's wrong with the millionaire's brain, , who wants to go to a job with a monthly salary of $1,000.
Just as this national discussion was in full swing, Hughes bought a seaplane and flew to Europe to be happy.
Of course, even in a foreign country, he will not forget the prodigal cause. While exploring the mountains and water, Hughes spent 800,000 US dollars to buy the fifth largest yacht in the world at the time, and put a huge bed on it. As for what you do with it, you know.
has been messing around for a year and a half, and Hughes finally remembered that he had to do something serious. So he returned to the United States, bought a P-12, the main fighter of the U.S. Army, and carried out a comprehensive transformation of it with his engineers.
Then he drove the plane to participate in domestic flying competitions, and won the championship in minutes, but this could not satisfy Hughes's appetite. He wants to fly the fastest plane.
The question is, where can I find the fastest plane? Hughes's solution is also very simple. invested money to establish Hughes Aircraft Company , which recruited the top engineers at the time and began to develop aircraft.
spent more than a year, Hughes and engineers finally developed a competitive aircraft-Hughes 1 (H-1).
This model embodies the genius of Hughes as an aeronautical engineer: a breakthrough streamlined body, retractable landing gear, flat rivets and joints to reduce air resistance, it is known for its beautiful shape As the "silver bullet".
drove this plane, Hughes broke all flight records at that time, first flew 352 miles per hour, completed round the world flight in 3 days, shortening the world record by a full half. While breaking the flight record, Hughes also gathered a large number of top aeronautical engineers. His small workshop expanded to become the Hughes Aircraft Company and became an important supplier to the US Department of Defense during World War II.
When he completed his round-the-world flight and landed in New York, the whole city held a grand parade.
For this reason, the US government also specially awarded him the highest honor-the Congressional Gold Medal, but this guy didn't even bother to get it. After a few years, the next President Truman learned about it by accident and mailed the medal to his home.
Throughout the 20th century, Hughes Aircraft Company invented the first practical laser, the first synchronous satellite, and the first lunar probe.
In 2000, 40% of the world’s satellites in service were produced by Hughes.
Galileo Jupiter probe, Hughes’ masterpiece
In order to fly, Hughes’s heart moved, his ribs, collarbones, and skull were cracked, his lips were always broken, and his body was severely burned. Indeed, nothing can stop his yearning for flying. When others say he is a lunatic, he will answer with this sentence-"I am not a millionaire with a sick brain, I am a damn billionaire."
grows a beard to hide the scars
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Hughes is not only squandering money, relying on breakthroughs in flight, aviation, satellite, communications and other fields, Hughes accumulated a lot of wealth-he only inherited his father in 1923 With a $750,000 inheritance, by 1946, his net worth had exceeded $1 billion, making him the world's first rich man with a net worth of over $1 billion!
By 1954, his net worth reached 2.5 billion dollars , which is equivalent to the current 85 billion dollars!
In the United States of America and the world, Hughes is a leader in the aerospace industry. In 1965, the Hughes Aircraft Company developed an 85-pound commercial communications satellite. This satellite has 6,000-line round-trip telephone functions and 12 types of color TV functions, thus opening up a television and telephone network connecting the European and American continents.
In June 1966, an unmanned spacecraft from the United States of America landed on the moon for the first time and attracted worldwide attention. The moon landing is a myth that mankind dreams of, and now it has become a reality, people can't help asking: Who is the maker of this spaceship? No one else, it is Hughes Aircraft Manufacturing Company. Hughes has no descendants. After his death, Hughes Aircraft Company's US$5.2 billion equity was acquired by General Motors. The money is attributed to the Hughes Aircraft Company’s holding consortium - Howard Hughes Medical Research Consortium, which has become the world's largest fund consortium.
sleeps all over Hollywood actresses
There used to be 164 celebrity girlfriends
z1, there is a special place where he is rich and jealous. People like
are naturally surrounded by all kinds of beauties. Hughes has the title, , "the greatest lecher in the world" . But he is very dedicated- only likes Hollywood female stars.
In his day, Hughes spent countless money on women. He used to date more than 80 girls at the same time, and almost all of the American actresses at the time had a leg with him. let you see a few below.
Eva Gardner is considered the most beautiful and sexy actress in the 1940s.
Catherine Hepburn, a gem of American art.
Jane Russell, Hollywood legend.
Ingrid Bergman , the 4th greatest actress in a century.
Betty Davis, No. 2 of the greatest screen legend actress in a century.
Havilland, two Oscar winners, one of the few "double champions" in history.
Rita Hayworth, known as the American God of Love.
Susan Hayward , one of the greatest actresses in American cinema.
The only exception may be Elizabeth Taylor, when Hughes directly approached her mother and said "I want to marry your daughter. If this happens, I will give you 1 million (equivalent to the current 300 million yuan). Taylor's mother is also a great person, and she opened her mouth and asked: "Before tax or after tax?" However, due to Taylor's strong opposition, Taylor did not marry Hughes in the end.
Taylor and his parents will be envious of this. You will be envious of this, and he will be envious of everything. But when he is tortured by mental obsessive-compulsive disorder, he will only have this 583 jins zz 7. How fortunate there is, how miserable. said lucky, it means that Hughes has the limit that every man can have: handsome appearance, countless wealth, talent and reputation, and slept with every female star in Hollywood. said that unfortunately, it means that Hughes came too easily, he can be satisfied with everything he wants, and in the end he found that there is nothing in the world that he can't get. What is the meaning of life? This sense of emptiness can knock everyone down. Moreover, the early departure of his parents also put him in extreme pain. He can only rely on alcohol, women and drugs to cheer him up. So, being a rich man is both a blessing and a curse! As ordinary people like us, although we don't make much money, we always have a goal to strive for, and our lives are still enjoyable. Since the 1960s, no one has seen Howard Hughes. It is said that he lived in seclusion at home and suffered from mental obsessive-compulsive disorder. He can't wear clothes because his skin hurts even if it touches clothes. The housekeeper said that he made napkins for clothes and tissue boxes for shoes, and stayed at home every day to watch TV and watch movies. Moreover, he only cuts his hair and nails once a year, likes to pee in a milk bottle, does not come into contact with anyone, injects cocaine for a long time, and forces himself to take notes... Because of insomnia, he also bought several local TV stations. In the wee hours of the morning he can watch the programs he wants to watch. In April 1976, this billionaire with a legendary life died on a plane on the way to the hospital. At the time of his death, he was only 42kg. There were 4 broken needles on his arm. People couldn't believe this. Howard Hughes was once handsome and handsome. The life of always has bugs, and the life of always ends in a system crash!
