From traffic to movie star

Chapter 382

When Wei Xun, Kang Cheng and others were busy with the announcement of "Chain Saw", a large number of press releases about Wei Xun's "Chain Saw" box office failure began to appear on the major networks in Huaxia.

"Baldwin's "Ghost Baby" grossed 900 million US dollars on the first day, while Wei Xun's "Chain Saw" failed miserably, with a box office of less than 20 US dollars on the first day."

"Wei Xun suffered a tragic defeat in Waterloo. Not only did "Chain Saw" fail, but he also lost tens of millions of dollars in bets."

"Baldwin called Wei Xun on Facebook, hoping to pay back the money as soon as possible after one month, saying that it is impossible for Chinese filmmakers to succeed in Hollywood."

As soon as the news of these press releases came out, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet.

In fact, everyone didn't dare to expect Wei Xun to win at the beginning, but as China's top director, Wei Xun, who is known as the king of commercial film directors, suffered such a tragic defeat in the United States, which still made many netizens find it difficult to accept.

"I went to see the box office statistics in the United States. This marketing account is not lying. "Chain Saw" has a box office of 20 US dollars, and only a pitiful [-] or so shows."

"If you can't get through the theater channel, it means you can't even get an admission ticket. Regardless of the quality of the movie, you can't get good results. It's no wonder that Baldwin is so arrogant."

"I feel a little uncomfortable. When will our film make a name for itself in Hollywood? Even Wei Xun can't do it, who else can?"

"The number of scenes of "Saw" is really too small, and it is still an interactive opening, so even though I am in the United States, I have not seen this movie. But I can tell you responsibly, Rotten Tomatoes and other related On the forum, some people have a good evaluation of "Chain Saw", although it lost the box office, but the small-scale word-of-mouth is still good."

Regarding the failure of "Chain Saw", Huaxia's netizens felt uncomfortable, but there was nothing they could do.

And to put it in a frustrating word, over the years, everyone has become accustomed to the failure of Chinese filmmakers in Hollywood.

Although some people on the Internet say that "Chain Saw" has a good reputation in a small area in the United States, but a "small area" is enough to explain the problem.

Because the movie from China was directly rejected by the theaters in the United States, not to mention that it wanted to use the Golden Lion movie global release channel like "Ghost Baby".

This is the gap.

Industrial technology, and the gap in global channels.

Therefore, Baldwin's speech on facebook is very arrogant.

Baldwin: 1000 million US dollars to buy a lesson is really worthwhile for Chinese people. I hope you can recognize your abilities and leave Hollywood in despair, because you can't succeed in Hollywood.

Not surprisingly, this state was besieged by many Chinese netizens.

But Baldwin didn't care.

Because 1000 million US dollars can be obtained immediately, and R-rated movies like "Ghost Baby" cannot be released in China, so there is no need to care about the thoughts of Chinese people for the box office.

As for when his next movie is released, the forgetful Chinese people will forget what happened now, pretend nothing happened and continue walking into the movie theater.

Look, how can such a country produce high-quality movies?

It was a joke that Wei Xun wanted to bet against him with a movie starring Chinese people.

And Wei Xun, who is called a joke, is contacting some famous film critics in the United States, as well as editors of major film newspapers.

For example, in a restaurant in Hollywood right now, opposite Wei Xun, there is a middle-aged white man sitting.

This old man's name is Charlie, he is the deputy editor of "Hollywood Film News", and he is also a very famous gold medal film critic.

"You want me to write a review for your movie Saw?"

Hearing the request from the Chinese man sitting across from him, Charlie was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a little amusement: "I'm sorry, buddy, I think you found the wrong person. In fact, if it wasn't for Gore Joman, you wouldn't even See you here."

Yes, Charlie was arranged by Gore Joman for Wei Xun.

But it seems that the deputy editor-in-chief of "Hollywood Film News" has heard of the movie "Chain Saw".Of course, knowing this movie is not because the movie is famous, but because...

"You know, I have a $1000 million bet with that idiot Baldwin."

Hearing Charlie's rejection without hesitation, Wei Xun was not surprised. He smiled and said, "So do you know what this means?"

Charlie shrugged his shoulders and said with a strange smile: "It means you are not much smarter."

"You're right, so I'm used to using some not-so-smart means to humiliate people, such as money. After all, I'm really rich."

Wei Xun took out a thick paper seal from his pocket and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "There is a movie ticket for "Chain Saw" in it, after 10 minutes, go out from this restaurant and turn left for 800 meters There just happens to be a show of this movie in the movie theater, I think you can go see it and write a movie review."

Charlie picked up the paper envelope, looked at the thick wad of dollars inside, and raised his eyebrows.

I have to say that he likes this method of 'humiliating people'.

Wei Xun stood up and said with a smile: "If you can see the film review column of "Chain Saw" on the "Hollywood Film News" tomorrow, I think the money in your hand can be doubled again."

This time, Charlie was really moved. He smiled and said, "At least you have refreshed my understanding of Chinese people. You are really rich."

"I like hearing you say that."

Wei Xun smiled, got up and walked out, and said, "Good luck, friend."

The Hollywood sun in late August is vicious.

When Wei Xun came out of the restaurant, he received a call from Kang Cheng.

On the phone, Kang Cheng said in an excited voice: "Several newspapers have already written reviews of "Saw". These people look down on us, but when they see the money, they all obediently get annoyed."

Wei Xun took out his sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, and asked, "Which newspapers are there?"

Kang Cheng said, "The "Los Angeles Times" and "Universal Movies."

They are all authoritative newspapers in the American film industry.

After hanging up Kang Cheng's phone call, Wei Xun bought "Los Angeles Times" and "Universal Movies" on the side of the road, and then flipped through them.

"Unbelievable, I recently stumbled across an R-rated horror movie called "Saw" in a movie theater. I thought it was just a boring horror movie to pass the time, but after watching it, my whole body It's like a collapse, that kind of trembling feeling, even though I have come out of the movie theater at this moment, but this kind of feeling is still lingering."

"I have to admit, this is the most amazing R-rated horror movie I've ever seen. Compared with "Saw", Baldwin's "Ghost Baby" is as ugly as shit."

Today is the second day of the release of "Ghost Baby", and the attention of R-rated movie lovers is on this horror film.

However, some newspapers and outstanding film critics, starting from this day, crazily boasted about a movie called "Chain Saw".

Directed by Chinese director Wei Xun, without any big-name actors participating, the film was shot in just a dozen days, and it has officially started a word-of-mouth comeback.

(End of this chapter)