The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 286

"Have you seen the trailer for "Gravity"?"

"I haven't seen it... Do you believe it? It can't be avoided, can it?"

"Even if this year's Super Bowl has already passed, I bet that if the time is turned back two months, this greedy Chinese will definitely fill the entire advertising time with the trailer of "Gravity"!"

"Ha, there are 50 minutes. If it is full, wouldn't it be free for Americans to watch movies?"

"Of course he is reluctant, he wants to steal enough dollars from us!"

"Judging from the current Internet public opinion, the possibility is very high, what do you think?"

"Ye... p, I have to say that this trailer is very... appealing, and it is also very popular among young people."

"I like it too, in fact I think movies like this should be made by us, shouldn't we? Astronauts drifting in space to survive, huge space stations... why don't we make movies like this? Does Huaguo have a space station? Does that country have astronauts?"

"The risk is too great. By the way, Huaguo does have manned spaceflight technology. Their manned spacecraft sent people into space, but that should be eight or ten years ago... You can see from the trailer His CG level is indeed very good. If the whole movie is made of space CG shots... Maybe it will cost 2 million dollars? Who would spend [-] million dollars to make an original script? Disney? It would rather spend money on remakes Old cartoons from years ago."

"I don't think I've heard any media reports... Who knows if it's a fake? Huaguo's spaceship? Ha, it's the same as the products they produce. Would anyone really dare to sit on it?"

"No matter what, their filmmakers dare to think, invest and do. I think maybe some media's attacks on us are justified..."

"Bollywood dares to think more, this can't change anything, American audiences are just attracted by the trailer, but when they go to the cinema, they will find that the people in space are all yellow. Do you know what they will think?"

"what idea?"

"Gorillas flying planes... the obscenity of a director from Huaguo, isn't it? At least the streamlined bullet train in "Source Code" does exist in Huaguo. Although this is indeed surprising, but space exploration, haha... Maybe the audience would be more receptive to a polar bear making a film like this."

"James, this is a sci-fi movie, you are too mean, I don't think the audience will have this perception, at least many young people may not think so, you have heard of 'The House of Science Fiction'..."

"Hush... people are coming!"

Chen Jingxing held Tang Xin's arm and walked into the famous Bel-Air banquet hall on the west coast under the friendly smiles of all the guests. Hollywood often holds banquets here, usually charity dinners.

And what Chen Jingxing organized under the suggestion of Universal and Firefly was a charity dinner.

It's just that the general charity dinner either sells tickets, or raises funds through the auction of some celebrity's personal belongings, various props for movie shooting, or some works of art of little value collected by big bosses and celebrities.

And the purpose of this charity dinner was Chen Jingxing's hemorrhage, and of course it was also a public relations event.

Obviously, the release of "Gravity" has encountered some difficulties. After all, it is a highly competitive summer file. The film of DreamWorks has touched the nerves of some people, or some companies.

Although the publicity work of "Gravity" has been carried out overwhelmingly, since some people have expressed their dissatisfaction, although it is not impossible to force it, it may hurt both sides, and even affect Dreamworks' future prospects in the North American market. Under Universal's suggestion , Chen Jingxing still has to try public relations for a while.

"There you are——chen! Tonight's host is finally here!"

"Hey, Jeff, long time no see! This is my wife, Tangxin... This is the co-chairman and executive vice president of Universal Pictures, Mr. Miller..."

"..."Black Mirror" was a bold attempt, your talent is always beyond my expectations, if I had that magical walkie-talkie in your movie, I would let the me three years ago immediately advise Universal Pictures to invest in Dream Factory...no, I'm not kidding..."

Jeff Miller was the one who offered an olive branch to DreamWorks on behalf of Universal after "Signal" was released in North America in 14. Of course, although he was rejected by Chen Jingxing, he was also recommended by him later, so that Chen Jingxing won the The entry ticket to the North American market, and acquired Firefly as the distribution company of DreamWorks in North America, although it paid a high price.

After that, DreamWorks also established a close cooperation with Universal. "Source Code" was released by Universal, and it won a surprising box office of hundreds of millions of dollars.

"Gravity" is also jointly released by Firefly and Universal. It can be regarded as an ally of DreamWorks in Hollywood. Although this ally has a lot of appetite, even if the North American market is no longer the world's largest ticket holder in a few years, Chen Jingxing will never give up easily , the benefits that the North American market can bring to DreamWorks, including invisible benefits, exceed the pure box office figures.

Since you can have all of them, why not all of them.

"Cultural export" is also the foundation of DreamWorks, and the special status of DreamWorks is also based on this.

Not to mention the land approved by the capital to build the headquarters building. After "Source Code", the films after DreamWorks are not only "Mekong", but also "Mirage", which will be released in China soon, and the film DreamWorks itself afterward. They are all major distributors, which means that DreamWorks has the ability and qualification to independently release a blockbuster film.

The first film of "Matrix", which has already been filmed, is almost exclusively produced by DreamWorks, and there is no need to introduce other studios or Huanshi.com and Penguin Video as shareholders.

Even though the current filing system for web dramas doesn’t need to go through the strict audits of star dramas, with DreamWorks’ current brand appeal, the zombie-themed production “The Walking Dead” that has been hyped up by the media can be successfully filed and filmed. It's not a simple treatment.

Including the drama "Black Mirror", even though Chen Jingxing made a localized adaptation, the plot like the first episode of the novelty-seeking and heavy-mouthed aroused widespread enthusiasm on the Internet, but there was still no regulatory department to speak out. Even if there were audience complaints about the incident, it was still There is no text.

Although Qin Zhonghe, the big boss of Guoying, didn't fully explain it, it was a tacit matter.

Independent production, independent distribution, and even the release of audit links, a film company that has only been established for a few years can have such capabilities in the deep waters of the film industry, which cannot be explained by commercial operations alone.

Chen Jingxing has always understood that the domestic market is the foundation, but to make the foundation more stable, and to make his subsequent film and television drama plans smoothly implemented, then the overseas market must not be slack.

Benchmarking and representative companies will naturally continue to be represented.

Not to mention that there are huge benefits involved. For the world's largest ticket warehouse, there is only a question of whether you can make money, and there is no question of whether you want to make money.

The charity dinner guests that Chen Jingxing invited this time basically had no celebrities, they were all executives and producers of major brokerage companies, three major movie theaters, and several major studios.

Although Tang Xin attended this kind of Hollywood dinner for the first time, she is an executive of a domestic unicorn company. As a veteran of a start-up company, her social skills, including the ability to deal with customers, are quite strong. The old Chen Jingxing took on the important task of communication, and he seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

On the surface, everyone is naturally having a good time, and it’s poverty in Africa, the fight against AIDS, and global warming. Even when it comes to Hollywood and the North American market, it’s all empty clichés. In short, it’s like a real charity dinner. Except when Chen Jingxing, who is the organizer of the charity dinner and the largest client, frequently bids in the subsequent charity auction.

"55 million!"

"74 million!"

"86 million!"

With a decent smile on Chen Jingxing's face, he took a photo of an abstract painting that he could not understand in two lifetimes, only blue and yellow, like two paint buckets pouring paint directly on the paper.

Chen Jingxing nodded to a white-haired old man in response to applauding applause from the audience.

This is Warner's vice president and global marketing director Kevin Kroll, who is also the original owner of the blue and yellow abstract painting that Chen Jingxing just photographed.

The current owner is Chen Jingxing.

While feeling cramped in his heart, he wondered where these inexplicable collections were collected by these people.

It doesn't look like a lot of numbers, but all he shouted out were dollars.

I am afraid that the total fundraising for the charity dinner tonight will be less than tens of millions of dollars.

This could be a movie or TV show.

Fortunately, this is not money taken out of his pocket, or directly out of his pocket, but the money that DreamWorks has to pay.

Today's charity dinner is not for him, but for "Gravity", and also for DreamWorks' blockbuster film that will be released in the North American market. on the account.

After Chen Jingxing showed his superb appreciation of art and charity several times, he was ready to get up and leave the banquet hall under the gaze of his partner Jeff Miller, and went into the small room next door to start talking about business.

"give it to you."

"Don't worry, I know what's in my heart, leave it to me!"

Chen Jingxing looked at the bright red on Tang Xin's face, felt a little nervous, and added, "...it's better to take it easy."

Tang Xin couldn't hide his excitement and nodded to Chen Jingxing, signaling him to get down to business.

Although Chen Jingxing left, the charity dinner still had to go on normally, so Chen Jingxing's work of asking prices was naturally transferred to Tang Xin.

You don't need to pay for it yourself. Although your husband is the major shareholder of DreamWorks, it's a layer away, as if it's not your own money.

This feeling of spending money recklessly made Tang Xin unable to restrain his excitement.

A normal person would never experience this kind of experience once in a lifetime, so Tang Xin should not cherish it.

Chen Jingxing had already left the charity auction behind.

In the small room next door, the "Hongmen Banquet", which determines whether "Gravity" can be released on a large scale simultaneously with Huaguo and other markets, has begun.

(End of this chapter)