New York 1988

Chapter 175 Exploded (please subscribe)

In May, the summer vacation is coming, and the summer vacation has officially started.

On Thursday, the 3rd, the world premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" was held at the Los Angeles Music Center.

"Vincent, Vincent...!" When Han Sheng appeared at the scene at six o'clock in the afternoon, there were already crowds of people all around, almost blocking the road, and all kinds of shouts and screams were even louder. I can hear you.

Han Sheng smiled and waved, and even greeted some familiar fans. However, he was thinking in his heart that this situation would never happen again in a few months.

Even at least two or three years are difficult to recover.

"Vincent, Universal said you were aggressive. Originally, this schedule was supposed to be "The Mummy Returns", and said you threatened them...!" "Hollywood Reporter"

"The Mummy Returns" was indeed scheduled to premiere on May 10 as early as October last year. Han Sheng completed the special effects and post-production of "Pirates of the Caribbean 5 Dead Man's Chest" in February this year. Set for May.

However, although the schedule thing also pays attention to a tacit understanding, it is not the time when there is no strong opponent against a strong opponent. After all, if there is a flank attack before and after, you have to bite the bullet and find a "soft persimmon" to pinch it.

It's something that happens every year in Hollywood.

After all, there are only a few good schedules, and then there are a lot of so-called good movies, blockbuster movies, each family has invested money, worked hard to make too many movies that even feel good about themselves.

Only after going to the theater and being taught a lesson by the market can we know what the reality is. Before, it was very difficult for someone to think that what they filmed was rubbish.

Therefore, it is actually quite normal to hit a gear or something.

In a word, if you think you can do it, then come here.

Han Sheng is super confident in "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest", so he put it in this time slot.

There is no robbery, threat.

That’s why Han Sheng said the same thing, “As Yu Ji, you should know what grades are. There is no first-come-first-served rule. There are only good and bad, or whether you have courage or confidence.

If "The Mummy Returns" has confidence in itself, then don't complain, just release it on the 4th. "

"beyond entertainment has always been doing the same thing. We have set a date. If other people are on the same day, we never complain. We just bravely fight with each other...!"

What you said is very reasonable, but Nima, your movies are so good, every time you fight with people, you win. Do others dare to fight with you?

However, this is the reality, the law of the jungle is the same in that business.

Not convinced, holding back.

"Lockheed Martin-Rostrop Grumman merger is said to be on the way to Congress. Is it true?" The New York Times

"No comment on this!" Although this is not considered a secret, in other words, he has already reached it, and it will be passed at the meeting on Friday tomorrow, but he cannot say it directly.

Even the two stocks have been suspended.

Well, after nearly three years of planning, although he has obtained 28% of Lockheed Martin and almost 29% of Rothrop Grumman's shares, the merger has been dragging on. The company's shareholders, as well as various obstructions behind the military industrial group.

Until this year, after the stock market plummeted, the stock prices of the two companies have also been greatly affected, which can be said to have been cut in half and cut in half.

At this time, Victoria began the most simple and crude operation. After absorbing 30% of the shares of the two companies, she directly launched a mandatory tender offer for Lockheed Martin and Rossrop Grumman.

She is not short of money.

The two companies used to cost about 250 billion knives before, but now the combined market value is 100 billion knives. Then, the price of the tender offer she gave was 200 billion knives.

This is a super attractive price for many investors.

After all, it feels like there is no end in sight to this stock market decline.

And for many people, they are here to invest and make money, and now they have the opportunity to reduce their losses or even make money to leave the market, which is undoubtedly the best choice.

So, it's almost a matter of course.

Therefore, although there are still many people who will not sell, Victoria has obtained 55% of Lockheed Martin and 61% of the shares of Rossrop Grumman, that is to say, she has a controlling stake.

After mastering the controlling rights of the two companies, even if it is her own company, it will be much easier for her own company to merge. Although there are lobby groups working in the military-industrial complex, Han Sheng is not a vegetarian either.

Therefore, this matter can be resolved relatively smoothly.

In a word, it belongs to my family anyway, if you don't let me merge, I have enough control, but if you obstruct it, then don't blame me for being rude to you, when the time comes, are you afraid that I will obstruct you? .

What's more, as we all know, the young George who just took office is Han Sheng's close comrade-in-arms, like a brother.

Didn't you see that Han Sheng went to the White House, did Little George pick him up in person?

……

The premiere on the 3rd, and on the 4th, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man's Chest" was officially released globally simultaneously.

In the original time and space, with the success of the first film, the results of "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest" exploded on the first day, with 4133 theaters and a box office of 5583 million. You know, the first "Black Pearl" At the time of "The Curse", it was only more than 2400 million, which would have more than doubled.

And this time and space, although it has not doubled, but the sequel of a successful movie is really appealing, it is very simple, the first one has cultivated a lot of fans, the more successful, the more fans.

Therefore, although only 4009 theaters opened, on the 4th day, they got a box office of 8326 million dollars, and the single-house score directly exceeded [-] dollars. This also indicates that this is a super movie. Explosive movie.

Then, on the second day, which is the 5th, the box office fell by about 8% to 7652 million dollars, and the third day continued to fall by almost 15%, with 6212 million dollars in revenue.

However, even so, in the three days of the weekend, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest" once again set a record, that is, the weekend box office directly exceeded [-] million.

"Look, this is Vincent, the king of Hollywood," said the New York Times.

Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" took the money, and his figure became softer, "Although it is too much to say that this is Vincent's solo dance, his performance is really amazing. If it weren't for him He has just won his fourth Best Actor Oscar, and I want to tell him that he is the best actor candidate for next year's Oscars."

"Too many people are praising it, but what I want to say is that apart from Vincent's acting is really good, the plot is very average, and the special effects are still the same. I don't feel anything new, or even lackluster. !” – Ventour, Variety.

Of course, the biggest controversy in the past two days came from a certain segment in the movie.

It was originally Han Sheng who provoked the relationship between Elizabeth Swan and Will Turner, or simply coveted Elizabeth, and then flirted.

In Yuan Shikong’s works, it’s very close and ambiguous. Han Sheng was like this at first, but when Victoria and the others watched the film, they smiled and added to the picture of him directly lowering his head and taking a bite of Kelly Brook’s fat lamp. went up.

This is something that Han Sheng doesn't even know.

He didn’t have it when he edited it himself, but it was fun when he was shooting it. Kelly Brook deliberately teased him, so he nibbled on it jokingly, who knew that these women secretly added it.

Then, when it was released, good guy, although many adults screamed and thought it was so exciting, it was rated PG-13 and there were still many children around, so the parents complained.

Han Sheng can't say that I was wronged, but that those bad women did it.

So, I honestly apologized, saying that it was my negligence, and it had nothing to do with anyone, and then I donated 500 million dollars to the Children's Foundation directly to sort out this matter.

However, what's interesting is that because of this incident, the box office in the second week was very strong, because although I donated money and apologized, the film was already like that, so it was not deleted.

Then, many people ran to see it curiously.

In the original time and space, the box office in the second week plummeted by 54%, and only 6235 million dollars were collected.

However, this time and space, coupled with Han Sheng's strong appeal, only dropped by less than 40%. You must know that on the basis of 22190 million, it only dropped by less than 40%. Therefore, I got 14592 million box office.

Although the third week was similar to the original time and space, it still fell by 40%, but it also collected 8805 million box office. Then, the total box office in North America has exceeded 4 million dollars, reaching 4.5 million dollars, so even if the fourth Zhou, directly plummeted 52%, and also got 4362 million, which is already infinitely close to the box office of 5 million knives.

The worst thing is the peers.

Universal's "The Mummy Returns" was reluctantly put on the third week.

Why is it the third week, because another week later, it will be Beyond Entertainment’s film "Shrek", and then three weeks later, it will be Beyond Entertainment's film, which is also a super hit, "Harry Potter" The second book in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

How can this Nima play, he can only move to this position that looks pretty good.

At least, "Shrek" is a cartoon, and it was a week ahead of it.

However, the result was miserable.

Very simple, even in the third week, "Pirates of the Caribbean 2 Dead Man's Chest" still cut more than 8000 million dollars at the box office, which also infinitely squeezed the box office of "The Mummy Returns".

Then, in the original time and space, 3400 theaters opened, and "The Mummy Returns", which earned a box office of 6813 million knives, only got 4198 million knives.

To be honest, this result is already very good, how can I say, the quality of the film is there, it is a really good film.

Moreover, based on these results, the North American box office can probably get 1.5 million knives, and the global box office can exceed 3 million. Then, for "The Mummy Returns" with a production cost of 9800 million, it is already a success. up.

After all, box office receipts are only part of the story.

However, Huanhuan regretted it, it was true that his intestines were regretful.

It's very simple. As a professional, I naturally know what a box office squeeze is.

If they choose a good time slot, the final box office can be at least 1 million dollars more.

That's 1 million dollars. For many films, if the final harvest can reach 1 million dollars, it is considered a blockbuster film.

So, do you think Universal will not regret it?

Especially in the following second week, with the support of Han Sheng, "Shrek" won the box office of more than 6000 million dollars, but they, like the original time and space, plummeted 51%, and only got the box office just now. After grossing over $2000 million at the box office.

Even if they spend money to promote their own movies, in a word, there are only so many people who can spend money to watch movies. If they buy yours, they probably won’t buy other ones. This is the squeeze effect.

Therefore, Universal felt more and more that it had made a mistake.

Of course, they are not the only ones who made mistakes, but also "Knights of the Holy War", "Pearl Harbor" and the like, well, the latter was not a good one, Michael Bay's super rubbish film, but now I can finally find it More excuses.

At least Michael Bay said this when he was interviewed by the media, "You know, your opponent is Vincent, so you have to think more, sometimes head-on is so easy to get hurt...!"

Anyway, it sounds like it wasn't his fault that it failed at the box office.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Han Sheng.

In the fifth week, when North America won 2652 million dollars, the box office also reached 5.2 million dollars. Then, the overseas box office exceeded 6.5 million dollars, and the global box office is close to 12 billion dollars.

And he himself, at this time, had just completed his last concert here in East Asia—the so-called 8-person concert in Seoul.

Well, this is the World Cup stadium just built in Seoul. The standard is to accommodate 68000 people. However, there are obviously a lot more people today. This should be operated by Li Taiyuan and the others. They are all owned by their own company. Han Sheng naturally doesn't care about his company's account.

After singing and dancing, even he was sweating a little.

So I took a shower first.

When he came out, Li Tae-won was outside and greeted respectfully, "President, your performance today is simply explosive, many girls fainted from excitement, and, also, the broadcast on SBS, it is said that the ratings The rate is over 50%!"

These days, if you don’t have 30-40% of popular TV shows, you would be ashamed to say they are so-called country-famous TV shows.

Unlike later, 7-10% is already very powerful.

Han Sheng has long been used to such flattery, but his subordinates are polite, so he also smiled, "That's because you guys are doing a good job!"

Li Taiyuan nodded and bowed immediately, "It's all thanks to the president, the president arranged it very well!"

After a short pause, "Well, the president wants to find a place to rest today!" The so-called finding a place to rest is naturally to be high.

Han Sheng smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I don't need it today, I'm also a beautiful woman with a date!"

Li Taiyuan immediately smiled knowingly, "Then, I wish you, President, a good day today!"

……

Not long after Li Tae-won left, Son Ye-jin ran in bouncingly from the outside. She was watching the concert in the VIP seat just now, and she is very excited now.

He ran over and put his arms around his neck, let him hug him, and kissed him twice, "You are really amazing, just now the whole audience was screaming, it's fine for a girl to faint, but there are still men I fainted from excitement...!"

Han Sheng laughed, why can't a man faint.

It’s not that there is a problem with their orientation, some of them simply fainted because they saw idols, because of the songs they liked, and because some people were easily excited, and there might be some physical problems.

In short, it's just an individual case.

"I haven't congratulated you yet, you are popular now!" Han Sheng laughed.

After the broadcast of "Blue Life and Death" last year, Son Yejin became popular as the heroine, especially the sad and sad ones, which made people feel distressed, and she became a national idol all at once.

For a pure rookie, this is quite awesome.

It is also enviable.

It's just that if the big guys know that she is careless, heartless, and even a little nonsensical, funny, etc. in private, then it's over.

"I'm not as popular as you are!" The girl was still like that.

"You said, is it possible for me to become a star in Hollywood?"

"As long as you want, you can," Han Sheng teased her, "but first of all, you should learn English well!"

Sure enough, as soon as this remark came out, Son Yezhen fell silent.

Although her academic performance is not bad, it is definitely not good. People are really not very smart, so it is conceivable to learn a language again.

"Hmph!" Son Yejin pouted dissatisfiedly.

Then Han Sheng came over and sealed it.

She had nothing to say, she hugged his neck sweetly, and responded enthusiastically, until she felt that the skirt seemed to be cool, she punched him angrily, and stared at him cutely, "What are you doing?" Well?"

He is obviously very willing, but he still needs to be reserved on the surface.

"What are you talking about?" Han Sheng laughed.

"Bah, shameless!" Sun Yizhen said, and was held down by him, and immediately struggled with a smile, "Oh, help me!"

It's been a while since we're still in the gymnasium, so we can only end it first.

Sun Yezhen simply lay in his arms, and her clothes were not neat.

When she got home, she was alive and kicking again, and ran away with a smile, "Oh, don't come here, go away, I'm going to take a shower!"

"I'll help you!"

"Bah, you have a good idea!"

When she ran away and entered the bathroom, Han Sheng didn't really chase her.

She was shy after all.

Just take the reports of Li Tae-won, Kim Tae-hoon and others to see the situation here, and at the same time, communicate with Anzi here.

It is impossible for him to completely trust Li Tae-won, Kim Tae-hoon and the others. Apart from the financial supervision on the bright side, there are also various secrets.

After watching for more than half an hour, Son Yejin finally came out.

Her face was flushed and very pink.

Just pouted, "Why are you busy with things again, hum, you don't care about me at all!"

"I just said I would help you, but you said I was shameless," Han Sheng teased her.

"Bah," Sun Yizhen spat, but said in a low voice, "You, you can follow in shamelessly!"

Sure enough, it is still very bold.

Han Sheng smiled directly and rushed up to hug her.

"Oh, what are you doing, you let me down!" She began to act coquettishly again.

Han Sheng was very straightforward this time and just kept his mouth shut.

"Well……!"

"Bastard, ah...!"

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the end of August, and Han Sheng had already completed his concert schedule in Latin America, and he was currently flying back to New York on the plane.

At this time, he had already received various hints from Hoffman and old Harris. As for Victoria, he had clearly told him that something big would happen in September.

Only then did he realize that he was not the first person to know the future.

In other words, there is too much filth behind this, and all of this is a conspiracy.

However, this way, he was relieved.

After all, he is also one of the big bosses, and he knew it in advance.

So, he just asked Victoria not to participate, and left it alone.

At this moment, he was super relaxed, and he was having a carnival with Shakira in his arms.

This girl is getting more and more wild, and the little Ma Da Na is called a fast speed.

However, no matter how wild they are, they are not as powerful as him. When it was his turn to show off, Shakira became even more excited, ouch.

After three rounds in a row, the little wild cat fell to the ground, limply in his arms, rubbed his fingers on his body, his eyes were blurred and beautiful, "I really want to SI!"

Isn't that the best compliment.

Han Sheng smiled, "Have you been exercising recently?"

"You can see it!" Shakira unfolded proudly, her skin was taut, full of elasticity, and had a healthy wheat color, with a lustrous luster.

These are proof of fitness.

"By the way, your breathing is amazing," Shakira said, "I feel like I'm more energetic now than before, sleep super well, have a good appetite, and, uh, my skin is even better! "

"Do you believe it now?" Han Sheng laughed.

Shakira stuck out her tongue cutely, "Before some people said it was fake, and some said it was magic." Then she thumped him lightly, "Who told you not to stay by my side all the time? Keep persuading me, look, I hesitate when people keep saying that!"

"Doesn't that prove that you still don't trust me?" Han Sheng laughed.

"You're a bad guy, you can't believe what a bad guy says!" Shakira said coquettishly.

Then, after thinking about it, he said, "I heard you tell people not to go to New York?"

"Yeah!" Han Sheng didn't hide anything, but he didn't elaborate, because there's no way to talk about this thing in detail, otherwise it would be too scary.

He just said: "You can just follow me these days anyway!"

"You, do you really know how to do divination?" This is not the first time Shakira asked this question

Han Sheng patted her face with a smile, and shook his head, "I'm not a wizard anyway, and after something happens, remember, don't say anything!"

September is fast approaching.

Han Sheng is like ordinary people, from New York to Los Angeles, from Los Angeles to San Francisco, to Washington, in short, in various places, and then, on a certain day, as he told the media, he was in the recording studio in Los Angeles A new album will be released next year.

Then, very suddenly, Shakira ran in like crazy.

"You, you...!" Her face was full of shock, and even a trace of fear.

Han Sheng held her tightly in his arms and patted her on the back lightly, "What's wrong?"

"You know?" Shakira's tone was a little angry.

Han Sheng also became serious, "What do I know?"

"You said, let me follow you, don't go to New York!" Shakira stared at him fiercely, saying word by word.

Han Sheng frowned slightly, "So, what did you see?"

"Now, it's just outside, it's on TV," Shakira angrily thumped him twice, "Did you get it, why didn't you stop it, how could you just watch so many innocent people ...!"

"Wait a minute," Han Sheng interrupted her, and said softly, "First of all, I do know, but I didn't do the divination. Secondly, even I can't stop this matter, do you understand what I mean? "

Shakira was taken aback for a moment, Han Sheng thought about it, and whispered a little in her ear.

She was immediately dumbfounded. Although she already thought she had seen the filth and darkness of this time, she only now realized that some things in this world were dirtier than what she saw and imagined. many.

It was simply a destructive shock to the soul, and the three views were completely destroyed.

For a while, she suddenly hugged him and kissed him frantically, and then, even more so, she began to dance wildly on him.

She really couldn't accept this, so she had to find another way to get rid of all this, otherwise, she would go crazy if she felt pressured on her heart.

(End of this chapter)