Huayu Zhihao

Chapter 714 Bad news

Early the next morning, Chen Hao left the "Transformers 2" crew with his four daughters, and drove back to the Beverly Hills villa.

"What's wrong with her?" Yaya looked at the sleeping little fox and asked, "Just now I saw her walking with a limp."

Chen Hao smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, he taught a lesson a bit harshly last night, and even came to Metersbonwe!

Seeing this, Yaya gave Chen Hao an annoyed look, and then said seriously, "How is Fairy Fan? You seem to have left a lot to say last night."

Chen Hao leaned closer to Yaya and whispered, "Actually, Fairy Fan is not pregnant at all!"

"What?" Yaya was surprised when she heard the words, "Is it true?"

Chen Hao smiled helplessly, "It's indeed an oolong, but in order to teach Xiaohu a lesson, don't tell her the truth, let her remember this lesson."

Yaya heard that the stone in her heart was completely dropped, and said with a sigh of relief, "That's the best, as for Xiaohu, he really needs to improve his memory."

"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Da Mei Tang immediately came over and said, "I want to listen too."

Yaya glanced at Chen Hao, saw him nodding, and told Dameitang in a low voice.

Dameitang was also taken aback, but immediately relaxed, and looked at Xiaohu and snorted triumphantly!

"When are you going back?" Chen Hao asked.

"I have to leave in the afternoon, and I haven't asked for a few days off." Yaya replied.

"Me too!" Da Meitang echoed.

"Then Xiaoying, go and help book the air ticket. Do you want to visit the City of Angels if you have time in the morning?" Chen Hao asked.

"Forget it, let's rest for a while, we'll leave after dinner." Yaya shook her head.

After arriving at the villa, Da Meitang looked at Xiaohu who was still sleeping, and deliberately slapped her hard on the thigh, "Haven't you slept enough? You're home!"

"Ah..." Xiaohu couldn't help crying out in pain, and then opened his eyes in a daze, "Is it here? And, who hit me?"

Dameitang immediately slipped away upon hearing this.

"I knew it was you, big fool, stop for me." Xiaohu immediately woke up, jumped out of the car and chased after him.

Looking at Dameitang and Xiaohu who were chasing and fighting, Yaya shook her head, "What is your plan for Fan Yaojing?"

Chen Hao heard the words, "I have already talked with her, she will leave Haotian."

Yaya frowned when she heard the words, and then nodded. Anyway, this is what she would like to see the most.

After entering the room, seeing that Xiaohu and Dameitang hadn't come in yet, Xiaoying was busy booking a plane ticket, Yaya looked at Chen Hao and said, "Do you have time at the end of the year?"

Chen Hao frowned when he heard this, "Is there something wrong?"

Yaya bit her red lips after hearing this, and said, "Do you want to go back to the frontier with me?"

Originally, Yaya was not in a hurry, after all, her career was also on the rise, and with Chen Hao's acknowledgment, everything would come naturally in the future.

However, Fan Yaojing's incident made her suddenly a little vigilant, and it's best to implement it as soon as possible, so as not to have too many daily dreams, and who knows when another pregnancy will appear.

I have to sit firmly in my seat first, otherwise I will not have a reputation for dealing with this kind of matter in the future.

Looking at Yaya's eyes, Chen Hao instantly understood what she was thinking, smiled and nodded, "No problem."

Yaya smiled when she heard the words!

"What are you talking about?" Little Fox came in and asked.

"Talk about whether you remember the lesson or not!" Chen Hao rolled his eyes and said to the little fox.

Xiaohu pursed her red lips when she heard the words, with an unhappy expression on her face.

For more than half a year, I couldn't film or participate in any activities, and I could only go to school honestly, which is really unbearable for Xiaohu now.

"Who made you such a stinky fart!" Da Mei Tang laughed.

The little fox rolled his eyes at Dameitang, and said angrily, "Don't mess with me!"

Dameitang curled her lips when she heard this, but didn't say any more, but lay down to rest.

Because of yesterday's incident, everyone didn't sleep well all night. Now it's easy to be fine, but they don't have much energy anymore, and they are all a little listless.

Not to mention the little fox, as soon as he sat down, he screamed and jumped up, and then he could only lie down.

Everyone just chatted without saying a word. When it was close to noon, Yaya was going to the kitchen to cook, but Chen Hao stopped her and asked Xiaoying to buy something casually and come back to eat.

After eating, Chen Hao sent the three daughters to the airport.

Before leaving, Yaya warned, "Restrain yourself, don't bring me a half-breed child back."

Chen Hao smiled awkwardly when he heard the words, "I promise to complete the task!"

After hearing this, Yaya rolled her eyes at her boyfriend, and said angrily, "Virtue!"

After seeing off the three daughters, Chen Hao returned to Liangtianchi Films and continued to handle the company's affairs.

Now that "Iron Man" is being screened, Chen Hao sometimes has to cooperate with the publicity.

"Chen, congratulations on the box office success of "Iron Man"!" Davis laughed.

"Same joy, same joy!" Chen Hao laughed.

"Iron Man" is mainly distributed by Sony Columbia, so they also make money.

"Chen, we are old friends, so I won't be polite." Davis said, "Sony Columbia wants to acquire Liang Tianchi Pictures, what do you think?"

Chen Hao raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Okay, let's just talk about the final goal!"

"You can't say that. Sony Columbia has always wanted to acquire Quantianchi, but you didn't agree." Davis laughed. "Then how about we acquire Marvel Entertainment instead?"

Chen Hao smiled, "There is no possibility!"

Davis heard the words, "I knew it would be this result, but Chen, don't forget what I reminded you, the more successful Marvel is, the farther it will be from you."

"Then you can procrastinate as long as you can." Chen Hao sighed, "Until it can't be procrastinated."

Chen Hao naturally knew about it, but he would not sell Marvel so early, he had to maximize his profits.

"Well, I hope you will give priority to Sony Columbia when the time comes," Davis said.

"Let's talk about it later!" Chen Hao replied.

……

"Chen, hello, I'm Dick Cook!"

Chen Hao thought secretly when he heard the words, it really came, Disney!
"Hello, Dick!" Chen Hao replied.

"Dancing Out of My Life 2 with Disney and Measuring Ruler was such a success," Dick Cook laughed.

"Okay, Dick, tell me your purpose directly!" Chen Hao was too lazy to go around in circles.

"OK, let me just say it straight, Disney wants to acquire Marvel Entertainment." Dick Cook said.

"Why would Disney think of buying Marvel?" Chen Hao asked with a smile.

Chen Hao knew that in his previous life, Disney wanted to acquire Marvel. In fact, there were many opponents inside.

Because the painting styles of the two are obviously different. In American words, can you imagine Mickey Mouse and Black Widow together?
The news even alarmed the president who was then president.

He made a point of hosting a small lunch at the White House that was open only to business leaders.

When Iger, the president of Disney, was talking with the big bosses of other companies on the scene about their corporate management experience, Mao Zedong suddenly said, "I am a loyal fan of Marvel, which made Iger unable to step down for a while.

Another reason why many people are not optimistic is that Marvel's most popular Spider-Man, and many other heroes are not copyrighted by Marvel, and it is useless to buy them.

Here I have to mention Iger, the sixth head of Disney.

In the process of meeting with shareholders, he compiled a document containing 7000 Marvel heroes.

In his opinion, there is one less Spider-Man, and there are 6999 "heroes" waiting for him, why hang him on a tree?
Perhaps because of Iger's forward-looking vision, during his 15 years as the helm of Disney, he has successively acquired Pixar, Marvel, Lucas and 21st Century Fox for Disney, and the entire industry elite has been brought under Disney's command.

At the same time, "The Avengers", "Frozen", "Star Wars" and other series of movies have once again pushed Disney to the top.

In 2019, Iger was selected as the Business Person of the Year by Time magazine and topped the list of the 100 most influential celebrities in Hollywood of the year.

He has been the most influential person in Hollywood for four consecutive years, and was selected as the "World's Best CEO" by Forbes magazine.

"Well, our president Iger asked me to make this call." Dick Cook replied.

As soon as Chen Hao heard it, he knew that Dick Cook was obviously not optimistic about the acquisition, otherwise he would not have revealed the truth so directly.

"Sorry, I have no plans to sell Marvel Entertainment." Chen Hao said.

"Okay, excuse me!" Dick Cook replied, before hanging up the phone.

Obviously, Dick Cook does not support Disney's acquisition of Marvel!
Afterwards, Chen Hao did not receive calls from other giants. Maybe they are still waiting and watching. After all, the success of "Iron Man" doesn't mean much.

They need to see a higher probability of success before making a move.

Soon, a week passed by.

North American weekend box office list (2008.5.9-2008.5.11):
No. 1, "Iron Man", was released for 10 days, with a weekend box office of 5050 million U.S. dollars. Tianchi Films, with a cumulative box office of 17713 million U.S. dollars, a decrease of 48.8% from last week, and 4111 theaters;
No. 2, "Speed ​​Racer", with 3 days of release, weekend box office of 2021 million US dollars, Warner Bros., cumulative box office of 2021 million US dollars, 3606 theaters;
No. 3, "Love in Casino", with 3 days of release, weekend box office of 2000 million US dollars, 20th Century Fox, cumulative box office of 2000 million US dollars, 3215 theaters;
No. 4, "The Groom Is Not Me", was released for 10 days, with a weekend box office of US$760 million, Sony Columbia, with a cumulative box office of US$2628 million, a decrease of 48.5% from last week, and 2729 theaters;
No. 5, "Surrogate Mother", with 17 days of release, weekend box office of 577 million US dollars, Universal Pictures, cumulative box office of 4038 million US dollars, a decrease of 42.7%, 2627 theaters;
……

"'Iron Man' backs up, 'Speed ​​Racer' shuts down!" -- Los Angeles Times

""Speed ​​Racer" turned over tragically!" -- "Variety Show"

""Iron Man" won the title again, and "Speed ​​Racer" became the first cannon fodder in the summer file!" - "Hollywood Reporter"

……

In the second week of May, the North American film market ushered in the second summer super blockbuster. At this time, it was still directed by the Wachowski Brothers. hand".

I thought that this blockbuster racing car would bring huge trouble to "Iron Man", but it turned over tragically.

The story of the family carnival, beautiful colors, cool special effects, the pre-publicity is also impeccable, coupled with the appeal of the Wachowski brothers, and 3606 theaters opened.

It seems like Speed ​​Racer has no reason to fail at all.

As a result, only $2021 million was recorded in the first weekend!
There is no doubt that seeing this result, Warner Bros.'s heart must have been completely chilled.

Not only Warner Bros., but even Smart was frightened when he saw this result, because Tianchi spent $8500 million to restart the "Fast and Furious" series.

Seeing the fiasco of "Speed ​​Racer", Smart always had a bad feeling!

Fortunately, "Iron Man" won the weekend box office champion with 5050 million, which even exceeded the sum of the box office of the two newly released films.

At the same time, the North American box office of "Iron Man" has reached 1.771 million U.S. dollars, which has successfully surpassed the 1.507 million U.S. dollars of "Horton's Adventures", temporarily becoming the 2008 annual box office champion in North America!
It must be emphasized again that the power of "Iron Man" is actually the highest non-sequel film since "Spider-Man 1", which is better than "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" at the beginning of this century. "The premiere performance is even more outstanding.

And another data released this week - the next week's drop was only 48.8%, which can be regarded as the one with outstanding stamina among the masterpieces in recent years.

Specifically, it grabbed a box office figure of 4111 million U.S. dollars in 5050 movie theaters, ranking 13th among the "second weekend box office" in film history.

Considering that the top 12 other than "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "The Grinch Stole Christmas", all of them broke through the US$3 million box office in North America.

And these two films are released in the holiday schedule, and the other 10 summer movies break through 3 million US dollars without any difference. Therefore, the chance of "Iron Man" finally breaking through the 3 million US dollars barrier is quite high.

The current cumulative US$1.77 million has helped it soar to No. 11 in the ranking of the entire superhero family.

仅次于三部《蜘蛛侠》、《超人总动员》、三部《蝙蝠侠》（1、3、5）、两部《X战警》（2、3）以及《超人归来》。

The ranking of comic-adapted movies drops to 13th, just add two more "Men in Black" and "Spartan 300 Warriors" to the superheroes just now and remove "The Incredibles".

At the same time, the box office of "Iron Man" exceeded $1 million in the second week outside North America. After 2 weeks and 10 days, the global box office of "Iron Man" reached $3.515 million!
The North American box office is 1.77 million, and the global box office is 3.51 million. Coupled with the overwhelming reputation, this makes everyone optimistic that the North American box office of "Iron Man" can break 3 million, and the global box office can break 5.5 million!
"Iron Man", which has the largest investment and the greatest risk, not only did not lose money, but also made money. This is undoubtedly great news for Liang Tianchi Pictures.

Kevin Fitch was also yelling excitedly, because this means that at least the Marvel superhero movie universe can continue to go on.

And "Iron Man 2" can already be approved!

Seeing the message from Smart, Chen Hao smiled. The Marvel superhero movie universe has finally been successfully opened, and the next step is to wait for a sensation in the world.

After flying halfway around the world, Chen Hao finally returned to the imperial capital, and then went directly to the company.

It's just that as soon as I entered the company, I heard the employees talking a lot, and almost all of them were on the phone.

"What's wrong?" Chen Hao asked.

Xiaoying heard the words and immediately turned on the computer to signal Chen Hao.

When Chen Hao saw it, he couldn't help but shook his head, the bad news still came, the Wenchuan Earthquake!
(End of this chapter)