my movie years

Chapter 210 Global Distribution Action
Having decided on the release strategy in Europe and the United States, and set a date for the premiere, the master had to show up.

Since the release of "Gravity", Zhang Hao has taken Da Mi Mi to road shows in major cities in the mainland, went to Hong Kong Island, and appeared on two Korean variety shows, and participated in the premiere of Little Days.

The itinerary in Asia is already full, and the two of them are exhausted.

After finishing the itinerary in Little Days, Zhang Hao took Da Mimi to Hokkaido to go fishing and take a little rest.It's a pity that the season is wrong, otherwise the snow scene in Hokkaido is very beautiful.

But it's not bad now, Zhang Hao and Da Mimi rented a yacht and went fishing.

"Zhang Hao, please smile more happily, I'm taking a picture." Da Mimi held up the phone and asked Zhang Hao to pose.

"Honey, this is really fishy." Zhang Hao posed for a pose and took a few photos.

Immediately, the unlucky salmon was sent for rapid freezing. Da Mimi planned to make a specimen of this salmon, and Zhang Hao planned to send the fish back to China, and went back to invite his good friends to have a salmon feast.

Zhang Hao loves fishing, but this is the first time he has caught such a big salmon in sea fishing, weighing a full ten kilograms.

Yoshio Yamamoto, the captain of the yacht, also praised: "Zhang Sang, you are amazing. It is the first time I have seen such a big fish in sea fishing."

Back at the hotel where he was staying, Zhang Hao received a domestic call from Jeff Robinov from Warner Pictures.

"Zhang, long time no see. I would like to congratulate your new work on the box office miracle in Asia." Jeff Robinov congratulated.

"It seems that Warner Pictures is very concerned about it." Zhang Hao smiled and asked, "Is there anything important to find me?"

"Of course there is." Jeff Robinov didn't hesitate, and went straight to the point: "The film's release date has been set, May No. 16, which is on the same schedule as the "Godzilla" movie.

However, you and Ms. Yang need to cooperate and put on a few programs in North America to promote it. "

"That's fine, when?"

"Just this Thursday, Jimmy's talk show, Warner has already arranged it."

Hanging up the phone, Zhang Hao said to Da Mi Mi: "It seems that we can't be free anymore, we are going to North America, and go on a talk show."

Da Mi Mi has long been prepared: "Go, go, with you, wherever you go, you will be happy."

"Okay, pack up, we'll leave directly from Tokyo, and we won't be returning home," Zhang Hao said.

If the visa has not expired, there is no need to reapply, and you can just fly there.

The ten-kilogram salmon was frozen and sent back to China. Da Mimi laughed and said it was an engagement token, and he would eat this fish at the engagement banquet.

Zhang Hao, on the other hand, was thinking about the engagement, and had never had an important formal occasion to finalize this matter.

A few days later, Jimmy's talk show.

This is the first time that a Chinese director has appeared on a North American talk show, and he is a director who has achieved considerable success in North America, so it has attracted the expectations of many North American audiences.

"Zhang, I want to know, what did you think about when you took over Batman?" Jimmy asked.

It is better to start by asking a question familiar to North American audiences.

Zhang Hao thought for a while and replied: "Actually, I didn't even think that I could be the director of Batman at first. I just passed the script to Warner Pictures, which also benefited from the recommendation of director James Cameron. "

"Speaking of director James Cameron, he watched Warner Pictures' internal preview a few days ago, watched your "Gravity", and he was full of praise after it came out, saying that this is the best space movie since this century. Sci-fi movies."

"That's right, I chatted with him all afternoon before going on the show, and he was very satisfied with the 3D effect of the film."

These are all designed, and James Cameron also agreed that Warner Pictures used him for publicity, which is also a favor.

As for what favor James Cameron owes, that is between him and Warner Pictures.

After so much work, Warner Pictures certainly doesn't want "Gravity" to end in a hurry.Just a few days before Zhang Hao and Da Mimi came to North America, Warner Pictures organized a trial screening.

Including James Cameron, Tom Cruise, Matt Damon, Christian Bale and others participated in the preview, and they all gave good reviews.

Especially Ma Dumeng, who was a guest on Jimmy's talk show in the last episode, he said in the show: "I watched "Gravity", it's really great, the 3D effect is unparalleled..."

Christian Bale also accepted an interview with the media and said: "I have worked with Zhang, I know he has excellent and extraordinary talent, I am not surprised that he can make such an excellent film."

With so many Hollywood directors and stars coming out on the platform, it also shows the contribution of Warner Pictures.People don't talk to you for nothing, they are all exchanged.

Jimmy asked Da Mimi again: "I heard that you trained for two months when you were filming the film, didn't you?"

"Yes," Da Mimi's oral English is not very fluent. After all, he doesn't speak it often, so he speaks very slowly: "Five months before the filming started, I started to exercise. In addition, I went to the space agency to participate in the training of astronauts. .”

"Why not NASA?" Jimmy asked.

This question is very tricky, Zhang Hao answered on his behalf: "Jimmy, how do you know that we have contacted NASA?"

"Ah? Have you looked for it?"

"Of course, we have actually looked for it. At the beginning, my idea in the script was that the two countries cooperate to go to space together and repair the Hubble telescope.

But, you know. Zhang Hao shrugged, leaving the North American audience to guess the rest.

Jimmy raised his forehead and said: "Oh, my God! This damn NASA, even the cooperation in the film field, NASA is really finished."

The old beauty has nothing to say about the above person, this is ZZ correct, Zhang Hao can't talk nonsense.

Putting this topic aside, Jimmy asked again: "I watched the trailer of the film, and in the stills, there are also the internal structure of the Shenzhou spacecraft and the space station."

"Yes, that's right, we invited experts from the space agency to help me design the internal structure to be authentic.

Every organ in it can be operated, except that it cannot go into space, it is no different from the real thing. "

The audience exclaimed, and Jimmy also praised: "This is amazing. Even in Hollywood, few directors can achieve such details."

At the end of the show, Jimmy made his final statement: "Okay, if you like this movie and space science fiction, don't forget to go to the cinema to enjoy this movie on May NO.16."

After the recording of the talk show was over, it was aired that night. Lao Mei's TV program is quite efficient.

However, the popularity of the show is mediocre. After all, Zhang Hao is not a big Hollywood director, and Da Mi Mi is also the king and hegemony in China, and he is nothing when he comes out.

Even so, it has done a good job of promoting "Gravity".

"Godzilla", which was released on the same day, was produced by Sony Columbia Pictures. Sony Columbia ignored the warnings of the parent company Sony, thinking that "Gravity" did not pose any threat, and did not stop it at all.

"I understand the kindness of the headquarters, but after all, they are young and don't understand the market in North America.

The North American market has always been very exclusive, and I don't think that Chinese director can pose a threat unless he is Batman. "Sony Columbia Pictures CEO said so at a high-level meeting.

The CEO said he was not worried, and other executives naturally had no objections.So apart from Disney Media's continued bad-mouthing, Sony Columbia's media, which is a direct competitor, did nothing.

This has to be said to be Zhang Hao's luck.

With such a favorable time, place and people, if "Gravity" can't make a bloody breakthrough in North America, it will prove that Chinese-language movies really won't work in North America.

On May [-], "Gravity" was officially released in North America, the world's largest film market.

The midnight show "Gravity" only won $85. In contrast, "Godzilla" won $827 million. The gap between the two is huge.

Victoria, the blond fan who asked for an autographed photo with Zhang Hao when she was skiing in Canada last time.

She always remembered that Zhang Hao asked her to pay attention to the news of the new film. Until "Gravity" was finalized in North America, she was always paying attention to various news of the film.

At the same time, she also gave Amway this movie to her good friends and classmates.

It's a pity that most of my classmates and friends are just waiting and watching, and some people think that the movies made by Chinese people are rubbish, how can they be good-looking.

The funniest thing is that there are still a small number of students who don't even know what China is. They know Jack Cheng, but they don't know that Jack Cheng is Chinese.

This situation is not uncommon, and many North American teenagers under happy education are like this.

In any case, she mobilized as many friends and classmates as possible, and even organized a movie viewing party to watch the midnight show.

After coming out, the classmates who were organized to eat hamburgers and Coke couldn't get enough of it, and said to Victoria: "God, Victoria, I know why you recommend this film.

This movie is the best 3D movie I have seen in the last two years. "

Victoria was very happy to hear that: "I told you, the movie is great, you still don't believe it."

"I must recommend this movie to my parents when I go back. They will also watch "Godzilla". I think this movie is better than "Godzilla."

"That's right, what's so good about the little big monster? It's not Jurassic Park. I'll recommend it to my family when I go back."

"Then thank you all," Victoria said, very satisfied with the effect.

After watching the movie, Victoria started a live broadcast on YouTube, talked about her feelings about the movie, and recommended everyone to watch the movie.

Not only that, she is also the vice president of the Zhang Hao Fan Association, mobilizing many Zhang Hao fan groups in North America, asking them to actively promote and mobilizing people around them to enter the cinema.

The Chris Zhang North American Fan Association was established after "Batman: Beginning of War". Everyone is familiar with the president, Adam Jere from Chicago.

Since "Batman: Beginning of War", Adam Jell has become a fan of Zhang Hao, and has also made explanations of Zhang Hao's Chinese films on Youtube.

His favorite movie is not "Batman: Beginning of War", but "Fatal Magic", which many people would never think of.

This kind of niche-themed film is too much in line with Adam Jere's taste.So he established the Chris Zhang North American Fan Association, and more than 200 people have participated.

Although it can't compare with the tens of millions of Spielberg fan associations, Adam Jell is confident in his choice, and he thinks Zhang Hao will be the best director.

Victoria mobilized her classmates and fans, and Adam Jayer was not idle, doing a lot of publicity work.

He even translated the comments from the media on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, which he usually doesn't pay much attention to.In order to translate these Chinese, he even made a girlfriend with an international student from China.

But they broke up two days ago because the foreign student named Liu Yue fell in love with a black ghost.

This matter made Adam Jayer brood, but Adam Jayer immediately had a hot fight with the hot Latin girl, and left the foreign student behind.

"Gravity" has done enough publicity work, it depends on the North American box office.

(End of this chapter)