China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 192 The data sent back from North America, the box office in North America is very good

Early the next morning, He Fang was woken up by a phone call. The reporters couldn't find He Fang, so they called him, wanting to know where his unconstrained ideas originated.

And ask him how he feels about some critical comments on the Internet...

How annoying is this? I was so tired last night, and I was bombarded by phone calls early in the morning.

Fortunately, Liu Yan restrained his anger in time, allowing him to enjoy a kind of happiness while talking on the phone.

Tsk, this is more exciting, so he answered all kinds of questions from reporters calmly.

"Well, this setting has been floating in my mind for many years, because when I first went to the United States, I heard that there is no corruption in the United States. I admired it very much. I learned later that they legalized corruption. , This is cheating, so I am very concerned about this aspect."

"Later, I found that more and more things that were illegal in our country were legalized. That's because they couldn't control it, and everything they couldn't control was legalized."

"For example, if pornography can't be controlled, it should be legalized; if poaching can't be controlled, it should be legalized; if gangsters can't be controlled, it should be legalized; if cults can't be controlled, it should be legalized; if marijuana cannot be controlled, it should be legalized."

"It is estimated that robbery will be legalized if it cannot be controlled in the future, such as zero-yuan purchases and the like.

"Of course what touched me was that one day I saw a piece of news saying that there were more than 200 million criminals in the United States, and there was no room for prison cells, and tens of thousands of people were killed by guns every year..."

"Someone proposed to kill all these 200 million people, which would not only reduce the garbage population, reduce the crime rate, but also save money and administrative management. But it is impossible for the government to do such inhumane things. I was thinking, what if What if the U.S. legalizes killing? What will happen?"

"Ah, hiss... um..." He Fang concealed his excitement very well.

"Uh, so that's the case. Can you be more specific? For example, the so-called killing rules stipulated by the new founding father, in fact, the bottom will always be fighting each other, while the rich are hiding in the security system."

the reporter asked on the phone.

"Who do you think has the most resentment in society? Who has the most difficult life and is full of complaints? And who has the most people? If there are too many people, the country's development will be hindered?" He Fang asked repeatedly.

But he asked himself and answered, "The poor have the most grievances, and the poor live the most difficult life. The poor who are also the most unstable are the cornerstone of society, and they are the most numerous. The development of the worthless poor is hindered. Therefore, through A legal massacre eliminates those who have grievances, eliminates those who are worthless, controls the population, and controls the unemployment rate, so as to develop the economy and preserve the wealth of the rich."

When He Fang talked about being excited, his whole body shook violently. Liu Yan gritted her teeth, closed her mouth tightly, and tightly grasped the armrest of the sofa with both hands.

"So, one of the black homeless people is worthless, so he will be hunted down?" the reporter asked on the phone.

"Yes, that's what it means."

"Okay, so why set the story on a security system salesman and let the family have accidents when they have security?"

"This is like this..."

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Early in the morning, He Fang was sweating all over his body in order to answer a series of questions from reporters. Such interviews put too much pressure on him.

Of course, there is pain and happiness, but this kind of happiness cannot be felt by others.

But soon he had to go to work, and in the afternoon he made an appointment with another writer to talk about copyright.

"Liu Yan, go shopping by yourself this afternoon. I still have something to talk about. I'll let that Weidong follow you. We're done talking today, and I'll spend a day with you tomorrow, and we'll celebrate New Year's Eve together tomorrow night. We'll meet on the 1st." Go back, what do you think?"

Liu Yan pulled the towel that was about to fall, "I can do it, my purpose is not to play."

"What were you doing last night until just now for fun?"

"Ah, is this also a game?"

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Originally, He Fang asked Liu Yan to go shopping in the afternoon, but who knew that in the end she chose to go to a movie theater in the island country to watch "Human Purge Project" to see how it reacts here, and there are such movie theaters near the hotel.

So, she let He Fang and the three of them go to work, and she went back to the hotel after watching the movie alone.

In fact, He Fang and the others met the writer who came to meet them, and they didn't have to travel far, so they made an appointment at a cafe near the hotel.

What they want to meet today is Shuang, an old manga artist in his 40s. His name is Yukito Kishiro. The work they want to buy is a manga called "Gunmeng" drawn by Yukito Kishiro.

If it wasn't for someone in another time and space who adapted this work, many people might not know about this work. He Fang also thought of this famous work when he wanted to buy the copyright of "Edge of Tomorrow".

"Gunmeng" was a big production that was adapted by Cameron himself in another time and space, and the name was "Alita: Battle Angel".

This movie is very good, very imaginative, and uses a half-real, half-caricature production method to give people a novel feeling.

Mucheng Xuehu is a little fat, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his fleshy face is always full of smiles. With a pair of glasses, he looks like a learned professor.

"Hi, hello, Mr. Yukito Kishiro, I am He Fang, the Chinese director."

"Oh... hello, hello, nice to meet you." Mucheng Xuehu shook hands with He Fang.

"This is my colleague Zhang Qian, who is generally in charge of the production of my films, and this is my assistant Tong Weidong."

"Hello, Mr. Zhang, hello, Mr. Tong."

"Come on, please take a seat."

After the two sides greeted each other, He Fang got to the point.

"Mr. Kishiro, let's talk about things directly. In fact, I read your manga "Gunmeng" and liked it very much, so I want to buy the film and television adaptation rights of this manga, hoping to bring this story to the big screen. .” He Fang said.

"Do you mean to make it into a live-action sci-fi movie?" Kishiro Yukito confirmed.

"Yes."

"Then how to reflect the half-machine half-human effect inside?" Kishiro Yukito asked.

"Hehe," He Fang laughed. It seems that the island country really does not have a film industry, making them think that it is difficult to make a real-life version of some imaginary pictures.

"Mr. Mucheng, you can rest assured that our current special effects technology can do this 100%." ​​He Fang assured.

"Oh? China also has film industry equipment?" Kishiro Yukito was a little surprised. It was obvious that he knew very little about island countries and things other than the United States.

"Yes, if you don't believe me, you can watch the sci-fi movie "Pacific Rim" directed by me on January 1 to see if we can make sci-fi special effects."

"Oh? Can the island nation see it?"

"Of course, it will be released simultaneously around the world."

"Wow, it's so powerful that it can be released simultaneously all over the world?"

He Fang smiled. It really surprised Mucheng Xuehu that Chinese movies would make such a big splash. This poor neighbor of China suddenly produced a sci-fi movie that was released simultaneously around the world. Any islander would be surprised.

After being slightly surprised, Kishiro Yukito smiled and took a sip of coffee.

"Then how much are you going to pay for my copyright?" Seeing that the other party has this strength, Mucheng Xuehu is ready to really talk about copyright matters.

"Of course I hope that the lower the better, the key is to see how much you want to sell, to see if I can accept your price." He Fang said.

"Sorry, I really don't know much about the market of international copyright sales. How about you tell me a price, and I'll ask someone later if it's reasonable. What do you think?" said Mucheng Xuehu.

He Fang shrugged, "Okay, no problem. Then let me tell you about Hollywood standards. The script fee of a Hollywood blockbuster generally ranges from 50 to 200 million US dollars, but this refers to a mature script, and It is not equal to undeveloped copyright. Generally, the copyright is only one-third to half of the script fee, that is, the quotation I will give you here is 30 US dollars. You can find someone to go to Hollywood for funding, see me It's not fair."

When He Fang said that Mucheng Xuehu's eyes lit up a little, but he was soon starved.

"Okay, I'll seriously consider it."

"Of course, you'd better give us an answer within the next month, because our film plan may change later. We are searching for good stories around the world, and "Gunmen" is one of our fancy stories. These days We'll be interviewing several writers in the island nation."

He Fang reminded in time.

Mucheng Xuehu nodded, "Okay, then I know, whether it will be sold or not, I will communicate with you."

"Very good, here is my business card, you can contact me through the above contact information later."

"Row."

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Why did He Fang offer 100 million for "Killing Reincarnation", but only 30 for "Gunmeng"?
The reason is simple, what is robbed is worth money, and what is not robbed is nothing.He offered 3 US dollars, and if Mucheng Xuehu was a poor man, he would sell it too.

It's just that after their investigation, $20 and $30 are likely to interest someone of Mucheng Xuehu's worth, and [-] is already a very exciting price.

That's why He Fang gave him an attractive price at one time, and he didn't want to play some tension wars. The sooner some things are implemented, the better, and he is not someone who is short of tens of thousands of dollars.

After talking with Mucheng Xuehu, the mission of this trip to the island country is basically completed.

The next thing is to have a good day in the island country, and return to China on New Year's Day. In January, he will be busy, because "Pacific Rim" will be promoted globally. In He Fang's opinion, this is his first film that truly goes global.

The previous "Singles Zoo", "Invasion of Wall Street" and the current "Human Purge Project" cannot be regarded as his important films released globally, because the success or failure of these films at the box office does not have much value for him. Yes, but not big.

Only when a blockbuster film like "Pacific Rim" is released globally and succeeds, can he take a major step.

Just as he was thinking about the future, the global box office of "The Purge of Mankind" was released, and the North American evaluation of "The Purge of Mankind" was also released.

Let me talk about the evaluation first.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the freshness index of "Human Purge Project" is 65% on the first day, while the popcorn index is 61%. This score cannot be accurate on the first day of release, but at least it passed the first day, which is not bad.

Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes have been mixed, especially from top critics, polarizing.

such as:

Sarah Marshall gave it a low score of 1.5 out of 5: "Despite its willingness to provide viewers with copious amounts of violence, noise and horror, The Purge is strangely lifeless and not recommended, China He produced a work with a low score, and if it continues like this, I don’t know if his future works will be worth looking forward to.”

Candice Frederick scored a 3: "While the film tries to flesh out this rather dystopian concept (which is present in almost every futuristic film these days), it manages to capture suspense and romantic violence vision."

Larushka Ivan Zadeh scored a 3.5: "America's obsession with guns could lead it into an interesting and deeply disturbing future, and the film offers a plausible yet amoral The bottom line solution, maybe this is to warn people that we have to re-examine our plan, and we must not be reduced to the point of the movie."

Tasha Robinson scored a 1.5: "What should be a tense thriller degenerates into a lengthy tirade with regular scolding lectures."

Peter Howell scored 4.5 points: "This is a very thoughtful movie. First of all, I have to admit that this setting is very good and perfect. It criticizes the stupid way we are helpless in the face of violence-will Violence is legalized. In addition, the movie started with the experience of a middle-class family very well, and I saw the good and evil of human nature, and at the end the hostess lost patience with killing."

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Another website, IMDb, gave a rating of 6.7 points (out of 10 points) on the first day, and the most liked comment on this website is this one:
"[The Purge] Great concept, not-so-great movie," score 6: "As predators, humans have an innate instinct to kill, but society forces us to live in a 'civilized' way to suppress these feelings... …It’s a really interesting concept film that explores a future society where all the crimes of the year are allowed to happen in one night…”

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These are the feedbacks of "Human Purge" from North American audiences, which can only be said to be average, but its box office is not bad at all.In fact, this is not surprising. When you go to North American Cult movies, the ratings are basically not high, but some box office sales are very good.

North American audiences are very strange. Even if they feel that such a movie story is flawed, they are willing to watch it, and the box office is not bad.It seems that the rating is really just a reference, or some people don’t even refer to it at all, as long as they are interested, they will pay for it. The reason is very simple, as long as it is an R-rated movie, some audiences will like to go to the cinema to watch it.

"Human Purge Project" opened in North America for a total of 2536 screens, and the first-day box office received 677.5 million US dollars. This is a good figure. If it can be maintained during this Christmas and New Year's Day holiday, the opinions given by screening experts are as follows: The North American box office can get more than 7500 million US dollars.

Except for North America, the rest of the world performed mediocre, with a total of less than 400 million US dollars.why?Because this movie is an R-rated movie, it cannot be shown in a large area in most countries, and only a small part of it is released.

But when this data was sent back to the country, it exploded again, and the domestic media and movie fans were excited.

"[Human Purge Project] North America's first day box office was 677.5 million US dollars, and the rest of the world was 400 million US dollars"

"He Fang's new movie was released in a low-key manner, but it made a good start in the box office market"

"The North American market is optimistic about the future of [The Purge], and believes that the box office is expected to reach $7500 million"

"How many people expected He Fang to step down from the altar, but unfortunately he succeeded again"

"Why has He Fang been scolding the United States but has been able to earn box office through North America? "

"What Fascination Soup Did He Fang Give American Audiences?Can't they see who is scolding them? "

"Eight years of experience in Hollywood, let us know where the American market has succeeded"

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(End of this chapter)