China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 283 Annie's expectant eyes...

The better the box office of "Mermaid", the more respect He Fang will receive in the "X-Men" crew.

Because there are really not many directors who can make such money in the world continuously. "Pacific Rim", "Three Dozens of Bones", "The Origin of the White Snake", and "Mermaid" have sold four consecutive blockbuster films. From the original "Pacific Rim" 6.3 7.19 million US dollars, to 8.02 million US dollars in "Three Attacks of the Bone Demon", and then to [-] million US dollars in "The Origin of the White Snake", all of which are refined.

And judging by the current box office popularity of "Mermaid", it seems that it will set a new box office record for any movie.

How much would it take to set a new record? $9 million?Or...can it reach $10 billion?
How many films have grossed more than $10 billion worldwide?As of 2013, there are only 20, all Hollywood blockbusters.

Although everyone scoffed at New York Times critic Paul Mozal's alarmist words before, there really was a non-Hollywood film that broke through the top 20 at the box office, and people in the United States and the West would not feel any better.

"Hmm...He, now everyone is paying attention to the box office of "The Mermaid", it seems that it will become the first non-Hollywood single with a billion-dollar box office..." Annie raised her head and chatted with He Fang while eating grilled sausage.

"Hiss, is this important? Eat your food well, and we'll talk later." He Fang pinched Annie's chin, and gave Annie a 'vicious' look, as if dissatisfied with her not concentrating on her work.

"Hey, why worry, there's a lot of time..."

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After the first week of "Mermaid" exploded, the box office release of the second week has even aroused some people's enthusiasm and some people's worries.

In the second week, mainland China received 9.54 million yuan, or about 1.54 million U.S. dollars.North America earned $8430 million in the second week, which is a very high figure. In North America, it is rare to see a non-American film earn such a high box office in North America.

Fortunately, this data is still within the tolerance range of most North American filmmakers and audiences, so there are not many critics.

In the rest of the world outside of mainland China and North America, "The Mermaid" earned $2.06 million in its second week.After adding up the three figures in this way, everyone came up with a figure of 4.45 million U.S. dollars. In a week, the world won such a high box office. Many box office experts have given a positive value, that is, "Mermaid" "The total box office of this movie will definitely exceed one billion US dollars.

The main reason is the strength of North America and the explosion of the box office in mainland China. A single film is 1.54 million US dollars a week, which is an absolutely terrifying figure.

The box office capacity of mainland China has really frightened the production companies around the world. It is so fierce that the top ten Hollywood companies are all salivating and greedy.

During this period of time, the producers and management of Fox came over from time to time to take a look at the scene, chat with He Fang, and make connections. The purpose is self-evident.And on weekends, the heads of other companies also changed their ways and wanted to ask someone to have a chat.

Even each company has put forward several film projects. He Fang can simply choose to be a director, or he can choose a joint venture. He Fang can let He Fang decide one-third of the actors.

He can use whoever he wants, as long as He Fang nods in agreement, then it's not a problem.

He Fang also sighed secretly, this is probably the era of the peak of Sino-US relations, right?It is also the most tolerant era of cooperation with China, right?
We must seize the peak opportunities in the past few years, earn as much as we can, and dig as much as we can.

Therefore, Columbia was the first to talk to He Fang about the sequel to the next "Spider-Man" series of movies. This is really the most sought-after card to cooperate with He Fang.

And Paramount is not idle, and has come up with two projects, "Terminator: Genesis" and "Ghost in the Shell", whichever party chooses, or even both.

Universal asked He Fang if he was interested in making the sequel "Jurassic World" of "Jurassic Park". Movie.

Even Disney came to join in the fun, they have a lot of good projects, such as "Star Wars", "Captain America", "Alice in Wonderland", "Ant-Man", "Avengers"...

Everyone is optimistic about China's film market. Since He Fang has the ability to collect box office globally and win the top box office in the Chinese market, the Chinese market alone can collect hundreds of millions of dollars in box office, so this is not stable. earned?
He Fang has only been in contact with them, and they have also invited them, but the cooperation cannot be achieved in just a few words.

Contact first, then arrange.

To be honest, He Fang didn't take much interest in these invitations, it seemed like they were inviting him, and if it was a conspiracy theory, it would kill two birds with one stone.

One is purely looking at He Fang's commercial ability to pull He Fang to make blockbuster movies to make money, and the other is to make He Fang busy making Hollywood blockbusters and not have the energy to make Chinese movies to make money.

Therefore, He Fang is hesitant.But if he doesn't agree, it's okay, because you can't let them make money, then it is possible to really respond to Paul Mozal's call and take action as a threat.

Although he doesn't say where he will be banned, at least his films will not be so unimpeded in the global market. After all, the people who control the fate of global distribution are large American companies.

This matter is not in a hurry, although it is not in a hurry, but the news of the contacts between major companies and He Fang is flying in the media every day, and there are also reporters who come to interview He Fang.

He Fang does not deny that there is indeed contact, and there is talk about cooperation in film projects, but it is not convenient to disclose until the negotiation is completed.

The current He Fang can be said to be very hot, and it is the kind that is hot to the touch. Some actors are going up, asking him out to some parties in private, wanting to have a relationship, and even want to climb into his bed.

What man?
It doesn’t matter if it’s a man, anyway, the transgender in the United States has expanded, and everyone knows that even if you are caught by the media, you can just admit that you are transgender.

In the face of good film resources, everything else is trivial.

Speaking of this transgender, one more word.He Fang once read a book in another time and space. It was written by an American called "Help How Not to Die". The author of this book, Michael Gregg, talked about why transgender people in the United States are so many?

Michael Gregg explained that it is because American food is controlled by the three major food companies in the United States. In order to grab profits, the three major companies have vigorously manipulated American food, such as genetically modified, such as excessive food additives.

And what harm do these things do?That is, the United States is the country with the most male sexual dysfunction in the world, accounting for about 30% of the world's suffering from such dysfunction, so Viagra, marijuana, drugs and other extreme products that can stimulate function are selling well in the United States, while Some males who have lost their function begin to sissy.

Therefore, in order to cover up the problem caused by food, the legalization of transgender and the politicization of equality have become a good means to cover up the problem of food.

Of course, this conclusion is not recognized by any other professionals. In fact, some other experts in the United States say that the reason for male dysfunction is that many parents gave their children a lot of anti-rebellion drugs when they were twelve or thirteen years old. And these drugs suppress male hormones, so there are more and more dysfunctional people, and more and more homosexuals...

As for the specific reason, there is no special organization in the United States to investigate, because the truth of this thing cannot be exposed.Whether touching the agricultural complex or the medical complex is not what politicians want to see, so large-scale investigations are not allowed, and everyone has the right to enjoy the words of these individual American experts.

When this issue is regarded as a heroic act like Martin Luther King's pursuit of equal rights, everyone is led to a wrong rhythm, and then speaks out for transgender people and fights for their rights.

He Fang has no time to go to some people's parties, because the filming of "X-Men" has reached the final stage, so he can't be careless.There is also another reason, he doesn't have much interest in ordinary actors now, actresses don't like playing too much, male actors...he doesn't have that hobby.

On July 7th, another movie by Tuanhuo Culture was released, called "Wicked Chase", the director is Wu Jing, and he is also the starring role, but it is a Hollywood movie.

He Fang also specially promoted "Quick Chase" on Weibo, Toutiao, and Twitter, and talked about the reasons behind the creation of this story, because he wrote the script, and it is reasonable for him to talk about the situation as a screenwriter.

It is precisely because of He Fang's promotion that "John Wick" became popular all over the world. In the first week, it won a box office of 2000 million US dollars in North America and 1.8 million in mainland China...

However, this word of mouth is somewhat polarized.The score on IMDb reached 7.9 points, and everyone thought it looked good. On Rotten Tomatoes, it also gave 88% popcorn index and 72% tomato freshness.

North American audiences still like this kind of action movies, especially Wu Jing let global audiences know him as a Chinese action star after He Fang's "Pacific Rim" and "Violent Street", and he played very well.

Therefore, Wu Jing's action of changing magazines and the Mozambique shooting method in "John Wick" really made European and American audiences enjoy watching, so they gave praise one after another.

And Chinese audiences are not interested in changing magazines and marksmanship at all, because there is no gun shooting culture in China, unlike Americans who have guns, everyone will imitate some advanced shooting methods, so when they see shooting in movies It will be exciting after the cool action.

Chinese audiences don't understand, is this called Xuan?So-so.

And they really didn't understand Wu Jing's practice of killing the gangster's family because of a dog, and thought it was ridiculous.

"Where did this script be written? What the hell did it write? What do you want to express? Killing someone's whole family because of a dog? What kind of value is this?" Some fans asked online, which really made some fans feel uncomfortable. Understand.

"You are still brainwashed by the so-called art movies, and you have to make every movie show some values. This movie is very popular in North America. They just watch a certain feature to the extreme. Like " What are the values ​​of Chainsaw Murder? What is the theme? What is the theme of "Reaper"? There are many such cult films, all of which are like this, without any special theme, just experimental..."

"If you say that...it's still worth watching, at least the pictures, fights, and gun battles are still very enjoyable."

"I'm thinking about a question now, is it because many North American audiences don't appreciate it enough? So the simpler and more passionate stories are, the more popular they are?"

"This is a prejudice. Think about our films before the 90s. How many were complicated? At that time, everyone liked to watch them. "Tunnel Warfare" and "Landmine Warfare" were complicated? Everyone liked the difference. ?”

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"Director He, the movie is done, thank you very much, it's not you, I don't know when I can really direct a movie independently, and I don't know when I can get such a good box office in the world..." Wu Jing called He Fang to thank Yes, the more I talk, the more excited I get, I probably drank some wine...

"Okay, don't just say thank you, you're done promoting this movie, hurry up and familiarize yourself with the script of "Operation Mekong" and finish shooting the new movie for me." He Fang scolded with a smile.

"Okay, make sure to complete the task."

"Hey, this is not in the army... that's fine, you, wait until I come back." He Fang couldn't laugh or cry.

Of course, in addition to the good results of "John Wick", "Mermaid" also came out at the box office in the third week. It took 4.77 million box office domestically, 4215 million US dollars in North America, and 1.03 million US dollars in the rest of the world. box office.

It's the third week, and it's starting to wrap up, but this doesn't affect the overall score of the movie.Because at the end of the third week, "The Mermaid" has grossed 9.99 million US dollars at the global box office, and there are still two weeks to go before its release. It is certain that it will reach 10 billion. Can it reach 11 billion?This is to be expected.

Seeing that July is coming to an end, who knows that on July 7th, the 7th Venice International Film Festival announced the shortlist for this film festival. A total of 25 films were shortlisted for the main competition unit, and eight films were shortlisted Horizon unit, 70 films in non-competition unit...

And in the list of the main competition unit, I saw the film "Dallas Buyers Club" that everyone "as expected". After all, Venice still has this wave of attention and traffic, and I believe it will bring a lot of attention to Venice this year.

Of course, some critics accused Venice of being impure, and the fundamental purpose of art films is to become stars.However, "Dallas Buyers Club" is a film made by a star director and a star actor, which does not match the temperament of an art film.

But who cares about such accusations?Without traffic, without attention, is it meaningful for you to hold a film festival purely?Are there few film festivals like this in Europe?A lot, but who made pure art movies popular?

"He, are you going to win an award again?" Annie said enviously that night.

"Who knows? What if the judges at Venice release my pigeon? It's like how Oscar treated Leonardo." He Fang said while holding Annie's neck to speed up the frequency.

This is also the last few days when they can go crazy recklessly, they can come however they can, everyone knows it well and is mentally prepared.

"Oh, unfortunately, I have never won a big prize."

"Didn't you win an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress?"

"Is it useful for a female partner? Am I willing to serve as a foil to Lawrence, who is eight years younger than me?" Annie was obviously not reconciled.

Jennifer Lawrence won Best Actress and Anne won Best Supporting Actress.

But Annie became famous earlier and has a higher global reputation, but she acts as a foil for Lawrence. I don't accept it, but what can I do?
Looking at Annie's eyes full of expectations for him... He Fang didn't know what to say...

(End of this chapter)