China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 338 Provocation, Provocation again!

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The next day, the overwhelming promotion of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" had begun, but the promotion of Annie and He Fang ended because they had a scene to shoot.

But the strange thing is that only Anne returned to the crew, and then the executive director Zhang Mo took over He Fang to preside over the next scene, and He Fang had disappeared in his private plane.

Where did he go?What did you do?Nobody knows.

In the middle of the night on the 27th, his private jet had already arrived in Changsha.

Then a big black nanny car drove directly to the apron of his private plane, the gangway opened, and Zeng Jinghua, another middle-aged woman, He Ben and others got off the nanny car and got on the plane .

About four or ten minutes later, Zeng Jinghua and another middle-aged woman hurriedly boarded the black nanny car from the plane, each holding a tightly wrapped object. After a while, He Ben also got into the car.

He Fang didn't get off the plane, but just waved his hand at the gangway, and he didn't return to the cabin until the black nanny car drove out of the airport.

Next, after the plane was filled with fuel and supplies, it continued to take off and disappeared into the night.

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When He Fang was busy with family affairs, the box office of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was not a big hit in the world, but it was still a hit.

On the first day of North America, it won 8190 million US dollars, surpassing the 8080 million US dollars of the first day of "Avengers" in North America.

Mainland China won 18765 million yuan, a contract of 3026 million US dollars, and the rest of the world won 4329 million US dollars.

"X-Men: Days of Future Past" took in $15545 million, or $1.554 million, at the global box office on its first day.

This first-day box office figure is just a little higher than the first-day box office of "Avengers". The global first-day box office of "Avengers" was just 1.5 million. This suddenly aroused public opinion. It seems that what Fang said is true. He rose to the top by following "Avengers".

Even the box office on the first day is so close... This is true.

It can be said that this is the beginning of success. Many media, friends and Fox producers are calling He Fang, but he is currently sleeping on the plane.

How can he care about the "X-Men" affairs, his current state is very strange, it seems that he has an inexplicable connection with this world, this connection is very strange, it is beating in the form of life.

So his dream was strange, as if there was a rope in his heart holding the other two ends.

It feels really strange, dreaming is different, as if playing with two little guys in the clouds, and seeing two little guys crying and calling mother heartbroken, which makes him feel very self-blame...

Then he dreamed of two little guys fighting with someone at school because they didn't have a mother...

He Fang suddenly felt so flustered, so selfish, so guilty...

"Boss, boss..."

"Ah..." He Fang woke up startled...

Then he looked at Tong Weidong who was startled next to him. He Fang immediately heard the roar of the plane's engine hitting the nerves of the brain, and looked around again.

He finally understood where this was. Yun had just picked up the two children and sent them back to Changsha. Now he was on his way to Los Angeles.

He was on the plane at this time, in order to let as few people as possible know about him, the flight attendant was not allowed to board this flight, and he, Tong Weidong, and two pilots were the only ones on the plane.

Of course, there were three more nurses, but they were sent off the plane midway.

So now there are only Tong Weidong and He Fang left on the plane, of course the two pilots are not counted.

"Here?" He Fang rubbed his face and asked.

"Well, I heard from the captain that it will land in half an hour, so..." Tong Weidong meant that it was because of this that he came to call He Fang to get up.

"Oh, okay, okay." After He Fang nodded, Tong Weidong tactfully exited the room.

After He Fang went to turn on the water and finished washing, he went to the smoking room with his mobile phone. At this time, Tong Weidong came over for a cup of coffee.

"Old Tong, the flight attendant is not here, thank you for your hard work." He Fang thanked Tong Weidong.

Indeed, there is no flight attendant in this category, and Tong Weidong is also a flight attendant.

Clean up, deliver food and water to the entire aircraft, liaise with the captain about operations in the cabin, etc.

He went to training for a week just to deal with this unexpected situation.

"You're welcome, boss." Tong Weidong smiled.

After He Fang nodded, he took a sip of coffee and lit a cigarette. It was really comfortable.

He Fang picked up the phone and took a look. There were a lot of missed calls and unread text messages. He glanced at them first, and most of them were text messages congratulating "X-Men: Days of Future Past" on its box office success on the first day.

Then he looked at the photo sent to him by his family. He Fang looked at it and wished he could fly back to have a look again. Then he immediately sent a video link to his mother. It is already nine o'clock in the evening in China.

After watching the two children for a while, she chatted with Zeng Jinghua and He Ben about the feeding of the children and other topics before hanging up the video. It could be seen that the two of them were also very tired. She was also very tired in the past two days.

Think about it, he was suddenly left with two children. He hadn’t taken care of the children for a long time. He couldn’t even sleep well at night. Whenever the children cried or made trouble, they would jump up immediately...

Such a day of pain and happiness begins.

After contacting his family, He Fang began to face up to other issues.

He first read the news to understand the current situation before speaking.

Needless to say the box office, you can see it on Maoyan, and there are details.

Comment?

You can see the situation with just a few glances. The mainstream still praises it highly. Except for some people criticizing Uncle Lang for being a bit too soy, overall it's pretty good.

He Fang has already solved the problem of uncle wolf making soy sauce very well in this edition, at least much better than in another time and space.

In this version, Uncle Wolf's role has been strengthened a lot, especially his outstanding contribution in action scenes.Instead of watching the main scenes between Mystique and Magneto, this version has enhanced action scenes with multiple mutants.

Despite these small criticisms, the overall criticism of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" is still very positive.

For example, the first-day score on IMDb is as high as 8.6 points, which is a lot of [-] points, which proves that the audience is still very satisfied with this version of "X-Men".

The plot is clear and reasonable, and time travel also has a sci-fi feel.What's more important is that the climax comes one after another, the plot is constantly reversing, the scenes are large and beautiful, the characters have their own characteristics, there are many but not chaotic.

This is the most discussed in the comments on IMDb. Many comments feel that this has more advantages in the plot than "Reunion", and the scene is not inferior to "Reunion", plus the previous "X-Men" The mutant's grungy look has been improved in this version.

Looking at Rotten Tomatoes, the popcorn index is 96% and the tomato freshness rating is 94%. I won’t list the reviews one by one. Being able to give such a high score proves that everyone is generally optimistic about it.

In addition to individual complaints, such as those who complained about Anne Hathaway, there are a group of Anne's dead fans.

There are also people who complain about oriental actors, thinking that it is wrong to add oriental actors in movies to accommodate oriental audiences. Why should American heroes have orientals?

There are even small details about the plot...

These are all harmless complaints, and He Fang is very satisfied after reading them.

After reading these two professional film review websites, He Fang went to Google to search for news related to "X-Men: Days of Future Past" to see what the media had to say.

Obviously, the media really pitted "X-Men: Days of Future Past" against "Avengers". Even after Robert Downey Jr. said 'who care', Chris Evans also stood up and spoke out. .

The media asked him what he thought of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" surpassing "The Avengers" at the box office on the first day, and he said this: "Indeed, with what blessings, this "X-Men" has quality A leap forward, but occasional success does not mean constant success. There is a reason for being abandoned, and the inborn will be abandoned.”

Ivans' words made fans of "Reunion" scream excitedly, and fans who supported "X-Men" and fans in the middle were very dissatisfied.

In addition to Ivins’ ignition, Marvel producer Victoria Alonso, the producer of “Avengers”, also appeared to speak out.

Victoria Alonso faced media interviews, of course she would not say bad things: ""X-Men" is part of the Marvel universe, and the reasons why it was sold back then were very complicated. As a seller, we certainly hope that the buyer bought us There’s a lot of money to be made in that stuff. We’re happy to see them doing well.”

Reporter: "Does Marvel regret it? Has Disney criticized you?"

Victoria Alonso: "Thinking too much, we have sold a lot of IPs in Marvel, and there are also a lot of IPs that Disney has made money. There is nothing to regret, and there is no criticism from Disney."

Reporter: "What do you think of the provocation of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" to "The Avengers"?"

Victoria Alonso smiled disdainfully, "There are many movies that challenge us every year."

After finishing this sentence, the reporter added a sentence to the report, 'Obviously, Victoria Alonso and Marvel or Disney dismissed the provocation of "X-Men: Days of Future Past"'.

When He saw this, the corners of his mouth twitched, trying to fool him like this?no way.

This happened to be a better opportunity to provoke confrontation, so he dialed Fauci's phone...

"Hey, Fauci, congratulations, the movie was a success on the first day." He Fangxian congratulated.

"Ha, He, let's continue to cooperate, I believe we will create better results." Fauci is still counting on cooperation with He Fang.

"I really don't have time for this right now. I'll talk about it next time. By the way, Fauci, I saw some bad remarks. I don't think it's very good, so..." He Fang left half of his speech.

"Hmm, for example..."

"For example, Victoria Alonso and Ivans, I don't think it's okay for the actors of "Reunion" to stand up and confront us, but some things Victoria Alonso said are not good.

Fauci, if you think about it, Victoria Alonso has repeatedly said that he is dismissive of the challenge of "X-Men". In Dwarf Fox.

It's like saying that Fox bought an IP they didn't want, and now they challenge them, and they disdain it, because many people challenge them every year.As one of the top six companies in Hollywood, Fox is no worse than them, so why should it be dwarfed by them?

Fauci, have you ever thought about letting them be dwarfed like this for a long time? To be honest, I would think that the best company in Hollywood is not Fox but Disney and Warner, because they both own Marvel and DC. I picked up some IPs from them.

Faced with their dwarfing, I think Fox should do something, otherwise it will have a bad impact in the eyes of filmmakers: Cooperating with Fox is nothing, being able to cooperate with Disney and Warner is the best. illusion. "

He Fang continued to fan the flames, if the fire did not ignite, it would have failed to achieve his goal.

"..." Fauci on the other end of the phone fell into deep thought, and before he could answer, He Fang on the other side spoke.

"Sorry, Mr. Fauci, the plane is about to land and I have to rush to the set. By the way, if "X-Men" needs my help with any publicity, just ask. Of course, in addition to not letting me leave the crew, it is really difficult to do the filming. Don’t open your body.”

Lord He apologized.

"Okay, I see, then you should do your work first, and we will consider what you said comprehensively." Fauci replied lightly and hung up the phone.

He Fang heard the anger on the other end of the phone. At this time, the plane was just about to land and had aimed at the runway.

He Fang then called someone, yes, it was Disney Chairman Alan Horn.

"Hey, Mr. Alan, hello, I'm very sorry. I was sleeping on the plane, so I didn't receive your call... Of course, I also have to apologize to you. Because of Fox's requirements, I had to let " "X-Men: Days of Future Past" versus "Avengers"..."

"Uh huh, yes, this is what Fox means. You know, who doesn't envy Marvel and DC? There are two big IP groups..."

"Of course, Fox has shown me ambition, you have to be careful..."

"No, no, no, I'm not from Fox. I'm just a director. It doesn't matter who I work with."

"Haha, it's all trivial, okay, let's find time to meet up."

"Of course, at least let 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' be released."

"Ha...Okay, bye, I have to get off the plane, otherwise my pilot will be off duty. Goodbye, Mr. Alan."

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After He Fang got off the plane, he looked at Du Chunsheng who came to pick him up, and stepped forward to pat Du Chunsheng on the shoulder.

"Let the news go out, saying that Mr. Alan, the president of Disney, contacted me and hoped that I would direct "The Avengers", and said that Alan would not allow Fox to make Marvel Superhero better than Disney..."

"..." Du Chunsheng was stunned for a moment. This is... asking the two rivals to raise... the price?Like two men fighting over a woman?Price gouging?

"By the way, don't make me passive." He Fang added.

"Don't worry, boss."

(End of this chapter)