China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 339 "X-Men: Days of Future Past" box office in the first week

Fox is still pressing not to quarrel with Disney?Impossible, if this still doesn't make a quarrel, where else can I find it.

what trick?hey-hey……

Fauci was initially angry and hesitant when hearing He Fang's words. Is this nonsense really going to escalate to the level of a rift between the two companies?This is a bit too much.

He was still weighing how to deal with this matter, when the company's assistant arrived in a hurry.

"Sir, I think you have to understand one thing." The assistant said anxiously.

Fauci looked at the assistant calmly, and he slowly picked up the cigar and took a puff.

"What's the matter, you said."

"Sir, there is news from within Disney that Disney CEO Alan Horn has communicated with He Fang and hopes that he will make a sequel to "Avengers". He said that he does not allow Fox to make Marvel superheroes better than Disney." ." After the assistant said this, Fauci's eyes twitched.

However, he still controlled his emotions very well, but he had already dialed He Fang's number.

"Hey, Mr. Fauci, what are your orders?" He Fang asked enthusiastically on the phone, and Fauci felt very positive when he heard He Fang's emotions.

"Hey, what if the sequel to 'X-Men' waits for you to come back when you are free? Are you interested? Whether you want a high salary or a high dividend, we can discuss it," Fauci said.

"Uh, Mr. Fauci, I have already answered you about this matter. There is really no way, at least within two or three years..."

"Alan Horn talked to you on the phone?" Fauci asked.

"..."

At this time, He Fang on the other end of the phone was silent, and Fauci suddenly understood.

After a while, He Fang spoke.

"Mr. Fauci, we were on the phone, but we just chatted about some family matters." He Fang looked very guilty.

Immediately afterwards, He Fang explained on the phone: "I have repeatedly provoked "Avengers" in front of the media, so..."

"Ha, it's okay. I don't mean anything else. I just heard rumors in the industry to remind you, don't be fooled by Disney's conspiracy. We have a good momentum now, and they will definitely do something dirty."

Fauci said immediately.

"Oh, huh, ha, haha... So that's the case, thank you sir for reminding me, I almost fell for someone else's trick. Then I understand, I think Disney has so many animation IPs, why do they want to buy Zouman Wei?
Wouldn’t that mean you have the entire Hollywood superhero IP in your hands?I guess they really want to take back the copyright to "X-Men", right?No wonder I don't want "X-Men" to be good, this is too... well, monopoly is not good..." He Fang said on the phone with a tone of sudden realization, a bit unfair but regretful.

"..." Saying 'unintentional', the listener was interested, Fauci was silent for a while when he heard He Fang's words, and then said: "Okay, then you should pay attention.By the way, after filming, I'll treat you to dinner, let's film the film well first. "

"Hmm, thank you very much. I'm busy here. Let's talk about the department later."

After He Fang hung up the phone, he smiled disdainfully.

And Fauci hung up the phone and gritted his teeth fiercely.After being reminded by He Fang, he finally understood what was going on.Disney wants to take back the copyright of Marvel Super Heroes sold to Fox, including "X-Men". In addition to "X-Men", there are also "Fantastic Four". When Disney acquired Marvel in 2009, it sought I passed Fox and wanted to buy back the copyright, but was rejected by Fox.

It turned out that Disney was reluctant to see the success of "X-Men" at the box office, so they shot cold shots one after another, because the more successful "X-Men" was, the more difficult it would be for them to take it back.

Therefore, many people poured cold water on "X-Men" and wanted to poach him.

Disney is a bit too much, really there are only two Hollywood giants?Marvel and DC are not the only ones, and Fox is not bad either.

Since Disney wants to play like this, I'm sorry...

He Fang sat in front of the monitor, hung up the phone, and looked at the busy production crew, especially the way Annie was interacting with Little Jack. He was in a particularly good mood, and he was fascinated by Annie's appearance.

Tsk, that figure... Annie is still in shape at the age of 30, and she doesn't have the fat buttocks and legs of a Westerner. She seems to be a perfect lover produced on the production line... full of the temptation of soft silicone.

He Fang suddenly imagined the image of fat beating fat in his mind, lingering, watching Annie's body rotating happily and regularly... If He Fang is the axis supporting her rotation at this time...

"Director..." Someone interrupted He Fang's thoughts.

He Fang turned around and saw that it was Zhang Mo.

"What's wrong?" He Fang asked.

"I've written a script. When do you have time to give me some advice?" Zhang Mo said.

"Oh?" He Fang glanced at Zhang Mo up and down, and confirmed that she was not the kind of person who wanted to devour He Fang's seeds in the name of discussing the script.

"Okay, send me an email, I'll read it slowly before going to bed at night, and I'll discuss it with you when I'm done." He Fang nodded.

"Well, Director He, does what you said last time still count?" Zhang Mo asked.

"What?" He Fang asked.

"You said you would let me direct two movies with you before I can direct it independently. Can I do it now?" Zhang Mo is now very concerned about He Fang's opinion.

After all, this is a director with higher achievements than her father, and now he is the leader of the Chinese director circle, no, not only the director circle, but also the leader of the film and television circle and the cultural circle.

Therefore, she couldn't lose any support.

"Of course it counts. For your first movie, Tuanhuo Culture is responsible for all the investment and publicity, and I'll be the producer." He Fang said bluntly.

Zhang Mo was relieved to hear He Fang say that, what she wanted was He Fang's support.

Of course, with a background like hers, even without support from anywhere, she can still achieve success with her father's support, but it's different...

"Thank you, Director He." Zhang Mo quickly thanked him.

"We don't have to be polite like this. You've done so many movie executions, and you should have been allowed to make independent films a long time ago. But I think if you let me make a few artistic films and commercial films, then you will at least The more you see, the more mature your thoughts will be.”

"Yes, yes, yes, I learned a lot."

"Oh, don't be so polite all the time, our relationship will be out of order if you are too polite. That's fine, you can send the script to my email later."

"Okay, Director."

Zhang Mo left happily. She had been hesitating for a long time and never found a chance to speak. Now that she had finished speaking, she finally felt relaxed.

Although she is the same age as He Fang, she just feels that He Fang has a great aura, and the pressure from top international directors is not small.

These are small episodes of life. After the filming of a day's scenes, the media public opinion begins.

"Fox Film Production Company President Fauci: Marvel should be independent": "...I think the film market needs a kind of competition, so the competition between [X-Men] and [Avengers] is benign. But obviously some people don't Looking at it this way, they show their arrogance and ambition for "X-Men" everywhere from the actors to the producers and even to the president.

Such arrogance will not bring benefits to the Marvel Universe, it will only bring division.I think Marvel should be independent and not be manipulated.An IP monopoly that lacks healthy competition cannot carry forward good IPs like Chaoying.

And their ambition is to monopolize all Marvel superheroes, and they don't want to see the success of "X-Men"..."

Americans are straight-forward, and they just need to be guided by someone, and they will directly clarify the words and tear them apart.

And the global box office of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was also released on the second day. North America continued to be popular and won 7455 million US dollars. The second largest box office in mainland China won 21411 million yuan, about 3453 million yuan. US dollars, the rest of the world won 3788 million US dollars, the second day won a total of 14696 million US dollars or 1.469 million US dollars.

This kind of achievement makes the media very optimistic, thinking that this will be a Marvel superhero movie that will continue to be popular.

The day after Fauci said this, the Washington Post published an article titled "Conservative Ambition Starts with Movies" which directly pointed at Fox's ambitions.

"...As we all know, Murkdo has a close relationship with the Communist Party who intends to hold the next election, and they have already started to build momentum for the next election. They want to use "X-Men" to challenge "Reunion" The wind direction for the election ahead of...

... At present, Fox has always used a weak image of "outcast "X-Men" to prove themselves, and to get back their glory" to challenge "Avengers".Take back their glory?What glory?Captured bin Laden for ten years?Invade Iraq?
With the help of China, why did they make a good movie and claim to get back the glory?conservative……"

He Fang laughed even more from ear to ear after reading this report. In fact, this is why He Fang made a seven or eight detours and persuaded the deputy editor of the "Washington Post" to write this article.

There is no way, the two political parties in the United States are mortal enemies, and they will never show mercy if they can kill each other.

Therefore, when the "Washington Post", which is biased towards the Democratic Party, believed the facts fabricated by some people, and Fauci, the president of Fox Production Company, said that he would dismantle Disney, it immediately triggered political attacks from the public.

Hehe, the struggle has escalated now. It’s not just Fox that shuts down the business, nor Disney that just shuts down, because both Fauci said that Marvel should be an independent company and Disney cannot have a monopoly.

When everyone was clamoring and clamoring, the box office of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" was also released on the third day. The first week of the film's box office was all produced. On the third day, the North American box office won 6316 million US dollars, and mainland China won 22009 million yuan. , the rest of the world won $3506 million.

The total global box office of "X-Men: Days of Future Past" in the first three days of the first three days reached 43568 million U.S. dollars, or 4.356 million U.S. dollars. As soon as this data was released, box office forecasting experts came out with prediction data. The highest one gave a box office of 17.313 billion U.S. dollars. The lowest gives $16.098 million, and the median is $16.476 million.

Now Fox has become more high-profile, and they have come out to ridicule Disney for wanting to see "X-Men" fail and then take back the copyright, but now they are about to achieve a situation where "X-Men" will defeat "Avengers".

Just as Fox was jumping up and down, it suddenly broke out that Disney planned to invest $650 billion to acquire Fox. They had officially made an offer to Mercado and would start negotiations.

"Shameless, this will be the biggest joke. In a society that talks about marketization, there will be such an act of buying if you can't beat it. Shameless..." Fauci roared hysterically in front of the media.

Fauci's rant in front of the media is enough to prove that Disney's behavior is true, and they really made an offer to Fox.

"Hollywood needs diversification. Any further acquisitions will result in the loss of a healthy competitive environment." Warner was the first to object. Although Warner is also in the camp of the Democratic Party, their boss is an extremely conservative member of the Democratic Party.

"We don't want major changes to the pattern of Hollywood. This is not conducive to the development of Hollywood." Sony can't sit still.

And celebrities from all walks of life in the industry have expressed their opinions on this possible acquisition. Everyone is standing for their camp, some support it and some oppose it. Anyway, it is very happy.

This has also provided greater heat to the ongoing "X-Men: Days of Future Past", and all the main creators of this film have therefore received more attention and resources.

He Fang stopped paying attention to this matter because he was discussing her script with Zhang Mo a few days ago. It was a story based on a female perspective and contained the popular setting of rebirth.

This story is neither a traditional literary film, nor a sci-fi blockbuster or a commercial blockbuster, but an emotional comedy fantasy film.

He Fang thinks her thoughts... I don't know how to put it, love movies... the most important thing for this kind of routine movie is to resonate with the audience. Without emotional resonance, the audience cannot be moved. If the audience cannot be moved, then this love will not be moved. Showing falsehood.

Therefore, He Fang pointed out several directions for her, asking her to change the script again or... He Fang meant to give up.Because her story is incorrect.

Newcomers are like this sometimes, she thinks that what can move herself will move the audience, and the audience's emotions will be led away by her, and then they will be so moved, but in fact it is not like this.

That's right, if a good movie wants to impress the audience, it must first impress itself, but a story that impresses oneself may not necessarily impress the audience.

This principle is like the principle of "you may not succeed if you work hard, but you will not succeed if you don't work hard."
Therefore, the core of the story she writes may not necessarily move the audience. What can move the audience is usually youth, first love, lovelorn love, betrayal, love that ends without a problem, or love that is extremely poignant or extremely difficult. This kind of emotional Going back to the past and choosing emotions again after a conflict really doesn't move many viewers, because they don't resonate with it.

Therefore, this big theme is wrong. No matter how good the content is, you will be limited, and it is difficult to make a hit.

He Fang is not necessarily good at making romance films, but she has a very vicious eye for the film commercial market, and she can tell at a glance whether her story can produce results.

"Zhang Mo, you don't have to be discouraged or anxious. Just think about your story slowly. If this doesn't work, think about it again. Don't worry, you can come to me when you have finished your story and I will help you check it. The reason why I asked you to change this again Script, because your first film is very important, if it doesn’t hit it will disappoint the audience.

Think about it, you are the daughter of Zhang Yimou and the executive director of He Fang. With these two identities, your first film failed. What do you think?I personally think that for the first film, you should not rush to make the movie you want to make. You can make a movie that has a market or an award-winning movie. "

After finally having an exciting story that he wanted to express, he was killed by He Fang, and Zhang Mo was in a bad mood.

In fact, He Fang was in a bad mood after shooting the story. He was worried that Zhang Mo would not be able to help him up, and that would be embarrassing...

Fortunately, "X-Men: Days of Future Past" has been doing very well recently, and "Room" filming is close to wrapping up. Anne seems to feel the end of the story with He Fang, and she is crazy at the end.

"Director He Fang, what do you think of Disney's offer to Fox?" Finally, the fire between Disney and Fox came to He Fang.

　It's the end of the month, ask for a monthly pass!There are almost [-] words per day this month, which is not considered a big explosion, but also a small explosion. It is not too much to ask for a monthly pass at the end of the month, right?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)