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Chapter 286: Become famous in one battle in Vanity Fair

perhaps.

The movie "Anti-Drug" cannot be called a classic.

But after being revised and improved by Zhou Yutang, it can at least be regarded as a qualified commercial police film.

When it was first released, the Douban score was a bit high, reaching 8.2 points.

When the number of scorers comes up, the final score will drop, but it will not be lower than 7.5.

A movie with such a score definitely has a smooth storyline and a quality above the standard.

Especially when the song "Oath to Enter the Mountain of Swords" played in the movie, the passionate brothers and the dilemma of friendship aroused the emotional resonance of a large part of the audience.
"It's a bit surprising. It turns out that Huang Xiaoming's acting skills are also good."

"Awei is so miserable, tears come to his eyes."

"I really love Da Meiyuan's wife costume."

"I'm a little curious, is that Thai ladyboy real?"

Such a topical commercial film is also highly discussed online.

On the other hand, "Guan Yunchang" has a tendency to suffer bad reputation after its release.

The core story of this movie revolves around Guan Erye passing five levels and killing six generals.

therefore.

The conflict in the early stage of the film is mainly between Cao Cao and Guan Yunchang.

"What did you shoot?"

"How come the righteous Mr. Guan is having an affair with his sister-in-law?"

"Guan Yun wielded the Qinglong Yanyue Sword with his long hand, and it was rampant all over the world, shocking all heroes. Donnie Yen's sword was stepped on and broken. It was really outrageous."

"Guan Yunchang is only on good terms with Zhang Liao and Xu Huang in Cao Cao's camp. He doesn't look down on the rest at all. Others don't have a good look at Guan Yu. Zhen Zidan and Cao Cao's generals are brothers?"

Although the two great Hong Kong directors Zhuang Wenqiang and Mak Zhaohui who co-directed this film have already vaccinated the audience.

It is claimed that this is a movie that will make major changes to the Three Kingdoms, but judging from the comments made by viewers online, it is clear that they do not buy it.

The audience already has a deep understanding of the Three Kingdoms.

Cao Cao is a traitor.

Guan Yu is the martial saint of Yi Bo Yuntian.

If you insist on making things difficult for Guan Yu to have an affair with his sister-in-law, then you must be prepared to be sprayed.

It can only be said that the director of Xiangjiang cannot achieve cultural resonance with the mainland audience.

Zhou Yutang also understood what Jiang Wen meant when he called him after the premiere.

In the wheat field under the sunset, Cao Cao confessed directly to Guan Yu: "I just like you, dare to love, hate, and take responsibility!"

really play.

Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen were betrayed by the director without any intention.

"Guan Yunchang" was released for seven days in the first week, and the box office was about 7 million. With such results, it is no surprise that the investors will lose money to the point of vomiting blood.

However, the box office of "Anti-Drug", which was released one after another, reached 1.68 million in its first week, and the gap between the two further widened.

As the person in charge of Yinghuang's mainland business, Huo Wenxi immediately called Daoxi: "Ah Tang, there should be no accidents on May [-]st."

"Haha, sister MANI, are you still on the road show?"

Zhou Yutang smiled: "Thank you for your hard work."

Zhou Yutang also made the publicity road show plan in the mainland.

First, after collectively doing enough publicity work in the main ticket warehouses in Beijing and Shanghai, Huo Wenxi took Liu Qingyun, Zhang Jiahui and others into a group.

Another group, Huang Xiaoming, Gao Yuanyuan, Wen Yongshan and others, divided their troops into two groups and spread out the nationwide ticket warehouses.

"Yes, I came to Huacheng today and went to Shencheng immediately. Although I am a little tired, it is still quite fulfilling."

Huo Wenxi is also a woman who started from the bottom, can endure hardships and is capable of doing things, otherwise she would not be relied upon as a confidant by Yang Shoucheng.

When she felt fulfilled, she also felt a little excited that "we are so strong".

"Guan Yunchang" received a good reputation at the box office, while "Anti-Drug" had no rivals during the May Day period.

For this project, Yang Shoucheng handed it over to Huo Wenxi and Zhou Yutang. She also served as the producer, and she also achieved results with her heart.

"You have to go to the United States in two days."

"Sister Mani, you are so well-informed."

"That movie will be released soon. I wish you a great box office success there."

Huo Wenxi has a high emotional intelligence and is also good at talking: "Hey, by the way, Yu Tang, how is the script of "Slaying the Wolf 2" going?"

"I've changed it several times. Let's wait until I get back from there."

"OK, I'll wait for your good news."

After a few simple greetings, Huo Wenxi continued to devote himself to the road show. Zhou Yutang also smiled helplessly, but he still admired this sister.

This is an ambitious career-oriented strong woman.

And with Boss Yang's support behind him, his prestige is enough to suppress those Xiangjiang actors.

As soon as the first week's box office came out, the reactions of the creative teams on both sides also formed a sharp contrast.

The movie box office continues to surge, and the creative team of "Anti-Drug" is full of energy and has a nationwide road show.

As for "Guan Yunchang", it was probably because the box office was not strong and it was basically impossible to recover the cost. The crew and creators of "Guan Yunchang" began to blame it.

An insider from the production team anonymously released shocking news. Before getting the script, Donnie Yen had never seen Three Kingdoms at all, and he didn't even know who Guan Yunchang was. But the investors spent enough money, so Donnie Yen agreed.

You pass the blame.

Universe Pill also has something to say.

When this guy was interviewed by Yang Lang, he said directly: ""Guan Yunchang" is my most failed movie, but that doesn't mean I was wrong. The main reason is that the director and screenwriter messed with history, and Jiang Wen's aura is too strong. ."

Jiang Wen was very familiar with the Three Kingdoms.

On the set, just reciting his lines can calm everyone, and the pressure on Universe Dan is doubled. His original image and temperament do not match that of Guan Yu, the nine-foot-tall and tall Han Martial Saint, and he cannot control Guan Yu's expression and state. Every time he meets Jiang Wen, My opponent's scenes have been NGed more than ten times in a row, and I can't catch his scenes at all.
It is impossible to take the blame.

If you take the blame for this, it will affect your future worth of roles.

Zhou Yutang glanced at movies such as "Rio" and "Three Days of Danger" from the same period, and found that they were not scary.

The battle for the May [-]st stall seems to have been won or lost.

This year's Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center in Tsim Sha Tsui.

Not surprisingly.

Zhou Yutang failed to win the title of Best Actor.

Fok Wen-hsi's best actor, Nicholas Tse, was nominated for Best Actor for "The Informant", but he also lost to Simon Yam of "Thieves".

The biggest winner of this year's Academy Awards is undoubtedly "Thieves of Time".

Not only did it win the Crystal Bear Best Film Award in the New Generation section of the Berlin Film Festival, it also won the Academy Award for Best Film. The Academy Award for Best Screenplay went to Luo Qirui, and he also won the Best New Actor award. Li Zhiting.

The best actress was Liu Jialing of "Detective Dee: The Empire of Heaven", and Xu Ke Laoguai also won the best director for this movie.

As for "Sword Rain", it also had seven nominations, but in the end it only won one for Best Action Design.

Zhou Yutang didn't care much about the result, and even sent a congratulatory text message to Ren Dahua, who had always been a good personal friend before.

then.

He got on a plane and flew to the other side of the ocean.

"Qianxi, is Yu Tang going there?"

Today Shu Chang came to play at home, and Aunt Liu prepared some fresh fruits to send over, and asked by the way.

"Mom, how do you know?"

"He didn't even go to the Academy Awards."

Aunt Liu said nonchalantly: "Isn't there a movie about to be released in the United States?"

You can't say that you are following Zhou Yutang's schedule privately, right?
How embarrassing.

"Thank you auntie."

Shu Chang took the fruit, thanked her sweetly, and said with a smile: "Auntie, I didn't expect you to be paying attention to me. It seems that Zhou Yutang went there just last night."

"I didn't pay attention either. I just glanced at the news. Is there any news about the box office over there?"

"Not sure yet, no news has been sent." "Oh, when will he return to China?"

"I heard that it seems that I will stay there for a while and have other work arrangements."

Liu Yifei ate strawberries and laughed.

"Are there any other movie projects?"

Aunt Liu's eyes lit up and her heart moved slightly.

Former Chinese actors wanted to break into Hollywood.

The first way.

Follow the path of Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, gain a certain international reputation, and then enter Hollywood.

This road is too difficult to walk.

Although Liu Yifei has been receiving acting training, her acting skills are not enough to gain international recognition by winning awards.

The second way is to spend a lot of money to hire someone to make a co-production.

But based on the experience of "The King of Kung Fu", as long as they are not fools, no one will ask Liu Yifei to star in such a big production.

At last.

This is the path Zhou Yutang took.

We have good cooperative relations with established production companies in Hollywood.

Just write out the book yourself and then organize the game yourself.

Controlled a certain right to speak.

Then use the distribution and channels there.

Liu Yifei told Shu Chang something funny, and the two girls laughed like silver bells.

"If Zhou Yutang can become famous in one battle this time."

The corners of Aunt Liu's mouth were also slightly raised.

The heart is also beating fast.

She also sincerely hopes that Zhou Yutang can succeed.

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The last day of April.

The day of killing has arrived.

The results of viral marketing on the Internet are impressive.

Audiences born in this free land are also excited by such a stunning creativity that ignores legal constraints.

Sitting in a conference room at New Line's headquarters.

Zou Zhongyan, who was beside him, seemed to be infected by the nervousness of the ghost guys in the conference room, and became slightly restless.

But when she saw the young boss next to her, who was still calm and composed, holding his mobile phone and sending messages in a leisurely manner, with a slight curve in the corner of his mouth, she took some reassurance and felt much calmer.

My father was right.

There is stillness in every event.

This young boss is born to do great things.

After a while, old man Bob brought Natalie in, and the whispers in the conference room suddenly stopped.

"guys."

The old man Bob's face was flushed, and even his wrinkles and pleats seemed to have relaxed. He grinned: "The box office results are in."

"How many?"

Zhou Yutang put away his phone and raised his eyebrows slightly.

"let me see."

Holding a thin data report in his hand, Bob laughed loudly: ""The Purge", the single theater score is as high as 15345 U.S. dollars! In the three days of the weekend, 4237 million U.S. dollars was recorded at the box office, ranking among the "Science Fiction Horror" themed openings In fifth place on the list, ahead of us are "I Am Legend", "2012", "Me and Robot", and "Terminator 4"!"

The ones ranked ahead of "The Purge" are all large-scale productions with considerable budgets.

None has achieved the ROI that The Purge did.

The conference room had begun to become agitated. A bearded white executive from Warner's film department unbuttoned his shirt, exposed his chest hair, and punched the air fiercely.

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Gentlemen, don't be too happy. Follow-up promotional resources must keep up. According to the estimated feedback from the film data department, this film can earn more than 10 times the cost in the first week. Let us prepare Have a big fight and party hard!”

Bob's excited voice was like a lit match thrown into the dry haystack.

It’s not just New Line people.

Even the executives from Warner started crying and howling along with them.

Zou Zhongyan, who was beside him, was breathing heavily and murmured: "It has taken in 4237 million yuan in box office in three days. If nothing else happens, this may be a movie with a total box office of over [-] million yuan."

thought here.

Her body was shaking with excitement.

This is the charm of using small things to make a big difference.

You know, the cost of this movie was only $300 million, not 3000 million.

"Zhou, I have always known that you are a genius."

The old white man Bob came over, shook Zhou Yutang's hands tightly, and hugged his shoulders intimately: "Mr. Zou has found an incredible talent. Congratulations, you have become famous in Hollywood."

The old white man Bob has body odor that even strong perfume cannot conceal.

Those fiery eyes from the top executives of Warner's film division.

And boiling applause.

It was almost so intense that it almost suffocated Zhou Yutang.

The entire conference room became a sea of ​​carnival,
"Zhou, welcome to Hollywood."

"WTF!"

At this time, Ethan Hawke is enjoying a leisurely vacation with his family.

Sun, beach, lounge chairs.

Everything is so beautiful.

When he finished listening to the call, he almost threw the phone into the sea.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, a bright smile appeared on that handsome face.

"The Purge" has already set a new box office record for his solo work.

Not surprisingly.

Warner will increase its investment in publicity resources, and he will soon become the Hollywood actor with a box office of over [-] million US dollars.

The blond woman next to her also praised: "Incredible, so incredible. I'm afraid this is one of the biggest dark horses in the film market this year."

"no doubt."

Ethan Hawke smiled and said: "That Mr. Miracle from the East, he is indeed a genius."

Small earthquakes occurred throughout Hollywood.

The soaring box office of "The Purge" shocked the film companies in the industry.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

The main reason why this small-budget film was successful was Zhou Yutang's amazing creativity.

Many large companies in the industry that have access to information channels have begun to focus on Zhou Yutang and have begun to use public relations methods to publicize him.

Profit is the main theme.

As long as it allows those people to make money.

They will respect you the same way they respect their own father.

This is Vanity Fair.

(End of this chapter)