China Entertainment’s rescue plan is hard to come by

Chapter 722: Fishing? Go play with your balls

When Sun Yi walked out of the Warner Media building, he still felt a little dizzy.

It’s not that he was flattered by Barry Meyer’s invitation.

Instead, throughout the entire conversation, the other party only revealed some intentions. As for the specific cooperation process and direction, there was no mention at all, which was very different from the enthusiastic attitude at the beginning of the topic.

It seemed like an insignificant chat.

I just kind of want to go fishing.

Yes, that's right, throw out a bait that you think no one can resist, and then wait for others to take the bait.

This other person, of course, refers to Sun Yi himself.

Come to think of it, this is Superman. It’s no exaggeration to say that he is the national idol of the American people.

In Hollywood, when looking at a director's achievements, in addition to his awards and box office data, the level of films he has shot is also an important qualification.

As for Warner's "Superman", as long as Sun Yi can shoot it with acceptable quality, his resume in Hollywood will definitely be taken to a higher level. Even if he can't reach the level of Trucker, Spielberg and others, he can also be considered a first-class director.

In fact, judging by the box office results, Sun Yi is already at this level, but because of his background and the fact that he is an outsider, he has not yet been recognized by the mainstream in the circle.

Nowadays, when Hollywood mentions Sun Yi, they basically refer to him as a young oriental director who is very talented in making movies, especially commercial films, has many ideas, is a great director, and so on.

Of course, this does not mean that Sun Yi has not made a name for himself in Hollywood. On the contrary, as a Chinese director who has never actively bowed to Hollywood, it is already remarkable that he has reached the level where he is known by everyone in the circle and receives positive reviews.

After all, Hollywood's arrogance is deeply rooted in its bones.

To make an analogy, Sun Yi's current status in Hollywood is very similar to that of Wu Baige in the late 90s, before he messed up "Windtalkers". He has made great achievements in certain film themes and his commercial abilities have also been recognized.

But when choosing an A-level production director, the Big Six will not think of him first, but will have to make a relative choice.

It's not like Cameron, who can choose the production company himself.

If Sun Yi wants to go further, he needs to shoot an A-level or super-A blockbuster from one of the six major Hollywood movies to prove himself.

Perhaps Barry Meyer seized on this point of his and thought that Sun Yi must want to go further in Hollywood, so he used the "Superman" project as bait in exchange for Star Sky's huge concessions in cooperation.

Little did he know that Sun Yi was much more rational than he imagined.

What kind of top Hollywood director is that? Is it rare?
I make my own money and make the films I like. I'm busy with all the work in China and don't have the time, let alone the energy to engage in intrigue with you.

Want to go fishing with me?
Go play with your eggs!

Superman, I'll pay you back.
In Sun Yi's impression, Warner's next "Superman" movie will be the controversial "Man of Steel", but it seems to be filmed in 12.

It is not known whether Warner has brought the project forward in this life, or whether Warner has already started the preliminary preparations at this stage.

Anyway, it all makes sense.

On the one hand, Sun Yi has had an unbeaten box office record since his debut, and on the other hand, the North American film market has shrunk severely in the first half of 11.

Looking at the North American film market in the first half of the year, only Marvel's superhero movie "Thor" achieved remarkable results.

Just in May, it earned $5 million in North America and $3 million worldwide. If there are no blockbusters in the second half of the year, then it will have locked in the annual box office ranking in advance, at least in the top ten.

Even Warner was impressed by this result.

When it comes to superheroes, Warner's resources are no worse than Marvel's, and in some cases, their strengths are better than Marvel's.

Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man are the three major American national idols, and Warner has two of them.

If the last generation of Superman movies hadn't been such a huge flop, Warner Bros wouldn't have had no intention of filming Superman for a decade.

But in the past two years, Marvel has emerged as a dark horse. Not only did the first two "Iron Man" movies make a lot of money, but now it has launched a new superhero "Thor".

And according to reliable insider information, they are also planning to create a superhero universe and bring all of their comic book heroes to the screen.

This makes Warner Bros., which also holds a large number of superhero copyrights, a little jealous.

However, the painful experience of the failure of the last Superman movie still made them cautious and they dared not to start the project directly.

While testing the waters with a film called "Green Lantern," the company is also carefully selecting film directors.

At this time, Sun Yi, who had a lot of cooperation with Warner, appeared in Barry Meyer's eyes.

In Hollywood, even including China, Sun Yi has not had a single movie that failed at the box office since his debut.

This magical experience made Warner very inclined to him.

In Warner's view, it seems that the only way to save the Superman film series is to find a magical director.

So, they became interested in Sun Yi.

After all, always following the successful people is an eternal truth of mankind.

But on the other hand, because Sun Yi is not an individual or a studio, he also has a film and television company under his name that has strong bargaining power and production capabilities.

This forced Warner to consider several more aspects. On the one hand, it wanted to borrow Sun Yi's abilities, but on the other hand, it was afraid that if Starry Sky took too much, it would affect the control of the project too much and even create a strong opponent for itself.

It was in this situation where they had to have both, that they began to test Sun Yi.

Unexpectedly, Sun Yi ignored them completely.

If this happened to any other domestic director, they would be very happy and do whatever Warner said. But for Sun Yi, it doesn't matter.
After meeting Barry Meyer, Sun Yi has nothing else to do in North America.

Oh, by the way, there is also a big toy waiting for him to receive.

At the Los Angeles Long Beach International Airport, still at the private flight terminal, Sun Yi saw the Gulfstream G550 that Liu Yifei had been dreaming about.

Two days ago, Liu Yifei called him from China and specifically told him to take good care of Xiaobai.

noob!!!??

I don’t know when Liu Yifei gave the plane this name.

Liu Yifei expressed regret for not being able to go to the United States to pick up Xiaobai in person.

However, she also said that when she returns to China, she will personally redecorate the plane inside and out to make it her favorite and warmest look.

Sun Yi did not comment on this. In his eyes, this thing was just a convenient means of transportation. Its essence was to facilitate people's travel. It was no different from a car or an electric scooter.

Of course, the price is definitely incomparable.

After signing the final takeover agreement with JetBlue Airways, the plane officially belonged to Sun Yi.

Oh, no, it still belongs to Star International. Sun Yi will follow the staff of Star International on this trip.

After returning to China, they will complete an additional transaction procedure and the plane will completely belong to Sun Yi and Liu Yifei.

After dealing with the private plane issue, Sun Yi prepared to return home.

At the same time, back home, the situation of "Dallas Buyers Club" has just become hot.

Compared to the United States, there is a slight delay.

Of course, this is not to say that the domestic media are not serious or sensitive to the topic, but that Sun Yi hid too deeply in this movie.

There was no word beforehand that he was making another movie in Hollywood.

The Tribeca International Film Festival, where the film was first screened, is not particularly well-known in China, which resulted in the domestic media not paying immediate attention to the news.

I just think of it as an ordinary American drama film, but it's just better made.

The news first came out on the Internet from a Chinese student studying in the United States.

They are Sun Yi's number one fan group overseas and are very proud of his achievements in Hollywood.

I specifically watched movies in the United States and then posted various film reviews online.

He praised the movie a lot.

What's more, the spirit of resistance expressed by Sun Yi in the movie infected a large number of American movie fans, and so on.

Anyway, most of them are full of pride.

It was only at this time that the domestic media reacted.

Damn, this Sun Yi is so secretive. Not only did he just do "The Voice of China", but he also released a movie in the U.S. Is he an iron man? How come he is there almost every day of the year?

Although I complain, I am truly grateful to Sun Yi from the bottom of my heart.

Just because of him, I don’t know how much money these media have made.

After a brief investigation, these domestic media began competing to report on the incident.

It's not just the box office results, but more importantly the many praises the movie has received from Hollywood critics and fans.

Then he expressed his pride in Sun Yi for bringing glory to the country.

There are even people saying that Sun Yi used the movie to expose the inside story of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. There are even more outrageous things, but overall, people still praise the achievements of the movie in the United States.

For an arty feature film, the box office is about to reach 5000 million US dollars, which is indeed not easy.

However, Sun Yi is always sneaky, which is not okay.

Reporters always fail to catch others and feel like they are just entertaining themselves.

This time, they would not let Sun Yi go no matter what.

If I can’t catch you, can’t I catch your wife?

At this moment, Liu Yifei was completely confused. She was still preparing for her career as a mentor on "The Voice of China", but she was inexplicably caught by reporters.

When she heard that they were asking about "Dallas Buyers Club" and Sun Yi's situation in the United States, and that their words were full of praise, Liu Yifei was overwhelmed with joy and accepted the interview with the reporters generously.

"Well, this movie was shot last year, probably at the end of last year."

"I've participated in Inception before. When I was on the crew, Leon helped me a lot. We became familiar with each other and became friends. So my friends are, of course, his friends~"

"It can't be said that it was tailor-made. It's just that he happened to see the story at the time, and Leon happened to have a schedule. His ability and other aspects were suitable, so he was chosen as the male lead."

"Me? There's no role suitable for me in this movie, and I can't ask him to force me to play a role!"

"Hehe, a boyfriend is a boyfriend, and a director is a director, they can't be confused with each other~"

"The Voice? It's in progress, still in the audition stage."

"There are many excellent students, but I can't tell you now. Everyone will know when the show officially starts."

"He will be back in two days."

Since the reporters couldn't interview Sun Yi, they asked Liu Yifei to take the blame. Unexpectedly, the effect was surprisingly good. It was even more talked about than interviewing Sun Yi himself.

The two have been in love for several years and have become a very famous couple in the entire circle.

Many fans went from initially rejecting the couple to being very supportive of them as a couple.

As soon as the report came out, there was another heated discussion on the Internet.

“Wow, I believe in love again.”

"Did you notice that when Sister Fairy mentioned Sun Yi, there was light in her eyes? I really saw it."

"It's not just about the eyes. Look at her smile. She's so happy. I don't see that in my girlfriend."

"No way, brother, are you the backup?"

"No, I chose a cool and elegant lady style, with no smiling expression on her face."

"Damn, is it the kind that deflates immediately after being pricked by a needle?"

"Bullshit, this is high-end custom made, made of latex"

Netizens' chats always go off topic, but the popularity of Sun Yi and Liu Yifei in China is absolutely true.

It has to make others envious.

Yang Mi saw an interview with Liu Yifei on the set of Love Is Not Blind.

Looking at Liu Yifei's beautiful smile in the camera, she was a little dazed for a moment.

In the video, that fresh and refined face slowly turned into another charming style.

"Maybe if I had made a different choice, I would be the one smiling so happily now."

"Mi Mi, how are your preparations going? If everything is ok, let's start shooting the next set."

"Oh, okay, here I come, Teacher Xue."

Yang Mi quickly came back from her trance, her facial expression immediately returned to normal, she turned off her phone, and walked into the set.

June 6, Capital International Airport, Business Flight Terminal.

After staying in the United States for more than half a month, Sun Yi finally returned to China.

Originally he could have arrived earlier, but in New York he met Wang Xing and his team from Renren.com who were there to prepare for their IPO roadshow.

As the third largest shareholder of the company and also the second largest individual shareholder, it would be hard to justify him not even saying hello.

So, I stayed for a few more days and met with some investors.

Not to mention, because of the movies, many investors actually knew Sun Yi and expressed their affirmation of his development in Hollywood.

And we very much welcome a public figure like him as one of Renren's shareholders.

After all, Renren's main business is social media, and having a great director like him can be said to be icing on the cake.

As Renren's IPO roadshow is approaching, Wang Xing has also discussed with Sun Yi that he hopes "The Voice of China" can step up its efforts to gain a high enough market share during this summer vacation, thus adding fuel to Renren's road to IPO.

Of course Sun Yi agreed. Not to mention that he already had shares in Renren, just for the development of Star Video, he could also run "The Voice of China" well and make it a trump card in the variety show department.

This time when he returns to China, he plans to put aside other work at hand, such as the post-production special effects of "Gravity", and hand them all over to Guo Fan, and he will focus on "The Voice of China".

Of course, this work also has a priority and needs to be arranged reasonably.

The current task is also the most urgent. Of course, we must first get to know Teacher Liu and gain an in-depth understanding of the progress during this period, to see whether all the work is in place, whether all links are unblocked, and whether we can cooperate to achieve the best.

(End of this chapter)