Entertainment tycoon who started out as a director

Chapter 163
"Heroes" is about to be released in North America.

wrong.

Here in North America, it's called "Jet LI's hero."

Sony Columbia held a premiere.

There were many posters at the premiere.

It's different, but a few things are the same.

Li Lianjie is in the center, the most conspicuous one. The first time you see the poster, you will notice Li Lianjie's face.

Under the title of the film, there is Gu Ming, which is about the same size as the title of the film, followed by the word producer, but this word is obviously much smaller.

You can't even see it if you don't pay attention.

Not to mention the name of director Zhang Yimou, which is put together with other actors.

You know, Zhang Yimou is the director.

For those who didn’t know, I thought this film was shot by Gu Ming.

"It seems that Sony Colombia's support for you is really high! I thought it was your director."

Li Bingbing put his arm on Gu Ming's arm, looked at the poster and muttered.

She is Gu Ming's female companion tonight.

When the filming of "Now You See Me" was in its later stages, Yan Danchen, one of the producers, went back to school.

As a result, most of the rest of the time was spent discussing the script with Gu Ming, one of the protagonists.

The relationship is much closer.

She is also a supporting character in "Hero", so she is just right to be a female companion.

"Yeah, I'm really supportive."

Gu Ming couldn't speak out of conscience.

Whether it's because Sony Columbia is an outsider in Hollywood, or for some other reason.

But let's be honest.

It's okay for myself.

Every time the conditions given to me are the highest compared with other companies.

The last time I wanted to buy shares, the conditions were indeed excessive, but those were probably just Anthony Lion opening his mouth so that there was room for negotiation.

If we talk about it again, there is a high chance that we can continue talking.

Finally a condition was reached that was acceptable to everyone.

As for wanting to bind himself or something, Gu Ming didn't think it was too much.

My state of mind has not yet reached the point where I am the biggest person in the world. Even Pixar, founded by Steve Jobs, would be eaten up by Disney.

If it were any of the remaining big six companies, they would choose this way.

Conditions may even be harsher.

pity……

If I hadn't been reborn and my heart wasn't so wild, I would have really agreed at the beginning.

But now that he knows that just by buying stocks, he can have worry-free wealth for several lifetimes, Gu Ming really wants to try and see if he can issue his own in North America.

If you win the trial, everyone is happy; if you lose the trial, then you lose.

Even if he loses one or two billion US dollars, it is not a big deal for Gu Ming.

It’s nothing more than the profits from “The Intouchables.”

Thinking of this, Gu Ming, who was still hesitant at first, became more determined to launch the issue.

He nodded secretly.

Gu Ming and Li Bingbing found their positions.

Coincidentally, this is not it.

On the left is the invited guest, Li Eucalyptus.

Seeing Gu Ming again, Li Yu had a shy smile on his face.

"Director Gu, congratulations! "The Intouchables" is a great success."

"Thank you." Gu Ming could only respond. As for the same courtesy, he praised "The Hulk".

I'm sorry.

Can't speak.

Can't say.

The box office has exceeded [-] million, just over [-] million US dollars. How can it be compared with Gu Ming's "Untouchable", it will be even worse than the previous life.

According to common sense, if the North American box office exceeds [-] million, it is considered a successful film.

But it can’t stop you from investing too much!
Compared with the huge cost, the North American box office only exceeded [-] million, which is a huge loss.

We can’t talk about the box office, but what about word of mouth?

It also received poor reviews from audiences and critics.

As long as you mention "The Incredible Hulk", the other person will think you are mocking him.

It would be better not to say a word about it, and everyone would pretend that nothing happened.

But Gu Ming didn't mention it, but Li Yu couldn't help but want to mention it.

After sighing slightly, the word "embarrassment" was written all over that old face.

"I really didn't expect that!"

"We only postponed the release of the two films for seven days. I thought we could both achieve success."

"As a result, "The Incredible Hulk" ended like this."

As Li Yu spoke, he turned to look at Gu Ming.

"To be honest, I envy you."

"Basically there has been no failure."

"It's not considered a failure, it's just a setback at most. Setbacks are also valuable assets in life, aren't they?" Li Yu took the initiative to mention this, and it wouldn't work without mentioning "The Hulk".

Gu Ming said simply, "It may be a little offensive, but I don't think you have to pursue any commercial masterpiece, Director Li."

"Any film that is commercial or non-commercial may not be able to get high box office results!"

"Was "The Sixth Sense" very commercial back then?"

"'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon', were you thinking about how high the box office would be?"

"What do you think?" Li Yu shook his head, "It was the lowest point in my life at that time, even worse than when I graduated and was supported by my wife."

"How can you expect such a high box office?"

"At that time, I just thought that if I could recover the cost and earn a little more, it would be enough to support Xu Ligong's investment."

"If we lose money again, I may not even have a foothold here in the country."

"So, I think you just need to make movies that you are good at." Gu Ming said with a deep heart.

Li Yu kept repeating the word "good at".Start pursuing your original intention.

What was the first film that made him famous?

"Pushing Hands", what is it about?
A retired old man went to the United States to live with his son, but he had a conflict with his American daughter-in-law.

Next, "The Wedding Banquet" is about homosexuality.

"Eating Men and Women" is about family issues and conflicts between two generations.

To sum it up, “emotion.”

"I felt like I had to make a story about pure emotion."

"Thank you very much."

Li Yu nodded at Gu Ming and asked a question suddenly and nonsensically, "What do you think is the purest emotion?"

"Of course it's the relationship between men!"

"I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day, but I want to die in the same year, the same month, and the same day."

"If I don't avenge my brother, even though I have thousands of miles of land, it's nothing valuable."

"Oh, the feelings between men." Li Yu blinked a few times quickly, and seemed to have thought about what subject to shoot next, so he stopped chatting with Gu Ming and kept wondering what he was thinking about.

soon.

"Heroes" opens.

Not to mention his previous life, he had watched it so many times in this life alone that Gu Ming simply stopped thinking about it and just wanted to enjoy it.

As the movie plays.

Gu Ming could hear waves of admiration behind him.

Although foreigners have to read subtitles, they can understand something from the colors.

……

As the premiere ends.

"Heroes" was released simultaneously in [-] theaters across the United States.

Of course, this is not only due to Sony Columbia's efforts, but also because it is not a very popular time now.

October.

Most of the time, horror movies choose this schedule.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to give a pure Chinese-language film so many theaters.

Wait until "Hero" has been played in its entirety for a day.

Gu Ming received a good news call from Anthony.

"A good achievement, with a box office of US$800 million on the first day!"

"Gu! Our cooperation has once again achieved success."

"How's it going? Have you thought about what I told you last time about Sony Colombia's investment in Beidou Star Entertainment?"

"Can we wait until "Now You See Me" is released?" Gu Ming continued to drag.

Anthony didn't ask anymore, "I'm just asking as a matter of routine. Let's focus all our attention on "Heroes" first."

"I feel that even if this film does not reach the level of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it will once again create a martial arts trend in North America."

This is true.

It closed at $1000 million the next day.

On the third day, it closed at $650 million.

In this life, "Hero" took in $450 million in three days.

but……

Perhaps because of the Chinese-language film, North American audiences were too lazy to distinguish the subtitles after all.

The next weekend's box office drop was larger than that of Gu Ming's film.

Close to 50.00%.

The box office the next weekend was only 300 million.

But even so, plus four weekdays, the total box office of "Heroes" came to 500 million US dollars.

Authoritative newspapers predicted a box office take of $500 million.

Didn’t break [-] million.

But for a foreign language film, it is definitely a box office success that it can be proud of.

It is enough to surpass Italia's "Life is Beautiful" and become the runner-up in the box office history of North American foreign language films after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

amount.

It has improved one rank compared to the previous life.

"Maybe this is the difference between second-tier film distributors and the big six."

"Of course, we can't rule out the fact that Li Lianlian is still very popular in North America at the moment."

In the previous life, "Hero" was not released in North America until August 04.

At that time, Li Lianjie had actually gone downhill.

The video tape market has only 5000 million sales left.

Its popularity is completely incomparable to that of Li Lianlian, who currently owns the "Hurricane Rescue" series and is also the king of discs.

But no matter what, the subsequent box office numbers are no longer something I can change.

After cooperating with the publicity for ten days.

Gu Ming flew back to the capital with Li Bingbing and his bodyguards.

As for Zhang Yimou and the others, they cannot leave at all. They have to stay in the United States to participate in various awards and make every effort to compete for next year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

By the way, what will be the best foreign language film next year?

Gu Ming frowned.

I found that I couldn't remember it for a while.

If you can't remember it.

Then it is definitely not an award-winning film that cannot be disputed.

Films such as "Bicycle Thieves", "Rashomon" and "Life is Beautiful".

An absolute classic in film history.

Even public relations will face great resistance if they want to snatch the award from them. After all, the organizing committee also has to consider a word called credibility.

In this case, there is still room for "Hero"!
With millions of public relations dollars invested by Sony Colombia, it only competes for the best foreign language film award.

If all else fails.

I will never believe in the power of money again.

(End of this chapter)