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In 07, due to the relationship between the mainland and Taiwan, there were no direct flights except for special flights during holidays.

Generally, Hong Kong Island is used as a transit point and then flies to Baodao.

This is also the reason why Wang Shu and his party went to Hong Kong Island first and stayed there for many days.

The direct flights between the mainland and Baodao started on December 2008, 12. Only five cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Fuzhou, Shanghai, and Shenzhen can have direct sea flights with Baodao.

The premiere of "Horror Cruise" ended on Baodao, and Wang Shu and others did not stay much longer.

Gong Li returned to Hollywood, and Wang Shu and others returned to the transit station Hong Kong Island.

Liang Jiahui and Zhou Haiwei are both from Hong Kong, and their schedules are not tight, so there is no need to rush back to Beijing.

"Director Wang, I talked about my friendship with the landlord before, but then I was busy with the promotion of the movie and never had time. Now I have come to Hong Kong Island again. Do you want to spend two days here?" Zhou Haiwei smiled and invited Wang Shu.

"The air tickets have been booked, let's talk about it next time." Wang Shu declined.

He is not from Hong Kong, so his itinerary is different from Zhou Haiwei and Liang Jiahui.

The best solution is to fool around with a smile and change the subject.

It's both helpless and pity.

Because of this, theaters are extremely optimistic about the market of this Hollywood blockbuster in the mainland market, and they can't wait to schedule and release it.

After all, what he is good at is not commercial films, but artistic films.

However, at this time, the total box office of "Terror Cruise" in mainland theaters has reached 3.1 million, and after entering June, it has exhausted its potential and relied on theaters.

These achievements are not easily surpassed.

"At this time, Depp has not yet gotten together with his beloved wife Hai Hou, and Hai Hou has not yet had sex in Depp's bed."

Moreover, it has made considerable achievements in the field of art films.

And "Spider-Man 3" is a Hollywood film, not only an English film, but also not released at home.

As a result, Depp lost the opportunity to star in films such as "Pirates of the Caribbean 6" and "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them".

Zhang Yimou saw Wang Shu and took the initiative to chat with him.

Moreover, since "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" also stars Chow Yun-fat, this attraction also attracted many viewers.

Moreover, there was no overwhelming publicity.

Wang Shu smiled when he heard Zhang Yimou's words, then changed the subject and said: "Compared with imported films from Hollywood, there is still a big gap."

The two had only been married for more than a year when Queen Hai accused Depp of domestic violence, and the drama began.

Pretentious politeness also appears hypocritical and is equally undesirable.

Now, the new director has jumped into the 3 million box office club in just three years, becoming the first domestic director to have a single film with a box office of more than 3 million.

"Terror Cruise" is a movie that was released on April 4. In June, it had obtained the extension key and was not released in theaters. Now it has suffered the impact of "Pirates of the Caribbean 30", and it has basically closed the coffin lid.

Therefore, although "Terror Cruise" does face a huge impact from "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", the actual impact is not big.

Back in the capital, it was already June 6th.

With such a blockbuster released, even if China Film Group puts pressure, it is impossible for theaters in various places to allocate most of their film schedules to "Terror Cruise".

Nowadays, apart from some scattered film schedules, the theaters are full of "Pirates of the Caribbean 3".

Although Depp is not a good person, his beloved wife Hai Hou is even more outrageous.

However, the queen was so beautiful that Depp was so dazzled by her beauty that he not only did not consider it carefully, but also quickly married her.

It can be said that the box office of "Terror Cruise" is higher than that of "Spider-Man 3" because mainland theaters are the home of Chinese-language films.

Wang Shu, who returned to the capital, had just rested for a day, and then went to participate in the symposium for the selection of directors for the Beijing Olympic Games.

Of course, this was just Zhang Yimou's self-interested sigh, and he didn't really feel that Wang Shu had slapped him to death on the beach.

Zhang Yimou couldn't help but lament that the waves from behind in the Yangtze River pushed against the waves in front and beat him to death on the beach.

It is true that the box office of "Terror Cruise" was higher than that of "Spider-Man 3", but Zhang Yimou knew what Wang Shu meant. He sighed: "There is still a long way to go before Chinese films can go global."

In fact, before Depp got engaged to Amber Heard (Queen Hai), many friends around him warned him that Queen Hai was not good enough and hoped that he would consider it carefully.

Another Hollywood blockbuster, "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", was released in mainland theaters on June 6.

Responding directly would be a bit of a pretense in front of Zhang Yimou, which is not advisable.

Zhou Haiwei also knew that Wang Shu had booked a flight ticket, so he just asked politely. When he heard Wang Shu say this, he smiled and said: "Then I will go back first and see you in the capital later."

When Wang Shu saw the news about "Pirates of the Caribbean 3", he couldn't help but think of Depp's interesting stories.

Not only was his career hindered, but he also lost tens of millions of dollars in money due to missed acting opportunities.

Despite being at a disadvantage, its box office lags behind many mainland Chinese films.

He originally wanted to strive for the honor of being the first Chinese-language film in mainland China to have a box office of more than 3 million in a single theater. However, even if "The Golden Armor" got the postponement key and continued to be released in theaters, he still missed the mark in the end. .

Liang Jiahui and Zhou Haiwei went home directly from Hong Kong Island, while Wang Shu transferred back to Beijing via the airport on Hong Kong Island.

"Okay." Wang Shu responded and watched Zhou Haiwei leave.

"Congratulations, it's the first Chinese film in mainland theaters to have a box office of over 3 million."

He really couldn't answer Zhang Yimou's words.

Not only that, these Hollywood movies have landed on Hong Kong Island and Taiwan, and their box office performance is also higher than that of Chinese films.

Mainland films, let alone the world, cannot even be considered successful if they go to Hong Kong and Taiwan.

"Yes, there is still a long way to go." Wang Shu also responded.

Zhang Yimou patted Wang Shu on the shoulder and asked: "How is the movie "The Crowd"?"

If it were any other director, Zhang Yimou would not even bother to talk to them about the topic of bringing Chinese films to the world.

But Wang Shu is different.

In Zhang Yimou's eyes, Wang Shu is talented and has achieved great success at a young age. He belongs to the category of directors who are rewarded by God.

In his opinion, Wang Shu is likely to promote Chinese-language films to the world in the future.

In fact, despite the fact that Lao Mouzi lost his reputation many years later and lost his reputation at the end of the year, in fact, he originally had the vision to bring Chinese-language films to the world. However, it is really difficult to make Chinese-language films go global.

It can be said that unless China becomes the world's leader, like the United States, it exports culture as the world's leader.

Otherwise, it will be difficult.

It's not that it's impossible to succeed, it's just difficult.

For example, "The Wandering Earth 1" and "The Wandering Earth 2" are Chinese hard science fiction films that have made billions at the domestic box office. The former's total box office in North America was US$597, and the latter's total box office in North America was US$388.

For a long time, except for kung fu movies that have achieved good box office success in North America, they are basically either on the road to success or on the way to failure.

At this stage, Zhang Yimou, who has already made great achievements in the field of art films and then proved himself in commercial films. He has reached the ceiling of mainland directors and really wants to promote Chinese-language films internationally.

Otherwise, we would not have accepted "The Great Wall," a hugely bad movie that lost $8000 million.

Zhang Yimou didn't want to take on this movie at first.

Later, someone kept telling him that this is a Sino-US co-production between Universal and China Film Group. After the film is completed, it will not only be released in 5,000 theaters in North America, but also be released simultaneously in more than 100 countries around the world. It will be very important to promote Chinese-language films. Going global is of great significance.

Looking at mainland directors, no one except Zhang Yimou can direct this film.

Zhang Yimou, who had already reached the ceiling in the mainland, not only wanted to promote Chinese-language films to the world, but also wanted to go further. In the end, he failed to withstand the temptation and took over the film.

According to Wang Jin, a famous Hong Kong director, Zhang Yimou already knew that the movie "The Great Wall" was a failure when he was a third of the way through filming.

However, this is a Sino-US co-production, and all kinds of capital are pushing him to go. He alone can no longer turn back and can only bite the bullet and continue filming.

Ultimately, the result is a hugely bad movie.

As a result, Zhang Yimou's reputation was tarnished both at home and abroad.

Because the male protagonist of "The Great Wall" is Matt Damon, a well-known American actor, and a movie produced by Matt Damon won another Oscar.

In other words, Matt Damon did not act in an Oscar-winning movie, but he acted in a terrible movie.

Therefore, since "The Great Wall" hit the streets, Matt Damon has been ridiculed in various ways, whether at major award ceremonies or on American talk shows, so much so that Zhang Yimou was also injured.

And Zhang Yimou also completely stepped down from the altar since then.

"It has been sent to the organizer of the Venice Film Festival." Wang Shu responded.

Although Zhang Yimou is the chairman of this Venice Film Festival, he just does not do the initial selection of films.

Zhang Yimou and other judges only reviewed and awarded awards among the more than 20 shortlisted films selected by the Venice organizers.

The Chairman of the Jury, as well as the judges, do not participate in the initial selection.

Zhang Yimou saw Wang Shu's expression in his eyes and said with a smile: "Looking at you, you seem to be very confident?"

Wang Shu said: "I think it's pretty good and I should be shortlisted."

Zhang Yimou nodded when he heard this. He saw someone coming and said nothing more.

After the boring symposium, Wang Shu stayed in the capital for a few days and embarked on the journey to promote "Terror Cruise".

June 6, Seoul, South Korea.

"Horror Cruise" held a grand premiere event here, and four people including Wang Shu, Gong Li, Zhou Xun, and Liang Jiahui attended.

The Korean girl group "Tian Shang Ji Hee" came to the live performance as a guest performer.

"Tian Shang Ji Hee" is a Korean girl group that debuted on April 2005, 4. On May 29 this year, it released its first Korean album "One More Time, OK?", which is in its period of popularity.

It was also because of this that I was invited as a guest performer to the premiere of "Horror Cruise" in South Korea.

It’s not that we don’t invite second-generation girl groups, such as Girls’ Generation, Wonder Girls, T-ara, etc., but Girls’ Generation only debuted in August this year, and the current members of the group are still trainees.

And T-ara, who only debuted in 2009, is even more impossible.

As for the Wonder Girls, although they have already debuted in 2007, they only debuted in February this year. Currently, their status is relatively small and they are not qualified to be invited to perform at the premiere of "Horror Cruise".

When Wang Shu and his team arrived in South Korea, in addition to participating in the film's premiere event, they also participated in the recording of some interview programs with the core of promoting the film.

During the recording of the program, the host and the Korean artists specially invited to create a lively atmosphere marveled at Wang Shu's youth and his achievements since his debut.

All kinds of ahhhhhhhhhh noises.

This is just a show effect, not a heartfelt exclamation.

After all, no matter how young Wang Shu is and how impressive his achievements are, he is neither Korean nor American.

The films produced are only Chinese-language films that are not competitive in the world film market, and they are not Hollywood films.

These Korean artists are just giving polite compliments in front of the camera.

Wang Shu knew full well that he was just smiling to promote the movie.

It can be said that among the four of Wang Shu, Zhou Xun, Liang Jiahui and Gong Li, Gong Li and Liang Jiahui are more respected by Korean artists.

Gong Li is an international actress, and it is well known that she is now involved in Hollywood. Many Korean artists know her.

As for Leung Ka Hui, many people also know about it because South Korea introduced Hong Kong films.

In contrast, Zhou Xun and Wang Shu are the least well-known in South Korea.

In other words, Wang Shu is the least well-known in South Korea, and Zhou Xun is better than Wang Shu.

On July 7, Wang Shu, Gong Li, Zhou Xun, and Liang Jiahui gathered again in Japan to participate in the premiere of "Terror Cruise" in Tokyo.

Compared with the premiere events in South Korea, the premiere events in Japan are obviously more grand.

This is because Japan was the second largest film market in the world in 2007.

The first is the United States, the second is Japan, and the third is China.

In the future, the largest film market in the world will be China, followed by North America, and then Japan.

At present, Japan's market is still very large, ranking second.

It is precisely because of such a market that many Korean artists go to Japan to develop, and even American artists are particularly interested in the Japanese market.

In fact, regardless of the number of countries in the world, the largest film market in the world is actually in Asia.

Because, whether it is China, Japan, or South Korea, they are all among the top ten film markets in the world.

In the future, China will rank first, Japan will rank third, and South Korea will rank seventh.

Among the top ten, excluding North America, which ranks second, and Japan and South Korea, which are also in Asia, the sum of the other six countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Germany, and Mexico is not as good as the number one. China.

Even the United States plus six other countries are about the same size as China, Japan and South Korea in Asia.

However, the cruel reality is that Asia has the largest film market in the world. Even China, Japan and South Korea together account for close to 50% of the world's film market, but their influence is far less than that of Europe and the United States.

As time went by, the premiere event of "Terror Cruise" in Japan came to a successful conclusion.

"Terror Cruise" officially landed in Japanese theaters.

(End of this chapter)