China Entertainment Mythology 2004

Chapter 329 Global box office of 3.6 billion U.S. dollars, a company that creates miracles
Does Zhen Ziwan want to break into Hollywood?

Of course he thinks about it, and it's not just about thinking about it. He has also been taking action. Over the years, he has played a series of supporting roles in Hollywood and actively participated in behind-the-scenes work. He is also quite famous in Hollywood.

He was in a very good mood during this period. He was in New Zealand filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2: The Sword of the Dark" directed by Yuan Heping. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee is famous in Hollywood. This "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Weinstein International Pictures, the production company of "Dragon: The Dark Sword", is also well-known in Hollywood. It stands to reason that this movie should achieve certain results in North America after it is released in the future.

In addition, he recently took on a movie co-produced with the United States. It is currently the most popular superhero movie, and it is also the work of Michael Samberg, a well-known producer and the producer of "Django Unchained" .

Donnie Yen himself is obviously looking forward to this cooperation. In a recent interview with reporters, he claimed: "The film we have created will be very unique, and it is expected to become an example of the perfect integration of Chinese and Western film business models."

He also said that he was quite optimistic about the producer, "Michael knows how to seize opportunities, and he is always making progress and adapting to changes in the business climate."

So what is the name of this film that Zhen Zhuan has high hopes for?

"Noodle Man"!
Just by the name, you can tell that it is a super bad movie. You can’t even find much information online. But at this moment, Zhen Zhuan is still full of expectations for this movie, because Chinese people who want to break into Hollywood really don’t have a good choice. It would be nice to appear in a Hollywood blockbuster, but it is very likely that only the Chinese version will retain the scenes, and other versions will be deleted when they are officially released. This is the so-called special Chinese version!

So although "Noodle Man" seems to be unreliable, Brother Bullet still doesn't dare to neglect it. But then again, who is willing to act in such a script in a serious Hollywood film?

This is Zhen Tuan. After two "Ip Man" films, his salary soared to the fourth Chinese actor after Cheng Long, Li Lianlian and Li Mu!
Even he is treated like this in Hollywood, let alone other actors in China?
But Wu Jing, who was far inferior to him just a few years ago, suddenly started to tremble.

The box office of "John Wick 2" in North America was 3102 million U.S. dollars in its first week. The total from Monday to Thursday in the second week was 1174 million U.S. dollars. The total from Friday to Sunday was 1720 million U.S. dollars. It ranked first in the second weekend. Weekly North America ranked second, with the first place being taken by 2th Century Fox's new film "Exodus." However, although "John Wick [-]" only won the North American weekly crown once, it still gave Zhen Bullet a lot of excitement. .

"John Wick 2" was released in North America for ten days and won the North American weekly crown. The cumulative box office in North America was US$5996 million. The cumulative box office overseas (including North America) was US$1.14 million, plus the cumulative US$1.4 million in the mainland in the first ten days. (8.5 million yuan). Ten days after the film was released, the global cumulative box office has reached 2.54 million US dollars. According to the current market trend, there is almost no problem with the final 3.5 million US dollars.

The final box office may be even higher.

This is already at the level of an average Hollywood A-level production. As a result, it was easily in the hands of Wu Jing. What’s more important is that this is already the second part of this series. Now that the second part is still doing so well at the box office, it’s certain. There will be a third or even fourth part of this series.

The protagonist of a series of movies that can continue to be filmed and has a certain influence in Hollywood is a resource that the current Zhen bullet cannot access anyway.

But rather...

Wu Jing's previous development is completely incomparable to his Zhen Zhun, but look at it now, how many years has it been like?

The two "John Wick" movies easily opened Wu Jing's door to Hollywood, and he has worked hard in Hollywood for many years, worked behind the scenes for so many years, and endured so many hardships before he managed to build a few connections. As a result, he is still holding a script like "Noodle Man" as a treasure. Are you watching Wu Jing?

When I first learned that Wu Jing and Hua Shang had signed a "sale contract" for six years, I thought that Wu Jing would regret it sooner or later. I didn't expect that Wu Jing could really develop so fast after joining Hua Shang.

It's impossible to say that he doesn't have any ideas at all. While filming, Zhen Zhuzhuang was thinking about it. When he meets Li Mu again, maybe he can take the initiative to promote himself to Li Mu.

In addition, in December, Huayi's Wang brothers and director Feng Xiaogang also contacted Li Mu by phone, saying that Huayi was currently preparing a new movie, with Guan Rui as the director and Feng Xiaogang as the producer and leading actor. They asked Li Mu if he was interested in investing.

As soon as Li Mu heard this description, he knew that it was the "Old Paoer" with very good casting.

Of course Huayi is not short of money. The Wang brothers saw that Huayi and Huashang have drifted apart in recent years, and cooperation between them has become less and less, so they wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to return to China. Bring the relationship between the two parties closer.

In recent years, Huayi Brothers have been less and less focused on movies. In the long run, it is inevitable that Huashang and Huayi will part ways, but in this process, cooperation between them is still impossible to completely avoid. For example, at this stage, although The proportion of Huayi Brothers in Huayi films has been decreasing year after year, but after all, it has not dropped to zero. Since Huayi still participates in Huayi's films, Huayi's participation in Huayi's profitable projects is also very limited. Of course.

But since they want to participate in the investment, of course they can also dictate the casting of the film, so after understanding the most basic script, Li Mu's Hua Shang made a request - Hua Shang wanted two roles. !

As mentioned above, the casting of "Old Paoer" is really great. Feng Xiaogang and Guan Feng are both "smart as a torch". They actually chose the good brothers Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan in one movie. , now that Huashang wants to participate in investment, of course these two have to be replaced.

As for who to replace, Li Mu thinks Chen Kuai and Zhang Ruoyun from Huashang are good. Chen Kuai will replace Li Yifeng as the son of the old Paoer Liuye, Xiaobo, and Zhang Ruoyun will replace Wu Yifan as the second-generation official. Xiao Fei, the rich second generation and racing gang boss, is simply perfect.

Later, Huayi discussed with Feng Xiaogang and Guan Ruyi and agreed.

The reason why they want to use those two people is because their popularity is really high, and they need to use them to attract box office. Although the fans of Hua Shang's Chen Kuai and Zhang Ruoyun are far less than those two, but they have gained popularity from the past. Judging from experience, the two candidates for Hua Shang are really responsible for the box office, so they should be changed.

Although the contract has been signed with those two people, although the two people have even communicated about the time of joining the group, but so what?Hua Shang and Hua Yi discussed it privately and decided to change the person. What kind of temper could the two of them have?
This kind of temporarily cut-off role has always been the most grieving thing for actors. Some even hold grudges for a lifetime. Li Yifeng and Wu Yifan must have been incompetent and furious when they learned that the role they got was taken away. However, These two people probably still want to bear their anger on Chen Kuai and Zhang Ruoyun. As for Hua Shang's Liu Siying or Li Mu, they are not at the same level as the two of them. Even if they want to bear grudges, they cannot bear grudges to this level.

Speaking of the movie "Old Paoer", Li Mu's memory of his previous life is still quite deep, especially the passionate scene between Feng Xiaogang and Xu Qing. Director Feng succeeded in making this unremarkable passionate scene so eye-catching. He is also quite talented!

In late December, Liu Siying told Li Mu on the phone that the company and Rao Xueman had signed a contract to jointly shoot "The Left Ear". Generally, Liu Siying and Chen Zhixi had the right to make their own decisions for a movie with a small investment like this, but they should and Li Mu Mu communication still requires communication.

Regarding the project "Left Ear", Li Mu is actually no stranger to it. In fact, he had been eyeing the adaptation rights of this original novel not long after he traveled through time. However, he later had to give up because the author Rao Xueman had too many demands. . The original novel "Left Ear" has nearly 1000 million readers. The film and television adaptation copyright of this level of novel has always been a "hot potato" in the eyes of major film companies, and the author of the original work, Rao Xueman, is obviously also concerned about this. He knows this very well, so when negotiating terms with major film companies, Rao Xueman often opens his mouth like a lion!
In her own words: "I have always been cautious when it comes to selling copyrights, because I must be worthy of my book fans, which is the first step I have to take. If they find that the gap between the novel and the movie is too big, , I feel like the first person I want to hate is me.”

So what exactly does she want?
It’s the master of the adaptation!
From screenwriting to casting, to the entire filming process, post-production, publicity and marketing, Rao Xueman had a high say in controlling the film. At that time, Li Muke had accumulated a lot of more valuable IP. Well, at that time, even Liu Cixin's "The Three-Body Problem" only had an adaptation fee of 10,000+, and there were no other incidental requirements. In that case, how could Li Mu still have the mood to bargain with her? One of them was only of some value. The film adaptation rights of a romantic novel?
So Li Mu very decisively gave up contact with Rao Xueman at that time. Unexpectedly, eight years later, Rao Xueman, who had been unwilling to give in on the control, was still looking for a "bo le" for his work. , not to mention that after going full circle, the "Left Ear" project finally ended up in the hands of Huashang Media founded by Li Mu.

Liu Siying said that she was optimistic about this project, and after a brief exchange with Rao Xueman, she believed that this woman was indeed capable of mastering her own work.

"By the way, there is a girl named Chen Duling from Jinling University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. She has good conditions in all aspects. Ask her if she is currently signed with a company. If not, sign her to the company." Li Mu finally said He warned again.

Liu Siying mentioned "Left Ear" today, and Li Mu then remembered that Chen Duling was here. Her career development was average in later generations. Originally, it was not Hua Shang's goal to sign. Now that Hua Shang Media is going to do "Left Ear" For the project "Left Ear", the heroine of the original "Left Ear" can naturally sign up for the company.

"Jinling University of Aeronautics and Astronautics?" Liu Siying couldn't figure out how this kind of university could be related to the profession of actor, and where did the boss know this information?
Li Mu explained: "Last year, Chen Duling won the championship of some kind of "goddess ranking list". I have seen her photos online, and she looks quite youthful, which is impressive."

Liu Siying nodded and agreed: "I'll send someone to contact you later."

Li Mu finally added: "I think this girl is quite suitable for the heroine of "Left Ear"."

"I know." Liu Siying responded.

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After Li Mu hung up the phone, he realized that Liu Yifei was also chatting with someone on the phone. Li Mu went over to sit next to him and stretched out his ears to listen. Mu also heard some words like "contraception" and "having children", and then he noticed that Liu Yifei's cheeks were blushing with embarrassment.

Li Mu smiled slightly and stepped forward to take a sip on her face. Liu made a disgusted expression and pushed Li Mu with his hand. However, the more she pushed, the closer Li Mu moved forward. In the end, Liu Yifei couldn't resist Li Mu. So let him cause trouble around you.

After finally hanging up the phone, Li Mu asked, "Why did our mother call us?"

Liu Yifei rolled his eyes and said, "You asked me knowingly, didn't you hear me? My mother and your mother both have the same intention. They want us to have a baby as soon as possible."

Li Mu hummed and stopped answering. Now Liu Yifei became anxious.

"What do you mean by 'um'? Do you want to have a baby?"

Li Mu smiled and said: "How can such a big thing like giving birth to a child be just a matter of time? It must have been practiced a thousand and eight hundred times before."

Liu Yifei grabbed a pillow on the sofa and threw it on Li Mu's head: "Practice? I've never heard of such a thing and you still need to practice. Besides, how many times have you practiced it in so many years?"

Li Mu pulled the person into his arms, then put away his cynicism and said: "We must have children, otherwise who will inherit such a large family business like ours? But not now, we will wait until "The Hunger Games 3" is finished filming We also have to film "Edge of Tomorrow". In "Edge of Tomorrow", both of us have to wear very heavy exo-metal skeletons for filming. In addition, your character also has many high-intensity action scenes. If you are pregnant by then, I will We definitely can’t let you shoot a movie of this intensity while you’re pregnant, so let’s wait, and at least wait until we finish filming Edge of Tomorrow to have a baby.”

Liu Yifei leaned in Li Mu's arms. After listening, she nodded first, then looked up at Li Mu with a smile and said, "Now that the two of us have set a goal, shouldn't we start practicing now? After all, it's such a big place. If I just do it without practicing, I'm afraid I won't be sure when the time comes."

She actually bit her lip as she spoke!

Good guy, who just hit someone with a pillow after hearing Li Mu talk about the drill?

What kind of practice is needed for such a thing?Isn’t that something everyone does?
No, animals can do it too, and they are born with it, they don’t need to be taught.

But of course he won't argue with Liu Yifei about this now. It's just a drill. There's no harm in "sweating more usually"! "

……

Time quickly entered January 2015. As "The Hunger Games 1" was approaching completion, the release cycle of the film "John Wick 3" has finally come to an end. At this time, the film's box office in the mainland has officially exceeded 2. 11 million mark, and its overseas box office has also reached an astonishing US$1.8 million, which means that the total global box office of "John Wick 2" has now reached a huge US$3.6 million.

We must know that the global box office of Tom Cruise's "Legacy" last year was only 2.86 million US dollars. The global box office of "John Wick 2" has not been released yet. Last year, Tom Cruise's investment was as high as 1.2 million US dollars. A US-dollar Hollywood A-level investment production was something Wu Jing could not even imagine before, but it happened so easily.

"Huashang Media is a company good at creating miracles!"

In recent years, Chinese people have almost reached a consensus on this issue.

(End of this chapter)