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Chapter 414 Seeing Penguin Again
"The greatest villain in history!"

"Evil Venom has landed on Earth!"

"The second superhero movie of Grand Slam actor is coming!"

"Ding Cheng's biggest challenge ever!"

Half a month later, the world premiere of Venom, Ding Cheng returned to the capital, and began to publicize it.

The reason for not choosing the United States is that it is not considered a big production in Hollywood after all, and the promotional efforts are limited.

Instead, it is better to use Southeast Asia as a breakthrough, use its own box office appeal to break through the siege, and drive the box office in North America and even the world.

It doesn't matter, it's more comfortable to go back to his hometown. This time Ding Cheng didn't make a big fanfare to ask his friends for help. Aquaman has already owed a lot of favors. This time I want to see how much Venom can earn at the box office?

I don’t mobilize contacts, but Fatty Yu and Yaozai will not be idle. Two or 3000 million will be poured down, another round of overwhelming, plus all kinds of hype, not to mention the support of Dad Penguin, this schedule is completely dominated by Venom .

Even got the hottest rocket 101 to run and jump?

When I had nothing to do, I went to Korea for a tour, cooperated with CJ to promote and build momentum, helped Lee Jae-hyun stand on the platform, and yelled twice to solicit votes.

No matter where you go, there are crowds of people, there are thirty or forty venues in Baoan Town, there is no way, but you can't interact with fans at close range, which is also a kind of regret.

On the day of the premiere, I had dinner with Fatty Yu and Wang Tian. As the only domestic distributor, Warner was too rigid last time. After all, Columbia was a few orders of magnitude behind this time, so I had to obediently cooperate with Bona. Fatty Yu can be said to be proud of himself.

"Hmph, I see how long Warner can be tough!" Fatty Yu said disdainfully: "The second king is finished, and the third Han must sit up straight. Who else can they look for?"

Ding Cheng couldn't help but tease: "After all, you are a giant, so you have to be arrogant a few times, don't you lose face?"

"We don't eat that set!"

"Aren't you trying to pretend?"

"Wait until the box office of Venom comes out?"

"I don't want to fuck you!"

Everyone laughed, and Ding Cheng also had the same attitude. Lao Mei is such a piss, worshiping the strong, and the weak will never have the right to speak.

The reason why I chose Columbia this time is also to show my strength to the veterans of Warner Disney. Even without you, I can still thrive.

At that time, you will rush to beg me!
If Aquaman is to prove to Hollywood his box office appeal in Southeast Asia,

That venom is knocking the mountain to shake the tiger,
Let the so-called old overlords see,

What is awesome!
"Penguin finally made the right bet this time?" Wang Tian joked, "How many bad movies did you spend money on a few days ago?"

Ding Cheng shook his head with a smile. If you want to talk about the relationship with Penguin, it is quite early. I still remember that one-seventh of me back then was the web drama they invested in.

It is also the work with the lowest rating since my debut!

"Every few years, there are hot money from different corners of the world wanting to enter Hollywood. Who makes the name on the Walk of Fame bring huge brand value and influence?"

Fatty Yu said: "Rich people everywhere want to get a piece of the action. First there were island countries and Germany, and then India and the Middle East all entered the game. This money was regarded as stupid money by Hollywood. After 15 years, it will finally be our turn in China."

"I still remember that in the first year or so, various domestic companies waved the dollars that were not restricted at that time, looking for everything that could be bought, from theaters to small and medium-sized film companies, and even the Big Six seemed to be no longer Not for sale."

"At that time, the richest man Wang flew to Los Angeles in person, wanting to use the money to educate Hollywood on how to make movies!"

Everyone burst into laughter again, Ding Cheng recalled the first time he met Fatty Yu, it was also in 15, and Tencent Pictures had just been established.Because of the word Tencent, and because of the argument that movies had to work for BAT at the time, everyone was in awe of it, expecting it to also wave the money, participate together, and buy Hollywood.

Times have changed. In the past two years, the country lowered leverage and tightened capital outflows. The rampant crazy rich people in Hollywood scattered in an instant. I am secretly glad that I finally don't have to worry about the guidance from laymen.

"After all, Penguin has a big family and a big business. Xiao Ma has been the richest man for two consecutive years, but he is getting closer and closer to Hollywood. Participating in "Warcraft" in 16, he showed the industry the resources that a trillion empire can mobilize, and shocked the audience."

"Then participated in "Wonder Woman", "Ready Player One", "Bumblebee"...including this time Venom, almost all of them were the most popular imported movies of the year."

"I heard that it has announced investment in the new "Terminator" and "Top Gun", and will jointly develop "My Name Is Bai Xiaofei" with STX. The original work comes from the comic IP of the animation platform."

"The last time I had dinner with Vice President Chen Hongwei, I kept saying that I wanted to be a Chinese partner in Hollywood?"

Fatty Yu snorted coldly: "Don't even ask if we agree or not!"

Ding Cheng shook his head. In fact, Tencent's early releases did not have much Hollywood shadow. He might feel that he was not ready at that time. Whether it was making movies or cooperating with Hollywood, he was still a newcomer.

With the team, began to visit Hollywood.At that time, Hollywood was full of Chinese faces. Many people had been in Hollywood for a long time, and things didn’t get done. However, there were some connections, so they matched domestic teams and Hollywood teams. Regardless of whether the project was successful or not, it was only a matter of intermediary fees.

People who are stupid and have a lot of money often sign cooperation intentions for the top names such as Avatar team and famous directors. Some are really cheated, and some go back to China and continue to deceive new investors with empty contracts.

At that time, Tencent was also very smart. It didn't look at these cooperation projects, and it didn't even negotiate with the Big Six. It made a list of hundreds of independent production companies and studios. Make an appointment.

The purpose of meeting is not to talk about cooperation, but to have a contact first, to get to know each other, in order to slowly build a cooperative and trustful relationship.

Although the Huaxia film market was huge, it was already the second largest in the world at that time, and it was only a matter of time before it became the number one in the world, but just having a big market or rich money does not bring respect.

Just as veteran aristocrats look down on capital tycoons, similar tastes are more important than money in the eyes of producers.Because Hollywood, which is rampant with blockbuster films, has lost its taste, many originals have gone to Amazon and Netflix, which has also led to a creative crisis in Hollywood today.

To be honest, people are more worried about Chinese taste than Hollywood!

In Ding Cheng's view, the word Tencent is not only a strong endorsement and resource support, but also a heavy responsibility.Having them in the game means having the convenience of knowing almost all Internet users and having the support of the largest social platform.

With social attributes, you can know what users like and what they don't like, and all precision marketing announcements, don't know how much money you can save, and how much you can do more.

In all fairness, Penguin is more suitable for publicity and distribution channels, or if it only invests and does not participate in the creation, if it participates in the script, Venom himself will definitely not dare to accept it!

(End of this chapter)