Rebirth of the Entertainment Master

Chapter 657 Kerry's Resentment

At seven o'clock in the evening, the three of Xiao Yunhai came to a newly opened steak restaurant.

Hearing that there is a good red wine in it, Kerry and Jesse chose this restaurant with the mentality of playing local tyrants.

After ordering a bottle of [-] Lafite, Kerry said contentedly, "It still smells like a free red wine."

Xiao Yunhai shook his head and said, "Kerry, you have to watch your words and deeds. Isn't America very particular about gentlemanly demeanor?"

Kerry said nonchalantly: "That's purely pretending, mainly for outsiders to see. There is a saying in China that you are a bastard if you don't take advantage of it. Although I still haven't figured out what a bastard is, I I still think it makes sense.”

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "I really admire you."

Jesse on the side said, "Xiao, the worldwide sales of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" have been calculated, and the total is 360 million copies."

Kerry asked, "Jesse, tell me, how much money does he get out of it?"

Jesse said: "If calculated according to the current exchange rate, it is almost 6000 million U.S. dollars."

Kerry said with a look of remorse: "Hearing this number, I am in an extremely bad mood now. I missed at least 500 billion because of 20 million. This is not counting the income of the movie. God, I am going crazy. "

Jesse said: "The four major European publishing houses have already called, and I hope you can hand over the second "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" to them."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after the screening of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone". Kerry, when will our movie be released?"

Kerry said, "It should be around mid-March."

Xiao Yunhai nodded, and said: "Great. Hehe, I plan to publish the next "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" at my own expense."

Jesse said: "Xiao, it seems that you can make a lot of money again."

Hearing Jesse's words, Kerry shouted with grief and indignation: "Waiter, bring me another bottle of 82-year-old Lafite."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said, "Okay, Kerry. Your MGM Dinosaur Contest has swept away 42 billion US dollars all over the world. What else do you want?"

Kerry said: "But don't forget, our investment was 49 million US dollars, and it took two full years to complete. And your "Jing Wu Heroes" only invested tens of millions, and it took less than two months to shoot. It won 15 billion US dollars. How do you compare us? There is also the "Harry Potter" series, which is simply a cornucopia. Once the movie is released all over the world, it will definitely stimulate the sales of your novels. Breaking through [-] million should be a little There are no problems. The next second, third... Oh my god, I roughly calculated that you can make at least [-] billion US dollars in profit for each Harry Potter. Oops, now that I think about it, my head hurts again."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "There's no way, who made you not even willing to spend 500 million US dollars back then."

Kerry glared at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao, if you want to talk about this again, I will break up with you."

Xiao Yunhai shrugged his shoulders and said: "Okay, I promise not to talk about it in the future. Kerry, your Hollywood movies are very powerful in China now, and our domestic movies are beaten to nothing. To be honest, your Eighth Cinemas are Didn't it be discussed long ago to use this intensive offensive method to compete for our Chinese market?"

Kerry nodded, and said: "That's right. When and which movie will be released is determined after our careful research. The purpose is to occupy market share and create our Hollywood momentum. If it weren't for your film and television The Bureau's review of films is too strict, and we are afraid that we will have more film screenings."

Xiao Yunhai said: "In the past month or so, the total box office of our domestic films in China is less than one-tenth of yours. Kerry, your goal has been achieved."

Kerry said angrily: "Achieve what? Xiao, your Huaxia government is too abominable. Seeing that we spent 1 trillion to buy Huaxia theaters, we promised others to build new theaters across the country. This is simply It's just playing tricks."

Xiao Yunhai argued: "Kerry, I can't blame the Huaxia government for this. It's because you have gone too far. Huaxia theaters accounted for 60.00% of the entire market share, and you didn't even leave a sip of soup for Huaxia. This has already touched the government. The bottom line. Huaxia will never sit back and watch its entertainment industry be gradually eroded by you, do you understand?"

Kerry said: "But we did not violate the laws of business in doing so."

Xiao Yunhai said with a smile: "The Huaxia government agrees to one or two companies to build new theaters, which is also a normal business practice, and it does not violate commercial laws. Isn't it?"

Kerry said angrily, "You're playing side-by-side."

Xiao Yunhai said: "That's right. But if you hit the edge of the ball well, you can still make the hole."

Jesse said: "You two, it's useless for you to argue here. What will the Huaxia government do? What you say doesn't matter."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "That's right. Kerry, you seem very excited, why?"

Kerry sighed: "Do you know how much we paid to get China's theaters? The eight major Hollywood film companies have drained almost all of their working capital, and coupled with the economic crisis that continues to fluctuate, the money for our continuous filming It's all gone."

Xiao Yunhai said in surprise: "That's not right. I think you guys are having a lot of fun filming. Every company has several films in production."

Kerry said with a wry smile: "We have already mortgaged our Huaxia Cinema shares to the bank. The more than 4000 billion shares have only been loaned out to 1600 billion, and the average company is only 200 billion. Damn, you are simply too deceitful."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "It's your own fault. In terms of financial resources, the big companies in our country are no worse than you, but why don't they fight? It's not because those theater chains are not worth the price at all, so they gave up You spent more than 4000 billion yuan to buy a theater chain worth 2000 billion yuan. In our Chinese language, you are being taken advantage of.”

Kerry said: "We have no choice. Forget it, let's not talk about it. I can tell you whether your "Infernal Affairs" needs to be used in our China Cinemas."

Xiao Yunhai smiled and said: "Thank you. However, I have already found Starlight Cinema and signed the contract."

Kerry said: "That's a shame. I have a hunch this movie is going to be a hit."

Xiao Yunhai said: "That's for sure."

Three days later, "Infernal Affairs" passed the review, Xiao Yunhai didn't waste any time, and immediately uploaded the trailer to the major video sites, those famous portal sites also released "Infernal Affairs" one after another in the most prominent position release information.

At the same time, the [-] posters that Xiao Yunhai asked Jesse to help print were posted all over the large and small bookstores across the United States.

These publicity expenses cost Xiao Yunhai a total of 2000 million US dollars.

Of course, the effect achieved is also very good.

Chapter 658 Propaganda of Infernal Affairs

In just a few days, movie fans in the United States knew that "Jing Wu Heroes" Chen Zhen filmed "Infernal Affairs", the pinnacle of a wits movie.

After seeing the trailer of "Infernal Affairs", they all appreciated it very much and left messages on the forum.

"I didn't expect Kung Fu Xiao to shoot literary dramas so well. Look at that look, sad, desperate, unbelievable...Damn it, it's absolutely amazing."

"After watching the trailer, I think this "Infernal Affairs" will be popular. Did you find out that the actors in it all played very well, very explosive, no worse than those big-name stars in our Hollywood."

"Guys, I have a hunch that "Infernal Affairs" will be as popular as "Fist of Heroes" in Europe and America."

"Kung Fu Xiao is my idol, no matter what, I must see it."

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In order to promote "Infernal Affairs", Xiao Yunhai, with the help of Kerry, participated in a talk show and introduced the filming process of the film to everyone.

When people learned that "Infernal Affairs" was finished in only six days, the whole scene was in an uproar, and the audience in front of the TV were also very surprised.

What kind of movie can be made in six days?This is what everyone wants to know.

Lottes, a director of the American Film Review Association, said in an interview with the media: "When we learned that Kung Fu Xiao's "Infernal Affairs" was only completed in six days, everyone felt a little unbelievable. This is unbelievable. I can assure you with my personality that this "Infernal Affairs" is one of the best movies I have reviewed, it has a plot and story that goes unexpected, and it is very intense and exciting from beginning to end , the ending is even more exciting. If "Infernal Affairs" applies for next year's Oscars, then it can at least be shortlisted for four awards."

Even Lotus himself didn't know what kind of uproar his words caused in the United States. Those movie fans who were still undecided all expressed on the forum that they would go to the cinema to watch "Infernal Affairs".

However, the opponent of "Infernal Affairs" is also very powerful.

A total of twelve films were released at the same time as "Infernal Affairs". The most influential ones are the historical film "Julius Caesar" of Warner Bros., the action film "Deadly Hunter" of United Artists, and the magical blockbuster of Universal Pictures. "Elves" and the animated film "Jungle Adventures" produced by Disney Pictures.

Although they rely on their own home field advantage, they are several levels stronger than "Infernal Affairs" in terms of publicity, but in terms of the influence of the movie in the United States, "Infernal Affairs" is no worse than the other four movies.