Chapter 89: Cao Yu is on fire in Asia
Cao Yu felt that if he had not gone abroad, he would not have graduated from the film and television school at this time, and he would definitely not be admitted to the three major film and television schools in China. Instead, he would be fooling around in an unknown film and television school in China.
Cao Yu was a little scared when he thought of this, and then suddenly thought of a question.
That is, Lian Lian Li, a film and television eldest brother who is comparable to his eldest brother Cheng Long, seems to be in a bad situation right now!
He actually agreed to return to China to film. You must know that this situation occurred because Lien Li currently has no film dates in Hollywood.
However, Cao Yu thought about it and realized that based on Li's works in recent years, he had indeed suffered several consecutive defeats in Hollywood. If he did not return to China to avoid the limelight and cool down his reputation in Hollywood, he would continue to lose consecutively.
Cao Yu estimated that Lia Li would be fired from Hollywood.
Because there is "Rush Hour" that connects Li and his eldest brother Cheng Long. Although it cannot be called an A-level large-scale production series, it can be regarded as a B-level production series. For actors, it can also be regarded as a talisman to protect them when they are unlucky.
, taking it out for 'protection' is different.
There is no series of works by Lianhe Li that can help him end his losing streak and allow investors and film and television companies to regain their confidence when he is losing streak.
Therefore, Lianhe Li will feel very uncomfortable whenever his works do not perform well.
And the works of the past two years, "Dragon's Kiss" and "Cosmic Wanted" all failed miserably.
[Dragon's Kiss] is a product that cannot be defeated by quality.
The failure of "Cosmic Wanted" was very unjust. It had a cast of Liaison Lee and Jason Stan, the director was a good one like Huang Yiyu, and the plot was also on point.
It can be said that the quality is quite good.
But it is a pity that there are three major monsters in global film and television this year - [Lord of the Rings], [Spider-Man] and [Harry Potter]
In fact, "Cosmic Wanted" had already been filmed, but Huang Yiyu and Lian Lien saw that "Lord of the Rings" was too powerful, so they postponed it. Then they didn't expect that "Spider-Man" was even more powerful, so it was postponed again.
With these two postponements, the time has come to the end of the year, and "Cosmic Wanted" cannot be postponed any longer and can only be released.
Although [Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone] is not more powerful than [Spider-Man], it is still a ferocious beast. If he lightly scratched [Cosmic Wanted], [Cosmic Wanted] died.
Yes, "Cosmic Wanted" is dead. For a movie with an investment of 20 million, plus 2,500 in promotional expenses, but a total box office of just over 20 million, this is not death, so what is it?
It's death!
However, the relationship between Li and Cao Yu was not as good as that of Cheng Long. Thinking of this, Cao Yu did not think further.
After a phone call with Cheng Long, the night got deeper, so Cao Yu was ready to go to bed.
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In the next few days, Cao Yu didn't have much to do, that is, he had a detailed discussion with CAA president Michael Ovitz about not sending him an agent for the time being.
Although last time Cao Yu asked his assistant Jerry to bring a message to Michael Ovitz.
But Cao Yu still has to have a serious talk with Michael Ovitz face to face about this kind of thing.
In the end, things went smoothly.
Then there was the task that Cheng Long asked Cao Yu to do that night.
The next day, Cao Yu called early in the morning and it was probably late at night in China. He had a detailed talk with Cao Yu and confirmed Cao Yu's intention.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Yimou heard that Cheng Long had become Cao Yu and was so eager to contact Cao Yu was that he did not expect that, on the one hand, and on the other hand, his original target was Cao Yu.
It's just that Cao Yu really didn't have any personal entanglements in the country, so he couldn't contact Cao Yu, so he used his connections to find Cheng Long.
Unexpectedly, the flowers planted intentionally did not produce flowers, and the willows planted unintentionally made shade. It was a mistake that made a mistake.
This makes Zhang Yimou not anxious.
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However, Zhang Yimou was not the only one who made a mistake by deliberately planting flowers, but unintentionally planting willows and willows to create shade.
[My Sassy Girl] is popular in Asia!
It is really a fire, and it is the kind of fire that spreads throughout Asia. Its intensity is several times higher than in previous lives.
South Korea.RB.China.Southeast Asia.
[My Sassy Girl] swept across like a tornado.
It’s not that Cao Yu never thought that [My Sassy Girl] wouldn’t be popular. Cao Yu knew that [My Sassy Girl] would be popular. After all, if it wasn’t popular, it wouldn’t exist in Cao Yu’s memory of his previous life.
It's just that Cao Yu didn't expect that it would be ridiculously popular.
Everything else is too frivolous and goes directly to the box office. One of Cao Yu's remuneration is a 30% box office dividend from "My Sassy Girl".
Now, the salary received in Cao Yu's bank card has reached 30 million U.S. dollars, which means that the box office of "My Sassy Girl" in Asia has reached 100 million U.S. dollars.
This is a bit scary.
You must know that in 2001, the Asian film market was not big because the overall economy in Asia was not good.
The figure of 100 million US dollars is really scary.
But after Cao Yu carefully analyzed "My Sassy Girl", he felt that the reason why "My Sassy Girl" was such a hit at the box office was that it went to the extreme.
"My Sassy Girl" was released in mid-November. At that time, "Spider-Man" starring Cao Yu had already finished production, and "Harry Potter" starring a supporting role was already in decline.
But at this time, Cao Yu relied on these two works to directly win a lot of fans in Asia and build a lot of popularity with passers-by.
At this time, "My Sassy Girl" came out, and it was another romance film, which directly ignited the enthusiasm of Cao Yu's fans in Asia. In addition, "My Sassy Girl" was of good quality, and many passers-by became fans.
That's why we achieved such incredible results.
In the past, Cao Yu traveled around Asia, which was a bit false. He relied on Cao Yu's reputation as a Hollywood movie star.
Cao Yu, on the other hand, used three hard-hitting works such as "Spider-Man", "Harry Potter" and "My Sassy Girl", coupled with his own Asian identity, to directly achieve the status of a genuine Asian superstar in one go.
With a huge fan base, Cao Yu has now established a firm foothold in Asia, and Asia can now be regarded as Cao Yu's private territory.
At this time, Cao Yu's status in Asia was the same as that of his elder brother Cheng Long and Kung Fu Emperor Li Li.
It allows Cao Yu to come back and take shelter when he encounters trouble in Hollywood.
Cao Yu was naturally happy with this result. This process was what Cao Yu had expected. However, Cao Yu didn't expect it to come so quickly. With just one movie "My Sassy Girl", Cao Yu thought that two more classic movies would be added.
There's a fire.
Chapter completed!