Both DC and Marvel have created many Chinese superheroes. In recent years, with the continuous expansion of the domestic market, especially "Wolf Warrior 2", which has a box office of 5.6 billion, Hollywood studios feel that they still underestimated China before.

market.

I feel it is very necessary to "tailor-make" movies for China.

That's why Disney announced the filming of "Mulan".

DC also deliberately cast Zheng Kai as the fourth-generation Atom Cai Ruian in "Justice League" - all of Zheng Kai's scenes were cut in the release version.

Director Zha even said that he could make an independent movie about "The Atom" with Zheng Kai as the protagonist.

Today Robert Iger said that Marvel wants to make a Chinese superhero, which is understandable.

After Cheng Yuan asked, Robert Iger said: "We plan to shoot "Shang-Chi"."

Marvel has more than just one Chinese superhero, Shang-Chi, but it chose to make this one.

Before Robert Egger could explain "Shang-Chi" to the two of them, Cheng Yu'an jumped in and said, "Robert, I advise you to change it."

"Why? Shang-Chi is a good story." Robert Iger tried to muddle through.

Cheng Yu'an didn't know about American comics before, but now he has a full understanding of American comics in order to study his competitors and the market.

"Robert, how do you plan to explain the role of Shang-Chi's father to the Chinese audience?" Cheng Yu'an asked the most critical question.

This is also the problem with "Shang-Chi".

In the original time and space, the casting of "Shang-Chi" was full of discrimination and stereotypes, and the idiotic remarks of the male and female protagonists made the audience extremely disappointed with the movie.

However, if Cheng Yu'an intervenes, he has the confidence and ability to change the role to his own.

However, the role of Shang-Chi's father carries original sin. If the Chinese touch this character, whoever touches him will die.

Shang Qi's father's name was Zheng Zu, and his pseudonym was Fu Manchu - the most typical representative of the "Yellow Peril" theory in the West.

Robert Egger knew that Hu couldn't get Cheng Yu'an: "G, this is just a movie, it's fake. We respect the Chinese audience very much."

"If you respect the Chinese audience, you should make another superhero. There are so many Chinese heroes in Marvel, why choose a character that will cause controversy. If you insist on making a movie, I can tell you responsibly, I will not follow

Disney cooperates, and it is very likely that this Shang-Chi movie will not enter the Chinese market."

"Zheng Zu is just a supporting character, a villain, and we can change his name."

"But Chinese netizens and viewers will definitely find out. You can't win the audience." Cheng Yu'an explained the truth to Robert Iger very seriously.

If we can sincerely make a Chinese superhero movie, then of course it would be the best. If we can facilitate the filming of such a movie, it will definitely leave a mark in the history of film exchanges between the two countries.

But it is obvious that Robert Egger did not listen to Cheng Yuan's advice.

Since he will propose the project, Marvel must have discussed it internally and even decided to make "Shang-Chi".

I told Cheng Yu'an that I just hoped to get him, a local snake in China, to come in and protect him.

Cheng Yu'an disagrees, and Disney doesn't care at all.

Marvel will not be short of partners.

Cheng Yu'an and Cheng Lingfeng left. Cheng Lingfeng didn't know much about Shang Qi, so Cheng Yu'an told her about Shang Qi's background.

Everyone, please go and try it soon.】

As soon as Fu Manchu was mentioned, Cheng Lingfeng exploded. She has lived and worked abroad all year round, and she knew very well what the three words Fu Manchu meant to the Chinese.

"Isn't this deliberately disgusting?" Cheng Lingfeng said, "Marvel is going to do it, and we can't stop it, but if anyone dares to take the role of Zheng Zu, don't blame me for being rude."

The Chinese community in Hollywood is not large, and Cheng's aunt and nephew have a very important voice in it.

But Cheng Yu'an said: "The Marvel superhero movie pie is so tempting, there are really people who will risk their money to get it."

Cheng Lingfeng naturally knows the attraction of Marvel: "He wants to film it, and I will block it after filming. If he can get a movie in the United States after playing Zheng Zu, I will consider him the one." Thumbs up.

"Mr. Cheng is very arrogant," Cheng Yu'an joked.

"That's right." Cheng Lingfeng said, "Nowadays, in the American Chinese community, except for the older generation who are a little nostalgic and have a little bit of family and national conditions, those who have immigrated since childhood, or those who were born in the United States, are all included.

They are banana people. They can’t even speak Mandarin, and their way of thinking is not Eastern. There is no way to expect them to consciously resist Shang Qi. You should keep an eye on it at home.”

"Don't worry, I will definitely not spare anyone who dares to take on Shang Qi." Cheng Yu'an said.

This meal was really terrible.

When I talked to Liu Yifei that night, Cheng Yuan told her about the incident. Liu Yifei was also very angry: "Isn't this intentional?"

"I'm just deliberately disgusting you." Cheng Yu'an said, "I know that Chinese people may be concerned about the impact of other movies, so I eagerly come up with Marvel superhero movies. I guess no one among Chinese actors around the world can refuse this piece of cake."

This is a small conspiracy.

You know I'm disgusting, so what do you think? You still rush to act.

Don't overestimate the sentiments of actors. As long as the role is big enough, they will really rush forward regardless.

The next day, Cheng Yuan met with relevant staff of Universal Theme Park and formally signed a licensing contract.

Licensed the images of "Despicable Me" and its spin-off animated series to Universal for use in its theme parks around the world for a period of 10 years.

At the reception after the signing ceremony, Cheng Yu'an, as an intermediary, introduced Liu Daoqiang to Tom Williams, chairman of Universal Theme Parks and Resorts Group.

But Tom said: "G, no introduction is needed, we have known each other for a long time."

Liu Daqiang is the president of Huaqiang Fantawild.

You may not be familiar with Huaqiang Fantawild, but everyone knows about Fantawild Happy World.

Yuanyuan does not have its own theme park, but chooses to cooperate with Fantawild.

There are very few large-scale theme parks in the world. This circle is very small. It is not surprising that Tom Williams met Liu Daqiang.

"It would be better if we know each other." Cheng Yu'an said with a smile, "Mr. Liu also wants to discuss cooperation with Universal this time."

What cooperation can Fantawild discuss with Universal?

It’s also a theme park!

Fantawild has made a good calculation. Universal has already opened a resort in Beijing. Fantawild wants to bring Universal to the south. It would be best to open another theme park in Suicheng or Pengcheng.

He had already thought of a name, and it was called Fonte Universal Resort.

The cooperation between Yuan Yuan, Fangte and Universal will definitely be successful!

The reason why we asked Cheng Yu'an to be the middleman was because Cheng Yu'an's words had weight and he also had a stake in the matter. Cheng Yu'an would try his best to bring Fantawild and Universal together.

But planning a theme park cannot be explained in a few words, and Tom Williams said he would give special consideration to this matter.
Chapter completed!