Chapter 953 The black horse broke out or the phoenix fell into the water?
Originally, there were special instructions beforehand, clearly stating that as long as the questions were not related to the movie, the couple could choose not to answer them.
However, this time there have been two problems that have a very significant impact on personal image.
Under this situation, Liu Yifei really couldn't sit back and ignore it, so she was forced to respond politely to dispel the bad ideas that the media might take out of context and maliciously publicize.
After struggling to answer these two sudden questions, the couple decisively decided to refuse to answer any more questions and stood up to leave.
Seeing that the two were about to leave, many media reporters completely forgot the rules and rushed to ask various questions. The voices started to rise and fall in an instant, and the scene became noisy.
Facing this chaotic scene, the couple waved gently to say goodbye to everyone, and then left the venue under the strict protection of the security team led by Lu Tao.
In the shots illuminated by countless spotlights, only two silhouettes of their backs were left at the side door of the venue, gradually fading away.
The next press conference process was continued by deputy director Chen Musheng, led by Hui Yinghong and other actors.
They gave a comprehensive account of the movie content and the promotion of the premiere, and actively participated in interviews.
And in the hotel corridor, Liu Yifei gently held Chu Xuan's hand, turned her head slightly, looked at Chu Xuan beside her, with interest in her eyes, and said softly: "Did you get hit just now?"
"What do you think?" Chu Xuan asked back. There was no denial in his tone, but more of a sense of helplessness at the media's random speculation.
Liu Yifei looked at his appearance and couldn't help laughing. Then she raised her eyebrows slightly and said with a cute look asking for praise: "What about my answer just now?"
At this time, her right hand was tightly clasped with the ten fingers of Chu Xuan's left hand. Chu Xuan could only raise his left hand and give a thumbs up, and sincerely praised: "Perfect!"
Liu Yifei's strong defense of him just now really made him feel more comfortable.
Hearing his compliment, Liu Yifei looked at him and smiled.
At this moment, the tacit understanding and love between each other were unspoken.
"The only thing left is the premiere tomorrow."
"Yes, after finishing the promotion, we can just wait and see how the movie is released."
While communicating, the couple went to the room upstairs to rest and wait for the call from downstairs.
When the press conference downstairs came to the photo session, the couple went downstairs again.
In an atmosphere like stars holding the moon, they took photos continuously and took photos with people from all walks of life for more than an hour before finally ending this hot press conference.
After the press conference ended, Southeast Asia's public opinion field ushered in a wave of new topics.
#chuxuan & liuyifei are childhood sweethearts#, #伊皇之人#, #chuxuan’s excellence is not inferior to liuyifei#, #chuxuan and liuyifei are the national lovers of China#…
# Shocking Chinese Science Fiction Movies Are Coming#, #华国的special effects technology is not inferior to Hollywood#, #华国电影是什么意思#…
In the afternoon of that day, the topics and copywriting generated by the press conference were widely released and disseminated by various overseas media.
Whether it is Liu Yifei-related news or movie-related information, it has aroused heated discussions on major social platforms.
Especially the relationship history and development experience of Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei made the domestic media make a fortune.
As we all know, the domestic network is currently relatively closed. Apart from the factor of hackers, it is almost impossible for overseas people to browse domestic news unless they go to the country.
Therefore, when Liu Yifei said at the press conference how outstanding Chu Xuan was, the overseas media could not get effective information at the first time.
Domestic media have a lot of this kind of information in their hands, and many senior media also have their own hard drives. The hard drives store a large amount of sorted and classified information about hot items from previous years.
It just so happens that people in Southeast Asia are paying close attention to Liu Yifei, so Southeast Asian media are eager to report information about Liu Yifei.
The domestic media has a lot of information about Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei from previous years, so it would be easy to just copy and paste the documents on the hard drive and make deals with overseas media, which is simple, efficient and profitable.
In this way, the domestic media was extremely happy to sell information from previous years like crazy, counting the money and laughing like crazy;
Overseas media get the purchased news, translate it a little and publish it, and it becomes fresh news in Southeast Asia, thereby earning huge amounts of traffic, which is equally satisfying.
With such an efficient and large amount of "fresh information" disseminated, that night, the momentum of Liu Yifei and the movie increased in Southeast Asia, and by the way, Chu Xuan also became a little popular.
After all, when Chu Xuan's achievements in China spread, Southeast Asian audiences and fans also began to have a great change in the view of the man behind "Princess Nihuang".
However, the couple had no time to pay attention to the online public opinion in Southeast Asia. They went to bed early and got up early. After waking up the next day, they began to rush for the movie premiere.
Whether at home or abroad, the biggest role of the premiere is to facilitate more comprehensive publicity and momentum building for the movie.
Let the media, influential industry insiders and senior movie fans be the first to watch the whole movie, and then these people will spontaneously promote the movie to boost the momentum of the movie, so that the movie can have a publicity topic before and after the release.
Strong boost.
Originally, Huo Wenxi did not plan to hold a premiere because the actor team he led was not that influential and could not attract much attention from the media and industry insiders.
In this case, it would be better to focus on the road show instead of the premiere, and hold more road shows in various cities in Malaysia, which will have a greater boost to the movie.
However, due to the fierce momentum caused by Liu Yifei's arrival in Southeast Asia and the mayor's personal invitation, there was an opportunity to hold a grand premiere.
On the afternoon of November 24, in the center of Kuala Lumpur, the 500-seat auditorium of Dadi Cinema was the venue for the movie premiere.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Dadi Cinema is currently the most luxurious cinema in Malaysia and belongs to Dadi Cinema Group.
Dadi Cinema Group is also affiliated with Dadi Investment Holding Group.
Dadi Investment Holding Group is headquartered in Guangdong, China.
Dadi Cinemas was the first domestic cinema chain to develop the cinema industry in Southeast Asia. The reason why it was successful and became the most luxurious and famous cinema in Kuala Lumpur is because this cinema was the venue for the premiere with the help of Chen Lizhi. You will know that Chen Lizhi
The Chinese-American Chen family represented also has inextricable ties with certain domestic capital.
At this moment, on the stage, the mayor is speaking with a speech.
"Chinese film, television and music have been very popular and loved by the Malaysian people for decades."
"In the past there was the TV series "Huan Zhuge Ge", and this year there is the TV series "The Legend of Red Flame", both of which were the best in ratings at each stage of broadcasting."
"In the past, there were international superstars such as Teresa Teng, Cheng Long, and Lin Zhengying, and now there are excellent artists such as Chu Xuan, Liu Yifei, Zhou Jielun, and Cai Yilin. They are all shining brightly in Malaysia and the entire Southeast Asia, spreading energy and being popular among the people."
"I'm very happy that today, the crew of the Chinese movie "Skyfall" can come to Kuala Lumpur to hold this grand international premiere."
"Here, on behalf of Kuala Lumpur, I would like to extend a warm welcome."
There was a "wow" sound, and the whole audience burst into applause.
“Welcome media from all over the world to Kuala Lumpur, thank you for letting the world see the enthusiasm from Kuala Lumpur.”
“Welcoming celebrities and film industry professionals from all over the world has injected a diverse atmosphere of art and culture into Kuala Lumpur today…”
The two words of praise once again elicited rounds of applause from the audience.
No matter what the purpose of the mayor is, is he trying to win over the media to promote Kuala Lumpur, is he specifically taking advantage of the situation to improve his friendly image and influence, or is he using Liu Yifei's voice to win over domestic women and overseas Chinese?
This is not important to the couple and Huo Wenxi. If a mayor comes to the premiere as an opening guest, it will have a different and enthusiastic response to the movie's momentum. This is always a good thing for the movie.
, it is enough to understand this fact.
"Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for your speech, which made this premiere brilliant."
"Seeing that everyone is a little impatient, let's start the movie journey of "Skyfall" now."
"Excuse me, teacher in the screening room, we can show the movie now."
While the host was speaking, the lights in the screening room suddenly dimmed.
Light slowly appeared on the big screen, and the movie picture appeared.
The terrifying and exciting alien army, the fierce collision between technological weapons and swarms of alien objects, the confrontation between superpowers and alien lights, the decisive battle between humans and alien life in two worlds...
Giants of different shapes, the tidal melee force of the ancient army, the roars and attacks of the beasts like ancient alien beasts, and the transformation of the majestic and strange ancient giant city...
This indescribable visual impact turned into cheers and screams, excitement and passion that reached the sky, and the spread of the concept of unity and cohesion, allowing all overseas people in the audience to witness what "
Science Fiction in China”.
"Sangat cantik (so beautiful)!" Malaysian movie fans commented like crazy.
“???????????????,??????????????????.(I thought it was overestimated, but I didn’t expect it to be underestimated.
Movie)." The South Korean reporters who had seen the promotional video in South Korea were shocked. It was the first time they saw the whole movie, and they did not expect it to be even more exciting than the promotional video.
“??????????????????????????????????????????(This is the best thing I’ve ever seen)
A movie!" The movie fans from Thailand were very surprised and expressed their love for the movie.
"Surprisingly, has China's film industry bee so developed now? (Surprisingly, has China's film industry bee so developed now?)" Singaporean movie fans were deeply shocked and surprised.
"Kh?ng ng? Kung Fu c?a L?u Di?c Phi l?i l?i h?i nh? v?y (I didn't expect Liu Yifei's kung fu to be so powerful)!" Fans and media from Vietnam all expressed this.
Feeling amazing.
After more than a month of overseas roadshow promotion, many media and audiences have not seen the whole movie.
Now that we have witnessed the excellence of the movie, it has completely ignited the media's interest in the movie.
Seeing Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei on stage for interviews, the overseas media present also became enthusiastic about interviewing film-related matters, and they were all prepared to be named for interviews.
…
Thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, some groups also paid attention to the situation at the Kuala Lumpur premiere.
The people who are paying attention are not Chenglong and Tang Jili, but some capitalists in Hollywood.
In the hotel room, representatives from MGM, Columbia, Twentieth Century and Paramount gathered together.
At first, Paramount, Columbia, and 20th Century reached an agreement with UA Cinemas, the overseas distributor of the movie "Skyliner", by exchanging global theaters for the Chinese market. These four companies were not in favor.
If his Hollywood movies are going to enter China, will they have to exchange benefits with China?
He has always been the only one in Hollywood to attack forcefully, and other places can only accept it. How can he be qualified to negotiate terms with them?
Having been arrogant for a long time, I feel very dissatisfied with this situation.
However, these three movies are of great significance and were released one after another in the same quarter, which was also done deliberately by the consortium behind them.
First, with the epoch-making 3D graphics of "Avatar" and the help of two other great special effects movies, it bombarded the global market to sell high-tech equipment related to 3D technology, thus causing the stocks of corresponding technology companies to rise sharply.
This is a plan with a scale of hundreds of billions of dollars, and it is not comparable to the box office of a movie.
Second, it has entered the global market with three consecutive sci-fi movies with great special effects. This is something Hollywood has never done before. This move is intended to engage in a "war of cultural awareness and public opinion."
What is the “Cultural Cognition Public Opinion War”?
It means that people from all over the world believe that Hollywood’s film and television culture is the best and its film and television technology is the most developed.
Among them, China is their important layout target.
Using these three movies to "baptize" the Chinese people one after another, the people will never believe that their country can produce science fiction and produce top-notch special effects, and will always believe that Hollywood movies are high-quality movies.
As a result, the masses will no longer believe in this aspect of the country's culture, and capital will lose the confidence to pursue "science fiction" and "special effects", making it impossible to perfect high-end industrialization in film and television.
If successful, Hollywood will copy and paste their movies year after year to efficiently create movies in batches and intensify their "baptism" of the Chinese market, which will subtly and slowly penetrate into the bone marrow of the Chinese people.
a feeling.
This feeling is that even if their Hollywood movies are not good-looking, they are still better than Chinese movies;
Even if their Hollywood plots are rubbish, they are still better than Chinese movies;
Even if Chinese movies seem to be really good, the profound cultural differences instilled in them make the Chinese people unable to watch their own country's movies.
Once this ultimate goal is achieved, China's cultural model will be firmly in the hands of their Hollywood. Even China's own capital will only imitate their Hollywood and follow their Hollywood in order to pursue profits.
Follow the steps of Hollywood.
Under this grand strategy of "cultural awareness and public opinion war", "Avatar", "Transformers" and "2012" have been given great significance.
And it is expected that no matter how smart the people in the China Film Group and relevant departments in China are, they will not be able to see through their calculations at the first time. By the time the movie is released, it will find out something from the public opinion and react, and it will be too late.
.
Simply because the Chinese people have been "baptized" by their movies.
But for good luck, "Sky Curtain: The Enemy at the Gate" suddenly appeared on the Chinese side.
Just because of this movie, China Film Group had a stranglehold on three of their movies, and there was an exchange of interests.
Even if they were upset at first, it didn't matter much. Compared with opening up channels for a Chinese movie to be released globally, this was nothing worth mentioning in front of their plan.
Even if this movie is very popular in China and even breaks industry rules and expands the Chinese movie box office market, it doesn't matter. On the contrary, it will be good for their three movies.
If you help expand the scale of the local market, then my movie can also enjoy this dividend when it is released. Isn't this a good thing?
But I never expected that "Avatar", which was 100% optimistic and trusted by the entire Hollywood capital circle, would actually lose market share!
Although the overall box office trend is higher than that of "Skyline", this is because of the higher ticket prices of "Avatar".
If you count the number of moviegoers alone, the market share of "Avatar" is one level lower than that of "Skyliner."
This...this is a bit unexpected!
This shows that China already has a science fiction film that surpasses Hollywood. It is a work that Hollywood has been promoting for many years, and it is a blockbuster created with epoch-making technology!
As a result, the effect of the subsequent "cultural awareness and public opinion war" will be greatly reduced in China, and it will be difficult for their special effects blockbusters to achieve greater success in China.
So fucked!
But the fucking thing is far more than that. The feminist momentum that Liu Yifei has stirred up throughout East Asia is terrifying, and the influence that a female version of Michael Jackson can have.
However, it's not just that.
This female version of Jackson is even more difficult to deal with than the original Jackson, because her feminist voice is favored by luxury goods consortiums!
It’s okay to say that “Sky Curtain” is popular within China, but will this huge influence radiate throughout East Asia?
Under such circumstances, didn't Hollywood think about blocking it? Didn't they try to suppress Liu Yifei's hot momentum?
However, the luxury consortium won’t let it!
Those vampires are clearly aware of the antagonistic and competitive relationship between "Sky Curtain" and two of their three Hollywood movies, but what can they do if they are clear about it?
The momentum of women's rights can expand the commercial market for luxury goods and expand the consumption scale of East Asian countries. This is what those vampires care about most.
Under such circumstances, suppress Liu Yifei?
"You Hollywood people are going to suppress her, believe it or not, we are suppressing you?"
"She is Chinese! We are Westerners! We are in the same group!"
"Get lost! Money is with us. You can do whatever you want with culture, just don't mess with us."
The luxury goods industry is more profitable than the film and television industry, so the forces behind the former are stronger than those behind the latter.
The consortium behind Hollywood said they couldn't afford to offend her. They could only watch helplessly as Liu Yifei's journey from Japan and South Korea to Southeast Asia prospered, and a large number of luxury brands came to support her. They could only shake their heads and sigh helplessly.
If "Skyfall" leverages Liu Yifei's momentum to eventually surpass "Avatar" in terms of share in the Asian market, the blow to their Hollywood layout plan will be further aggravated.
"Damn luxury goods group, they are all vampires, without any sense of collective honor!" the MGM representative couldn't help but curse.
This scolding actually made the three representatives from Columbia, Paramount and 20th Century dumbfounded, and they all felt funny.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A sense of collective honor?
How did you say this word?
Isn’t everything you do for profit?
This is quite a double standard.
The representative of the twentieth century lowered his face and looked at the news on his laptop.
【Kuala Lumpur premiere scene.
The reporter asked: "Ms. Liu Yifei, it is reported that "Sky Curtain" has earned a box office of 920 million yuan in your country, which is 122 million US dollars. This is already the highest box office record for your Chinese film in the local market, and it is still continuing.
Excuse me, Ms. Liu Yifei, what is your expectation for the final global box office of this movie, including your local market in China?"
Liu Yifei replied sweetly: "I expect... it should be 500 million U.S. dollars."
"Oh——" the audience exclaimed, Gein's Asian film has never had such box office results in history.
If it meets this expectation, this movie deserves to be crowned the Asian movie.]
"Ha." The Paramount representative next to him smiled disdainfully.
The total box office of 500 million US dollars was still expected, but this group of Asians were so surprised. They looked like they had never seen the world before, which was extremely ridiculous.
In Hollywood, given the size of the current global market, US$500 million is considered excellent at most. If you want to become a hit and be enthusiastically pursued by the media, this figure is still a little short of the mark.
However, the reason why their Hollywood movies have high box office is because they have invested a lot of money to support the market.
Think about "Sky Curtain", with an investment of 30 to 40 million U.S. dollars. If it really takes 500 million U.S. dollars at the box office, it will be an astonishing investment-to-income ratio. In fact, it will make Chinese movies have higher box office than Hollywood movies.
However, compared with movies with average yields, the former will be more favored by the capital market.
Thinking of this, the corners of his disdainful mouth gradually calmed down, and he felt slightly unhappy.
"Let's go, it's almost time," said the Colombian representative.
There is a long time difference between Kuala Lumpur and Los Angeles. The night after the premiere there is the morning here in Los Angeles.
A few big guys got together and chatted, and it was noon, time for the movie premiere in Los Angeles.
The reason why it is arranged at noon is because it will not get too late after the premiere.
California, where Los Angeles is located, is getting worse and worse in terms of public security, and is known as "Happy America, with gunfights every day."
Therefore, the premiere was held at noon for the safety of VIP guests.
The magnificent Queen's Road Cinema was overcrowded with 800 people seated.
Chenglong came on stage and said hello: "Hello everyone, I'm Chenglong, I'm back."
"JackChen!"
"JackChen!!"
"..."
Along with whistles and cheers, the whole place was in a state of excitement.
Chenglong's international influence cannot be overemphasized, and his appearance has made many foreign movie fans applaud him.
Especially the phrase "I'm back" made some fans who had not watched Cheng Long's new film for many years very excited.
As the opening ended in a warm atmosphere, the film unveiled its mystery to European and American media, industry insiders and audiences in Los Angeles.
As the movie played, bursts of exclamations rose to the sky from time to time, and the sound was louder than the premiere in Kuala Lumpur.
The culture of Southeast Asia is relatively close to that of China. After all, the seeds spread in Chinese history are everywhere, and the audience understands and accepts the culture presented in the film very quickly.
However, Chinese culture is very different from European and American culture. Under the cultural impact of this huge difference, if any audience really feels the amazing effect, they will be extremely shocked as if their three views have been refreshed.
Given this perception, many Europeans and Americans present changed their views on Chinese films.
Many people's expressions of disdain a moment ago gradually turned into interest and curiosity.
This real feedback from the scene made Chenglong and Tang Jili feel really happy, but it also made the faces of people related to the three movies and their capital become uncertain.
However, it is still unclear what "Phoenix" will be like in the Chinese market and what it will be like in overseas markets.
Whether it is a dark horse that broke out or a phoenix that fell into the water, we have to wait until it is released tomorrow to see the truest situation.
“Let data speak for everything.” This is also what Westerners like to say.